Even Now Tour

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Even Now Tour
Tour by Barry Manilow
Associated album Even Now
Start dateJune 23, 1978 (1978-06-23)
End dateNovember 3, 1978 (1978-11-03)
Legs2
No. of shows66 in North America
11 in Europe
77 total
Barry Manilow concert chronology
  • This One's for You Tour
    (1976-77)
  • Even Now Tour
    (1978)
  • 1980 World Tour
    (1980)

The Even Now Tour [1] (also known as the North American Tour and advertised as Barry Manilow in Concert) is the fourth concert tour by American recording artist Barry Manilow. The tour supports his fifth studio album Even Now (1978). Beginning in the summer of 1978, Manilow performed over 60 shows in North America and, marks the first time the singer performed in Europe.

Contents

During this jaunt, Manilow played 15 shows at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California; performing for 72,000 people. Footage of the concerts became the singer's first HBO special, airing in 1979. [2]

Opening act

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on July 17, 1978, at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

Act I
  1. "Here We Go Again"
  2. "New York City Rhythm"
  3. "Daybreak"
  4. "Even Now"
  5. "Jump Shout Boogie" / "Avenue C" / "Jumpin' at the Woodside" / "Cloudburst" / "Bandstand Boogie"
  6. "Ready to Take a Chance Again"
  7. "Weekend in New England"
  8. "Looks Like We Made It"
  9. "A Very Strange Medley"
Act II
  1. "Beautiful Music"
  2. "I Was a Fool (To Let You Go)"
  3. "All the Time"
  4. "Copacabana (At the Copa)"
  5. "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" / "This One's for You" / "Could It Be Magic" / "Mandy" / "Could It Be Magic" (Reprise)
  6. "It's a Miracle"
  7. "Can't Smile Without You"
Encore
  1. "I Write the Songs"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [3]
June 23, 1978 Providence United States Providence Civic Center
June 24, 1978
June 25, 1978
June 28, 1978 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 29, 1978
June 30, 1978
July 1, 1978
July 3, 1978 Holmdel Township Garden State Arts Center
July 4, 1978
July 5, 1978
July 6, 1978
July 7, 1978
July 8, 1978
July 9, 1978 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 12, 1978 Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell West
July 13, 1978
July 16, 1978 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
July 17, 1978
July 18, 1978
July 20, 1978 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 21, 1978
July 22, 1978
July 23, 1978
July 25, 1978 Highland Park Ravinia Pavilion
July 26, 1978
July 28, 1978 New York City Forest Hills Stadium
July 29, 1978
July 31, 1978 Boston Harvard Stadium
August 3, 1978 Las Vegas Versailles Room
August 4, 1978
August 5, 1978
August 8, 1978
August 9, 1978
August 10, 1978
August 11, 1978
August 12, 1978
August 13, 1978
August 14, 1978
August 15, 1978
August 16, 1978
August 19, 1978 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 20, 1978
August 22, 1978 [A] Chicago Hyatt Regency Ballroom
August 23, 1978 Concord Concord Pavilion
August 24, 1978
August 27, 1978 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
August 28, 1978
August 29, 1978
August 30, 1978
August 31, 1978
September 1, 1978
September 2, 1978
September 3, 1978
September 12, 1978
September 13, 1978
September 14, 1978
September 15, 1978
September 16, 1978
September 17, 1978
September 18, 1978
September 22, 1978 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
September 24, 1978 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 25, 1978Philadelphia Spectrum
September 26, 1978
September 29, 1978Chicago Chicago Stadium
September 30, 1978
Europe [4]
October 9, 1978 London England London Palladium
October 10, 1978
October 11, 1978
October 12, 1978
October 13, 1978
October 14, 1978
October 16, 1978 Amsterdam Netherlands Concertgebouw
October 23, 1978LondonEngland Royal Albert Hall
October 25, 1978 Paris Netherlands L'Olympia
October 31, 1978 Frankfurt West Germany Jahrhunderthalle
November 3, 1978 Munich Kongressaal
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of the "Radio Programming Conference" [5]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
July 22, 1978 Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Paul Civic Center Cancelled
July 23, 1978 St. Louis, Missouri Checkerdome Cancelled
October 18, 1978 Copenhagen, Denmark Falkoner Teatret Cancelled
October 26, 1978 Brussels, Belgium Cirque Royal Cancelled

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets Sold / AvailableGross Revenue
Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison18,000 / 18,000 (100%)$177,218 [6]
Concord PavilionConcord15,298 / 15,298 (100%)$128,074 [7]
Riverfront ColiseumCincinnati12,105 / 12,105 (100%)$136,666 [8]

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References

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