Any Love World Tour

Any Love World Tour

Tour by Luther Vandross
Associated album	Any Love
Start date	September 28, 1988
End date	May, 1989
Legs	3
No. of shows	Over 50 in North America Over 10 in Europe
Luther Vandross concert chronology

The Any Love World Tour is a concert tour by American recording R&B artist Luther Vandross, the tour supports his Platinum selling album, Any Love. Following its release, debuting in the top ten pop charts, Vandross kicked-off a 65 city three-month tour in the U.S. The trek started on September 28, in Washington, D.C., with singer Anita Baker joining as a opening co-headliner; billed as The Heat: Luther & Anita Live!. In 1989, Vandross continued his tour with out Baker that included a European outing, in which Vandross performed a record-breaking sell-out of ten shows at London's Wembley Arena. A U.S. second leg followed, as the tour would gross over $12.8 million and becoming one of music's top live attractions that year.

Set list

1. "Never Too Much"
2. "Any Love"
3. "Come Back"
4. "Love Won't Let Me Wait"
5. "Give Me the Reason"
6. "Wait for Love"
7. Medley: "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"/"Young Americans"/"Love on a Two Way Street" (performed by background singers)
8. "Searching"
9. "Superstar"/"Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)"
10. "For You to Love"
11. If Only for One Night
12. "Since I Lost My Baby"
13. "Creepin’"
14. "A House Is Not a Home"
15. "She Won't Talk to Me"
16. "Stop to Love"

Notes

• During the show at the Sports Arena on December 1, Vandross invited dancer/singer Gregory Hines who attended the concert to join him on stage. Together, they performed their hit duet "There's Nothing Better than Love" from Vandross's 1986 album, Give Me the Reason.

The Band

• Music Director/Keyboards: Nat Adderley, Jr.
• Guitar: Doc Powell
• Keyboards: John “Skip” Anderson
• Bass: Byron Miller
• Percussion: Steve Kroon
• Saxophone: Kyle Turner
• Drums: Ivan Hampden, Jr.
• Background Vocalists: Lisa Fischer, Ava Cherry, Kevin Owens, Paulette McWilliams, Cindy Mizelle

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
September 28, 1988	Washington D.C	United States	DAR Constitution Hall
September 29, 1988
October 1, 1988	Philadelphia, PA		The Spectrum
October 2, 1988
October 4, 1988	New York City, NY		Madison Square Garden
October 5, 1988
October 6, 1988
October 9, 1988
November 2, 1988	Detroit, MI		Joe Louis Arena
November 5, 1988	Charlotte, NC		Charlotte Coliseum
November 25, 1988	San Diego, CA		San Diego Sports Arena
November 27, 1988	Oakland, CA		Oakland Coliseum Arena
November 28, 1988
December 1, 1988	Los Angeles, CA		Los Angeles Sports Arena
December 2, 1988
December 3, 1988
December 5, 1988
December 10, 1988	Cincinnati, OH		Riverfront Coliseum
December 16, 1988	Hartford, CT		Hartford Civic Center
December 27, 1988	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
December 28, 1988
December 29, 1988
December 31, 1988
Europe
March 18, 1989	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Arena
March 19, 1989
March 20, 1989
March 23, 1989
March 24, 1989
March 27, 1989
March 28, 1989
April 1, 1989
April 3, 1989
April 4, 1989

• Not all tour dates are listed for North America and Europe.

Broadcast & Recordings

• Luther Vandross show from his record-breaking ten dates at the Wembley Arena in London was televised on BBC One Europe TV. Following its airing, a commercially issued home VHS/DVD titled, ‘’Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley’’ was released.