For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour

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 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.^[1]^[2]

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.

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.^[3]

The tour was managed by touring veteran Scotty Ross, who has also managed the tours of Poison, Dio, Saliva and Celtic Woman.

Setlist

Tour dates

Box office score data

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

References

^ de Sola, David (August 4, 2015). Alice in Chains: The Untold Story. Thomas Dunne Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-1250048073.
^ "Sammy Hagar Admits Alice in Chains Made Him Insecure in Van Halen". Loudwire. April 16, 2019.
^ Renoff, Greg. "The History of Eddie Van Halen and Keyboards". Ultimate Classic Rock. Townsquare Media. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "Van Halen Tour Dates". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-09-01. Accessed on 20 October 2007
^ "Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 41. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 12, 1991. p. 35. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 9, 2022.