Eric Clapton World Tour 1992

Eric Clapton World Tour

by Eric Clapton

Presentation album	Journeyman , Unplugged
Beginning of the tour	February 1, 1992
End of the tour	September 6, 1992
Total concerts (by continent)	* Europe : 36 North America : 36
Concerts in total	72
revenue	+ $ 42,274,663

Eric Clapton Tour Chronology

Clapton Harrison Tour (1991)	Eric Clapton World Tour (1992)	From the Cradle World Tour (1993-96)

The 1992 Eric Clapton World Tour [ ˈɛrɪk klæptɒn wɜːld tʊə ] was a year-long concert tour by British rock musician Eric Clapton . The tour began in Brighton on February 1st and ended in Tacoma on September 6th . Like the Journeyman World Tour (1989–1991) and the Clapton-Harrison Tour (1991), this tour was also sold out and a box-office hit for the Briton and his promoter .

Although the concert tour was not titled after a specific album, the setlist shows that Clapton mainly presented the Journeyman and Unplugged albums . During the tour, the Brit performed in front of more than 1.3 million concertgoers and raised more than 42.2 million US dollars . Overall, Clapton performed 72 times as part of his world tour and toured the continents of Europe and North America in two sections each.

Clapton played concerts in South America , Africa , Oceania and Asia in 1989, 1990 and 1991 during his Journeyman World Tour and Clapton Harrison Tour concerts. From February 20, 1993 to March 3, 1996, Clapton went on a three-year world tour with his album From the Cradle .

Setlist and cast

During the tour, Clapton performed some songs from the Journeyman album ( Pretending , Old Love ) as well as newly composed pieces from the hit album Unplugged ( Tears in Heaven , Circus Left Town ) and cover versions . During eight concerts, Clapton performed with Elton John , which are considered to be concerts in the series "A Unique Double Bill". For these appearances, Clapton played the track Runaway Train , which he sang for John's album The One as a duet in 1991. As opening act for Clapton joined Bonnie Raitt , Joe Cocker , Curtis Stigers and Tony Joe White on. Jimmy Rogers appeared as a guest musician for a blues improvisation on June 27th in London . Zucchero Fornaciari sang the title Tearing Us Apart with Clapton on July 6th in Bologna .

The main musicians on the tour included Clapton as singer and guitarist , Andy Fairweather Low as rhythm guitarist , Nathan East on bass guitar , Steve Ferrone on drums , Chuck Leavell on keyboard , Ray Cooper on percussion instruments, and Katie Kissoon and Gina Foster as backing vocalists .

Concert dates

date	city	country	Venue	Number of visitors	revenue
Europe
February 1, 1992	Brighton		Brighton Center	4,200 / 4,200	$ 227,808
3rd February 1992	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena	42,600 / 42,600	$ 1,682,700
4th February 1992
5th February 1992
February 7, 1992	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena	24.944 / 24.944	$ 985,328
February 8, 1992
February 12, 1992	London		Royal Albert Hall	NN	NN
February 13, 1992
February 14, 1992
February 16, 1992
17th February 1992
February 18, 1992
February 22, 1992
February 23, 1992
February 24, 1992
February 26, 1992
February 27, 1992
February 28, 1992
March 2, 1992	Glasgow		SECC	21.686 / 21.686	775.274
March 3, 1992
North America
April 25, 1992	Dallas		Reunion Arena	18.326 / 18.326	$ 486,080
April 27, 1992	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena	9,541 / 9,541	$ 238,285
April 28, 1992	Birmingham		Jefferson County Civic Center	15.730 / 15.730	$ 393,250
April 29, 1992	Memphis		The pyramid	17.110 / 17.110	$ 387,023
May 1, 1992	Knoxville		Thompson – Boling Arena	NN	NN
May 2, 1992	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	22.576 / 22.576	$ 564,400
May 4th 1992	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	36.888 / 36.888	$ 845,608
May 5th 1992
May 6, 1992	Hartford		Civic Center	15.923 / 15.923	$ 391,140
May 8, 1992	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	20.748 / 20.748	$ 473.907
May 10, 1992	Landover		Capital Center	18.381 / 18.381	$ 412,617
May 11, 1992	Chapel Hill		Dean E. Smith Center	17.074 / 17.074	$ 469,535
May 13, 1992	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	34.916 / 34.916	$ 898,440
May 14, 1992
May 16, 1992	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	18.699 / 18.699	$ 478,635
17th May 1992	Minneapolis		Target Center	18.308 / 18.308	$ 415,790
May 19, 1992	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	18,700 / 18,700	$ 650,175
May 20, 1992	Cleveland		Richfield Coliseum	18.399 / 18.399	$ 459,975
May 21, 1992	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	NN	NN
May 23, 1992	Atlanta		The Omni	16.751 / 16.751	$ 419,514
May 24, 1992	St. Petersburg		Suncoast Dome	24.669 / 24.669	$ 555,777
May 25, 1992	Miami		Miami arena	NN	NN
Europe
June 14, 1992	Ghent		Flanders Expo	37.350 / 37.350	$ 634,950
June 15, 1992
June 16, 1992
June 18, 1992	Paris		Hippodrome de Vincennes	62.593 / 62.593	$ 2,222,051
June 19, 1992	Rotterdam		De Kuip	48.542 / 48.542	$ 1,723,241
June 21, 1992	Munich		Olympia Hall	14.784 / 14.784	$ 524,832
June 22, 1992	Berlin		Waldbühne	21.263 / 21.263	$ 754,836
June 23, 1992	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen	14.955 / 14.955	$ 530.902
June 26, 1992	London		Wembley Stadium	240,000 / 240,000	$ 8,520,000
June 27, 1992
June 28, 1992
3rd July 1992	Lausanne		Stade de la Pontaise	38,000 / 38,000	$ 1,672,000
4th July 1992	Basel		St. Jakobshalle	NN	NN
July 6, 1992	Bologna		Communale Stadium	36,750 / 36,750	$ 1,304,625
July 10, 1992	Monza		Brianteo Stadium	25,000 / 25,000	$ 1,112,500
July 12, 1992	Montreux		Montreux Casino	- (a)
North America
August 11, 1992	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	NN	NN
August 14, 1992	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
17th August 1992	Mansfield		Great Woods Center
18th August 1992
19th August 1992	Saratoga Springs		Performing Arts Center	20.986 / 20.986	$ 540,390
August 21, 1992	Flushing		Shea Stadium	122.388 / 122.388	$ 4,594,206
22nd August 1992
August 24, 1992	Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater	25.057 / 25.057	$ 663,184
August 25, 1992	St. Louis		Riverport Amphitheater	20.147 / 20.147	$ 453,308
August 29, 1992	los Angeles		Dodger Stadium	120.174 / 120.174	$ 4,422,520
August 30, 1992
3rd September 1992	Mountain View		Shoreline amphitheater	NN	NN
4th September 1992
September 6, 1992	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	22.821 / 22.821	$ 633,282
Summary				1,306,982 / 1,306,982 (100%)	+ $ 42,274,663

