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Survey For Week Ending 7/10/82 Talent &Venues Talent Boxscore In Action Continued from page 25 The following are among the top concert grosses nationwide reported through the survey week. Included are act(s), gross. attendance, capacity of facility, ticket prices, promote, facility, city, number of shows, number of sellouts and Consisting of vocalist Tom Bailey, vocalist/ dates(s). percussionist Alannah Currie, percussionist/key - boardist Joe Leeway and accompanied by three , , STEEL BREEZE -$1,165,698, 66,611 (80,000 additional backup musicians, the Twins' main capacity), $17.50, Feyline Presents, , , Dec. 4. asset is their kinetic visual appeal. Leeway THE WHO, BILLY SQUIER, STEEL BREEZE -$1,050,000, 60,000, $17.50, roams the stage as if a man possessed, while Pace Concerts, Astrodome, Houston, sellout, Dec. 3. Currie, complete with a psychedelic version of , &THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND, LON- an Annie hairstyle, almost rivaled Leeway in NIE SHORR- $497,300 (Canadian), 31,017, $17.50, $15 & $12.50, C.K. terms of energy. Spurlock /Concert Prods. Intl, , , two sellouts, Sadly, except for the big dance club hits "In Dec. 5. The Name Of Love" and "Lies," the material is THE BROTHERS BAND, LON- KENNY ROGERS, LARRY GATLIN & GATLIN rather ordinary Britfunk. What on record has an NIE $371,520, 25,272, $15 & $12.50, C.K. Spurlock, Centrum, SHORR- air of mystery is stripped down to its modest Worcester, Mass., two sellouts, Nov. 28. bare bones live. CARY DARLING ALABAMA, JANIE FRICKE- $307,562, 25,080, $12.50, Fowler Prods., Billboard photo by Chuck Pulin Lloyd Noble Center, Univ. of Okla., Norman, two sellouts, Nov. 28. JOE'S BEACH-Joe Strummer of the Clash visits the beach during the recent KENNY ROGERS, LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND, LON- Jamaica World Music Festival. NIE SHORR- $303,022, 21,681, $15 & $12.50, C.K. Spurlock, Carrier Dome, Syracuse (N.Y.) Univ., sellout, Nov. 26. PAYOLAS THE WHO, THE ROCKETS-$274,440, 12,564, $15, Contemporary Prods., Roxy, Los Angeles Checkerdome, St. Louis, sellout, Dec. 4. Admission: $6.50 THE WHO, THE ROCKETS-$254,000, 13,000, $15 & $13, Tony Ruffino- Larry Vaughn Prods., Birmingham (Ala.) Civic Center, sellout, Nov. 30. Ad - ivibes Canada mines enough heavy metal to sustain THE WHO, THE ROCKETS -$225,000, 15,000, $15, Tony Ruffino -Larry several large industries, but, fortunately, other Biloxi, sellout, Dec. 1. Vaughn Prods., Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, music styles are being heard from north of the KENNY ROGERS, LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND, LON- Police Get Minneapolis Rough Trade and Spoons deal_ border. Toronto's NIE SHORR- $213,975, 14,370, $15, C.K. Spurlock, Glen Falls (N.Y.) Civic in mainstream art rock, while Vancouver's Pay - Center, two sellouts, Nov. 27. olas, currently a West Coast AOR favorite, traf- - $175,977, 13,198, $13.50, Pace Concerts, Summit, Houston, An Assist From Voodoo fic is a more street -oriented style which is al- sellout, Dec. 5. Wall songs in the new film, "Tootsie," ternately reminiscent of Billy Joel, DAN FOGELBERG- $174,687, 13,803, $13.50 & $11.50, Monarch Enter- Joe Nanini, percussionist for tainment Bureau. , Uniondale, N.Y., sellout, Nov. 28. Of Voodoo, recently helped police starring Dustin Hoffman. and the Clash. KENNY ROGERS, LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND, LON- capture an armed robber in Min- Signings: Gary Private, whose de- The Payolas made their Los Angeles debut NIE SHORR- $157,870 (Can.), 10,526, $15, C.K. Spurlock /Concert Prods. neapolis, where the band was play- but EP was released in October on Dec. 6 before a packed house which was familiar Intl Donald K. Donald Prods. /Base Clef, Ottawa (Ont.) Civic Center, sell- ing. Nanini was in a cocktail lounge Select Records, has been signed to with the quintet's two IRS albums, "In A Place out, Dec. 4. while it was being robbed. After Atlantic, which is rush releasing the Like This" and "No Stranger To Danger," a SQUEEZE, ENGLISH BEAT -$151,417, 13,000, $12.50 &$10.50, Monarch cleaning out the till, the