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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!
  
 
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Revision as of 01:48, 25 March 2011


1979-11-16
1979 11 16 photo.jpg
a photo from today - copyright Doug Chappel
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a photo from today's soundcheck - copyright Craig Betts
1979 11 16 flyer.jpg
a flyer for this concert
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

Among the songs played were:

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.

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

This section needs more information.

External links

This section needs more information.

References

sources: ticket, flyer, photos, review, Gary Topp, Shades - March / April 1980, Jim Vallance homepage, Jeff Boynton (from Wazmo Nariz)