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The Moody Blues

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The Moody Blues are an English rock band known for their fusion of rock with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed .

Discography

Moody Blues Concerts 1980s

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May 26, 1981 Ludwigshafen, Germany Friedrich Ebert Halle May 27, 1981 Frankfurt, Germany Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst May 28, 1981 Berlin, Germany Int. Congres Cent. May 30, 1981 Rotterdam, Netherlands Sportpaleis AHOY

June 2, 1981 Sheffield, UK City Hall June 3, 1981 Newcastle, UK City Hall June 4, 1981 Glasgow, UK Apollo June 5, 1981 Manchester, UK Apollo June 6, 1981 Birmingham, UK NEC June 7, 1981 Bristol, UK Colston Hall June 8-9, 1981 London, UK Royal Albert Hall June 15, 1981 Baton Rouge, LA Riverside Centroplex June 16, 1981 Houston, TX The Summit June 17, 1981 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena June 18, 1981 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center June 20, 1981 Tucson, AZ Tucson Community Center June 21, 1981 Tempe, AZ Compton Terrace With Jimmy Spheeris June 22, 1981 San Diego, CA Sports Arena June 24, 1981 San Francisco, CA Cow Palace With Jimmy Spheeris June 26, 1981 Inglewood, CA The Fabulous Forum With Jimmy Spheeris June 28, 1981 Long Beach, CA Arena June 30-July 2, 1981 Denver, CO Red Rocks

July 5-6, 1981 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion With Jimmy Spheeris July 7, 1981 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center July 9-12, 1981 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre July 14, 1981 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden July 15, 1981 Providence, RI Civic Center July 17-19, 1981 Chicago, IL Poplar Creek Music Theatre

October 16, 1981 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum October 17, 1981 Seattle, WA Coliseum October 18, 1981 Pullman, WA Beasley Perf. Arts Col. October 20, 1981 St. Paul, MN Civic Center October 21, 1981 Lincoln, NE Bob Devaney Sports Center October 22, 1981 Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum October 23, 1981 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall October 24, 1981 Kansas City, MO Kemper Arena October 25, 1981 St. Louis, MO Checkerdome October 27, 1981 Chicago, IL Chicago Stadium With Jimmy Spheeris October 28, 1981 Indianapolis, IN Market Square Arena With Jimmy Spheeris October 29, 1981 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Coliseum October 30, 1981 Detroit, MI Joe Lewis Arena October 31, 1981 Buffalo, NY Memorial Auditorium

November 1, 1981 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena November 2, 1981 East Rutherford, NJ Brendan Byrne Arena With Jimmy Spheeris November 3, 1981 Boston, MA Boston Garden November 19-20, 1981 Philadelphia, PA Philly Spectrum With Jimmy Spheeris November 21, 1981 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center November 22, 1981 Montréal, QC The Forum November 23, 1981 Toronto, ON Maple Leaf Gardens November 24, 1981 Toledo, OH Centennial Hall With Jimmy Spheeris November 26, 1981 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum November 27, 1981 Charleston, WV Civic Center Coliseum November 28, 1981 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum November 29, 1981 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena November 30, 1981 Nashville, TN Unknown

December 1, 1981 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Coliseum With Jimmy Spheeris December 2, 1981 Columbia, SC Carolina Coliseum December 3, 1981 Knoxville, TN Stokely Athletic Center December 4, 1981 Atlanta, GA Omni December 5, 1981 Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center December 6, 1981 Lakeland, FL Civic Center With Jimmy Spheeris

September 16, 1983 Poplar Creek Music Theater, Chicago, IL (There are indications that the Moody Blues were planning a tour in Aug/Sept, but it was apparently cancelled This date was sold as part of a concert series, unused tickets do exist)

