1988 band tour dates

1988 has been performing the dance-able and headbanging "big hair hits of the 80's" all over Ohio and neighboring states for over a decade. While other groups have chosen to present themselves in a clown-like fashion, 1988 has stayed true to its 80's roots by paying respectful tribute to bands like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Poison, Motley Crue, Guns-N-Roses, and even Journey. 1988 recreates a show one might have seen on Hollywood's Sunset Strip at the height of the 80's Metal era.

1988 focuses on pleasing the crowd by playing danceable material without straying too far from the 80's Hard Rock theme. Of course, the 80's were also known for their "monster ballads", and there is no shortage of them at a 1988 show. The band plays several of the biggest ones every night. Not to ignore the aficionado, 1988 also throws in the head banging classics by AC/DC, Judas Priest, Kiss, Whitesnake, and others.

An opportunity to see 1988 is not to be missed. Young or old, if you want to experience the closest thing to what it was like in the 80's...this is it!

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♦ Late 1987 rehearsals

Frank Zappa's Band, February - June 1988

FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick.

Song properties for this tour:

• The Closer You Are always includes Johnny Darling at the end;
• The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley = Let's Make The Water Turn Black / Harry, You're A Beast / The Orange County Lumber Truck / Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy;
• Packard Goose Medley = Packard Goose / Royal March from L'Histoire Du Soldat / Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto No 3;
• Texas Motel Medley = Norwegian Jim (Norwegian Wood) / Lousiana Hooker With Herpes (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds) / Texas Motel (Strawberry Fields Forever);
• The Torture Never Stops Medley = The Torture Never Stops / Theme from Bonanza / The Torture Never Stops pt. II / Lonesome Cowboy Burt (or Jim) / The Torture Never Stops pt. III;
• Trouble Every Day in the European performances always includes a Thirteen vamp;
• Who Needs The Peace Corps always includes I Left My Heart In San Francisco at the end;
• Why Don't You Like Me is a revised version, with different lyrics, of Tell Me You Love Me.

February - March 1988 1988 US tour

1988 02 02 - palace theater, albany, ny, 135 min, aud, b+.

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Why Don't You Like Me?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, presidential popularity poll, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, King Kong (incl. Teenage Wind), Stairway To Heaven, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus (with improvisational coda), Strictly Genteel

1988 02 04 - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY

Audience video exists.

The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops, Why Don't You Like Me, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus (q: Echidna's Arf), Strictly Genteel

1988 02 05 - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY

135 min, aud, a-/b+.

Partial audience video exists.

The Black Page, Chana In De Bushwop, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Andy, Inca Roads, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Wooly Bully)

1988 02 06 - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY

140 min, aud, a-.

With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*)

Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Heavy Duty Judy, We're Turning Again, Packard Goose Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Whipping Post*, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 02 08 - Warner Theatre, Washington, DC

150 min, aud, a-/b+.

The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, City Of Tiny Lights, A A Pound For A Brown, Cosmik Debris, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), King Kong (q: Bolero, The Dangerous Kitchen, Happy Birthday To You, Frere Jacques, Harbor Lights),, Stairway To Heaven, Packard Goose Medley, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 02 09 - Warner Theatre, Washington, DC

140 min, aud, a-/b+.

With Greg Bolognese on vocals (*).

Stinkfoot, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW ], When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW ], Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW ], Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW ], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Sofa, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Black Napkins, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights (q: Beer Barrel Polka), A Pound For A Brown (q: City Of Tiny Lights; incl. parts of When Yuppies Go To Hell [ MAJNH ] and Fire And Chains [ MAJNH ]), I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love (q: Big Swifty, Hall Of The Mountain King, Sweet Leilani), Peaches En Regalia, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut*, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Cruising For Burgers, Louie Louie)

1988 02 10 - Warner Theatre, Washington, DC

140 min, aud, a/a-.

With Daniel Schorr on vocals (*).

A 5 min FM fragment has the Daniel Schorr performance.

King Kong vamp, Danny Boy*, It Ain't Necessarily So* / Summertime*, Royal March from Aida, Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture / There Goes My Baby, Peaches En Regalia, Dickie's Such An Asshole (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH ], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Porn War Jam, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Trouble Every Day (q: Big Swifty), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bacon Fat), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel

1988 02 12 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA

Soundcheck / rehearsal.

See soundcheck for 1988 02 14.

150 min, Aud, A/A-

The break between TOCLTM and Unle Remus includes a FZ rap only released in the vinyl version of BTHW .

Panty Rap / The Black Page [parts on MAJNH ], Dickie's Such An Asshole , When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW ], Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW ], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, What's New In Baltimore?, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Girl From Ipanema), Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Uncle Remus, Catholic Girls [parts on YCDTOSA6 ], Crew Slut [parts on YCDTOSA6 ], Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa

1988 02 13 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA

130 min, aud, a-/b+.

With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), introduction by Diva Zappa (**)

Stinkfoot (incl. Happy Birthday To You, q: Girl From Ipanema), We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? [parts on BTHW ], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Heavy Duty Judy, Zomby Woof, Chana In De Bushwop**, I Am The Walrus, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (q: Isn't It Romantic, Rhapsody In Blue), Jezebel Boy [ BTHW ], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Big Swifty (q: Laura), Advance Romance (q: Big Swifty, Isn't Romantic, Girl From Ipanema), The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post*, Strictly Genteel

1988 02 14 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA

50 min, aud / sbd, b+ / a.

Previously listed as 1988 02 12 The first 20 min are Aud, the rest is SBD. Also available as pro-shot video.

FZ solo incl. Watermelon In Easter Hay, FZ tries out tonight's loops, Sleep Dirt, Sofa, Girl From Ipanema, Zoot Allures

150 min, Aud, B+

With Reverend A. West (*)

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (q: Old Rugged Cross) [parts on BTHW ], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Voter Registration Rap / A Few Moments With Brother A. West* [ TBBYNHIYL ], q: Dragnet, FZ conducts the audience / Ike demonstrates his artifacts / Approximate danced, The Closer You Are (a cappella), Montana, Why Don't You Like Me?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Zoot Allures, Peaches En Regalia, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 02 16 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT

160 min, aud, a/a-.

