Get a Grip Tour

The Get a Grip Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Aerosmith that lasted over eighteen months, from early June 1993 to mid-December 1994. The tour was put on in support of the band's third consecutive multi-platinum album Get a Grip, released in April 1993.

Get a Grip Tour

Tour by Aerosmith
Associated album	Get a Grip and Big Ones
Start date	June 2, 1993 (1993-06-02)
End date	December 19, 1994 (1994-12-19)
Legs	13
No. of shows	240
Aerosmith concert chronology

Background

The Get a Grip Tour began June 2, 1993 in Topeka, Kansas and ended December 19, 1994 at the band's Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. In all, the band played approximately 240 shows, along with additional special performances. To date, it is the second-longest tour in the band's history, eclipsed only by the Nine Lives Tour, which lasted for three years. However, the Get a Grip Tour holds the record for the most shows ever performed by Aerosmith on a single tour.[1]

The tour saw the band play multiple legs across North America, Europe, Japan, and Central & South America. The tour marked the band's first performances in Central & South America, as well as a number of European nations, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Spain, Finland, Norway, the Czech Republic, and Austria.[1][2]

Interspersed among regular show dates were a number of special television performances on programs such as Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, MTV's Most Wanted, the MTV Video Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the MTV Europe Music Awards. The band also played a few club shows, in Los Angeles, London, and a surprise show at a local club in Sioux Falls, South Dakota after a concert there.[3][4]

Highly of note was the band's performance at the Woodstock '94 festival in August 1994. The band closed the show on Saturday night, taking the stage at 1:15am to a crowd of 350,000 people. The band was originally supposed to start at Midnight, but due to a heavy downpour, the start time was delayed. Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer had attended the original Woodstock Festival in 1969.[5]

Opening acts on the tour included Megadeth, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Cry of Love, Jackyl, 4 Non Blondes, Soul Asylum, Therapy?, Collective Soul, Extreme, Brother Cane, Mr. Big, and Robert Plant in Argentina.[3][6] Megadeth opened the band's first shows in June, but was fired as the opening act on July 17, after the band overheard Dave Mustaine talking poorly of Aerosmith in a radio interview, saying "Yeah, we think we oughta be headlining, but we don't mind because everyone knows this is Aerosmith's last hurrah." Steven Tyler replied, "Dave, we'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in?"[7] Additionally, it turned out to not be "Aerosmith's last hurrah", since after the Get a Grip Tour, Aerosmith went on to embark on fourteen successful tours, release five Top 5 albums, chart five singles to the Billboard Hot 100 (including a #1 hit), and chart sixteen singles to the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart over the next 20 years.

By the end of the tour, Get a Grip had sold twelve million records worldwide,[8] with six million copies sold in the United States alone (eventually selling seven million), charted four Top 40 hits, and won the band two Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two American Music Awards, and a Billboard Music Award.[9]

In addition, the band's Geffen compilation Big Ones was released in November 1994. As a result, the new songs "Blind Man" and "Walk on Water" were included in the setlist during the final days of the tour. Those two tracks were recorded at a hotel on the island of Capri in July 1994, after the band's summer leg of dates in Europe.[10]

During the show in Costa Rica on November 10, 1994, a fan was killed when the gates of the stadium were opened. The band had no idea this had happened and they played the show. After discovering the death of the fan, the band sent a special "Sorry" message through local networks for family and friends of the victim.

The band closed the tour with a performance at their recently opened Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston on December 19, 1994. The performance, which was heavy on 1970s classics, was broadcast on radio across North America.

