Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour
| World tour by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | |
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| Location | North America, Europe, Australasia, Japan |
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| Associated album | Couldn't Stand the Weather |
| Start date | March 10, 1984 |
| End date | May 4, 1985 |
| Legs | 7 |
| No. of shows | 119 in North America 12 in Europe 11 in Australasia 5 in Japan 147 total |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble concert chronology | |
The Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour was a concert tour through North America, Europe, Australasia and Japan, undertaken by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble from 1984 to 1985. Staged in support of their second album Couldn't Stand the Weather, the tour was the band's second of which to visit Europe, and their first to visit Australasia and Japan. Vaughan and Double Trouble achieved international fame when their debut album, Texas Flood, was released in June 1983. As the subsequent supporting tour progressed, the group's success was confirmed as their shows frequently sold out and consistently left their audiences amazed and gratified. Although they never followed a set list, all of the songs from Couldn't Stand the Weather were played at least once during the tour, and as many as eight of them were included in each of the band's performances.
Consisting of seven legs and 147 shows, the Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour began in Southampton, New York on March 10, 1984 and ended in San Antonio, Texas on May 4, 1985. The first three legs alternated between North America and Europe, before the ensuing legs took the band to Australasia and Japan. The fourth leg, branded as "Fall Foliage", incorporated a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall, which was recorded and later released as an official live LP in 1997. The band's 1985 album Soul to Soul, which included the addition of keyboardist Reese Wynans, was recorded during breaks in the tour. Although the tour received a range of reactions from critics, it was generally well-received. Critics regarded the group's Carnegie Hall appearance as one of the tour's most memorable performances—Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, "There's nothing like a hot guitarist to get the men in a rock-and-roll audience on their feet and screaming."
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