All 4 Love Tour
| Tour by New Edition | |
| Location | North America |
|---|---|
| Associated albums | New Edition |
| Start date | March 10, 1986 |
| End date | December 15, 1986 |
| Legs | 1 |
| Supporting acts | Whodini Fat Boys UTFO |
| Attendance | unknown |
| Box office | unknown |
| New Edition concert chronology | |
The All 4 Love Tour is a 1986 concert tour by R&B group New Edition supporting their third studio album All for Love. It was the first time they toured as a quartet as Bobby Brown had left the group.
Overview
[edit]After Bobby Brown left the group in the fall of 1985, Ralph, Ricky, Michael and Ronnie continued to promote their third album as a quartet with a 85-city tour of the United States including the US Virgin Islands and Canada. A trip to Japan was initially planned.[1]
It was their most elaborate tour, with a $350,000 stage set resembling a 48 ft wide, 17 ft Deep, 10 ft high medieval castle and four towers in which each members simultaneously disappeared.[2]
The show started with a voice speaking introduction story before a spaceship dropped the group members on stage, it incorporated illusions and lasers. The production cost $500.000 in total and affordable dueto their sponsorship. The Tour was sponsored by Coca-Cola, who also organized community events coordinated with local bottlers such as pre-show reception, radio promo, school high-attendance and essay contest winners invitations to backstage tours, assembly programs and basketball games with the members of New Edition. The price of the ticket stayed low due to the fact that 90% of the fans were still students.
During the first four weeks, they sold out venues such as Washington DC's Convention Center, Richmond Coliseum and Atlanta's Omni. It was estimated that a total of 1.5 million people seen the group perform onstage.[3]
In New york City , where they gave 2 sold-out shows at them Madison Square Garden on June 8, Dozens of youth robbed and mugged people in a two-hour crime spree. 33 mugging peruse and chain snatchings were reported. There were 12 minor injuries and 26 arrests of suspects ranging in age from 13 to 28, one of whom was armed with a gun. a woman's earring was torn off her ear. There were also two bomb threats.[4]
During the Summer New edition was on the bill of Budweiser Fest and Carefree Curl Summer Fest appearing with acts such as, Ready for the World, Atlantic Star, Midnight Star and Morri Day and the Time.
Setlists
[edit]New Haven Coliseum - April 27, 1986[5]
- (Spaceship Introduction)
- "All for Love"
- "School"
- "My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet?)"
- "Baby Love
- "Let's Be Friends"
- "Mr. Telephone Man"
- "Lost in Love"
- "Count Me Out"
- "Cool It Now"
- "With You All The Way"
- "Kickback"
- "Candy Girl"
- "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)
Supporting acts
[edit]Tour dates
[edit]Personnel
[edit]- Vocalists/dancers
- Ralph Tresvant – lead vocals, dancer
- Ricky Bell – lead vocals, dancer
- Michael Bivins - vocals, dancer
- Ronnie DeVoe – vocals, dancer
References
[edit]- ^ "Bell v. Streetwise Records, Ltd., 640 F. Supp. 575 (D. Mass. 1986)", Law.justia.com, 1986-06-11
- ^ "New Edition mixes theatrics with music", Google.Books, 1986-06-05
- ^ "New Edition Hits Big With Little Notice", Google.Books, 1986-05-03
- ^ "33 mugged during concert", Google.Books, 1986-06-10
- ^ "New Edition Fulfills Fantasies", newspapers.com, 1986-04-28
- ^ "Mar 22, 1986, page 42 - Carroll County Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2025-07-23.