In Step Tour
| North American concert tour by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | |
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| Location | United States, Canada |
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| Associated album | In Step |
| Start date | May 4, 1989 |
| End date | August 26, 1990 |
| Legs | 6 |
| No. of shows | 137 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble concert chronology | |
The In Step Tour was a North American concert tour by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Launched in support of their fourth studio album In Step, the tour took the band to both indoor and outdoor venues in the United States and Canada from 1989 to 1990. It was also the third of which to include keyboardist Reese Wynans, who joined the band in 1985. Like all of the group's previous tours, the In Step Tour was a basic, minimalistic production. The stage featured a simple light show that changed according to the mood of certain songs performed. Although Vaughan and Double Trouble never followed a set list, all ten songs from In Step were played at least once during the tour, and as many as seven of them were included in each of the band's performances.
Comprising six legs and 137 shows, the In Step Tour began on May 4, 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia and concluded on August 26, 1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin. After the first two legs, Vaughan and Double Trouble co-headlined with Jeff Beck and Joe Cocker during the third and fifth legs, which were branded as "The Fire Meets the Fury" and "Power and Passion", respectively. The group had planned to embark on a European leg in September 1990, but it was canceled after Vaughan died in a helicopter crash following the East Troy concert on August 27, 1990, during a return flight to Chicago. Although the tour elicited a variety of reactions from music critics, it was generally well-received and garnered mostly favorable reviews. Along with being one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 1989, the "Fire Meets the Fury" leg was awarded for being the most creative tour package of the year by Pollstar magazine.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble gained international fame after the release of their debut studio album Texas Flood in June 1983. Their second studio album, Couldn't Stand the Weather, and the supporting tour brought them to further commercial and critical success during the following year. After the addition of keyboardist Reese Wynans in 1985, the band released Soul to Soul and toured in support of the album, which was their first as a quartet. In Europe, the schedule of performances were canceled after Vaughan suffered from a substance abuse related illness, due to a long-term drug and alcohol addiction. He checked into a rehabilitation facility in Atlanta, where he stayed for four weeks and achieved sobriety; bassist Tommy Shannon checked into rehab in Austin.
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