Girls, Girls, Girls Tour
Mötley Crüe 1987 tour dates
Mötley Crüe played 108 shows in 1987 on the Girls, Girls, Girls Tour. The first was June 19, 1987 in Tucson; the last was December 18, 1987 in Tokyo. Whitesnake opened 81 of them and Guns N' Roses opened 20 of them.
- 108 shows in 1987 (United States 96, Canada 7, Japan 5)
- First: June 19, 1987, Tucson
- Last: December 18, 1987, Tokyo
- Opening acts: Whitesnake (81), Guns N' Roses (20), Keel (2) and Poison (1)
Every night
| Date | Where | On the bill | Night page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19Fri | Tucson, AZTucson Community Centerwith Keel | with Keel | This one › |
| Jun 20Sat | Phoenix, AZArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseumwith Keel | with Keel | This one › |
| Jun 22Mon | Albuquerque, NMTingley Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jun 23Tue | El Paso, TXEl Paso County Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jun 25Thu | Austin, TXFrank Erwin Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jun 26Fri | San Antonio, TXHemisFair Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jun 27Sat | Houston, TXThe Summitwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jun 28Sun | Houston, TXThe Summitwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jun 30Tue | Oklahoma City, OKMyriad Convention Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 1Wed | Shreveport, LAHirsch Memorial Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 2Thu | Biloxi, MSMississippi Coast Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 4Sat | Little Rock, ARBarton Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 5Sun | Memphis, TNMid-South Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 7Tue | Nashville, TNNashville Municipal Auditoriumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 8Wed | St. Louis, MOSt. Louis Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 10Fri | Wichita, KSKansas Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 11Sat | Kansas City, MOKemper Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 12Sun | Des Moines, IAVeterans Memorial Auditoriumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 14Tue | Bloomington, MNMet Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 15Wed | Bloomington, MNMet Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 16Thu | Rosemont, ILRosemont Horizonwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 17Fri | Rosemont, ILRosemont Horizonwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 18Sat | Indianapolis, INMarket Square Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 19Sun | Detroit, MIJoe Louis Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 20Mon | Detroit, MIJoe Louis Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 22Wed | Johnson City, TNFreedom Hall Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 23Thu | Cincinnati, OHThe Cincinnati Gardenswith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 24Fri | Richfield, OHRichfield Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 26Sun | Newark, OHBuckeye Lake Music Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Jul 31Fri | Pittsburgh, PACivic Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 1Sat | Richfield, OHRichfield Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 2Sun | Buffalo, NYBuffalo Memorial Auditoriumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 4Tue | Philadelphia, PAThe Spectrumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 5Wed | Philadelphia, PAThe Spectrumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 7Fri | Portland, MECumberland County Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 8Sat | Providence, RIProvidence Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 10Mon | Worcester, MAThe Centrum in Worcesterwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 11Tue | Worcester, MAThe Centrum in Worcesterwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 13Thu | East Rutherford, NJMeadowlands Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 14Fri | Troy, NYRensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fieldhousewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 15Sat | Providence, RIProvidence Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 17Mon | Hartford, CTHartford Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 18Tue | Hartford, CTHartford Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 20Thu | New York City, NYMadison Square Gardenwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 21Fri | Binghamton, NYBroome County Veterans Memorial Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 22Sat | Uniondale, NYNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 24Mon | Wilkes-Barre, PAPocono Downswith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 25Tue | Rochester, NYRochester Community War Memorialwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 26Wed | Utica, NYUtica Memorial Auditoriumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 28Fri | Landover, MDCapital Centrewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 29Sat | Landover, MDCapital Centrewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Aug 30Sun | Hampton, VAHampton Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 1Tue | Richmond, VARichmond Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 2Wed | Roanoke, VARoanoke Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 5Sat | East Troy, WIAlpine Valley Music Theatrewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 8Tue | Cedar Rapids, IAFive Seasons Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 9Wed | Huntington, WVHuntington Civic Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 19Sat | Evansville, INRoberts Municipal Stadiumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 20Sun | Indianapolis, INMarket Square Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 21Mon | Louisville, KYFreedom Hallwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 23Wed | Tulsa, OKTulsa Convention Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 24Thu | Norman, OKLloyd Noble Centerwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 25Fri | Dallas, TXReunion Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 26Sat | Dallas, TXReunion Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 28Mon | Denver, COMcNichols Sports Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 29Tue | Denver, COMcNichols Sports Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Sep 30Wed | Salt Lake City, UTSalt Palacewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 2Fri | San Diego, CASan Diego Sports Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 3Sat | Phoenix, AZArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 4Sun | Phoenix, AZArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 6Tue | Inglewood, CAThe Forumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 7Wed | Inglewood, CAThe Forumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 8Thu | Long Beach, CALong Beach Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 10Sat | Oakland, CAOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium (Day on the Green)with Whitesnake, Poison and Jetboy | with Whitesnake, Poison and Jetboy | This one › |
| Oct 13Tue | Portland, ORMemorial Coliseum Complexwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 15Thu | Tacoma, WATacoma Domewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 16Fri | Vancouver, BCPacific Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 18Sun | Edmonton, ABNorthlands Coliseumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 19Mon | Calgary, ABOlympic Saddledomewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 21Wed | Winnipeg, MBWinnipeg Arenawith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 24Sat | Ottawa, ONOttawa Civic Centrewith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 25Sun | Toronto, ONMaple Leaf Gardenswith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Oct 27Tue | Montreal, QCMontreal Forumwith Whitesnake | with Whitesnake | This one › |
| Nov 3Tue | Mobile, ALMobile Municipal Auditoriumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 4Wed | Albany, GAAlbany Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 6Fri | Lafayette, LACajundomewith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 7Sat | New Orleans, LAUNO Lakefront Arenawith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 8Sun | Jackson, MSMississippi Coliseumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 10Tue | Huntsville, ALVon Braun Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 11Wed | Charlotte, NCCharlotte Coliseumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 13Fri | Savannah, GASavannah Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 14Sat | Columbia, SCCarolina Coliseumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 15Sun | Greensboro, NCGreensboro Coliseum Complexwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 17Tue | Knoxville, TNKnoxville Civic Coliseumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 18Wed | Birmingham, ALBirmingham-Jefferson Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 20Fri | Atlanta, GAThe Omniwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 21Sat | Chattanooga, TNUTC Arenawith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 22Sun | Atlanta, GAThe Omniwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 24Tue | Lakeland, FLLakeland Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 25Wed | Lakeland, FLLakeland Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 27Fri | Jacksonville, FLJacksonville Memorial Coliseumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 28Sat | Fort Myers, FLLee County Civic Centerwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Nov 29Sun | Pembroke Pines, FLHollywood Sportatoriumwith Guns N' Roses | with Guns N' Roses | This one › |
| Dec 13Sun | Nagoya, JapanNagoya Rainbow Hall | This one › | |
| Dec 14Mon | Osaka, JapanOsaka Castle Hall | This one › | |
| Dec 16Wed | Tokyo, JapanNippon Budokan | This one › | |
| Dec 17Thu | Tokyo, JapanNippon Budokan | This one › | |
| Dec 18Fri | Tokyo, JapanNippon Budokan | This one › |
Who opened for Mötley Crüe in 1987
- Whitesnake: 81 nights, June 22, 1987 to October 27, 1987
- Guns N' Roses: 20 nights, November 3, 1987 to November 29, 1987
- Keel: 2 nights, June 19, 1987 to June 20, 1987
- Poison: 1 nights, October 10, 1987 to October 10, 1987
- Jetboy: 1 nights, October 10, 1987 to October 10, 1987
Opening acts change by leg, and some nights had local openers nobody wrote down. If a night matters, check its ticket stub or the local paper.
Questions
How many shows did Mötley Crüe play in 1987?
108, from June 19, 1987 in Tucson to December 18, 1987 in Tokyo.
Who opened for Mötley Crüe in 1987?
Whitesnake on 81 nights, Guns N' Roses on 20 nights and Keel on 2 nights. The list above shows the opener for each night.
Is there a recording of my Mötley Crüe 1987 show?
For any night, our gift uses a recording of that exact night when one exists, or the closest nights from the same tour, labeled.
Were you there?
Pick the night above and we’ll turn it into a gift: live music from this tour, the setlist, and the story of the night, written to them by name. $89. Full refund if we can’t confirm the night.
Find the nightUpdated October 31, 2026. Dates, venues and opening acts checked against Wikipedia tour pages, band fan archives and Billboard Boxscore. Cancelled shows are left out. Look up any opening act