These Days Tour
{{Short description|1995–96 concert tour by Bon Jovi}}
{{Infobox concert
|concert_tour_name = These Days Tour
|artist = Bon Jovi
|start_date = April 26, 1995
|end_date = July 19, 1996
|number_of_legs = 6
|number_of_shows = 55 in Europe
45 in North America
6 in Oceania
3 in Africa
7 in South America
16 in Asia
132 in total
|last_tour = Crossroad Promo Tour
(1994)
|this_tour = These Days Tour
(1995–1996)
|next_tour = Crush Tour
(2000)
}}
These Days Tour was Bon Jovi's concert tour during 1995-96. Van Halen opened as a special guest for Bon Jovi on twenty of the European stadium dates during the second leg promoting their album Balance. The last of the three Wembley Stadium gigs was filmed for the DVD Live From London. The band played 131 shows in 35 countries all across the world.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/musicconcertguide/bon-jovi-tour-history/1995-1996-these-days-tour|title = Google Sites}}{{Cite book|last=Moskowitz|first=David|date=2015|title=The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World|publisher=Abc-Clio|isbn=9781440803406|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XG9CgAAQBAJ&dq=%22These+Days+Tour%22+%22bon+jovi%22&pg=PA102}} The tour was the first with current bassist Hugh McDonald.
Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitar, maracas for Keep the Faith, tambourine for Hey God
- Richie Sambora - lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox, lead vocals for Stranger In This Town
- Hugh McDonald - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums, percussion, lead vocals for Crazy
- David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals, tambourine for Something to Believe In
Set list
The set list varied on a nightly basis on this tour, but usually featured several songs from the These Days album, such as "Hey God", "Something for the Pain", and "This Ain't a Love Song". It also included many of their hits from the 1980s such as "Livin' on a Prayer", "You Give Love a Bad Name", and "Bad Medicine".
- "Rockin' in the Free World"
- "Livin' on a Prayer"
- "You Give Love a Bad Name"
- "Hey God"
- "Keep the Faith"
- "These Days"
- "Lie To Me"
- "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night"
- "Something for the Pain"
- "Because the Night"(cover)
- "Damned"
- "Blaze of Glory"
- "Lay Your Hands on Me"
- "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (with snippets of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
- "Bad Medicine" / "Shout"
;Encore:
- "Always"
- "Wanted Dead or Alive"
- "Blood on Blood"
;Encore 2:
Tour dates
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue |
scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Date
! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | City ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Country ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Venue |
---|
colspan="4"|Asia |
April 26, 1995
|India |
April 28, 1995
|Taiwan |
April 30, 1995
|Philippines |
May 2, 1995
|Thailand |
May 4, 1995
|Malaysia |
May 6, 1995
|Indonesia |
May 8, 1995
|colspan="2"|Singapore |
May 10, 1995
|South Korea |
May 13, 1995
|rowspan="3"|Japan |
May 16, 1995 |
May 18, 1995 |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | Europe |
May 23, 1995
|Italy |Expo Arena Milano Concerti |
May 26, 1995
|rowspan="2"|Bremen |rowspan="2"|Germany |rowspan="2"|Weserstadion |
May 27, 1995 |
May 28, 1995
|Netherlands |
May 30, 1995
|rowspan="6"|Germany |
June 1, 1995
|Sportforum |
June 3, 1995 |
June 4, 1995
| Adenau |
June 6, 1995
| rowspan="2"|Berlin | rowspan="2"|Waldbühne |
June 7, 1995 |
June 10, 1995
| Basel | Switzerland |
June 11, 1995
| Austria |
June 13, 1995
| Spain |
June 15, 1995
| Lisbon | Portugal |
June 17, 1995
| Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Open Air Park |
June 18, 1995
| Lahr | Germany |
June 21, 1995
| Cardiff | Wales |
June 23, 1995
| rowspan="3"|London | rowspan="5"|England | rowspan="3"|Wembley Stadium |
June 24, 1995 |
June 25, 1995 |
June 27, 1995 |
June 28, 1995 |
June 30, 1995
| rowspan="2"|Paris | rowspan="2"|France | rowspan="2"|Hippodrome de Longchamp |
July 1, 1995 |
July 2, 1995
| Dublin | Ireland |
July 4, 1995
| Sweden |
July 6, 1995
| Netherlands |
July 7, 1995
| Odense | Denmark | Dyrskuepladsen |
July 8, 1995
| Turku | Finland | Ruissalo |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | North America |
July 21, 1995
| rowspan="3"|Wantagh | rowspan="7"|United States | rowspan="3"|Jones Beach Amphitheatre |
July 22, 1995 |
July 23, 1995 |
July 25, 1995
| Camden |
July 27, 1995 |
July 30, 1995 |
August 1, 1995 |
August 2, 1995
| rowspan="2"|Montreal | rowspan="4"|Canada | rowspan="2"|Montreal Forum |
