For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour


The For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour was a concert tour by the 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.
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. Promotion for these live works was the foundation of the band's next tour. However, Rhino Entertainment published Live in Dallas 1991 as the second live album from the tour in 2024, released after the band was disbanded in 2020.
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.
The tour was managed by touring veteran Scotty Ross, who has also managed the tours of Poison, Dio, Saliva and Celtic Woman.

Setlist

August–December 1991
  1. "Poundcake"
  2. "Judgement Day"
  3. "Spanked"
  4. "Runaround"
  5. "When It's Love"
  6. "There's Only One Way to Rock"
  7. Bass Solo
  8. Drum Solo
  9. "A.F.U. "
  10. "Panama"
  11. "Why Can't This Be Love"
  12. "Finish What Ya Started"
  13. "Eagles Fly"
  14. Guitar Solo
  15. "Best of Both Worlds"
  16. "I Can't Drive 55"
  17. "The Dream Is Over"
  18. "Jump"
  19. "You Really Got Me"
  20. "Top of the World"
January–May 1992
  1. "Poundcake"
  2. "Judgement Day"
  3. "Runaround"
  4. "When It's Love"
  5. "There's Only One Way to Rock"
  6. Bass Solo
  7. "Pleasure Dome"
  8. Drum Solo
  9. "Panama"
  10. "Right Now"
  11. "Why Can't This Be Love"
  12. "Finish What Ya Started"
  13. "Give to Live"
  14. Guitar Solo
  15. "You Really Got Me"
  16. "I Can't Drive 55"
  17. "Best of Both Worlds"
  18. "Top of The World"
  19. "Jump"
  20. "The Dream Is Over"

Personnel

Additional musician