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DATE |
WHAT |
WHO |
NOTES |
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1978 |
Mandalaband's album The Eye of Wendor is released in UK, Australia and Canada |
Justin Hayward was one of several artists contributing, singing on "Dawn of a New Day" |
Album and single releases noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 4-13 |
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May, 1978 |
Single Steppin' in a Slide Zone / I'll Be Level With You is released worldwide |
Moody Blues |
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June 1978 |
Album Octave is released
worldwide |
Moody Blues |
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June 2, 1978 |
Single Forever Autumn / The Fighting Machine is released in the UK, and sometime in June worldwide |
Justin Hayward sang on Forever Autumn |
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June 7, 1978 |
TV appearance - "Top of the Pops" |
Justin Hayward sang "Forever Autumn" |
A clip of this performance, complete with date and show name, can be found at at www.youtube.com/watch?v="qOHiOWxd0V0&mode=related&search= |
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October 6, 1978 |
Single Driftwood / I'm Your Man is released worldwide |
Single release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985, p. 4-6 |
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Octave World Tour |
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General Tour Notes: First tour with Patrick Moraz. U. S. Tour dates and venues noted in "Rollling Stone" Issue #278, November 16, 1978, reported by Jim Mullen. Set list from November 17, 1978 show, reported by Jim Wehner. Opening Act Jimmy Spheeris, reported by Jim Wehner and Gary Brophy. |
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DATES |
VENUES |
SET LIST |
NOTES |
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October, 1978 |
Begin five dates
in
Germany |
Steppin' in a
Slide Zone |
Reported in Official Fan Club Newsletter, December 1978. Cities of Rüsselsheim (Ruesselsheim) and Nürnberg (Nuremberg) noted on posters reported in "Higher and Higher" #13, Winter 1989, p. 9. |
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October 19, 1978 |
Sporthalle,
Köln (Cologne), Germany |
Tour date and venue from ticket stubs, reported by Klaus-Peter Martin. This show was also advertised on a poster, reported by Jens Pruess, with the date of October 18, but I've assumed the ticket stub gives the correct date. |
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October 20, 1978 |
Walter-Köebel-Halle,
Rüesselsheim (Ruesselsheim), West Germany |
Tour date and venue from concert poster reported by Jens Pruess. |
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November 3, 1978 |
Civic Center,
St. Paul,
MN |
Tour date and venue also reported by Rae Hoglund. |
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November 4, 1978 |
University of Iowa, Ames, IA |
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November 5, 1978 |
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI | ||
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November 6, 1978 |
Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN | ||
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November 7, 1978 |
Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH |
Tour date and city from by a backstage pass reported by Jens Pruess. |
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November 8, 1978 |
off | ||
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November 9, 1978 |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL |
Tour date and venue also reported by Phil Ohmer. |
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November 10, 1978 |
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL | ||
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November 11, 1978 |
Lexington Center, Lexington, KY | ||
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November 12, 1978 |
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfeesboro, TN | ||
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November 13, 1978 |
off | ||
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November 14, 1978 |
The Omni, Atlanta, GA | ||
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November 15, 1978 |
Coliseum, Greensboro, NC | ||
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November 16, 1978 |
Capitol Center, Largo, MD |
Tour date and venue also reported by Gary Brophy and Cathy Wood. |
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November 17, 1978 |
Springfield
Civic Center,
Springfield, MA |
Tour date and venue also reported by Jim Wehner. |
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November 18, 1978 |
Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY | ||
| November 19, 1978 | off | ||
| November 20, 1978 | Boston Gardens, Boston, MA | ||
| November 21, 1978 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT | ||
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November 22, 1978 |
The Spectrum,
Philadelphia, PA |
Tour date and venue also reported by Jim Mullen. |
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November 23, 1978 |
Civic Center, Providence, RI | ||
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November 24, 1978 |
Hershey Park Arena, Hershey, PA |
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November 25, 1978 |
off |
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Novmeber 26, 1978 |
Scope, Norfolk, VA |
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November 27, 1978 |
Madison Square
Garden, New York, NY |
Tour date and venue also reported in Official Fan Club Newsletter, December 1978. |
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Novmeber 28, 1978 |
off |
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November 29, 1978 |
The Forum, Montreal, QC |
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November 30, 1978 |
Maple Leaf
Gardens, Toronto, ON |
Tour date and venue also reported by Kathleen Tritton. |
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December 1, 1978 |
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield (Cleveland), OH |
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December 2, 1978 |
off |
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December 3, 1978 |
Checker Dome, St. Louis, MO |
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December 4, 1978 |
Kemper Arena,
Kansas City, MO |
Tour date and venue noted in a review of the October 24, 1981 concert in the "Kansas City Times", October 26, 1981, reported by Karen Koster. |
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December 5, 1978 |
Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK |
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December 6, 1978 |
Tarrant County Coliseum, Ft. Worth, TX |
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December 7,1978 |
The Summit, Houston, TX |
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December 8, 1978 |
off |
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December 9, 1978 |
off |
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December 10, 1978 |
Coliseum,
Oakland, CA |
Tour date and venue also reported by Brian Andersen |
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December 11, 1978 |
Los Angeles
Forum, Inglewood, CA |
Tour date and venue also reported by Steve Pariseau and Friend Weller |
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December 12, 1978 |
Los Angeles Forum, Inglewood, CA |
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Updated December 4, 2006 |
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