Frank Zappa Gig List: 1988

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-June 7c recordings in circulation

DateCityStateCountryVenueShowsStatusOther actsCommentsSources
88/02/02 Albany NY
Palace Theater
CONFIRMED
ticket stub bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, gr
88/02/04-06 New York NY
Beacon Theatre
CONFIRMED
review, ticket stubs for all nights. bl, jn, pb, pz, frd, mtrpc, klpc, gr
88/02/08-10 Washington DC
Warner Theatre
CONFIRMED
MK's tour diary. bl, jn, pb, rlfpc, dgrpc, mkws, gr
88/02/12-14 Upper Darby PA
Tower Theatre
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs for all nights. bl, jn, vd, pb, frd, mtrpc, kewpc, gr
88/02/16-17 Hartford CT
Bushnell Memorial Hall
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs for both nights. bl, jn, vd, pb, rbupc, frd, mtrpc, gr
88/02/19-20 Boston MA
Orpheum Theater
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs for both nights. bl, jn, vd, pb, mtrpc, gr
88/02/23 Poughkeepsie NY
Mid Hudson Civic Center
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, gr
88/02/25 Pittsburgh PA
Syria Mosque
CONFIRMED
MK's tour diary. bl, jn, pb, dgrpc, mkws, gr
88/02/26-28 Royal Oak MI
Royal Oak Music Theatre
CONFIRMED
near Troy and Detroit. ticket stubs for 02/28. newspaper review of 02/26 mentioning all three dates. bl, jn, vd, mbeapc, rompc, gr
88/03/01 Muskegon MI
Frauenthal Theatre
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, pb, jsmpc, gr
88/03/03-04 Chicago IL
Auditorium Theatre
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs for both nights. bl, jn, pb, jprpc, frd, gr
88/03/05 Cleveland OH
Music Hall
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. bl, jn, pb, jprpc, btseb, frd, gr
88/03/06 Columbus OH
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
CONFIRMED
review and ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, pbpc, CD, rompc, gr
88/03/08 Pittsburgh PA
Syria Mosque
CONFIRMED
MK's tour diary. bl, jn, pb,dgrpc, mkws, gr
88/03/09 Buffalo NY
Shea's Theater
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. venue officially known as Shea's Buffalo Center for the Performing Arts. bl, jn, pb, jdpc, frd, gr
88/03/11 Rochester NY
War Memorial Auditorium
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, frd, gr
88/03/12 Burlington VT
Memorial Auditorium
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs show date and artist, no venue or city. bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, frd, sfgpc, gr
88/03/13 Springfield MA
Civic Center
CONFIRMED
poster and ticket stubs. bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, pz144, frd, sfgpc, gr
88/03/15 Portland ME
Cumberland County Civic Center
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. from ccccws: attendance = 3196. not OR. bl, jn, vd, pb, klpc, ccccws, sfgpc, gr
88/03/16 Providence RI
Civic Center
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, gr
88/03/17 Binghamton NY
Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena



bl, jn, pb, grpc, gr
88/03/19 Allentown PA
Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, frd, gr
88/03/20 Hackensack NJ
Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. university spelling from their own website. campus spans city limits, but venue is not in Teaneck. bl, jn, pb, mtrpc, kewpc, gr
88/03/21 VA CANCELED
= 03/23 Fairfax?
88/03/21 Syracuse NY
Landmark Theater



