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Mr. Mister Concert and Event Dates

1983 & 1984:

    Promo gigs for I Wear The Face:
       

        - Westcoast tour as support act for Madness and Adam Ant.
        - Midwest tour as support act for Berlin & The Eurythmics.
        - Appearance on Solid Gold.
        - Appearance on Rock Palace.
        - Appearance on American Bandstand.
        - Appearance on The Alan Thick Show

Spring of 1985:

    American tour as support act for Heart.

Summer of 1985:

    Support act on Don Henley's Building the Perfect Beast tour.

September 1985:

    Live performance at the MTV Awards.

October thru December 1985:

    - Support act on Tina Turner's Private Dancer tour:

        Date                           City                                        Venue   

        18 OCT '85                 Tempe, Arizona                      ASU Activity Center
        19 OCT '85                 Las Cruces, New Mexico        Pan American Center
        20 OCT '85                 Albuquerque, New Mexico     Tingley Coliseum
        23 OCT '85                 Wichita, Kansas                      KS Coliseum
        24 OCT '85                 Springfield, Missouri               Hammond Center
        25 OCT '85                 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma       Myriad
        26 OCT '85                 Kansas City, Missouri             Kemper
        27 OCT '85                 St. Louis, Missouri                   Kiel Auditorium
        30 OCT '85                 Little Rock, Arkansas               Barton
        31 OCT '85                 Tulsa, Oklahoma                      Ass. Center
        01 NOV '85                 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas       Reunion Arena
        02 NOV '85                 Austin, Texas                           Erwin Events Center
        03 NOV '85                 Houston, Texas                        Summit
        06 NOV '85                 Baton Rouge, Louisiana          LSU Assembly Center
        07 NOV '85                 Tallahassee, Florida               Leon City Center
        08 NOV '85                 Auburn, Alabama                    Auburn Memorial Coliseum
        09 NOV '85                 Chattanooga, Tennessee          UTC
        10 NOV '85                 Memphis, Tennessee               Mid South
        13 NOV '85                 Shreveport, Louisiana             Hirsch Coliseum
        14 NOV '85                 Starkville, Mississippi            Humphrey
        15 NOV '85                 Birmingham, Alabama              Jefferson Coliseum
        16 NOV '85                 Murfreesboro, Tennessee        Murphy Center
        17 NOV '85                 Knoxville, Tennessee               Stokely Center
        20 NOV '85                 Morgantown, West Virginia    WVU Gym
        21 NOV '85                 Roanoke, Virginia                    Civic
        22 NOV '85                 Hampton, Virginia                    Hampton Coliseum
        23 NOV '85                 Greensboro, North Carolina    Civic
        24 NOV '85                 Columbia, South Carolina       Coliseum
        27 NOV '85                 Atlanta, Georgia                       Omni
        29 NOV '85                 Richmond, Virginia                 Coliseum
        30 NOV '85                 Charlotte, North Carolina        Coliseum
        01 DEC '85                 Jacksonville, Florida                ?
        02 DEC '85                 Miami, Florida                         Sportatorium

    - The video for 'Kyrie' was shot in Miami on December 2.

    - Cancelled dates:

        03 DEC '85                 Augusta, Georgia                      ?
        06 DEC '85                 Chicago, Illinois                       Bissmark
        07 DEC '85                 Cincinnati, Ohio                       Bogarts
        08 DEC '85                 Cleveland, Ohio                       Varty Arts

    - 07 DEC '85: Appearance on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live.

    - Live gigs:

        09 DEC '85                 Ba H, ?                                     Hamdack
        10 DEC '85                 Washington DC, Maryland       Byoc
        12 DEC '85                 Penn, New Jersey                     Bratt's
        13 DEC '85                 Boston, Massachussets             Paradise
        14 DEC '85                 New York, New York              Ritz  

        18 DEC '85                 San Diego, California               ?
        19 DEC '85                 Fresno, California                    Selland Arena
        21 DEC '85                 Portland, Oregon                      Coliseum
        22 DEC '85                 Seattle, Washington                  Coliseum

Jauary 1986:

    - Live performance at the American Music Awards.

    - Early January: appearance on Top of the Pops TV Show for BBC (United Kingdom).

    - Next day: Play at N.A.M.M. in Los Angeles.

