The Eclipse Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Journey. It was in support of the group's fourteenth studio album ''

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''. The album is

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's second since joining the band in 2007. Special guests on the 2011 tour include Foreigner and Night Ranger for most of the North American dates,

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for the European dates, and Sweet for South American dates. The tour was the sixth top-grossing concert tour from July 23, 2011, to September 23, 2011, bringing in over $21 million and selling over 900,000 tickets. For the 2012 U.S. tour, special guests were

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and

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, and the guests for the 2013 tour were

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for the Australian dates, and

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for the European dates. For the 2014–2015 tour, the Steve Miller Band co-headlined. The 2016 tour saw the band play with

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, as well as signal the return of "classic" drummer Steve Smith after longtime drummer

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was fired from the group. The 2017 tour had

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co-headline, and also included the band's induction and performance at their induction into the

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. This tour is also the longest-running in the entire history of the band.

Set list – leg 1

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" is a song performed by Journey, recorded for their album '' Frontiers'' and released as a single on January 5, 1983. It peaked at #8 for six consecutive weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and spent four week ...

" #"Edge of The Moment" #" Only the Young" #"Ask the Lonely" #"Never Walk Away" #"

Send Her My Love "Send Her My Love" is a 1983 song by the American rock band Journey. Released in September of that year as the fourth single from their album ''Frontiers'', this Cain/Perry-penned ballad went to number 23 on the U.S. pop charts in November of the ...

" #"Resonate" #"Stone in Love" #"Keep on Running" #"City of Hope" #"

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" #" Open Arms" #"Chain of Love" #"Mother, Father" #"

Wheel in the Sky "Wheel in the Sky" is a song by the American rock band Journey, recorded in 1977 and included on their fourth studio album, '' Infinity.'' It was written and composed by Robert Fleischman, Neal Schon, and Diane Valory. Background At the time o ...

" #"Human Feel" #"

Be Good to Yourself "Be Good to Yourself" is a song by Journey from their ninth studio album, ''Raised on Radio''. Released in 1986 as the first single from the album, the song reached the top ten on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background The single heralded ...

" #" Faithfully" #"

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Any Way You Want It "Any Way You Want It" is a song by American rock band Journey, released in February 1980 as the lead single from the band's sixth album '' Departure'' (1980). Written by lead singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon, it peaked at number 23 on t ...

" Encore: #

"Escape" #" Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"

Set list – leg 2

#"Majestic" #"Never Walk Away" #"Ask the Lonely" #" After All These Years" #"Chain Reaction" #"La Do Da" #"Still They Ride" #"Only the Young" #"Faith In The Heartland" #"Faithfully" #"Stone in Love" #"Send Her My Love" #"Where Did I Lose Your Love" #"Lights" #"City Of Hope" #"Wheel in the Sky" #"Open Arms" #"Separate Ways" #"Be Good To Yourself'" #"Don't Stop Believin'" #"Any Way You Want It" Encore: #

"Escape" #"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"

Concert gross

2011 * The Eclipse Tour concert tour was the 18th highest-grossing concert tour of 2011 bringing in $39,069,939. * According to Pollstar it was the highest-grossing concert from July 23, 2011, to September 23, 2011, bringing in over $21 million. * The tour had 17 sellouts and averaged over $600,000 per show. 2012 * Journey was #36 on Pollstars Top 200 North American Tours, grossing 25.8 million during the 2012 The Eclipse Tour concert tour. * The tour grossed over $469,000 each night, with an average of 7,745 in attendance per show. * The total ticket sales were in excess of $425,000

Personnel

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– lead guitar, backing vocals *

Ross Valory Ross Lamont Valory (born February 2, 1949) is an American musician who is best known as the original bass player for the rock band Journey from 1973 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2020. Valory was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a ...

– bass, backing vocals * Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

– drums, percussion, backing vocals (2011–2015) * Steve Smith – drums, percussion (2016–2017) *

– lead vocals with: *Travis Thibodaux – keyboards, backing vocals (2016−2017) Special guests *Europe – Foreigner, Styx, Saga, Kansas, Night Ranger, and FM *North America – Foreigner, Night Ranger, *Central America – Night Ranger *

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– Night Ranger *South America – The Sweet * 2012 North America Leg –

* 2013 Australia Tour –

Co-headliner * 2013 Europe Tour –

Co-headliner * 2013 North America-

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& Cassadee Pope (

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Only) * 2014–2015 North America – Steve Miller Band, Tower of Power, Neal "Vortex" Schon * 2016 North America –

, Dave Mason * 2017 North America –

Omar Hakim- filling in for Deen Castronovo for the shows in other countries and 2015 North American dates

Tour dates

Box office score data

;2012 ;2016 ;2017

Cancelled shows

References

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