1980 Tour Dates
The dates for 1980 came from a complete gig calendar, which appears to have been originally created by a booking agent and then taken on the road and updated by MF along the way. Note that MF tours continuously from early February to May 11!
1980
January
Vacation
February
2/4 – 2/6 Rehearsals in Sioux City, IA
2/7 Sioux City, IA Morningside College (Tour begins)
2/8 La Crosse, WI Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
2/9 St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud University
2/10 Green Bay, WI Carlton Dinner Theatre
2/11 Rolling Meadows, IL Rolling Meadows High School
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Star Trek
Everybody Loves the Blues
Chameleon
Airegin
Pagliacci
Rocky
2/12 Travel day
2/13 Minneapolis, MN University of Minneapolis
2/14 Beloit, WI Beloit Chapel
2/15 Travel day
2/16 Cape Girardeau, MO Central High School
2/17 Lebanon, IN Lebanon High School
2/18 Pendleton Heights, IN Pendleton Heights High School
2/19 Platteville, WI University of Wisconsin
2/20 Chicago, IL Park West
2/21 St. Louis, MO Plantation Dinner Theatre
2/22 Lawrence, KS Opera House
2/23 Woodward, OK Woodward High School
2/24 Off
2/25 Dallas, TX Granny’s Dinner Theatre
2/26 Killeen, TX Killeen High School
2/27 Austin, TX Armadillo
2/28 Wharton, TX Wharton High School
2/29 Kingsville, TX Texas A & I University
March
3/1 Houston, TX Arena Entertainment Center
3/2 Sulphur, LA Sulphur High School
3/3 Gulf Port, MI Gulf Port High School
3/4 Atlanta, GA Druid Hills High School
3/5 Gainsville, GA Johnson High School
3/6 Columbus, GA Columbus College
3/7 Off
3/8 Spartanburg, SC Memorial Auditorium
3/9 Hillsborough, NC Orange High School
3/10 Hickory, NC Lenoir-Rhyne College
3/11 Sanford, NC Lee County High School
3/12 Easton, MD Easton High School
3/13 Martinsville, NJ Martinsville High School
3/14 Norristown, PA Norris Theatre TV Interview
3/15 Felton, DE Lake Forest High School
3/16 Newark NJ Studio 1
3/17 Riverside, NJ Riverside High School
3/18 Off
3/19 Shirley, NY William Floyd High School
3/20 Waynesboro, PA Waynesboro High School
3/21 Slippery Rock, PA Slippery Rock College
3/22 Grove City, PA Grove City College
3/23 Monroeville, PA Holiday House
3/24 Altoona, PA Roosevelt Junior High School
3/25 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
3/26 Malvern, OH Malvern High School
3/27 Off
3/28 Battle Creek, MI Kellogg Auditorium
3/29 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Theatre
3/30 Rehearsal
3/31 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
April
4/1 Springfield, IL Prairie Convention Center
4/2 Milwaukee, WI Uptown Theatre
4/3 – 17 Recording in NYC
4/18 – 21 Off
4/22 Potsdam, NY Potsdam College SUNY
4/23 Rehearsal
4/24 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada National Arts Centre
4/25 Syracuse, NY East Syracuse Minoa High School
4/26 Waterbury, CT Palace Theatre w/ Herbie Mann
4/27 Lancaster, PA Lands Valley Motor Inn
4/28 Bethlehem, PA Moravian College
4/29 Corning, NY Corning Cinema
4/30 Sharon Springs, NY Sharon Springs High School
May
5/1 Pleasantville, NY Pace University
5/2 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
5/3 Rehearsal
5/4 Hempstead, NY Adelphi Calderone Theatre
5/5 NY, NY Village Gate
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
You Can Have Me Anytime
Pagliacci
Rocky
5/6 Off?
5/7 Albany, NY J.B. Scotts
5/8 Manchester, NY Palace Theatre
5/9 Watertown, NY Watertown High School
5/10 Buffalo, NY Shea Theatre
5/11 Rochester, NY Nazareth College (Tour ends)
5/12 – 16 “Trial” (?)
5/17 MF travels to NYC
5/18 Off?
