TALENT IN ACTION TO P CONCERT LINDA RONSTADT fective, singer /keyboardist Carrack '1Bo GROSSES Municipal Auditorium, and his band, which included Nick AMUSEMENT BUSINESS@ San Antonio, Texas Lowe on bass, Andy Fairweather - Gross Attendance Low on guitar, and Andy Newmark ARTIST(S) Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter LINDA RONSTADT SET a near - on drums, ultimately showed enough PATTI LABELLE Westbury Music Fair Feb. 17-21 8580,986 20,034 Guber -Gross Prods. sellout house on fire here Feb. 5, kick- punch to win over a packed house of WOODY HENDERSON Westbury, N.Y. $30 sellout ing off her 16 -city U.S. tour with an industryites. GRATEFUL DEAD Arena, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Feb. 13-14, 16- $555,000 30,000 Bill Graham Presents Center 17 $18.50 sellout elaborate and lively performance of Carrack's fluid voice was in supple Oakland, Calif. the music from her latest album, shape; only the lack of sound -system HANK WILLIAMS JR. & THE BAMA Arena, The Omni Feb. 18 & 20 $400,085 22,874 New Era Prods. "Canciones De Mi Padre (Songs Of firepower dampened such potent BAND Atlanta, Ga. $17.50 sellout Concert Promotions /Southern My Father)." numbers as "Fire With Fire" and a RESTLESS HEART Promotions Resembling a Broadway musical cover of the memorable Jackie De- CHITA RIVERA & THE RADIO CITY Chicago Theatre Feb. 9 -14 $M2,856 15618 in -house MUSIC HALL ROCKETS IN "CAN Chicago, Ill. $34.50/$29.50 /$24.50/$4.50 sellout more than a concert, the two -hour Shannon tune "When You Walk In CAN" show included performances by the The Room." Limp sound also limited BARRY MANILOW Las Vegas Hilton Pavillion Jan. 12 -17 $336,335 9,209 in -house famed Ballet Folklorico de la Fonda the response to Carrack's current top Las Vegas, Nev. $40/$35 11,200 and the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. 10 hit, "Don't Shed A Tear." BARRY MANILOW Sunrise Musical Theatre Jan. 29 -31 $311,329 11,413 in-house Ronstadt was wildly cheered for The show came to life when Car - Sunrise, Fla. $30/$29/$27 11,790 her every gesture and vocal dynam- rack turned the vocal duties over to STING Maple Leaf Gardens Feb. 15 $306,700 16,008 Concert Prods. International ics as she paid tribute to the largely Lowe, who pounded through his own Toronto, Ontario $24.50422.50 sellout unheralded Mexican folk singers and "I Knew The Bride" and "Half A Boy STING Montreal Forum Feb. 12 $297 15,491 Donald K. Donald Prods. Montreal, Quebec $24.50 songwriters who came before her. And Half A Man." sellout Fogel -Sabourin For most, AEROSMITH Kemper Arena, American Royal Feb. 19 $238,177 14,756 Contemporary Prods. Ronstadt could do no Carrack proceeded to turn up the DOKKEN Center $16.50 16,935 wrong-although cynics may criti- heat himself, running down a number Kansas City, Mo. cize the singer for having to occasion- of hits on which he served as lead vo- BARRY MANILOW Resorts International Feb. 5-7 9236,089 6,000 in-house ally rely on a prompter to help her calist: Ace's "How Long," Mike & the Atlantic City, N.J. $42.50/$32.50 sellout with her lyrics during the show (it is Mechanics' "Silent Running," RANDY TRAVIS /CONWAY Civic Arena Feb. 19 $222,299 12,003 Special Moments Promotions understood that Ronstadt only sings Squeeze's "Tempted," and his own "I TWITTY /GEORGE JONES Pittsburgh, Pa. $18.50 sellout Jayson Promotions in Spanish and does not speak the lan- Need You." The set soared to a close JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Kemper Arena, American Royal Feb. 16 $219,268 13,537 Contemporary Prods. Center $16.50 16,935 guage). with the stomping "Double It Up" Kansas City, Mo. Overall the show was excellent: from the Chrysalis album. RUSH The Summit Jan. 29 $206,907 12,765 PACE Concerts The props were impressive, the music Carrack's live band evidences a TOMMY SHAW Houston, Texas $17 17,064 Stone City Attractions touching, the vocals incredible. As a rough sound that is considerably RUSH Arizona Veterans Memorial Feb. 1 8203,709 12,346 Beaver Prods. TOMMY SHAW Coliseum singer, Ronstadt is certainly one of rawer than that heard on his well - $16.50 12,500 Phoenix, the best. manicured new album, but the star's Ariz. WHITESNAKE Riverfront Feb. in Coliseum 9 0196,713 11,922 Sunshine Promotions Still, her success this vein should fervent singing and the group's no- GREAT WHITE Cincinnati, Ohio $16.50 14,500 be seen as a passing phenomenon. nonsense playing should win hearty ALICE COOPER Maple Leaf Gardens Feb. 12 $192,142 10,713 Concert Prods. International The glow of this Hispanic-music tour applause at forthcoming tour stops MOTORHEAD Toronto, Ontario $22.50 12,500 will burn out, and Ronstadt will move