1986–87 concert tour by Anita Baker
Rapture Tour Associated album Rapture Start date March 16, 1986 End date November 29, 1987 Legs 8 No. of shows174 in North America 12 in Europe 186 total
The Rapture Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American recording artist Anita Baker in support of her second studio album Rapture (1986). The tour started in mid-March 1986, visiting several cities throughout North America and Europe. In 1987, Baker kicked off a North America second leg trek, which included seven dates in Los Angeles at the Beverly Theatre in January,[1] including two and three-night dates in Merrillville, Indiana, New York City[2] and Miami, Florida. The outing included four sold-out shows scheduled in Washington, D.C., and three consecutive dates for the second visit in Merrillville, Indiana.
Concert synopsis [ edit ] The tour consisted of a selection of songs from Baker's 1983 debut, The Songstress and the majority of the Rapture album. For each performance, Baker would perform songs from both albums, and also include a song from other artists. For example, she performed "You've Changed" by Sarah Vaughan for one show, and Van Morrison 's "Moondance " for another. She performed several shows throughout the week in Los Angeles, with gospel/R&B group the Perri Sisters joining as background vocals and toured with Baker for the remainder of the tour.[3]
The Band [ edit ] Music Director: Bobby Lyle Guitar: Donald Griffin Keyboards: Bobby Lyle Percussions: Garry Glenn Saxophone: Gerald Albright Bass: Nathan East Drums: James Bradley, Jr Backing vocalists (1986): Tanya Boyd, Saundra Simmons, and Natalie Jackson Backing vocalists (1987): Perri Sisters, Gina Taylor, and Freida Williams Opening acts [ edit ] Perri Sisters (North America, selet dates) Pieces of a Dream (North America, November–December 1986, select dates) Durell Coleman (North America, February 1987) Rhonda Hansome (North America, July–September 1987, select dates) Nat Augustin (London) Tease (Baltimore) The Controllers (New York City, September 1986) The Rose Brothers (St. Louis, August 1986) Setlist [ edit ] The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on January 2, 1987, at the Beverly Theatre in Los Angeles, California. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
"Caught Up in the Rapture " "Will You Be Mine" "Angel" "Mystery" "Stop to Love " "You're the Best Thing Yet" "Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year) " "You Bring Me Joy" "Watch Your Step" "Sweet Love "No One in the World " "Been So Long" "No More Tears" "Blessed " Notes *The concert on July 16, in Montreux, Switzerland, she performed Van Morrison 's song "Moondance ".
Tour dates [ edit ] Date City Country Venue North America[4] March 16, 1986 Detroit United States State Theatre March 17, 1986 Chicago Auditorium Theatre March 19, 1986 Merrillville Holiday Star Theatre March 21, 1986 Cincinnati Taft Theatre March 22, 1986 Cleveland State Theatre March 24, 1986 Buffalo Shea's O'Connell Center March 25, 1986 Albany Palace Theatre March 26, 1986 Hartford Bushnell Memorial Hall March 28, 1986 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center March 29, 1986 Lowell Lowell Memorial Auditorium April 7, 1986 Red Bank Count Basie Theatre April 8, 1986 New York City Alice Tully Hall April 9, 1986 Devon Valley Forge Music Fair April 11, 1986 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre June 9, 1986 Milwaukee Riverside Theater June 10, 1986 Minneapolis State Theatre June 11, 1986 Joliet Rialto Square Theatre June 13, 1986 South Bend Morris Civic Auditorium June 14, 1986 Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Civic Auditorium June 16, 1986 Syracuse Landmark Theatre June 17, 1986 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent June 18, 1986 Cohasset South Shore Music Circus June 19, 1986 Port Chester Capitol Theatre June 20, 1986 Newark Newark Symphony Hall June 22, 1986 Westbury Westbury Music Fair June 23, 1986 June 25, 1986[A] New York City Avery Fisher Hall June 27, 1986 Baltimore Meyerhoff Symphony Hall June 28, 1986 Norfolk Chrysler Hall June 29, 1986 Raleigh Raleigh Memorial Auditorium June 30, 1986 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium Europe[5] July 16, 1986[B] Montreux Switzerland Montreux Casino July 17, 1986 Paris France Élysée Montmartre July 18, 1986 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique July 19, 1986 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg July 22, 1986 Cardiff Wales St David's Hall July 23, 1986 Wolverhampton England Wolverhampton Civic Hall July 24, 1986 Manchester Manchester Apollo July 26, 1986 London Hammersmith Odeon July 27, 