The Black Page (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big (incl. Yankee Doodle Boy), Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Trouble Every Day (q: Smoke On The Water), Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (incl. Sheik Yerbouti Tango riff; q: Girl From Ipanema), The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, What's New In Baltimore?, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Happy Birthday To You, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, King Kong (q: I Love Lucy, Yankee Doodie, Entry Of The Gladiators, Girl From Ipanema), Stairway To Heaven (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), I Am The Walrus, Sofa, Cruising For Burgers, Crew Slut (q: T'Mershi Duween), Strictly Genteel (q: Batman)

1988 02 17 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT

Stinkfoot, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? [parts on BTHW ], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: T'Mershi Duween), Cosmik Debris, Packard Goose Medley, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Any Kind Of Pain, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Peaches En Regalia, Eat That Question, Black Napkins

1988 02 19 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

5 min, aud, b+.

Sinister Footwear

145 min, Aud, A-

The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments (q: The Black Page), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Whipping Post (q: Black Napkins), I Am The Walrus, Advance Romance, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel

1988 02 20 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

135 min, aud, a-.

Stinkfoot (with Jimmy Swaggart rap)[parts on MAJNH ], We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty, Packard Goose Medley, Find Her Finer, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Why Don't You Like Me?, Outside Now, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Yo Cats, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Strictly Genteel, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 02 23 - Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

Stinkfoot [parts on MAJNH ], What's New In Baltimore?, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Packard Goose Medley, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day [ TBBYNHIYL ], Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells) [ TBBYNHIYL ], Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, Zomby Woof, Stairway To Heaven, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Watermelon In Easter Hay)

1988 02 25 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? [parts on BTHW ], Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, The Torture Never Stops Medley [Lonesome Cowboy Burt on TBBYNHIYL ], Packard Goose Medley, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Andy, Inca Roads, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel

1988 02 26 - Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI

Previously listed as Detroit.

The Black Page, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Sofa, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Packard Goose Medley, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. Fire And Chains) [parts on King Kong, MAJNH ], What's New In Baltimore?, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Stairway To Heaven, Promiscuous [ BTHW ], The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel

1988 02 27 - Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI

Soundcheck / rehearsals, 75 min, aud, b.

What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?, Time Is On My Side, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Uncle Remus, Strictly Genteel, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Strawberry Fields Forever, Paperback Writer, Taxman, Within You Without You

130 min, Aud, A-

Stinkfoot, Andy, Inca Roads, Uncle Remus, Outside Now, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Packard Goose Medley, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Norwegian Wood, King Kong (q: Whipping Post, Who Needs The Peace Corps?), Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Am The Walrus, Crew Slut (q: Smoke On The Water)

1988 02 28 - Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI

140 min, aud, b+.

The Black Page, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eric Dolphy Memorial [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Advance Romance, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Heavy Duty Judy, Why Don't You Like Me?, Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 03 01 - Frauenthal Theatre, Muskegon, MI

120 min, aud, b.

Stinkfoot, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bacon Fat [ BTHW ], Stolen Moments [parts on BTHW ], When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? [parts on BTHW ], The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 03 03 - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

125 min, aud, a-.

With Mr. Sting on vocals (*).

The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, Why Don't You Like Me? [parts on BTHW ], Texas Motel Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Stolen Moments [parts on BTHW ], Murder By Numbers* [ BTHW ], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Catholic Girls [parts on YCDTOSA6 ], Crew Slut [parts on YCDTOSA6 ], Strictly Genteel

1988 03 04 - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

120 min, aud, a.

Stinkfoot, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, What's New In Baltimore?, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Inca Roads, Zoot Allures, Texas Motel Medley, What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? (incl. Louisiana Hooker Reprise) [parts on BTHW ], Peaches En Regalia, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), Yo Cats, Packard Goose Medley, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 03 05 - Music Hall, Cleveland, OH

145 min, aud, a-/b.

The Black Page (q: Bolero, Crimson & Clover), Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW ], When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW ], Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW ], Any Kind Of Pain (q: Punky's Whips) [parts on BTHW ], Texas Motel Medley, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Let's Move To Cleveland, Packard Goose Medley, King Kong (q: My Favorite Things) [parts on MAJNH ], I Am The Walrus, Andy, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Chunga's Revenge)

1988 03 06 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH

The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Untouchables, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Untouchables, Strictly Genteel

1988 03 08 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

35 min, aud, c.

Stinkfoot, Peaches En Regalia, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Cruising For Burgers, Uncle Remus, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley

1988 03 09 - Shea's Theater, Buffalo, NY

The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Any Kind Of Pain, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Texas Motel Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven [ TFZAAABB ], Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Untouchables, America The Beautiful

1988 03 11 - War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY

125 min, aud, b+.

Chunga's Revenge (q: Penguin In Bondage, Bolero, Carmen), Packard Goose Medley, Andy, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty (q: Bolero), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bolero), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (q: Bolero), When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW ], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (q: Punky's Whips), America The Beautiful

1988 03 12 - Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT

50 min, aud, c+/c.

Chana In De Bushwop, Nig Biz, Bolero, The Untouchables (q: Dragnet, Theme from Sea Hunt), Cosmik Debris (q: Bolero), Why Don't You Like Me?, Can't Afford No Shoes, Chana In De Bushwop

The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole, Any Kind Of Pain, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Advance Romance [parts on MAJNH ], Bobby Brown, Stolen Moments, When The Lie's So Big (q: What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown [incl. parts of When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH ], Stairway To Heaven, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (q: March Of The Cuckoos), The Untouchables, America The Beautiful

1988 03 13 - Civic Center, Springfield, MA

105 min, aud, b.

FZ guitar workout and loops (incl: Octandre, Big Swifty, Inca Roads, Carmen, A Pound For A Brown), various instruments soundcheck (q: Black Napkins, What's New In Baltimore, Packard Goose, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Eat That Question), Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Sofa, Stevie's Spanking, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Filthy Habits, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk Monologue (w/ Eric Buxton), (q: Money), The Black Page (q: Filthy Habits), Royal March from L'Histoire Du Soldat (incl. G Spot Tornado, Strictly Genteel), Disco Boy, Teenage Wind,Truck Driver Divorce, Advance Romance (q: Never On Sunday), Guitar Loops (q: A Pound For A Brown, Truck Driver Divorce), You Are What You Is (q: Never On Sunday), Mudd Club (q: Never On Sunday, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing), I'm The Slime (q: Never On Sunday)

130 min, Aud, B+

Stinkfoot, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Packard Goose Meedley [incl. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concert No. 3, MAJNH ], Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, I Am The Walrus, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 03 15 - Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME

50 min, aud, b+.

FZ guitar workout (incl. Mystery Song #4, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes riff, Zoot Allures), FZ tries out tonight's loops (incl. Mystery Song #4), One Man One Vote (synclavier), Sofa, Bolero, Filthy Habits, King Kong, Sinister Footwear

The Black Page, Stainless The Maiden, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Sofa, Panty Rap (incl. Inca Roads vamp), The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Packard Goose Medley, Sharleena, Texas Motel Medley, Inca Roads, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven

1988 03 16 - Civic Center, Providence, RI

125 min, aud, a/a-.

Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Big Swifty, The Untouchables [parts on BTHW ], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Filthy Habits, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Sofa, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, Whipping Post

1988 03 17 - Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY

145 min, aud, a.

The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW ], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) [incl. Make A Sex Noise, YCDTOSA6 ], When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Let's Move To Cleveland, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [ TBBYNHIYL ], Theme from The Godfather [ TBBYNHIYL ], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 03 19 - Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA

75 min, aud, b+/b.

FZ Guitar Workout & Loops (q: Beauty Knows No Pain, Mystery Song #4, Inca Roads, Supernaut), unknown synclavier piece, Stolen Moments, The Untouchables, Marqueson's Chicken, Zomby Woof, Stevie's Spanking, Sinister Footwear (incl. Stevie's Spanking), q: Envelopes, Mr Green Genes (incl. Florentine Pogen)

The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Find Her Finer, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH ], Stevie's Spanking [ MAJNH ], Any Kind Of Pain, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [incl. Soul Polka, TRF ], When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Theme from The Godfather, Packard Goose Medley, Zomby Woof [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], King Kong, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads [incl. A Cold Dark Matter, TRF ], Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, The Untouchables [parts on BTHW ], Strictly Genteel

1988 03 20 - Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack (a.k.a. Teaneck), NJ

55 min, aud, b-/c+.

FZ guitar workout (incl. The Squirm lick), FZ tries out tonight's loops, Sofa, A Pound For A Brown, Crew Slut, Mendelsohn's Wedding March, The Black Page, Marqueson's Chicken, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Zoot Allures, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Filthy Habits

145 min, Aud, B+

Stinkfoot, The Untouchables, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Marqueson's Chicken, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Big Swifty, The Torture Never Stops Medley [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Whipping Post, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 03 21 - Landmark Theater, Syracuse, NY

The Black Page, Find Her Finer, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Zoot Allures, Mr Green Genes, Any Kind Of Pain, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama [ TFZAAABB ], Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Sharleena, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero

1988 03 23 - Towson Center, Towson, MD

45 min, aud, b+/b.

Bolero (incl. My Sharona)

155 min, Aud, A-

The Black Page, The Untouchables, Packard Goose Medley, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Any Kind Of Pain, Planet Of The Baritone Women, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, The Torture Never Stops Medley, I Am The Walrus, Big Swifty (q: Bolero, Moggio), Keep It Greasey, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? [ YCDTOSA6 ], Inca Roads, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Bolero, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 03 25 - Nassau Colisseum, Uniondale, NY

With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), Reverend A. West (**) and Eric Buxton (***).

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big [ FZFP ], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*** [parts on BTHW ], Sofa, Happy Birthday To You, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, A Few Moments With Brother A. West** (incl. Old Rugged Cross), Texas Motel Medley, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven*, I Am The Walrus, Whipping Post*, Bolero, America The Beautiful [ FZFP ]

April - June 1988 1988 European tour

1988 04 09 - le stadium, bourges, france.

The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Packard Goose Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Inca Roads, Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stairway To Heaven

1988 04 10 - Sportpaleis, Ghent, Belgium

The Black Page, Texas Motel Medley, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bolero, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Stairway To Heaven, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 04 12 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Eric Dolphy Memorial, I Am The Walrus, I Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Inca Roads, Bolero, Texas Motel Medley, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven (q: Inca Roads), Bobby Brown, Whipping Post, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Strictly Genteel

1988 04 13 - Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany

115 min, aud, a.

Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Heavy Duty Judy, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Bolero, Big Swifty, Bamboozled By Love, Chana In De Bushwop, Sharleena, Sofa, Stairway To Heaven, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 04 14 - Sporthalle, Köln, Germany

135 min, aud, a.

The Black Page, Inca Roads, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. When Yuppies Go To Hell [parts on MAJNH ]), Packard Goose Medley, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa, Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley

1988 04 16 - Brighton Center, Brighton, UK

Stinkfoot, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, The Orange County Lumber Truck, When Yuppies Go To Hell, I Am The Walrus, Zoot Allures [ TBBYNHIYL ], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, City Of Tiny Lights [incl. Scratch & Sniff, TRF ], A Pound For A Brown [parts on When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH ], Sharleena, Texas Motel Medley, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero

1988 04 18 - Wembley Arena, London, England

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, City Of Tiny Lights, I Ain't Got No Heart, Let's Move To Cleveland, Bamboozled By Love, Big Swifty [parts on MAJNH ], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel

1988 04 19 - Wembley Arena, London, England

With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*).

Stinkfoot, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW ], Cruising For Burgers, Outside Now [parts on BTHW ], The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [incl. parts of Oh No, MAJNH ], Texas Motel Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), The Torture Never Stops Medley [parts on TBBYNHIYL , incl. Theme From Bonanza], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Chunga's Revenge* [ TRF ], Bolero

1988 04 20 - National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England

Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Stolen Moments, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Keep It Greasey, Sharleena, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Bolero

1988 04 22 - Carl-Diem-Halle, Würzburg, Germany

140 min, aud, a.

Heavy Duty Judy [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Ring Of Fire [ TBBYNHIYL ], Packard Goose Medley, Cosmik Debris [ TBBYNHIYL ], Who Needs The Peace Corps? [parts on TBBYNHIYL , incl. I Left My Heart In San Francisco], What's New In Baltimore?, Inca Roads [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Advance Romance, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, The Torture Never Stops Medley [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Ring Of Fire, Bolero, Bobby Brown, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Ring Of Fire, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 04 24 - Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany

115 min, aud, b+.