5/19 – 6/1 Recording
June
6/2 – 17 Holiday
6/18 Arrive in Erie, PA
6/19 Eric, PA Perry Square (Tour begins)
6/20 Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Forum, Ontario Place
TV Broadcast
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Chamleleon
6/21 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Place des Arts
6/22 Off
6/23 Chautauqua, NY Chautauqua Institute
6/24 McKees Rocks, PA Mancini’s Lounge
6/25 Travel day
6/26 Rockford, IL Poison Apple
6/27 Decatur, IL Milliken University , Illinois Kirkland Theatre
6/28 Chicago, IL NAMM Convention, Hyatt Regency
6/29 Off
6/30 Off
July
7/1 Youngstown, OH Idora Park
7/2 Rochester, MI Meadowbrook
7/3 Leave for Europe
7/4 Kristianstad, Sweden Jazz Festival Promo Poster
TVF Broadcast:
Hit Medley
You Can Have Me Anytime
Rocky
7/5 Stockholm, Sweden Tivoli Garden
TV Broadcast:
Birdland
Interview
Pagliacci
7/6 Jersey Isle, England Ft. Regent Jazz Festival
7/7 Off in Jersey Isle
7/8 Fly to Brussels
7/9 Brussles, Belgium (Club)
TV broadcast of first set
7/10 Munich, Germany Olympia Hall
Partial TV Broadcast:
Blue Birdland
Give It One https://youtu.be/ZW6pKsqmpMc
Birdland https://youtu.be/2oQKmT4bXRQ
More tunes were broadcast
7/11 The Hague, Holland North Sea Jazz Festival
TV Broadcast
Give It One https://youtu.be/rvp5tyj4-zo
Birdland
Everybody Loves the Blues https://youtu.be/SJ38DnZXkUA and https://youtu.be/4jcraNIIOxM
Airegin
Pagliacci https://youtu.be/p_AMguR-CBE and https://youtu.be/1rsJSrZi7bE
7/12 Pori, Finland Pori Jazz Festival
7/13 Pori, Finland Pori Jazz Festival
7/14 Derby, England Assembly Hall
7/15 Birmingham, England Grand Hotel
7/16 London, England Wembly Conference Hall ARTICLE
7/17 Fly to USA
7/18 Off
7/19 Rehearse 2 p.m./Bristol, CT Lake Compounce (p.m.)
7/20 Newport, RI Newport Jazz Festival, Ft. Adams State Park
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Everybody Loves the Blues
MF Hit Medley: Macarthur Park > Chameleon > Maria >
Hey Jude
Gonna Fly Now (Rocky)
7/21 – 22 Off
7/23 Ocean City, MD Fenwick Inn
7/24 Newark, DW University of Delaware
7/25 Towson, MD Towson University
7/26 York, PA Strand Theatre
7/27 Belmont, NY Belmont Park
Give It One
Birdland
MF Hit Medley
Rocky
7/28 Philadelphia, PA Robin Hood Dell
7/29 Rain date for above
7/30 Endicott, NY The Lodge
7/31 Travel day
August
8/1 Chicago, IL Navy Pier, Chicagofest
Blue Birdland
Give It One
Birdland
Gabriel
Everybody Loves the Blues
Hit Medley
Pagliacci
8/2 Chicago, IL Navy Pier, Chicagofest (Tour ends)
8/3 Fly Home
8/4 – 9/7 Holiday
September
9/8 Full band rehearsal
9/9 Full band rehearsal
9/10 San Diego, CA Aztec Center (Tour begins)
9/11 Ojai, CA Libbey Bowl
9/12 Buena Park, CA Knott’s Berry Farm
Released on Video:
Rocky
Birdland
Hit Medley
Airegin
Pagliacci
9/13 Buena Park, CA Knott’s Berry Farm
9/14 Cupertino, CA Flint Center
Set 1
It’s My Time
You Can Have Me Anytime
Everybody Loves the Blues
Set 2
MF Hit Medley
Red Creek
Airegin
Pagliacci
9/15 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
9/16 Ukiah, CA Ukiah High School
9/17 Travel day
9/18 Milwaukie, OR Clackamas High School
9/19 Seattle, WA The Place
Blue Birdland
Give It One
9/20 Coeur D’Alene, ID Northern Idaha College
9/21 Edina, MN Edina High School (Moved to 9/28?)
