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1968

DATES

VENUES

SET LIST

NOTES

January 1, 1968

Recorded songs for BBC radio’s David Symonds’ show, aired January 8-12, 1968

Fly Me High

Twilight Time

Date and songs noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

January 1 - 5, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Pete Brady

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.  Songs (recorded January 1) noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

January 8 - 12, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds

Fly Me High

Twilight Time

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

January 19, 1968

Punch Bowl, Lapworth

 

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

January 20, 1968

California Ballroom, Dunstable

 

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

 

 

 

 

January 24, 1968

Cannes "Midem '68" Festival

Nights in White Satin

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20 and February 3, 1968, reported by Val Weston.


"Higher and Higher" #49, Summer 2005, p. 28 reports that the Moody Blues filled in for The Supremes, who planned to mime to a backing tape, but since the festival was plagued with electrical problems, could not go on. The Moodies were one of the few bands who could play live, and so got the spot. The French were so enamored with "Nights in White Satin" that the song went to number one a few weeks later, where it stayed for 11 weeks.

February 3, 1968

Imperial Ballroom, Nelson

TV appearance on (UK) ABC's "Doddy's Music Box"

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 4, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Top Gear"

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 8, 1968

Liberal Hall, Yeovil

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 9, 1968

Portalnd Buildings, Nottingham

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 10, 1968

Lees (also Leas) Cliff Hall, Folkestone


The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Pete's People"

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston, and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 16, 1968

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 17, 1968

Grays Technical College, Grays

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 24, 1968

Civic Hall, Nantwich

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 25, 1968

Country Club, Kirklevington

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 26, 1968

Olympia, Paris

Fly Me High
Bye Bye Bird
Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
What Am I Doing Here?
Nights in White Satin

Show date, venue and set list noted in a review of the show in "Billboard", March 16, 1968.

February 27, 1968

Manchester University, Manchester

Show date and venue and “with Manfred Mann” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 28, 1968

Mayfair, Newcastle

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

February 29, 1968

March 1, 1968

Headington Tech College, Oxford 

Show date and venue “with The Move” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 2, 1968

Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare 

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 5, 1968

Shenley Green Youth Club, Birmingham

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 6, 1968

Technical College, Portsmouth

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 7, 1968

March 8, 1968

Sorby Hall, Sheffield

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 9, 1968

Sloopy's, Manchester



TV appearance on German TV's "Beat Club"

 

 

 

 

 

Nights in White Satin

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016. This is likely the “Beat Club” video included on the Timeless Flight box set.

March 10, 1968

March 11 - 15, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 12, 1968

March 13, 1968

Town Hall, Birmingham

Show date and venue and “with Manfred Mann, Spencer Davis Group and Picadilly Line” noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 14, 1968

March 15, 1968

Reading University, Reading

Show date and venue noted in "New Musical Express" of January 20, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 22, 1968

Middle Earth (a club in Covent Garden), London

Show date and venue from an advertisement in "Melody Maker", March 16, 1968 reported by Val Weston. With Doc K's Blues Band Clouds. Also noted with Clouds at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

March 30, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Follow the Stars"

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

May 13 - 17, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

May 25, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Pete's People"

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

May 27 - 31, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

May 31, 1968

TV appearance on the Tom Jones show

Nights in White Satin

Date and song noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

 

 

 

 

June, 1968

Single Tuesday Afternoon / Another Morning is released in U.S.

Single release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985 p. 3-5.


Although the band often tells the story that "Tuesday Afternoon" was the first single (for the Hayward/Lodge Moodies) released in the U.S., both "Fly Me High" and "Nights in White Satin" were released in 1967, while "Tuesday Afternoon" wasn't released until June 1968. "Tuesday Afternoon" was, however, the first Hayward/Lodge era single to chart in the U.S.

June 21, 1968

The First Holiness Kitschgarden, Holland

Concert dates from poster shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/postersroom.htm as of April 25, 2016

June 22, 1968

 

 

 

 

June 28, 1968

Single Voices in the Sky / Dr. Livingston, I Presume is released in U.K.

Single release noted at www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/60brchro/60brch68.html as of May 10, 2016.

Single release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985 p. 3 as being in June for France and July for the UK and other countries in Europe.

June 29, 1968

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

 

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Saturday Club"

Thinking is the Best Way to Travel
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
Voices in the Sky
Peak Hour
Nights in White Satin

Show date and venue noted in "Disc", July 6, 1968 and partial set list reported in "New Music Express", July 6, 1968, both reported by Val Weston. The Moody Blues shared the bill with The Settlers.
Show date and venue also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016 and reported by Robin Bean.

