TOURS

Rip It Up, Issue 15, 1 September 1978, Page 3

TOURS

By now you shouldn’t need to be told about Graham Parker and the Rumour. The intelligent among you will have booked seats, the rest of you bozos will just have to take what’s left. Parker begins the tour in Dunedin on September 3 and concludes in Auckland with two shows, September 7 and 8. Don't miss it. The only other confirmed dates are for a Don McLean tour (this time with a band) which begins in Auckland on October 10, continues in Wellington on the 11th and concludes in Christchurch on October 13. David Bowie is also confirmed for two dates in NZ. He’ll play Christchurch’s QE II Park on November 30 and Auckland's Western Springs, December 3. Beyond that, all we can offer you is Peter Frampton and Olivia Newton-John in November, and some very intriguing rumours . . . one of which claims that Elvis Costello is booked for three dates, 8, 9 and 10 of November. Who knows? And even more intriguing is the gossip that has the Stones playing Auckland on Guy Fawkes night, November 5 ... but we can definitely tell you that Patti Smith will not make NZ this year, but there’s a possibility for early next year. Meanwhile the proposed tours by Roberta Flack, Muddy Waters and War have all been postponed but may well be rescheduled . . . and that’s all we could find out. TOUR DATES Little River Band September 4, Auckland Town Hall. Graham Parker and The Rumour September 3, Dunedin Regent Theatre, September 4 Christchurch Town Hall, September 6 Wellington Town Hall and September 7 & 8 Auckland Town Hall. Don McLean October 10 Auckland, Oc-

tober 11 Wellington and October 13 Christchurch. Dragon September 26 Auckland Town Hall, September 27 Claudelands Showgrounds (Hamilton), September 28 Regent Theatre, Palmerston North and September 29 Wellington Town Hall. Dragon Tour Dragon, one of the top rock band's in Australia, return home to play a North island tour in late September. The dates are: Auckland Town Hall, September 26; Claudelands’ Showgrounds Hamilton, September 27; Regents Theatre, Palmerston North, September 28 and Wellington Town Hall, September 29. The support act throughout the tour will be Auckland band Th’ Dudes. This short tour will presumably be the group’s last concerts in this part of the world for a short time as, on October 9th, Dragon

fly to the United States for a promotional visit. This visit will be to promote their new American album, Are You Old Enough, which is in fact assembled out of Dragon’s second Australian album, Running Free, and their new Australian album, O Zambezi. The American released album will include a re-

mixed version of ‘‘April Sun in Cuba”, which has been issued there as the new single. The new single in Australia and NZ, however, will be “Are You Old Enough” from the O Zambezi album. John McCready, NZ manager of CBS Records, who has recently returned from the CBS Records Convention, reports that the Dragon album was received enthusiastically by American representatives of the company and was one of only five albums to be so acclaimed. McCready is confident that this augurs well for the Stateside promotion the album should receive, and predicts that Dragon with such organisational muscle behind them, should make a substantial impact there.