gunman left, "Reach Out" single.... The Ascen- former top 10 Canadian album. Lead vocalist Vaughn Prods./ Ron Delsener Paul Hyde, a powerful voice Entertainment Bureau /Tony Ruffino -Larry but with Nanini not far behind. He ders to Boardwalk Records. ... Sur- armed with gruffly Prods., Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y., sellout, Nov. 24. a Fender Telecaster hanging around his trailed the suspect to a nearby hotel, vivor to John Baruck and Alex Co- and CROSBY, STILLS & NASH- $149,607, 11,405 (14,000), $13.50 & $11.50, the contem- where he tipped off the cops. chan for management. ... Jerry Lee waist, has a stance which suggests Bill Graham Presents, Oakland (Calif.), Coliseum, Dec. 3. porary urban street poet. Meanwhile, guitarist Mid -South A recent MTV promotional con- Lewis at MCA. ... T -Bone Burnett BARRY MANILOW- $143,595, 10,213 (12,183), $15 & $12.50, Bob Rock throws in enough well -executed leads Mid -South Coliseum, Memphis, Dec. 1. test in Atlanta with CBS Records, to Rosebud for bookings. ... Larry Concerts, to keep the guitar hounds happy. SQUEEZE, STRAY CATS -$142,758, 11,628 (13,000), $13.50 & $11.50, & Tapes, Elgart to ICM for bookings. ... 94 -Q and Turtles Records All this would seem hopelessly cliched if it Monarch Entertainment Bureau /Tony Ruffino -Larry Vaughn Prods./ Ron Richie Scarlett to the management which featured as top prize a chance weren't for the 15 songs performed in the 80- Delsener Prods., Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y., Nov. 25. Fast Lane Productions. to meet Billy Joel backstage after his division of minute set. From the plaintive "Hastings DAN FOGELBERG- $141,692, 12,489 (13,600), $11.50 & $10.50, Cross concert at the Omni, was won by a ... Cold Crew to Profile Records.... Street" and "Pennies Into Gold" to the reggae Country Concerts, Hartford Civic Center, Dec. 1. 65- year -old fan. No word as to what Penny DeHaven to Main Street Rec- A and -out PHIL FABULOUS JACUZZIS -$189,443 (Can.), 11,600,$12.50 & flavor of "Eyes Of Stranger" the all COLLINS, and Top Billing Int'l for book- $11.50, Concert Prods. Intl, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, sellout, Dec. 6. Margaret Harris and Joel talked ords barroom rock of "Jukebox" and "Same Old Song," Fox to Rick Derrick- BARRY MANILOW- $135,000, 10,000 (11,000), $15 & $12.50, Tony Ruf- abóut during her visit. The singer, ings. ... Sally the compositions have a good sense of pop fino -Larry Vaughn Prods., Mobile (Ala.) Municipal Auditorium, Dec. 3. incidentally, has announced that his son Management. ... Mercury re- style. While the Payolas are hardly the stuff of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH -$131,273, 10,153 (14,217), $14.50, $12.50, & thumb, broken in a motorcycle acci- cording artists the Kendalls to The which revolutions are made, they are an accom- $10.50, Fah & Silva Presents /Jim Rissmiller Prods., San Diego (Calif.) dent, is well enough for him to con- Management Group. plished band who definitely are worth keeping Sports Arena, Dec. 1. tinue his tour, at least into the New ROMAN KOZAK an eye on. CARY DARLING BILLY JOEL- $128,817, 9,708 (10,730), $13.50, Pace Concerts Reunion Year. Arena, Dallas, Dec. 3. Self-described "outlaw journalist" BARRY MANILOW- $126,537, 8,642 (12,307), $15 & $12.50, Brass Ring Al Aronowitz will give a live reading Prods., Murphy Center, Middle Tenn. State Univ., Murfreesboro, Dec. 4. BARRY MANILOW- $116,000, 7,940, $15 & $12.50, Tony Ruffino --Larry from his book, "The Blacklisted Vaughn Prods., Montgomery (Ala.) Civic Center, sellout, Nov. 30. Masterpieces Of Al Aronowitz," at Rock'n'Rolling , CONEY HATCH -$114,756, 10,510, $11.50 & $10.50, Eve- J.P.'s in New York on Jan. 15. ning Star Prods., Coliseum, Phoenix, sellout, Nov. 23. Aronowitz, former music critic for Continued from page 25 Home taping is Just killing every- KENNY ROGERS, LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND, LON- the New York Post, published his but Williams wants to go down sing- thing. Every night at my show I say, NIE SHORR- $113,595, 7,663. $15, C.K. Spurlock, Augusta (Maine) Civic own book on Xerox. ing. `Buy my