A 25–Year Celebration Tour

A 25–Year Celebration Tour
Tour by Santana
	The cover of the Japanese tour program.
Start date	January 19, 1991
End date	November 3, 1991
Legs	8
No. of shows	32 in North America; 16 in Europe; 6 in Asia; 3 in South America; 57 in total
Santana concert chronology
	; Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour; (1990); ; A 25–Year Celebration Tour; (1991); ; Milagro Tour; (1992–93);

A 25–Year Celebration Tour was the twenty-fifth concert tour by Santana in 1991, celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band.

Tour band

Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (through April)^[1]
Tony Lindsay – lead vocals (beginning April)^[1]
Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums (through April)^[1]
Gaylord Birch – drums (from April to June)^[1]^[2]
Billy Johnson – drums (beginning June)^[2]
Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals
Karl Perazzo – timbales, percussion, vocals (beginning April)^[1]

Set list

The tour began on January 19 at the Rock in Rio II festival within the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and ended on November 3 at a Bill Graham memorial concert at the Polo Fields in San Francisco, California.^[3] This is an average set list of this tour:^[4]

"Mandela" (Armando Peraza)
"It's a Jungle Out There" (Carlos Santana)
"Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana)
"Life Is for Living" (Pat Sefolosha)
"Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve)
"No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
"We Don't Have to Wait" (Santana, Armando Peraza, Thompson)
"Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
"Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
"Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
"Right On" (Marvin Gaye, Earl DeRouen)
"Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix)
"Save the Children" (Bobby Womack)
"Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
"Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Chester D. Thompson)
"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)

Encore

"Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)

Tour dates

Brazilian leg (January 19–24)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
January 19^[a]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
January 24^[a]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho

U.S. leg (April 27 – May 11)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
April 27	Las Vegas	United States	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl
April 28	Las Vegas		Sam Boyd Silver Bowl
April 30	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
May 1	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
May 10	Honolulu		Waikiki Shell
May 11	Lahaina		Royal Lahaina Tennis Stadium

Japan leg (May 15–22)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
May 15	Osaka	Japan	Festival Hall
May 17	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Sunpalace
May 18	Amagasaki		Amagasaki-shi Sougou Bunka Center
May 19	Nagoya		Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
May 21	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
May 22	Yokohama		Kanagawa Kenmin Hall

U.S. leg (May 25–26)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
May 25	George	United States	Champs de Brionne Music Theatre
May 26	Portland	United States	Portland Civic Auditorium

Aruban show (June 16)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
June 16	Oranjestad	Aruba	Don Elias Mansur Ballpark

North American leg (June 20–28)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
June 20	Los Angeles	United States	Greek Theatre
June 21
June 22
June 25	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
June 26	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
June 28	Denver	United States	Mile High Stadium

European leg (July 7–27)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
July 7	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
July 9	Athens	Greece	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
July 10	London	England	Wembley Arena
July 12	Aschaffenburg	Germany	Unterfrankenhalle
July 13^[b]	Leysin	Switzerland	Place des Feuilles
July 14	Landshut	Germany	ETSV Sporthalle
July 15	Vienna	Austria	Praterstadion
July 17	Cologne	Germany	Tanzbrunnen
July 18	Hamburg	Germany	Freilichtbühne
July 19	Aalborg	Denmark	Provstejorden
July 20	Copenhagen		Valby Idrætspark
July 21	Odense		Odense University
July 23	Vienne	France	Théâtre Antique
July 24^[c]	Juan-les-Pins	France	La Pinède Gould
July 25^[d]	San Sebastián	Spain	Velódromo de Anoeta
July 27	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade

North American leg (August 30 – November 3)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1991)	City	Country	Venue
August 30	Santa Fe	United States	Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 31 (2 shows)	Santa Fe		Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
September 1	Tucson		Pima County Fairgrounds
September 2	Mesa		Mesa Amphitheatre
September 4	Burbank		Starlight Bowl
September 6	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
September 7	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
September 8	Berkeley		William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre
September 25	Houston		Ripley House
September 26	Detroit		Fox Theatre
September 27	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
September 28	Syracuse	United States	Carrier Dome
October 1	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
October 2	Burlington		Burlington Memorial Auditorium
October 4	New York City		Paramount Theater
October 5	New York City		Palladium
October 6	Philadelphia		Fairmount Park
October 30	Mill Valley		Sweetwater
November 3^[e]	San Francisco		Polo Fields

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date (1991)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
April 27	Las Vegas, United States	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl	79,000 / 79,000	$1,856,500	^[5]
April 28	Las Vegas, United States	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl	79,000 / 79,000	$1,856,500	^[5]
June 20	Los Angeles, United States	Greek Theatre	17,123 / 17,532	$394,379	^[6]
June 21					^[6]
June 22					^[6]
September 28	Syracuse, United States	Carrier Dome	25,000 / 25,000	$562,500	^[7]
TOTAL			121,123 / 121,532 (99%)	$2,813,379

Notes

^ ^a ^b The concerts on January 19 and 24 were a part of Rock in Rio II.
^ The concert on July 13 was a part of the Leysin Festival.
^ The concert on July 24 was a part of Jazz à Juan.
^ The concert on July 25 was a part of Heineken Jazzaldia.
^ The concert on November 3 was a part of Bill Graham Memorial: Laughter, Love and Music.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Search for setlists: santana 1991 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Santana Average Setlists of year: 1991 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. May 11, 1991. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. August 3, 1991. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. October 12, 1991. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

External links

Santana Past Shows 1991 at Santana official website

[rio-5] The concerts on January 19 and 24 were a part of Rock in Rio II.

[6] The concert on July 13 was a part of the Leysin Festival.

[7] The concert on July 24 was a part of Jazz à Juan.

[8] The concert on July 25 was a part of Heineken Jazzaldia.

[9] The concert on November 3 was a part of Bill Graham Memorial: Laughter, Love and Music.

[santanamigos-1] "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[santanamigos2-2] "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[3] "Search for setlists: santana 1991 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[4] "Santana Average Setlists of year: 1991 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[billboard4-10] "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. May 11, 1991. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[billboard5-11] "Billboard Boxscore" (PDF). Billboard. August 3, 1991. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[12] "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. October 12, 1991. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

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