1986 North America[6] August 1, 1986 Detroit United States Masonic Temple Theater August 8, 1986 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall August 10, 1986 Louisville Louisville Gardens August 11, 1986 Nashville War Memorial Auditorium August 12, 1986 Atlanta Atlanta Civic Center August 13, 1986 Birmingham Birmingham Municipal Auditorium August 16, 1986 Chicago Arie Crown Theater August 18, 1986 Toledo Masonic Auditorium August 19, 1986 Indianapolis Murat Theatre August 21, 1986 St. Louis Fox Theatre August 22, 1986 Kansas City Midland Theatre August 23, 1986 Tulsa Brady Theater August 24, 1986 Little Rock Robinson Municipal Auditorium August 26, 1986 Houston Houston Music Hall August 27, 1986 August 28, 1986 September 4, 1986 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater September 6, 1986 New York City Radio City Music Hall September 7, 1986 Europe September 14, 1986 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre September 15, 1986 Glasgow Scotland Theatre Royal September 17, 1986 Hamburg West Germany CCH Saal 3 North America[7] September 23, 1986 Chicago United States Arie Crown Theater September 24, 1986 Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre September 25, 1986 Detroit State Theatre September 26, 1986 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque September 28, 1986 Lexington Singletary Center for the Arts September 30, 1986 Chicago Arie Crown Theater October 2, 1986 Peoria Civic Center Theater October 4, 1986 Memphis Orpheum Theatre October 5, 1986 October 6, 1986 October 8, 1986 Chattanooga Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium October 10, 1986 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall October 11, 1986 October 21, 1986 Norfolk Chrysler Hall October 22, 1986 Richmond Mosque Theater October 23, 1986 Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium October 24, 1986 Columbia Township Auditorium October 25, 1986 Macon Macon City Auditorium October 28, 1986 Jacksonville Civic Auditorium October 29, 1986 Orlando Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre October 30, 1986 St. Petersburg Mahaffey Theater November 19, 1986 Highland Heights Front Row Theater November 20, 1986 November 21, 1986 Chicago Arie Crown Theater November 22, 1986 November 23, 1986 November 25, 1986 St. Louis Fox Theatre November 26, 1986 November 28, 1986 Detroit Masonic Temple Theater November 29, 1986 November 30, 1986 December 3, 1986 Cincinnati Cincinnati Music Hall December 4, 1986 Detroit Masonic Temple Theater December 5, 1986 December 27, 1986 Los Angeles Beverly Theatre December 28, 1986 December 30, 1986 December 31, 1986 January 2, 1987 January 4, 1987 January 5, 1987 February 4, 1987 Oakland Paramount Theatre February 5, 1987 February 6, 1987 San Carlos Circle Star Theatre February 7, 1987 February 8, 1987 February 14, 1987 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater February 15, 1987 February 18, 1987 New Orleans Saenger Theatre February 20, 1987 February 21, 1987 February 22, 1987 Dallas Dallas Convention Center Arena March 3, 1987 Toronto Canada O'Keefe Centre March 5, 1987 Highland Heights United States Front Row Theater March 6, 1987 March 7, 1987 March 8, 1987 March 19, 1987 Merrillville Holiday Star Theater March 20, 1987 March 21, 1987 March 22, 1987 July 17, 1987 Philadelphia Mann Music Center July 18, 1987 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion July 19, 1987 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater July 20, 1987 July 22, 1987 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre July 25, 1987 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre July 26, 1987 July 28, 1987 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 31, 1987 Holmdel Township Garden State Arts Center August 1, 1987[C] Wantagh Jones Beach Marine Theater August 4, 1987 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center August 5, 1987 August 7, 1987 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater August 8, 1987 August 10, 1987 Mansfield Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts August 11, 1987 August 15, 1987 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion August 16, 1987 August 18, 1987 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium August 19, 1987 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center August 21, 1987 Bonner Springs Sandstone Center for the Performing Arts August 23, 1987 Tempe ASU Activity Center August 25, 1987 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre August 27, 1987 Seattle Mercer Arena August 28, 1987 Portland Civic Auditorium August 29, 1987 August 31, 1987 San Carlos Circle Star Theatre