The second date of George Harrison and Eric Clapton’s 1991 Rock Legends tour of Japan took place at the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka on 2 December 1991.
This was the first of five non-consecutive dates at the Osaka-jō Hall.
Tickets for the tour dates, which were billed as ‘Rock Legends: George Harrison live with Eric Clapton and his band’, went on sale on Sunday 20 October 1991, with a handful of extra dates added to meet demand.
The tour consisted of 12 concerts in December 1991. It was Harrison’s second and final tour, following the 1974 Dark Horse Tour, and was commemorated with the 1992 album Live In Japan.
Harrison performed the bulk of the songs, with Clapton taking a lead role for four songs in the middle of the set. The other members of the band were Andy Fairweather Low on rhythm guitar and vocals; Nathan East on bass guitar and vocals; Chuck Leavell on piano, organ, keyboards, and vocals; Greg Phillinganes on keyboards and vocals; Steve Ferrone on drums; Ray Cooper on drums and percussion; and Katie Kissoon and Tessa Niles on vocals.
Concert setlist
- ‘I Want To Tell You’
- ‘Old Brown Shoe’
- ‘Taxman’
- ‘Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)’
- ‘If I Needed Someone’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Fish On The Sand’
- ‘What Is Life’
- ‘Dark Horse’
- ‘Piggies’
- ‘Pretending’
- ‘Old Love’
- ‘Badge’
- ‘Wonderful Tonight’
- ‘Got My Mind Set On You’
- ‘Cloud 9’
- ‘Here Comes The Sun’
- ‘My Sweet Lord’
- ‘All Those Years Ago’
- ‘Cheer Down’
- ‘Devil’s Radio’
- ‘Isn’t It A Pity’
- ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’
- ‘Roll Over Beethoven’
Rock Legends Tour dates
- 1 December 1991: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama
- 2 December 1991: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 3 December 1991: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 5 December 1991: International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya
- 6 December 1991: Sun Plaza, Hiroshima
- 9 December 1991: Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
- 10 December 1991: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 11 December 1991: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 12 December 1991: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 14 December 1991: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
- 15 December 1991: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
- 17 December 1991: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
Also on this day...
- 2017: Paul McCartney live: nib Stadium, Perth
- 2009: Paul McCartney live: Color Line Arena, Hamburg
- 1979: Wings live: Brighton Centre, Brighton
- 1974: US single release: Walking In The Park With Eloise by Paul McCartney
- 1969: George Harrison live: Colston Hall, Bristol with Delaney & Bonnie
- 1969: Mixing: Lady Madonna, Rain, Octopus’s Garden
- 1969: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day one
- 1969: John Lennon is interviewed for Man Of The Decade
- 1968: US album release: Wonderwall Music by George Harrison
- 1966: Mixing, editing: Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas
- 1965: George Harrison’s Gretsch guitar is destroyed
- 1964: Ringo Starr’s tonsils are removed
- 1963: The Beatles live: Grosvenor House, London
- 1963: Television: The Morecambe And Wise Show
- 1962: The Beatles live: Embassy Cinema, Peterborough
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
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