Notes on individual appearances

^(a) Part of the Montreux Jazz Festival 1992.

Tour events

Clapton began his tour with 20 appearances in the United Kingdom from February 1 to March 3, 1992. Among them, he played 12 concerts in a row at London's Royal Albert Hall. As far as is known, these concerts were completely sold out. From April 25 to May 25, 1992, 22 concerts followed in the United States. The concert facts published by promoters show that these events have also sold out. From June 14 to July 12, 1992, Clapton returned to Europe for 36 appearances to visit Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, again Great Britain, Switzerland and Italy. The first concerts that Clapton held together with Elton John took place here (June 18, June 19, June 26–28, July 3–4, July 6, July 10, 1992).

Highlights of the tour included appearances at the Hippodrome de Vincennes near Paris (62,593 visitors), the Feyenoord Stadium (48,542) in Rotterdam, the Wembley Stadium in London (240,000 visitors) and the Stade de la Pontaise (38,000 visitors) in Lausanne and at the Stadio Communale (36,750 visitors) in Bologna, which brought the successful British duo more than one million US dollars in revenue per night. The last concert of the European part of the tour was Clapton's second appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux. From August 11 to September 6, 1992, Clapton traveled back to the United States at the end of the tour, to complete the tour with another 14 concerts.

The remaining concerts in the United States were also completely sold out as far as is known. Clapton now played exclusively in arenas and stadiums that could accommodate an audience of over 20,000 visitors. Elton John played four more concerts with Clapton during his tour on August 21 and 22 at Shea Stadium (2 × 61,194 visitors) in Flushing and from August 29 to 30 at Dodger Stadium (2 × 60,087 visitors) in Los Angeles. These concerts were also sold out and grossed more than two million US dollars per concert. With a sold out concert on September 6, 1992 at the Tacoma Dome, the world tour, which brought Clapton more than 42 million US dollars, finally ended.

Web links

• Complete tour archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ February 1, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 6 September 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
3. ↑ February 3, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
4. ↑ 1992 Eric Clapton Tour and Set List Archive. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
5. ↑ February 20, 1993 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
6. ↑ March 3, 1996 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
7. ↑ August 22, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band, Elton John. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} July 6, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band, Elton John. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Thom Duffy: Promoters See Hope In '92 Lineup. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. February 22, 1992, accessed May 4, 2016 . 
10. ↑ June 26, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band, Elton John. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
11. ↑ June 18, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band, Elton John. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
12. ↑ June 22, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Aug. 14, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
14. ↑ June 23, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
15. ↑ June 27, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band, Elton John. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
16. ↑ May 2, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Dates and ticket sales (Europe):
    • Eric Clapton. (No longer available online.) In: About-tracy-chapman.net. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
    • NIA Celebrates. In: Birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2016 . 
    • Scotland is selling. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. February 15, 1992, accessed May 4, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Dates and ticket sales (North America):
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. May 9, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. May 16, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. May 23, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. May 30, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. June 13, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. June 6, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Previous records. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Billboard Magazin. August 31, 1996, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 5, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
19. ↑ Dates and ticket sales (Europe):
    • Vincent Quittelier: Clapton A Flanders Expo. In: Archives.lesoir.be. Retrieved May 5, 2016 (French). 
    • The Mega Tour. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. January 9, 1993, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Elton John and Eric Clapton: nice oude glory in De Kuip. In: nrc.nl. Retrieved May 5, 2016 (Dutch). 
    • Clapton and John Sell Everything Out. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. May 2, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • The Wembley Concerts. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. July 18, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • The Concert Review. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. December 19, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Italy Gross. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. November 28, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Elton John Live. In: Eltonjohnitaly.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016 (Italian). 
20. ↑ Dates and ticket sales (North America):
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. September 12, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Roger Catlin: 1992 Rocks With Visit From Clapton. In: articles.courant.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
    • Gramm Back In Foreigner Territory, Clapton's Creek Count, Taylor Tapings. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. September 26, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Boxscore - Concert Big. (PDF) In: Billboard Magazine. October 3, 1992, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
    • Eric Clapton Show. In: Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved May 5, 2016 . 
21. ↑ July 12, 1992 - Eric Clapton & His Band. In: Where's Eric! The Eric Clapton Fan Club Magazine. Retrieved May 5, 2016 .