1979

Fear of Touring... 

 

 

Date	Venue	City	State	Country	Recording	Comment
February 10, 1979	Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios	New York	NY	USA	VID	TH performed shortened versions of Take Me to the River and Artists Only
[March 15, 1979]						Bootlegs with this date are 12/18/78
March 17, 1979	ABC Television Center "American Bandstand" Show	Los Angeles	CA	USA	VID	Air date, actual taping date unclear; TH lip-synced TMTTR and TYFSMAA
June 2, 1979	Regent	Dunedin		NZ
June 4, 1979	Christchurch Town Hall	Christchurch		NZ
June 5, 1979	Town Hall	Wellington		NZ
June 6, 1979	Town Hall	Auckland		NZ
June 8, 1979	State Theater	Sydney		AUS	FM Partial	Entire show simulcast on Double-J AM; FM partial is from later re-broadcasts
June 9, 1979	State Theater	Sydney		AUS	SBD
June 11, 1979	Festival Hall	Brisbane		AUS		TH recorded animal sounds used on FoM at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
June 13, 1979	Apollo Stadium	Adelaide		AUS
June 16, 1979	Dallas Brooks Hall	Melbourne		AUS
June 18, 1979	Concert Hall	Perth		AUS
June ?, 1979	Hammersmith Odeon	London		UK		June 20th or 21st, Chris & Tina guest on stage with Dire Straits (not a TH show)
June 30, 1979	Roskilde Festival	Roskilde		DEN	AUD
July 1, 1979	Olympic Equestrian Stadium	Munich		GER		"British Rock Meeting 79" Festival
July 3, 1979	Kant Kino Music Hall	Berlin		GER
July ?, 1979	Top Ten Club (not confirmed)	Hamburg		GER	AUD	Bootleg CD circulates as "Star Club 79"
July 6, 1979	Openluchttheater	Rotterdam		NETH	AUD	Partial tape, only 3 songs circulating
July 7, 1979	Torhout Festival	Torhout		BELG	AUD
July 8, 1979	Werchter Festival	Werchter		BELG	AUD
July 10, 1979	Le Palace	Paris		FRA	FM Partial	Creem article: last show of Euro tour
July 18, 1979	Festival Hall	Osaka		JPN
July 19, 1979	Nihon Seinenkan	Tokyo		JPN
July 20, 1979	Nihon Seinenkan	Tokyo		JPN	FM + AUD	Complete AUD, FM is 2nd half of show
July 21, 1979	Seibu-Kodo Hall, Kyoto Univ.	Kyoto		JPN
July 22, 1979	Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium	Fukuoka		JPN		"80s Jam Over Japan" concert
Unknown, 1979	Little Orphan Annie's	Honolulu	HI	USA		Club in airport hotel convention center
Unknown, 1979	Little Orphan Annie's	Honolulu	HI	USA		Two night stand, tickets $1.50
August 8, 1979	Hampton Beach Club Casino	Hampton	NH	USA
August 9, 1979	Hampton Beach Club Casino	Hampton	NH	USA
[August 10, 1979]	Wollman Rink, Central Park	New York	NY	USA		postponed due to torrential rain
[August 12, 1979]	Wollman Rink, Central Park	New York	NY	USA		postponed again due to bad weather
August 13, 1979	Mudd Club	New York	NY	USA	AUD + VID	AUD is complete, VID is partial - see December 23rd below
August 16, 1979	Wollman Rink, Central Park	New York	NY	USA	AUD	Two complete AUDs; one partial AUD found on "During Wartime" bootleg LP
August 17, 1979	Pinecrest Country Club	Shelton	CT	USA
August 18, 1979	Calderone Concert Hall	Hempstead	NY	USA
August 24, 1979	Berklee Performing Arts Center	Boston	MA	USA	FM	Two shows, FM is the late show
August 25, 1979	Convention Hall	Asbury Park	NJ	USA		Reviewer says venue was "half empty"