February 1986:

    European promo trip for three weeks:

        19 FEB '86                  Live performance on The Wogan Show with Terry Wogan (UK)
        20 FEB '86                  BBC Interview with Roger Scott (UK)
        20 FEB '86                  Live gig at The Marquee, London (UK)
        22 FEB '86                  Live performance in Saturday Night Live (UK)
        ?? FEB '86                  Performance in BRT's Mike Show (Belgium)
        ?? FEB '86                  Interview with Erik De Zwart and Tom Mulder for TROS
                                             (Netherlands)
        ?? FEB '86                   Live performance at San Remo Festival in Italy

March 1986:

    - Live concert with Starship at Hayden Plaza in Daytona Beach, Florida - broadcasted by MTV for Springbreak USA, with VJ Martha Quinn.

    - Nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Group Vocal for 'Broken Wings' + performance.

April 1986:

    - Appearance in MTV's Guest VJ Hour (recorded March 24th; aired April 22nd).

    - Three-week tour in Canada and Australia.

    - Live concert on April 26th: performance for the anti-drugs abuse benefit 'Concert That Counts' along with Toto, Bangles, Marillion, Bon Jovi, Madonna, George Michael, Sheena Easton, Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin and Pointer Sisters at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, California. The concert was organized by Hal Uplinger and Tony Verna.

    - Live performance on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live

    - Japanese tour:

        Date                           City                                        Venue   

        26 APR '86                Tokyo                                      Shinjuku Kosei-Nenkin Hall
        28 APR '86                Osaka                                      Festival Hall
        29 APR '86                Tokyo                                      Shinjuku Kosei-Nenkin Hall
        30 APR '86                Tokyo                                      Shinjuku Kosei-Nenkin Hall
        01 MAY '86               Nagoya                                    Shimin Kaikan

May & June 1986:

    - 27 MAY '86: Promotional work for 'Hands Across America' project.

    - Disneyland gigs: May 23 & 30; June 6th & 12-13 & 18-20.

    - May: Concert in Fort Worth, Texas.

July thru October 1986:

    - 04 AUG '86: Appearance on The Howard Stern Show.

    - September 1986: Live performance at the MTV Awards

    - Welcome to the Real World tour:

        Date                           City                                        Venue   

        19 JUL '86                 Minneapolis, Minnesota            Riverfest main stage
        23 JUL '86                  Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio              Blossom Music Festival
        25 JUL '86                  Columbia, Maryland                 Merriweather Post Pavilion
        26 JUL '86                  Harrington, Delaware               Delaware State Fair
        28 JUL '86                  Montreal, Quebec (Canada)    La Ronde
        29 JUL '86                  Mansfield, Massachussets       Great Woods
        31 JUL '86                  Allentown, Philadelphia         Allentown Fair
        01 AUG '86                Jackson, New Jersey                Six Flaggs
        02 AUG '86                Providence, Rhode Island        Civic Center
        03 AUG '86                Wantagh, New York                 Jones Beach Music Center
        04 AUG '86                New York, New York               The Pier
 
        08 AUG '86                Canandaigua, New York          Finger Lakes
        09 AUG '86                Buffalo, New York                  Darien Lakes/ Lakeside Amph.
        10 AUG '86                Columbus, Ohio                       Ohio State Fair
        13 AUG '86                Battle Creek, Michigan             Kellogg Center Arena
        14 AUG '86                Troy - Clarkston, Michigan      Pine Knob
        16 AUG '86                Sedalia, Missouri                     Grand Stand
        17 AUG '86                Springfield, Illinois                  Prairie Capitol Convention
        18 AUG '86                Indianapolis, Indiana                Indiana State Fairgrounds
        19 AUG '86                Hoffman Estates, Illinois          Poplar Creek
       
        22 AUG '86                Birmingham, Alabama              Oak Mountain Amphitheatre

        23 AUG '86                Louisville, Kentucky                 Kentucky State Fair
        24 AUG '86                Nashville, Tennessee                Starwood Amphitheatre
        27 AUG '86                Cincinnati, Ohio                        Riverbend
        28 AUG '86                Hannibal, Missouri                   Riverfront Amphitheatre
        29 AUG '86                St. Luois, Missouri                    Six Flaggs
        30 AUG '86                Lincoln, Nebraska                     Nebraska State Fair
        01 SEP '86                 Denver, Colorado                      Marriot
        02 SEP '86                 Lakewood, Colorado                 Red Rocks
        05 SEP '86                 Live appearance on MTV Video Awards in Los Angeles, CA