The Black Page, Advance Romance, Any Kind Of Pain, Find Her Finer, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown [parts on When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH ], Cosmik Debris, Cruising For Burgers, Keep It Greasey, Sofa, Bolero, Crew Slut, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven

1988 04 25 - Falkoner Teatret, København, Denmark

Heavy Duty Judy, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW ], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: My Sharona, The Radio Is Broken), Bamboozled By Love (q: When Yuppies Go To Hell), Bolero, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads

1988 04 26 - Olympen, Lund, Sweden

120 min, aud, a-.

The Black Page (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW ], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights (q: Did You Ever See A Dream Walkin'?), A Pound For A Brown, The Dangerous Kitchen, What's New In Baltimore?, Outside Now, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, Cruising For Burgers [parts on MAJNH ], Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stairway To Heaven

1988 04 27 - Skedsmohallen, Oslo, Norway

Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Muffin Man), Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. Make A Sex Noise), Stairway To Heaven (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Bolero, Rhymin' Man (world premiere), Sofa, Andy, Inca Roads, Strictly Genteel

1988 04 29 - Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland

The Black Page, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Sinister Footwear, Packard Goose Medley, Big Swifty, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads (q: Florentine Pogen), Sofa (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Stairway To Heaven (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer)

1988 05 01 - Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden

145 min, sbd, a- 145 min, aud, a-.

Partial audience video exists. Guest appearances by Mats Öberg on Keyboards (*), Morgan Ågren on drums (*), and Dweezil Zappa on guitar (**). The SBD cuts during the post I'm The Walrus Jam

Heavy Duty Judy, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain (q: T'Mershi Duween), Trouble Every Day (q: T'Mershi Duween), Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads (q: Fernando), Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: Fernando) [incl. Gorgo, TRF ], Big Swifty* (incl. T'Mershi Duween, q: Sleep Dirt, Echidna's Arf ), Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post** (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), I Am The Walrus (incl. Jam**), Sofa

1988 05 03, Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [most on MAJNH ], Advance Romance, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty [parts on MAJNH ], Texas Motel Medley, Peaches En Regalia, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH ], Packard Goose Medley, Heavy Duty Judy [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Bolero [ TBBYNHIYL ], Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Stairway To Heaven, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Handsome Cabin Boy)

1988 05 04 - Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland

Stinkfoot [parts on MAJNH ], Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Dupree's Paradise, Marqueson's Chicken, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Torture Never Stops, Keep It Greasey, Cruising For Burgers (q: Handsome Cabin Boy) [parts on MAJNH ], Sofa (q: Billy The Mountain), Crew Slut

1988 05 05 - Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany

The Black Page, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Alien Orifice, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Bamboozled By Love, Zoot Allures, Cosmik Debris, Stolen Moments (q: Big Swifty), Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Cruising For Burgers, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 05 06 - Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

The Black Page, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, I Ain't Got No Heart, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Stairway To Heaven, The Torture Never Stops Medley, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero

1988 05 08 - Stadthalle, Wien, Austria

135 min, aud, a/a-.

Partial audience video exist.

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads [solo on TBBYNHIYL ], Advance Romance, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (incl. Blue Danube variations) [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Bamboozled By Love [ TFZABB ], Bolero, Eat That Question, Black Napkins [ MAJNH ], Trouble Every Day [ TFZAABB ], Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [parts on BTHW , incl. Finding Higgs' Boson, TRF ], Peaches En Regalia [ TFZAMBB ], Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Sharleena, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Whipping Post

1988 05 09 - Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, München, Germany

Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer [ TBBYNHIYL ], Big Swifty (incl. Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture) [parts on MAJNH ], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Lohengrin), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [solo on BTHW ], Who Needs The Peace Corps? [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Zomby Woof [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], King Kong [parts on MAJNH ], Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Cruising For Burgers, Rhymin' Man [ BTHW ], Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland (q: Lohengrin), Whipping Post*, I Am The Walrus* (incl. Jam [Bavarian Sunset, TRF ]), Sofa (q: Lohengrin)

1988 05 11 - Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Trouble Every Day, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Carmen), The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven (q: Rhymin' Man, Hallelujah I'm A Bum), I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 05 13 - Pabellon de los Deportes de La Casilla, Bilbao, Spain

No known unofficial recording of this show. The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, I Ain't Got No Heart, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. Take Me Out To The Ball Game[ YCDTOSA4 ]), Filthy Habits, Bolero, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 05 14 - Auditorio de la Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain

120 min, aud, b+/b.

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: Feelings, Four), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Closer You Are, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Whipping Post

1988 05 15 - Prado de San Sebastian, Sevilla, Spain

90 min, aud, b+.

The Black Page, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Cosmik Debris, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Ain't Got No Heart, The Torture Never Stops Medley

The end of the show, from Texas Motel Medley on, is missing; possibly it was never taped: Texas Motel Medley, Strictly Genteel, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post

1988 05 17 - Palacio de Deportes, Barcelona, Spain

130 min, fm, a.

From a circulating TV broadcast.

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Black Napkins, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel

1988 05 18 - Le Zenith, Montpellier, France

115 min, aud, b.

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Dupree's Paradise, Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Cruising For Burgers, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Loops, Bamboozled By Love

1988 05 19 - Le Summum, Grenoble, France

115 min, aud, a-.

The Black Page [solo on MAJNH ], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits [parts on YCDTOSA4 ], Chana In De Bushwop (q: La Marseillaise), Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Easy Meat, King Kong (q: It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime), Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Loops, Sofa (q: April In Paris)

1988 05 20 - Le Zenith, Paris, France

145 min, aud, a/a-.

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: April In Paris), I Ain't Got No Heart, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Loops, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel

1988 05 23 - Hall Tivoli, Strasbourg, France

No known unofficial recording of this show. Stinkfoot, Dickie's Such An Asshole, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr Green Genes [ TBBYNHIYL ], Florentine Pogen [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Andy, Inca Roads, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, T'Mershi Duween, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken (with Twenty-One vamp), Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, Loops

1988 05 24 - Beethovensaal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany

125 min, aud, a-/b+.

Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, I Ain't Got No Heart, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, Cosmik Debris, T'Mershi Duween [ MAJNH ], Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH ], Marqueson's Chicken [incl. Trance-Fusion, TRF ], Pick Me I'm Clean, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa [ TBBYNHIYL ], q: Titties And Beer, Bobby Brown, Sharleena (q: Over There), Rhymin' Man, Elvis Has Just Left The Building [parts on BTHW ], Bolero, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Star Wars Won't Work [ MAJNH ], Whipping Post

1988 05 25 - Rosengarten, Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany

5 min, aud, b.

The Black Page, We're Turning Again [ YCDTOSA6 ], Alien Orifice [parts on MAJNH ], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH ], Easy Meat, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH ], City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Bamboozled By Love, Ring Of Fire, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (incl. The Untouchables), I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 05 26 - Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany

The Black Page, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Ride Of The Valkyries, Purple Haze / Loops, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy [solo on TBBYNHIYL ], Inca Roads, Advance Romance (q: Tarantella Calabrese), Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven (q: Twilight Zone, Carmen), Bolero, Zoot Allures, Packard Goose Medley, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Crew Slut

1988 05 28 - Sporthalle, Linz, Austria

The Black Page, Inca Roads, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Bamboozled By Love, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Sharleena, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 05 29 - Eishalle Liebenau, Graz, Austria

120 min, aud, a-/b+.

The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Pick Me I'm Clean, Cosmik Debris, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (q: Inca Roads, Big Swifty), What's New In Baltimore?, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bamboozled By Love, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Whipping Post, Watermelon In Easter Hay

1988 05 30 - Palasport Primo Carnera, Udine, Italy

105 min, aud, a-/b+.

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Filthy Habits, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (q: Big Swifty), Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit

1988 06 01 - Palasport, Padova, Italy

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps? (q: Mexican Hat Dance), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Packard Goose Medley, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa (q: Tarantella Calabrese)

1988 06 02 - Palatrussardi, Milano, Italy

With Fabio Treves on harmonica (*)

The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown*, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Whipping Post

1988 06 03 - Palasport, Torino, Italy

110 min, aud, b+.

The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice [parts on MAJNH ], Cosmik Debris, Stolen Moments, Outside Now, Cruising For Burgers, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Bamboozled By Love, Sharleena, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Loops, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Crew Slut

1988 06 05 - Palasport, Modena, Italy

95 min, aud, b-.

The Black Page [parts on MAJNH ], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], Find Her Finer, Marqueson's Chicken, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH ], City Of Tiny Lights [ MAJNH ], You Are What You Is, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Sofa, Sharleena, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Bolero, Crew Slut

1988 06 06 - Palasport, Firenze, Italy

125 min, aud, b-.

The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen [solo on TBBYNHIYL ], Andy, Inca Roads, Advance Romance [solo on MAJNH ], Bobby Brown, What's New In Baltimore?, Easy Meat, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL ], You Are What You Is, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero

1988 06 07 - PalaEur, Roma, Italy

17 and 45 min, aud, b/c.

FZ guitar check (including Zoot Allures, Arrivederci Roma, Filthy Habits), FZ tries out tonight's loops, Sofa, Dupree's Paradise, Purple Haze, You Are What You Is, Don't Touch My Hair, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Chana In De Bushwop, Arrivederci Roma, Royal March from Aida / Arrivederci Roma, Bolero, Sinister Footwear

115 min, Aud, B/B-

The Black Page (q: Arrivederci Roma), Packard Goose Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Arrivederci Roma), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Zoot Allures, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Arrivederci Roma), Bamboozled By Love, Stairway To Heaven, Eat That Question [ MAJNH ], Black Napkins, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Bolero, Royal March from Aida, Arrivederci Roma, Crew Slut (q: Arrivederci Roma)

1988 06 09 - Palasport, Genova, Italy

135 min, aud, b.

With Fabio Treves on harmonica (*). The very last concert of the very last Frank Zappa tour...

The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Marqueson's Chicken, Elvis Has Just Left The Building [parts on BTHW ], Cruising For Burgers, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now [parts on BTHW ], Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty*, Rhymin' Man, Sinister Footwear, City Of Tiny Lights, The Torture Never Stops Medley [incl. parts of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, YCDTOSA6 ; incl. After Dinner Smoker, TRF ], Bolero, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit

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• 1975: The "Bongo Fury" tour
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• 1984: 20th Anniversary World tour
• 1988: The last tour
• Orchestral concerts
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Monsters of Rock Tour 1988

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The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 was a festival tour of the USA in 1988, headlined by hard rock band Van Halen as part of their promotion for their OU812 album. The Scorpions were a co-headliner. Opening bands included Metallica , Dokken , and Kingdom Come . It formed the first section of the OU812 Tour , the main part of which followed immediately after Monsters of Rock 1988. As one of the many well known Monsters of Rock tours, the tour featured an impressive line-up, especially for a single day event, and proved very popular.

Being a large scale event with multiple acts, there was a long gap between many dates when the bands' gear was transported and set up.

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• Van Halen (closing act, 100 minutes)
• Scorpions (75 minutes)
• Dokken (60 minutes)
• Metallica (60 minutes)
• Kingdom Come (45 minutes)

In San Francisco's Candlestick Park a stadium-wide food fight took place aimed solely at the upper deck. Unfortunately each band played only five minutes longer than the band before them. Kingdom Come played for only 15 minutes, and the show closed with Van Halen playing only 35 minutes. This was after Van Halen held a press conference at Universal Studios, while seated in front of a giant robotic King Kong – Eddie Van Halen stated “Five bands will be playing full sets”.

In Tampa, a stadium-wide food fight took place. The show was general admission and the food fight took place between the concertgoers in the stadium stands and those on the field. Dokken also had issues with their PA system , it was broadcasting on the same frequency as Tampa International Airport 's tower.

In Memphis, another food fight occurred between the audience in the stands and those on the field.

In Kansas City, the food fight continued between the lower and upper levels of Arrowhead stadium.

In Maine, the day was plagued by late afternoon moderate-to-severe thunderstorms & a near riot during a lengthy delay. The severe storm had the band Dokken playing toward the rear of the stage in an effort to try & escape the torrential downpour / lightning. The storms themselves caused a long delay post-Dokken's set, at during which the crowd started chanting "Rain or Shine, Rain or Shine". As the crowd was getting more & more agitated from the delay, the crowd was finally appraised of the situation (by a roadie or tour manager) however, the information was delivered in a very ill-advised way; arrogant, condescending, & taunting in nature to the point of the official saying "what?, do you think you're going to get your money back?" At this point the crowd started heaving chunks of the broken asphalt (which was the surface people were standing on) at the tour official, as well as the equipment on stage & the situation nearly devolved into a full-blown riot.

