99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1987!
That year PLR welcomed Aerosmith to New Haven Coliseum. Aerosmith hit the road in 1987 to support its commercially successful comeback album “Permanent Vacation,” which featured such hits as Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Angel, Rag Doll and Hangman Jury. Joining Aerosmith at the Coliseum were special guest Dokken.
Though 1985’s “Done With Mirrors” Tour was Aerosmith’s official comeback with the return of Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, who both left the band at different points, it was “Permanent Vacation” that marked the band’s true comeback because of its hit songs and commercial success.
Aerosmith
Tour: Permanent Vacation
Special Guest: Dokken
Tuesday November 3, 1987
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Ticket Price: $16.50
Band Lineup: Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Brad Whitford (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums)
Setlist*
- Toys In The Attic
- Same Old Song and Dance
- Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)
- Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
- Big Ten Inch Record (Bull Moose Jackson cover)
- Lightning Strikes
- Rag Doll
- Magic Touch
- Last Child
- Draw The Line
- Seasons of Wither
- Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas cover)
- Rats in the Cellar
- Dream On
- Sweet Emotion
- The Train Kept A-Rollin’ (Tiny Bradshaw cover)
- Walk This Way
- I’m Down (The Beatles cover)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live clips of Aerosmith from the Permanent Vacation Tour