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No. 73 ITV - Interview Stuart, In A Big Country, Fields Of Fire Fields of Fire recorded with Steve Lillywhite. Shoot video for ‘Fields of Fire’ with Clive Richardson in Peterborough and Chobhum Record demo for In A Big Country, The Storm and Big City at a recording studio in Croydon. |
1983 |
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Riverside TV appearance | 17 January 1983 |
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London. The Venue | 14 February 1983 |
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Fields of
Fire Angle Park Fields of Fire |
18 February 1983 |
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John Peel Radio 1 session broadcast. ‘Close Action’, ‘Inwards’, 1000 Stars’, ‘Porrohman’. | 22 February 1983 |
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Sheffield. Dingwalls | 23 February 1983 |
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Liverpool. Dingwalls | 24 February 1983 |
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Oxford Road show TV appearance (Fields of Fire) | 25 February 1983 |
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Hull. Dingwalls | 25 February 1983 |
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Newcastle. Dingwalls | 26 February 1983 |
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‘Fields of Fire’ reaches No 10 in UK charts | March 1983 |
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Keele .University. Car crash No 1. Jam In a big country for the first time. | 4 March 1983 |
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Retford. Porterhouse | 5 March 1983 |
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John Peel session broadcast | 9 March 1983 |
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Bristol Dingwalls | 11 March 1983 |
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The Tube. Angle Park, Fields of Fire | 18 March 1983 |
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Top of the Pops. Fields of Fire | 23 March 1983 |
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Birmingham. Odeon (‘War tour’ Supporting U2) | 27 March 1983 |
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Nottingham. Royal Court. (‘War tour’ Supporting U2) | 28 March 1983 |
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Old Grey Whistle Test - Close Action, 1000 Stars | 29 March 1983 |
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London. Hammersmith Palais (‘War tour’ Supporting U2) | 29 March 1983 |
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Top of the Pops. (Fields of Fire), then fly to Manchester. Hacienda | 7 April 1983 |
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Hornsey (North Yorkshire). Hull Floral Hall | 8 April 1983 |
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Redcar. Coatham Bowl. (Played Tracks of My Tears for the first time during soundcheck) | 10 April 1983 |
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Edinburgh. Playhouse (Nite Club) | 11 April 1983 |
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Dundee. Dance Factory Barracuda. (Tony falls through stage) | 12 April 1983 |
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Nottingham. Rock City | 14 April 1983 |
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Liverpool. Warehouse. (Punter at front of stage breaks leg) | 15 April 1983 |
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Sheffield. Dingwalls | 16 April 1983 |
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London. Lyceum (Alarm and Baba Luma supporting) | 17 April 1983 |
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Guildford. Civic Hall supprted by ‘Shea’ aka Simon Townshend | 18 April 1983 |
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Portsmouth. Polytechnic | 20 April 1983 |
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Sunderland. Polytechnic. Band did 6 encores | 22 April 1983 |
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Glasgow. Strathclyde University | 23 April 1983 |
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Bradford. Caesars | 24 April 1983 |
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Start recording 1st album for the second time at RAK and The Manor Studios. This time with Steve Lillywhite producing and Will Gosling engineering. Chegger’s plays Pop - In a Big Country Top of the Pops - In A Big Country GMTV - In a Big Country The Switch - Chance, The Storm Three Of A Kind - Lost Patrol Channel 4 Live from Shepton Mallet - Harvest Home, In A Big Country, The Storm, Chance, Fields Of Fire Crackerjack - Chance No 73 show - In a Big Country Vorsicht Musik - Fields of Fire |
May 1983 |
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In A Big
Country All of Us Heart and Soul In A Big Country |
20 May 1983 |
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The Switch. In a Big Country, Fields of Fire, 1000 Stars | 23 May 1983 |
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Crossing The Country tour | June 1983 |
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Top of the Pops - In a Big Country | 8 June 1983 |
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Leicester. University. (supported throughout by the Lotus Eaters. | 17 June 1983 |
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Manchester. Polytechnic | 18 June 1983 |
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Liverpool. Royal Court Theatre | 19 June 1983 |
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Reading. Hexagon | 20 June 1983 |
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Bristol. Locarno | 21 June 1983 |
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Cardiff. Top Rank | 22 June 1983 |
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Birmingham University | 24 June 1983 |
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Aylesbury. Friars | 25 June 1983 |
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Brighton. Top Rank | 26 June 1983 |
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London. Hammersmith Palais | 27 June 1983 |
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Southend. Westcliffe Pavilion | 28 June 1983 |
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Nottingham. Rock City | 29 June 1983 |
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Recording overdubs for The Crossing at RAK studios. | July 1983 |
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Sheffield. University | 1 July 1983 |
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Liverpool. Sefton Park | 2 July 1983 |
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Aberdeen. Fusion Ballroom | 3 July 1983 |
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Glasgow. Locarno Tiffany's | 4 July 1983 |
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Ayr Pavilion. Fusion | 5 July 1983 |
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Londonderry. The Venue | 7 July 1983 |
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Dublin. TV Club | 8 July 1983 |
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Ballibunion. The Atlantic | 9 July 1983 |
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Kilkenny. Rosehill Hotel. | 10 July 1983 |
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Swansea. Brangwyn Hall | 12 July 1983 |
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Bath. Pavilion | 13 July 1983 |
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St. Austell Coliseum | 14 July 1983 |
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Salisbury. City Hall | 15 July 1983 |
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Dunstable. Queensway Hall | 16 July 1983 |
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Poole. Arts Centre | 17 July 1983 |
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Guernsey. The Beausejour | 19 July 1983 |
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Jersey. Fort Regent | 20 July 1983 |
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Llandudno. Astra Theatre | 22 July 1983 |
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Redcar. Coatham Bowl | 23 July 1983 |
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Hull. City Hall | 24 July 1983 |
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Leeds. Town Hall | 25 July 1983 |
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Oldham. Queen Elizabeth | 26 July 1983 |
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Mansfield. Leisure Centre | 27 July 1983 |
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The Crossing (Blue &
Red covers) (UK chart position No 3) Chance Close Action Inwards Lost Patrol Porrohman The Storm 1000 Stars |
29 July 1983 |