Set list

1. "Intro"
2. "Eat the Rich"
3. "Toys in the Attic"
4. "Fever"
5. "What it Takes
6. "Amazing"
7. "Rag Doll"
8. "Cryin'"
9. "Mama Kin"
10. "Shut Up and Dance"
11. "Walk on Down"
12. "Janie's Got a Gun"
13. "Love in an Elevator"
14. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
15. "Sweet Emotion"
16. "Dream On"
17. "Livin' on the Edge"
18. "Walk This Way"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold / Available	Revenue
North America
June 2, 1993	Topeka	United States	Landon Arena
June 4, 1993	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center
June 6, 1993	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
June 7, 1993	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
June 9, 1993	Rapid City		Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
June 10, 1993	Billings		MetraPark Arena
June 12, 1993	Fargo		Fargodome
June 13, 1993	Minneapolis		Target Center
June 15, 1993	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
June 16, 1993	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
June 18, 1993	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 19, 1993	Mears		Val Du Lakes Amphitheatre
June 21, 1993	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	10,468 / 19,000
June 22, 1993	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 23, 1993	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center	12,500 / 19,000
June 25, 1993	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheatre
June 26, 1993	Tinley Park		World Music Theater
June 28, 1993	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
June 29, 1993	Antioch		Starwood Amphitheatre
July 1, 1993	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
July 2, 1993	Burgettstown		Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater	20,131 / 20,131
July 4, 1993	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 14, 1993	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
July 15, 1993	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
July 17, 1993	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 18, 1993	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
July 19, 1993	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 21, 1993	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
July 23, 1993	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
July 24, 1993	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
July 26, 1993	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 27, 1993
July 29, 1993	Chandler		Compton Terrace
July 31, 1993	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
August 1, 1993	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
August 3, 1993	Paradise		Thomas & Mack Center
August 4, 1993	Inglewood		The Forum
August 6, 1993	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	15,301 / 20,000	$365,970
August 7, 1993	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre
August 9, 1993	Boise		BSU Pavilion
August 10, 1993	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
August 12, 1993	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
August 13, 1993	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
August 14, 1993	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
August 16, 1993	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum
August 17, 1993	Calgary		Olympic Saddledome
August 26, 1993	Mansfield	United States	Great Woods
August 27, 1993
August 29, 1993	Ottawa	Canada	Landsdowne Park Stadium
August 30, 1993	Toronto		CNE Grandstand	17,191 / 17,191	$419,334
September 4, 1993	Wantagh	United States	Jones Beach Theater	21,689 / 21,689	$683,204
September 5, 1993
September 6, 1993	Foxboro		Foxboro Stadium	47,859 / 47,859	$1,722,430
September 7, 1993	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
September 8, 1993	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
September 10, 1993	Landover		USAir Arena	15,727 / 15,727	$384,893
September 11, 1993	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
September 13, 1993	Providence		Providence Civic Center
September 17, 1993	Philadelphia		Spectrum[11]	17,469 / 17,469	$393,044
September 18, 1993	Albany		Knickerbocker Arena
September 21, 1993	Amherst		Mullins Center
September 22, 1993	Philadelphia		Spectrum[11]	17,469 / 17,469	$393,044
September 24, 1993	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
September 25, 1993	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre	20,000 / 20,000	$405,753
September 28, 1993	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
September 29, 1993	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
October 1, 1993	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
October 2, 1993	Atlanta		Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre	18,301 / 18,301	$327,096
Europe
October 21, 1993	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
October 23, 1993	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
October 24, 1993
October 27, 1993	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
October 29, 1993	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