October 15, 1983 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Rescheduled for November 26th) October 16, 1983 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME (Rescheduled for October 23rd) October 17, 1983 Civic Center, Hartford, CT (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 18, 1983 Centrum, Worcester, MA (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 19, 1983 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 21, 1983 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 22, 1983 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 23, 1983 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME (Rescheduled from October 16th, supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 25, 1983 Civic Center, Baltimore, MD (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 26, 1983 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 28, 1983 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 29, 1983 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 30, 1983 Metro Center, Rockford, IL (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) October 31, 1983 Civic Center, St. Paul, MN (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 1, 1983 Five Seasons Center, Cedar Rapids, IA (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 2, 1983 Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NB (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 4, 1983 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 5, 1983 Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 6, 1983 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. Ray Thomas was rushed to hospital during the performance, feeling nauseous and dizzy. The Moodies finished the show without him. He was released by noon the next day) November 7, 1983 Summit, Houston, TX (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 18, 1983 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA (cancelled) November 19, 1983 Lawlor Events Center, Reno, NV (cancelled) November 20, 1983 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 21, 1983 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 23, 1983 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 24, 1983 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 25, 1983 Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, AB (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 26, 1983 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Recancelled, rescheduled from October 15th) November 27, 1983 McNichols Arena, Denver, CO (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 28, 1983 Casper Events Center, Casper, WY (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 29, 1983 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) November 30, 1983 ASU Activity Center, Tempe, AZ (supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) December 1-3, 1983 Forum, Inglewood, CA (1st & 2nd were cancelled, supported by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble on the 3rd)

FEBRUARY 1984 14 Melbourne, AUS Entertainment Centre Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band 15 Melbourne, AUS Entertainment Centre Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band 18 Canberra, AUS Bruce Indoor Stadium Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band 21 Brisbane, AUS Festival Hall Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band 24 Sydney, AUS Entertainment Centre Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band 25 Sydney, AUS Entertainment Centre Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band 26 Sydney, AUS Entertainment Centre Opening act: Brenton Roberts Band MAY 1984 25 Concord, CA Concord Pavillion 26 Concord, CA Concord Pavillion 27 Sacramento, CA Cal Expo Amphitheatre 28 Santa Barbara, CA County Bowl With Stephen Bishop 29 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre 30 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre 31 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre JUNE 1984 1 Irvine, CA Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 2 Las Vegas, NV Caesar's Palace Opening act: Leo Kottke 4 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 6 Wichita, KS Kansas Coliseum 7 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheater 8 Evansville, IN Mesker Amphitheater 9 Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Sports & Music Center 10 Cincinnati, OH Timberwolf Amphitheatre King's Island Amusement Park 27 St. Louis, MO The Muny 28 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre 29 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre 30 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre JULY 1984 1 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest 2 Chicago, IL Poplar Creek Music Theatre 3 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center 4 Washington DC Washington Mall Hayward & Lodge with Beach Boys, Ringo Starr et.al. 4 Miami Beach, FL Lummas Parkl at least two places this day 5 Toronto, ON Kingswood 6 Canandaigua, NY Finger Lakes Center 7 Holmdel, NJ Garden State Art Center 8 Saratoga Springs, NY Performing Arts Center 10 Long Island, NY Jones Beach 11 Long Island, NY Jones Beach This show rained out 12 Long Island, NY Jones Beach Make-up date 13 Boston, MA Boston Common Opening Act: Mr. Megaphone 14 Philadelphia, PA Mann Music Theater Opening Act: Mr. Megaphone 15 Columbia, MD Merriweather Pavillion 16 Pittsfield, MA Tanglewood NOVEMBER 1984 This UK tour was done entirely for charity: for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

18 Dublin, Ireland R.D.S Hall 20 Newcastle, UK City Hall 21 Nottingham, UK Theatre Royal 22 Manchester, UK Apollo 23 Oxford, UK Apollo 24 Bournemouth, UK International Centre 25 St. Austell, UK Cornwall Coliseum 27 Brighton, UK Brighton Centre Opening act: Phoenix 28 London, UK Wembley Arena 29 London, UK Wembley Arena 30 Birmingham, UK NEC DECEMBER 1984 1 Edinburgh, UK Playhouse 2 Blackpool, UK Opera House 3 Liverpool, UK Empire Theatre 4 Gloucester, UK Leisure Centre Opening act: Richard Digance