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Dublin. Pheonix Park supporting ‘U2’, ‘Simple Minds’, and ‘Eurythmics’ | 14 August 1983 |
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Chance The Crossing Tracks of My Tears |
26 August 1983 |
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Reading Festival supporting ‘The Stranglers’ | 26 August 1983 |
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Top Of The Pops - Chance | 1 September 1983 |
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Deinze Belgium Brieopoort Futurama Festival | 4 September 1983 |
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New York City. Ritz | 9 September 1983 |
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New York City. Ritz | 10 September1983 |
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Hold Tight (TV) - Chance | 13 September 1983 |
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Bristol. Colston hall ‘One The Juggler supporting) | 13 September 1983 |
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Birmingham. Odeon | 14 September 1983 |
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Sheffield. City Hall | 15 September 1983 |
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Aberdeen. Capitol | 17 September 1983 |
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“Live at The Hammersmith Palais 27 June 1983” | 18 September 1983 |
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Edinburgh. Playhouse | 18 September 1983 |
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Glasgow. Tiffany's | 19 September 1983 |
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Newcastle. City Hall | 20 September 1983 |
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Fleetwood. Marine Hall | 21 September 1983 |
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Liverpool. Empire | 22 September 1983 |
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Shepton Mallet. Showering Pavilion (Channel 4 Live) | 24 September 1983 |
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Manchester. Apollo | 25 September 1983 |
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Nottingham. Playhouse | 26 September 1983 |
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Oxford. New Theatre Or Apollo | 27 September 1983 |
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Southampton. Gaumont | 28 September 1983 |
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Hammersmith. Odeon. Play At Home: (TV-Special with Live Show: Hammersmith Odeon) | 29 September 1983 |
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Hammersmith. Odeon | 30 September 1983 |
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Berlin. Quartier Latin | 13 October 1983 |
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Osnabruck. Subway | 14 October 1983 |
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Hamburg. Markethalle | 15 October 1983 |
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Frankfurt. Batschkapp | 16 October 1983 |
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Bochum. Zeche | 17 October 1983 |
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Munich. Alabamahalle | 18 October 1983 |
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Stuttgart. O.Z. | 19 October 1983 |
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King Biscuit Flower Hour #494 (NYC Ritz 1983) | 23 October 1983 |
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‘Smash Hits’ have discovered that Mark has a twin brother called Malcolm who co-incidentally is also in the band | October 1983 |
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The Crossing reaches No 17 in USA | November 1983 |
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Vancouver, British Columbia. Commodore Ballroom (2 shows) (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 8 November 1983 |
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Seattle, Washington. Moore Theatre (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 9 November 1983 |
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Shoot Wonderland video | 10 November 1983 |
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Portland, Oregon (in-store) | 10 November 1983 |
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Portland, Oregon. Starry Night Club | 10 November 1983 |
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San Francisco, California. "Wolfgang's" Warfield (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 12 November 1983 |
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Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks (in-store) | 13 November 1983 |
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Los Angeles. The Palace | 13 November 1983 |
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Los Angeles. The Palace | 14 November 1983 |
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Phoenix, Arizona | 16 November 1983 |
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Tucson, Arizona. Univ of Arizona, Student Union (Arizona Ballroom) | 17 November 1983 |
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Denver, Colorado. Rainbow Music Hall (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 19 November 1983 |
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St. Louis, Missouri. Mississippi Nights (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 21 November 1983 |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Eagles Club (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 22 November 1983 |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota. First Avenue (supported by the Elvis Brothers & Figures) | 23 November 1983 |
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Chicago, Illinois. Park West | 25 November 1983 |
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Columbus, Ohio. Alrosa Villa | 26 November 1983 |
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Cincinnati, Ohio. Bogart‘s (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 27 November 1983 |
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Detroit, Michigan. St. Andrew’s Hall | 28 November 1983 |
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Cleveland, Ohio. Agora Ballroom (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 29 November 1983 |
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New York. (TV appearance (‘Saturday Night Live’)(IABC & FOF) | 3 December 1983 |
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Hartford, Connecticut | 4 December 1983 |
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Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Hofstra University | 5 December 1983 |
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Boston, Massachusetts. The Metro (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 6 December 1983 |
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Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rider College; (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 7 December 1983 |
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New York. Roseland Ballroom (TV appearance) (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 9 December 1983 |
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Newark,Delaware. Carpenter Sports Building. University of Delware (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 10 December 1983 |
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Pennsauken, New Jersey. Halloran Ballroom. supported by the Elvis Brothers | 11 December 1983 |
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Washington, DC. The Bayou (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 12 December 1983 |
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Montreal, Quebec. Le Spectrum de Montréal (presented with Gold & Platinum discs after show) (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 14 December 1983 |
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Ottawa, Ontario. Ottawa Congress Centre | 15 December 1983 |
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Toronto, Ontario. Massey Hall | 16 December 1983 |
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Buffalo, New York. University of Buffalo (supported by the Elvis Brothers) | 17 December 1983 |
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Providence, Rhode Island | 18 December 1983 |
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Boston, Massachusetts | 19 December 1983 |
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Glasgow. Barrowlands (2 shows) | 31 December 1983 |
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Fields of Fire (Japan) (EP) | 1983 |
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Skids (EP) | 1983 |
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