| Concert Tour Name: | Rollercoaster Tour |
| Artist: | Blur, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
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| Number Of Legs: | 1 |
| Number Of Shows: | 11 |
The Rollercoaster Tour was a 1992 co-headlining concert tour by the Scottish noise pop band the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Irish-English alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, the English Britpop band Blur and the American indie rock band Dinosaur Jr. A two-leg 34-date tour of the United Kingdom and North America, the U.K. tour was in support of all four bands' current releases: Blur's first album Leisure (1991), Dinosaur Jr.s fourth album Green Mind (1991), My Bloody Valentine's second album Loveless (1991) and The Jesus and Mary Chain's fourth album Honey's Dead (1992).
The tour was curated by the Jesus and Mary Chain's vocalist Jim Reid, who "wanted to break the routine" of performing in small, frequently played venues – such as Rock City in Nottingham – and "cater to all strands of independent rock music".[1] Reid was inspired by, and considered the Rollercoaster Tour a British equivalent to, the North American festival Lollapalooza,[2] [3] at which the Jesus and Mary Chain performed at in 1991 and which he considered "fairly disastrous". Each band performed a 45-minute set with no encore and the line-up changed each night of the tour, although the Jesus and Mary Chain performed as the final act on all 11 dates.[4]
My Bloody Valentine ceased live performances in the UK after the tour and did not play again until their 2008 reunion tour.[5] The band's set, which ended with the white noise section of their song "You Made Me Realise", reportedly caused attendees' pint glasses to fall out of their hands due to excessive sound pressure levels.[6] Reflecting on the tour, Jim Reid referred to it as "a lot [like a] competition – who could be the loudest? Whose was the best film show? And then there was, who could be most off their tits and still play a show?" The Rollercoaster EP, containing material from Blur, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr. and the Jesus and Mary Chain, was issued in Melody Maker in March 1992 to promote the tour.
The North American leg of the tour took place in fall 1992 and featured the Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve and Spiritualized.[7]
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |||
| 24 March 1992 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
| 25 March 1992 | Glasgow | Scotland | SECC[8] |
| 27 March 1992 | Whitley Bay | England | Whitley Bay Ice Rink |
| 28 March 1992 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | |
| 30 March 1992 | Plymouth | Plymouth Pavilions | |
| 1 April 1992 | Brighton | Brighton Centre | |
| 3 April 1992 | Cardiff | Wales | Wales National Ice Rink |
| 4 April 1992 | Birmingham | England | National Exhibition Centre |
| 5 April 1992 | London | Brixton Academy | |
| 6 April 1992 | |||
| 7 April 1992 | |||
| North America[9] | |||
| 21 October 1992 | DeKalb | United States | Chick Evans Field House |
| 22 October 1992 | Chicago | Riviera Theatre | |
| 24 October 1992 | Columbia | ||
| 26 October 1992 | Cincinnati | ||
| 27 October 1992 | Columbus | ||
| 28 October 1992 | Cleveland | The Agora | |
| 30 October 1992 | Detroit | State Theatre | |
| 31 October 1992 | Toronto | Canada | SkyDome |
| 2 November 1992 | Montreal | Metropolis | |
| 3 November 1992 | Albany | United States | |
| 4 November 1992 | Boston | Avalon | |
| 5 November 1992 | New York | Roseland Ballroom | |
| 7 November 1992 | Washington | Lisner Auditorium | |
| 8 November 1992 | Philadelphia | Trocadero Theatre | |
| 10 November 1992 | Atlanta | The Masquerade | |
| 11 November 1992 | New Orleans | ||
| 13 November 1992 | Houston | ||
| 14 November 1992 | Dallas | Deep Ellum Live | |
| 15 November 1992 | Albuquerque | Student Union Building | |
| 16 November 1992 | Denver | Gothic Theatre | |
| 17 November 1992 | Salt Lake City | ||
| 19 November 1992 | Sacramento | Crest Theatre | |
| 20 November 1992 | San Francisco | The Warfield | |
| 21 November 1992 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Palladium | |
| 22 November 1992 | San Diego | ||
| Rollercoaster EP | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Label: | Melody Maker |
The Rollercoaster EP is an extended play which was distributed free in a March 1992 issue of Melody Maker in support of the Rollercoaster Tour. It includes four songs, which are individual tracks from Blur's second album Modern Life is Rubbish (1993), My Bloody Valentine's second album Loveless (1991), the Jesus and Mary Chain's fourth album Honey's Dead (1992) and a live version of a song from Dinosaur Jr.'s third album Bug (1987).[10]