1977
NOW recorded at: His Masters Wheels; San Francisco; Record Plant; Hollywood,
Record Plant; Sausalito, Funky Features; San Francisco CA. During
the recording of the "Now" album, the band performed a punishing schedule of 2 shows
a night every night for three weeks at The Roxy Theatre (500 cap.)in Hollywood CA, before heading off to the studio to continue recording during the "graveyard
shift". A schedule to sort the men from the boys, also one to guarantee the desire
to commit murder.
It was around this time that the band parted ways with managers Daniel "Mort”
Moriarty and Gary Peterson aka "Bag O' Bucks" and were introduced to future manager Rikki Farr.
February
‘77
14th
Mon Convention
Centre Memorial Auditorium; Stockton CA
Bill Graham presents the band with a plaque with the inscription
"Tuba or not Tuba"
March
‘77
25th
Fri Whiskey
a Go Go; Hollywood CA
“The Tubes: Whiskey a GO GO Show”, N.M.E (UK),
Steve Clarke
April
‘77
“Tubes’ Defiantly More than Sound” Sacramento
Bee Newspaper,
John V. Hurst
14th
– 30th Thu Palace of Fine Arts; San Francisco CA audio video
Unknown
Bimbo’s; San Francisco CA
MINGO'S MONDO ROJO REVUE: Prairie
Prince, Roger Steen, Vince Welnick,
Kenny Ortega, Debbie Ortega, Eddie
Colon (Santana), David Rice (Automatic Man),
Bobby
Scott (Maze), Le Roy Jones, Dizzy Heights, Fee Waybill, Cycle Sluts,
“Mingo’s Mojo Review” San Francisco, S.F Chronicle,
Joel Selvin
25th Mon
A&M Records release “NOW” in the USA and Canada. Reaches # 122 in the Rolling Stone
chart.
Review of one of the recent shows at the Whiskey appears in music paper “N.M.E.”
(UK)
NOW reviewed in weekly music paper “N.M.E.” (UK)
June
‘77
10th
Fri Aladdin
Centre; Las Vegas NV
11th
Sat Warner’s
Theatre; Fresno CA
“Tubes for Rockfest?” News Desk N.M.E.
(UK)
12th
Sun Civic Auditorium;
Santa Cruz CA CMB
13th
Mon National Guard
Armoury; Medford OR
14th
Tue Paramount Theatre;
Seattle WA
15th
Wed Paramount Theatre;
Portland OR
16th
Thu P.N.E. Coliseum;
Vancouver BC
19th
Sun Anaheim County
Stadium; Anaheim CA video
ALICE COOPER
/ The KINKS / The TUBES /
NAZERETH /
FLO and EDDIE
“Tubes Début Tour Plans” N.M.E. (UK)
“Tubes: UK Gigs Confirmed” N.M.E. (UK)
July
‘77
27th
Wed Dane County
Exposition Centre Coliseum;
Madison WI
ALICE COOPER / The TUBES
29th
Fri
Civic Auditorium; Omaha NE
ALICE COOPER / The TUBES
30th
Sat American Royal
Centre Kemper Arena; Kansas City MO
ALICE COOPER / The TUBES
31st
Sun W.S.U. Henry
Levitt Arena; Wichita KS
ALICE COOPER
/ The TUBES
August
‘77
25th
Thu Milwaukee
Arena Bruce Hall; Milwaukee WI
ALICE COOPER
/ The TUBES
September
‘77
8th Wed
Art for Arts Sake Gallery; San Francisco CA
"Too Tubes" Cotten / Prince exhibition (through October 16th)
After 2 years of trying, dates are finally announced for the bands first tour
of the UK.
Seven shows in six cities, the two London shows to be recorded for a live album.
Tickets priced at £1.50 £2.00 £2.50 with an additional £3.00
in London
White Punks On Dope, What Do You Want From Life and Don't Touch
Me There released as a 12" E.P. in the UK & Europe by A & M. A 7" version
was released at a later date.
