DEVO Live Guide - 1979
01/04/79 - Akron Civic Theatre, Akron, OH  |
Set
Wiggly World • Pink Pussycat • Satisfaction • Too Much Paranoias • Praying
Hands • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr.
DNA • Sloppy • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO
Corporate Anthem
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / 7.5
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01/06/79 - Park West, Chicago, IL  |
Set
Wiggly World • Pink Pussycat • Satisfaction • Too Much Paranoias • Praying
Hands • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr.
DNA • Sloppy • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO
Corporate Anthem • Red Eye Express • Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AMT #1 - amateur video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Video - Sound Quality: 60 min / 7.5 - 7.5
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| ??/??/79 - unknown venue, Akron, OH |
Set
Going Under • Those Darn Girls • In Heaven Everything Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 20 min / 6.0
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| ??/??/79 - unknown venue, San Francisco, CA |
Set
Wiggly World • Pink Pussycat • Satisfaction • Too Much Paranoias • Praying
Hands • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr.
DNA • Sloppy • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • Red Eye
Express • Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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XXX #1 - XXX audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / X.X
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| ??/??/79 - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, unknown location |
Set
Secret Agent Man • Blockhead • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid
Circulating Recordings
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PRO #1 - professional video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 15 min / 7.0
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05/22/79 - Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan  |
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05/23/79 - Shi Kokaido Hall, Nagoya, Japan  |
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05/24/79 - Ohtemon Hall, Fukuoka, Japan  |
Set
Wiggly World • Secret Agent Man • Pink Pussycat • Satisfaction • Too Much
Paranoias • Praying Hands • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo •
Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Sloppy • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap
Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem • Red Eye Express • Words Get Stuck
In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 8.0
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05/28/79 - Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan  |
Set
Secret Agent Man • Satisfaction • Too Much Paranoias • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr.
DNA • Sloppy • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO
Corporate Anthem • Red Eye Express • Words Get Stuck In My Throat
Circulating Recordings
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SBD #1 - soundboard audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 7.0
- Missing "Uncontrollable Urge" to "Jocko Homo."
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PRO #1 - professional video
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Video - Sound Quality: 20 min / 8.5 - 8.5
- Only includes "Secret Agent Man" to "Jocko Homo."
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| ??/??/79 - University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI |
06/21/79 - Max Bell Arena, Calgary, AB, Canada  |
Notes
- This show was originally booked for the MacEwan Hall Ballroom at the University Of Calgary.
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06/22/79 - S.U.B. Theatre, University Of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada  |
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06/24/79 - Pacific National Exhibition Gardens, Vancouver, BC, Canada  |
Other Performers
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| 06/25/79 - unknown venue, Seattle, WA |
| 06/27/79 - Warner Theatre, Fresno, CA |
06/28/79 - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA  |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink
Pussycat • Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn
Girls • S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Uncontrollable
Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Come Back Jonee •
Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem • In Heaven
Everything Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(1)
- Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / 8.0
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06/29/79 - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA  |
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07/01/79 - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA  |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink
Pussycat • Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn
Girls • S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands •
Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA •
Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem •
In Heaven Everything Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1a - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 80 min / 7.0
- "Satisfaction" is cut.
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AUD #1b - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 45 min / 7.0
- "Satisfaction" & "Mongoloid" are cut.
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| 07/04/79 - Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, CO |
07/06/79 - Lawrence Opera House, Lawrence, KS  |
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07/07/79 - The Music Box, Omaha, NE  |
Other Performers
Charlie Burton And Rock Therapy
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| 07/08/79 - unknown venue, Minneapolis, MN |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink
Pussycat • Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn
Girls • S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands •
Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA •
Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • In Heaven Everything
Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / 6.5
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07/11/79 - Uptown Theatre, Milwaukee, WI  |
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07/13/79 - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL  |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink
Pussycat • Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn
Girls • S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands •
Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA •
Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • In Heaven Everything
Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 70 min / 6.5
- "Going Under," "Timing X," "Those Darn Girls," "S.I.B.," & "Come Back Jonee" are cut.
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07/14/79 - Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI  |
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07/15/79 - Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY  |
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07/16/79 - Rex Danforth Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada  |
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07/18/79 - Triangle Theater, Rochester, NY  |
Other Performers
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| 07/19/79 - Agora Ballroom, West Hartford, CT |
07/20/79 - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA  |
07/21/79 - The Palladium, New York, NY  |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink
Pussycat • Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn
Girls • S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid •
Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling •
Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem • In Heaven Everything Is Fine •
The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 70 min / 7.0
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AUD #2 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 70 min / 7.0
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07/23/79 - Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA  |
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| 07/24/79 - unknown venue, Washington, DC |
| 07/25/79 - The Mosque, Richmond, VA |
| 07/26/79 - Aycock Auditorium, University Of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink Pussycat •
Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn Girls •
S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands •
Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA •
Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem •
In Heaven Everything Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(2)
- Length / Sound Quality: 95 min / 8.0
- This recording also contains audio from video projections of "General Boy," "Jocko Homo," "Come Back Jonee," "Satisfaction," "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize," & "Rod's Big Reamer."