nonetheless. JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP McNichols Arena Feb. 21 $185,537 10,314 Fey Concert Co. on to other things. CHRIS MORRIS Denver, Colo. $18.15/$17.05 13,800 But for a few brilliant moments on WHITESNAKE Mid -South Coliseum Feb. 16 $184,688 11,543 Mid -South Concerts GREAT WHITE Memphis, Tenn. $16 sellout this tour, Ronstadt transcends com- JOE ELY mercial standards, stirring within her McCabe's Guitar Shop, WHITESNAKE New Haven Veterans Memorial Jan. 23 $181,803 10,439 Cross Country Concerts GREAT WHITE Coliseum 917.50/$15.50 sellout listeners a surging pride in Hispanic Los Angeles, Calif. New Haven, Conn. music and culture. The Music Machine, RANDY TRAVIS /CONWAY Philadelphia Civic Center Feb. 21 $169,886 9,183 Jayson Promotions For this, we can be grateful. Los Angeles, Calif. TWITTY /GEORGE JONES Philadelphia, Pa. $18.50 sellout Special Moments Promotions RAMIRO BURR WHITESNAKE Sun Dome, Univ. of South Florida Feb. 20 $168,284 10,441 American Concerts FANS OF TEXAS country- rocker GREAT WHITE Tampa, Fla. $16.50 sellout Magic Prods. PAUL CARRACK Joe Ely had a movable feast on Feb. 5 STING Colisee de Quebec Feb. 10 $167,479 9,794 Donald K. Donald Prods. Quebec City, Quebec $21.50 10,000 Concert Prods. International The Palace, as the peripatetic singer performed a Fogel- Sabourin Hollywood, Calif. solo stint at intimate McCabe's and HANK WILLIAMS JR. & THE BAMA Richmond Coliseum Feb. 6 8159,373 10,038 Kaleidescope Prods. then sprinted half a mile down Pico BAND Richmond, Va. $16.50 11,931 VETERAN WHITE SOUL man Boulevard for a full -band set at the RESTLESS HEART FOSTER & LLOYD Paul Carrack brought a tough little honky- tonklike Music Machine. YES Richfield Coliseum Feb. 16 $157,196 9,527 Belkin Prods. pub -rock combo into the Palace on Ely's acoustic show in the small Richfield, Ohio $16.50 12,245 Feb. 19 to kick off a major- market back room of the guitar shop was RANDY TRAVIS /CONWAY TWITTY Wicomico Civic Center Feb. 13 $154,543 8,831 Special Moments Promotions tour promoting his Chrysalis album opened by fellow Hightone Records Salisbury, Md. $17.50 11,600 Jayson Promotions "One Good Reason." artist Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Lubbock, sellout Although the cavernous club's Texas, native who has penned such BARRY MANILOW Sheá s Buffalo Theatre Feb. 9-10 $153,956 6,222 Magic City Prods. sound system proved typically inef- memorable songs for Ely as "Lights" Buffalo, N.Y. $27.50/$20.50 sellout STING Ottawa Civic Center Feb. 11 $150,792 8,788 Concert Prods. International and "Dallas." Gilmore's high tenor Ottawa, Ontario $21.50 10,000 Donald K. Donald Prods. recalled the sound of country legend Bass Clef Entertainment Jimmie Rodgers. HANK WILLIAMS JR. & THE BAMA Rupp Arena, Lexington Center Feb. 14 $150,134 9,454 Future Entertainment THE Ely commanded the tiny stage BAND Lexington, Ky. $16.50 11,060 Belkin Prods. RESTLESS HEART from his first note, rocking the sold - out house with an energetic FERRANTE & TEICHER Heinz Hall for the Performing Feb. 6 -8 $148,415 8,182 in-house GRAMMY set that PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY Arts $22/$18 sellout included such well -known songs as "I Pittsburgh, Pa. NOMINATED Had My Hopes Up High," "Standing STING Public Hall, Cleveland Convention Feb. 17 $146,030 8,590 Belkin Prods. At A Big Hotel," and "She Never Center $17 sellout DUKE ELLINGTON Spoke Spanish To Me." Ely's encore Cleveland, Ohio included a fine with on YES The Summit Feb. 19 $131,478 8,199 PACE Concerts duet Gilmore Houston, Texas $17.50 12618 (Continued on page 27) ORCHESTRA DEF LEPPARD Coliseum, Roanoke Civic Center Jan. 20 $129,303 9,029 Cellar Door Prods. TESLA Roanoke, Va. $15.50/$14.50 11,000 CONDUCTED BY DEF LEPPARD Ector County Coliseum & Feb. 16 $127,750 1,600 PACE Concerts TESLA Exhibition Center $15.50/$14.50 sellout Stardate Concerts Unsurpassed in Quality Odessa, Texas MERCER ELLINGTON KISS Charlotte Coliseum Feb. 7 $127,677 7,738 C &C Entertainment TED NUGENT Charlotte, N.C. $16.50 10,000 IS NOW GLOSSY 28c WHITESNAKE Freedom Hall Coliseum Feb. 14 $124,635 7,961 Sunshine Promotions EACH IN GREAT WHITE Kentucky Fair & Exposition $16.50/$15.50 10,000 Center 1000 LOTS AVAILABLE FOR Louisville, Ky. PHOTOS ALABAMA Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Feb. 12 $124,262 7,531 Keith Fowler Promotions EDDY RAVEN Coliseum $16.50 100 POSTCARDS $25 10,276 PERFORMANCES RESTLESS HEART Jacksonville, Fla. 100 8x10 $34.95 STING Onondaga County War Memorial Feb. 16 $118,265 7,756 Monarch Entertainment Bureau CUSTOM $115 Syracuse, N.Y. $15.50 sellout John Scher Presents Contact their COLOR PRINTS per 100 KISS Barton Coliseum, Arkansas State Feb.