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!  colspan="2" | <big>1979-11-16</big>
 
!  colspan="2" | <big>1979-11-16</big>
 
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | a photo from today - copyright Doug Chappel
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image: 1979_early.jpg|200px]]
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | a postcard with a photo from today
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|  colspan="2" align="center" | a flyer for this concert
 
|  colspan="2" align="center" | a flyer for this concert
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | a ticket for this concert
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Stewart Copeland]]'s drumsticks from this concert - provided by The Mods' David Quinton
 
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!  colspan="2" | Performance summary
 
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| <b>Support acts:</b>
 
| <b>Support acts:</b>
| Wazmo Nariz, The Mods
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| Wazmo Nariz, The Mods, Leroy Sibbles
 
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=Setlist=
 
=Setlist=
Among the songs played were [[Truth Hits Everybody]], [[Message In A Bottle]], [[Roxanne]] and [[Can't Stand Losing You]].
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* [[Next To You]]
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* [[So Lonely]]
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* [[Truth Hits Everybody]]
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* [[Walking On The Moon]]
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* [[Hole In My Life]]
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* [[Deathwish]]
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* [[Fall Out]]
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* [[Bring On The Night]]
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* [[Message In A Bottle]]
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* [[The Bed's Too Big Without You]]
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* [[Peanuts]]
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* [[Roxanne]]
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* [[Can't Stand Losing You]]  
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* [[Landlord]]
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* [[Born In The 50's]]
  
 
=Recording information=
 
=Recording information=
''This section needs more information. Please note if an official or unofficial recording, or recording(s), is known to exists of this performance.''
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There's an audio recording of one concert.
  
 
=Trivia=
 
=Trivia=
The flyer announces two gigs at 7:30pm and 11pm. According to local promoter Gary Topp there were altogether about 1200 people attending [[The Police]]'s two shows.
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* The flyer announces two gigs at 7:30pm and 11pm. According to local promoter Gary Topp there were altogether about 1200 people attending [[The Police]]'s two shows.
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* Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance were in the audience for one show.
  
Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance were in the audience for one show.
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* There's a possibility that there were separate support acts for the two shows. Leroy Sibbles was a support act for the 2nd show.
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* Between their two concerts [[The Police]] gave a gold record for [[Outlandos d'Amour]] to promoters Gary & Gary who continued to book them although their very first concert at the [[Horseshoe]] on [[1978-11-02]] only attracted 19 people!
  
 
=See also=
 
=See also=
''This section needs more information.''
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The otherwise useless book [[Old Wave, Cold Wave, New Wave, Dark Wave]] features a nice [[Peter Noble]] photo from today on its cover.
  
 
=External links=
 
=External links=
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=References=
 
=References=
sources: ticket, flyer, review, personal information, Jim Vallance homepage
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sources: ticket, flyer, ad (with 7:30 and 11:30 times), photos, review, Gary Topp, Shades - March / April [[1980]], Jim Vallance homepage, [[Jeff Boynton]] (from Wazmo Nariz)
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[[1979-11-17 | next entry ==>]]
  
 
[[Category:1979]] [[Category:1979-1980 Reggatta de Blanc Tour]]
 
[[Category:1979]] [[Category:1979-1980 Reggatta de Blanc Tour]]

Latest revision as of 06:30, 14 December 2022


<== previous entry

1979-11-16
1979 11 16 photo.jpg
a photo from today - copyright Doug Chappel
1979 early.jpg
a postcard with a photo from today
1979 11 16 flyer.jpg
a flyer for this concert
1979 11 16 ticket toronto.jpg
a ticket for this concert
1979 11 16 drumsticks David Quinton.jpg
Stewart Copeland's drumsticks from this concert - provided by The Mods' David Quinton
Performance summary
Artist performing: The Police
Tour: 1979-1980 Reggatta de Blanc Tour
Venue: Music Hall Theatre
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Support acts: Wazmo Nariz, The Mods, Leroy Sibbles
Ticket prices: C$ 7,70


On 1979-11-16, The Police performed at the Danforth Music Hall Theatre in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Setlist

Recording information

There's an audio recording of one concert.

Trivia

  • The flyer announces two gigs at 7:30pm and 11pm. According to local promoter Gary Topp there were altogether about 1200 people attending The Police's two shows.
  • Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance were in the audience for one show.
  • There's a possibility that there were separate support acts for the two shows. Leroy Sibbles was a support act for the 2nd show.

See also

The otherwise useless book Old Wave, Cold Wave, New Wave, Dark Wave features a nice Peter Noble photo from today on its cover.

External links

This section needs more information.

References

sources: ticket, flyer, ad (with 7:30 and 11:30 times), photos, review, Gary Topp, Shades - March / April 1980, Jim Vallance homepage, Jeff Boynton (from Wazmo Nariz)


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