In New Jersey, there was also a large food fight due to people getting fed up with the extremely long wait between the Scorpions and Van Halen's set. People from the upper decks threw food, drink and trash over the railing. At the same time, about one hundred or so people jumped the wall and rushed onto the main field which led to cheers erupting through the stadium.

In Los Angeles, the power was shut off during Metallica's set because fans were aggressively rushing the stage. The members of Metallica sat on the drum riser and watched. After a short break, Metallica resumed their set. Fifteen people were arrested. [1]

Given the extreme nature of Metallica's 1988 release ...And Justice for All , the band's following act Dokken would come over severe ridicule from the thrash metalheads in the crowd for not matching Metallica's intensity. [2]

In Dallas, Van Halen's set was cut short by vocalist Sammy Hagar's voice problems. He promised that Van Halen would return to Dallas and play a free show. Van Halen made good on the promise three years later on December 4, 1991 when they played a free concert at Dallas Alley, a gentrified area on the northwest side of downtown Dallas where free concerts were often hosted to boost traffic for restaurants and stores in the adjacent collection of shops. This show also had a water/cup fight between the field and the stands at either end of a concession stand that was along the sidelines on the west side of the stadium.

The Houston show also had a trash/food/water fight between the field and the stands. There was also a venue issue where a barrier broke and at least one person fell to a lower level of stands landing on lower seats. EMS was forced to eject several people. The show continue as scheduled.

In Seattle the Scorpions lead singer Klaus Meine was hit in the throat by a camera thrown out of the audience. He ranted about having respect for the bands on stage for about 5 minutes, then they did one more song and left the stage. This was about 3/4 in to their full set.

While at Alpine Valley a lighting rig fell during the Scorpions set, and Sammy Hagar fell off the stage.

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"Van Halen could do nothing, night after night, to stem the charge of this Godzilla": How 1988's Monsters Of Rock tour was the making of Metallica

In 1988 Metallica released ...And Justice For All. Then they went out on the road to claim the throne of modern metal

America had long been crying out for a regular hard rock festival. Fuelled on the memories of the 1970s California Jams, the Bill Graham Presents Day On The Green stadium bashes, and a legendary heavy metal night at the US Festival in 1983 – which hosted the likes of Judas Priest , Ozzy Osbourne , The Scorpions and Van Halen all gaining the sort of rave reviews which would become gold standards in their live careers – it was only a matter of time before someone devised a Monsters Of Rock for the US market.

The year was 1988, when word filtered through that there was, indeed, to be a Monsters Of Rock festival in the States. The hair was big, the riffs were bigger, and hard rock was enjoying enormous success in the US. In fact, it seemed that all you needed was a bit of tight denim, some scarves near yer mic stand and some pouffy locks to immediately get platinum status, so this was a logical, and seemingly bound-to-succeed, step.

Legend has it that this 23-city US Monsters Of Rock came about first as an idea of Sharon Osbourne, but that somewhere along the line of conceiving and arranging the concept, she decided it didn’t feel right. Thus, in came Van Halen and their manager at the time, Ed Leffler. 

Having suffered the trauma and potential marketing nightmare of David Lee Roth ’s departure in 1985, Van Halen had recruited ex-Montrose rocker Sammy Hagar to lead the charge with devastatingly successful results. Thus with their second Hagar album, OU812 , ready for release in the summer of ’88, Leffler and company saw their moment to book Van Halen’s biggest ever tour into stadiums with the sort of bill that would have Head & Shoulders begging to sponsor.

Finding that perfect big band, who wouldn’t complain about playing right before Van Halen, would be tough, but The Scorpions were more than happy to take the slot.

More than likely the memories of that supporting US Festival stint were still fresh and, in hindsight, the German band were smart. With a new album themselves in Savage Amusement , the Scorps could enjoy the exposure without the pressure of leading from the front.

Behind them were Dokken , and with them one of hard rock’s great modern pantomimes, with singer Don Dokken seemingly always fighting with guitarist George Lynch . These two hated each other, but managed to check the negativity once they realised that their albums were going platinum.

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Holding up one of the two bottom slots were a bunch of ragamuffins called Metallica . They'd caused a stir on Ozzy Osbourne’s US tour in 1986, and seemed to be a bit of an underground metal hit. Their new album, ...And Justice For All , steadfastly refused to entertain a conventional single, instead being a thoroughly radio-unfriendly offering. 

Finally, opening the festival would be Kingdom Come; effectively The Darkness 15 years before their time, and ineffectively trying to channel Led Zeppelin through every riff – hence their unofficial yet adopted by all name, Kingdom Clone.

As was the way with the 1980s, Monsters Of Rock in the US was all about size and show. The eventual touring production would cart about a reported 971 tons of equipment and carry 250,000 watts of power, supplied by two sound systems weighing 440,000 pounds, suspended over a huge 168-by-60- foot stage, all transported by 51 48-foot trucks. Heavy metal? Very heavy indeed, we'd say.

The press conference to announce the tour saw the bands take their seats at a long table planted firmly in front of the Godzilla in Universal Studios theme park. It was an early morning conference – not very metal – and the questions coming from the press corps were asked with the enthusiasm of a bunch of freeloaders who’d showed up for a free breakfast. 

Herman Rarebell , then The Scorpions’ eccentric drummer, tried to entertain a few of the assembled reporters by eating one of the fake bananas on display – giving true context to that phrase ‘it’s the thought that counts’. 

The most memorable moment came when someone asked The Scorpions a question which required them to remember Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony’s name, and as Rudolph Schenker stumbled over this, stuttering “Michael... Michael...” Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich leaned into his mic and proudly blurted, “Schenker!” to a loud chuckle from the room.

Yes indeed, pickings were slim. In fact it should’ve been a forewarning of the tour to come, where the young upstarts – namely Metallica – proved themselves unafraid to take a pop at the old, established rock legends.

And so it came. Monsters Of Rock. To a stadium near you. The whole thing looked well-conceived and well-assembled... the only problem was that the upper half of the bill just couldn't deliver what one band on the lower half of the bill were delivering. That is to say: raw, crisp, fuck-you-festival-style energy. 