record, don't tape it,' and it Center, sellout, Nov. 24. Toni Tennille will host "RPM," a (10,500), $12.50 & $10.50, "They say, like everything else, always gets the biggest laugh. People & FAMILY -$112,471, 9,000 half-hour syndicated music show to Tony Ruffino -Larry Vaughn Prods. /Concert Promotions /Southern Pro- to on your rear end," she are embarrassed, I guess, because debut January. The magazine for- plan land motions, Birmingham (Ala.) Coliseum, Dec. 2. says. off the bus I they all do it. mat show is produced by Scotti "Jumping CROSBY, STILLS & NASH -$107,432, 8,907 (12,110), $12.50 & $10, sprained my ankle jumping on my "Right now, I am really not into Prods., Portland (Ore.) Coliseum, Dec. Bros. /Syd Vinnedge Television, in Double Tee Promotions /Albatross foot first, then I fell to my rear end. records, I am into touring. I want to 5. association with Storer Broad- But jumping from something that build up that, and I think I'm doing , JOE WHITING & THE BANDIT BAND -$106,115, 10,162, casting. It is distributed by All high you should turn yourself into a a good job, because everywhere we $10.50 & $9.50, Beach Club Concerts /Cellar Door, Mid -South Coliseum, American Television. ... flip so you actually start down like a went we sold out, or almost sold out. Memphis, sellout, Dec. 2. gwas forced to postpone her concert free dive. Then you do a full gainer, Every promoter wants us back. So I KENNY ROGERS, LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS BAND, LON- in Berlin -not because of any politi- NIE $101,445, 6,825, $15, C.K. Spurlock, Bangor (Maine) Civic so you land on your back. You try to have a new job." SHORR- cal problems, but because the equip- Center, sellout, Nov. 23. knock the wind out of yourself be- ment truck jackknifed on the road JUDAS PRIEST, URIAH HEEP -$101,337, 11,922, $8.50, Feyline Presents, fore you hit the air bag, which is sup- from Nuremberg. The show went on McNichols Arena, Denver, sellout, Dec. 2. posed to engulf you. It sounds great 2,000, $87.50 & $15, Larry Akins the next day. ... The , Time FERRANTE & TEICHER- $93,800, to me," she laughs. Agency, Vandeburg Auditorium, Evansville, Ind., "Benefit for Wellborn and show sold 20,000 ad- Hospital," sellout, Dec. 1. vance tickets at Detroit's Masonic * * * ALABAMA, JANIE FRICKE- $89,275, 7,248 (7,706), $12.50, Fowler Prods., Hall. ... Steven Bishop does all the Nicolette Larson was in town Bicentennial Center, Salina, Kan. Nov. 27. recently as part of a "low budget" TATTOO 9,842 (10,200), , , ROSE -$84,237, tour, which is a bit of a change for , Indianapolis, $9.50 & $8.50, Sunshine Promotions, her. When she began her solo career, Dec. 4. was the "discovered" L.A. ses- BILLY SQUIER, NAZARETH -$81,901, 8,769, $9.50 & $8.50, Mid -South Juliana's Bows she a live Concerts, Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, sellout, Dec. 1. sion singer, who, if she did STATLER BROTHERS, RICKY SKAGGS -$80,000, 8,000, $10 & $9, Varnell Club DJ Award show at all, did it with the cream of Enterprises, Metro Centre, Rockford, III., sellout, Dec. 1. studio musicians. But these guys are 25 CHILLIWACK, TORONTO, BLUSHING BRIDES -$58,033 (Can.), 5,527, Continued from page expensive, so this time around she $10.50, Concert Prods. Int'l/Donald K. Donald Prods., Sudeberry (Ont.) uses the natural view of the Newport formed a band with new players and 19,200 SEATS Arena, sellout, Nov. 27. waterfront as a living mural, and the went out on a six -week tour playing JUDAS PRIEST, URIAH HEEP -$51,698, 6,344 (6,922), $10 & $9, Sunshine other is decorated with lights and clubs and small theatres. She says Promotions, , Dec. 5. neon sails. Also featured is a sus- she wants to develop a career as a pended slide projection system that live entertainer. and compiled by Amusement Business, a Billboard Publications, Inc. publi- scenes "I love to play to a lot of audiences Copyrighted beams images of sailing ships, 777 Sports St. Dallas, TX 75207 cation. Boxscores are compiled every Tuesday. If you wish to file your concert report, from Newport's land and seascapes, and be live on stage," she says. 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