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Laughter & Lust Tour

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Click on a date to see a set list for that concert.
Opening acts are given in square brackets (for abbreviations see bottom of page).


Club Tour prior to recording ("Work It All Out Tour")

On this mini tour JJ tried out the new material he had written for the Laughter & Lust album by performing it in clubs and other small venues. The idea was basically to gauge audience reactions to the new songs.

Line-up:
Joe Jackson (voc, keyb)
Joy Askew (keyb, voc)
Graham Maby (b, voc)
Tom Teeley (g, voc, keyb)
Sue Hadjopoulos (perc, voc)
Dan Hickey (dr)


 Wed, 12 Sep 1990   US   New Haven, CT, Toad's Place (?)
 Fri, 14 Sep 1990   US   Boston, MA, Citi Club [LC]
 Sat, 15 Sep 1990   US   Boston, MA, Citi Club [LC]
 Mon, 17 Sep 1990   US   Kingston, RI
 Tue, 18 Sep 1990   US   Poughkeepsie, NY, The Chance [LC]
           ? 1990   US   Georgetown, Washington, DC, Bayou
 Fri, 21 Sep 1990   CA   Montreal, Spectrum
 Sat, 22 Sep 1990   CA   Montreal, Spectrum
 Mon, 24 Sep 1990   CA   Ottawa, Barrymore's
 Tue, 25 Sep 1990   CA   Toronto, The Diamond [LC]
 Wed, 26 Sep 1990   CA   Toronto, The Diamond
 Sat, 29 Sep 1990   US   Detroit, MI, St. Andrew's Hall
 Sun, 30 Sep 1990   US   Ann Arbor, MI, Power Center
 Tue,  2 Oct 1990   US   Cincinnati, OH, Bogarts
 Thu,  4 Oct 1990   US   Chicago, IL, Park West
 Fri,  5 Oct 1990   US   Chicago, IL, Park West
 Sat,  6 Oct 1990   US   Chicago, IL, Park West
 Tue,  9 Oct 1990   US   Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall
 Wed, 10 Oct 1990   US   Cleveland, OH, Empire
 Thu, 11 Oct 1990   US   Pittsburgh, PA, Metropol
 Sat, 13 Oct 1990   US   Philadelphia, PA
 Sun, 14 Oct 1990   US   Baltimore, MD, Hammerjacks
 Tue, 16?Oct 1990   US   Newark, DE, The Stone Balloon
 Thu, 18 Oct 1990   US   New York, NY, (?) Marquee
 Fri, 19 Oct 1990   US   New York, NY, (?) Lone Star Roadhouse
 Sat, 20 Oct 1990   US   New York, NY, (?) Bottom Line
 Tue, 23 Oct 1990   US   Washington, DC, The Bayou
 Thu, 25 Oct 1990   US   Lido Beach, NY, Malibu Night Club

Laughter & Lust Tour proper

Line-up:
Joe Jackson (voc, keyb)
Ed Roynesdal (keyb, violin)
Graham Maby (b, voc)
Tom Teeley (g, voc, keyb)
Sue Hadjopoulos (perc, voc)
Mindy Jostyn (voc, g, harmonica, violin)
Dan Hickey (dr)


