Skyscraper Tour

The Skyscraper Tour was a North American, European, Japanese, and Australian concert tour by hard rock singer David Lee Roth. It was his second ever solo concert tour, and is the only tour to have featured the line-up of Roth, Steve Vai, Matt Bissonette, Gregg Bissonette, and Brett Tuggle.

Skyscraper Tour
Tour by David Lee Roth
Tourbook cover
Start dateMarch 4, 1988
End dateDecember 13, 1988
Legs2
No. of shows146 played
David Lee Roth concert chronology

History

With the success of the Skyscraper album and "Just Like Paradise" single, an even more extensive tour than its predecessor (the Eat 'Em and Smile Tour) was embarked upon – this time visiting outside of just the United States and Canada, and including dates in Europe, Japan, and Australia. Like the prior tour, the setlist featured Van Halen songs ("Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love", "Hot for Teacher", "Jump", etc.), solo hits ("Goin' Crazy", "Yankee Rose", the aforementioned "Just Like Paradise"), and cover songs ("Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody", "California Girls", "You Really Got Me").

Some of the concert highlights included Roth lowering himself onto the stage via rope (like a mountain climber) for the song "Skyscraper",[1] the entire band playing a steel drum line together, the singer climbing up a ladder and singing the song "Panama" from a boxing ring located at the other end of the venue,[2] and riding a surfboard back to the stage during "California Girls".[3] The stage set can be viewed in the performance footage included in the "Just Like Paradise" music video.[4]

The tour included a performance at the Monsters of Rock festival in England, which also included performances by Iron Maiden, Kiss, Megadeth, and Guns N' Roses, among others. This would be the last Roth solo tour to feature Vai in its line-up.

The opening acts on the North American leg of the tour included Faster Pussycat and Poison at various points. Guns N' Roses was originally supposed to open the first month of the U.S. leg of the tour, but cancelled and was replaced by Faster Pussycat.[5] On the European tour, Poison was announced as opener but cancelled. Among the replacements were Great White and Dutch band Zinatra.

Setlist
  1. "The Bottom Line"
  2. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song)
  3. "Just Like Paradise"
  4. "Knucklebones"
  5. "Goin' Crazy!"
  6. "Hot for Teacher" (Van Halen song)
  7. "Easy Street" (Edgar Winter cover)
  8. "Skyscraper"
  9. "Hot Dog and a Shake"
  10. "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" (Louis Prima cover)
  11. "Yankee Rose"
  12. "Panama" (Van Halen song)
  13. "California Girls" (The Beach Boys cover)
  14. "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks cover)
  15. "Jump" (Van Halen song)

