European Tour 89 Summary (long)

[Olof Bj|rner]

EUROPEAN TOUR '89.

Highlights:

* 21 shows, 71 songs!
* same band as 1988, but bassist Tony Garnier replaced Kenny Aaronson
beginning with the 2nd Dublin show due to Aaronson's illness.
* show structure as 1988:
6 electric (2nd often a 'surprise')
3-4 acoustic
3-4 electric
-- encore:
1-2 acoustic
1-2 electric (last number often Maggie's Farm (*sigh*))
* all shows had unique set lists
* no show in Germany, Austria or Switzerland!
* opening show originally planned in Oslo but cancelled.
* after Helsinki there were two shows planned in Leningrad,
but they too were cancelled for reasons unknown.
* Congratulations and Tears Of Rage (!) made their live debut
* a number of new covers:
You Don't Know Me
My True La-La (??) - rumored to be a new Dylan composition (!?!?!)
When Did You Leave Heaven (3rd live song from Down In The Groove)
Peace In The Valley
Pancho And Lefty
Making Me Believe (?)
And also an so far unknown song.
* Trail of the Buffalo played electric
* 1st live acoustic version of 'Every Grain of Sand' with harmonica!

Itinerary:

date location
---- --------
5/27 Christinehof, south of Sweden
5/28 Stockholm
5/30 Helsinki
6/3 Dublin
6/4 Dublin 1st show with Garnier
6/6 Glasgow
6/7 Birmingham
8 London
10 Den Haag
11 Brussels
13 Frejus, France with Ringo Starr on Highway 61 & Rolling Stone
15 Madrid
16 Barcelona
17 San Sebastian (Spain)
19 Milan
20 Rome
21 Cava dei Tirreni (south Italy)
22 Livorno
24 Istanbul
26 Patras, Greece
28 Athens with Van Morrison on two songs from Moondance
during encore.

In the table below A stands for Acoustic, + for a song that starts acoustic
and ends electric, and M for vocal by Van Morrison.


May June
27 28 20 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 16 17 20 20 21 22 24 26 28

Subterranean 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
You Don't Know Me 2 2
Most Likely 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Baby Blue 4 2 3
Big Girl Now 5 4 4 3 5 4 2 5 2
Like A Woman 6 4 5 5 5 3 5
Blowin' A 7 13 14 15 14 8 10
Don't Think 2 A 8 8 8 9 8 10
Gates Of Eden A 9 7 7 8 9 7
Silvio 10 11 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 11 12 11
Released 11 12 11 11 12 13 12 12 10 11 12 12 13
Rolling Stone 12 13 14 14 12 12 12 13 13 14 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 14 14 14
Girl Of North C A 13 16 8 8 8 8 15
Love To Rose + 14
Maggie's Farm 15 15 16 15 15 17 16 16 16 15 16 16 15 16 18 18
The Times 1 1
My True Lala (?) 2 1
Watchtower 3 6 17 6 6 5 15 4 15 10 16 6 10 3 16
Simple Twist 4 4 4 4 4 4

27 28 20 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 16 17 20 20 21 22 24 26 28

Thin Man 5 4 4 4 11 7 5
Highway 61 6 6 3 6 6 11 6 6 6 6 6 6
Tambourine Man A 7 8 8 8 9 7 9 9 14 9 7 14 9 9 9 8
Ain't Me Babe A 8 8 9 8 12 7 8 17
Eileen Aroon A 9 10 15
Knockin' + 10 11 10 14 14 15 15 9 9 10 10 15 14 15 11 11
Leave Heaven? 12 2
Boots Of Sp. L. A 14 10 13 7
Confidential 2
Hollis Brown 3 5 3 2 4 3
Memphis Blues 5 6 3 6 5 6 3 2
To Ramona A 7 9 14 14 7
Hattie Carroll A 9 9 9 15 15 9
In The Garden 13 11 12 10 12 12 13
The Times A 15 13 14 13 16
Remember You 2 2
John Brown 3 5 2 3 2
Every Grain 5
Water Is Wide 13

27 28 20 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 16 17 20 20 21 22 24 26 28
Masters Of War 3 3 3 3 3
Barbara Allen A 7 7 7 7 8 7 15
One Too Many M. A 13 14 14 9 16
Congratulations 2 16
Lonesome Town 2
Baby Tonight 4 5
Shelter 5 4 5 3 5 4
I Don't B. You 10 6
Trail Of Buffalo 11
On My Mind A 10 7 8
Pontchartrain A 7 8 15
Peace In The V. 14
Man Gave Names 15
Unknown Title 2 12
A Lot To Laugh 3
Song To Woody A 7
Sweet Marie 2
Hard Rain A 7
Forever Young + 10
Shot Of Love 5 4

27 28 20 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 13 15 16 17 20 20 21 22 24 26 28

Tangled Up 1
Pancho And Lefty 4
Real You At Last 5
I Want You 6
The Man In Me 10
Making Me Believe 2
Wade In The Water 6
Leopard-Skin 13
Tears Of Rage 2
Two Soldiers A 10
Every Grain A 9
Crazy Love M 17
And It Stoned Me M 18

Total # of songs 15 15 16 17 15 15 17 16 15 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 15 16 18 16 18

Olof Bj|rner
Enea Data, Taby, Sweden
ol...@enea.se