# Fantasy Tour

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**The Fantasy Tour** was the third [concert tour](/source/Concert_tour) of [New Edition](/source/New_Edition). The tour supported the group's second studio albums *[New Edition](/source/New_Edition_(album))*. It was their first major tour where they headlined theaters as well as arenas throughout the United States. It was also the last tour with the five original members: Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Michael and Ralph.

## Overview

After the success of their eponymous album, New Edition embarked in a tour of theaters, arenas, state fairs and several theme parks across the country. By May 1985, the group had already played 50 concerts to more than 350,000 people.[2]

On May 20 the group performed in Boston for the 6th anniversary of *[Kiss 108](/source/Kiss_108)* in front of 15,000 fans. The next day they performed at a *Kiss 108* Private Party held at "The Metro". Ronnie just had a [tonsillectomy](/source/Tonsillectomy) so he was missing during those shows.

For the 4th of July they performed at *"The Beach Boys Love Concert"* at the mall of Washington with several other entertainers,[3] the event drew an estimated crowd of 550,000.[4]

On August 9, the group gave a concert at Six Flags Over Texas in Performing for more than 15,000 people. By 4 pm, the temperature rose to 80 degrees and 50 pecent humidity and the crowd had been standing in the park's concert area for 3 to 5 hours. The concert scheduled was halted briefly at about 9 pm to administer first-aid to some in the crowd. More than 200 young people were treated for heat-related ailments, 36 fans were treated at an Arlington hospital and 11 others at a hospital in nearby Grand Prairie for dehydration and hyperventilation. No serious injuries were reported, concert resumed after a brief interruption.[5][6]

## Supporting acts

- [Force MD's](/source/Force_MDs) (December 1984)
- [Evelyn "Champagne" King](/source/Evelyn_%22Champagne%22_King) (December 1984)
- [Whodini](/source/Whodini) (December - March 1985)
- [The Fat Boys](/source/The_Fat_Boys) (February - March 1985)
- [UTFO](/source/UTFO) (March - July 1985)
- [Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam](/source/Lisa_Lisa_and_Cult_Jam) (July 20)

## Tour dates

Date City Country Venue No. of performances North America 1984 October 27 Lake Buena Vista United States Disney World Magic Kingdom 1 November 23 Anaheim Disneyland 1 November 24 1 November 27 1 December 30 Hampton Hampton Coliseum 1 December 1 Westbury Westbury Music Fair 2 December 4 Charleston Gaillard Center 1 December 7 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 1 December 15 Columbia Township Auditorium 2 December 16 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 1 December 27 Upper Darby Tower Theater 2 1985 February 9 Lake Buena Vista United States Tomorrowland Terrace 2 February 14 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium 1 February 15 Tampa Curtis Hixon Hall 1 February 16 Miami Knights center 1 February 17 Jacksonville Civic auditorium 1 February 18 Daytona Beach Bethune-Cookman college 1 February 21 Greenville Greenville memorial auditorium 1 February 22 Montgomery Garrett Coliseum 2 February 23 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium 1 February 24 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Arena 1 February 28 Augusta Augusta Civic Center 1 March 1 Macon Macon City Auditorium 1 March 2 Atlanta Fox theater 2 March 3 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 1 March 7 Huntsville Propst Arena 1 March 8 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1 March 9 Memphis Orpheum Theater 2 March 10 Saint Louis Kiel Auditorium 1 March 13 Allendale Grand Valley State College 1 March 14 Detroit Masonic Temple Theater 2 March 15 Highland Heights Front Row Theater 2 March 16 Chicago Arie Crown Theater 1 March 17 St.Louis Fox Theater 1 March 19 Monroe Monroe Civic Center 1 March 21 New orleans Lakefront Arena 1 March 22 Baton Rouge Centroplex Arena 1 March 23 Houston Arena Theatre[7] 1 Mach 24 Dallas Music Hall at Fair Park 1 March 30 Anaheim Disneyland 1 April 6 San Carlos Circle Star Theater 1 April ? Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 1 April 18 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum 1 April 20 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium 1 May 2 Cleveland Public Hall 1 May 3 Indianapolis Indiana Convention Center 1 May 5 Charleston Charleston Coliseum & Civic Center 1 May 8 East Lansing MSU Auditorium 1 May 10 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens 1 May 11 Detroit Fox Theater 1 May 20 Boston Boston Garden 1 May 21 Boston The Metro 1 May 24 New York City The Roxy 1 June 1 Charlotte Carrowinds Palladium 2 June Doswell Kings Dominion 2 June 6 Jackson Six Flags Great Adventure 1 June 16 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center 1 June 19 Ventura Majestic Ventura Theater 1 June 20 Del Mar Del Mar Fairgrounds 1 June 21 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheater 1 June 22 Oakland Paramount Theater 1 June 22 Eureka Six Flags Over Mid-America 1 June 26 Kansas City Worlds Of Fun Forum Amphitheater 2 June 27 Urbandale Metro Ice Sports Arena 1 June 28 Milwaukee Henry W. Maier Festival Park 1 June 29 Clarkston Pine Knob Theater 1 June 30 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater 1 July 2 New York City Pier 84 1 July 4 Washington National Mall 1 July 19 Washington Convention Center 1 July 20 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center 1 July 21 Pittsburgh Syria Mosque 1 July 26 Philadelphia Spectrum 1 July 27 Westbury Westbury Music Fair 1 July 28 1 July 31 Providence Providence Civic Center 1 August 1 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 1 August 3 Birmingham Fair Park 1 August 3 New Orleans Tad Gormley Stadium 1 August 4 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 1 August 8 Little Rock Barton Coliseum 1 August 9 Arlington Six Flags Over Texas 1 August 10 Houston Six Flags AstroWorld 1 August 11 Arlington Six Flags Over Texas 1 August 16 Merillville Holiday Star Theater 2 August 17 Columbus Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds 1 August 18 Highland Heights Front Row Theater 2 August 19 Vaughan Canada Wonderland 1 August 23 Kansas City United States Worlds Of Fun Forum Amphitheater 1 September 6 York York Fair GrandStand 1 September 7 Rochester War Memorial 1 September 8 Worcester Centrum in Worcester 1 September 13 Chicago UIC Pavilion 1 September 14 1 September 15 Cleveland Public Auditorium 1 September 22 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 1 September 29 Berkley Hearst Greek Theater 1