MARCH 1986 15 Birmingham, UK NEC - Charity Benefit for The Birmingham's Children's Hospital

"Heartbeat Charity Concert" Featuring The Steve Gibbons Band, The Fortunes (Let It Be Me), Roy Wood (See My Baby Jive, Are You Ready To Rock, and I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day), UB40 (I Got You Babe), The Apple Jacks, Robert Plant, The Rockin' Berries, The Moody Blues (Tuesday Afternoon, Question, and Nights In White Satin), Electric Light Orchestra (Telephone Line, Do Ya, Ready To Rock'n'Roll, Hold On Tight, and Don't Bring Me Down), and George Harrison with everyone (Johnny B. Goode and Money).

JUNE 1986 19 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park With The Fixx 20 Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Sports & Music Center With The Fixx 21 Ft. Wayne, IN Memorial Coliseum With The Fixx 22 Niagara Falls, NY Niagara Falls Convention Center With The Fixx 23 Syracuse, NY Onondaga County War Memorial With The Fixx 25 Quebec City, QC Le Colisée With The Fixx 26 Ottawa, ON Civic Center With The Fixx 27 Montréal, QC The Forum With The Fixx 28 Toronto, ON Kingswood Music Theatre With The Fixx 29 Charlevoix, MI Castle Farms With The Beach Boys JULY 1986 1 St. Louis, MO The Muny With The Fixx 2 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheatre With The Fixx 3 Omaha, Ne Rosenblatt Stadium With The Fixx, The Beach Boys 5 Chicago, IL Poplar Creek Music Theatre With The Fixx 6 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre With The Fixx 7 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre With The Fixx 8 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center Broadcast as part of Westwood 1 Superstar Concert Series in the USA on FM on July 26, 1986 10 Erie, PA Civic Center With The Fixx 11 Louiston, ME Old Orchard With The Fixx 12 Hartford, CT Civic Center With The Fixx 13 Mansfield, MA Great Woods Center With The Fixx 14 Holmdel, NJ Garden State With The Fixx 15 Canandaigua, NY Finger Lakes With The Fixx 16 Philadelphia, PA Mann Music Centre With The Fixx 17 Providence, RI Civic Center With The Fixx 18 Long Island, NY Jones Beach With The Fixx 19 Manchester, NH Riverfront Park With The Fixx 20 Saratoga Springs, NY Performing Arts Center With The Fixx 21 Binghamton, NY Broome County Arena With The Fixx 22 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion With The Fixx 23 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena With The Fixx 24 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre With The Beach Boys, The Fixx 25 Cincinnati, OH Kings Island Fair With The Fixx 26 Cleveland (Blossom Music Center) Westwood 1 FM Superstars Concert Series Broadcast date AUGUST 1986 23 Seattle, WA Coliseum With The Fixx 24 Portland, OR Coliseum With The Fixx 26 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion With The Fixx 27 Mountain View, CA Shoreline With The Fixx 28 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre With The Fixx 29 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre With The Fixx 30 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheatre With The Fixx 31 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre With The Fixx SEPTEMBER 1986 1 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre With The Fixx 2 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre With The Fixx 3 Phoenix, AZ Compton Terrace Cancelled 18 San Antonio, TX Municipal Auditorium 19 Dallas, TX Reunion Arena With The Fixx 20 Austin, TX Erwin Center With The Fixx 20 NBC-TV (US) "Disney's Captain EO Grand Opening" Broadcast Date Patrick Duffy and Justine Bateman welcome the Moody Blues, Starship and Belinda Carlisle 21 Houston, TX Southern Star With The Fixx 22 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront Arena With The Fixx 24 Pensacola, FL Civic Center With The Fixx 25 Chattanooga, TN University of Tennessee 26 Savannah, GA Civic Centre With The Fixx 27 Tampa, FL Sundome With The Fixx 28 Miami, FL Knight Center With The Fixx 29 West Palm Beach, FL West Palm Beach Auditorium 30 Ft. Myers, FL Ocean Beach Amphitheater OCTOBER 1986 1 Daytona Beach, FL Ocean Centre With The Fixx 2 Charlotte, NC Coliseum 3 Gainesville, FL Steven O'Connell Center With The Fixx 4 Macon, GA Macon Coliseum With The Fixx 5 Hampton, VA Coliseum 6 New York City, NY Radio City Music Hall With The Fixx (2 shows) 7 New York City, NY Radio City Music Hall With The Fixx 8 Springfield, MA Civic Center 9 Worchester, MA Worchester Centrum With The Fixx 10 Philadelphia, PA Philly Spectrum With The Fixx 11 Bethlahem, PA Lehigh University: Stabler Arena 12 Morgantown, WV West Virginia Coliseum 14 Erie, PA Convention Centre 15 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Centre 16 Lanover, MD Capitol Centre With The Fixx 17 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Arena 18 East Rutherford, NJ The Meadowlands With The Fixx NOVEMBER 1986 9 Phoenix, AZ State Fair 2 shows 11 Reno, NV Lawlor Events Center 12 Sacramento Arco Arena 13 Las Vegas, NV Thomas and Mack Center 15 Salt Lake City, UT Unknown 16 Denver, CO McNichols Sports Arena 18 Minneapolis, MN Auditorium 19 Madison, WI Unknown 20 Peoria, IL Unknown 21 Rockford, IL Unknown 22 Battle Creek, MI Kellogg Arena 23 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens 25 Palmetto, FL Manatee Civic Center 26 Hollywood, FL County Fair DECEMBER 1986 3 Oxford, UK Apollo 4 Cardiff, UK St. David's Hall 5 London, UK Wembley Arena 6 Manchester, UK Apollo 7 New Castle, UK City Hall 9 Edinburgh, UK Playhouse 11 Liverpool, UK Empire Theatre 12 Birmingham, UK Odeon

