Devo Live Guide
DEVO Live Guide - 1981

??/??/81 - NBC Studios (The Merv Griffin Show), Hollywood, CA
Set
    Whip It • Snowball

Circulating Recordings
  • PRO #1 - professional video
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / 8.5

10/09/81 - ABC-TV Studios (Fridays), Hollywood, CA
Set
    Nutra Theme • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • I Saw Jesus • Through Being Cool • Workin' In A Coal Mine

Notes
  • This was DEVO's third and final performance on the TV show Fridays.

Circulating Recordings
  • PRO #1 - professional video
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: 15 min / 9.0

10/13/81 - Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN

10/14/81 - Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS

10/16/81 - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL

10/17/81 - Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI

10/18/81 - Ohio Center, Columbus, OH

10/19/81 - Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Set
    Nutra Theme • Going Under • Through Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Soft Things • Pity You • Girl U Want • Planet Earth • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Gut Feeling • Gates Of Steel • Workin' In A Coal Mine • DEVO Corporate Anthem

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: 65 min / 8.5

10/20/81 - unknown venue, Bethleham, PA

10/21/81 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

10/23/81 - NBC Studios (The Tomorrow Show), New York, NY

10/23/81 - Palace Theatre, Albany, NY

10/24/81 - New Westchester Theatre, Tarrytown, NY

10/25/81 - Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY
Set
    Nutra Theme • Going Under • Through Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Soft Things • Pity You • Girl U Want • Planet Earth • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Gut Feeling • Gates Of Steel • Beautiful World • Workin' In A Coal Mine • DEVO Corporate Anthem

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 6.5


10/26/81 - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada

10/27/81 - unknown venue, Detroit, MI

10/28/81 - Hill Auditorium, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

10/31/81 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Set
    Nutra Theme • Going Under • Through Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Soft Things • Pity You • Girl U Want • Planet Earth • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Uncontrollable Urge • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Gut Feeling • Gates Of Steel • Beautiful World • Workin' In A Coal Mine • DEVO Corporate Anthem

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / 7.5


11/01/81 - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

11/02/81 - Ritchie Coliseum, University Of Maryland, College Park, MD

11/05/81 - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
Set
    Nutra Theme • Going Under • Though Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Girl U Want • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Workin' In A Coal Mine

Circulating Recordings
  • SBD #1 - soundboard audio (FM broadcast)
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 8.5

11/06/81 - The Ocean State, Providence, RI

11/07/81 - Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA
Set
    Going Under • Through Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Soft Things • Pity You • Girl U Want • Planet Earth • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Unconttrollable Urge • Mongoloid

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: 35 min / 6.5
    • "Super Thing" & "Mongoloid" are cut.


11/08/81 - Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY

11/10/81 - unknown venue, Hampton Beach, VA

11/12/81 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

11/13/81 - O'Donnell Center, University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL

11/14/81 - Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, FL

11/15/81 - Jai-Alai Fronton, Tampa, FL

11/18/81 - Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA

11/19/81 - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX

11/20/81 - Winter Garden Ballroom, Dallas, TX

11/21/81 - Austin City Auditorium, Austin, TX
Set
    Nutra Theme • Going Under • Through Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Soft Things • Pity You • Girl U Want • Planet Earth • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Uncontrollable Urge • Mongoloid • Jocko Homo • Smart Patrol • Mr. DNA • Gut Feeling • Gates Of Steel • Beautiful World • Workin' In A Coal Mine

Circulating Recordings
  • AUD #1 - audience audio
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / 7.0


11/23/81 - Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK

11/24/81 - Macky Auditorium, Boulder, CO

11/27/81 - Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR

11/28/81 - Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA

11/29/81 - Sam Carver Gymnasium, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

11/30/81 - Pacific Coliseum Concert Bowl, Vancouver, Canada

12/03/81 - Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

12/04/81 - San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

12/05/81 - University Of Nevada Gym, Reno, NV

12/06/81 - Main Pavilion, Sonoma Beach Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA

12/08/81 - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
Set
    Nutra Theme • Going Under • Through Being Cool • Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth • Girl U Want • Whip It • Race Of Doom • Super Thing • Workin' In A Coal Mine

Circulating Recordings
  • SBD #1 - soundboard audio (FM broadcast)
    • Lowest Generation: unknown
    • Length / Sound Quality: XX min / 8.5


12/10/81 - The Forum, Englewood, CA

12/12/81 - Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, CA

12/13/81 - unknown venue, Long Beach, CA

12/16/81 - Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ

12/17/81 - Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ

12/??/81 - unknown venue, Las Vegas, NV

12/19/81 - California Theatre, San Diego, CA

12/20/81 - Bakersfield Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield, CA

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