- "The One That Gets Away" is cut.
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07/27/79 - Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, GA  |
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07/31/79 - Texas Opry House, Houston, TX  |
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08/02/79 - Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX  |
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08/03/79 - The Palladium, Dallas, TX  |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink Pussycat •
Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn Girls •
S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands •
Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA •
Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem •
In Heaven Everything Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 95 min / 8.0
- This recording also contains audio from video projections of "General Boy," "Jocko Homo," "Come Back Jonee," "Satisfaction," "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize," & "Rod's Big Reamer."
- "Those Darn Girls" & "Smart Patrol" are cut.
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08/04/79 - The Palladium, Dallas, TX  |
Set
Going Under • Timing X • Soo Bawls • Secret Agent Man • Pink Pussycat •
Penetration In The Centerfold • Strange Pursuit • Those Darn Girls •
S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) • Satisfaction • Praying Hands •
Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA •
Sloppy • Come Back Jonee • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate
Anthem • In Heaven Everything Is Fine • The One That Gets Away
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 85 min / 8.5
- This recording also contains audio from video projections of "Satisfaction," "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize," & "Rod's Big Reamer."
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08/25/79 - San Diego State University Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA  |
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| 09/22/79 - ROTC Building, University Of Minnesota (New-No-Now-Wave Festival), Minneapolis, MN |
Set
Worried Man • Praying Hands • Shrivel Up • Gotta Serve Somebody
Notes
- This was the first of 3 DOVE performances.
- I'm not sure if they performed as DEVO as well on this date.
- This festival was also know as "The M-80 Project."
Circulating Recordings
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PRO #1 - professional video
- Lowest Generation: Official DVD [The Complete Truth About De-Evolution]
- Length / Sound Quality: 3 min / 9.5
- Only includes "Worried Man."
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PRO #2 - professional video
- Lowest Generation: Official DVD [Live 1980]
- Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / 9.0
- Only includes "Praying Hands" & "Shrivel Up."
- Footage is black and white.
Other Performers
Suicide Commandos • The Suburbs • Monchrome Set • Tuxedomoon • Fleshtones • NNB • Curtiss A • James Chances & The Contortions • Dark Day • Judy Nylon • Richard Lloyd • Gary Valentine • The Know
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10/05/79 - Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, United Kingdom [CANCELLED] |
10/07/79 - Odeon, Manchester, United Kingdom [CANCELLED] |
10/08/79 - Odeon, Birmingham, United Kingdom [CANCELLED] |
10/09/79 - Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, United Kingdom [CANCELLED] |
12/28/79 - Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA  |
Notes
- This was the second of 3 DOVE performances.
Other Performers
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12/29/79 - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA  |
Set
Freedom Of Choice Theme • Whip It • Girl U
Want • Penetration In The Centerfold • Timing X • Wiggly World • Secret
Agent Man • Pink Pussycat • Blockhead • Be Stiff • Uncontrollable Urge •
Mongoloid • Come Back Jonee • Satisfaction • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol •
Mr. DNA • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • DEVO Corporate Anthem • U Got
Me Bugged • Fountain Of Filth
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 70 min / 7.5
- "Satisfaction" is cut.
Other Performers
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12/31/79 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA  |
Set
DOVE: Worried Man • Praying Hands • Shrivel Up • Gates Of Steel • Beulah • Gotta Serve Somebody
DEVO: Freedom Of Choice Theme • Whip It • Girl U
Want • Penetration In The Centerfold • Timing X • Wiggly World • Secret
Agent Man • Pink Pussycat • Blockhead • Be Stiff • Uncontrollable Urge •
Mongoloid • Come Back Jonee • Satisfaction • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol •
Mr. DNA • Gut Feeling • Slap Your Mammy • U Got Me Bugged • Fountain Of
Filth • DEVO Corporate Anthem • Gates Of Steel
Notes
- This was the last of 3 DOVE performances.
Circulating Recordings
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AUD #1 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: unknown
- Length / Sound Quality: 115 min / 6.5
- This recording also contains audio from a video projection of "Rod's Big Reamer."
- "Worried Man" & "Come Back Jonee" are cut.
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AUD #2 - audience audio
- Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
- Length / Sound Quality: 95 min / 7.0
- "Shrivel Up," "Gates Of Steel," & "Satisfaction" are cut.
Other Performers
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