FEBRUARY 1987 4 Calgary, AB Olympic Saddledome 5 Edmonton, AB Northlands Coliseum 7 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum 8 Victoria, BC Memorial Arena 10 Anchorage, AK Sullivan Arena 13 Honolulu, HI Neal Blaisdell Center Arena Opening act: Mojo Hand 19 Brisbane, Australia Festival Hall 22 Sydney, Australia Entertainment Centre 26 Melbourne, Australia Entertainment Centre MARCH 1987 1 Launceton, Tasmania Olympic Saddledome 4 Calgary, AB Olympic Saddledome 5 Edmonton, AB Northlands Coliseum APRIL 1987 1 London, UK Royal Albert Hall "Hunting of the Snark" performance (Justin Hayward) JUNE 1987 12 New Orleans, LA The Zoo 13 Memphis, TN Mud Island 14 Nashville, TN Starwood 15 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park 16 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain 18 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center 19 Cincinnati, OH Kings Island Timberwolf Amphitheatre 20 Charlotte, NC Carowinds Paladium 21 Richmond, VA King's Dominion 22 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park 25 Oklahoma City, OK Wallea 26 Tulsa, OK Mabee Center 27 Dallas, TX Park Central Amphitheatre 28 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheatre 29 St. Louis, MO Municipal Auditorium 30 Indianapolis, IN Starlight Amphitheatre JULY 1987 1 Chicago, IL Poplar Creek Music Theatre 2 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre 4 Toronto, ON Kingswood Music Theatre 5 Darian, NY Lakeside Amphitheatre 6 Philadelphia, PA Mann Music Center 7 Holmdel, NJ Garden State 8 Long Island, NY Jones Beach 10 Washington, DC Wolf Trap 11 Portland, ME Old Orchard Beach With 'til Tuesday 12 Mansfield, MA Great Woods Center With 'til Tuesday 13 Lennox, MA Tanglewood With 'til Tuesday July 14-15, 1987 Pier 84, New York City, NY ("Miller Music on The Pier". 14th was cancelled) 16 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena 17 Providence, RI Civic Center AUGUST 1987 24 Denver, CO Red Rocks Cancelled in June 1987 (to work on next album?) 25 Salt Lake City, UT Park West Cancelled in June 1987 27 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre Cancelled in June 1987 28 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheatre Cancelled in June 1987 29 Ventura, CA Ventura Fairground Cancelled in June 1987 30 Monterey, CA Laguna Seca Raceway Cancelled in June 1987 31 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre Cancelled in June 1987 SEPTEMBER 1987 1 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre Cancelled in June 1987 2 Sacramento, CA California Expo Cancelled in June 1987 3 Concord, CA The Pavilion Cancelled in June 1987 4 Chico, CA Chico Amphitheatre Cancelled in June 1987 5 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre Cancelled in June 1987

