The American leg of the tour is called the Hit n Run Tour. The Parade Tour marked the only tour of the expanded
Revolution as most of the members of the defunct
The Family band were absorbed into Prince's band, dubbed by Eric Leeds as "The Counter-Revolution". The band's expansion became a source of tension, as some of the original members were unhappy with the new additions, especially of the non-instrument playing dancers, Wally Safford and Greg Brooks, with
Brown Mark remarking "I was [put] behind the piano, next to
Bobby Z [standing] behind three guys that used to be bodyguards. I started feeling a little underappreciated." Wendy was bothered that her twin sister Susannah was now in the band, saying "I shared a womb with this person, do I have to share a stage?" Furthermore, Brown Mark,
Wendy and Lisa felt that Prince was turning the band into more of an R&B/funk and jazz/soul band, moving away from the pop/rock and orchestral/classical music that Prince had moved toward with his last three albums. Right before the Parade Tour was scheduled to start overseas, Brown Mark, Wendy, and Lisa threatened to quit. In fact Bobby Z. literally caught Wendy and Lisa at the airport and begged them to stay for the tour. Eventually, all three were convinced to ride it out. But as the tour ended, it became clear that this would be the end of the group, and these were their final performances together. On the final night in Yokohama, Japan, Prince uncharacteristically smashed up all of his guitars after a final encore of "Purple Rain". During the British tour, Prince was joined on stage by
Ronnie Wood on guitar and
Sting on bass. They performed a cover version of
The Rolling Stones track "
Miss You"; after the performance Prince said "I wish I wrote that". Following the tour, a bootleg was released via the official British fan club called
Salvador Dalí EP which featured a recording of the performance of "Miss You". Shortly after the Parade Tour in October 1986, The Revolution was disbanded, with Prince firing Wendy and Lisa, replacing Bobby Z. with Sheila E., and Brown Mark quitting. ==The band==