Pump Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Pump Tour
Artist:	Aerosmith
Album:	Pump
Number Of Legs:	9
Number Of Shows:	164
Last Tour:	Permanent Vacation Tour (1987–1988)
This Tour:	Pump Tour (1989–1990)
Next Tour:	Get a Grip Tour (1993–1994)

The Pump Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Aerosmith that lasted twelve months, from mid-October 1989 to mid-October 1990. The tour was put on in support of the band's second consecutive multi-platinum album Pump, released in September 1989.

Background

The Pump Tour saw the band continue its successful streak, on the heels of 1987's Permanent Vacation and its associated tour. During the course of the tour, the band charted four Top 40 singles from Pump. By the end of the tour, Pump had sold four million copies, eventually selling seven million copies.^[1]

This tour was notable as it saw Aerosmith's first return to Europe since 1977, as well as the band's first-ever performances in Australia. In addition, this tour saw the band tour North America on numerous legs, as well as perform a series of dates in Japan.^{[2] [3]}

Special performances on The Howard Stern Show, Saturday Night Live, and MTV Unplugged were interspersed during the course of the tour.^{[3] [4]}

Opening acts on this tour included Skid Row, Joan Jett, The Cult, Poison, Warrant, Metallica, The Black Crowes, and The Quireboys. Some of these acts were regular openers, while some opened for Aerosmith only at specific festivals or stadium shows.^{[3] [5]}

During the tour, the band got to meet some of their idols. Steven Tyler met Mick Jagger backstage at a Rolling Stones concert, only the second time he had met him, and the first time he met him while sober.^[6] In addition, the band met Robert Plant^[7] and Jimmy Page, who saw the band perform on separate occasions in England. At one show, The Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington Leicestershire UK, Page jammed with the band on "Train Kept A-Rollin'", and at another show, he played an extended set with the band at the Marquee Club in London.^[8]

For this tour, the band employed the use of a Citation II private plane, which the band named "Aeroforce One". The plane was formerly used by Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.^[9]

In September 1990, towards the end of the tour, A&R man John Kalodner remarked how Aerosmith were "maybe the biggest band in the world", thinking "Nobody else is this good right now."^[10]

