The Bunnymen site is back up, and manages to unlock some mysteries for us, yet opens some others !
The site lists all the gigs on the joint headline tour in 1987, in which the bands alternated headlining duties. We know from some recordings which bands headlined which show, and this is confirmed by the Bunnymen setlist archive.
Below is the full tour schedule. H denotes the Bunnymen headlined the night.
13/8 Minneapolis Northrup Auditorium H
15/8 Clarkston Pine Knob H
16/8 Chicago Poplar Creek
18/8 Mansfield Great Woods H
21/8 Columbus Ohio
22/8 Cleveland Nautica Stage
24/8 Philadelphia Mann Music Center
25/8 New York Pier 84 H
26/8 New York Pier 84
28/8 Wantagh, New York H
31/8 Jones Beach, New York
1/9 Montreal University H
3/9 Toronto CNE
4/9 Darien Lakes Amusement Park H
5/9 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
8/9 Denver Red Rocks Amphitheatre H
9/9 Salt Lake City
11/9 San Diego H
12/9 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
13/9 Inglewood Forum, LA H
15/9 Phoenix Arizona
18/9 Berkeley Greek Theatre H
19/9 Berkeley Greek Theatre
Two things immediately from this
- the show 21/8 is listed as Columbus Ohio Merriweather Post (NOT Washington....nobody has ever been able to confirm this show took place from a N.O. perspective, as there is no recording).
- Wantagh and Jones Beach are separate shows three days apart, unlike the one show listed on NOOL. Jones Beach Theater is at Wantagh, so unless they played here twice 4 days apart, there is an unaccounted for period in the middle of this tour. We have only part of the N.O. set at Jones Beach. There is no Washington date - unusual ?