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

July 5, 1968

Recorded songs for BBC radio’s David Symonds show, aired July 15-19, 1968

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Voices in the Sky

Ride My See-Saw

The Best Way to Travel

Date and songs noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

 

 

 

 

July 7, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Stuart Henry

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

July 13, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Saturday Club" episode 510

Voices in the Sky
Thinking is the Best Way to Travel
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Media appearance noted in "New Musical Express" of July 6, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk  as of May 10, 2016, and also at epguides.com/SaturdayClub/, reported by Joyce Kelley.

July 15 - 19, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Voices in the Sky

Ride My See-Saw

The Best Way to Travel

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016. Songs (recorded July 5) noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

July 16, 1968

Recorded songs for BBC radio’s “Top Gear” aired July 21, 1968

Ride My See-Saw

The Best Way to Travel

Voices in the Sky

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Date and songs noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

 

 

 

 

July 21, 1968

Appearance on BBC radio's "Top Gear"

Ride My See-Saw

The Best Way to Travel

Voices in the Sky

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016. Songs (recorded on July 16) noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

July ??, 1968

venue unknown, Grenoble, France

Show noted in "Melody Maker", July 27, 1968 reported by Val Weston, "The Moodies are currently on a Continental tour which takes them to France, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Portugal and Germany. Over 4,000 fans were at their opening in Grenoble last week."

July 29 - August 2, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's David Symonds

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 10, 2016.

July 30, 1968

TV appearance on "Jazz Bilzen"
also
TV appearance on "Tienerklanken"

Tuesday Afternoon

Legend of a Mind

Both media appearance dates, TV show names, and songs played noted on DVD Nights in White Satin.

July 31, 1968

John Lodge weds Kirsten.

August 12 - 16, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

August 20, 1968

venue unknown, Prague,  Czechoslovakia

 

The details on this show are generally vague, but bandmembers report playing a club in Prague, but having to leave the country just ahead of a Russian/Warsaw Pact invasion that ended “Prague Spring.”  It is not known if the Moodies actually played the show or had to escape before playing. Exact date from US State Department website, https://history.state.gov

 

 

 

 

August 24, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Tony Brandon

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

August 25, 1968

Appearance on BBC radio's "Top Gear"

Upcoming appearance noted in "New Musical Express" of July 27, 1968, reported by Val Weston.

September, 1968

Album In Search of the Lost Chord is released in U.K.

Album release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985 p. 3-5.

Although www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/60brchro/60brch68.html shows a release date of July 26, this seems unlikely, given the chart debut date of September 14 noted in "Higher and Higher" #25, Spring 1995 p. 39.

September 6, 1968

TV appearance on BBC's "How It Is"

Appearance noted in "Disc Weekly" of September 14, 1968, reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

September 7, 1968

Festival de l'Humanite, Paris

Show date noted in "Melody Maker", September 14, 1968 - "Dozens of people were taken to hospital at a French festival in Paris where the Moody Blues were playing last Saturday. They were overcome by heat. A crowd estimated at over 250,000 attended the festival called the Festival de l’Humanite."
Show also noted in "Disc", September 14, 1968 - "Moody Blues played to one of the largest audiences ever assembled for a pop show when they visited France last weekend. A massive 300,000 fans – THREE TIMES the capacity of Wembley Stadium – watched their open-air concert on the outskirts of Paris. The show was appropriately titled “Festival De Humanite”. The festival was held in a series of fields containing a mass of amplifiers and loudspeaker equipment. Moodies have already sold over two million records in France this year." Both articles reported by Val Weston.

September 8, 1968

September 9 - 13, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

September 10, 1968

September 11, 1968

Eel Pie Island, Twickenham

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

September 12, 1968

September 13, 1968

September 14, 1968

TV appearance on "Colour Me Pop" recorded

Departure

Ride My See-Saw
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

House of Four Doors

Voices in the Sky

The Best Way to Travel

Visions of Paradise

The Actor

Om

Date, show name, and songs (Voices in the Sky, Ride My See-Saw and Dr. Livingstone, I Presume) noted on DVD Nights in White Satin. The CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970 confirms the date and lists additional songs (House of Four Doors, The Best Way to Travel, Visions of Paradise, and The Actor).  Video included on the Timeless Flight box set includes all the above songs plus Departure and Om.

