Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour

Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour
Tour by Santana
	The cover of the tour book of the European tour.
Associated album	Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
Start date	March 17, 1990
End date	November 21, 1990
Legs	3
No. of shows	80 in North America; 25 in Europe; 105 in total
Santana concert chronology
	; Viva Santana! Tour; (1988–89); ; Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour; (1990); ; A 25–Year Celebration Tour; (1991);

The Spirits Dancing in the Flesh Tour was the twenty-fourth concert tour by Santana in 1990, supporting the Spirits Dancing in the Flesh album.

Tour band

Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums
Armando Peraza – congas, percussion (through October)^[1]
Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals (beginning October)^[1]

Set list

The tour lasted from March 17 at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California to November 21 at the Bayfront Auditorium in Pensacola, Florida.^[2] An average set list of this tour was as follows:^[3]

"Spirits Dancing in the Flesh" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson)
"Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana)
"It's a Jungle Out There" (Santana)
"The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Chester Thompson)
"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)
"Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix)
"Mandela" (Peraza)
"Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
"Choose" (Santana, Thompson, Ligertwood)
"She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
"Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)

Encore

"Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)

Tour dates

U.S. leg (March 17 – May 26)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1990)	City	Country	Venue
March 17^[a]	San Francisco	United States	San Francisco Civic Auditorium
April 12	Spokane		Spokane Opera House
April 14	Portland		Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 16	Eugene		Cuthbert Amphitheater
April 17	Eureka		Eureka Municipal Auditorium
April 18	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
April 19	Santa Cruz		Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
April 21	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
April 23	Stockton		Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium
April 24	Fresno		Warnors Theatre
April 25	Santa Cruz		Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
April 27	Las Vegas		Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
April 28	San Luis Obispo		Mustang Stadium
April 29	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
May 26^[b]	Miami		Bayfront Park

European leg (May 29 – June 30)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1990)	City	Country	Venue
May 29	Bournemouth	England	Bournemouth International Centre
May 30	London		Hammersmith Odeon
May 31
June 1
June 3	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
June 6	Brussels	Belgium	Cirque Royal
June 7	Arnhem	Netherlands	Rijnhal
June 8	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	West Germany	Jurahalle
June 9	Jübek		Sandbahn-Stadion
June 11	Koblenz		Rhein-Mosel-Halle
June 13	Heilbronn		Eissporthalle
June 14	Pforzheim		Stadthalle
June 15	Mannheim		Mannheimer Rosengarten
June 16	Bad Staffelstein		Adam-Riese-Halle
June 17	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
June 19	Toulouse		Palais des Sports
June 20	Bordeaux		Patinoire de Mériadeck
June 22	Lyon		Festival Eclanova
June 23^[c]	Belfort		Presqu'île de Malsaucy
June 25^[d]	Istanbul	Turkey	—
June 26^[d]	Istanbul	Turkey	—
June 27	Budapest	Hungary	Kisstadion
June 28	Vienna	Austria	Arena
June 29	Imst	Austria	Open Air Stadtplatz
June 30^[e]	St. Gallen	Switzerland	Sittertobel

