Pretty on the Inside Tour
Tour by Hole
Flyer for Toronto date at The Rivoli
Start dateJune 1991 (1991-06)
End dateDecember 22, 1991 (1991-12-22)
Hole concert chronology

The Pretty on the Inside Tour was the first international concert tour by American alternative rock band Hole in promotion of their debut album, Pretty on the Inside. The tour began in the summer of 1991, and concluded in December of that year. The tour largely had Hole as a supporting act, with them performing as an opener for Mudhoney's European tour, as well as The Smashing Pumpkins in the United States.

Overview

In anticipation of the release of Hole's debut studio album, Pretty on the Inside (1991), the group embarked on an international concert tour in promotion of the record. The tour began in July 1991 in Los Angeles.[1] For the first European leg of the tour, Hole was a supporting act for Mudhoney.[2] The band returned to North America in the fall and toured in the United States and Canada before returning to Europe in November 1991.

The band opened for Nirvana at several European dates, including in Ghent, Belgium[3] and Nijmegen, Netherlands.[4] During this time, frontwoman Courtney Love became romantically involved with Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain;[5][6] the two had previously been acquainted in May 1991.[7]

The band returned to the United States in mid-December 1991, appearing as a supporting act for the West Coast tour of The Smashing Pumpkins, supporting their debut album, Gish.[8][9]

Reception

Sam Batra of The Guardian wrote of the band's London date in December 1991: "There's no pretending that [Love] is in control. This is the sound of living on the edge and consequently working it out in splurges of furious noise seems to be the only articulation that has any authenticity," adding that "it's as if every flurry of noise unravels itself, breaks down as it struggles within the confines of a genre that is predominately male. Hole will burn themselves out. See them before they lose it willfully."[10] Adam Sweeting, reviewing the University of London Union performance, noted that the band's songs seem to be "teetering on the edge of collapse, [while] Love pouts, whispers, and shrieks...  the volume of the voice is startling."[11] Richard Cromelin of the Los Angeles Times observed of the band's supporting performance at a Los Angeles Smashing Pumpkins concert that the crowd "didn’t take to Courtney Love’s powerful howls of anguish."[9] At the end of the show, Love "ordered the band to a halt and hurled her guitar to the ground," after which guitarist Eric Erlandson demolished his guitar by smashing it against the floor.[9]

Other acts

Supporting

Supported

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Ref.
North America
June 23, 1991 (1991-06-23) Los Angeles United States Hollywood Palladium [13]
June 28, 1991 (1991-06-28) Seattle The Off Ramp
June 29, 1991 (1991-06-29) Vancouver Canada The Cruel Elephant
July 1, 1991 (1991-07-01) Calgary Republik
July 4, 1991 (1991-07-04) Minneapolis United States Uptown Bar
July 5, 1991 (1991-07-05) Madison O’Cayz Corral [14]
July 6, 1991 (1991-07-06) Chicago Avalon Niteclub
July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07) Los Angeles Jabberjaw [1]
July 8, 1991 (1991-07-08) Kalamazoo Club Soda
July 11, 1991 (1991-07-11) Montreal Canada Les Foufounes Électriques [12]
July 12, 1991 (1991-07-12) Boston United States The Rathskeller
July 15, 1991 (1991-07-15) New York City CBGB [15]
July 18, 1991 (1991-07-18) Philadelphia Khyber Pass
July 19, 1991 (1991-07-19) Hoboken Maxwell's [16]
July 20, 1991 (1991-07-20) Washington, D.C. The 9:30 Club
July 22, 1991 (1991-07-22) Richmond Twisters [17]
July 23, 1991 (1991-07-23) Charlotte Milestone Club
July 24, 1991 (1991-07-24) Athens 40 Watt Club
July 25, 1991 (1991-07-25) Atlanta The Masquerade
July 31, 1991 (1991-07-31) Austin The Cannibal Club
August 1, 1991 (1991-08-01) Dallas Trees
Europe
August 9, 1991 (1991-08-09) Windsor England The Old Trout Pub [2]
August 11, 1991 (1991-08-11) London Astoria Theatre [18]
August 12, 1991 (1991-08-12) [2]
August 13, 1991 (1991-08-13) Brighton The Zap [19]
August 14, 1991 (1991-08-14) Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall [2]
August 15, 1991 (1991-08-15) Newcastle upon Tyne Riverside [2]
August 16, 1991 (1991-08-16) Glasgow Scotland Queen Margaret Union [20]
August 18, 1991 (1991-08-18) Manchester England International II [2]
August 19, 1991 (1991-08-19) Bristol Bierkeller Theatre [2]
August 20, 1991 (1991-08-20) Sheffield The Leadmill [2]
August 21, 1991 (1991-08-21) Birmingham Goldwyns [2]
August 22, 1991 (1991-08-22) London New Cross Venue [2]
North America
October 25, 1991 (1991-10-25) Los Angeles United States The Palace [21]
October 27, 1991 (1991-10-27)
October 29, 1991 (1991-10-29) Chicago Un­known
October 30, 1991 (1991-10-30) Kalamazoo Club Soda [22]
November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01) Toronto Canada The Rivoli [23]
November 6, 1991 (1991-11-06) Cambridge United States Tower Records
November 7, 1991 (1991-11-07) Boston The Rathskeller
November 8, 1991 (1991-11-08) New York City CBGB
November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09) Philadelphia Khyber Pass [24]
November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11) Carrboro Cat's Cradle
November 15, 1991 (1991-11-15) Austin Emo's [25]
Europe
November 21, 1991 (1991-11-21) London England The Underworld [26]
November 23, 1991 (1991-11-23) Ghent Belgium Vooruit Concertzaal [3]
November 24, 1991 (1991-11-24) Nijmegen Netherlands Doornroosje [4]
November 25, 1991 (1991-11-25) Nancy France Bar La Plage
November 26, 1991 (1991-11-26) Paris La Cigale
November 27, 1991 (1991-11-27) Villeurbanne Transbordeur
November 28, 1991 (1991-11-28) Mezzago Italy Bloom
December 2, 1991 (1991-12-02) Frankfurt Germany Cooky's [27]
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December 3, 1991 (1991-12-03) Berlin The Loft
December 4, 1991 (1991-12-04) Cologne Rose Club
December 4, 1991 (1991-12-04) Hamburg Markthalle
December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06) Groningen Netherlands Vera [28]
December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07) Utrecht Tivoli
December 8, 1991 (1991-12-08) Amsterdam Melkweg [29]
December 10, 1991 (1991-12-10) Newport Wales TJ's [5]
December 11, 1991 (1991-12-11) Exeter England Lemongrove [30]
December 12, 1991 (1991-12-12) London University of London Union [11]
December 13, 1991 (1991-12-13) Leeds Duchess of York [10]
December 14, 1991 (1991-12-14) Glasgow Scotland The Mayfair [10]
December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15) Manchester England The Boardwalk [10]
North America
December 16, 1991 (1991-12-16) San Diego United States Sound FX [8]
December 17, 1991 (1991-12-17) Los Angeles Whisky a Go Go [9]
December 19, 1991 (1991-12-19) San Francisco I-Beam
December 20, 1991 (1991-12-20) Sacramento Cattle Club [31]
December 22, 1991 (1991-12-22) Portland The Underground [32]