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold / Available	Revenue
Europe
October 18, 1989		West Germany	Sporthalle
October 20, 1989		Italy	Palasport
October 21, 1989			Palatrussardi
October 24, 1989	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
October 25, 1989		Belgium	Forest National
October 27, 1989		Netherlands	Rijnhal
October 29, 1989		West Germany	Olympiahalle
October 30, 1989			Carl-Diem-Halle
November 1, 1989			Deutschlandhalle
November 2, 1989			Halle Münsterland
November 4, 1989			Eilenriedehalle
November 5, 1989			Festhalle Frankfurt
November 7, 1989			Sporthalle
November 8, 1989			Maimarkthalle
November 10, 1989		Denmark	K.B. Hallen
November 11, 1989		Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
November 14, 1989	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon
November 15, 1989
November 17, 1989			Wembley Arena
November 18, 1989			National Exhibition Centre
November 19, 1989
November 21, 1989			Newcastle City Hall
November 22, 1989			Livingston Forum
November 24, 1989			Nugent Hall
November 25, 1989		Ireland	Point Theatre
November 26, 1989	London	England	Wembley Arena
North America
December 15, 1989		United States	Charleston Civic Center	9,000 / 12,000	$165,438
December 17, 1989			Capital Centre	17,399 / 17,399	$391,477
December 18, 1989			Wheeling Civic Center
December 20, 1989			Roanoke Civic Center
December 21, 1989	Norfolk		The Scope
December 22, 1989			Richmond Coliseum
December 27, 1989			Springfield Civic Center	16,928 / 18,300	$366,345
December 28, 1989			New Haven Coliseum	10,470 / 10,470	$228,375
December 30, 1989			Boston Garden	38,740 / 38,740	$889,245
December 31, 1989
January 1, 1990
January 3, 1990		Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre
January 4, 1990			Montreal Forum	8,592 / 10,233	$174,664
January 6, 1990			SkyDome	32,802 / 32,802	$684,195
January 7, 1990	Erie	United States	Erie Civic Center
January 9, 1990	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
January 10, 1990			Glens Falls Civic Center	8,100 / 8,100	$182,250
January 12, 1990			Providence Civic Center	13,800 / 13,800	$310,500
January 13, 1990			Rochester Community War Memorial	11,000 / 11,000	$217,608
January 15, 1990			Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
January 16, 1990	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
January 18, 1990			Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
January 19, 1990	Philadelphia		Spectrum
January 21, 1990
January 22, 1990			Brendan Byrne Arena	20,368 / 20,368	$417,773
January 24, 1990			Onondaga War Memorial
January 25, 1990			Civic Arena	16,635 / 16,635	$300,261
January 27, 1990			Freedom Hall	16,101 / 18,500	$313,970
January 28, 1990			Hersheypark Arena
February 20, 1990			Frank Erwin Center	13,050 / 15,564	$228,612
February 22, 1990			Reunion Arena	17,092 / 17,092	$334,280
February 24, 1990			Tingley Coliseum	11,800 / 11,800	$206,500
February 25, 1990			Pan American Center	10,569 / 12,007	$180,618
February 27, 1990			Tucson Convention Center Arena	9,081 / 9,231	$170,606
February 28, 1990			Compton Terrace	13,897 / 15,000	$271,006
March 2, 1990			San Diego Sports Arena	13,166 / 13,166	$270,921
March 3, 1990			Great Western Forum	48,507 / 48,507	$1,051,200
March 5, 1990
March 6, 1990
March 8, 1990	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
March 9, 1990			Cow Palace	31,000 / 31,000	$697,500
March 10, 1990
March 12, 1990			ARCO Arena	17,031 / 17,031	$383,198
March 14, 1990			Tacoma Dome	23,002 / 23,002	$505,050
March 15, 1990			Memorial Coliseum	11,903 / 11,903	$239,356
March 17, 1990		Canada	Pacific Coliseum	15,976 / 15,976	$339,368
March 19, 1990			Northlands Coliseum	14,938 / 14,938	$313,282
March 20, 1990			Olympic Saddledome	14,682 / 14,939	$295,702
March 22, 1990
March 24, 1990			Winnipeg Arena
March 25, 1990			Regina Agridome
March 27, 1990		United States	MetraPark Arena
March 28, 1990			Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
March 30, 1990			Casper Events Center
March 31, 1990			Salt Palace	12,972 / 12,972	$252,954
April 17, 1990			Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum	9,105 / 10,000	$179,824
April 19, 1990			USF Sun Dome	16,334 / 16,334	$371,599
April 20, 1990
April 22, 1990			Miami Arena	14,706 / 14,706	$334,562
April 23, 1990			Lee County Civic Center	9,069 / 9,069	$179,113
April 25, 1990			Orlando Arena	10,261 / 11,500	$233,438
April 27, 1990			Dean Smith Center	14,647 / 19,268	$317,768
April 28, 1990			Charlotte Coliseum	14,315 / 15,936	$312,660
April 29, 1990			Carolina Coliseum	8,559 / 10,500	$180,203
May 1, 1990			Freedom Hall Civic Center
May 2, 1990			Rupp Arena	9,621 / 14,000	$187,610
May 4, 1990			Thompson–Boling Arena	11,566 / 14,000	$225,537
May 5, 1990			Omni Coliseum	25,442 / 34,318	$572,445
May 6, 1990
May 9, 1990			Savannah Civic Center
May 10, 1990			Leon County Civic Center
May 12, 1990			Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center	16,903 / 16,903	$329,635
May 13, 1990			Mississippi Coliseum	9,565 / 10,000	$176,953
May 15, 1990			Lakefront Arena	10,601 / 10,601	$189,810
May 16, 1990			Hirsch Memorial Coliseum	9,609 / 9,609	$172,328
May 18, 1990			Starwood Amphitheatre
May 19, 1990			Mid-South Coliseum	10,637 / 10,637	$196,785
May 21, 1990			Von Braun Civic Center
May 22, 1990			UTC Arena	5,707 / 11,648	$99,345
May 24, 1990			Cooper Stadium	16,800 / 19,000	$375,575
May 25, 1990			The Palace of Auburn Hills	38,506 / 38,506	$866,385
May 27, 1990
May 28, 1990			Deer Creek Music Center
June 17, 1990			Stabler Arena	5,515 / 5,515	$122,760
June 19, 1990			Orange County Speedway
June 20, 1990			Lackawanna County Stadium^[12]	12,797 / 15,000	$282,308
June 22, 1990			Seashore Performing Arts Center	12,123 / 15,000	$261,283
June 23, 1990			Lake Compounce	16,849 / 20,000	$354,990
June 25, 1990			Great Woods
June 26, 1990
June 27, 1990			Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 29, 1990	Toronto	Canada	Exhibition Stadium	27,314 / 30,000	$763,987
June 30, 1990	Rochester	United States	Silver Stadium
July 2, 1990			Blossom Music Center
July 3, 1990
July 5, 1990			Wings Stadium
July 6, 1990			Castle Farms	9,876 / 14,000	$204,481
July 8, 1990			Peoria Civic Center
July 9, 1990			Omaha Civic Auditorium
July 11, 1990			Sandstone Amphitheater
July 12, 1990			Kansas Coliseum
July 14, 1990
July 15, 1990	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre	12,676 / 20,000	$282,408
July 17, 1990			St. Louis Arena
July 18, 1990			Riverbend Music Center^[13] ^[14]
July 20, 1990			World Music Theater	26,563 / 28,127	$603,433
July 21, 1990			Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 23, 1990			Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
July 24, 1990			The Spectrum	17,872 / 17,872	$359,111
July 26, 1990	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
July 27, 1990	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope
July 28, 1990	Landover		Capital Centre
Europe
August 15, 1990	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
August 18, 1990		England	Donington Park
August 20, 1990	London		Marquee Club
August 23, 1990		West Germany	Waldbühne
August 25, 1990			Westfalenhalle
August 26, 1990		Netherlands	Stadion Galgenwaard
August 30, 1990		Italy	Arena Parco Nord
August 31, 1990		Switzerland	Winterthurer Musikfestwochen Festival
September 1, 1990	Mannheim	West Germany	Maimarkt-Gelände
September 3, 1990	Paris	France	Vincennes Racecourse
North America
September 8, 1990		United States	Hard Rock Cafe
Asia
September 12, 1990		Japan	Osaka Castle Hall
September 14, 1990			Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
September 16, 1990			Yokohama Arena
September 17, 1990	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
September 19, 1990
September 20, 1990
September 22, 1990			Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Australia
September 29, 1990		Australia	Memorial Drive Park
October 1, 1990			National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
October 2, 1990
October 5, 1990			Brisbane Entertainment Centre
October 7, 1990			Bruce Stadium
October 10, 1990			Sydney Entertainment Centre
October 11, 1990
October 15, 1990			Perth Entertainment Centre