JULY 1988 27 Cincinnati, OH King's Island Timberwolf Amph 28 Canandaigua, NY Finger Lakes 29 Salisbury, MD Wicomico Youth & Civic Center 30 Springfield, MA Civic Center With John Kilzer Band 31 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Filene Center AUGUST 1988 2 Boston, MA Boston Commons With John Kilzer Band 3 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Filene Center 4 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena 5 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium 6 East Rutherford, NJ The Meadowlands With John Kilzer Band 7 Long Island, NY Jones Beach 8 Saratoga Springs, NY Performing Arts Centre 10 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre 11 Toronto, ON Kingswood 12 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center 13 Indianapolis, IN Indiana State Fair 14 Milwaukee, WI Alpine Valley With Glass Tiger 15 Chicago, IL Poplar Creek Music Theater 16 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheatre 19 Santa Barbara, CA County Bowl 20 San Diego, CA SDSU Amphitheatre With Glass Tiger 22 Sacramento, CA California Expo With Glass Tiger 24 Concord, CA Pavilion With Glass Tiger 25 Mountain View, CA Shoreline With Glass Tiger 26 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheatre With Glass Tiger 27 Las Vegas, NV Aladdin With Glass Tiger 28 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre 29 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre 30 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre 31 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre SEPTEMBER 1988 2 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 3 Salt Lake City, UT Park West 5 Austin, TX Aud. Shores Festival 6 Tulsa, OK Reynolds Amphitheatre 7 St. Louis, MO The Muny 8 Lubbock, TX Civic Auditorium 9 Dallas, TX Starplex Amphitheatre 30 Ibizu, Spain Ku Club "Ibizu Festival 92"

Moodies were invited (with other guests) to perform in celebration of Barcelona, Spain, being chosen to host the Olympic Games in 1992. Broadcast on Showtime TV (US) December 2, 1988

OCTOBER 1988 19 Detroit, MI Masonic Hall 20 Merrillville, IN Holiday Star 21 Cleveland, OH Convention Center 22 Toledo, OH Univer. Centennial Hall 23 Columbus, OH Veterans Memorial Auditorium 25 Philadelphia, PA Philly Spectrum 26 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena 26 Worcester, MA Centrum 27 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center 28 New York, NY Madison Square Garden With Jack Bruce 29 Storrs, CT Univ of CT - Jorgensen Auditorium 30 Richmond, VA Mosque Theatre 31 Hampton, VA Coliseum NOVEMBER 1988 1 Chapel Hill, NC Memorial Hall 2 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens 3 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre 4 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre 5 New Orleans, LA Univ. NO Lakefront Arena 6 Pensacola, FL Civic Center 9 Miami, FL The Arena 10 Ft. Myers, FL Lee County Arena 11 Tampa, FL Sundome 12 Daytona Beach, FL Ocean Center

MARCH 1989 3 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld 4 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld 5 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld 10 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe 11 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe JULY 1989 18 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe 19 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe 20 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe 21 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe Two shows 22 Lake Tahoe, NV Caesar's Tahoe 25 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld 26 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld 27 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld Two shows 28 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld Two shows 29 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld Two shows 30 Atlantic City, NJ Tropworld Two shows