August 27, 1979	Philadelphia Zoo	Philadelphia	PA	USA	AUD	"Sunset Concert" at 6:00 PM, tix $6.50
September 1, 1979	Royal Highland Showgrounds	Edinburgh		UK	AUD	Edinburgh Rock Festival
September 4, 1979	Club 57 at Irving Plaza	New York	NY	USA	AUD*	Concert billed as "Fear of Music Live" *RnRHoF library recording
September 6, 1979	Agora Ballroom	Atlanta	GA	USA		aka Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom
September 7, 1979	Agora Ballroom	Atlanta	GA	USA
September 8, 1979	The Warehouse	New Orleans	LA	USA
September 11, 1979	Music Hall	Houston	TX	USA
September 13, 1979	The Palladium	Dallas	TX	USA
September 14, 1979	The Palladium	Dallas	TX	USA
September 15, 1979	Armadillo World Headquarters	Austin	TX	USA	VID + AUD
September 16, 1979	Armadillo World Headquarters	Austin	TX	USA
September 17, 1979	Rox	Lubbock	TX	USA	VID	Parts shown on ABC's 20/20 program
September 19, 1979	Corbett Center Ballroom, New Mexico State University	Las Cruces	NM	USA
September 20, 1979	Neeb Hall, Arizona State Univ.	Tempe	AZ	USA	AUD	Show cut short by technical problems
September 21, 1979	Arizona Ballroom, University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	USA
September 22, 1979	Montezuma Hall, SDSU	San Diego	CA	USA
September 24, 1979	Stardust Ballroom	Los Angeles	CA	USA	SBD	Tape circulates labeled as "Las Vegas" and "Sept 29th", also "Sept 26th"
September 25, 1979	Arlington Theatre	Santa Barbara	CA	USA
September 27, 1979	Greek Theater	Los Angeles	CA	USA	AUD
September 28, 1979	Zellerbach Theater, UC	Berkeley	CA	USA	AUD
[September 29, 1979]					See note	The well known bootleg was from the venue in Los Angeles, not Vegas
September 29, 1979	Fox Warfield Theater	San Francisco	CA	USA		Two shows, 730PM & 1100PM
September 30, 1979	Coconut Grove	Santa Cruz	CA	USA
October 1, 1979	Freeborn Hall, Univ. California	Davis	CA	USA
October 3, 1979	ERB Memorial Union Ballroom	Eugene	OR	USA	AUD	Concert was sold out
October 4, 1979	Masonic Temple	Seattle	WA	USA		Originally scheduled for Moore Theater
October 5, 1979	Paramount Theater	Portland	OR	USA
October 7, 1979	Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver	BC	CAN
October 8, 1979	PNE Garden Auditorium	Vancouver	BC	CAN		All ages show
October 9, 1979	Student Center Ballroom, Utah State University	Logan	UT	USA
October 11, 1979	Lincoln Center Concert Hall	Fort Collins	CO	USA
October 12, 1979	Macky Auditorium, Univ Colorado	Boulder	CO	USA
October 13, 1979	Rainbow Music Hall	Denver	CO	USA
October 14, 1979	Boomer Theater	Norman	OK	USA		Concert was sold out
October 15, 1979	Cain's Ballroom	Tulsa	OK	USA
October 17, 1979	Mississippi Nights	St Louis	MO	USA		Attendee reports only about 100 people showed up for the concert
October 18, 1979	Taylor Auditorium, Missouri Southern State College	Joplin	MO	USA	VID	Brief video clip of soundcheck
October 19, 1979	Memorial Hall	Kansas City	KS	USA
October 20, 1979	Music Box	Omaha	NE	USA
October 21, 1979	Guthrie Theater	Minneapolis	MN	USA		Concert was sold out
October 23, 1979	The Palms	Milwaukee	WI	USA
October 24, 1979	University of Illinois Auditorium	Urbana	IL	USA		Adrian Belew sits in on Psycho Killer