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Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Opening act
North American Leg
March 4, 1988LakelandUnited StatesLakeland Civic CenterFaster Pussycat
March 5, 1988
March 6, 1988HollywoodHollywood Sportatorium
March 9, 1988Cedar RapidsFive Seasons Center
March 11, 1988MadisonDane County Coliseum
March 12, 1988PeoriaPeoria Civic Center
March 13, 1988Battle CreekKellogg Arena
March 15, 1988Fort WayneAllen County War Memorial Coliseum
March 16, 1988SaginawWendler Arena
March 18, 1988Niagara FallsNiagara Falls Civic Center
March 19, 1988ToledoToledo Sports Arena
March 20, 1988ColumbusOhio Center
March 22, 1988DaytonHara Arena
March 24, 1988JohnstownCambria County War Memorial Arena
March 25, 1988HamptonHampton Coliseum
March 26, 1988SalisburyWicomico Civic Center
March 28, 1988Glens FallsGlens Falls Civic Center
March 29, 1988PortlandCumberland County Civic Center
March 30, 1988ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center
April 1, 1988UticaUtica Memorial Auditorium
April 2, 1988RochesterRochester War Memorial
April 3, 1988BinghamtonBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
April 5, 1988ErieErie Civic CenterPoison
April 7, 1988East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena
April 8, 1988HartfordHartford Civic Center
April 9, 1988RichmondRichmond Coliseum
April 11, 1988HersheyHersheypark Arena
April 13, 1988TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens
April 14, 1988RichfieldUnited StatesRichfield Coliseum
April 15, 1988LandoverCapital Centre
April 17, 1988PhiladelphiaSpectrum
April 18, 1988BethelehemStabler Arena
April 19, 1988SyracuseOnondaga County War Memorial
April 21, 1988UniondaleNassau Coliseum
April 22, 1988WorcesterWorcester Centrum
April 23, 1988
April 26, 1988MinneapolisMet Center
April 27, 1988MilwaukeeMECCA Arena
April 29, 1988Kansas CityKemper Arena
April 30, 1988St. LouisThe Arena
May 1, 1988CincinnatiCincinnati Gardens
May 3, 1988MemphisMid-South Coliseum
May 4, 1988NasvhilleMunicipal Auditorium
May 5, 1988AtlantaThe Omni
May 7, 1988DallasReunion Arena
May 9, 1988HoustonSummit
May 10, 1988AustinFrank Erwin Center
May 11, 1988El PasoEl Paso County Coliseum
May 13, 1988AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
May 14, 1988DenverMcNichols Arena
May 15, 1988CasperCasper Events Center
May 17, 1988BillingsMetraPark Arena
May 18, 1988SpokaneSpokane Coliseum
May 20, 1988SeattleSeattle Center Coliseum
May 21, 1988VancouverCanadaPNE Coliseum
May 22, 1988PortlandUnited StatesMemorial Coliseum
May 24, 1988Salt Lake CitySalt Palace
May 25, 1988RenoLawlor Events Center
May 27, 1988OakalndOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
May 28, 1988
June 10, 1988InglewoodForum
June 11, 1988Laguna HillsIrvine Meadows
June 14, 1988SacramentoCal Expo Amphitheater
June 16, 1988FresnoSelland Arena
June 17, 1988San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena
June 18, 1988PhoenixVeterans Memorial Coliseum
June 20, 1988OdessaEctor County Coliseum
June 21, 1988San AntonioConvention Center
June 22, 1988Lake CharlesCivic Center
June 24, 1988ShreveportHirsch Memorial Coliseum
June 25, 1988JacksonMississippi Coliseum
June 26, 1988BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Civic Center
June 28, 1988CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum
June 29, 1988GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum
July 1, 1988JacksonvilleJacksonville Coliseum
July 2, 1988AlbanyAlbany Civic Center
July 3, 1988BiloxiMississippi Coast Coliseum
July 6, 1988SavannahSavannah Civic Center
July 8, 1988ColumbiaCarolina Coliseum
July 9, 1988RoanokeRoanoke Civic Center
July 10, 1988HuntingonHuntington Civic Center
July 12, 1988PhiladelphiaSpectrum
July 13, 1988New York CityMadison Square Garden
July 15, 1988New HavenVeterans Memorial Coliseum
July 16, 1988SpringfieldSpringfield Civic Center
July 17, 1988PittsburghPittsburgh Civic Arena
July 20, 1988KnoxvilleKnoxville Civic Coliseum
July 22, 1988HuntsvilleVon Braun Civic Center
July 23, 1988Little RockBarton Coliseum
July 24, 1988Oklahoma CityThe Myriad
July 26, 1988WichitaKansas Coliseum
July 27, 1988OmahaOmaha Civic Auditorium
July 29, 1988LexingtonRupp Arena
July 30, 1988IndianapolisMarket Square Arena
August 1, 1988Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center
August 3, 1988VaughanCanadaKingswood Music Theatre
August 4, 1988ColumbiaUnited StatesMerriweather Post Pavilion
August 6, 1988IoniaIonia Free Fair
August 7, 1988East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theater
August 9, 1988MontrealCanadaMontreal Forum
August 10, 1988OttawaOttawa Civic Centre
August 11, 1988ManchesterUnited StatesRiverfront Park
August 13, 1988CharlevoixCastle Farms
August 14, 1988Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills
European/Japanese/Australian Leg
August 20, 1988LeicestershireEnglandCastle Donington
August 24, 1988HelsinkiFinlandIcehallZero Nine
August 27, 1988SchweinfurtWest GermanyMainwiesen
August 28, 1988BochumRuhrstadion
August 30, 1988LondonEnglandHammersmith OdeonGreat White
August 31, 1988
September 2, 1988ParisFranceLe Zénith[7]
September 3, 1988
September 4, 1988TilburgNetherlandsGemeentelijk Sportpark Stadion
September 20, 1988SapporoJapanMakomanai Ice ArenaNo opening act
September 22, 1988SendaiSendai Gym
September 23, 1988YokohamaYokohama Bunka Gym
September 24, 1988
September 26, 1988NagoyaNagoya Rainbow Hall
September 27, 1988OsakaOsaka Castle Hall
September 28, 1988
September 30, 1988TokyoYoyogi National Gymnasium
October 1, 1988
October 3, 1988Nippon Budokan
October 4, 1988
October 12, 1988MelbourneAustraliaNational Tennis Centre
October 15, 1988AdelaideThebarton Theatre
October 17, 1988CanberraBruce Stadium
October 18, 1988SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
October 22, 1988BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre
October 24, 1988MelbourneNational Tennis Centre
November 14, 1988BirminghamEnglandNational Exhibition CentreZinatra
November 15, 1988LondonWembley Arena
November 17, 1988EdinburghScotlandPlayhouse Theatre
November 18, 1988
November 21, 1988ToulouseFranceLe Gymnase
November 22, 1988BarcelonaSpainPalacio Municipal De Deportes
November 24, 1988MadridSports City of Real Madrid Pavilion
November 26, 1988San SebastiánVelódromo de Anoeta
November 28, 1988MilanItalyPalatrussardi
November 29, 1988TurinPalasport
December 2, 1988StockholmSwedenIsstadion
December 3, 1988GothenburgScandinavium
December 5, 1988OsloNorwaySkedsmohallen
December 7, 1988LundSwedenOlympen
December 8, 1988CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen
December 10, 1988BrusselsBelgiumForest National
December 13, 1988RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy

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References
  1. "Skyscraper, Toronto 1988". YouTube.com. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. "Panama, Toronto 1988". YouTube.com. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. "California Girls, Toronto 1988". YouTube.com. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  4. "Just Like Paradise Music Video". YouTube.com. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  5. "G n' R 1988 Setlist Almanac". gnrontour.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  6. "David Lee Roth Setlist at Kingswood Music Theatre, Vaughan, ON, Canada, August 3, 1988". Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  7. "David Lee Roth HUGE 46x62 1988 Paris France Concert Tour Poster 100% Real RARE". www.collectors.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  8. "David Lee Roth – Skyscraper Tour Dates – 1988". Jamtothis.com. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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