The Journeyman World Tour was a -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.

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.

"Pretending" "Running on Faith" "No Alibis" "I Shot the Sheriff" "White Room" "Can't Find My Way Home" "Bad Love" "Before You Accuse Me" "Old Love" "Badge" "Wonderful Tonight" "Cocaine" "Layla" "Cross Road Blues" "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 Chuck Leavell–keyboards (1991 Ireland and U.K. dates)

Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceBox officeEurasia6 July 1989The HagueNetherlandsStatenhalrowspan="4" colspan="2" 7 July 19899 July 1989ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion10 July 198913 July 1989JerusalemIsraelMerrill Hassenfeld Amphitheaterrowspan="4" colspan="2" 14 July 1989ZemachZemach Amphitheatre15 July 1989CaesareaCaesarea Amphitheatre17 July 1989Africa20 July 1989CairoEgyptStad El Qahira El Dawlyrowspan="6" colspan="2" 22 July 1989LobambaEswatiniSomhlolo National Stadium23 July 198925 July 1989HarareZimbabweInternational Conference Center26 July 198928 July 1989GaboroneBotswanaBoipuso Hall30 July 1989MaputoMozambiqueEstádio da Machava40,000Europe14 January 1990BirminghamEnglandNational Exhibition Centre——15 January 1990——16 January 1990——18 January 1990LondonRoyal 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 1990HelsinkiFinlandThe Icehall——16 February 1990StockholmSwedenGloben Arena——17 February 1990OsloNorwaySkedsmohallen——19 February 1990CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen——20 February 1990HamburgWest GermanySporthalle Arena——22 February 1990BrusselsBelgiumForest National——23 February 1990EssenWest GermanyGrugahalle——24 February 1990The HagueNetherlandsStatenhal——26 February 1990MilanItalyPalatrussardi——27 February 1990——1 March 1990MunichWest GermanyOlympiahalle——3 March 1990ParisFranceLe Zénith——4 March 1990——5 March 1990FrankfurtWest GermanyFesthalle Frankfurt——North America28 March 1990AtlantaUnited StatesOmni Coliseum30 March 1990CharlotteCharlotte Coliseum31 March 1990Chapel HillDean E. Smith Center2 April 1990New York CityMadison Square Garden3 April 1990East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena4 April 1990PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum6 April 1990UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum7 April 1990SyracuseCarrier Dome9 April 1990WorcesterWorcester Centrum10 April 199012 April 1990HartfordHartford Civic Center13 April 199015 April 1990Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills16 April 1990CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum17 April 1990ClevelandRichfield Coliseum19 April 1990IndianapolisMarket Square Arena20 April 1990AmesHilton Coliseum21 April 1990St. LouisSt. Louis Arena23 April 1990New OrleansLakefront Arena24 April 1990HoustonThe Summit25 April 1990DallasReunion Arena27 April 1990DenverMcNichols Sports Arena29 April 1990AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum30 April 1990TempeASU Activity Center1 May 1990InglewoodGreat Western Forum3 May 1990San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena4 May 1990Costa MesaPacific Amphitheatre5 May 1990Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre21 July 1990MiamiMiami Arena22 July 199023 July 199025 July 1990OrlandoOrlando Arena27 July 1990Saint PetersburgSuncoast Dome28 July 1990AtlantaLakewood Amphitheatre30 July 1990NashvilleStarwood Amphitheatre31 July 1990MemphisMid-South Coliseum2 August 1990GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum3 August 1990LandoverCapital Centre4 August 19906 August 1990East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena7 August 19909 August 1990MansfieldGreat Woods Center for the Performing Arts10 August 199011 August 199013 August 1990Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center14 August 1990PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum15 August 199017 August 1990UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum18 August 199021 August 1990ClevelandBlossom Music Center22 August 1990DetroitPine Knob Pavilion23 August 1990CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center25 August 1990East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre26 August 199028 August 1990Bonner SpringsSandstone Amphitheater29 August 1990St. LouisSt. Louis Arena31 August 1990KnoxvilleThompson–Boling Arena1 September 1990BirminghamOak Mountain Amphitheatre2 September 1990BiloxiMississippi Coast ColiseumSouth America29 September 1990SantiagoChileEstadio Nacional46,0003 October 1990MontevideoUruguayEstadio Centenario50,0005 October 1990Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio River Plate70,0007 October 1990Rio de JaneiroBrazilPraça da Apoteose40,0009 October 1990BrasíliaGinásio Nilson Nelsoncolspan="2" 11 October 1990Belo HorizonteGinásio Mineirinho30,00013 October 1990FlorianópolisEstádio Orlando Scarpelli25,00016 October 1990Porto AlegreGinásio Gigantinho15,00019 October 1990São PauloOlympia5,00020 October 19905,00021 October 19905,000Oceania7 November 1990AucklandNew ZealandSupertop——8 November 1990——10 November 1990CanberraAustraliaRoyal Theatre——12 November 1990AdelaideFestival Theatre——13 November 1990——15 November 1990MelbourneNational Tennis Centre——16 November 1990SydneyEntertainment Centre——17 November 1990——19 November 1990BrisbaneEntertainment Centre——Asia24 November 1990SingaporeIndoor Stadium——26 November 1990Kuala LumpurMalaysiaStadium Negara——29 November 1990Hong KongThe Coliseum——4 December 1990TokyoJapanNippon Budokan——5 December 1990——6 December 1990——9 December 1990Yoyogi Olympic Pool——10 December 1990NagoyaRainbow Hall——11 December 1990OsakaOsaka-jō Hall——13 December 1990YokohamaYokohama Arena——Europe31 January 1991DublinIrelandThe Pointrowspan="26" colspan="2" 2 February 19915 February 1991LondonEnglandRoyal Albert Hall6 February 19917 February 19919 February 199110 February 199111 February 199113 February 199114 February 199115 February 199117 February 199118 February 199119 February 199123 February 199124 February 199125 February 199127 February 199128 February 19911 March 19913 March 19914 March 19915 March 19917 March 19918 March 19919 March 1991TOTAL

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". 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".

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