Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour
Artist:Santana
Album:Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
Number Of Legs:3
Number Of Shows:80 in North America
25 in Europe
105 in total
Last Tour:Viva Santana! Tour
(1988–89)
This Tour:Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour
(1990)
Next Tour:A 25–Year Celebration Tour
(1991)

The Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour was the twenty-fourth concert tour by Santana in 1990, supporting the Spirits Dancing in the Flesh album.

Tour band

Set list

The tour lasted from March 17 at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California to November 21 at the Bayfront Auditorium in Pensacola, Florida.[2] An average set list of this tour was as follows:[3]

  1. "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson)
  2. "Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana)
  3. "It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana)
  4. "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Chester Thompson)
  5. "Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve)
  6. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
  7. "We Don't Have to Wait" (Santana, Armando Peraza, Thompson)
  8. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
  9. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
  10. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
  11. "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix)
  12. "Mandela" (Peraza)
  13. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
  14. "Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Ligertwood)
  15. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
  16. "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
  17. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
Encore
  1. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
  2. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)

Tour dates

U.S. leg (March 17 – May 26)

Date
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CityCountryVenue
March 17San FranciscoUnited StatesSan Francisco Civic Auditorium
April 12SpokaneSpokane Opera House
April 14PortlandArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 16EugeneCuthbert Amphitheater
April 17EurekaEureka Municipal Auditorium
April 18San FranciscoWarfield Theatre
April 19Santa CruzSanta Cruz Civic Auditorium
April 21RenoLawlor Events Center
April 23StocktonStockton Memorial Civic Auditorium
April 24FresnoWarnors Theatre
April 25Santa CruzSanta Cruz Civic Auditorium
April 27Las VegasAladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
April 28San Luis ObispoMustang Stadium
April 29Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara Bowl
May 26MiamiBayfront Park

European leg (May 29 – June 30)

Date
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CityCountryVenue
May 29BournemouthEnglandBournemouth International Centre
May 30LondonHammersmith Odeon
May 31
June 1
June 3ManchesterManchester Apollo
June 6BrusselsBelgiumCirque Royal
June 7ArnhemNetherlandsRijnhal
June 8Neumarkt in der OberpfalzWest GermanyJurahalle
June 9JübekSandbahn-Stadion
June 11KoblenzRhein-Mosel-Halle
June 13HeilbronnEissporthalle
June 14PforzheimStadthalle
June 15MannheimMannheimer Rosengarten
June 16Bad StaffelsteinAdam-Riese-Halle
June 17ParisFranceZénith de Paris
June 19ToulousePalais des Sports
June 20BordeauxPatinoire de Mériadeck
June 22LyonFestival Eclanova
June 23BelfortPresqu'île de Malsaucy
June 25IstanbulTurkeyrowspan="2"
June 26
June 27BudapestHungaryKisstadion
June 28ViennaAustriaArena
June 29ImstOpen Air Stadtplatz
June 30St. GallenSwitzerlandSittertobel

North American leg (July 13 – November 21)

Date
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CityCountryVenue
July 13Los AngelesUnited StatesGreek Theatre
July 14
July 15
July 17Santa FePaolo Soleri Amphitheater
July 18
July 20DallasCoca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
July 21Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 22San AntonioSunken Garden Theater
July 24New OrleansSaenger Theatre
July 26NashvilleStarwood Amphitheatre
July 27PelhamOak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 28San JuanPuerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseum
August 4New York CityUnited StatesElectric Lady Studios
August 5SyracuseEmpire Court
August 6Darien CenterDarien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 8MansfieldGreat Woods Center for the Performing Arts
August 9MontrealCanadaLa Ronde
August 11BristolUnited StatesLake Compounce
August 12WantaghJones Beach Marine Theater
August 14Holmdel TownshipGarden State Arts Center
August 15StanhopeWaterloo Village
August 16ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
August 17ClevelandNautica Stage
August 18DetroitFox Theatre
August 21PittsburghCoca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
August 22HarrisburgCity Island
August 23RichmondMosque Theatre
August 24Atlantic CityTrump Taj Mahal
August 26ChicagoPoplar Creek Music Theatre
August 28ColumbusPalace Theatre
August 30MilwaukeeRiverside Theater
September 1Kansas CityBarney Allis Plaza
September 2Greenwood VillageFiddler's Green Amphitheatre
September 15Costa MesaPacific Amphitheatre
September 16BerkeleyWilliam Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre
September 22Los AngelesWiltern Theatre
October 5StatelineCaesars Tahoe
October 6
(2 shows)
October 7San JoseEvent Center Arena
October 9
(2 shows)
FresnoFresno Fairgrounds
October 11San DiegoStarlight Bowl
October 12PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 13TucsonPima County Fairgrounds
October 14El PasoSpecial Events Center
October 16LubbockLubbock Municipal Auditorium
October 18WichitaCotillion Ballroom
October 19TulsaBrady Theater
October 20DallasCotton Bowl
November 2BostonOrpheum Theatre
November 3NewarkGolden Dome Athletic Center
November 5New York CityBeacon Theatre
November 6
November 7
November 9Upper Darby TownshipTower Theater
November 10
November 11NorfolkChrysler Hall
November 13IndianapolisMurat Theatre
November 15AtlantaFox Theatre
November 16CocoaBrevard County Fairgrounds
November 17SunriseSunrise Musical Theater
November 18
November 20St. PetersburgMahaffey Theater
November 21PensacolaBayfront Auditorium

Box office score data

Date
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CityVenueAttendanceGross
July 13Los Angeles, United StatesGreek Theatre18,544 / 18,544$407,523[4]
July 14
July 15
September 15Costa Mesa, United StatesPacific Amphitheatre9,371 / 11,000$209,468[5]
October 20Dallas, United StatesCotton Bowl74,100 / 74,100$1,715,688[6]
November 5New York City, United StatesBeacon Theatre8,133 / 8,133$203,325[7]
November 6
November 7
November 9Upper Darby Township, United StatesTower Theater5,882 / 5,882$109,220[8]
November 10
November 17Sunrise, United StatesSunrise Musical Theater7,354 / 7,354$145,261
November 18
TOTAL123,384 / 125,013 (99%)$2,790,485

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santanamigos. The Band . Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr . 14 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Search for setlists: santana 1990 setlist.fm . Setlist.fm . 14 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Santana Average Setlists of year: 1990 setlist.fm . Setlist.fm . 14 August 2019.
  4. Amusement Business . . 25 May 2020 . August 11, 1990.
  5. Amusement Business . . 25 May 2020 . October 20, 1990.
  6. Amusement Business . . 25 May 2020 . November 3, 1990.
  7. Amusement Business . . 25 May 2020 . November 24, 1990.
  8. Amusement Business . . 25 May 2020 . December 1, 1990.