As Metallica’s reputation quickly escalated, so the crowds came earlier and earlier, until very soon there were 40-50,000 people inside at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, ready to hear them lay sonic waste to whoever was in the way.

The tour’s most extraordinary feat was how, on Kingdom Clone’s departure, within 30 minutes, tens of thousands of people streamed in and started hooting and hollering like the headliners were about to come on. They weren’t, of course – and for the first few shows, the arrival of all these baby headbangers to see the scruffy rookies that were Metallica ’88 was viewed as almost cute by the bigger fish at the top of this food chain.

But by the time the tour rolled through Detroit’s Pontiac Silverdome, it was abundantly clear that this ‘small fish’ had the appetite of Jaws, gorging on audience energy and returning it tenfold. Indeed, as thousands and thousands of fists pumped the air to signal For Whom The Bell Tolls , Monsters Of Rock 1988 suddenly became the tour where Metallica were destined to become the proper rock monster and Van Halen could do nothing, night after night, to stem the charge of this Godzilla.

By the time the tour reached the Los Angeles Coliseum, people were getting pissed off that Metallica only had a 60-minute set. This culminated in a riot at the Coliseum as fans stormed the field from the stands to get closer to the band. Soon, arses were engaged in hauling seats everywhere as opposed to sitting on them. It’s fair to say that this punk-like energy was not what the promoters had fully expected.

Subsequently, when Van Halen came to close the show, it was a little more than they could handle. Always a fine live act, there just seemed a little too much snap-happy-doo-dah about their performances, at times more Jimmy Buffet than Jimmy Page . And anyhow, they were dealing with a seriously flagging crowd by then. Of course, you might question the wisdom of a two-hour-and-20-minute set that included solos, but hey, rock’n’roll baby; in the land of leather pants and egos, no headliner could be seen playing a minute less.

Van Halen did their damnedest to make everyone feel welcome – particularly Metallica, with whom Sammy Hagar got a little obsessed. Crowds came out to play, and right now it’s tough to remember why Monsters Of Rock ’88 wasn’t considered a success that ended up spawning a regular festival.

Perhaps America simply wasn’t quite ready to embrace a travelling concept like this. After all, when Ian Astbury tried to assemble the Gathering Of The Tribes the following year it fell apart after a few dates. It did open the door for Lollapalooza, but this, too, had limited shelf-life. 

In fact one of the only true touring rock festival to annually succeed in American history has been Ozzfest, which actually feels like a Donington or Reading circa the early 1980s as opposed to a headline act with some support bands in a stadium.

And the fact is, when people look back at the US Monsters Of Rock ’88, they invariably end up trying to remember it for a while before exclaiming: “Oh yeah, didn’t Metallica do that one?”

Didn’t they indeed.

This feature was originally published in Classic Rock Presents Heavy Metal in 2006.

Having started rock'n'roll writing at the age of 15, Steffan Chirazi's career could almost look like an old Batman cartoon speech bubble!  Sounds, Kerrang!, Bam, Rip and Spin are just a few of the publications he has contributed to over the years, and for the last 14 years he has been the editor of Metallica's own in-house publication,  So What!  magazine. He lives in San Francisco, CA with his family.

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31 oct 88 - eric clapton.

Venue: Rainbow Hall

City: Nagoya

Country: Japan

Band Lineup:

Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals Mark Knopfler – guitar / vocals Elton John – piano / vocals* Alan Clark – keyboards Nathan East – bass Steve Ferrone – drums Ray Cooper – percussion Katie Kissoon – backing vocals Tessa Niles – backing vocals

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Both Elton John and Mark Knopfler joined EC’s band for the short 1988 Japan Tour. They rehearsed for the tour in Tokyo from 26 to 29 October.

01. Crossroads 02. White Room 03. I Shot The Sheriff 04. Lay Down Sally 05. Wonderful Tonight 06. Tearing Us Apart 07. Can’t Find My Way Home 08. After Midnight 09. Money For Nothing 10. Candle In the Wind * 11. I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues * 12. I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That * 13. I’m Still Standing * 14. Daniel * 15. Cocaine * 16. Layla * 17. Solid Rock * 18. Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) * 19. Sunshine Of Your Love *

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In 1989, Dukakis declared April 24 New Kids on the Block Day. Here’s how the band is celebrating its 35th anniversary.

On April 24, 1989, then Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis inaugurated a new holiday that Blockheads around Boston and beyond have been celebrating ever since: New Kids on the Block Day.

Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the honorary day, which the band and its legion of fans have turned into an annual celebration of all things NKOTB. This year, the group has a few surprises in store to mark the occasion, including the release of a new song off their upcoming album, “Still Kids.”

Jamaica Plain native turned boy band star Joey McIntyre looks back fondly on that first NKOTB Day and the group’s early days in the ‘80s , when he and his fellow bandmates Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, and brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight were just baby-faced teens. At the time of the honor, the band was at the height of pop stardom and riding the wave off of their hit second studio album “Hangin’ Tough,” released in 1988.

“For the governor of Massachusetts to give us a day was very cool,” McIntyre told the Globe in an interview by phone Tuesday. The singer, now 51, revealed that his “dad was a big union guy in Boston,” who was “good friends with Gov. Dukakis and did a lot of work together.”

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While McIntyre says the day has now become an “excuse for us and our fans all over the world to celebrate,” he’s proud that the annual event began in Boston, the band’s hometown, which has been “very good” to them over the years.

“Being a part of Boston has always been a part of our story,” McIntyre said. “We wear it on our sleeves.”

While a lot has changed for NKOTB, which disbanded in 1994 and reunited in 2008, what hasn’t changed is the intense support by fans who have followed the group step by step for decades.

“The intensity of our fans, the age of our fans back then obviously added an energy that can only be likened to lightning coming from the clouds,” said McIntyre, who has a new perspective on pop fandom now that he’s the dad of a Taylor Swift-loving daughter. “It was something to behold.”

“The cool thing about doing it nowadays, we get to be rock stars and they get to be 13 again,” he added.

As a treat for Blockheads, the group is releasing a new song, “A Love Like This,” on NKOTB Day, off their new record out May 17. The track promises to “bring all the feels,” according to McIntyre, who teases that their upcoming album “Still Kids” will offer a “good balance” of throwback vibes and fresh sounds.

