European Adventure Tour 1981
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The European Adventure Tour 1981 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
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Background
The European Adventure Tour 1981 was in promtion of Oldfield's QE2QE2 (album)
QE2 is the sixth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 on Virgin Records.The album contained both original Oldfield compositions as well as two cover version of pieces recorded by other bands .- Album analysis :The longest tracks on the album are "Taurus I" and the title track, "QE2",...
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Tour dates
| Country | Date | City | Venue | Notes |
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| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
09/03/1981 | Offenbach | Stadthalle Stadthalle Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach is a building in Offenbach am Main, Germany. There are 3,000 seats.-External links:... |
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| 10/03/1981 | Offenbach | Stadthalle | ||
| 11/03/1981 | Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of... |
Rhein-Neckar-Halle | ||
| 12/03/1981 | Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire... |
Rheingoldhalle | ||
| 14/03/1981 | Würzburg Würzburg Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian.... |
Tauberfrankenhalle | ||
| 15/03/1981 | Nürnberg | Hemmerleinhalle | ||
| 16/03/1981 | München | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle | ||
| 17/03/1981 | Ravensburg Ravensburg Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre... |
Oberschwabenhalle | ||
| 18/03/1981 | Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states... |
Schwarzwaldhalle | ||
| 19/03/1981 | Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials... |
Sporthalle | ||
| 21/03/1981 | Hamburg | Congress Center Hamburg | ||
| 22/03/1981 | Kiel | Ostseehalle | ||
| 23/03/1981 | Bremerhaven | Stadthalle | ||
| 25/03/1981 | Hannover | Eilenriedehalle | ||
| 26/03/1981 | Bremen | Stadthalle | ||
| 27/03/1981 | Berlin | Deutschlandhalle | ||
| 29/03/1981 | Düsseldorf | Phillipshalle | ||
| 30/03/1981 | Münster | Halle Münsterland | ||
| 31/03/1981 | Siegen | Siegerlandhalle | 2 shows | |
| 01/04/1981 | Essen | Grugahalle | ||
| 02/04/1981 | Hannover | Eilenriedehalle | ||
| The Netherlands | 03/04/1981 | Rotterdam | De Doelen | |
| Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
15/06/1981 | Helsinki | ||
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
17/06/1981 | Stockholm | Grönalund | |
| Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
18/06/1981 | København | Falkoner Teatret | |
| Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
19/06/1981 | Oslo | ||
| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
21/06/1981 | Bruxelles | Forest National | |
| The Netherlands | 22/06/1981 | Nijmegen | ||
| 23/06/1981 | Rotterdam | De Doelen | ||
| France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
24/06/1981 | Paris | Palais Des Sports | |
| 25/06/1981 | Lille | |||
| 26/06/1981 | Paris | Palais Des Sports | ||
| 27/06/1981 | Concarneau | |||
| 28/06/1981 | Poitiers | Amphi Descartes | ||
| 29/06/1981 | Lyon | Palais d'Hiver | ||
| 30/06/1981 | Strasbourg | Hall Rhenus | ||
| Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
01/07/1981 | Luxembourg | ||
| Germany | 02/07/1981 | Freiburg | Stadthalle | |
| 03/07/1981 | Sindelfingen | Messehalle | ||
| Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
05/07/1981 | