# A 25–Year Celebration Tour

A 25–Year Celebration Tour was the twenty-fifth concert tour by Santana in 1991, celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band.

## Tour band

* Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (through April)
* Tony Lindsay – lead vocals (beginning April)
* Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
* Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
* Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
* Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums (through April)
* Gaylord Birch – drums (from April to June)
* Billy Johnson – drums (beginning June)
* Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals
* Karl Perazzo – timbales, percussion, vocals (beginning April)

## Set list

The tour began on January 19 at the Rock in Rio II festival within the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and ended on November 3 at a Bill Graham memorial concert at the Polo Fields in San Francisco, California. This is an average set list of this tour:
* "Mandela" (Armando Peraza)
* "It's a Jungle Out There" (Carlos Santana)
* "Somewhere in Heaven" (Alex Ligertwood, Santana)
* "Life Is for Living" (Pat Sefolosha)
* "Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve)
* "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
* "We Don't Have to Wait" (Santana, Armando Peraza, Thompson)
* "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
* "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
* "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
* "Right On" (Marvin Gaye, Earl DeRouen)
* "Peace on Earth...Mother Earth...Third Stone from the Sun" (John Coltrane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix)
* "Save the Children" (Bobby Womack)
* "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
* "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Chester D. Thompson)
* "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)

### Encore

* "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)

## Tour dates
### Brazilian leg (January 19–24)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| January 19 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho |
| January 24 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho |

### U.S. leg (April 27 – May 11)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| April 27 | Las Vegas | United States | Sam Boyd Silver Bowl |
| April 28 | Las Vegas | United States | Sam Boyd Silver Bowl |
| April 30 | San Francisco | United States | Warfield Theatre |
| May 1 | San Francisco | United States | Warfield Theatre |
| May 10 | Honolulu | United States | Waikiki Shell |
| May 11 | Lahaina | United States | Royal Lahaina Tennis Stadium |

### Japan leg (May 15–22)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| May 15 | Osaka | Japan | Festival Hall |
| May 17 | Fukuoka | Japan | Fukuoka Sunpalace |
| May 18 | Amagasaki | Japan | Amagasaki-shi Sougou Bunka Center |
| May 19 | Nagoya | Japan | Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall |
| May 21 | Tokyo | Japan | Nippon Budokan |
| May 22 | Yokohama | Japan | Kanagawa Kenmin Hall |

### U.S. leg (May 25–26)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| May 25 | George | United States | Champs de Brionne Music Theatre |
| May 26 | Portland | United States | Portland Civic Auditorium |

### Aruban show (June 16)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| June 16 | Oranjestad | Aruba | Don Elias Mansur Ballpark |

### North American leg (June 20–28)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| June 20 | Los Angeles | United States | Greek Theatre |
| June 21 | Los Angeles | United States | Greek Theatre |
| June 22 | Los Angeles | United States | Greek Theatre |
| June 25 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes |
| June 26 | Mexico City | Mexico | Palacio de los Deportes |
| June 28 | Denver | United States | Mile High Stadium |

### European leg (July 7–27)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| July 7 | Paris | France | Zénith de Paris |
| July 9 | Athens | Greece | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium |
| July 10 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| July 12 | Aschaffenburg | Germany | Unterfrankenhalle |
| July 13 | Leysin | Switzerland | Place des Feuilles |
| July 14 | Landshut | Germany | ETSV Sporthalle |
| July 15 | Vienna | Austria | Praterstadion |
| July 17 | Cologne | Germany | Tanzbrunnen |
| July 18 | Hamburg | Germany | Freilichtbühne |
| July 19 | Aalborg | Denmark | Provstejorden |
| July 20 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Valby Idrætspark |
| July 21 | Odense | Denmark | Odense University |
| July 23 | Vienne | France | Théâtre Antique |
| July 24 | Juan-les-Pins | France | La Pinède Gould |
| July 25 | San Sebastián | Spain | Velódromo de Anoeta |
| July 27 | Lisbon | Portugal | Estádio José Alvalade |

### North American leg (August 30 – November 3)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue :
| Date (1991) | City | Country | Venue |
| August 30 | Santa Fe | United States | Paolo Soleri Amphitheater |
| August 31 (2 shows) | Santa Fe | United States | Paolo Soleri Amphitheater |
| September 1 | Tucson | United States | Pima County Fairgrounds |
| September 2 | Mesa | United States | Mesa Amphitheatre |
| September 4 | Burbank | United States | Starlight Bowl |
| September 6 | Costa Mesa | United States | Pacific Amphitheatre |
| September 7 | Santa Barbara | United States | Santa Barbara Bowl |
| September 8 | Berkeley | United States | William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre |
| September 25 | Houston | United States | Ripley House |
| September 26 | Detroit | United States | Fox Theatre |
| September 27 | Toronto | Canada | Massey Hall |
| September 28 | Syracuse | United States | Carrier Dome |
| October 1 | Springfield | United States | Springfield Civic Center |
| October 2 | Burlington | United States | Burlington Memorial Auditorium |
| October 4 | New York City | United States | Paramount Theater |
| October 5 | New York City | United States | Palladium |
| October 6 | Philadelphia | United States | Fairmount Park |
| October 30 | Mill Valley | United States | Sweetwater |
| November 3 | San Francisco | United States | Polo Fields |

## Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references :
| Date (1991) | City | Venue | Attendance | Gross |
| April 27 | Las Vegas, United States | Sam Boyd Silver Bowl | 79,000 / 79,000 | $1,856,500 |
| April 28 | Las Vegas, United States | Sam Boyd Silver Bowl | 79,000 / 79,000 | $1,856,500 |
| June 20 | Los Angeles, United States | Greek Theatre | 17,123 / 17,532 | $394,379 |
| June 21 | Los Angeles, United States | Greek Theatre | 17,123 / 17,532 | $394,379 |
| June 22 | Los Angeles, United States | Greek Theatre | 17,123 / 17,532 | $394,379 |
| September 28 | Syracuse, United States | Carrier Dome | 25,000 / 25,000 | $562,500 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 121,123 / 121,532 (99%) | $2,813,379 |