October
‘77
21st
Fri
Freeborn Hall; Davis CA
“The Tubes…Super Musicians Behind Flashy Camp”, Sacramento Bee,
Deborah Nikkel Waller
22nd
Sat Laxon Auditorium;
Chico CA
“Tubes Set November” MELODY MAKER (UK)
25th
Tue Lance County
Fairgrounds Convention Centre Auditorium; Eugene OR
26th
Wed Convention Centre
Coliseum; Spokane WA
27th
Thu U.B.C. War
Memorial Arena; Vancouver BC
28th
Fri Paramount
Theatre; Seattle WA
“White Punks On Dope, Don’t Touch Me There,
What Do You Want From Life?” 12” EP (A&M) released UK.
29th
Sat Paramount Theatre;
Portland OR
30th
Sun Concord
Pavilion ; Concord CA
31st
Mon Centre for
the Performing Arts; San Jose CA
“Tubes Dates Confirmed” RECORD MIRROR (UK)
“Beware: The Tubes Are On Their Way” SOUNDS (UK)
November
‘77
2nd
“Shock Rock Flies In…Quuietly” LONDON
EVENING STANDARD (UK)
“Laurianna, Re, Cindi“ picture by Bill Howard
6th
Sun
City Hall; Newcastle
support act:
Wire
Cindi Osborn, Re Styles, Mike Cotten and Kenny Ortega
interviewed by Kevin for Newcastle based fanzine
"Out Now".
“Loonies Attack New Castle!” Out Now No. 7 Hugh, New Castle
Review. Note review mentions not meeting the band for the interview.
“Tubes Send It Up All Along the Line” LONDON EVENING
STANDARD (UK)
Charles Catchpole; Pictures Graham Wood
7th
Mon Free
Trade Hall; Manchester Par Can
support act:
Wire
8th
Tue BBC
“Old Grey Whistle Test” studio; London TV
show
band perform "God Bird Change" and "White Punks On Dope"
Par Can “Nicked”
for Jay-Walking on Highway;
New Castle, Summoned to Bury Magistrates’ Court
to answer for charges of: s.13 of the Road and
Regulations Act of 1967 & s.12 of the Highway Act, 1959.
10th
Thu Odeon Theatre;
Birmingham Par Can
support act:
Wire
Roger interviewed by Dave Seal for UK music mag "Nuggets".
Front cover pic and 6 page interview appeared in edition #9, January 1978.
During the interview, Roger became involved in a "dispute" with
the hotel manager.
11th
& 12th Fri Hammersmith Odeon; London Par
Can
support act:
Wire
Released as: "What Do You Want From Live"
“Triumph for the Tubes” REVIEW (UK)
Birmingham show review.
Geoff Ward,
“Less Outrage, More Music Please!” REVIEW (UK)
Birmingham show review.
Ken Lawrence
“Never A Dull Moment” SOUNDS (UK),
Tony Mitchell
“Hung With Their Own Whip, Chain Saw Gang, Tubes Let Violence Hide Talent” BIRMINGHAM NEWS
Keith Howitt
“Nice Boys” Rock What’s On In London 11/11/77
13th
Sun Guild Hall
Portsmouth cancelled
Day Off in London
“Tubes Forced out of Portsmouth Concert” N.M. E.
“Tubes Banned” SOUNDS Magazine (UK)
14th
Mon U of L Refectory;
Leeds cancelled
Day Off / Travel: London to Bristol
Holiday Inn; Bristol
15th
Tue
Colston Hall; Bristol
support act:
Wire
Holiday Inn Bristol; Bristol to London
Fee and Bill interviewed by by Dave Seal for UK music mag "Nuggets". Front cover
pic and 6 page. interview appeared in edition #9, January 1978.