North American leg (July 13 – November 21)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue
Date (1990)	City	Country	Venue
July 13	Los Angeles	United States	Greek Theatre
July 14
July 15
July 17	Santa Fe		Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
July 18	Santa Fe		Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
July 20	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
July 21	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 22	San Antonio		Sunken Garden Theater
July 24	New Orleans		Saenger Theatre
July 26	Nashville		Starwood Amphitheatre
July 27	Pelham		Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 28	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Roberto Clemente Coliseum
August 4	New York City	United States	Electric Lady Studios
August 5	Syracuse		Empire Court
August 6	Darien Center		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 8	Mansfield		Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
August 9	Montreal	Canada	La Ronde
August 11	Bristol	United States	Lake Compounce
August 12	Wantagh		Jones Beach Marine Theater
August 14	Holmdel Township		Garden State Arts Center
August 15	Stanhope		Waterloo Village
August 16	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 17	Cleveland		Nautica Stage
August 18	Detroit		Fox Theatre
August 21	Pittsburgh		Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater
August 22	Harrisburg		City Island
August 23	Richmond		Mosque Theatre
August 24	Atlantic City		Trump Taj Mahal
August 26	Chicago		Poplar Creek Music Theatre
August 28	Columbus		Palace Theatre
August 30	Milwaukee		Riverside Theater
September 1	Kansas City		Barney Allis Plaza
September 2	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
September 15	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
September 16	Berkeley		William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre
September 22^[f]	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre
October 5	Stateline		Caesars Tahoe
October 6 (2 shows)	Stateline		Caesars Tahoe
October 7	San Jose		Event Center Arena
October 9 (2 shows)	Fresno		Fresno Fairgrounds
October 11	San Diego		Starlight Bowl
October 12	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 13	Tucson		Pima County Fairgrounds
October 14	El Paso		Special Events Center
October 16	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
October 18	Wichita		Cotillion Ballroom
October 19	Tulsa		Brady Theater
October 20	Dallas		Cotton Bowl
November 2	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
November 3	Newark		Golden Dome Athletic Center
November 5	New York City		Beacon Theatre
November 6
November 7
November 9	Upper Darby Township		Tower Theater
November 10	Upper Darby Township		Tower Theater
November 11	Norfolk		Chrysler Hall
November 13	Indianapolis		Murat Theatre
November 15	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
November 16	Cocoa		Brevard County Fairgrounds
November 17	Sunrise		Sunrise Musical Theater
November 18	Sunrise		Sunrise Musical Theater
November 20	St. Petersburg		Mahaffey Theater
November 21	Pensacola		Bayfront Auditorium

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date (1990)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
July 13	Los Angeles, United States	Greek Theatre	18,544 / 18,544	$407,523	^[4]
July 14					^[4]
July 15					^[4]
September 15	Costa Mesa, United States	Pacific Amphitheatre	9,371 / 11,000	$209,468	^[5]
October 20	Dallas, United States	Cotton Bowl	74,100 / 74,100	$1,715,688	^[6]
November 5	New York City, United States	Beacon Theatre	8,133 / 8,133	$203,325	^[7]
November 6					^[7]
November 7					^[7]
November 9	Upper Darby Township, United States	Tower Theater	5,882 / 5,882	$109,220	^[8]
November 10	Upper Darby Township, United States	Tower Theater	5,882 / 5,882	$109,220	^[8]
November 17	Sunrise, United States	Sunrise Musical Theater	7,354 / 7,354	$145,261	^[8]
November 18	Sunrise, United States	Sunrise Musical Theater	7,354 / 7,354	$145,261	^[8]
TOTAL			123,384 / 125,013 (99%)	$2,790,485

Notes

^ The concert on March 17 was a part of the Bammies.
^ The concert on May 26 was a part of the Miami International Music Festival.
^ The concert on June 23 was a part of Les Eurockéennes de Belfort 1990.
^ ^a ^b The concerts on June 25–26 were a part of the Istanbul International Jazz Festival.
^ The concert on June 30 was a part of Open Air St. Gallen.
^ The concert on June 30 was a part of the John Coltrane Festival.

References

^ ^a ^b "Santanamigos. The Band". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Search for setlists: santana 1990 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Santana Average Setlists of year: 1990 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. August 11, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. October 20, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. November 3, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. November 24, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. December 1, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

Santana Past Shows 1990 at Santana official website

[4] The concert on March 17 was a part of the Bammies.

[5] The concert on May 26 was a part of the Miami International Music Festival.

[6] The concert on June 23 was a part of Les Eurockéennes de Belfort 1990.

[turkey-7] The concerts on June 25–26 were a part of the Istanbul International Jazz Festival.

[8] The concert on June 30 was a part of Open Air St. Gallen.

[9] The concert on June 30 was a part of the John Coltrane Festival.

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

[2] "Search for setlists: santana 1990 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[3] "Santana Average Setlists of year: 1990 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[billboard-10] "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. August 11, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[11] "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. October 20, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[12] "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. November 3, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[billboard2-13] "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. November 24, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[billboard3-14] "Amusement Business" (PDF). Billboard. December 1, 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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