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The Moody Blues

• Venue Poplar Creek Music Theatre (Chicago, IL)
• Date Aug 17, 1981
• Total Length 51:29
• 1 Gemini Dream 05:18
• 2 The Story In Your Eyes 03:44
• 3 Tuesday Afternoon 04:31
• 4 The Voice 04:59
• 5 Steppin' In A Slide Zone 04:38
• 6 Isn't Life Strange 06:28
• 7 I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock & Roll Band) 04:36
• 8 Nights In White Satin 06:05
• 9 Question 06:50
• 10 Ride My See-Saw 04:20

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Graeme Edge - drums, vocals; Justin Hayward - guitar, vocals; John Lodge - bass, vocals; Patrick Moraz - keyboards, vocals; Ray Thomas - flute, percussion, vocals

This show features The Moody Blues showcasing most of their biggest hits, but only about half of the entire show is presented on this night at Chicago's Poplar Creek.

While the U.K. band had been enormously popular in the late 1960s and in first half of the '70s, they had not toured extensively in the U.S. and didn't work at all between 1974 and 1978. The much ballyhooed "Octave" reunion tour in 1978 re-established the band as one of premier classic British rock bands and started a cycle of almost yearly U.S. summer tours, which continues to this day.

The classic line-up of Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas and keyboardist Mike Pinder all participated in the '78 reunion LP, but Pinder was so upset with the outcome of the record he left the band before the tour. He was replaced by former Refugee keyboardist Patrick Moraz (a Swiss musician very much in the style of Keith Emerson), who remained in the Moodies through the end of 1990.

The Moody Blues began as an R&B/pop act out of Birmingham, England in May, 1964. The original line-up only included Thomas and Edge from this 1981 version, and the sound was completely different from what they became in 1967. With charismatic singer/guitarist Denny Laine on lead vocals, the band had a massive Top 10 hit in 1965 with a soulful cover of "Go Now," a song originally recorded by American R&B singer, Bessie Banks. The success of "Go Now," got them a label deal with Deram Records, a division of London Records (original home of The Rolling Stones). A tour opening for The Beatles followed, and hopes were high for The Moody Blues to be The Next Big Thing.

Unfortunately, the band could never come up with a successful follow-up single. By the fall of 1966, Laine (and original bassist Clint Warwick) were gone, replaced by Lodge and Hayward. With the advent of the psychedelic era (and the use of mind altering drugs), The Moody Blues purchased one of the very first Mellotrons (the forerunner to the modern synthesizer) and changed their sound to a dreamy, progressive blend of rock, folk and classical.

They re-emerged in 1967, with Days Of Future Passed , the first album to feature a rock band and full orchestra. From that came the smash single, "Nights In White Satin," which was followed by a string of popular LPs and singles, that included "Question," "Ride My See Saw," "I'm Just A Singer In A Rock N Roll Band," "The Voice" and "The Story In Your Eyes," all of which are faithfully executed at this show, originally recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour.

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How Long Distance Voyager revitalised The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues 1981 album Long Distance Voyager got them to No. 1 in America and helped make the band superstars again

It was the album that firmly brought The Moody Blues into the 1980s. It was also the one that precipitated a potentially damaging court case between the band and a former member, while also seeing them finally recording in their own studio, nearly a decade after it was built.

The album was Long Distance Voyager , and it gave the Moodies a massive commercial and artistic boost, proving their decision in 1977 to reunite after a three-year hiatus was a credible move.

“ The Octave album [which was released in 1978] was a difficult one to make,” recalls the band’s bassist and vocalist  John Lodge . “We began it at the Record Plant in LA, but it burned down. So we moved to Indigo Ranch Studios, but had a lot of trouble there.”

Adding to the band’s problems, keyboard player Mike Pinder decided he didn’t want to tour any more, forcing them to bring in former Yes man Patrick Moraz when the Moodies went out on the road in support of Octave . And he was the obvious choice to replace Pinder in the studio for the next album.