bl, jn, pb, gr
88/03/23 Fairfax VA Patriot Center, George Mason University CANCELED
near Washington, DC. jampc, PBP, gr
88/03/23 Towson MD
Towson Center
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, gmpc, gr
88/03/24 Philadelphia PA Spectrum Theater CANCELED
canceled. cf. 88/02/12-14 Upper Darby. bl, vd, pbipc, gr
88/03/25 Uniondale NY
Nassau Coliseum
CONFIRMED Hot Tuna (acoustic) poster and ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, frd, pz130, mtrpc, gr
88/04/09 Bourges
France Le Stadium
CONFIRMED Didier Lockwood ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, frd, pbpc, gr
88/04/10 Ghent
Belgium Sportpaleis
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, pb, pdspc, frd, gr
88/04/12 Berlin
Germany Deutschlandhalle
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. bl, jn, pb, fcbpc, frd, gr
88/04/13 Offenbach
Germany Stadthalle
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, pb, jnpc, frd, gr
88/04/14 Cologne
Germany Sporthalle
CONFIRMED
poster and ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, pz, jnpc, frd, gr
88/04/16 Brighton
UK Brighton Centre
CONFIRMED
ticket stub and poster. bl, jn, pb, frd, gr
88/04/18-19 London
UK Wembley Arena
CONFIRMED
ads, poster, ticket stubs for both dates. bl, jn, vd, pb, frd, dcjtaffz, mdfws, gr
88/04/20 Birmingham
UK National Exhibition Centre
CONFIRMED
poster and ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, pb, fdi, frd, gr
88/04/22 Wuerzburg
Germany Carl-Diem-Halle
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, pb, jnpc, jprpc, frd, gr
88/04/24 Bremen
Germany Stadthalle
CONFIRMED
poster and ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, uspc, gr
88/04/25 Copenhagen
Denmark Falkoner Teatret
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. bl, jn, pb, pz, frd, kkvpc, bhdws, gr
88/04/26 Lund
Sweden Olympen
CONFIRMED
ticket stub and poster. bl, jn, pb, pz, frd, jdpc, gr
88/04/27 Lillestrom
Norway Skedsmohallen
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. near Oslo. bl, jn, pb, pz, ebpc, frd, gr
88/04/29 Helsinki
Finland Jaeaehalli
CONFIRMED
reviews and ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, jnpc, pb, juhpc, gr
88/05/01 Stockholm
Sweden Johanneshovs Isstadion
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. bl, jn, pb, uhpc, pz, frd, gr
88/05/03-04 Rotterdam
Netherlands The Ahoy
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs for both nights. bl, jn, pb, jlspc, jjpc, hhfpc, frd, gr
88/05/05 Dortmund
Germany Westfalenhalle
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, vd, pb, hhfpc, gr
88/05/06 Hamburg
Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. ohpc says the venue was Muzikhalle, but ticket stubs say CCH Saal 1. bl, jn, pb, frd, ohpc, rgopc, gr
88/05/08 Vienna
Austria Stadthalle
CONFIRMED
poster. bl, jn, pb, bsa, gr
88/05/09 Munich
Germany Rudi-Sedlmeyer-Halle
CONFIRMED
ticket stub bl, jn, pb, jnpc, gr
88/05/11 Zurich
Switzerland Hallenstadion
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, jnpc, jprpc, frd, gr
88/05/13 Bilbao
Spain Pabellon de los Deportes de La Casilla
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. venue from Luis Ruiz (via rgapc). not Velodrome. not San Sebastian. bl, jn, vd, pb, rgapc, hpspc, gr
88/05/14 Madrid
Spain Auditorio de la Casa de Campo
CONFIRMED Mermelada, Burning ticket stub. venue aka Rockodromo. not "Palacio de Desportes" (which is not even Spanish). other acts from attendees smopc and jampc. FZ performed second at his own request. bl, jn, vd, pb, grpc, frd, rgapc, pbpc, smopc, jampc, gr
88/05/15 Seville
Spain Auditorio Municipal Prado de San Sebastian
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, jampc, gr
88/05/17 Barcelona
Spain Palacio de los Deportes
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, grpc, jampc, gr
88/05/18 Montpellier
France Le Zenith
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, frd, gr
88/05/19 Grenoble
France Le Summum
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. not Le Summun. bl, jn, pb, pjpc, frd, gripc, gr
88/05/20 Paris
France Le Zenith
CONFIRMED
and not 05/21? pjpc says he saw FZ at Paris-Zenith two days in a row. bl, jn, vd, pb, pcpc, frd, gr
88/05/21 Paris France Le Zenith SPURIOUS

vd, pcpc, gr
88/05/23 Strasbourg
France Hall Tivoli
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, pz, jnpc, frd, gr
88/05/24 Stuttgart
Germany Beethovensaal, Liederhalle
CONFIRMED
ticket stubs. not Martin Schleyer Halle. bl, jn, vd, jnpc, mvpc, pb, gabspc, gr
88/05/25 Mannheim
Germany Rosengarten/Mozartsaal
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, jnpc, hpbpc, gr
88/05/26 Fuerth
Germany Stadthalle
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. jn, vd, pb, mstpc, gr
88/05/28 Linz
Austria Sporthalle
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, hspc, gr
88/05/29 Graz
Austria Eishalle Liebenau



bl, jn, pb, gr
88/05/30 Udine
Italy Palasport Primo Carnera


gr has 05/31, but attendee wrote 5/30 on his photo of the show. bl, jn, pb, mapc, gr
88/06/01 Padua
Italy Palasport
CONFIRMED
ticket stub. bl, jn, pb, gripc, gr
88/06/02 Milan
Italy Palatrussardi


ticket stub shows no city, venue, day, or date. but it's definitely for FZ, Italy, 1988. bl, jn, pb, frd, gr
88/06/03 Turin
Italy Palasport



bl, jn, pb, gr
88/06/05 Modena
Italy Palasport


ticket stub shows no city, venue, day, or date. but it's definitely for FZ, Italy, 1988. bl, jn, pb, frd, gr
88/06/06 Florence
Italy Palasport


bl has Genova bl, jn, vd, pb, gr
88/06/07 Rome
Italy PalaEur



bl, jn, pb, gr
88/06/09 Genoa
Italy Palasport


bl has Florence bl, jn, vd, pb, gr

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