October 31, 1993	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
November 1, 1993	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
November 4, 1993	Barcelona	Spain	Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
November 6, 1993	San Sebastián		Velodromo de Anoeta
November 8, 1993	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
November 10, 1993	Nuremberg	Germany	Frankenhalle
November 11, 1993	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
November 13, 1993	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sportcsarnok
November 14, 1993	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
November 15, 1993	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
November 17, 1993	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 18, 1993	Milan	Italy	Palatrussardi
November 20, 1993	Metz	France	Galaxie Amnéville
November 22, 1993	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 23, 1993	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
November 25, 1993	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
November 26, 1993	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems Halle
November 28, 1993	Malmö	Sweden	Malmö Isstadion
November 29, 1993	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
December 1, 1993	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
December 3, 1993	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
December 4, 1993	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
December 7, 1993	London	England	Wembley Arena
December 8, 1993
North America
December 28, 1993	Halifax	Canada	Halifax Metro Centre
December 29, 1993	Saint John		Harbour Station
December 31, 1993	Boston	United States	Boston Garden	29,525 / 29,525	$801,305
January 1, 1994
January 5, 1994	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
January 7, 1994	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena
South America
January 14, 1994	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Morumbi
January 17, 1994	Buenos Aires	Argentina	José Amalfitani Stadium
January 21, 1994	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose
January 23, 1994	Caracas	Venezuela	Poliedro de Caracas
North America
January 25, 1994	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	23,545 / 23,545	$882,150
January 26, 1994
January 28, 1994	Bayamón	Puerto Rico	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
February 1, 1994	Orlando	United States	Orlando Arena
February 2, 1994	Miami		Miami Arena	14,302 / 14,302	$347,939
February 4, 1994	Tampa		USF Sun Dome	15,821 / 15,821	$401,396
February 5, 1994
February 9, 1994	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena	10,601 / 10,601	$238,523
February 10, 1994	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center	9,356 / 9,356	$218,415
February 12, 1994	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum	9,078 / 9,078	$198,835
February 14, 1994	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	12,053 / 14,609	$286,968
February 15, 1994	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	9,869 / 12,000	$231,750
February 17, 1994	New York City		Madison Square Garden	18,083 / 18,083	$632,905
February 19, 1994	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
February 20, 1994	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	14,700 / 14,700	$358,362
February 21, 1994	Boston		Hard Rock Cafe
February 22, 1994	Moline		MARK of the Quad Cities
February 23, 1994	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
February 25, 1994	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
February 26, 1994	Lexington		Rupp Arena	20,213 / 20,213	$439,135
Asia
April 27, 1994	Yokohama	Japan	Yokohama Arena
April 29, 1994	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
April 30, 1994
May 3, 1994	Hiroshima		Sun-Plaza Hall
May 4, 1994	Fukuoka		Kokusai Koryo Center
May 6, 1994	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
May 7, 1994	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
May 9, 1994
May 10, 1994
May 12, 1994
May 13, 1994
May 16, 1994
May 17, 1994
Europe
May 21, 1994	Nürburg	Germany	Rock am Ring
May 22, 1994	Munich		Rock in Riem
May 24, 1994	Graz	Austria	Schwarzl Freizeit Zentrum
May 25, 1994	Budapest	Hungary	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
May 27, 1994	Prague	Czech Republic	Stadion Evžena Rošického
May 29, 1994	Warsaw	Poland	Gwardia Stadium
May 30, 1994	Ostrava	Czech Republic	Sportovní hala
June 1, 1994	Halle an der Saale	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadion
June 4, 1994	Castle Donington	England	Monsters of Rock
June 6, 1994	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 7, 1994	Toulouse		Palais des Sports
June 9, 1994	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
			Estudio Cadena 40 Principale Studios
June 10, 1994	Zaragoza		Plaza de Toros de Zaragoza
June 12, 1994	Cascais	Portugal	Praça de Touros de Cascais
June 14, 1994	Bucharest	Romania	Stadionul Național
June 16, 1994	Istanbul	Turkey	İnönü Stadium
June 20, 1994	Saint Petersburg	Russia	White Nights Festival