October 26, 1979	Aragon Ballroom	Chicago	IL	USA
October 27, 1979	Western Hall, Western Ill. Univ.	Macomb	IL	USA
October 28, 1979	Shyrock Auditorium, SIU	Carbondale	IL	USA		Adrian Belew sits in on Psycho Killer; Concert was sold out
October 30, 1979	Agora	Cleveland	OH	USA		Originally scheduled as 10/30 and 10/31
October 31, 1979	Mershon Auditorium, Univ. Ohio	Columbus	OH	USA	AUD	Attendance 1600+
[November ?, 1979]	"During Wartime" Bootleg LP	New York	NY	USA		See August 16th above
November 1, 1979	Masonic Auditorium	Detroit	MI	USA		aka Masonic Temple Theatre
November 3, 1979	Recreation Hall, Penn State Univ.	State College	PA	USA		Chris Frantz interview: largest venue of tour (Rec Hall, aprx 5000 capacity)
November 4, 1979	Palace Theater	Albany	NY	USA
November 5, 1979	Emerald City	Cherry Hill	NJ	USA
November 6, 1979	Emerald City	Cherry Hill	NJ	USA
November 8, 1979	Madill Hall, St Lawrence Univ.	Canton	NY	USA
November 9, 1979	Stage West	W. Hartford	CT	USA
November 10, 1979	Ocean State Theater	Providence	RI	USA
November 11, 1979	Fine Art Center Concert Hall, University of Massachusetts	Amherst	MA	USA
November 12, 1979	Colden Auditorium, Queens College	Flushing	NY	USA	AUD
November 14, 1979	Ontario Theater	Washington	DC	USA
November 15, 1979	Stony Brook University Gym	Stony Brook	NY	USA
November 16, 1979	Patrick Gym, UVM	Burlington	VT	USA	SBD
November 17, 1979	Capitol Theater	Passaic	NJ	USA	AUD*	Part of show on official release TNOTBITH, *RnRHoF library recording
November 26, 1979	De Montfort Hall	Leiciester		UK
November 27, 1979	City Hall	Newcastle		UK	AUD	Tape is erroniously labeled Nov 26th
November 28, 1979	Capitol Theater	Aberdeen		UK
November 29, 1979	Odeon Theater	Edinburgh		UK
December 1, 1979	Free Trade Hall	Manchester		UK
December 2, 1979	Odeon	Birmingham		UK
December 3, 1979	The Pavilion	Hemel Hempstead		UK	VID partial	This show filmed for OGWT, air date 01/08/80 (clips also shown on VH1)
December 4, 1979	Hammersmith Palais	London		UK	AUD	Partial tape, circulates labeled "Nov 79"
December 6, 1979	Locarno	Portsmouth		UK
December 7, 1979	Electric Ballroom	London		UK	SBD
December 8, 1979	Electric Ballroom	London		UK	AUD	Three AUD's circulating (one is partial)
December 10, 1979	Le Palace	Paris		FRA	AUD
December 11, 1979	Le Palace	Paris		FRA	AUD
December 13, 1979	La Bourse du Travail	Lyon		FRA	VID	Brief segments shown on TV "IT1-13H"
December 15, 1979	Wartburg Music Hall	Weisbaden		GER	AUD
December 16, 1979	Markthalle	Hamburg		GER
December 18, 1979	Metropol	Berlin		GER
December 19, 1979	Schwabinger-Brau	Munich		GER
[December 23, 1979]	South Bank Show, BBC TV	London		UK	VID	Parts of Life During Wartme & Psycho Killer from August 13th were shown
December ?, 1979	ZDF Rockpop TV Program	Mainz		GER	VID	Lip-sync of "Take Me to the River", episode 21, Air date Jan 5th, 1980
December ?, 1979	RTBF "Follies" Program	Brussels		BELG		Air date April 24th, 1980
[December 31, 1979]	Sunrise Musical Theater	Sunrise	FL	USA		Cited as tentative in newspaper article, never happened
Unknown, Fall 1979	unknown TV studio	Europe			VID	Lip-sync of Life During Wartime.