 Sat, 18 May 1991   DE   Münster, Halle Münsterland
 Sun, 19 May 1991   DE   Frankfurt, Alte Oper
 Mon, 20 May 1991   NL   Landgraaf, Draf- en renbaan (open air) (Pinkpop festival; running order:
Tragically Hip, Walter Trout Band, Tröckener Kecks, Primus, Luka Bloom,
An Emotional Fish, Joe Jackson, Living Colour, Lenny Kravitz, Happy Mondays) Wed, 22 May 1991 UK Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall Thu, 23 May 1991 UK Manchester, Apollo [JQ] Sat, 25 May 1991 UK Glasgow, Barrowlands Sun, 26 May 1991 UK Birmingham, Symphony Hall Mon, 27 May 1991 UK London, Hammersmith Odeon [JQ] Tue, 28 May 1991 UK London, Hammersmith Odeon [JQ] Fri, 31 May 1991 DE Hamburg, CCH 1 Sun, 2 Jun 1991 NL Rotterdam, De Doelen [HC] Mon, 3 Jun 1991 NL Amsterdam, RAI Congrescentrum [HC] Tue, 4 Jun 1991 BE Brussels, Cirque Royale [HC] Thu, 6 Jun 1991 FR Paris, Le Zénith Fri, 7 Jun 1991 FR Orange, Arena (cancelled because of rain, new date: 27 June) Sun, 9 Jun 1991 CH Lausanne, Théâtre Beaulieu Mon, 10 Jun 1991 CH Zurich, Kongresshaus Tue, 11 Jun 1991 IT Milan, Smeraldo [HC] Wed, 12 Jun 1991 IT Milan, Smeraldo [HC] Sat, 15 Jun 1991 DE Düsseldorf, Philipshalle [HC] Sun, 16 Jun 1991 DE Stuttgart, Liederhalle Mon, 17 Jun 1991 DE Munich, Circus Krone Thu, 20 Jun 1991 ES Madrid, Palacio de Congresos [HC] Fri, 21 Jun 1991 ES Barcelona, Palau de la Musica Sun, 23 Jun 1991 FR Toulouse, Palais de Sport [HC] Mon, 24 Jun 1991 FR Bordeaux, Médoquine [HC] Wed, 26 Jun 1991 FR Grenoble, Summum [HC] Thu, 27 Jun 1991 FR Orange, Arena (open air) [HC] Fri, 28 Jun 1991 FR Nice, Théàtre de Verdur [HC] Sat, 29 Jun 1991 FR Belfort (Eurockéennes festival) [HC] Fri, 12 Jul 1991 US Washington, DC, Constitution Hall [JS] Sat, 13 Jul 1991 US Hartford, CT, Bushnell Auditorium Mon, 15 Jul 1991 US New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall [JS] Tue, 16 Jul 1991 US New York, NY, Radio City Music Hall [JS] Wed, 17 Jul 1991 US Philadelphia, PA, Tower Theatre Sat, 20 Jul 1991 US Boston, MA, Orpheum Theatre [JS] Sun, 21 Jul 1991 US Lowell, MA, Lowell Memorial Auditorium [JS] Tue, 23 Jul 1991 CA Montreal, Théâtre St-Denis Wed, 24 Jul 1991 CA Toronto, Massey Hall Sat, 27 Jul 1991 US Royal Oak, MI, Royal Oak Music Theatre [JS] Sun, 28 Jul 1991 US Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre (2 nights?) 1991 US Detroit, MI, St Andrews Hall Sat, 3 Aug 1991 US Berkeley, CA, Greek Theatre (open air) [JS] Tue, 6 Aug 1991 US Universal City, CA, Universal Amphitheatre [JS] Wed, 7 Aug 1991 US Hollywood, CA, The Roxy Thu, 8 Aug 1991 US San Diego, CA, State University Auditorium (open air) 1991 US Seattle, WA, Paramount Theater [JS] 1991 US Atlanta, GA Aug 1991 US Ann Arbor, MI, Power Center Wed, 28 Aug 1991 JP Tokyo, Nakano Sun Plaza Fri, 30 Aug 1991 JP Tokyo, Hitomi Kinue Memorial Hall Sat, 31 Aug 1991 JP Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Mon, 2 Sep 1991 JP Osaka, Kousei Nenkin Hall Mon, 16 Sep 1991 AU Perth, Concert Hall Sep 1991 AU Melbourne, State Theatre [DC] Fri, 20 Sep 1991 AU Sydney, State Theatre [DC]official video release Sat, 21 Sep 1991 AU Sydney, State Theatre [DC] opening acts: [DC] = Deborah Conway [HC] = Hue & Cry [JQ] = Jackie Quinn [JS] = Jill Sobule [LC] = Lori Carson

AU = Australia / BE = Belgium / CA = Canada / CH = Switzerland / DE = Germany / ES = Spain / FR = France / IT = Italy / JP = Japan / NL = Netherlands / UK = United Kingdom / US = United States


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