16th
Wed
Hammersmith Odeon; London audio
support act: Wire
19th
Sat
Cover pic and review of London shows by Michael Oldfield appears in weekly music paper "Melody
Maker" (UK)
20th
Sun Congressgabouw;
Den Haag audio
21st
Mon Bustard Pavilion
; Paris
22nd
Tue Cirkus Krone
;Munchen audio
Holiday Inn; Schwabling
24th
Thu Gesselschafthaus;
Frankfurt am Main
25th
Fri Kant
Kino; West Berlin
Park Zellermayer Hotel; West Berlin
26th
Sat Malerma; Hamburg
Eurocrest Hotel; Hamburg
“Censorship Handbill” BIRMINGHAM REDBRICK
29th
Tue Chateau Neuf;
Oslo
Ambassador Hotel; Oslo
“Tubes Whip Up Their Fans” Chronicle, (City Hall Review)
Peter Mortimer
30th
Wed Goete Lejon; Stockholm
December
‘77
1st
Thu Odd
Fellow Palatiet; Kobenhavn audio
6th
& 7th Tue
Hammersmith Odeon; London audio Par Can
“Special Make Up show for Portsmouth Show.”
6th Show Sold Out. WPOD 29th this week on
UK singles chart.
6th
Tue Tubes
In-Store Appearance
Virgin Records Marble Arch 12:30pm advertisement
11th
“Tubes at Hammersmith” Daily Mail Review,
Dave Hancock
“Tubes” EVENING STANDARD REVIEW
John Hayward
“The Satirical Tubes Keep on Kidding” Ad Lib
PREVIEW (UK),
John Blake
“Roller Coaster Farrago” PREVIEW (UK),
Mick Houghton
“Hammersmith Review” SOUND REVIEW (UK),
David Brown
“The Tubes: Hammersmith London” The MIRROR REVIEW (UK),
Pauline McLeod
14th
“The Tubes: Hammersmith London” The TIMES (UK)
First Night Review,
Clive Bennet
17th
“Tubes Return” SOUNDS (UK)
31st
Sat Community
Theatre; Berkeley CA 2 shows
1978
January
‘78
“Hamburg 1977 Review” New Music Express Magazine (German)
February
’78
Unknown
Sonny and Cher; Los Angeles CA TV Show
Band performed "Mondo Bondage" and "Smoke" with Cher as one of the dancers.
8th
– 13th Wed Palace
of Fine Arts; San Francisco CA rehearsals
11th
“Tubes Back Again and Banned Again” SOUNDS
(UK)
“Go Faster With the Tubes” Albums, Record
Mirror (UK),
Barry Cain
14th
Tue del mar Theatre;
Santa Cruz CA 2 shows CMB
15th
Wed Civic Centre Memorial
Auditorium; Stockton CA
16th
Thu
Cal Poly Gymnasium; San
Luis Obispo CA
17th
Fri Warner’s
Theatre; Fresno CA 2 shows audio
18th
Sat Swing Auditorium;
San Bernardino CA
19th
Sun Convention
and Performing Arts Centre Fox Theatre; San Diego CA audio
22nd
– 26th Wed
Pantages Theatre; Hollywood CA
Kate Jackson & Cher attend show. PCW
What Do You Want From Live” reviewed by Nick Kent in music
paper “N.M.E.” (UK)
March
‘78
3rd
& 4th Fri
Celebrity Theatre; Phoenix AZ
6th
Mon U.C.B.
