1979 Tour Dates
These dates came from a combination of MF’s personal gig calendar and the newletters.
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Photo by Kevin Nunn, McAllen TX, 11/25/81
1979
February
2/12 – 15 Rehearsals at Allerton Hotel, IL
2/16 Macomb, IL Western Illinois University (Tour begins)
2/17 Addison, IL Trail HS
2/18 Detroit, MI Music Hall
2/19 Off
2/20 Steubenville, OH Steubenville High School
2/21 Morgantown, WV West Virginia University
2/22 Off
2/23 Boiling Springs, NC Gardner Webb College
2/24 Martinsville, VA Martinsville High School
2/25 Virginia Beach, VA Rogues
2/26 Burke, VA Lake Braddock High School
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
MF Carnival
Chameleon
Stella By Starlight
Pagliacci
Gonna Fly Now
2/27 Off
2/28 Doylestown, PA Delaware Valley College
March
3/1 Rehearsal in NYC
3/2 Allentown, PA Symphony Hall
3/3 Rutherford, NJ Farleigh Dickinson University
3/4 Rehearsal in NYC
3/5 Long Island, NY Westbury Music Fair (RESCHEDULED to Nov?)
3/6 Off
3/7 Atlanta, GA Great Southeast Music Hall
3/8 Marianna, FL Chipola Jr. College
3/9 Gainesville, FL Great Southern Music Hall
3/10 Orlando, FL Great Southern Music Hall
3/11 Palm Beach, FL Paramount Theatre
3/12 Off
3/13 Melbourne, FL Florida Institute of Technology
3/14 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville University
3/15 Tampa, FL Tampa University
3/16 Delray Beach, FL Atlantic High School
3/17 Miami, FL Gusman Hall
3/18 Sarasota, FL Van Wezel Auditorium
3/19 Douglas, GA South Georgia College
3/20 Off
3/21 Hattiesburg, MS University of Southern Mississippi
3/22 Off
3/23 New Orleans, LA Hyatt Regency
3/24 Beaumont, TX Civic Center
3/25 Houston, TX Texas Opry House TICKET
3/26 Off
3/27 Birmingham, AL Civic Auditorium
3/28 Nashville, TN Tennessee Theater
3/29 Greenwood, IN Greenwood High School
3/30 Chillicothe, IL Chillicothe High School
3/31 Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois University
April
4/1 Cincinnati, OH Music Hall
4/2 Canton, MI Center Stage
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Stella By Starlight
Carnival
Chameleon
Dayride
Pagliacci
4/3 Rolling Meadows, IL Rolling Meadows High School (newsletter)
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Stella By Starlight
Carnival
Chameleon
Dayride
Pagliacci
Same recording as Above????
4/4 Off
4/5 Huntingdon, PA Juniata College
4/6 Saugerties, NY Saugerties High School
4/7 Geneseo, NY SUNY (Thanks to MF Highlife for the info!)
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Stella By Starlight
Carnival
Dayride
Biffo
Pagliacci
Blue Birdland
New Car Blues
Gonna Fly Now (Rocky)
Blue Birdland
4/8 London, Ontario, Canada Centennial Hall (RESCHEDULED to 11/12?)
4/9 St. John, IN Lake Central High School
4/10 Saginaw, MI Hill High School
4/11 Flint, MI Whiting Auditorium (Tour ends)
4/12 – 4/27 Chicago, Recording at IL A & M Studios
4/28 Lebanon, PA Lebanon Catholic High School (Tour begins)
4/29 Off
4/30 Ada, OH
May
5/1 Chicago Heights, IL Apple Point E.