        27 SEP '86                 Concord, California                    Concord Pavilion
        28 SEP '86                 Mountain View, California         Shoreline Amphitheatre
        29 SEP '86                 Chico, California                        Fairgrounds
        30 SEP '86                 Bakersfield, California               Kern County Fair
        03 OCT '86                Los Angeles, California              Greek Theatre
        04 OCT '86                Los Angeles, California              Greek Theatre
        05 OCT '86                Costa Mesa, California               Pacific Amphitheathe
        07 OCT '86                Ventura, California                     Ventura Fair
        08 OCT '86                Fresno, California                       Grand Stand

    Cancelled tour dates:

        09 SEP '86                 Hutchinson, Kansas                    Kansas State Fair
        11 SEP '86                 Springfield, Missouri                 Hammond Center
        12 SEP '86                 Bonner Springs, Missouri          Sandstone Amphitheatre
        13 SEP '86                 Fayetteville, Missouri                Barnhill Arena
        14 SEP '86                 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma         Zoo Amphitheatre
        17 SEP '86                 Monroe, North Carolina            Ewing Coliseum
        18 SEP '86                 Tyler, Texas                               Oil Palace
        19 SEP '86                 Austin, Texas                             Erwin Events Center
        20 SEP '86                 Arlington, Texas                         Six Flaggs
        21 SEP '86                 Lubbock, Texas                          Tech. Mun. College
        22 SEP '86                 Portales, New Mexico                East NM Univ. Greyhound Arena

        14 OCT '86                Anchorage, Alaska                      Sullivan Arena
        17 OCT '86                Hawaii, Hawaii                           Blaisdell Arena
        24 OCT '86                Phoenix, Arizona                         Arizona State Fair

March 1987:

    American Music Awards: Videos from the Real World had been nominated as Best Home Video, Long Form by the National Academy of Video Arts and Sciences.
    Together with Robert Kool Bell (lead singer of Kool & The Gang), Richard Page
    presented the award for Best Pop Video by a Female Artist, won by Madonna.

October & November 1987:

    Go On... European promo tour with T'Pau as support act: initially planned,
    but later cancelled and replaced by a European tour from November 8-23.

        Date                           City                                        Venue   

        28 OCT '87                 Den Haag, Netherlands           Congressgebouw
        30 OCT '87                 Deinze, Belgium                      Brielpoort
        31 OCT '87                 Paris, France                           La Cigalle
        03 NOV '87                 Zurich, Switzerland                Volkshause
        04 NOV '87                 Genève, Switzerland               Salles des Fêtes
        06 NOV '87                 Dortmund, Germany                Peters Pop
        07 NOV '87                 Dortmund, Germany                Show
        08 NOV '87                 Bonn, Germany                        Bisquithalle
        09 NOV '87                 Hannover, Germany                 Kuppelsaal
        11 NOV '87                 Copenhagen, Denmark              Saga
        12 NOV '87                 Stockholm, Sweden                 Draken
        14 NOV '87                 Oslo, Norway                          Rockefeller
        15 NOV '87                 Berlin, Germany                      Metropol
        16 NOV '87                 Frankfurt, Germany                  Offenbach Stadthalle
        17 NOV '87                 Hamburg, Germany                  Knopf's Music Hall
        19 NOV '87                 Nürnberg, Germany                 Fürth Erlanger Stadthalle
        20 NOV '87                 Heilbronn, Germany                ?
        21 NOV' 87                 Ludwigshafen, Germany          Ebert
        22 NOV '87                 München, Germany                  Deutsches Museum
        24 NOV '87                 Wien, Austria                          Sports Halle
        27 NOV '87                 Manchester, England               Apollo
        28 NOV '87                 London, England                      Hammersmith
        29 NOV '87                 London, England                      Hammersmith

           (actual tour dates were from November 8-23 1987).

January 1988:

    Short USA tour with Heart.

February 1988:

    18 FEB '88: International Festival of Song in Vina del Mar, Chile.

March 1988:

   02 MAR '88: 'Healing Waters' had been nominated by the National Academy of
    Recording Arts and Sciences for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group. The 30th Annual Grammy Awards event was aired live from the Radio City Music Hall in N.Y.C., New York.

June 1988:

    Last live gig was in Tempe, Arizona; a benefit for the family of a dead police officer.

  Performance on The Late Show with David Letterman.