Look Sharp Tour
This page was last updated 16 Nov 2009. To send additions/corrections go to the contact page.
This page was last updated 16 Nov 2009. To send additions/corrections go to the contact page.
Line-up:
Joe Jackson (voc, p)
Graham Maby (b, voc)
Gary Sanford (g, voc)
Dave Houghton (dr, voc)
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).
| Fri, | 26 Jan 1979 | UK | Stafford, North Staffordshire Polytechnic (now:  Staffordshire University) |
| Sat, | 27 Jan 1979 | UK | Huddersfield, Polytechnic (now: University of Huddersfield) |
| Mon, | 29 Jan 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Tiffany's [BB,HB] |
| Tue, | 30 Jan 1979 | UK | Glasgow, Tiffany's |
| Thu, | 1 Feb 1979 | UK | London, Dingwalls |
| Fri, | 2 Feb 1979 | UK | Scarborough, Penthouse |
| Thu, | 8 Feb 1979 | UK | High Wycombe, Nag's Head (now: The Rainbow *) |
| Fri, | 9 Feb 1979 | UK | London, Marquee |
| Sat, | 10 Feb 1979 | UK | Retford, Porterhouse |
| Thu, | 15 Feb 1979 | UK | Sheffield, The Limit |
| Sat, | 17 Feb 1979 | UK | Birmingham, Barbarellas |
| Wed, | 21 Feb 1979 | UK | Southampton, University |
| Thu, | 22 Feb 1979 | UK | Leeds, Fan Club |
| Fri, | 23 Feb 1979 | UK | Beaconfield, Staffordshire Polytechnic (?) |
| Sat, | 24 Feb 1979 | UK | Manchester, Russell Club |
| Wed, | 28 Feb 1979 | UK | London, The Venue |
| Fri, | 9 March 1979 | UK | Liverpool, Eric's |
| Tue, | 13 March 1979 | UK | Sheffield, The Limit |
| April 1979 | US | New York, NY, The Mudd Club (first-ever US date, "secret gig") |
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| Wed, | 11 April 1979 | US | New York, NY, Hurrah's (another "secret gig") |
| Sat, | 14 April 1979 | US | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Wed, | 18 April 1979 | US | Rochester, NY, Red Creek [FC] |
| Fri, | 20 April 1979 | US | New York, NY, The Bottom Line |
| Sat, | 21 April 1979 | US | New York, NY, The Bottom Line |
| Mon, | 23 April 1979 | US | Washington, DC, Ontario Theater [IM] |
| Tue, | 24 April 1979 | US | Philadelphia, PA, Bijou Cafe [SE] |
| Wed, | 25 April 1979 | US | Washington, DC, The Bayou |
| Thu, | 26 April 1979 | US | Washington, DC, The Bayou |
| 1979 | US | Rensselaer, NY, Hullabaloo |
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| Apr/May 1979 | US | Syracuse, NY, Landmark Theatre |
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| Apr/May 1979 | US | Jackson, NJ, Great Adventure Amusement Park [X] |
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| Tue, | 1 May 1979 | US | New York, NY, Palladium |
| Wed, | 2 May 1979 | US | Austin, TX, Armadillo World Headquarters |
| Thu, | 3 May 1979 | US | Houston, TX, Texas Opry House |
| Sun, | 6 May 1979 | US | Denver, CO, Rainbow Music Hall [RG] |
| May 1979 | US | Cleveland, OH | |
| May 1979 | US | Hollywood, CA, Whisky a Go Go [SC] |
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| May 1979 | US | Hollywood, CA, Whisky a Go Go [SC] |
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| Sat, | 12 May 1979 | US | Hollywood, CA, Whisky a Go Go [SC] ("Throw It Away" and "Come On" on LP "Propaganda") |
| Mon, | 14 May 1979 | US | San Francisco, CA, Old Waldorf [TO] |
| Wed, | 16 May 1979 | US | Davis, CA, University of California, Davis |
| Sat, | 19 May 1979 | US | Bridgeview, IL |
| Sun, | 20 May 1979 | US | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, Punch and Judy Theater [RO] |
| Mon, | 21 May 1979 | CA | Toronto, El Mocambo |
| Tue, | 22 May 1979 | US | Buffalo, NY |
| Thu, | 24 May 1979 | US | Syracuse, NY, Uncle Sam's [FC] |
| Fri, | 25 May 1979 | US | Boston, MA |
| Sat, | 26 May 1979 | US | Schenectady, NY |
| Sun, | 27 May 1979 | US | Hartford, CT |
| Wed, | 30 May 1979 | US | Providence, RI |
| Thu, | 31 May 1979 | US | Long Island, NY |
| Fri, | 1 June 1979 | US | New York, NY, Palladium (US tour had to be cut short due to laryngitis) |
| Fri, | 15 June 1979 | NL | Eindhoven, De Effenaar |
| Sat, | 16 June 1979 | NL | Nijmegen, De Vereeniging |
| Sun, | 17 June 1979 | NL | Amsterdam, Paradiso [MF] |
| Mon, | 18 June 1979 | NL | Geleen, De Hanenhof |
| Tue, | 19 June 1979 | CH | Geneva, Guillaume Tell Palladium |
| Thu, | 21 June 1979 | FR | Paris, Le Bataclan |
| Thu, | 28 June 1979 | UK | Sheffield, The Limit |
| Fri, | 29 June 1979 | UK | Liverpool, Eric's |
| Sat, | 30 June 1979 | UK | Manchester, Polytechnic |
| Thu, | 5 July 1979 | UK | Portsmouth, Locarno |
| Sat, | 7 July 1979 | UK | London, Camden Music Machine [LW] |
| Mon, | 9 July 1979 | UK | Hemel Hempstead, Pavilion [VA] |
| Tue, | 10 July 1979 | UK | Guildford, Civic Hall [VA] |
| Thu, | 12 July 1979 | UK | Nottingham, Playhouse [VA] |
| Fri, | 13 July 1979 | UK | Birmingham, Digbeth Civic Hall |
| Sat, | 14 July 1979 | UK | Retford, Notts., The Porterhouse [VA] |
| Tue, | 24 July 1979 | UK | London, The Nashville Room (billed as 'Arms & Legs') [MA] |
| Thu, | 16 Aug 1979 | BE | Brussels, Mallemunt Festival |
| Mon, | 20 Aug 1979 | UK | Edinburgh, Tiffany's |
* no longer a music venue
Opening acts:
[BB] = Bette Bright & The Illuminations
[FC] = The Flashcubes
[HB] = Headboys
[IM] = The Inmates
[LW] = Live Wire
[MA] = Mark Andrews & The Gents
[MF] = Marianne Faithfull
[RG] = Robert Gordon
[RO] = The Romantics
[SC] = The Scooters
[SE] = Jerry Seinfeld
[TO] = The Offs
[VA] = The Valves
[X] = X