“Patrick brought a greater awareness of modern technology into the band,” says guitarist and vocalist Justin Hayward . “He introduced us to programming, sampling and what computers could do in general for our music. Our personal relationship with him wasn’t great, but there’s no doubting he did a lot of brilliant things musically.”

The loss of founder member Pinder wasn’t the only radical change facing Lodge, Hayward, Ray Thomas (flute/harmonica/vocals) and Graeme Edge (drums). Long-time producer Tony Clarke, who had worked on every Moody Blues album since 1967’s Days Of Future Passed , also decided to bow out.

“We were all having personal problems at the time of Octave ,” sighs Lodge. “So, Tony decided to walk away. The guy I immediately thought of to produce us was Pip Williams. I’d worked with him on the song Threw It All Away , which was the B-side of my 1980 solo single Street Café . I liked his approach because he added some rock’n’roll to what we did. Pip had worked with Status Quo , and he brought that edge into what we were doing.”

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Hayward also feels that engineer Greg Jackman played a crucial role in the studio.

“I met Greg when I was doing some recording at RAK Studios in London. He’d been closely associated with Mickie Most, and we felt he would be a great partner for Pip on the production side. Greg had a very modern approach to recording. This was, for instance, the first time we’d ever used timecode. That meant we didn’t have to get things spot on all the way through. If I made a mistake, then it could be easily corrected without facing having to do the entire sequence all over again.”

For the first time, the band also used their own Threshold Studios in Cobham, Surrey to do a Moody Blues album.

“Justin and I had done the Blue Jays album there in 1975,” says Lodge. “And I’d done my Natural Avenue solo record there two years later. But we’d just not done a Moodies album at the place.”

“There’s a simple reason why the band hadn’t recorded there before,” chuckles Hayward. “It might have been built in 1972, but it hadn’t been ready for us to go in and do a Moody Blues record. Now it was, so it seemed daft to spend money elsewhere when we had this facility available.”

The band were originally due to start recording in October 1980. But in the end, this was delayed by four months, due to the major changes outlined earlier.

“We just had to rethink what we were doing,” admits Lodge. “And we just weren’t ready to go into the studio by the time we were supposed to be. However, I believe this worked in our favour because when we did get things finalised, the songs and our attitude couldn’t have been better.”

The album was recorded in a two-month period, with both Hayward and Lodge giving enormous credit to Williams for the way it comes across.

“Pip worked so well with us,” reveals Lodge. “He made the entire process painless, and also gave the music a real lift.”

“What Pip did was update The Moody Blues without changing us,” adds Hayward. “We are a band who are difficult to produce, yet strangely easy to engineer. But Pip got beyond the problems and revitalised us. It was such a breath of fresh air after Octave .”

It’s often been debated as to whether Long Distance Voyager is a concept album at all. But it turns out that the definitive answer to this question from the band themselves is… well, there is no definitive answer.

“As far as I’m concerned, there is a loose concept linking some of the songs,” reveals Lodge. “I suppose you could say that it’s all about the further things are taken on a personal level, the more they remain the same. But not all the tracks are linked in this way. Which is why there was no preconceived plan to make this a concept album as such.”

“There is no concept at all,” states Hayward. “No subject matter links the songs. We actually had the album title Long Distance Voyager in mind before we finished recording, but this was just a jumble of words that appealed to us. There was no grand design behind the choice at all.”

The cover also happened by accident, as Lodge explains.

“We did a photo session in London, at a museum. And on the wall was a sepia print that caught my attention. It seemed to tell the story of the Long Distance Voyager , so I suggested we should use it for the album sleeve, just adding in the Voyager spacecraft – and it worked really well. Some time later, I came across the original painting in a South London antiques store and bought it.”

“It’s amazing how many people look at the cover and don’t spot the spacecraft,” laughs Hayward. “I think this was so much better than the Octave cover, which has the band on it. There’s a lot more detail to hold people’s attention.”

