Lullaby Tour

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Lullaby Tour
Tour by Book of Love
BoLLive.jpg
LocationUnited States
Associated album Lullaby
Start date
  • 17 December 1988 (warm-up)
  • 23 February 1989 (official)
End date31 October 1989
Legs4
No. of shows64
Book of Love concert chronology
  • Club Tour '86
    (1986–87)
  • Lullaby Tour
    (1988–89)
  • Candy Carol Tour
    (1991)

The Lullaby Tour was a concert tour by American electronic music group Book of Love, in support of the act's second studio album, Lullaby , which was released in July 1988. The band had originally intended to tour in the fall of 1988, but the illness of a band member delayed the tour until 1989. [1] The second single from the album and title track "Lullaby" was released on January 4, 1989, to coincide with the tour.

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The band played several warm up shows in N.Y.C., Texas, and Oklahoma in late December 1988, with the official U.S. tour beginning in late February 1989, and lasting for four months, ending in June 1989. [2] [3] The band played two shows around Halloween in Baltimore and D.C. to promote the "Witchcraft" single. [4]

The first show of the official tour took place at Club Axis in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 23, 1989. [3] Throughout the tour, various local bands in each city functioned as the opening act. The band took two weeks out of their tour schedule in mid-April to remix the track "Witchcraft", and another week in May to edit the song for the next single. [5] The tour concluded with the two consecutive nights at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1989. [4]

Props used on the tour were Lite-Brites and large framed portrait paintings of the band painted by Susan Ottaviano. [6] The set included a cover of ABBA's "S.O.S.", and also the band's cover of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", which was performed as a separate song, instead of a medley with "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls". For the encore performance of "Witchcraft", the band donned witches' hats. [7]

The setlist was evenly divided between new Lullaby album tracks (up to eight new songs), and tracks from their debut, Book of Love . [3]

Setlist

Handwritten setlist from the tour LullabyTourSetlist.jpg
Handwritten setlist from the tour

Sample of a setlist from the tour. [3]

  1. "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls"
  2. "Melt My Heart"
  3. "Happy Day"
  4. "Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes)"
  5. "Oranges and Lemons"
  6. "You Look Through Me"
  7. "Boy"
  8. "You Make Me Feel So Good"
  9. "With a Little Love" (Ted Ottaviano on lead vocals)
  10. "S.O.S." (ABBA cover)
  11. "Book of Love"
  12. "I Touch Roses"
    Encore
  13. "Tubular Bells"
  14. "Lullaby"
  15. "Witchcraft"

Tour dates

List of Book of Love's Lullaby Tour dates. LullabyTourDates.jpg
List of Book of Love's Lullaby Tour dates.
DateCityCountryVenue
Pre-Lullaby Tour warm-up dates [2]
17 December 1988 New York City United States Pyramid Club
27 December 1988 Beaumont Rhinestones
28 December 1988 San Antonio Rock Wave
29 December 1988 Austin Curfew
30 December 1988 Dallas Club Clearview
31 December 1988 Houston Fame City
Club 6400
2 January 1989 Norman The Edge
U.S.A. Lullaby Tour, Leg #1 [3]
23 February 1989 Boston United StatesClub Axis
24 February 1989New York City The Ritz
25 February 1989 Ocean City Scandals
26 February 1989 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
27 February 1989
28 February 1989 Philadelphia The Chestnut Cabaret
2 March 1989 Pittsburgh Metropol
3 March 1989 Detroit St. Andrews
4 March 1989 Rochester University of Rochester
6 March 1989 Cleveland Fantasy Theatre
7 March 1989 Chicago Cabaret Metro
8 March 1989 Minneapolis First Avenue
9 March 1989 Milwaukee Bermuda Club
10 March 1989 Grinnell Grinnell College
12 March 1989 Galveston KRBE Spring Break
13 March 1989HoustonX-cess
14 March 1989 New Orleans Tipitina's
15 March 1989BeaumontImages
16 March 1989San AntonioTramps
17 March 1989AustinCurfew
18 March 1989DallasClub Clearview
20 March 1989 Tulsa Beat Club
21 March 1989 Stillwater Stillwater
22 March 1989NormanThe Edge
24 March 1989 El Paso Mesa Inn Ballroom
26 March 1989 San Diego Bacchanel
27 March 1989 Laguna Hills Post Nuclear
28 March 1989 Los Angeles The Palace
30 March 1989 San Francisco The Fillmore
31 March 1989 Santa Clara One Step Beyond
2 April 1989 Coeur d'Alene n/a
4 April 1989 Seattle Oz
5 April 1989 Vancouver Changes Niteclub
7 April 1989 Salt Lake City 49th Street Galleria
9 April 1989 Phoenix After The Gold Rush
11 April 1989 Denver Rock Island
U.S.A. Lullaby Tour, Leg #2 [3]
2 May 1989 Virginia Beach United StatesPeabody's
3 May 1989 Richmond The Library
4 May 1989 Baltimore Max's On Broadway
6 May 1989Ocean CityScandals
7 May 1989 Charlotte Pterodactyl
9 May 1989 Jacksonville Einstein A Go Go
11 May 1989 Orlando Visage
12 May 1989
13 May 1989 Tampa Masquerade
15 May 1989 West Palm Beach Respectable Street
16 May 1989 Miami Club Nu
17 May 1989 Gainesville n/a
18 May 1989 Atlanta The Cotton Club
19 May 1989 Athens Uptown
28 May 1989San FranciscoConcert Against AIDS Benefit
The Gift Center
29 May 1989 San Jose Cactus Club
27 June 1989 Philadelphia Kirks
28 June 1989 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
29 June 1989
"Witchcraft" dates [4]
30 October 1989BaltimoreUnited StatesMax's On Broadway
31 October 1989Washington, D.C.9:30 Club

Performers

Crew

Source: [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Book of Love (1988). "On Tour". Love Letter. Fall 1988 (9). Book of Love: 2.
  2. 1 2 Book of Love (1989). "On The Road Again". Love Letter. Spring '89 (#10). Book of Love: 4, 5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Book of Love (1989). "USA Tour Itinerary". Love Letter. Summer '89 (#11). Book of Love: 8.
  4. 1 2 3 Book of Love (1989). "The Blessed Event". Love Letter. Christmas '89 (#12). Book of Love: 3.
  5. ↑ Book of Love (1989). "Spreading Joy To The World". Love Letter. Summer '89 (#11). Book of Love: 4, 5.
  6. ↑ Book of Love (1989). "Jade, Susan, Which Is Witch?". Love Letter. Christmas '89 (#12). Book of Love: 2.
  7. ↑ Book of Love (1989). "Bookies". Love Letter. Christmas '89 (#12). Book of Love: 9.
  8. ↑ Book of Love (1989). "Table of Contents: Back Cover photo". Love Letter. Summer '89 (#11). Book of Love: 2.
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