Journeyman World Tour

The Journeyman World Tour was a ​2 ¹⁄₂-year concert tour by English musician Eric Clapton that began on July 6, 1989 in The Hague and concluded on March 9, 1991 in London. The tour was Clapton's first tour following the release of his 1989 studio album Journeyman. The guitarist played a total of 165 shows throughout Europe, North America, Asia, South America and Africa.

Journeyman World Tour

World concert by Eric Clapton
Promotional poster from 1990.
Associated album	Journeyman
Start date	July 6, 1989
End date	March 9, 1991
No. of shows	165
Eric Clapton concert chronology

Setlist

This set list is representative of the tour's average setlist as conducted by Setlist.fm, which represents all concerts for the duration of the tour.[1]

1. "Pretending"
2. "Running on Faith"
3. "No Alibis"
4. "I Shot the Sheriff"
5. "White Room"
6. "Can't Find My Way Home"
7. "Bad Love"
8. "Before You Accuse Me"
9. "Old Love"
10. "Badge"
11. "Wonderful Tonight"
12. "Cocaine"
13. "Layla"
14. "Cross Road Blues"
15. "Sunshine of Your Love"

Personnel

• Eric Clapton–guitar, lead vocals
• Alan Clark–keyboards (U.S. and Europe only)
• Ray Cooper–percussion, shouted vocal during Sunshine of Your Love percussion solo
• Nathan East–bass guitar, vocals
• Steve Ferrone–drums
• Katie Kissoon–backing vocals
• Tessa Niles–backing vocals
• Phil Palmer–guitar
• Greg Phillinganes–keyboards, vocals

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Box Office
Eurasia
6 July 1989	The Hague	Netherlands	Statenhal	N/A
7 July 1989
9 July 1989	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
10 July 1989
13 July 1989	Jerusalem	Israel	Merrill Hassenfeld Amphitheater	N/A
14 July 1989	Zemach		Zemach Amphitheatre
15 July 1989	Caesarea		Caesarea Amphitheatre
17 July 1989
Africa
20 July 1989	Cairo	Egypt	Stad El Qahira El Dawly	N/A
22 July 1989	Lobamba	Eswatini	Somhlolo National Stadium
23 July 1989
25 July 1989	Harare	Zimbabwe	International Conference Center
26 July 1989
28 July 1989	Gaborone	Botswana	Boipuso Hall
30 July 1989	Maputo	Mozambique	Estádio da Machava	40,000[2]	N/A
Europe
14 January 1990	Birmingham	England	National Exhibition Centre	—	—
15 January 1990				—	—
16 January 1990				—	—
18 January 1990	London		Royal Albert Hall	—	—
19 January 1990				—	—
20 January 1990				—	—
22 January 1990				—	—
23 January 1990				—	—
24 January 1990				—	—
26 January 1990				—	—
27 January 1990				—	—
28 January 1990				—	—
30 January 1990				—	—
31 January 1990				—	—
1 February 1990				—	—
3 February 1990				—	—
4 February 1990				—	—
5 February 1990				—	—
8 February 1990				—	—
9 February 1990				—	—
10 February 1990				—	—
14 February 1990	Helsinki	Finland	The Icehall	—	—
16 February 1990	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen Arena	—	—
17 February 1990	Oslo	Norway	Skedsmohallen	—	—
19 February 1990	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen	—	—
20 February 1990	Hamburg	Germany	Sporthalle Arena	—	—
22 February 1990	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	—	—
23 February 1990	Essen	Germany	Grugahalle	—	—
24 February 1990	The Hague	Netherlands	Statenhal	—	—
26 February 1990	Milan	Italy	Palatrussardi	—	—
27 February 1990				—	—
1 March 1990	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	—	—
3 March 1990	Paris	France	Le Zénith	—	—
4 March 1990				—	—
5 March 1990	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt	—	—
North America
28 March 1990	Atlanta	United States	Omni Coliseum
30 March 1990	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
31 March 1990	Chapel Hill		Dean E. Smith Center
2 April 1990	New York City		Madison Square Garden
3 April 1990	East Rutherford		Meadowlands Arena
4 April 1990	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
6 April 1990	Hempstead		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7 April 1990	Syracuse		Carrier Dome
9 April 1990	Worcester		Worcester Centrum
10 April 1990
12 April 1990	Hartford		Civic Center
13 April 1990
15 April 1990	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
16 April 1990	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
17 April 1990	Cleveland		Richfield Coliseum
19 April 1990	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
20 April 1990	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
21 April 1990	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
23 April 1990	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
24 April 1990	Houston		The Summit
25 April 1990	Dallas		Reunion Arena
27 April 1990	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
29 April 1990	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
30 April 1990	Tempe		Arizona State University Pavilion
1 May 1990	Inglewood		Great Western Forum
3 May 1990	San Diego		Sports Arena
4 May 1990	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
5 May 1990	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
21 July 1990	Miami		Miami Arena
22 July 1990
23 July 1990
25 July 1990	Orlando		Orlando Arena
27 July 1990	Saint Petersburg		Suncoast Dome
28 July 1990	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre
30 July 1990	Nashville		Starwood Amphitheatre
31 July 1990	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
2 August 1990	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
3 August 1990	Landover		Capital Centre
4 August 1990
6 August 1990	East Rutherford		Meadowlands Arena
7 August 1990
9 August 1990	Mansfield		Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
10 August 1990
11 August 1990
13 August 1990	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
14 August 1990	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
15 August 1990
17 August 1990	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
18 August 1990
21 August 1990	Cleveland		Blossom Music Center
22 August 1990	Detroit		Pine Knob Pavilion
23 August 1990	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
25 August 1990	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
26 August 1990
28 August 1990	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
29 August 1990	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
31 August 1990	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena
1 September 1990	Birmingham		Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
2 September 1990	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
South America
29 September 1990	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional	46,000[3]	N/A
3 October 1990	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	50,000[4]	N/A
5 October 1990	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio River Plate	70,000[5]	N/A
7 October 1990	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	40,000[6]	N/A
9 October 1990	Brasília		Ginásio Nilson Nelson	N/A
11 October 1990	Belo Horizonte		Ginásio Mineirinho	30,000[7]	N/A
13 October 1990	Florianópolis		Estádio Orlando Scarpelli	25,000[8]	N/A
16 October 1990	Porto Alegre		Ginásio Gigantinho	15,000[9]	N/A
19 October 1990	São Paulo		Olympia	5,000[10]	N/A
20 October 1990				5,000[10]	N/A
21 October 1990				5,000[10]	N/A
Oceania
7 November 1990	Auckland	New Zealand	Supertop	—	—
8 November 1990				—	—
10 November 1990	Canberra	Australia	Royal Theatre	—	—
12 November 1990	Adelaide		Festival Theatre	—	—
13 November 1990				—	—
15 November 1990	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre	—	—
16 November 1990	Sydney		Entertainment Centre	—	—
17 November 1990				—	—
19 November 1990	Brisbane		Entertainment Centre	—	—
Asia
24 November 1990	Singapore		Indoor Stadium	—	—
26 November 1990	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara	—	—
29 November 1990	Hong Kong		The Coliseum	—	—
4 December 1990	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan	—	—
5 December 1990				—	—
6 December 1990				—	—
9 December 1990			Yoyogi Olympic Pool	—	—
10 December 1990	Nagoya		Rainbow Hall	—	—
11 December 1990	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall	—	—
13 December 1990	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena	—	—
Europe
31 January 1991	Dublin	Ireland	The Point	N/A
2 February 1991
5 February 1991	London	England	Royal Albert Hall
6 February 1991
7 February 1991
9 February 1991
10 February 1991
11 February 1991
13 February 1991
14 February 1991
15 February 1991
17 February 1991
18 February 1991
19 February 1991
23 February 1991
24 February 1991
25 February 1991
27 February 1991
28 February 1991
1 March 1991
3 March 1991
4 March 1991
5 March 1991
7 March 1991
8 March 1991
9 March 1991
TOTAL

