John Cale
"The viola is the saddest of all instruments, and no matter how fast you play you can't get away from the melancholy."

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John Cale setlists

Tour 1979

DateCityVenueCountry
1979-01-09 Detroit Bookie's USA
1979-01-28 New York WPIX Studio (interview) USA
1979-02-19 New York CBGB (early) USA
1979-02-19 New York CBGB (late) USA
1979-02-23 Browns Mills Alexanders USA
1979-02-28 Long Island My Father's Place (early & late) USA
1979-03-01 Long Island My Father's Place (early & late) USA
1979-03-08 Pittsburgh Phase 111 USA
1979-03-09 Philadelphia Hot Club USA
1979-03-15 Rochester Penny Arcade USA
1979-03-19 Toronto The Edge Canada
1979-03-20 Toronto The Edge Canada
1979-03-21 Toronto The Edge Canada
1979-03-23 Ottawa Black Swan Pub Canada
1979-03-24 Ottawa Black Swan Pub Canada
1979-03-26 Boston Paradise Ballroom USA
1979-03-27 Boston Paradise Ballroom USA
1979-04-01 New York Carnegie Hall USA
1979-04-05 Cleveland Pirates Cove USA
1979-04-06 Detroit Bookie's USA
1979-04-07 Detroit Bookie's USA
1979-04-09 Chicago Gaspars (early & late) USA
1979-04-10 Chicago Gaspars (early & late) USA
1979-04-11 Crystal Lake Harry's Hope (early & late) USA
1979-04-14 Biloxi ? USA
1979-04-15 Cleveland Pirate's Cove USA
1979-04-18 Houston Texas Opera House USA
1979-04-19 Austin Armadillo World Headquarters USA
1979-04-21 Dallas Palladium USA
1979-04-22 San Antonio Sunken Gardens Theatre USA
1979-04-24 Tucson Community Center Arena (opening for UFO) USA
1979-04-25 New Orleans Old Man Rivers USA
1979-04-29 Los Angeles Whisky A Go Go (early & late) USA
1979-04-30 Los Angeles Whisky A Go Go (early) USA
1979-04-30 Los Angeles Whisky A Go Go (late) USA
1979-05-xx Winston-Salem Wake Forest University USA
1979-05-01 San Francisco Old Waldorf USA
1979-05-02 San Francisco Old Waldorf USA
1979-05-03 Davis University Coffee House (early & late) USA
1979-05-04 Santa Cruz Cowell College Pyramid - University of California USA
1979-05-05 San Francisco Rio Theatre USA
1979-05-12 Tuscon Night Train USA
1979-05-15 Dallas Palladium USA
1979-05-16 Houston Opry House USA
1979-05-17 Austin Armadillo World Headquarters USA
1979-05-19 Dallas Palladium USA
1979-05-24 Atlanta The Capri USA
1979-05-25 Athens Georgia Theater USA
1979-05-30 Atlanta Capri USA
1979-05-30 Chapel Hill Mad Hatter USA
1979-06-01 Chapel Hill Mad Hatter USA
1979-06-02 Chapel Hill Mad Hatter USA
1979-06-13 New York CBGB's USA
1979-06-14 New York CBGB's USA
1979-06-15 New York CBGB's USA
1979-06-16 New York CBGB's USA
1979-06-20 New Haven Oxford Ale House USA
1979-06-21 Long Island My Father's Place USA
1979-06-22 Long Island My Father's Place USA
1979-06-23 Philadelphia Hot Club USA
1979-06-24 New York Lone Star Café USA
1979-06-31 Chicago Gaspars USA
1979-07-02 Ann Arbour Second Chance USA
1979-07-03 Toronto Larry's Hideaway Canada
1979-07-05 Minneapolis Longhorn Bar USA
1979-07-06 Milwaukee '79 Summerfest - Peaches (Records & Tapes) Rock Stage USA
1979-07-07 Chicago Gaspar's USA
1979-07-09 Toronto The Edge Canada
1979-07-10 Toronto The Edge Canada
1979-07-11 Detroit Bookie's Club 870 USA
1979-07-20 Atlanta, Agora USA
1979-07-23 South Lauderdale Tight Squeeze Club USA
1979-07-24 South Lauderdale Tight Squeeze Club USA
1979-08-04 New York Irving Plaza USA
1979-09-14 New York Club 57 USA
1979-09-15 New York Club 57 USA
1979-09-19 Newark State Theatre USA
1979-09-22 Santa Monica McCabe's Guitar Shop USA
1979-09-23 Santa Monica McCabe's Guitar Shop USA
1979-10-05 Kansas City Memorial Hall USA
1979-10-06 Norman Lloyd Noble Centre USA
1979-10-12 Boston Paradise USA
1979-10-15 New York Ciarbis Studio (w/ David Bowie) USA
1979-10-19 New York Squat Theatre USA
1979-10-20 New York Squat Theatre USA
1979-10-30 Newark State Theater (early) USA
1979-10-30 Newark State Theater (late) USA
1979-11-07 New York Zappa's USA
1979-11-24 Philadelphia Hot Club USA
1979-12-27 New York CBGB's USA
1979-12-27 New York CBGB's USA
1979-12-28 New York CBGB's USA
1979-12-29 New York CBGB's USA
1979-12-30 New York CBGB's USA
1979-12-31 New York CBGB's USA


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Paris 1919 Order the remastered and expanded Paris 1919 album (2LP, CD) via Domino Records
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