June 22, 1994	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Mega Music Rock Experience
June 23, 1994	Bielefeld	Germany	Seidenstickerhalle
June 25, 1994	Dijon	France	Parc des Expositions
June 27, 1994	Kiel	Germany	Ostseehalle
June 29, 1994	Stockholm	Sweden	Vasamuseet
June 30, 1994	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival
July 2, 1994	Thorout	Belgium	Thorout Rock Festival
July 3, 1994	Werchter		Rock Werchter
July 6, 1994	Wels	Austria	Wels Rock Festival
July 7, 1994	Milan	Italy	Sonoria Festival
July 9, 1994	Winterthur	Switzerland	Out in the Green Festival
July 10, 1994	Turku	Finland	Turku Ruisrock Festival
July 12, 1994	Tel Aviv	Israel	Hayarkon Park
North America
July 29, 1994	Montreal	Canada	The Forum
July 30, 1994
August 1, 1994	Stowe	United States	Stowe Mountain Performing Arts Center
August 3, 1994	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
August 5, 1994	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheatre
August 6, 1994	Tinley Park		World Music Theatre	29,127 / 29,127	$724,605
August 8, 1994	Syracuse		War Memorial Auditorium
August 10, 1994	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium	24,424 / 24,424	$549,630
August 11, 1994	New Haven		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
August 13, 1994	Saugerties		Woodstock '94
August 15, 1994	Scranton		Montage Mountain P.A.C.
August 17, 1994	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
August 19, 1994	Mansfield		Great Woods
August 20, 1994
August 22, 1994	Old Orchard Beach		Seashore Performing Arts Center
August 24, 1994	Ottawa	Canada	Landsdowne Park
August 26, 1994	Landover	United States	USAir Arena
August 27, 1994	Burgettstown		Starlake Amphitheater	22,683 / 22,683
August 29, 1994	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theatre	21,716 / 21,716	$684,054
August 30, 1994
September 2, 1994	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre
September 3, 1994	Antioch		Starwood Amphitheater	15,000 / 17,000
September 6, 1994
September 16, 1994	Raleigh		Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheater	20,000 / 20,000	$408,664
September 17, 1994	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
September 19, 1994	Richmond		Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill
September 21, 1994	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
September 23, 1994	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center	19,814 / 19,814	$388,871
September 24, 1994	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	20,431 / 23,151	$564,515
September 26, 1994	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater	19,949 / 19,949	$449,463
September 28, 1994	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater	18,000 / 18,000	$399,945
September 30, 1994	Houston		The Summit	16,162 / 16,162	$434,700
October 1, 1994	Austin		Southpark Meadows
October 3, 1994	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheater
October 5, 1994	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
October 7, 1994	Sacramento		California Exposition Amphitheater
October 8, 1994	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
October 10, 1994	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
October 12, 1994	Paradise		Thomas & Mack Arena
October 14, 1994	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
October 15, 1994	Devore		Blockbuster Pavilion	27,670 / 27,670	$696,868
October 17, 1994	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheater
October 22, 1994	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
October 24, 1994	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
October 25, 1994	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome
November 10, 1994	San Jose	Costa Rica	National Stadium
South America
November 13, 1994	Santiago	Chile	Velodromo del Estadio Nacional
November 16, 1994	Córdoba	Argentina	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras
November 18, 1994	Buenos Aires		José Amalfitani Stadium
November 20, 1994	Bogotá	Colombia	Estadio El Campin
North America
December 1, 1994	Cleveland	United States	Gund Arena	16,911 / 19,000	$442,259
December 3, 1994	Louisville		Freedom Hall	17,525 / 17,525	$396,820
December 4, 1994	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	17,886 / 23,151	$500,970
December 6, 1994	Chicago		United Center	18,955 / 18,955	$707,905
December 8, 1994	Minneapolis		Target Center
December 10, 1994	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	16,801 / 16,801	$438,375
December 12, 1994	Buffalo		Memorial Auditorium
December 13, 1994	Toronto	Canada	SkyDome	23,005 / 23,005	$505,908
December 15, 1994	Worcester	United States	The Centrum	13,744 / 13,744	$368,630
December 16, 1994	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	18,949 / 18,949	$580,618
December 18, 1994	Albany		Knickerbocker Arena	11,848 / 11,848	$293,944
December 19, 1994	Boston		Mama Kin's Music Hall
Post-tour club dates
November 9, 1995	Cambridge	United States	Middle East Club
November 10, 1995	Boston		Mama Kin's Music Hall

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