September 1, 1987 September 3, 1987 Los Angeles Greek Theatre September 4, 1987 September 5, 1987 September 6, 1987 September 9, 1987 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre September 11, 1987 San Diego SDSU Open Air Theatre September 12, 1987 September 13, 1987 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre September 17, 1987 Concord Concord Pavilion September 18, 1987 Sacramento ARCO Arena September 19, 1987 Las Vegas Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts October 14, 1987 New York City Radio City Music Hall October 15, 1987 October 16, 1987 October 18, 1987 October 22, 1987 Boston Wang Theatre October 23, 1987 October 24, 1987 October 25, 1987 October 29, 1987 Atlanta Fox Theatre October 30, 1987 October 31, 1987 Winston-Salem LJVM Coliseum Annex November 12, 1987 Detroit Masonic Temple Theater November 13, 1987 November 14, 1987 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque November 15, 1987 November 17, 1987 St. Louis Fox Theatre November 18, 1987 November 21, 1987 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall November 22, 1987 November 24, 1987 November 25, 1987 November 27, 1987 Merrillville Holiday Star Theatre November 28, 1987 November 29, 1987
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A This concert was a part of the "JVC Jazz Festival"[8] B This concert was a part of the "Montreux Jazz Festival "[9] C This concert was a part of the "Miller Genuine Draft Concerts at Jones Beach"[10] Cancellations and rescheduled shows July 14, 1986 Hamburg, West Germany CCH Saal 3 Rescheduled to September 17, 1986 July 29, 1986 Glasgow, Scotland Theatre Royal Rescheduled to September 15, 1986 July 30, 1986 Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre Rescheduled to September 14, 1986 February 22, 1987 Dallas, Texas Music Hall at Fair Park Moved to the Dallas Convention Center Arena
Box office score data [ edit ] Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenue Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Baltimore 5,000 / 7,500 (67%) $104,000[11] Fox Theatre St. Louis 23,304 / 23,325 (100%) $432,128[12] [13] [14] [15] Front Row Theatre Highland Heights 18,785 / 18,984 (99%) $361,553[14] [16] Arie Crown Theater Chicago 12,957 / 12,957 (100%) $255,580[14] Masonic Temple Theater Detroit 30,029 / 30,029 (100%) $586,103[14] [17] Cincinnati Music Hall Cincinnati 3,630 / 3,630 (100%) $61,233[14] Paramount Theatre Oakland 5,600 / 5,600 (100%) $129,000[18] Circle Star Theatre San Carlos 11,100 / 11,100 (100%) $238,000[18] Saenger Theatre New Orleans 8,400 / 8,400 (100%) $181,000[18] Dallas Convention Center Arena Dallas 7,600 / 9,816 (77%) $119,000[16] O'Keefe Centre Toronto 3,059 / 3,059 (100%) $59,848[16] Holiday Star Theater Merrillville 13,344 / 13,344 (100%) $250,460[19] Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston 17,071 / 28,000 (61%) $313,685[20] Garden State Arts Center Holmdel Township 8,663 / 10,802 (80%) $146,943[21] Jones Beach Marine Theater Wantagh 10,226 / 10,226 (100%) $201,460[20] Poplar Creek Music Theater Hoffman Estates 13,659 / 33,878 (40%) $236,215[22] Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia 18,754 / 26,344 (71%) $356,723[23] Greek Theatre Los Angeles 24,748 / 24,748 (100%) $611,750[24] Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View 7,974 / 15,000 (53%) $154,787[25] SDSU Open Air Theatre San Diego 8,331 / 8,331 (100%) $173,055[26] Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Irvine 10,418 / 10,418 (100%) $199,556[26] Concord Pavilion Concord 7,269 / 8,110 (90%) $126,270[25] ARCO Arena Sacramento 4,888 / 5,000 (98%) $85,557[25] Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts Las Vegas 7,000 / 7,000 (100%) $142,156[27] Wang Theatre Boston 16,254 / 16,254 (100%) $394,672[28] Fox Theatre Atlanta 8,638 / 8,638 (100%) $216,573[28] Syria Mosque Theater Pittsburgh 7,200 / 7,200 (100%) $162,000[17] DAR Constitution Hall Washington, D.C. 14,541 / 14,984 (97%) $353,750[29] TOTAL 328,442 / 382,677 (86%) $6,653,057
VHS/DVD/CD release [ edit ] A DVD and CD live collection, entitled A Night of Rapture: Live was released in 2004 by Rhino Records , which reached #35 in the Billboard 'Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums' list.[31]
Track listing [ edit ] Caught Up in the Rapture – 5:29 Mystery – 5:24 Been So Long – 5:52 No One in the World – 4:11 Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year) – 3:59 Watch Your Step – 6:20 Moondance – 4:08 You Bring Me Joy – 4:32 Sweet Love – 7:20 Sweet Love [Multimedia Track] You Bring Me Joy [Multimedia Track] No One in the World [Multimedia Track]
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