The Virgin Tour

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The Virgin Tour

from Madonna

Presentation album	Like a virgin
Beginning of the tour	April 10, 1985
End of the tour	June 11, 1985
Concerts in total	40 in North America
revenue	$ 3 million

Madonna Tour Chronology

-	The Virgin Tour (1985)	Who's That Girl World Tour (1987)

The Virgin Tour was the first tour of the American pop singer Madonna . It took place in the spring of 1985. Although concerts outside of North America were initially planned, the tour was only held in the USA and Canada. The set list consisted of tracks from Madonna's first two solo albums Madonna (1983) and Like a Virgin (1984). The stage was developed by her brother Christopher Ciccone.

The Beastie Boys appeared as the opening act .

Song list

1. Dress you up
2. Holiday
3. Into the groove
4. Everybody
5. fishing rod
6. Gambler
7. Borderline
8. Lucky Star
9. Crazy for You
10. Over and over
11. Burning Up
12. Like a virgin
13. Material girl

Live - The Virgin Tour

A live recording of the tour was released on VHS on November 13, 1985 . This was recorded when it performed in Detroit on May 25 and directed by Daniel Kleinman . The live video reached number one in the US music video charts in early 1986 and became the best-selling music video of the year in the US. It was awarded 2 × platinum for over 200,000 units sold.

Sometimes a version has also appeared on Laserdisc ; it has not yet been released on DVD.

Track list

1. Dress you up
2. Holiday
3. Into the groove
4. Everybody
5. Gambler
6. Lucky Star
7. Crazy for You
8. Over and over
9. Like a virgin
10. Material girl

Tour dates

date	city	country	Event space
April 10, 1985	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theater
April 12, 1985
April 13, 1985
April 15, 1985	Portland		Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 16, 1985
April 19, 1985	San Diego		SDSU Open Air Theater
April 20, 1985
April 21, 1985	Costa Mesa		Pacific amphitheater
April 23, 1985	San Francisco		San Francisco Civic Auditorium
April 26, 1985	los Angeles		Universal amphitheater
April 27, 1985
April 28, 1985
April 30, 1985	Tempe		ASU Activity Center
May 3, 1985	Dallas		Dallas Convention Center
May 4th 1985	Houston		Hofheinz Pavilion
May 5th 1985	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
May 7, 1985	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
May 9, 1985	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
May 10, 1985	Orlando		Orange County Convention Center
May 11, 1985	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
May 14, 1985	Atlanta		The Omni
May 16, 1985	Cleveland		Public auditorium
May 17, 1985	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
May 18, 1985	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
May 20, 1985
May 21, 1985	Saint Paul		Saint Paul Civic Center
May 23, 1985	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
May 25, 1985	Detroit	United States	Cobo Arena
May 26, 1985
May 28, 1985	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
May 29, 1985	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Spectrum
May 30, 1985	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
June 1, 1985	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 2nd 1985	Worcester		Worcester Centrum
3rd June 1985	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
June 6, 1985	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
June 7, 1985
June 8, 1985
June 10, 1985			Madison Square Garden
June 11, 1985

Billboard box score

Venue	city	Tickets sold / available	revenue
SDSU Open Air Theater	San Diego	8,696 / 8,696 (100%)	$ 124,773
Pacific amphitheater	Costa Mesa	18,765 / 18,765 (100%)	$ 297,473
San Francisco Civic Auditorium	San Francisco	8,500 / 8,500 (100%)	$ 127,500
ASU Activity Center	Tempe	10.013 / 10.013 (100%)	$ 133,427
Dallas Convention Center	Dallas	8,717 / 8,717 (100%)	$ 130,735
Hofheinz Pavilion	Houston	7,300 / 7,300 (100%)	$ 101,880
USF Sun Dome	Tampa	8,400 / 8,400 (100%)	$ 125,415
Orange County Convention Center	Orlando	10,596 / 10,596 (100%)	$ 154,274
The Omni	Atlanta	14,843 / 14,843 (100%)	$ 215,760
Maple Leaf Gardens	Toronto	16,000 / 16,000 (100%)	$ 238,264
Cobo Arena	Detroit	24,382 / 24,382 (100%)	$ 332,780
Pittsburgh Civic Arena	Pittsburgh	15,600 / 15,600 (100%)	$ 219,210
Philadelphia Spectrum	Philadelphia	15,543 / 15,543 (100%)	$ 207,547
Worcester Centrum	Worcester	11,981 / 11,981 (100%)	$ 177,515
New Haven Coliseum	New Haven	10,190 / 10,190 (100%)	$ 153,856
Radio City Music Hall	New York City	17,538 / 17,538 (100%)	$ 294,050
Total		207.064 / 207.064 (100%)	$ 3,034,460

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . May 4, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
2. ↑ Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . May 18, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
3. ↑ Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . May 11, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
4. ^ Billboard. dated May 11, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 , Vol. 97, No. 19, p. PT2. limited preview in Google Book search
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . June 8, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . May 25, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
7. ↑ Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . June 1, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . June 15, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
9. ↑ Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . June 29, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Billboard Boxscore . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (Ed.): Billboard . June 22, 1985, ISSN  0006-2510 . Retrieved September 29, 2009.

Web links

• The Virgin Tour on Madonna.de