Mackay Auditorium; Boulder CO
8th
Wed Memorial
Hall; Kansas City MO
10th
Fri Aragon Ballroom; Chicago IL
11th
Sat Centre Stage;
Milwaukee WI
12th
Sun State Theatre;
Minneapolis MN
14th
Tue Circle Theatre;
Indianapolis IN
15th
Wed Franklin County
Veterans Memorial Auditorium; Columbus OH
16th
Thu Convention
Centre Public Hall; Cleveland OH WMM radio advert
17th
Fri Royal
Oak Music Hall; Southfield MI audio
18th
Sat Auditorium
Theatre; Rochester NY
19th
Sun Tomorrow Theatre;
Youngstown OH
20th
Mon Capitol Music Hall; Wheeling WV
22nd
Wed War Memorial Auditorium;
Nashville TN
23rd
Thu Gardens Arena;
Louisville KY
25th
Sat Fox Theatre;
Atlanta GA
27th
Mon U of M Patio;
Miami FL
30th
Thu North Hampton Community College; Bethlehem PA
April
‘78
1st
Sat Century
Theatre; Buffalo NY
2nd
Sun Warner’s
Theatre; Washington DC 2 shows
3rd
Mon Maple Leaf Gardens;
Toronto OT
4th
Tue Royal Oak Music Hall; Southfield MI
7th
Fri
Upper Darby Tower Theatre; Philadelphia PA
8th
Sat Orpheum
Theatre; Boston MA
The Tubes appear in music paper “N.M.E.” (UK)
9th
Sun le Roy
Concert Theatre; Pawtucket RI audio
11th
Tue Palace Theatre;
Albany NY
12th
Wed City Hall Auditorium;
Portland ME
14th
Fri Capitol
Theatre; Passaic NJ
16th
Palladium Theatre; New York City
22nd
Sat Eventhaal Groningen
23rd
Sun Congressgabouw;
Den Haag
"Rock Around The World" radio broadcast
25th
Tue Congressgabouw
de Vereeniging; Nijmegan
26th
& 27th Wed Teatre Carre; Amsterdam
Marriott Hotel Amsterdam
29th
Sat Cirque Royale;
Bruxelles cancelled
30th
Sun Cirque Royale;
Bruxelles -Make Up Date
Tickets for the UK tour go on sale at the venues.
"I Saw Her Standing There" released worldwide. Original plans
to release the single as "Johnny Bugger" on an independent record label were scrapped.
May
‘78
1st
Mon Colston
Hall Bristol cancelled - Fee loses voice
2nd
Tue Colston
Hall Bristol cancelled - Fee loses voice
4th Thu
Conference Centre; Brighton cancelled
local council workers strike. This was planned as the opening night of this new venue
5th
& 6th Fri
Gaumont Theatre; Southampton Par Can
7th
& 8th Sun
New Theatre; Oxford Par Can
9th
Tue
de Montfort Hall; Leicester Par Can
FEE BREAKS
LEG (Right
Ankle) during "I SAW HER STANDING THERE"
“Tubes Blown; ‘Jinxed’
Tour Is Halted” N.M.E. (UK)
“Tubes...Break a Leg”
ROCKET (USA),
Candy McGraw
10th
Wed New Theatre; Coventry
cancelled
BBC 2 TV film crew follow band on tour making documentary for "Arena"
20 minutes broadcast later in edited form with film of David
Bowie in Berlin
11th
Thu
Day Off in London. Plans are made to fly band and crew home to San Francisco
CA
12th
& 13th
Odeon Theatre; Birmingham cancelled
New Music Express Magazine (UK)
May 13th, pg;41
Band and Crew fly London to San Francisco CA
Review of first night in Southampton "Tubes Have It All Tied Up" by Tony Mitchell appears in music
paper "Sounds" (UK). Special mention for "new" segments of the show involving
Cowboy Fee.....quote, "you gotta be kinda little to fuck a sheep, but ya gotta be a big, tall man to fuck a cow" and "Terrorist".
Review of first night in Oxford by Cliff White appears in music paper "N.M.E." (UK) Concert review appears in music paper “N.M.E.”
(UK)
15th
& 16th
empire Theatre Liverpool cancelled
Musik Joker Magazine (German) May 16th
, article & photos, pg; 22 & 23
18th & 19th Thu Free Trade Hall; Manchester cancelled
20th
& 21st Sat Apollo Theatre;
Glasgow cancelled Straight Music
Advert. PCW
22nd
& 23rd Mon
City Hall; Newcastle cancelled
25th
– 31st Thu Hammersmith
Odeon; London cancelled Straight
Music Advert. PCW
June
‘78
“The Tubes: a Diabolical Look at Life in the Seventies.” Performance Rolling Stone Magazine,
Paul Nelson
Palladium Theatre Show April 16th pg;
68
“What Do You Want From Life” Review New Music Express Magazine (German)
September
‘78
3rd
Sun
Nashville Rooms; London (The Stranglers)
audio Par Can
FEE performed for 10 to 15 minutes.