 

Media appearance also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

September 15, 1968

September 16, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Radio One O'Clock"

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

September 20, 1968

Bridge Country Club, Nr Canterbury

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

September 27, 1968

Hillside, Hereford

Show date and venue noted in "New Music Express", September 28, 1968 reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

October 4, 1968

Youth Centre, Braintree

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

October 5, 1968

Seagull, Ryde

Show date and venue noted in "New Music Express", September 28, 1968 reported by Val Weston and also noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

October 7, 1968

Recorded songs for BBC radio’s “Afternoon Pop Show” – air date unknown

Peak Hour

Tuesday Afternoon

Ride My See-Saw

Date and songs noted on the CD set The BBC Sessions 1967-1970.

October 8, 1968

Marquee Club, Wardour St., London

Show date and venue noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

 

Show date and “with Keef Hartley” noted at www.themarqueeclub.net, reported by Joyce Kelley.

October 19, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured on BBC radio's "Pete's Saturday People"

Media appearance noted at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

U.S. Tour

General Tour Notes:
First time the Hayward/Lodge Moody Blues play the United States.

In the radio interview "A Moody Blues Special - On the Threshold of a Dream" which aired sometime in 1973, Justin Hayward relates, "That tour was ridiculous! We'd never been to America before, and it was a two-and-a-half month tour, getting off three months by the time we got there and got back. We didn't realize that, of course, when you're in America, you really should be flying if you want to go somewhere, you know, from one state to another. We even ended up at Greyhound bus stations and things - it was ridiculous! But it turned us all on. I know it did. It was frightening. The first American tour we did was frightening, it really was. As if you really were in danger, you know, a couple of us were ill, but we played a lot of good gigs. We got to see all the California scene. We played Filmore West while it was still going, in San Francisco. And I'm glad we were there." Ray Thomas continues, "It went quite disastrously, actually. We had equipment failures. At that stage, the mellotron, they don't travel very well, and you have to know how to move them around, and at that stage, we just didn't. I mean the thing was put it in a box and thrown around in an aircraft, and came out more or less in pieces." Many band interviews also contain stories of all the tapes falling out of the mellotron during a show, with the audience watching cartoons while Mike Pinder re-assembled it.

Band members often tell in interviews about how promoter Bill Grame brought them over to play dates at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West, with nothing in between. However, The October 21-22 dates in Chicago, which are well documented, occurred before the Fillmore East shows, conflicting with these stories.  Also, in the DVD An Audience with Justin Hayward at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Justin Hayward describes their first U.S. tour as taking place over 10 weeks, yet there are only 4 weeks between the well-documented Fillmore dates. In a radio interview at www.971theriver.com, Atlanta on March 9, 2016, Justin explains that their agent got them signed to be the opening act for Canned Heat on their tour (dates unknown). 

DATES

VENUES

SET LIST

NOTES

October 20, 1968

venue unknown, Minneapolis, MN canceled

City noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

This opening show of the tour was canceled because the band's equipment only made it as far as Boston.

October 21-25, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Dave Cash

Media appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

October 21, 1968

Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL

Ride My See-Saw (opener?)
Legend of a Mind
Tuesday Afternoon
Another Morning
Peak Hour
Bye Bye Bird
Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
The Best Way to Travel
Twilight Time
Nights in White Satin (closer?)

Venue and city for these shows noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 (reported by Val Weston) and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows.

Glenn Christensen reports the set list (although perhaps not in order) and opening act of Rotary Connection, a Chicago band with Minnie Ripperton. Glenn is not sure which of the Kinetic Playground dates (October 21-22 or November 12-14) he saw. Glenn also reports that the usual setup at the Kinetic Playground was that each band played two sets per night, with set up and tear down of equipment between acts.

October 22, 1968

October 23, 1968

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October 24, 1968

off

October 25, 1968

Single Ride My See-Saw / A Simple Game released in U.K. (October in U.S.)

Single release noted in first "discography issue" of "Higher and Higher" #4, Winter/Spring 1985 p. 3-5.

October 25, 1968

Fillmore East, New York, NY

Venue and city for these shows (with John Mayall and Rhinoceros) noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

Tour date and venue noted in "A Tribute to the Fillmore" magazine, December 1971, and reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com.

In a John Lodge interview on the DVD The Moody Blues, John identifies the Filmore East as the venue where all the tapes fell out of the mellotron during a show, and the audience watched Bugs Bunny cartoons while Mike Pinder re-assembled it.

October 26, 1968

October 27, 1968

October 28, 1968

October 29, 1968

October 30, 1968

October 31, 1968

Los Angeles Forum, Inglewood, CA (doubtful)

Tour date and venue noted on poster reported in "Higher and Higher" #13, Winter 1989, p. 9. I have listed this date as "doubtful" since the surrounding shows are all on the east coast.

