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General
Notes: Color coding:
Moody Blues concerts - blue Moody Blues music releases (albums or singles), promotional, radio, TV,
or print appearances, etc. - black |
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DATES |
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SET LIST |
NOTES |
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Mike Pinder's second son, Michael Lee is born in early 1979. |
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Octave Tour
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General Tour notes: Set list from a one-time
radio broadcast on June 14, 1979 called "Supergroups
in Concert", recorded at the May 25 show. (Discussed in “Higher &
Higher” #35, p. 29 and 22.) Songs marked with * are included on an audio disc
in the Timeless Flight box set. |
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May
3, 1979 |
Hollywood
Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL |
Steppin' in a Slide Zone * Tuesday
Afternoon Twilight
Time * The Day We
Meet Again * The Story
in Your Eyes * I'm Your
Man * Top Rank
Suite Isn't Life
Strange Driftwood * I'll Be
Level with You * Gypsy * Survival * The Balance
* I'm Just a
Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) Nights in
White Satin * Legend of a
Mind * Question * Ride My
See-Saw * |
Tour date and venue reported by Jannine
Ragan. Also reported with opening act Jimmy Spheeris
at http://rocktourdatabase.com/concerts/moody-blues,
(retrieved July 22, 2016). |
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May 4, 1979 |
Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL |
Tour date, venue, and opening act Jimmy Spheeris
reported at http://rocktourdatabase.com/concerts/moody-blues-0,
(retrieved July 22, 2016). |
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May 7, 1979 |
Birmingham–Jefferson Convention
Complex (BJCC) Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL |
Tour date reported on Moody Blues official Facebook page on May
7, 2016. |
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May
8, 1979 |
Coliseum,
Jackson, MS |
Tour
date and venue from by tickets reported by Jens Pruess,
which are also shown at www.wolfgangsvault.com,
reported by Vicki Kelly. |
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May 9, 1979 |
Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS |
Tour date, venue, and opening act Jimmy Spheeris
reported at http://rocktourdatabase.com/concerts/moody-blues-1,
(retrieved July 22, 2016). |
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May
14, 1979 |
Convention
Center Arena, Dallas, TX |
Tour
date and venue from a ticket reported by Jens Pruess. |
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May
15, 1979 |
Frank
Erwin Center, Austin, TX |
Tour
date, venue, and opening act Jimmy Spheeris
reported at http://rocktourdatabase.com/concerts/moody-blues-2,
(retrieved July 22, 2016). |
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May
19, 1979 |
University
Activity Center, Arizona State University |
Tour
date and venue from tour program (for this show only) reported in
"Higher and Higher" #24, Winter 1994, p.33. |
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May
25, 1979 |
Seattle
Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA |
Tour date and city from "Supergroups in
Concert" radio broadcast (see June 14, 1979); venue (now known as Key
Arena) reported by Brian Bernitt, who also reports
the opening act was Jimmy Spheeris. |
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June
14, 1979 |
“Supergroups in Concert” ABC radio broadcast of May 25,
1979 show |
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Reported
in “Higher and Higher” #35, Summer 1997, p. 29 and 22. The article also
includes a track-by-track description of the songs, which was used as a set
list for the May leg of the tour. |
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October, 1979 |
Compilation
album Out of This World released in U.K. |
Album release
noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher"
#4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 6. |
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Out of This World Tour of
Europe |
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General
Tour Notes: Tour
dates, venues, set list and opening act Jimmy Spheeris
reported in Official Fan Club Newsletters, October 1979 and December 1979. Set
list from a boot of the November 3 Wembley concert
reported by Phillip Perry. A boot of the November 4 Wembley
concert, reported by Colin Cody, has the positions of "Gypsy" and
"I'll Be Level with You" reversed, so perhaps this was a switch the
band occasionally made. This change would make the set list identical to
those reported for the Fall 1978 and Summer 1979 Octave tours. |
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DATES |
VENUES |
SET LIST |
NOTES |
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October
29, 1979 |
Apollo,
Glasgow |
Steppin' in a Slide Zone Tuesday
Afternoon Twilight
Time The Day We
Meet Again The Story
in Your Eyes I'm Your
Man Top Rank
Suite Isn't Life
Strange Driftwood Gypsy I'll Be
Level with You Survival The Balance I'm Just a
Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) Nights in
White Satin Legend of a
Mind Question Ride My
See-Saw |
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October
30, 1979 |
off |
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October
31, 1979 |
Bingley
Hall, Stafford |
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November
1, 1979 |
Bingley
Hall, Stafford |
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November
2, 1979 |
off |
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November
3, 1979 |
Wembley Arena, Wembley |
The Official Fan Club Newsletters documenting this tour listed
this venue by its previous name, Empire Pool, Wembley,
but ticket stubs, reported by Eric Powell and Phillip Perry, shows the venue
by its current name, Wembley Arena. |
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November
4, 1979 |
Wembley Arena, Wembley |
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November
5, 1979 |
off |
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November
6, 1979 |
Brighton
Centre, Brighton |
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November
7, 1979 |
off |
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November
8, 1979 |
off |
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November
9, 1979 |
Ahoy Halle, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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December 5, 1979 |
The Moody Blues had their first meeting with producer
Pip Williams to discuss recording a new album, which became Long Distance
Voyager |
Reported in "Higher and Higher" #31, Summer
1996, p.13-33. |
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Updated
August 16, 2021 |
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