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Hi everyone i know the shads toured nearly every year in the 80's but just how many UK tour programmes appeared from 1978 to 1990 and which were the gap years!

Dave

I've got every (UK) tour programme from 1977 to 1990 and I have a feeling that there are only a couple of years missing; without checking, my guess would be 1985 and possibly 1988. I know that Alan Jones was badly injured in a car crash in '88, so it's just possible that this may have scuppered any tour for that year. They did release two albums in 1989 and definitely toured. Without checking them, that's the best I can do. I also have an Australian tour programme from 1984/85, which I'm sure bears a strong similarity to the UK 1984 tour brochure. For some reason, my favourite brochures are those from 1979 and 1980.

Hi Chris many thanks for your reply i too seem to think 85 and 88 but i'am still unsure about 87?

Dave

The Shadows toured in 1987 to promote "Simply Shadows".

Bests...Rob

Hi Cheers Rob for solving that for me, all the best ! actually i've got that programme but could'nt find a date,once again many thanks! Dave

Cheers Heinz

Thanks Heinz for solving my puzzle! PS love the attachment once again many thanks!

Dave

Wow, great little selection of pics. The only one I haven't got is the spring 1980 one, which of course was the european leg of the 1979 String of Hits tour, with George Ford on bass. Mind you, I've got the Rotterdam gig on video, so that makes up for it!!!