The Beans in Phoenix, two years before The Tubes existed.
One of the very first Tubes shows, played for a classmate’s art show.
Three sellouts that settled a bet with Bill Graham — and won them Kezar.
Fifty thousand people, and Graham threatening to run them out of San Francisco.
Three nights supporting the New York Dolls’ first San Francisco shows.
A Halloween Masquerade Ball, and the start of a Winterland institution.
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Kiss headlining, Rush and the Tubes underneath, a queue down Steiner Street.
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Headlining the room they’d supported in six months earlier, live on KSAN.
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A full headline evening on the West Coast, five months before London.
Six sold-out nights that became What Do You Want From Live.
Banned by the council, four votes to one, after they went to Birmingham to watch.
Straight on into Europe with the full production still intact.
Five Hollywood nights. Cher fled the staged bomb threat.
The night Fee Waybill broke his leg and the tour stopped.
Joint headliners with Zappa — and the Tubes closed the festival.
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Seventeen dates, seven of them at Hammersmith, Squeeze opening.
Three nights, and Yellow Magic Orchestra’s first shows outside Japan.
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An all-day stadium bill in the rain, filmed for Journey’s documentary.
Sixty thousand people — the biggest crowd they ever played to.
