the In Praise of Shamans tour

by **Chet** on Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:44 am

I just wonder if the set-list of the concert changed during the tour?
Was it a long tour?
I have one bootleg on double vinyl from I don't know where... is there other ones?

by **Chet** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:26 am

after a bit of research I hereby answer myself:

IN PRAISE OF SHAMANS TOUR 1988:

USA
23/03 Minneapolis Guthrie Theatre
24/03 Chicago Vic Theatre
Canada
25/03 Toronto Massey Hall
26/03 Toronto Massey Hall
27/03 Montreal St. Denis Theatre
USA
30/03 Washington DC Lisner Auditorium
01/04 New York City Town Hall
02/04 Boston Berklee Performance Arts Centre
04/04 San Diego Mandeville Auditorium
05/04 Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
06/04 Berkley Zellerbach Hall
Japan
11/04 Tokyo Kanihoken Hall
12/04 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza
13/04 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza
15/04 Osaka Archaic Hall, Amagasaki City
16/04 Tokyo Kosenenkin Kaikan
17/04 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza
Italy
01/05 Bari Auditorium, Bari
02/05 Perugia Teatro Turreno
05/05 Ravenna Teatro Astoria
06/05 Roma Teatro Olimpico¬†
07/05 Milano Teatro Smeralda
08/05 Milano Teatro Smeraldo
10/05 Treviso Teatro Garibaldi
11/05 Torino Teatro Colosseo
Germany
13/05 Munich Circus Krone
Holland
15/05 Rotterdam Ahoy
Germany
17/05 Berlin Philharmonie
18/05 Hamburg Musikhalle
20/05 Bremen Modernes
21/05 Frankfurt Alte Oper
23/05 Cologne/K√∂ln Philharmonie
France
24/05 Paris La Cigale
Belgium
25/05 Brussels Cirque Royale
Holland
26/05 Rotterdam Ahoy
England
28/05 London Hammersmith Odeon
29/05 London Hammersmith Odeon
30/05 London Hammersmith Odeon
02/06 Sheffield City Hall
03/06 Manchester Apollo
12/06 Birmingham Alexandria
13/06 Nottingham Royal Centre
14/06 Newcastle City Hall
Scotland
15/06 Edinburgh Playhouse

by **Chet** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:29 am

I continue to answer myself:

Tracklist. In Praise of Shamans Tour:

Ancient Evening
Incantation
Orpheus
Before the Bullfight
Taking the Veil
Weathered Wall
The Boy With the Gun
Riverman
The Grand Parade
The Ink In the Well
Nostalgia
Forbidden Colours
Backwaters
Brilliant Trees
Steel Cathedrals
Let the Happiness In
Gone to Earth
Awakening

by **Brian** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:30 am

I believe that When Poets Dreamed Of Angels was performed at a show or two, then dropped for the remainder of the tour.

by **godisinthesilences** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:53 am

Brian wrote:I believe that When Poets Dreamed Of Angels was performed at a show or two, then dropped for the remainder of the tour.

Oh to find a recording of this from the tour would be great

by **Chet** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:34 pm

here it is, from the Toronto gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpomV1rbDc8

by **natsume** on Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:41 pm

It's been 20 years (OMG) but I am pretty sure they played Poets when I saw this tour in Berkeley, California, which looks like it was the last North American show.

by **Chet** on Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:16 am

I would pay alot to have some of these concert on dvd...

by **inkinthewell** on Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:17 am

Chet wrote:here it is, from the Toronto gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpomV1rbDc8

He introduces Rich and Steve as Dolphin #1 and #2.
Mmm... Hidden reference to the Thunderbirds?!? :roll:

by **godisinthesilences** on Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:36 am

thanks for this... very cute

by **Chet** on Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:57 pm

i finally found the eighty days book i bought in London back in 1989.
it has been "lost" in the attics of my parents house since i moved away in 91.
the funny thing is that there is a note between two pages saying:

Richard Barbieri
45A Bargery Road
Catford
Kent
Telephone 081-6971092

Steve Jansen
7 Ladbrooke Garden
Nottinghill Gate

it's written with the handwriting of Saffron, my dear old friend from Hackney,
a huge David fan that I lost contact with some years ago...

by **anortherncod** on Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:30 am

Chet, you have reminded me of something that happened a very long time ago... 1984, to be precise.

I contacted the Musicians' Union and they sent me a photocopied page of their register of bass players. Guess who was on the page...?

So I rang up this number, cool as a cucumber (I was only 13!) and asked for MK. The person on the other end of the phone said he didn't live there any more.

But this kind of thing wouldn't happen now, would it? Imagine the outrage!

(Btw, I asked for bass players specifically because for a while the Musicians' Union thought that keyboardists were the scum of the earth - seeing as how anyone can program a synth, apparently, and it's not a musical skill :roll:

- just excuse me while I nip off to my Prophet 5 :lol: