There were 38 scheduled Jethro Tull concerts in 1988. |
We're still unsure of several setlists - can you help? | ||
| 25/1/88 | Capital Radio Studios | London, UK |
Rockline Interview/phone-in with Ian, at 04:00, London time! No live music. | ||
| 27/1/88 | Broadcasting House? | London, UK |
Ian interviewed by John Dunne for BBC Radio 2. | ||
| 27/5/88 | KLOS-FM | Los Angeles, Ca. USA |
Ian interviewed. | ||
| 1/6/88 | KOME-FM | San Francisco, Ca. USA |
Interview, plus: Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Bourée As Ian says in the interview, this was the live premiere of the first two songs - 17 years after the album release! | ||
| 1/6/88 | Shoreline Amphitheater | Mountain View, Ca. USA |
Martin Allcock's first Tull show. | ||
| 2/6/88 | Pavilion | Concord, Ca. USA |
| 3/6/88 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Laguna Hills, Ca. USA |
| Laguna Hills Amphitheatre
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) Italicised tracks unconfirmed. | ||
| 5/6/88 | State University Open Air Theater | San Diego, Ca. USA |
| Birthday Party
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 6/6/88 | KLOS-FM | LA, Ca. USA |
Rockline Location unconfirmed. Phone-in interview, plus: Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Bourée | ||
| 7/6/88 | Red Rocks Amphitheater | Morrison (Denver), Co. USA |
Support: Fairport Convention, with Doane. | ||
| 9/6/88 | Memorial Auditorium | Dallas, Tx. USA |
Support: Fairport Convention. Tull's first Dallas/Ft. Worth show in six years; Ian apologised for having cancelled the 1984 concert. | ||
| 10/6/88 | Zoo Amphitheater | New Orleans, La. USA |
| 12/6/88 | Poplar Creek Music Theater | Hoffman Estates, Il. USA |
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) Italicised tracks unconfirmed. | ||
| 13/6/88 | Blossom Music Center | Cuyahoga Falls, Oh. USA |
Support: 'Fairport Friends'. Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Cheap Day Return, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) Italicised tracks unconfirmed. | ||
| 14/6/88 | Pine Knob Music Theater | Clarkson, Mi. USA |
Support: 'Fairport Friends'. | ||
| 16/6/88 | Chastain Memorial Park Amphitheater | Atlanta, Ga. USA |
Doane's birthday An audience member threw food on the stage , so Ian stopped the show at the end of Aqualung. No encore. Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, O'Carolan's Concerto, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung | ||
| 17/6/88 | Mud Island | Memphis, Tn. USA |
Extremely bad on-stage sound (monitors) led to a 'train wreck' during 'Too Old To Rock'N'Roll.../'. Another song also fell apart later. | ||
| 18/6/88 | Amphitheatre | Nashville, Tn. USA |
Date unconfirmed ("Summer 1988") but is the most credible. Ian was scheduled to open an all-day festival with a brief acoustic performance, but the whole band performed. Fat Man, Bouréee, [Another song from 'Stand Up'], Farm On The Freeway, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath | ||
| 19/6/88 | Kings Dominion Showplace | Roswell, Va. USA |
| 20/6/88 | Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati, Oh. USA |
| 21/6/88 | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Columbia, Md. USA |
| 20 Years Live or Merriweather Post
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 23/6/88 | Great Woods Performing Arts Center | Mansfield, Ma. USA |
Support: Fairport Convention Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 24/6/88 | Jones Beach Theater | Wantagh, NY. USA |
| 25/6/88 | Performing Arts Amphitheater | Saratoga Springs, NY. USA |
| 26/6/88 | F.R.Mann Music Center | Philadelphia, Pa. USA |
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, Part Of The Machine, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 27/6/88 | UK release of '20 Years Of Jethro Tull' box set. Highest chart position: 78 | |
| 27/6/88 | Pier 84 | NYC, NY. USA |
The COAK tour banner was stolen after the show. | ||
| 28/6/88 | Radio Studio | NYC, NY. USA |
Ian made a radio appeal for the return of the stolen tour banner. | ||
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| 3/7/88 | Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro | Roma, Italy |
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 4/7/88 | Palazza de Santa Croce | Firenze, Italy |
| Live In Firenze or Florence '88 or Summer In Florence
B.cast by Videomusic TV, later to become Italian MTV. Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) Last track may have been omitted. | ||
| 5/7/88 | Palstrussardi | Milano, Italy |
| 6/7/88 | Comunal Arena | Corregio, Italy |
Festa dell'Unità Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 8/7/88 | Tent On Village Green | Imst, Austria |
| 9/7/88 | Volkspark Dutzendteich | Nürnberg, Germany |
| 10/7/88 | Open Air Festival | Frauenfeld, Switzerland |
| 12/7/88 | Open Air Arena | Wien, Austria |
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Mother Goose, Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) Italicised tracks unconfirmed. | ||
| 13/7/88 | MTK Stadion | Budapest, Hungary |
| 15/7/88 | ? | Athens, Greece |
| 16/7/88 | VfB Stadion (Waldstadion) | Gießen, Germany |
| Out In The Green
Support: IQ, Foreigner, Ten Years After, and others. Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 17/7/88 | Open Air Gelände, Weser-Ems-Halle | Oldenburg, Germany |
A second concert of the 'Out In The Green' festival - cancelled. | ||
| 19/7/88 | Wembley Arena | London, UK |
Support: Fairport Convention. Simon Nicol had guitar problems. Special guest: Clive Bunker played bongos during 'Fat Man'. Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man (w. Clive Bunker), Budapest (w. Ric Sanders on violin), O'Carolan's Concerto, My God (incl. Bourée/Soirée), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 26/7/88 | US release of '20 Years Of Jethro Tull' box set. Highest chart position: 97 | |
| 26/7/88 | Ginásio Mineirinho | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
Intro (tape), Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Steel Monkey, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, The Swirling Pit, Wond'ring Aloud, My God (w. flute solo, incl. Bourée, Kelpie), Pussy Willow/Pibroch (inst.), Jump Start, Too Old To Rock'N'Roll..., Wind Up, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath/Seal Driver (inst.)/Black Sunday (inst)/Thick As A Brick (reprise) | ||
| 30/7/88 | Ginásio Maracanãzinho | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2/8/88 | Ginásio Gigantinho | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| 5/8/89 | All Saints Church Hall | Hillingdon, UK |
First Tull Convention (according to the ticket). Band presumably absent. | ||
| 6/8/88 | Projeto SP | São Paulo, Brazil |
| 7/8/88 | Projeto SP | São Paulo, Brazil |
| 8/8/88 | Ginásio do Ibirapuera | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Trouvadores Cruzaram O Equador or São Paulo 88
Cross-Eyed Mary, Nothing Is Easy, Thick As A Brick, Farm On The Freeway, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Budapest, Locomotive Breath, Seal Driver/Black Sunday (instr.)/Thick as a Brick (reprise), Girl From Ipanema, Aqualung | ||
| 10/10/88 | UK release of '20 Years Of Jethro Tull' 1 CD compilation. | |
