Version 12/12/12
This is a work in progress. Corrections and additions are welcome.
Frank Zappa Gig List: 1965-1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1988
Shows with SPURIOUS or CANCELED in the Status field did not happen.
Shows with QUESTIONABLE in the Status field or "conflicts with xxx" in the Comments field may not have happened.
| Date | Line-up | Concert recordings |
| February-April | 6a | recordings in circulation |
| Date | City | State | Country | Venue | Shows | Status | Other acts | Comments | Sources |
| 79/02/10-11 | Birmingham | UK | Odeon Theatre | CONFIRMED | ticket stub for 02/11, poster. | vd, bgpc, pz141, frd, gr | |||
| 79/02/12 | Manchester | UK | Apollo Theater | CONFIRMED | poster. | jn, vd, pz141, gr | |||
| 79/02/13 | Newcastle | UK | City Hall | CONFIRMED | poster and ticket stub. | jn, vd, pz141, jdpc, frd, gr | |||
| 79/02/14 | Glasgow | UK | Apollo Theater | CONFIRMED | poster and ticket stub. | jn, vd, pz141, gaws, gr | |||
| 79/02/16 | Brighton | UK | Brighton Centre | CONFIRMED | poster. | vd, fo, pz141, gr | |||
| 79/02/17-19 | London | UK | Hammersmith Odeon | 2 shows 02/18 | CONFIRMED | ticket stub for 02/17, poster. | jn, vd, pz141, frd, gr | ||
| 79/02/21 | Brussels | Belgium | Vorst Nationaal | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, hhfpc, gr | |||
| 79/02/23-24 | Paris | France | Nouvel Hippodrome, Porte de Pantin | 2 shows 2/24 | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs for all three shows: 02/23 (20 H), 02/24 early (17 H), late (21 H). ticket gives venue as Hippodrome, Porte de Pantin. | jn, vd, pz, frd, ocopc, gr | ||
| 79/02/25 | Cambrai | France | Palais Des Grottes | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | vd, ygpc, gr | |||
| 79/02/26 | Wiesbaden | Germany | QUESTIONABLE | FZ said 02/28 Hamburg was first German show of tour. cf. 03/27. | vd, pbpc, gr | ||||
| 79/02/27 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | The Ahoy | CONFIRMED | newspaper ad. | jn, vd, jnpc, hhfpc, gr | |||
| 79/02/28 | Hamburg | Germany | Congress Centrum Hamburg | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, kewpc, gr | |||
| 79/03/01 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkoner Theatret | vd, gr | |||||
| 79/03/02 | Oslo | Norway | Ekeberghallen | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, jnpc, ebpc, gr | |||
| 79/03/03 | Stockholm | Sweden | Johanneshovs Isstadion | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, uhpc, frd, gr | |||
| 79/03/05 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Falkonerteatret | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. not Forum. | jn, vd, pz, frd, bhdws, gr | |||
| 79/03/06 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | jn, vd, gr | |||||
| 79/03/08 | Strasbourg | France | vd, gr | ||||||
| 79/03/09 | Dijon | France | Palais des Sports | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. | vd, frd, dbzt, gr | |||
| 79/03/11 | Lyon | France | Palais des Sports | jn, vd, gr | |||||
| 79/03/12 | Montpellier | France | Palais des Sports | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, frd, gr | |||
| 79/03/13 | Barcelona | Spain | Palacio Municipal de Deportes | CONFIRMED | venue from ad. not Palau Blau-Grana. | jn, vd, jampc, DE, gr | |||
| 79/03/14 | Madrid | Spain | Pabellon de Deportes del Real Madrid | 2 shows | CONFIRMED | ad says two shows (19:00 and 22:30), as does promoter's document. ticket stubs for both shows. two attendees say only one show. | jn, vd, rgapc, jampc, DE, gr | ||
| 79/03/16 | Pau | France | vd, gr | ||||||
| 79/03/17 | Bordeaux | France | Parc des Expositions | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | vd, ocaffz, frd, gr | |||
| 79/03/18 | Nantes | France | Le Palais de la Beaujoire | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs. | vd, fo, frd, ocopc, gr | |||
| 79/03/19 | Brest | France | Parc de Penfeld | CONFIRMED | ad lists only one show, 9pm. | jn, vd, jfpc, gr | |||
| 79/03/21 | Eppelheim | Germany | Rhein-Neckar-Halle | CONFIRMED | venue punctuation from ticket stub. FZ says "Welcome to Heidelberg #2", but eyewitness says only one show. | jn, vd, jnpc, jprpc, gr | |||
| 79/03/22 | Passau | Germany | Nibelungenhalle | vd, fo, gr | |||||
| 79/03/23 | Graz | Austria | Liebenau Stadion | venue from attendee (via rgspc). | vd, rgspc, gr | ||||
| 79/03/25 | Dortmund | Germany | Westfalenhalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stubs and poster. | jn, vd, jdpc, frd, plbzt, gr | |||
| 79/03/26 | Hanover | Germany | Eilenriedehalle | CONFIRMED | venue spelling from ticket stubs. | jn, vd, jdpc, twpc, gr | |||
| 79/03/27 | Wiesbaden | Germany | Rhein-Main-Halle | 2 shows | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. hyphens from RMH's own website. | jn, vd, frd, gr | ||
| 79/03/29 | Cologne | Germany | Sporthalle | CONFIRMED | ticket stub. | jn, vd, mnifzc, gr | |||
| 79/03/30 | Neunkirchen am Brand | Germany | Hemmerleinhalle | 2 shows | CONFIRMED | ticket stub, poster. near Nuremberg. | jn, jnpc, ukaffz, pz, hfpc | ||
| 79/03/31 | Munich | Germany | Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle | 2 shows | jn, vd, gr | ||||
| 79/04/ | Osaka | Japan | SPURIOUS | according to Yoji Miyazaki (quoted by magpc), FZ did not come to Japan in 1979. | vd, ns, magpc, gr | ||||
| 79/04/ | Tokyo | Japan | SPURIOUS | according to Yoji Miyazaki (quoted by magpc), FZ did not come to Japan in 1979. | vd, ns, magpc, gr | ||||
| 79/04/01 | Zurich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | jn, vd, ns, gr |
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Frank Zappa Gig List: 1965-1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1988
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