The For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour (often abbreviated as the F.U.C.K. Tour or simply The Fuck Tour) was a concert tour by the American rock band Van Halen in support of their studio album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. It was one of the band's longer tours, divided into 99 dates. It featured shows in Hawaii and Mexico, places Van Halen rarely played in their history.
Sammy Hagar chose Alice in Chains to be the opening act after seeing the music video for their hit single "Man In The Box" on MTV.
At the two Fresno, California, shows, the band filmed and recorded material for the live double album Live: Right Here, Right Now and live VHS Van Halen: Right Here, Right Now – Live (later also released on laserdisc and DVD). Promotion for these live works was the foundation of the band's next tour. However, Rhino Entertainment published Live in Dallas 1991 as the second live album from the tour in 2024, released after the band was disbanded in 2020.
This tour included the song "Jump" in the set list. This song from 1984 had been the band's only US Hot 100 number 1, but in his attempt to 'forget' the band's past, Sammy Hagar had refused to sing it when he joined the band in 1985. Now an established member of the line-up, he agreed to sing it more often. This tour also marked the first time that keyboards were not performed live on stage by Eddie Van Halen. Keyboard and piano parts were performed off stage by Night Ranger keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald.
The tour was managed by touring veteran Scotty Ross, who has also managed the tours of Poison, Dio, Saliva and Celtic Woman.
Tour dates + List of 1991 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue Date Accessed on 20 October 2007 City Country Venue August 16, 1991 Atlanta United States Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre August 17, 1991 Antioch Starwood Amphitheatre August 20, 1991 Burgettstown Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater August 21, 1991 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center August 24, 1991 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center August 25, 1991 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheater August 26, 1991 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater August 29, 1991 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre August 31, 1991 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater September 1, 1991 Tinley Park World Music Theatre September 6, 1991 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre September 8, 1991 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion September 9, 1991 Sacramento Cal-Expo Amphitheatre September 10, 1991 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre September 11, 1991 September 13, 1991 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre September 14, 1991 September 15, 1991 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre October 8, 1991 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center October 9, 1991 Providence Providence Civic Center October 11, 1991 Hampton Hampton Coliseum October 12, 1991 Raleigh Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre October 15, 1991 Philadelphia The Spectrum October 16, 1991 October 17, 1991 Landover Capital Centre October 20, 1991 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium October 23, 1991 Albany Knickerbocker Arena October 24, 1991 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena October 25, 1991 October 27, 1991 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum October 29, 1991 Hartford Hartford Civic Center October 30, 1991 Worcester Centrum in Worcester October 31, 1991 November 3, 1991 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum November 4, 1991 Toronto SkyDome November 7, 1991 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena November 9, 1991 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum November 10, 1991 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place November 11, 1991 Calgary Olympic Saddledome November 13, 1991 Vancouver BC Place Stadium November 14, 1991 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome November 15, 1991 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum December 2, 1991 Memphis Pyramid Arena December 3, 1991 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum December 4, 1991 Dallas West End Marketplace December 6, 1991 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum December 7, 1991 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex December 9, 1991 Tallahassee Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center December 10, 1991 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum December 12, 1991 St. Petersburg Florida Suncoast Dome December 13, 1991 Miami Miami Arena December 14, 1991 Orlando Orlando Arena
+ List of 1992 concerts, showing date, city, country and venue Date Accessed on 20 October 2007 City Country Venue January 22, 1992 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome January 23, 1992 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum January 28, 1992 Dallas Reunion Arena January 29, 1992 Austin Frank Erwin Center January 31, 1992 Houston The Summit February 2, 1992 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center February 3, 1992 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum February 5, 1992 Carbondale SIU Arena February 7, 1992 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum February 8, 1992 Louisville Freedom Hall February 9, 1992 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium February 12, 1992 Chattanooga UTC Arena February 14, 1992 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center February 15, 1992 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center February 16, 1992 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena February 19, 1992 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium February 21, 1992 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills February 22, 1992 February 24, 1992 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum February 26, 1992 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center February 28, 1992 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum February 29, 1992 Columbia Carolina Coliseum March 2, 1992 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium March 3, 1992 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum April 3, 1992 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills April 4, 1992 April 6, 1992 Manhattan Bramlage Coliseum April 7, 1992 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium April 8, 1992 Little Rock Barton Coliseum April 10, 1992 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center April 11, 1992 Peoria Peoria Civic Center April 12, 1992 Columbia Hearnes Center April 15, 1992 St. Louis St. Louis Arena April 17, 1992 Minneapolis Target Center April 18, 1992 Ames Hilton Coliseum April 19, 1992 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium April 22, 1992 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center April 23, 1992 Billings MetraPark Arena April 25, 1992 Denver McNichols Sports Arena April 27, 1992 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum April 28, 1992 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum May 1, 1992 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena May 6, 1992 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center May 8, 1992 Daly City Cow Palace May 9, 1992 Reno Lawlor Events Center May 10, 1992 Sacramento ARCO Arena May 12, 1992 Inglewood Great Western Forum May 14, 1992 Fresno Selland Arena May 15, 1992 May 16, 1992 Inglewood Great Western Forum May 17, 1992 Tucson McKale Center May 23, 1992 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes May 24, 1992 May 29, 1992 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Center May 30, 1992 May 31, 1992
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(1991)CityVenueAttendanceGrossSeptember 13–14Mountain View, United StatesShoreline Amphitheatre39,268 / 39,268$990,762September 15Sacramento, United StatesCal Expo Amphitheatre14,188 / 14,188$390,515
Personnel Eddie Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Alex Van Halen – drums Sammy Hagar – lead vocals, guitar
Additional musician Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards
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