## Personnel

**Vocalists/Dancers**

- [Ralph Tresvant](/source/Ralph_Tresvant) – lead vocals, dancer
- [Bobby Brown](/source/Bobby_Brown) – lead vocals, dancer
- [Ricky Bell](/source/Ricky_Bell_(singer)) – vocals, dancer
- [Michael Bivins](/source/Michael_Bivins) - vocals, dancer
- [Ronnie DeVoe](/source/Ronnie_DeVoe) – vocals, dancer

**Musicians**

- Carl smith - Keyboards
- John Steiner - Keyboards
- [Dan "Zoro" Donnelly](/source/Zoro_(drummer)) - Drums
- Bob Cepeda - Percussions
- Louis Metoyer - Guitar
- Anthony McEwan - Bass
- Don Hermanson - Keyboard Technician
- Gary Spence - Drum Technician

**Security**

- Jeff Dyson - Security
- Calvin Hubbard - Security
- Larry Cole - Bus Driver
- Chuck Glagola - Bus Driver
- Pay Lynes - Bus Driver
- Jim Fahlgren - Truck Driver
- Mark Olson - Truck Driver

**Management and Production**

- Mark Billes - Tour Manager
- Khalil Roundtree - Road Manager
- Geoff Perren - Production Manager
- David Troy - Merchandiser
- Jim stone - Merchandiser
- Winterline Productions - Merchandising Company
- Christine Sauers - Tour Book Design
- Jim Shea - Photography
- Pacific Lithograph/Michael John - Color separation, Lithography
- J.Beaver Saunders - Wardrobe
- Bob Oberdorston - Carpenter
- Larry Miller - Rigger
- Randy Bare - Sound & Light
- Steve Dabbs - Sound & Light
- Tony Dowley - Sound & Light
- Billy Johnson - Sound & Light
- Mick Berg - House engineer
- Pops Houghton - Lighting Director
- Brendan Higgs - Monitor Mixer

## References

1. George, Nelson (11 May 1985). ["Walters: It's a great concert year"](https://books.google.com/books?id=1CQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=New+Edition+concert&pg=PT53). *Billboard*

1. Nelson George (May 11, 1985), ["Walters: It's A great Concert Year"](https://books.google.com/books?id=1CQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=New+edition+concert+Tour&pg=PT53)

1. ["For Mall Crowd, "Good Vibrations""](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/07/05/for-mall-crowd-good-vibrations/a3932556-75a8-4533-8b13-1bd36c2ca031/). *Washingtonpost.com*. The Washington Post. 1985-07-05.

1. ["Beach Boys nixed for July 4 concert-UPI Archives"](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/21/Beach-Boys-nixed-for-July-4-concert/3543493444800/). *UPI*. United Press International. 1985-08-21.

1. ["Forty-seven of more than 15,000 teenagers waiting to hear... - UPI Archives"](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/10/Forty-seven-of-more-than-15000-teenagers-waiting-to-hear/2307492494400/). *UPI*. United Press International. 1985-08-10.

1. ["Officials at Six Flags over Texas amusement park, where..."](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/11/Officials-at-Six-Flags-Over-Texas-amusement-park-where/4422492580800/#google_vignette). *UPI Archives*. United Press International. 1985-08-11.

1. ["Mar 20, 1985, page 26 - The Houston Post at Newspapers.com"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/1205404961/). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2025-07-23.

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