In May 1981, when Long Distance Voyager was scheduled for release, the band’s label London/Decca, was undergoing a major upheaval. This would have been of considerable concern to most big acts signed to the company, but as Hayward explains, it actually worked to The Moody Blues’ advantage.

“A lot of people who were working for the label saw us as being well past our commercial peak. Octave had done OK (No.6 in the UK and No.13 in America), but there hadn’t been a big hit single on it (although Steppin’ In A Slide Zone got to No.39 in the US), and the feeling we got was they didn’t care about the band any more. Then, suddenly, all these people were gone, and the new lot who came in were incredibly enthusiastic about us! They heard Long Distance Voyager and thought it fitted perfectly into what FM radio was doing in the States. That was becoming more pop-oriented, and our approach on the album was exactly right for the new format. 

“We’d been lucky once before with US radio, because Days Of Future Passed came out when FM radio first happened, and it had the right sound to come across brilliantly on air.”

However, the band faced a court battle before they could finally relax and get the album out. It was a lawsuit brought against them by a combination of Pinder and Clarke. 

“Mike had brought the original case against us,” explains Hayward. “And his lawyers decided to add weight to their side by including Tony Clarke.”

What was the crux of the lawsuit?

“Oh, Mike and Tony felt that without their involvement, we shouldn’t be using the name The Moody Blues,” shrugs Lodge. “We knew it was coming because the label had inside information on what they were planning, and warned us what to expect. But we kept on the sidelines and let our legal people deal with it all. The case did end up in court, but the final judgement was in our favour so it didn’t derail us at all.”

Pinder appeared to feel that the band had sidelined him, and while he wasn’t prepared to tour, nonetheless he was ready to contribute to new music in the studio. However, this claim is hotly disputed by Lodge.

“As far as we were all concerned, Mike had fully left us. He never said that he wanted to remain a recording member. He gave us the impression he was quitting The Moody Blues permanently. We never froze him out.”

Long Distance Voyager got to No.7 in the UK charts, a place lower than Octave , but in America it was the band’s second chart-topper, following in the footsteps of Seventh Sojourn in 1972. What helped to propel this success were two Top 20 hits in the States, namely Gemini Dream , which peaked at No.12, and The Voice , which got to No.15.

“ Gemini Dream was originally called  Touring The USA ,” says Lodge. “It was the first song we recorded for the album, and it was written after we’d spent 18 months on the road in America. It was about the way you become two different people when you’re in a high-profile band. There’s the person onstage, and then there’s the private version of you.”

“We never thought Gemini Dream would be a big single for us,” admits Hayward. “Come to think of it, The Voice never stood out for us either. Those choices were left to the label. They understood that sort of thing better than us.”

Both Hayward and Lodge now believe that Long Distance Voyager should be considered one of the Moodies’ most crucial releases.

“I regard it as being the natural successor to S eventh Sojourn ,” says Hayward. “This was a case of the right album at the right time. It was very introspective yet also accessible.”

“This was the start of a new chapter in our career,” explains Lodge. “Every song on the album was approached differently, but we were firing on all cylinders, the atmosphere in the studio was great, and it gave us a new lease of life.

“But it did spoil things a little for us,” he adds. “We tried to recreate the vibe on our next album, The Present, working again with Pip and Greg. But it didn’t work. That made us appreciate how special Long Distance Voyager was.” 

This article originally appeared in issue 48 of Prog Magazine.

Malcolm Dome had an illustrious and celebrated career which stretched back to working for  Record Mirror  magazine in the late 70s and  Metal Fury  in the early 80s before joining  Kerrang!  at its launch in 1981. His first book,  Encyclopedia Metallica , published in 1981, may have been the inspiration for the name of a certain band formed that same year. Dome is also credited with inventing the term "thrash metal" while writing about the  Anthrax  song  Metal Thrashing Mad  in 1984. With the launch of Classic Rock magazine in 1998 he became involved with that title, sister magazine Metal Hammer, and was a contributor to Prog magazine since its inception in 2009. He died in 2021 . 

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