Reception

LGN music critics liked the world tour and especially recognised Eric Clapton's guitar tone throughout the whole Journeyman World Tour, stating: "this period saw a resurrection of Clapton going back to basics. The tones he captured during this era are really amazing. [...] Eric was mainly using a Soldano SLO-100 amp head giving him a very saturated blues tone".[11] Fellow guitar slinger Joe Bonamassa recalled a great Journeyman show, he saw as a teenager and also liked the way Eric Clapton made things sound at the time, calling Eric Clapton's Journeyman tone "one of the best tones Clapton has ever had".[12]

References

1. "Eric Clapton Average Setlists of tour: Journeyman | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
2. Crossroads Guitar Auction – Eric Clapton and Friends for the Crossroads Centre. New York City: Christie′s. 24 June 2004. p. 86.
3. Camila Mendoza (28 September 2018). "Fiebre noventera: 28 años de Rock In Chile, el debut de David Bowie y Eric Clapton en nuestro país" (in Spanish). La Rata. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
4. Carlos Ares (5 October 1990). "20 heridos en Montevideo en un recital de Eric Clapton" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
5. "Después de once años, Eric Clapton vuelve a Argentina – Suplemento Estilo – Diario Los Andes". Estilo (in Spanish). Los Andes. 6 October 2001. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
6. "A passarela é do samba, mas a Praça da Apoteose é do rock" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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8. Stefani Ceolla (29 November 2018). "Slash vem a SC: Relembre 10 grandes shows de rock no Estado" (in Portuguese). Versar Magazine. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
9. "Eric Clapton volta a se apresentar em Porto Alegre nesta quinta após 10 anos" (in Portuguese). Itapema FM. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
10. https://vejasp.abril.com.br/cidades/eric-clapton-volta-sao-paulo/
11. "The Many Tones of Eric Clapton". LGN Music. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
12. Bonamassa, Joe. "Top 5 Strat Masters". The Pickup Radio Show. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2015.