Forever For Always For Love Tour

Forever, For Always, For Love World Tour
Tour by Luther Vandross
Supporting album	Forever, For Always, For Love
Start date	February 19, 1982
End date	May 13, 1983
Legs	3
Shows	85 in North America 10 in Europe 95 in total
Luther Vandross tour chronology
Luther Tour (1981)	Forever, For Always, For Love World Tour (1982-83)	Busy Body Tour (1984)

The Forever, For Always, For Love World Tour was a concert tour and the first major headlining tour by American recording artist Luther Vandross. The tour supported his second Platinum hit album Forever, For Always, For Love. The outing spanned over a year, starting on February 14, in Boston, Massachusetts, visiting several cities across the U.S. and Europe from 1982 to the summer of 1983.

Opening acts

• Cheryl Lynn (USA—Leg)
• Rodney Franklin (USA—Leg, select dates)

Set list

1. "The Glow of Love"
2. "Searching"
3. "Forever, For Always, For Love"
4. "Never Too Much"
5. "She Loves Me Back"
6. "Since I Lost My Baby"
7. "The Lady Is a Tramp"
8. "Promise Me"
9. "Don't You Know That?"
10. "A House Is Not a Home"
11. "Jump to It"
12. "If This World Were Mine" (duet performed with Cheryl Lynn)
13. "Busy Body"
14. "Bad Boy/Having a Party"

The Band

• Music Director/Keyboards: Nat Adderley, Jr.
• Drums: Yogi Horton
• Bass: Eluriel "Tinker" Barfield
• Keyboards: John "Skip" Anderson
• Guitar: Doc Powell
• Percussion: Steve Kroon
• Background vocals: Fonzi Thornton, Alfa Anderson, Phillip Ballou, Brenda White

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America—Leg 1
February 14, 1982	Boston, MA	United States	Berklee Performance Center
February 19, 1982	Tuscaloosa, AL		Memorial Coliseum
February 23, 1982	Austin, TX		Frank Erwin Center
February 29, 1982	Tallahassee, FL		Leon County Civic Center
June 12, 1982	Houston, TX		NRG Astrodome
August 1, 1982	Pasadena, CA		Rose Bowl Aquatics Center
October 21, 1982	Phoenix, AZ		Celebrity Theatre
November 3, 1982	Chicago, Illinois		Auditorium Theater
November 4, 1982
November 6, 1982	St. Louis, MO		American Theater
November 7, 1982	Columbus, Ohio		Veterans Memorial Auditorium
November 12, 1982	New York City, NY		Radio City Music Hall
November 13, 1982
November 15, 1982	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
November 18, 1982	Detroit, MI		Ford Auditorium
November 19, 1982
November 20, 1982	Pittsburgh, PA		Stanley Theater
November 21, 1982	Cincinnati, Ohio		Cincinnati Music Hall
November 24, 1982	Highland Heights, OH		Front Row Theater
December 27, 1983	Memphis, TN		Orpheum Theatre
December 28, 1983	Louisville, KY		Louisville Palace
December 29, 1983	Indianapolis, IN		Murat Theatre
December 30, 1983	Nashville, TN		Ryman Auditorium
December 31, 1983	Little Rock, AR		Robinson Center
January 5, 1983	Richmond, VA		Landmark Theater
January 6, 1983	Charlotte, NC		Ovens Auditorium
January 7, 1983	Columbia, SC		Township Auditorium
January 8, 1983	Savannah, GA		Johnny Mercer Theater
January 12, 1983	Chicago, IL		Arie Crown Theater
January 13, 1983
January 14, 1983
January 15, 1983
January 19, 1983	St. Louis, MO		Fox Theatre
January 20, 1983
January 21, 1983	Detroit, MI		Fox Theatre
January 22, 1983
January 23, 1983	Baton Rouge, LA		Riverside Centroplex
January 24, 1983	Monroe, LA		Monroe Civic Center
January 25, 1983	Dallas, TX		Music Hall at Fair Park
January 26, 1983	Houston, TX		Jones Hall
Europe
January 31 - February 14	Birmingham	United Kingdom	Hummingbird
	Sheffield		Sheffield Hall
	London		Hammersmith Odeon
			Brixton Academy
	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
	Rotterdam		Ahoy Theater Hal
	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
North America—Leg 2
February 23, 1983	Baton Rouge, LA	United States	Baton Rouge River Center Arena
February 24, 1983	Monroe, LA		Monroe Civic Center
February 25, 1983	Dallas, TX		Reunion Arena
February 26, 1983	Houston, TX		Houston Music Hall
March 1, 1983	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
March 2, 1983
March 3, 1983
March 4, 1983
March 8, 1983	New Orleans, LA		Saenger Theatre
March 9, 1983
March 10, 1983	Atlanta, GA		Fox Theatre
March 11, 1983	Greenville, SC		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
March 15, 1983	Boston, MA		Metropolitan Theatre
March 16, 1983
March 17, 1983	Largo, MD		Capitol Centre
March 18, 1983	Raleigh, NC		Civic Center
March 22, 1983	Milwaukee, WI		Uihlein Hall
March 24, 1983	Dayton, OH		Loft Theatre
March 25, 1983	Kansas City, MO		Midland Theatre
March 29, 1983	Los Angeles, CA		Universal Amphitheatre
March 30, 1983
April 1, 1983	San Diego, CA		Copley Symphony Hall
April 5, 1983	Huntsville, AL		Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
April 6, 1983	Jackson, MS		Mississippi Coliseum
April 7, 1983	Birmingham, AL		BJCC Concert Hall
April 8, 1983	Tallahassee, FL		Centre Theater
April 12, 1983	Fort Lauderdale, FL		Sunrise Musical Theater
April 13, 1983
April 14, 1983	Lakeland, FL		Lakeland Civic Center
April 15, 1983	Jacksonville, FL		Civic Auditorium
April 19, 1983	Augusta, GA		William Bell Auditorium
April 20, 1983	Greensboro, NC		War Memorial Auditorium
April 21, 1983	Hampton, VA		Hampton Coliseum
April 22, 1983	Baltimore, MD		Baltimore Civic Center
April 26, 1983	Lake Charles, LA		Arcade Theater
April 27, 1983	Mobile, AL		Saenger Theatre
April 28, 1983	Shreveport, LA		RiverView Theater
April 29, 1983	Norman, OK		Lloyd Noble Center
May 3, 1983	San Carlos, CA		Circle Star Theater
May 4, 1983
May 5, 1983
May 10, 1983	Cleveland, OH		Public Music Hall
May 11, 1983
May 12, 1983
May 13, 1983
August 29, 1983	Detroit, MI		Michigan State Fairgrounds

• Not all tour dates are listed for Europe in 1983, the outing ran from January 31, to February 14.

External links

• luthervandross.com
• theconcertdatabase.com-luther vandross
• classic-rock-concerts

External links

• www.luthervandross.com

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