9/22 Kalispell, MT The Outlaw Inn
9/23 Havre, MY Havre High School
9/24 Travel day
9/25 Minot, ND Minot State College
9/26 Winnipeg, Canada Playhouse Theatre
9/27 Hibbing, MN Hibbing High School
9/28 Edina, MN Edina High School
9/29 Off
9/30 Warren, WI Warren High School
October
10/1 Ishpeming, MI Ishpeming High School
10/2 Interlocken, MI Arts Academy
10/3 Roscommon, MI Kirtland Community College
10/4 Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan University, Pease Auditorium
10/5 Saginaw, MI Saginaw Valley College
10/6 Madison Heights, MI Lamphere High School
10/7 Travel day
10/8 Buffalo, NY Sweet Home High School
10/9 Toronto, Ontario, Canada University of Toronto
10/10 Endicott, NY The Lodge
10/11 Boston, MA Lulu White’s
10/12 Boston, MA Lulu White’s
10/13 Westbury, NY Music Fair
10/14 Off
10/15 Windsor Locks, CT Windsor Locks High School
10/16 E. Providence, RI Center Stage
10/17 Saranac Lake, NY St. Bernard’s Church
10/18 Rochester, NY University of Rochester
10/19 Off
10/20 Mendham, NJ Mendham High School
10/21 Rehearse at Mendham High School
10/22 Ithaca, NY The Arcade
10/23 Jamestown, PA Jamestown High School
10/24 Indiana, PA Fisher Auditorium
10/25 Wexford, PA Wexford Elementary School
10/26 Off
10/27 W. Middlesex, PA Sheraton Hotel
10/28 Newton, PA Council Rock High School
10/29 Mt. Joy, PA
10/30 Bloomsburg, PA State College
10/31 Cleveland, OH Front Row
November
11/1 Columbus, OH Ohio State University
11/2 Lorain, OH Admiral King High School
11/3 Arlington, PA Washington High School
11/4 Travel day
11/5 Off
11/6 Wilmington, NC Trask Auditorium
11/7 Columbia, SC Township Auditorium
11/8 Atlanta, GA Georgia State University
11/9 Travel to Florida
11/10 Winter Park, FL Winter Park High School
11/11 Macon, GA Georgia State University
11/12 Greenwood, MI Le Flore Centre
11/13 New Orleans, LA Saenger Center Performing Arts Center
11/14 Off
11/15 Pineville, LA Louisiana College, Quinn Auditorium
11/16 Orange, TX Lutcher Theatre
11/17 Houston, TX Rockefeller’s
11/18 Wharton, TX Wharton High School
11/19 Travel day
11/20 Mule Shoe, TX Muleshoe High School
11/21 Albuquerque, NM Classic Hotel
11/22 Albuquerque, NM Classic Hotel
11/23 Colorado Springs, CO Duarte High School
11/24 Denver, CO Rainbow Music Hall
11/25 Ft. Collins, CO Rocky Mountain High School/MF flies to NYC
11/26 MF solo appearance at Carnegie Hall w/ McDonalds Bands
11/27 MF appearance at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (a.m.)/Band travels to Salt Lake City
11/28 Salt Lake City, UT Hotel Utah
11/29 Boise, ID Boise State University, Union Ballroom
11/30 Richland, WA Hamford High School
December
12/1 Brush Prairie, WA Prairie High School
12/2 Eugene, OR University of Oregon
12/3 Crescent City, CA Del Norte County Fairgrounds
12/4 Paradise, CA Paradise High School
12/5 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
12/6 MF flies to Los Angeles (a.m.), plays ‘Birdland’ with USC at halftime/ PHOTO
Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield High School (p.m.)
12/7 Laker’s Game?
12/8 Brawley, CA Brawley High School
12/9 Off
12/10 Los Angeles, CA Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Tour ends)
Incl. ‘Frame for the Blues’ w/ jazz singer
12/15 MF flies to Bangalore, India
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