5th
-7th Tue
Sheperton Studios; London rehearsals audio
PCW Itinerary
The Tubes were augmented by UK dance troupe "Hot Gossip" for the
Knebworth show.
Todd Rundgren joins rehearsals. Chelsea holiday inn London.
Lighting designer Chris "Crystal" Taylor flies Los Angels CA to London
5th
A.I.M. Itinerary
Rehearsals – 3pm Sheperton Studio L (01)
6th
Rehearsals – 1pm Sheperton Studio L
Todd Rundgren arrives; Chris Taylor departs- arrive
Heathrow.
TRANSPORTATION: Taxi to rehearsals
HOTEL: Chelsea Holiday Inn (01) 235-4377
7th
Last Day of Rehearsals Sheperton Studio L 1-9pm
Crew to stay and load out, then drive to Knebworth
that very same nite.(SIC)
8th
Fri
Park Concert Bowl; Knebworth load in / sound check
A.I.M. Itinerary
10:00am Stage
Call for Band Crew Knebworth
11:00am Band and rest check out of Chelsea Holiday Inn.
Drive to Knebworth, check into Blakemore-Stevenage (0438) 55821
2:30pm Rehearsal and Sound Check at Knebworth
8-10pm Walk Thru (w/ no sound)
Blakemore hotel Stevenage
9th
Sat
Park Concert Bowl; Knebworth audio Par Can
The TUBES / FRANK ZAPPA / PETER GABRIEL / The BOOMTOWN RATS / ROCKPILE /
WILKO JOHNSON'S SOLID SENDERS
8am Crew Call
4pm Band Due at gig
8:30 – 10pm Tubes Set
Todd joins band on stage for encore.
10th
Sun
7:30am EVERYONE CHECK OUT (except T. Rundgren) of the Blakemore. Drive to Heathrow.
Depart Heathrow 10:45am
Arrive Amsterdam 12:45pm KLM #124
Band and Crew go directly to the
Hague (@ 2 hour drive)
8:30 – 10pm Tubes Set
Drive to Hotel: Hilton
Congressgabouw; Den Haag cancelled
Marriott hotel Amsterdam, Day Off. Chelsea Holiday Inn London
11th
Mon
EVERYONE (except C. Taylor)
10:30am Check out of Hilton
11:30am
Arrive at Amsterdam Airport
Depart Amsterdam 12:25pm Arrive Heathrow 12:25pm PAM #121
(One Hour Travel Time)
Change Plans (Except for R. Farr who stays in London)
Band and Crew fly London to San Francisco CA
16th
Sat
“Knedworth Goes Down the Tubes” New Music Express Magazine (UK) September
16th, pg;30 & 31
article & photos,
The Tubes appear in music paper “N.M.E.” (UK).
3 page review of the Knebworth show by Hugh Fielder,
Phil Sutcliffe and Pete Silverton appears in music paper "Sounds" (UK)
“Knebworth Review” Phil Sutcliffe
“It’s Quicker By Tube”
Tony Mitchell
October
‘78
15th
Sun
The Tubes appear in “Ciao” magazine (Italy)
26th
“Tubes On the Delta”
31st
Halloween Show River Manson (Club Lido); Grand
River Road CA
Tubes; Lela and the Snakes, Death Review, Dizzy Heights
“The Chic and the Gauche” Sacramento Bee,
Zenobia Jonell Gerald
Halloween Review
November
‘78
“Tubes Enliven Delta Mansion Bash” Sacramento Bee,
John V. Hurst
7th
Tubes News (Hand Written)
20th
Mon
Keystone; Palo Alto CA audio video
"COWBOY FEE & The HEIFER'S DREAM"
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