Pretty on the Inside Tour

*Pretty on the Inside* Tour
Tour by Hole
	Flyer for Toronto date at The Rivoli
Start date	June 1991
End date	December 22, 1991
Hole concert chronology
	; ; ; Pretty on the Inside Tour (1991); ; Live Through This Tour (1994–1995);

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

Hi Dummy
Drag
The Tunnel Frenzies (Manchester International II)
Daisy Chainsaw
Therapy?

Supported

Buffalo Tom^[12]
Dinosaur Jr.^[13]
Mudhoney (August 9–22, 1991 dates)^[2]
Nirvana
The Smashing Pumpkins (December 16–22, 1991 dates)

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	United States	The Off Ramp
June 29, 1991 (1991-06-29)	Vancouver	Canada	The Cruel Elephant
July 1, 1991 (1991-07-01)	Calgary	Canada	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	^[16]
July 19, 1991 (1991-07-19)	Hoboken		Maxwell's	^[17]
July 20, 1991 (1991-07-20)	Washington, D.C.		The 9:30 Club
July 22, 1991 (1991-07-22)	Richmond		Twisters	^[18]
July 23, 1991 (1991-07-23)	Charlotte		Milestone Club	^[19]
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	^[20]
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		^[21]
August 12, 1991 (1991-08-12)	London	Astoria Theatre		^[2]
August 13, 1991 (1991-08-13)	Brighton	The Zap		^[22]
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	^[23]
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	^[24]
October 27, 1991 (1991-10-27)	Los Angeles		The Palace
October 29, 1991 (1991-10-29)	Chicago		Unknown
October 30, 1991 (1991-10-30)	Kalamazoo		Club Soda	^[25]
November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)	Toronto	Canada	The Rivoli	^[26]
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	^[27]
November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11)	Carrboro		Cat's Cradle	^[28]
November 15, 1991 (1991-11-15)	Austin		Emo's	^[29]
Europe
November 21, 1991 (1991-11-21)	London	England	The Underworld	^[30]
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	^[31] ^[a]
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	^[32]
December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)	Utrecht		Tivoli
December 8, 1991 (1991-12-08)	Amsterdam		Melkweg	^[33]
December 10, 1991 (1991-12-10)	Newport	Wales	TJ's	^[5]
December 11, 1991 (1991-12-11)	Exeter	England	Lemongrove	^[34]
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	^[35]
December 20, 1991 (1991-12-20)	Sacramento		Cattle Club	^[36]
December 22, 1991 (1991-12-22)	Portland		The Underground	^[37] ^[38]

Notes

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

References

^ ^a ^b Hole with Slug (Concert flyer), Jabberjaw, August 1991
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b True 2006, p. 328.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love in Newport". BBC. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011.
^ 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.
^ Cross, Charles (April 5, 2014). "The Moment Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Smashing Pumpkins, Hole". The Californian. Temecula, California. December 13, 1991. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Batra, Sam (December 7, 1991). "Lashing Back in Anger". The Guardian. London, England. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Sweeting, Adam (December 14, 1991). "Hole". The Guardian. London, England. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Clubs". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. July 11, 1991. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Cohen, Belissa (June 20, 1991). "After You, Alfonse". LA Weekly. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Clubs: Friday". The Capital Times. July 4, 1991. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ "Concerts". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 18, 1991. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane (July 19, 1991). "On the Road". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Clubs". Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 12, 1991. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sound check". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. July 17, 1991. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Concert watch". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. July 11, 1991. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Brite, Poppy Z. (1998). Courtney Love: The Real Story. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-684-84800-6.
^ True, Everett (2009). Nirvana: The Biography. London: Hachette Books. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-786-73390-3.
^ "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.
^ "Choice Entertainments". LA Weekly. November 14, 1991. p. 166 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "God Bullies". The Concert Database. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
^ Tate, Daniel; Bowman, Rob (2019). The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History. Toronto: Dundurn. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-459-74543-8.
^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane (November 8, 1991). "On the Road". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Clubs". The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. November 8, 1991. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Crawford 2014, p. 77.
^ Crawford 2014, pp. 18, 123.
^ "Pretty on the Inside: Hole" (Press release). Germany: City Slang. November 1991. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022.
^ Kolvoort, Willem. "Hole". Vera Groningen. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.
^ Prato 2010, p. 368.
^ "Highlights". The Guardian. London, England. December 7, 1991. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "I-Beam". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. December 15, 1991. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Concerts/Events". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. December 20, 1991. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

Sources

Crawford, Anwen (2014). Hole's Live Through This. 33 1/3. New York: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-623-56377-6. OCLC 883749105.
Prato, Greg (2010). Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-554-90347-4.
True, Everett (2006). Nirvana: The Biography. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81554-6.

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

[jabberjaw-1] Hole with Slug (Concert flyer), Jabberjaw, August 1991

[ocf-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.

[FOOTNOTETrue2006328-3] True 2006, p. 328.

[nl-4] 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.

[tjs-5] "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.

[californian-8] "Smashing Pumpkins, Hole". The Californian. Temecula, California. December 13, 1991. p. 83 – via Newspapers.com.

[cromelin-9] 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.

[lashing-10] Batra, Sam (December 7, 1991). "Lashing Back in Anger". The Guardian. London, England. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.

[sweeting-11] Sweeting, Adam (December 14, 1991). "Hole". The Guardian. London, England. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.

[mg-12] "Clubs". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. July 11, 1991. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.

[cohen-13] 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] "Concerts". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 18, 1991. p. D8 – via Newspapers.com.

[17] Cotter, Kelly-Jane (July 19, 1991). "On the Road". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.

[18] "Clubs". Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 12, 1991. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.

[19] "Sound check". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. July 17, 1991. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.

[20] "Concert watch". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. July 11, 1991. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.

[21] Brite, Poppy Z. (1998). Courtney Love: The Real Story. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-684-84800-6.

[22] True, Everett (2009). Nirvana: The Biography. London: Hachette Books. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-786-73390-3.

[23] "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.

[choice-24] "Choice Entertainments". LA Weekly. November 14, 1991. p. 166 – via Newspapers.com.

[25] "God Bullies". The Concert Database. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

[26] Tate, Daniel; Bowman, Rob (2019). The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History. Toronto: Dundurn. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-459-74543-8.

[27] Cotter, Kelly-Jane (November 8, 1991). "On the Road". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.

[28] "Clubs". The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. November 8, 1991. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

[FOOTNOTECrawford201477-29] Crawford 2014, p. 77.

[FOOTNOTECrawford201418,_123-30] Crawford 2014, pp. 18, 123.

[germanpress-31] "Pretty on the Inside: Hole" (Press release). Germany: City Slang. November 1991. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022.

[33] Kolvoort, Willem. "Hole". Vera Groningen. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.

[FOOTNOTEPrato2010368-34] Prato 2010, p. 368.

[35] "Highlights". The Guardian. London, England. December 7, 1991. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.

[36] "I-Beam". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. December 15, 1991. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.

[37] 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.

[38] "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.

[39] "Concerts/Events". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. December 20, 1991. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

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Studio albums	Pretty on the Inside Live Through This Celebrity Skin Nobody's Daughter
Compilation albums	My Body, the Hand Grenade
Extended plays	Ask for It The First Session
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Other songs	"Turpentine" "Garbadge Man" "Old Age" "Closing Time" "Asking for It" "Jennifer's Body" "You Know You're Right" "Samantha"
Tours	Pretty on the Inside Tour Live Through This Tour Beautiful Monsters Tour
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