Hit N Run - Parade Tour
| Tour by Prince and The Revolution | |
| Associated album | Around the World in a Day |
|---|---|
| Start date | March 3, 1986 |
| End date | September 9, 1986 |
| Legs | 3 |
| No. of shows | 11 in North America 15 in Europe 4 in Asia 30 total |
| Prince and The Revolution concert chronology | |
The Parade Tour (also called the Under the Cherry Moon Tour ) was a concert tour in support of Prince and The Revolution's eighth studio album Parade and his 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon. The Hit n Run Tour wasn't a full scale American tour, but a string of concerts that was dubbed "Hit n Run" by Prince's manager. Most of those shows were announced days or hours before the actual concert took place. The Parade Tour marked the first full tour of Europe by Prince. It also saw the expanded Revolution line-up and featured Sheila E. and her band as an opening act for most shows.
The American leg of the tour is called the Hit n Run Tour. The Parade Tour marked the only tour of the expanded Revolution as most of the members of the defunct The Family band were absorbed into Prince's band, dubbed by Eric Leeds as "The Counter-Revolution". The band's expansion became a source of tension, as some of the original members were unhappy with the new additions, especially of the non-instrument playing dancers, Wally Safford and Greg Brooks, with Brown Mark remarking "I was [put] behind the piano, next to Bobby Z [standing] behind three guys that used to be bodyguards. I started feeling a little underappreciated." Wendy was even bothered that her twin sister Susannah, was now in the band, saying "I shared a womb with this person, do I have to share a stage?" Furthermore, Brown Mark, Wendy and Lisa felt that Prince was turning the band into more of an R&B/funk band, moving away from the pop/rock music that Prince had moved toward with his last three albums.
Right before the Parade Tour was scheduled to start overseas, Brown Mark, Wendy and Lisa threatened to quit, in fact Bobby Z. literally caught Wendy and Lisa at the airport and begged them to stay for the tour. Eventually all three were convinced to ride it out. But as the tour ended it became clear that this would be the end of the group and these were their final performances together. On the final night in Yokohama, Japan, Prince uncharacteristically smashed up all of his guitars after a final encore of "Purple Rain".
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