Setlist

Average set:

1. "Heart's Done Time"
2. "Young Lust"
3. "F.I.N.E."
4. "Monkey on My Back"
5. "Don't Get Mad, Get Even"
6. "Janie's Got a Gun"
7. "Permanent Vacation"
8. "Mama Kin"
9. "What It Takes"
10. "Voodoo Medicine Man"
11. "Red House" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
12. "Draw the Line"
13. "Rag Doll"
14. "Sweet Emotion"
15. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
16. "Dream On"
17. "Love in an Elevator"

Encore:

1. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw cover)
2. "Walk This Way"

Notes and References

1. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 470-471. Avon, 1997
2. Web site: Aero Force One. Aeroforceone.com.
3. Web site: Aero Force One. Aerosmith.com. 7 June 2023.
4. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 470, 474. Avon, 1997
5. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 472-474. Avon, 1997
6. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 471. Avon, 1997
7. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 472. Avon, 1997
8. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 474-475. Avon, 1997
9. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 461. Avon, 1997
10. Davis, S. and Aerosmith: "Walk This Way", page 475. Avon, 1997
11. Web site: Aerosmith Temple. Aerosmithtemple.com. 7 June 2023.
12. Web site: 20 Jun 1990 @ Moosic, PA. Crowesbase.com.
13. Web site: 18 Jul 1990 @ Cincinnati, OH. Crowesbase.com.
14. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DDNB&p_theme=ddnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F4FB0ED91D51E19&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM