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74-474: The Final World Tour (also referred to as The Farewell Tour ) was the final concert tour by American thrash metal band Slayer , which began on May 10, 2018, and ended on November 30, 2019. The tour, consisting of 147 shows worldwide, served as a conclusion of the band's 38-year long career. The tour was announced on January 22, 2018, through a video featuring a montage of press clippings, early posters and press photos spanning Slayer's entire career. Although

148-463: A road manager whereas large concert tours are managed by a tour manager . The main challenge in concert tours is how to move the performance's logistics from one venue to another venue, especially for a transcontinental tour. Tour logistics should be very organized and everything has to happen on time and in the right order as planned. Autoweek magazine estimated 30 to 50 trucks were required by Taylor Swift 's The 1989 World Tour to bring all

222-472: A congregation of over 12,000, purchased the Great Western Forum at the end of 2000 and began holding church services there on Sunday mornings. Unlike Houston 's Lakewood Church , which converted the former Summit into their church, Faithful Central representatives said that they never intended to convert the arena for religious purposes; in 2009, the church discontinued their regular use of

296-435: A fundraiser for George McGovern's presidential campaign . Although ticket prices ranged from $ 5.50 to $ 100 and the event grossed $ 300,000, after expenses were deducted McGovern's campaign received only $ 18,000. During her set, Streisand asked the audience to choose between "Second Hand Rose" and " Stoney End " for her next song; the latter was the overwhelming choice. Her performance was recorded and released as Live Concert at

370-587: A hockey team at the Arena, the Western Hockey League 's Los Angeles Blades . The Commission told Cooke that if he won the franchise, he would not be allowed to use the facility. In response, Cooke planned to build a new arena in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood . Nearly 30 years later, Cooke told Los Angeles Times sportswriter Steve Springer that he remembered "one official representing

444-860: A new form of theatrical entertainment, a fusion of song, performance art, innovative stage craft, and state-of-the-art technology. She managed to popularize the Las Vegas residency as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. American singer Lady Gaga , who cancelled the 2018 European leg of her Joanne World Tour , signed for a Las Vegas residency to help manage her fibromyalgia illness, which can be exacerbated by touring. The 2015 study by charity Help Musicians found that over 60% of musicians suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. The Forum (Inglewood, California) The Kia Forum , also known as Los Angeles Forum and formerly Great Western Forum ,

518-663: A photo session atop the Forum in a silver lamé bodysuit with large, silver-lamé wings. On December 10, 1981, Devo performed at the Forum during their New Traditionalists tour. In April 1982, the Forum was the site of the " Miracle on Manchester ", in which the Kings overcame a 5–0 deficit in a first-round Stanley Cup playoff game against the Edmonton Oilers to win 6–5 in overtime. With additional upset wins in Games 1 and 5 of

592-451: A promotional campaign to support an album release. Hence, new songs from the respective album are included on its tour's setlist . Some tours are known as "greatest hits tours" or "reunion tour" without any new material or specific album release, such as Fleetwood Mac 's 2009 Unleashed tour and No Doubt 's 2009 Summer Tour . Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour (2023–2024) is a retrospective of her career to that point, where each act of

666-485: Is Taylor Swift 's Eras Tour , with $ 2.089 billion earned from 125 shows. In 2024, Coldplay 's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the second tour to gross $ 1 billion in revenue. In third place is Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road , with a total gross of $ 939 million from 2018–2023. On fourth place is Ed Sheeran 's ÷ Tour , with a gross of $ 776.2 million. On fifth place

740-400: Is U2 's 360° Tour , with $ 736.4 million. Global touring revenue reported to Billboard Boxscore exceeded $ 5.5 billion in 2016. Due to the collapse of record sales in the 21st century, concert tours have become a major source of income for recording artists. Besides the tickets, touring also generates money from the sales of merchandise and meet-and-greet packages. However,

814-414: Is a long break at some point), countries and/or continents, or different opening acts. In the largest concert tours, it has become more common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment, local to each geographical region. Concert tours are often administered on the local level by concert promoters or by performing arts presenters . Usually, small concert tours are managed by

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888-690: Is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inglewood, California , United States, adjacent to Los Angeles . Located on West Manchester Boulevard , with Pincay Drive to the south and between Kareem Court and Prairie Avenue to the east and west, it is north of SoFi Stadium and the Hollywood Park Casino , and about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The Forum opened on December 30, 1967. Architect Charles Luckman 's vision

962-439: Is a peculiar thing, it doesn't suit me particularly well. I'm a real homebody and I get so much joy in the small things." A concert residency concept is offered as an alternative to performers who just need to stay in one venue and the fans come to see them. The concept has been revitalized in the 21st century by Canadian superstar Céline Dion with the success of her A New Day... residency (2003–2007). Her residency introduced

1036-687: The Golden State Warriors to celebrate the team's 50th season in Los Angeles; the Lakers lost, 110–91. In 2011, Prince began a 21-show run at the Forum. After acquiring the arena in June 2012, the Madison Square Garden Company announced plans for a $ 50 million renovation. The City of Inglewood made an $ 18 million commercial-rehabilitation loan, contingent on MSG's $ 50 million investment. The arena

1110-604: The Great Western Forum , and was nicknamed "the Fabulous Forum" by long-time Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn . It is also known informally as the LA Forum to distinguish it from other places with the name "Forum". On the site of a former golf course, the "fabulous" Forum (as it was colloquially known to locals) was built in 1967 by Jack Kent Cooke (owner of the Lakers and founding owner of

1184-463: The New York Knicks ' second and most recent championship was also clinched in a Game 5 at the same venue the following season . Cream played two shows during the band's farewell tour, on October 18–19, 1968, with Deep Purple as the opening act. The band's show of October 19 produced the live tracks on their farewell LP, Goodbye . Deep Purple also recorded their part of the show, which

1258-588: The World Team Tennis league played home matches at the Forum from 1975 to 1978, led on the court by Chris Evert . The team was owned by Los Angeles businessman Jerry Buss . The Forum hosted several boxing fights, most notably the second Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton on September 10, 1973. Several events featured Latin American fighters like José Nápoles , Chucho Castillo , Rubén Olivares , Carlos Zárate Serna and Alfonso Zamora . In 1979, Cooke sold

1332-515: The Beast " was included on the documentary Iron Maiden: Flight 666 . In May and June 2009, Michael Jackson rehearsed at the Forum for his This Is It concert series in London. After Jackson died on June 25, 2009 , footage of these rehearsals and those at Staples Center became part of Michael Jackson's This Is It . On October 9, 2009, the Lakers returned to the Forum for a preseason game against

1406-508: The Dixie Chicks) played at the Forum on October 8, 2016, as part of their DCX MMXVI World Tour . The performance was filmed and later released on DVD. The Forum was the venue of the 2015 , 2016 and 2018 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . In addition, the Forum hosted the 2016, 2017, and 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards , 2016 American Country Countdown Awards and the 2016 and 2018 Teen Choice Awards . Juan Gabriel performed

1480-827: The Dream of the Blue Turtles Tour on June 6, 1986, and the Nothing Like the Sun Tour on March 21 and 22, 1988. Genesis played five consecutive sold out concerts at the Forum from October 13 to 17, 1986, during the first leg of their Invisible Touch Tour . On September 30, 1987, former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters played the Forum on the US leg of his Radio K.A.O.S (tour) . Iron Maiden performed on July 12, 1988. Rock bands AC/DC and Cinderella performed on November 13, 1988. Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez fought at

1554-562: The Eagles – Live in Concert tour on January 15, 17, 18, 22, 24 and 25, 2014. On March 15–16, the Forum hosted the men's freestyle wrestling World Cup . On May 17, 2014, the Forum hosted its first boxing card since 2001. Mexican Juan Manuel Márquez defeated Mike Alvarado for the WBO international welterweight championship, for the right to challenge world champion Manny Pacquiao . The event

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1628-829: The Forum . Bob Dylan 's live album Before the Flood with The Band was compiled from songs performed at the Forum over the course of three shows on February 13 and 14, 1974. The only song on the album not recorded at the Forum was " Knockin' on Heaven's Door ", which was recorded in New York City. Jethro Tull played five sold-out shows in a seven-day stretch in 1975, here at The Forum. The dates were February 3+4, 8–10. Kiss had their debut there in 1976 on February 23 for two consecutive nights, three days after getting their footprints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and played three more consecutive nights shows

1702-408: The Forum . On November 14, 1970, Elvis Presley played afternoon and evening shows, with 18,700 and 18,698 paid admissions. He returned for two more sold-out shows on May 11, 1974, with 18,500 paid admissions each. The Osmonds performed two shows on December 4, 1971, which were recorded and released as The Osmonds Live . Barbra Streisand performed on April 15, 1972, during Four for McGovern ,

1776-526: The Forum during their vaunted Spring 1977 tour, as well as three-night runs in February and December 1989. Between 1970 and 1977, Led Zeppelin performed 16 times at the Forum, including a run of six sold-out dates in 1977. Part of their live album, How the West Was Won , was recorded at the arena. The band's first 1977 show is the source of the bootleg Listen to This Eddie . Another bootleg from

1850-520: The Forum for services. During the Faithful Central ownership, the arena was available for concerts, sporting events and other activities requiring a large venue. It was owned by the church's for-profit entity, Forum Enterprises, which accommodated secular and pop-music artists. The church influenced the approval of performers, however; in 2005 and 2009 the Forum refused to allow performances by heavy metal band Lamb of God , whose former name

1924-611: The Forum shows, For Badgeholders Only , contains one of the last live performances by Keith Moon on drums, with his surprise performance there. The Jackson 5 performed numerous times at the Forum between 1970 and 1981. The 1970 show broke attendance records, with 18,675 paid admissions and a gross income of $ 105,000 (when the Jackson 5 had released two albums and three singles). By 1972, they had released seven albums on Motown , in addition to Michael and Jermaine Jackson 's solo albums. Both shows were recorded and released as Live at

1998-777: The Forum was an 8–1 preseason win over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on September 20, 1999. As the Staples Center had not yet opened, the Kings played their remaining preseason home games at the San Diego Sports Arena and the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas . The Lakers' 118–107 playoff loss to the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs on May 23, 1999, was their last postseason game played at

2072-559: The Forum was purchased by the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG), for $ 23.5 million; MSG announced plans to renovate the arena as a world-class concert venue. On September 24, 2014, the Forum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . On March 24, 2020, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer purchased The Forum from MSG for $ 400 million. The Forum has previously been known as

2146-500: The Forum, the Lakers and the Kings to Buss for a then-record $ 67.5 million. The Lakers were successful during the 1980s, winning five NBA championships and making the NBA Finals every year except 1981 and 1986 . They won the 1982 , 1987 and 1988 championships at the Forum. The Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons were the only visiting teams to win a championship at the Forum during this period; both teams clinched

2220-413: The Forum. The Lakers played two preseason games at the Forum before the 1999–2000 season before moving to the Staples Center. The Los Angeles Sparks played their 2000 season at the arena before following the Lakers and Clippers to Staples Center. The Great Western Forum hosted live events, offices and training facilities for the 2000–2001 Women of Wrestling season. Faithful Central Bible Church, with

2294-604: The Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and 1965 with the Beatles . Some songs played at the Forum appeared on the Wings Over America live LP released later that year and re-released in 2013. The Eagles performed three shows during their Hotel California tour on October 20–22, 1976. The shows were recorded, with some songs appearing on Eagles Live . The Bee Gees appeared at the Forum during their Children of

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2368-689: The Kings). The Canadian Cooke, who enjoyed ice hockey, was determined to bring the National Hockey League (NHL) to Los Angeles. In 1966, the NHL announced that it was adding six new franchises for 1967 , and Cooke prepared a bid. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, which operated the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena , supported a competing bid headed by Los Angeles Rams owner Dan Reeves —who already had

2442-570: The MSG remodeling, when it was overlaid with the new "Forum Presented by Chase" logo. In 2004, Madonna premiered the Re-Invention World Tour at the Forum, which was filmed for the documentary I'm Going To Tell You A Secret . The Forum was made available for film use, including interior shots for the 2002 film Like Mike . The Foo Fighters used the building as a setting for the music video for " All My Life " in 2003, featuring

2516-606: The NBA's Los Angeles Clippers at the Crypto.com Arena , then known as the Staples Center. From 1997 to 2001, the Forum was also the home of the WNBA 's Los Angeles Sparks until they moved to Crypto.com Arena as well. Alongside Madison Square Garden in New York City , the Forum was once one of the best-known indoor sports venues in the U.S., largely due to the Lakers' success and the Hollywood celebrities often seen there. It

2590-706: The North American tour was announced on March 5, 2018; this leg took place in July and August, and featured four out of five bands from the first leg (Slayer, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Testament) and Napalm Death as the replacement for Behemoth. On February 20, 2018, Slayer announced the first European date of the farewell tour; it was announced that they would headline the Secret Solstice Festival in Reykjavík , Iceland in June. A European leg of

2664-487: The Santiago Gets Louder festival marked the first time two of the " Big Four " (Slayer and Anthrax) had shared the stage with one of the members of the "Big Teutonic Four" of thrash, Kreator . Megadeth – who had not shared the stage with Slayer and Anthrax since the series of "Big Four" shows in 2010-2011 – was initially scheduled to perform at the festival, but cancelled due to Dave Mustaine 's illness and

2738-457: The World tour on December 20, 1976; the show was recorded and released as Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live . Parliament-Funkadelic recorded half of their live album, Live: P-Funk Earth Tour , at the arena on January 19, 1977. Alice Cooper brought his big productions of Billion Dollar Babies , Welcome To My Nightmare and Mad House Rock to the Forum. The Los Angeles Strings of

2812-507: The arena's naming rights to Great Western Savings & Loan , coinciding with the arrival in Los Angeles of hockey star Wayne Gretzky . The building exterior was repainted blue, replacing its original "California sunset red." It was renamed the Great Western Forum; the name was retained for several years, even after Great Western was acquired by Washington Mutual (now Chase ) and ceased to exist. Although naming-rights agreements are now commonplace in major American sports, they were rare at

2886-497: The band's tour video, which was televised in 1983. In 1984, the Forum hosted the basketball tournaments and the men's handball finals of the 1984 Summer Olympics . The arena hosted Amnesty International 's June 6, 1986 A Conspiracy of Hope benefit concert, headlined by U2 and Sting and featuring Bryan Adams , Jackson Browne , Peter Gabriel , Lou Reed , Joan Baez and the Neville Brothers . Sting played

2960-469: The band. On August 1, 2015, to complete their R40 Live Tour , Canadian rock band Rush performed their final concert at the Forum. On March 27, 2016, former Pink Floyd member David Gilmour played his first ever concert at the Forum as the third show on the US leg of his Rattle That Lock Tour . On June 4, 2016, the UFC 199 mixed martial arts event was held at The Forum. The Chicks (then known as

3034-525: The building opened in 1967. The original scoreboard, designed by All American Scoreboards in Pardeeville, Wisconsin , had a two-line message board on each side (the third electronic message board in the NHL, and the second in the NBA). The new scoreboard, designed by Daktronics , kept the two-line message boards and added a Sony Jumbotron scoreboard on each side. The Forum hosted the 1991 NBA Finals and

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3108-470: The building's exterior in its opening and closing shots. In 2008, a scene for the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie and the video for Weezer 's " Troublemaker " (from their 2008 Red Album ) were filmed outside the Forum. Iron Maiden appeared during their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour on February 19, 2008, with Lauren Harris their opening act. Their live version of " The Number of

3182-503: The city center, began planning a new downtown sports arena and entertainment complex and hoped to attract the Lakers and Kings from Inglewood. The Kings' owners, who were real-estate developers, agreed to develop the complex; Buss agreed to move the Lakers into the new arena as co-tenants with the Kings and a third tenant, the NBA's Clippers , who would move there from the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena . The new Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena ) opened on October 17, 1999; as part of

3256-658: The commission laughing at him" when Cooke said he would build in Inglewood. Cooke won the franchise, paying $ 2 million for the Los Angeles club, which he called the Kings. According to Springer, "Cooke went to Inglewood and built the Forum. Goodbye, Lakers. Goodbye, Kings." The round, $ 16 million building was designed by Los Angeles architect Charles Luckman to be "reminiscent of Roman coliseums." The arena seats 17,505 for basketball, 16,005 for hockey and up to 18,000 for musical concerts; although it has no luxury suites, it had 2,400 club seats for events. More than 70% of

3330-400: The concert portion of her Diana television special at the Forum, entering the arena through the audience and singing her 1980 Billboard top-five hit " I'm Coming Out ". Guests included Quincy Jones (who conducted a performance of "Home" from The Wiz ) and Michael Jackson , who joined Ross onstage for a performance of her 1980 number-one song " Upside Down ". The special began with Ross in

3404-408: The concert represents one of her albums . In another case, artists embark on a concert tour to celebrate the anniversary of their past albums, such as U2 's 2017 tour to mark the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree (1987) and Janet Jackson 's 2019 tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). A farewell tour is a concert tour intended to signal

3478-536: The deal, Buss sold the Great Western Forum to the L. A. Arena Company (which was controlled by the Kings' owners). The Kings played their final regular season NHL game at the Forum, a 3–2 loss to the St. Louis Blues , on April 18, 1999. Coincidentally, Wayne Gretzky , who had previously played for both teams, played his final NHL game (as a member of the New York Rangers ) on the same day. The Kings' final game at

3552-424: The fans. Guitarist Gary Holt expressed his gratitude towards the band members and then thanked the fans for making him feel welcomed since joining in 2011. Concert tour Different segments of longer concert tours are known as "legs". The different legs of a tour are denoted in different ways, dependent on the artist and type of tour, but the most common means of separating legs are dates (especially if there

3626-456: The farewell tour took place in November and December 2018, with support provided by Lamb of God, Anthrax and Obituary . Guitarist Gary Holt had to miss the last four dates of this tour so that he could take care of his father who was nearing the end of his life; he was filled in by former Machine Head and Vio-lence guitarist Phil Demmel . On June 24, 2018, Slayer was announced as one of

3700-593: The first five bands (alongside Manowar , Carcass , Mass Hysteria and Dropkick Murphys ) confirmed to play the 2019 edition of Hellfest . This was the band's first show announced for 2019, and was said to be their last show in France. Slayer also played a one-off show in Mexico at ForceFest in October 2018. Slayer continued touring into 2019; in addition to international festival appearances, they performed in areas that

3774-400: The first major awards show at the Forum. The arena was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2014. The Foo Fighters performed on January 10, 2015, to celebrate singer Dave Grohl's 46th birthday. Paul Stanley from Kiss, Tenacious D, Slash, Alice Cooper, Zakk Wylde, Perry Farrell, Trombone Shorty, David Lee Roth, and Motörhead's Lemmy all got up and performed with

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3848-452: The five-game series, the Kings eliminated the heavily favored Oilers to reach the second round. In September 1982, on their Hot Space Tour , Queen played their final U.S. concert ever at the Forum. Fleetwood Mac played two shows during its Mirage tour on October 21–22, 1982, with Dave Mason opening. The shows, originally scheduled for October 4–5, were postponed when Stevie Nicks developed walking pneumonia . They were recorded for

3922-535: The following year on April 25, 1970, as part of their final U.S. tour. The concert has been widely circulated thanks to 3 available bootleg audience recordings. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young recorded shows in June and July 1970, including at the Forum. Some of them ended up on their 1971 live album, 4 Way Street . The Rolling Stones performed at the Forum during their 1969, 1972 and 1975 North American tours. Steppenwolf played there during their At Your Birthday Party tour on July 14, 1969, with Three Dog Night as

3996-420: The following year, 1977, on August 26–28 (the first of these shows sold out), with live tracks from these 1977 shows included on their second live album, Alive II , released in October of that same year. On June 21, 1976, Paul McCartney and Wings began a three-night stand at the Forum during their Wings Over the World tour . The shows were McCartney's first live performances in Los Angeles since he played at

4070-420: The interim), and Forum Enterprises changed the venue's name back to "the Forum". The Great Western corporate logo and the words "Great Western" remained on portions of the exterior, including the roof (with a logo visible to planes landing at LAX), and were slowly removed over time. The roof, which was the last part of the building to contain the "GW" logo and "Great Western Forum" name, would not be repainted until

4144-497: The members of the band have never explained the decision to retire from touring, fans believe one of the reasons behind this was due to bassist/vocalist Tom Araya not wanting to tour anymore and a desire to spend more time with his family. The first leg of the North American tour was announced the day after, which took place in May and June 2018 and included support from Lamb of God , Anthrax , Behemoth and Testament . The second leg of

4218-549: The opening act. Three Dog Night recorded their set, which was later released as a live album entitled Captured Live at the Forum . Queen played a total of 12 concerts from 1977 to 1982. David Bowie played concerts here on April 3, 4, and 6, 1978. Chicago played two long sets in front of nearly 18,000 people as the headline act on April 24, 1971. This performance was two weeks after their historic week-long sellout at Carnegie Hall where they played eight shows in six days from April 5 to 10, 1971. The Grateful Dead performed at

4292-406: The retirement of a singer, the disbanding of a band, or the end of a show's run. Many of the tours end up not being the last tour, with frequent regroupings, or revivals of shows. Luciano Pavarotti 's 2004 tour and Kenny Rogers 's 2015–2017 tour are examples of farewell tours which were the last to be staged before their deaths. As of October 2024, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time

4366-523: The seats are between the goals, and no seat is more than 170 feet (52 m) from the playing surface. During the Cooke era, the Forum hosted five NBA Finals in its first six years (1967–73). The Boston Celtics celebrated both the 1968 and 1969 championships in the arena, the latter of which marked the final games Bill Russell ever played. The Lakers won the 1972 NBA Finals at the Forum in Game 5, while

4440-520: The stage, sound equipment, instruments, props, and clothes. When Beyoncé visited the United Kingdom with her 2016 The Formation World Tour , it took seven Boeing 747 air freighters and a fleet of more than 70 trucks to get her stage set and other gear to the venues. The logistics phase of that tour did not include transportation of the backstage staff, musicians, performers, and the singer herself. The majority of concert tours are part of

4514-415: The time of Buss's deal with Great Western. There was some initial criticism of the name change, and local residents continued to call the arena "the Forum." Adverse reaction was eventually muted; Great Western Forum sounded like a natural name because of the arena's location in the western United States. Before the 1991–92 NBA and NHL seasons, a new scoreboard was installed, replacing the one in use since

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4588-482: The title in a Game 4 sweep in 1983 and 1989 respectively. The Lakers' owner, Jerry Buss, also purchased the Los Angeles Strings expansion franchise of the second incarnation of TeamTennis (the original team and league having folded in 1978) and appointed his 19-year-old daughter Jeanie Buss as the tennis team's general manager, with all home matches played at the Forum. In 1981, Diana Ross filmed

4662-517: The tour had not yet visited, including South America, Australia and Japan; Anthrax was the supporting act on most of the dates. Slayer toured North America in May 2019, with Lamb of God, Amon Amarth and Cannibal Corpse as the opening acts. The final North American leg of the tour took place in November 2019, and included support by Primus , Ministry and Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals . The band's final appearance in Chile on October 6, 2019, at

4736-452: The tour's conclusion. Despite being referred to as a farewell tour, the band's manager, Rick Sales, said that the tour was not a foreshadowing of their split, but an end of touring. Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo did not attend the band's final show. After finishing the set from their final show at The Forum on November 30, 2019, the band and crew members hugged each other and took group photos, followed by Tom Araya bidding farewell to

4810-499: The touring business suffered in the early 2020s because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Pollstar estimated the total lost revenue for the industry in 2020 at more than $ 30 billion. The mobility of concert tours requires a lot of costs, time, and energy. It is very common for musicians to not see family members for over a year during their touring. British singer Adele expressed her unhappiness of concert tours, saying "Touring

4884-419: The venue against Ruben Castillo in 1995, Vernon Buchanan in 1988 and Roger Mayweather in 1989. In 1989, Neil Diamond set the all-time attendance record at the Forum by surpassing his already leading record of seven sold-out shows (in 1983) with 10 sold-out shows. For doing so, Diamond was presented with a gold plaque, stating his accomplishment(s). On December 5, 1988, it was announced that Jerry Buss sold

4958-559: Was Burn the Priest. On February 14, 2003, Phish began their first post-hiatus tour at the Forum. A fan jumped onstage during "AC/DC Bag", and they performed a cover of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 's " The Cover of Rolling Stone " after appearing on the magazine's cover. In 2003, Great Western 's naming-rights contract on the building expired (despite being bought by Washington Mutual in 1997, their name had been retained in

5032-431: Was broadcast by HBO 's Boxing After Dark , the first time since its 1996 premiere that the series presented a card from the Forum. On May 16, 2015, Gennady Golovkin defeated Willie Monroe Jr. during a live broadcast on HBO Boxing. Golovkin returned the following year on April 23, 2016, to battle Dominic Wade, which resulted in a second-round KO. On August 24, 2014, the arena hosted the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards ,

5106-459: Was later released as a live album entitled Inglewood – Live in California . The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed at the Forum for the first time on April 26, 1969. A soundboard recording of this concert has been officially released: Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969 (Live). Opening acts for this sold-out concert were Cat Mother and Chicago . The Experience later performed there again

5180-622: Was realized by engineers Carl Johnson and Svend Nielsen . It was a groundbreaking structure without extensive internal support pillars that was unique in an indoor arena the size of the Forum. From 1967 to 1999, the Forum was home to the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) before both teams joined

5254-471: Was renamed "The Forum, presented by Chase" to reflect its sponsor, Chase Bank (which had incidentally purchased Great Western's legal successor, Washington Mutual, a few years earlier ), and its exterior returned to the original red. New features also included new lighting, new seating, LED video systems and HD screen and new retail. The Forum reopened with six concerts by the Eagles during their History of

5328-463: Was replaced by Kreator. On how long the farewell tour would last, Exodus vocalist and Holt's bandmate Steve "Zetro" Souza indicated that it would "take a year and a half or two years to do the one final thing, but I believe it's finished. Everybody knows what I know; just because I'm on the outside, I have no insight on that." Kristen Mulderig, who works with Rick Sales Entertainment Group, said that there would still be Slayer-related activities after

5402-675: Was the site of the 1972 and 1983 NBA All-Star Games , the 1981 NHL All-Star Game , 1984 Olympic basketball , and the Big West Conference (from 1983 to 1988) and 1989 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournaments. The venue also hosted tennis and boxing matches, as well as major music concerts and political events. In 2000, the Forum was acquired by the Faithful Central Bible Church, which used it for occasional church services and leased it for sporting events, concerts, and other events. In 2012,

5476-644: Was the site of the Chicago Bulls ' first NBA championship victory. It also hosted Games 3 and 4 of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals between the Kings and Montreal Canadiens , the only time the Stanley Cup Finals was held at the arena. Coincidentally, Montreal's home rink at the time was also called the Forum . By the middle of the decade, the Great Western Forum was considered too small; it lacked luxury boxes and had insufficient retail and commercial space. Los Angeles officials, seeking to redevelop

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