November 1, 1968

Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston

Both dates (although not the year) and venue from a poster. The year is corroborated by a review in the MIT tech journal of November 5, 1968, shown at www.tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_088/TECH_V088_S0435_P009.pdf Both poster and journal reported by Joyce Kelley.

City of Boston noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

At http://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/ as of May 11, 2016, is the note, “Billy Squier has said that The Tom Swift Electric Band was the "house band" at The Psychedelic Supermarket, and opened many shows there, including the Moody Blues…  In the comments to the blog is the note, “I recall seeing the Moody Blues at the Supermarket. Mike Pinder hit the first note on the keyboard and blew every fuse in the place.”

November 2, 1968

November 3, 1968

Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore

Venue and city for this show noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

The Moody Blues and the Terry Reid Group opened for Cream, who were on their farewell tour. Reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com

November 4-7, 1968

Writing Coca-Cola jingles in New York

November 4-7 were spent in New York writing the Coca Cola songs, which were recorded a few days later at Chess Records studios in Chicago just before the Moodies' return to the Kinetic Playground. Noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

November 8, 1968

Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA

Dates, venue and city for these two shows and “with Ars Nova” noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

Show date of November 9 and venue confirmed by a ticket stub reported by Donna Whiting. However the ticket stub shows that this show was a double-bill between the Moodies and Pink Floyd.

November 9, 1968

November 10, 1968

WHK-Radio Theater, Cleveland, OH

Show city noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

Venue reported by Mary Turner-Wieland

November 11-15, 1968

November 11, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Dave Cash

recording Coca-Cola jingles in Chicago

Media appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

November 4-7 were spent in New York writing the Coca Cola songs, which were recorded a few days later at Chess Records studios in Chicago just before the Moodies' return to the Kinetic Playground. Noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

November 12, 1968

Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL

Ride My See-Saw (opener?)
Legend of a Mind
Tuesday Afternoon
Another Morning
Peak Hour
Bye Bye Bird
Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
The Best Way to Travel
Twilight Time
Nights in White Satin (closer?)

Venue and and city for these shows noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

Glenn Christensen reports the set list (although perhaps not in order) and opening act of Rotary Connection, a Chicago band with Minnie Ripperton. Glenn is not sure which of the Kinetic Playground dates (October 21-22 or November 12-14) he saw. Glenn also reports that the usual setup at the Kinetic Playground was that each band played two sets per night, with set up and tear down of equipment between acts.

November 13, 1968

November 14, 1968

November 15, 1968

November 16, 1968

November 17, 1968

Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI

Venue and city for this show noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

Tour date and venue noted on a handbill, reported by Robin Bean. The Moodies shared the bill with The Move. Tour date and venue also noted on a postcard reported by Bob Hardy, although the neither the handbill nor postcard give the year of the show.

November 18-22, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young

Media appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

November 21, 1968

Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA

Venue and city for these shows noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

With Chicago Transit Authority and Frumious Bandersnach according to flyers, concert poster and booklet with Last Days of Fillmore 3-LP box set. Reported by Robin Bean and Vicki Kelly. Poster shown at http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/postersroom.htm as of April 25, 2016.

Shows noted in "Amusement Business", November 27, 1968, reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com

November 22, 1968

November 23, 1968

November 24, 1968

November ??, 1968

Idaho State University Gym, Pocatella, ID

Show city noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.  Venue reported by Stephen White.

November 27, 1968

Grossmont College Gym, La Mesa (San Diego), CA

Show city noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston.

Shows noted in "Amusement Business", November 27, 1968, reported by Doug Hinman of www.rocknrollresearchpress.com

Show date, venue and with “Sprit and framework” also noted at www.sandiegoconcertarchive.com/concertarchive/11-november.html, reported by Claudia Bobrow.

November 28, 1968

November 29, 1968

Shrine Exhibition Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Show city “with Jeff Beck” noted in "Record Mirror", December 14, 1968 and dates inferred from correlating with other reports of the Fillmore, Cleveland and San Diego shows. Reported by Val Weston and Robin Bean.

Show date and venue according to a poster at www.wolfgangsvault.com, reported by Vicki Kelly. The poster gives Jeff Beck top billing, with the Moody Blues, Ten Years After and Mint Tatoo supporting.

November 30 show date and venue noted on a photo by Norwood Price at www.angelfire.com/rock3/vintage/rock/vintagep.html and reported by Phil Ohmer.

November 30, 1968

December 16-20, 1968

The Moody Blues are featured by BBC radio's Jimmy Young

Media appearance reported at www.marmalade-skies.co.uk as of May 11, 2016.

Updated July 22, 2016

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