August 3, 1995 |
August 5, 1995
| Centennial Park |
August 7, 1995
| Halifax | Garrison Grounds At Citadel Hill |
August 9, 1995
| Columbia | rowspan="14"|United States |
August 11, 1995 |
August 12, 1995 |
August 15, 1995 |
August 16, 1995 |
August 18, 1995
| Morrison |
August 20, 1995
| Wolf Mountain Amphitheatre |
August 23, 1995 |
August 24, 1995 |
August 26, 1995 |
August 27, 1995 |
August 29, 1995
| Scranton |
August 30, 1995 |
September 1, 1995
| Syracuse |
September 3, 1995
| Toronto | Canada |
September 4, 1995
| Hartford | rowspan="13"|United States |
September 10, 1995
| Tampa |
September 12, 1995
| rowspan="2"|Charlotte | rowspan="2"|Blockbuster Pavilion |
September 13, 1995 |
September 15, 1995
| Raleigh |
September 16, 1995
| Atlanta |
September 19, 1995 |
September 20, 1995 |
September 23, 1995 |
September 24, 1995
| Dallas |
September 26, 1995
| Phoenix |
September 29, 1995 |
September 30, 1995
| Concord |
October 3, 1995
| rowspan="4"|Canada |
October 4, 1995 |
October 5, 1995 |
October 7, 1995
| Winnipeg |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | Latin America |
October 22, 1995
| Mexico |
October 24, 1995
| Caracas | Venezuela | Estadio Independencia De La Rinconada |
October 27, 1995
| rowspan="3"|Brazil |
October 28, 1995 |
October 29, 1995
| Curitiba |
October 31, 1995
| Quito | Ecuador |
November 2, 1995
| Bogotá | Colombia |
November 4, 1995
| Argentina |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | Oceania |
November 8, 1995
| Auckland | New Zealand |
November 10, 1995
| rowspan="2"|Melbourne | rowspan="5"|Australia | rowspan="2"|Olympic Park Stadium |
November 11, 1995 |
November 12, 1995
| Adelaide |
November 17, 1995
| Brisbane |
November 18, 1995
| Sydney |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | Africa |
November 28, 1995
| rowspan="4"|South Africa |
November 30, 1995
| rowspan="2"|Johannesburg | rowspan="2"|Johannesburg Stadium |
December 1, 1995 |
December 3, 1995
| Durban |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | Asia |
May 14, 1996
| Fukuoka | rowspan="5"|Japan | Fukuoka Dome |
May 16, 1996
| Osaka | Hankyu Nishinomiya Sutajiamu |
May 18, 1996
| rowspan="3"|Yokohama | rowspan="3"|Yokohama Stadium |
May 19, 1996 |
May 20, 1996 |
colspan="4" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bold" | Europe |
June 1, 1996
| Madrid | rowspan="3"|Spain |
June 4, 1996
| Gijón |
June 5, 1996
| Pamplona |
June 8, 1996
| rowspan="2"|Netherlands | Megaland |
June 9, 1996
| Enschede | Het Rutbeek |
June 11, 1996
| Luxembourg | Krakelshaff |
June 13, 1996
| Erfurt | rowspan="3"|Germany |
June 15, 1996
| Hannover |
June 16, 1996 |
June 18, 1996
| Budapest | Hungary |
June 20, 1996
| rowspan="2"|Austria | Flugplatz Wiener Neustadt |
June 21, 1996
| Wels | Wels Air Base |
June 23, 1996
| Zürich | Switzerland |
June 28, 1996
| rowspan="2"|Cologne | rowspan="3"|Germany | rowspan="2"|Müngersdorfer Stadion |
June 29, 1996 |
June 30, 1996 |
July 2, 1996
| Ostend | Belgium |
July 3, 1996
| Paris | France |
July 6, 1996
| rowspan="2"|Milton Keynes | rowspan="3"|England | rowspan="2"|National Bowl |
July 7, 1996 |
July 9, 1996 |
July 11, 1996
| Glasgow | Scotland |
July 13, 1996
| Dublin | Ireland | RDS Arena |
July 14, 1996
| rowspan="2"|Germany | Volkswagen Festival Site |
July 16, 1996 |
July 19, 1996
| Helsinki | Finland |
=Box office score data=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
style="width:225px;"| Venue
! style="width:150px;"| City ! style="width:200px;"| Tickets Sold / Available ! style="width:150px;"| Gross Revenue |
---|
Jones Beach Theatre
|Wantagh |$1,140,510 |
Montreal Forum
|Montreal |$856,612 |
Palacio de los Deportes
|Mexico City |$1,161,203 |
RDS
|Dublin |$1,075,000 |
The total attendance of the 3 South African shows was 182,000.{{cite book| title=Billboard, Vol. 108, Num. 14, 6 April 1996|date = 6 April 1996| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=bon+jovi&pg=PA109}}
=Cancelled dates=
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|+ List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation |
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! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | City ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Country ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Venue ! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Reason |
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November 14, 1995
| Perth (cancelled)https://bjtours.jimdofree.com/tours/1995-crossroads/1995-11-14-burswood-dome-perth-australia/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} |Australia |Unknown |
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