5/2 Kirkville, MO NE Missouri State University
5/3 Omaha, NE Orpheum
5/4 Columbus, NE Pratt College
5/5 Phillipsburg, KS Phillipsburg High School
5/6 Denver, CO Civic Center for the Performing Arts
5/7 La Junta, CO Otero Junior College
5/8 Off
5/9 Casper, WY Kelly Walsh High School
5/10 Thermopolis, WY Thermopolis Country High School
5/11 Travel day
5/12 Off
5/13 Lewiston, ID Lewiston High School
5/14 Kennewick, WA Kennewick High School
5/15 Battle Ground, WA Battle Ground High School
5/16 Crescent City, CA
5/17 Millbrae, CA Mills High School
5/18 Millbrae, CA Mills High School (Audience recording)
Blue Birdland
Give it One
Birdland
Gabriel
Airegin
Carnival
Star Trek
Stella By Starlight
Happy B-day Stan Mark
Pagliacci
Rocky
5/19 Santa Barbara, CA UCSB
5/20 Off
5/21 Garden Grove, CA Garden Grove High School
5/22 Arvin, CA Arvin High School
5/23 Brawley, CA Brawley High School
5/24 San Diego, CA Bahia Hotel
5/25 Off, MF at Rocky II Screening at Goldwyn Studio A, Santa Monica, CA; Album mix listen at A & M
5/26 Anaheim, CA Disneyland
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Stella By Starlight
Rocky
Carnival
I Can’t Get Started
Dayride
Gabriel
Pagliacci
Rocky
5/27 Anaheim, CA Disneyland (Tour ends)
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Stella By Starlight
Rocky
Star Trek
Chameleon
Airegin
Carnival
I Can’t Get Started
Dayride
Stella By Starlight
Pagliacci
Rocky
5/28 Off
5/29 Recording in Los Angeles, CA
5/30 – 6/21 Holiday
June
6/22 Arrive in Washington, DC
6/23 Fairfax, VA Rehearsal at Fairfax High School
6/24 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Park (Wash DC) (Tour begins)
6/26 – 27 Off in NYC
6/27 New York City NY Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall
6/28 Bristol, CT Lake Compounce
6/29 Jefferson, NH Waumbek Inn
6/30 Newport, RI Cardines Field
July
7/1 Cohasset, MA Music Fair
7/2 Travel day
7/3 Chicago, IL Ravinia Music Festival, Highland Park
7/4 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest Fairgrounds
7/5 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest Fairgrounds
Live At Summerfest 1979
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Stella By Starlight
Rocky 2
Dayride
Chameleon
Airegin
Pagliacci
Blue Birdland
7/6 Travel day
7/7 Watkins Glen, NY Race Track
7/8 Atlantic City, NJ Gardners’ Basin
7/9 Philadelphia, PA Robin Hood Dell
7/10 Rain date for above
7/11 Wheeling, WV Oglebay Institute
7/12 Youngstown, OH Idora Park
7/13 Rochester, MI Meadowbrook Music Festival
7/14 Monroeville, PA Holiday House
7/15 Toronto, Canada The Forum, Ontario Place
7/16 Off
7/17 Albany, NY JB Scott’s
7/18 Ronkonkoma, NY MacArthur Airport
7/19 Off
7/20 Poughkeepsie, NY Last Chance Saloon
7/21 Off
7/22 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent (Tour ends)
7/23 ‘Gonna Fly Home’
7/24 – 9/16 Holiday
August
8/6 MF Phone interview re: DCI
8/10 CBS interviews
8/18 Birmingham, AL ARTICLE ARTICLE2
MF serves as music commentator for DCI Championship on PBS PHOTO PHOTO 2
Video Clip 1
September
9/16 Arrival – Crew at Ojai, Ca
9/17 Arrival – Band at Ojai, CA
Sound & stage crew meet w/ Vemu Mukunda
9/18 Rehearsal Ojai Arts Center
9/19 10 am Rehearsal, 8 pm show Ojai, CA Arts Center (Tour begins)
9/20 Oxnard, CA Civic Auditorium
9/21 Mike Douglas Show taping, Hilton Hotel (reh 10a.m., film 1 – 3pm)/
Rocky II Disco
Simon Says
Pagliacci
Star Trek
9/21 Las Vegas, NV University of Las Vegas (9p.m.)
9/22 Palm Springs, CA Palm Springs High School
9/23 San Diego, CA La Jolla High School
9/24 Fullerton, CA Plummer Auditorium
9/25 Off
9/26 Hollywood, CA Roxy Theater
9/27 Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield West High School
9/28 San Francisco, CA Fox-Warner Theatre (possibly at The Warfield?)
9/29 Off
9/30 Denver, CO Rainbow Music Hall
October
10/1 Wichita, KA Century II Concert Hall
10/2 Off
10/3 Bloomington, IN Westbury Underground
10/4 Chicago, IL Park West
10/5 Madison, WI University of Wisconsin
10/6 Off
10/7 Houghton, MI Student Ice Arena
10/8 Brainerd, MN Washington Junior High School
10/9 Minneapolis, MN Prom Center
10/10 Minneapolis, MN Prom Center
10/11 Off
10/12 Batavia, IL Fermi Lab Auditorium
10/13 Greencastle, IN Depauw Univ
10/14 Off
10/15 Bethany, WV Bethany College
10/16 Fairmont, WV Fairmont State College
10/17 Buckhannon, WV West Virginia Weslayan Chapel
10/18 Elkens, WV Davidson Elkens College Auditorium
10/19 New Wilmington, PA Westminster College
10/20 New Wilmington, PA Westminster College
10/21 Off
10/22 California, PA Steel Auditorium, CA State University
10/23 Philippi, WV Alderson-Broadus College
10/24 Charleston, WV Morris Harvey College
10/25 Athens, WV Concord College
10/26 Charlotte, NC University of North Carolina
10/27 Raleigh, NC Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
10/28 Off
10/29 Tewksbury, NJ Mendham High School
10/30 Mendham, NJ Mendham High School
10/31 Off
November Band photo posted by Rich Szabo Band roster posted by Rich Szabo
11/1 Bridgewater, MA Bridgewater State College
11/2 Rumson, NJ Rumson Fair Haven High School
11/3 Bloomfield, NJ Bloomfield High School
11/4 New York City, NY Beacon Theater
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Everybody Loves The Blues
Star Trek
Om Sai Ram
Stella By Starlight
Pagliacci
Rocky II Disco
11/5 Devon, PA Valley Forge Theater
11/6 Scranton, PA Youth Center (RESCHEDULED to 11/23)
11/7 Beltsville, MD High Point High School
11/8 Carlisle, PA Carlisle High School
11/9 Morrisville, NY SUNY Tech & Agri. College
11/10 Albany, NY Palace Theater
11/11 Off
11/12 London, Ontario, Canada Queens University
11/13 Fredonia, NY SUNY
11/14 Akron, OH E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Center
11/15 Greenwood, IN Greenwood High School (Per attendee)
11/16 Long Island, NY Westbury Music Fair w/ Buddy Rich
11/17 Long Island, NY Westbury Music Fair w/ Buddy Rich
11/18 Long Island, NY Westbury Music Fair w/ Buddy Rich
11/19 Off
11/20 Meriden, CT Platt High School
11/21 Sayreville, NJ, at the Club Bene Dinner Theater (Thanks to Joe Mosello for this date!)
11/22 Off
11/23 Scranton, PA Catholic Youth Center
11/24 Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny High School
11/25 Columbian Township (Jackson County), MI The Ark
Blue Birdland
Chameleon
Dayride
Airegin
Star Trek Motion Picture
Pagliacci
11/26 Chicago, IL Hilton Hotel
11/27 Columbus, OH Ohio State University
11/28 Muncie, IN Ball State University (Audience recording)
Partial setlist:
Everybody Loves the Blues
Star Trek the Motion Picture
Rocky II Disco
MF speaks
Om Sai Ram
11/29 Evansville, IN Ramada Inn
11/30 Band off, MF flies to Orlando, FL
December
12/1 Orlando, FL Tangerine Bowl
12/2 Tampa, FL Tampa Theater (Tour ends)
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