Notes

  1. ^ Two further shows were scheduled in Germany on December 20 and 21, 1991, in Dortmund and Bremen, respectively, but were cancelled.

References

  1. ^ a b Hole with Slug (Concert flyer), Jabberjaw, August 1991
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Mudhoney Tourbook: 1991". Open Computing Facility. Berkeley, California: University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017.
  3. ^ a b True 2006, p. 328.
  4. ^ a b De Winter, Suzanne (June 2, 2018). "Koop een stukje van het oude Doornroosje". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Archived from the original on June 2, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love in Newport". BBC. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011.
  6. ^ McCarthy, James (June 29, 2017). "The night Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love came to Newport - told by the people who were there". Wales Online. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018.
  7. ^ Cross, Charles (April 5, 2014). "The Moment Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Smashing Pumpkins, Hole". The Californian. Temecula, California. December 13, 1991. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b c d Cromelin, Richard (December 19, 1991). "POP MUSIC REVIEWS: Pumpkins, Hole Unleash Frustrations". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d Batra, Sam (December 7, 1991). "Lashing Back in Anger". The Guardian. London, England. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b Sweeting, Adam (December 14, 1991). "Hole". The Guardian. London, England. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b "Clubs". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. July 11, 1991. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b Cohen, Belissa (June 20, 1991). "After You, Alfonse". LA Weekly. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Clubs: Friday". The Capital Times. July 4, 1991. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Richin, Leslie (December 23, 2014). "CBGB: 10 Classic Moments That Helped Define the Birthplace of Punk". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015.
  16. ^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane (July 19, 1991). "On the Road". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Clubs". Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 12, 1991. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Brite, Poppy Z. (1998). Courtney Love: The Real Story. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-684-84800-6.
  19. ^ True, Everett (2009). Nirvana: The Biography. London: Hachette Books. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-786-73390-3.
  20. ^ "Mudhoney with guests Hole and Captain America (concert ticket)". Glasgow, Scotland: Queen Margaret Union. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  21. ^ "Choice Entertainments". LA Weekly. November 14, 1991. p. 166 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "God Bullies". The Concert Database. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  23. ^ Tate, Daniel; Bowman, Rob (2019). The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History. Toronto: Dundurn. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-459-74543-8.
  24. ^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane (November 8, 1991). "On the Road". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Crawford 2014, p. 77.
  26. ^ Crawford 2014, pp. 18, 123.
  27. ^ "Pretty on the Inside: Hole" (Press release). Germany: City Slang. November 1991. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022.
  28. ^ Kolvoort, Willem. "Hole". Vera Groningen. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.
  29. ^ Prato 2010, p. 368.
  30. ^ "Highlights". The Guardian. London, England. December 7, 1991. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ Davis, Aaron (August 18, 2018). "Raw, loud concert film marks Nirvana at the Cattle Club, 20 years later". Sacramento Press. Sacramento, California. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016.
  32. ^ "Smashing Pumpkins & Hole, Live at Portland Underground - Orig. 1991 Promo Concert Poster". WorthPoint. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

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