“It feels honestly like so much of pop is still so influenced by the ‘80s,” McIntyre said. “We harken back to that time, but it’s also, a lot of this music is informed by our experiences as adults and lyrically bringing that into the picture.”

In addition to the album, McIntyre is looking forward to hitting the road as part of NKOTB’s “Magic Summer 2024″ tour , which will feature special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff, as well as other surprises.

McIntyre is particularly pumped for the Aug. 10 show at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. The singer has fond memories of the venue, which he knew as Great Woods when he was growing up, and can’t wait to get back there.

“We played there in 1988 the first time,” McIntyre said. “There’s an energy to those summer nights underneath the stars and the way music hits you in that kind of an experience that is going to feed the show that we put on.”

“Our hometown means so much to us,” he added. “It’s going to be a night to remember and it’s something that we’re looking forward to.”

Matt Juul can be reached at [email protected] .

Legendary metal band announces summer tour, will stop in Upstate NY

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Megadeth announced its summer tour dates on Tuesday, and the legendary thrash metal band is stopping in Upstate New York.

The band is playing at the MVP Arena in Albany on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday on Ticketmaster .

The North American portion of the “Destroy All Enemies” tour has 33 dates beginning on Aug. 2 in Rogers, Arkansas, and ending on Sept. 28. in Nashville.

Joining Megadeth on the tour will be Mudvayne and All That Remains.

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Megadeth has been together for 41 years, though vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine remains the sole consistent member.

The band had album hits with “So Far, So Good … So What!” in 1988, “Rust in Peace” in 1990 and “Countdown to Extinction” in 1992. Its most recent album, “The Sick, the Dying … and the Dead,” was released in 2022.

Megadeth is recognized among the “big four” of American thrash metal bands, alongside Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer.

Megadeth’s North American tour dates for this summer

Aug. 2 at Walmart AMP, Rogers, Arkansas

Aug. 3 at 713 Music Hall, Houston, Texas

Aug. 5 at Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Aug. 6 at Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado

Aug. 8 at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, Phoenix, Arizona

Aug. 9 at YouTube Theater, Inglewood, California

Aug. 10 at Toyota Pavilion, Concord, California

Aug. 12 at White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, Washington

Aug. 13 at Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend, Oregon

Aug. 16 at Bakkt Theater At Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Nevada

Aug. 17 at Maverik Center, West Valley City, Utah

Aug. 20 at The Pavilion At Toyota Music Factory, Irving, Texas

Aug. 21 at Germania Insurance Amphitheater, Austin, Texas

Aug. 23 at Atrium Health Amphitheater, Macon, Georgia

Aug. 24 at ITHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida

Sept. 3 at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Illinois

Sept. 5 at Marshall Health Network Arena, Huntington, West Virginia

Sept. 6 at PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, North Carolina

Sept. 7 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park At Walnut Creek, Raleigh, North Carolina

Sept. 9 at Santander Arena, Reading, Pennsylvania

Sept. 10 at MVP Arena, Albany, New York

Sept. 11 at Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, Massachusetts

Sept. 13 at Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, Bethel, New York

Sept. 14 at Northwell Health At Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, New York

Sept. 15 at Virginia Credit Union LIVE, Richmond, Virginia

Sept. 17 at Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Sept. 18 at Stage AE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sept. 20 at Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana

Sept. 21 at Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan

Sept. 24 at The Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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In 1989, Dukakis declared April 24 New Kids on the Block Day. Here’s how the band is celebrating its 35th anniversary.

O n April 24, 1989, then Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis inaugurated a new holiday that Blockheads around Boston and beyond have been celebrating ever since: New Kids on the Block Day.

Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the honorary day, which the band and its legion of fans have turned into an annual celebration of all things NKOTB. This year, the group has a few surprises in store to mark the occasion, including the release of a new song off their upcoming album, “Still Kids.”

Jamaica Plain native turned boy band star Joey McIntyre looks back fondly on that first NKOTB Day and the group’s early days in the ‘80s , when he and his fellow bandmates Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, and brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight were just baby-faced teens. At the time of the honor, the band was at the height of pop stardom and riding the wave off of their hit second studio album “Hangin’ Tough,” released in 1988.

“For the governor of Massachusetts to give us a day was very cool,” McIntyre told the Globe in an interview by phone Tuesday. The singer, now 51, revealed that his “dad was a big union guy in Boston,” who was “good friends with Gov. Dukakis and did a lot of work together.”

While McIntyre says the day has now become an “excuse for us and our fans all over the world to celebrate,” he’s proud that the annual event began in Boston, the band’s hometown, which has been “very good” to them over the years.

“Being a part of Boston has always been a part of our story,” McIntyre said. “We wear it on our sleeves.”

While a lot has changed for NKOTB, which disbanded in 1994 and reunited in 2008, what hasn’t changed is the intense support by fans who have followed the group step by step for decades.

“The intensity of our fans, the age of our fans back then obviously added an energy that can only be likened to lightning coming from the clouds,” said McIntyre, who has a new perspective on pop fandom now that he’s the dad of a Taylor Swift-loving daughter. “It was something to behold.”

“The cool thing about doing it nowadays, we get to be rock stars and they get to be 13 again,” he added.

As a treat for Blockheads, the group is releasing a new song, “A Love Like This,” on NKOTB Day, off their new record out May 17. The track promises to “bring all the feels,” according to McIntyre, who teases that their upcoming album “Still Kids” will offer a “good balance” of throwback vibes and fresh sounds.

“It feels honestly like so much of pop is still so influenced by the ‘80s,” McIntyre said. “We harken back to that time, but it’s also, a lot of this music is informed by our experiences as adults and lyrically bringing that into the picture.”

In addition to the album, McIntyre is looking forward to hitting the road as part of NKOTB’s “Magic Summer 2024″ tour , which will feature special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff, as well as other surprises.

McIntyre is particularly pumped for the Aug. 10 show at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. The singer has fond memories of the venue, which he knew as Great Woods when he was growing up, and can’t wait to get back there.

“We played there in 1988 the first time,” McIntyre said. “There’s an energy to those summer nights underneath the stars and the way music hits you in that kind of an experience that is going to feed the show that we put on.”

“Our hometown means so much to us,” he added. “It’s going to be a night to remember and it’s something that we’re looking forward to.”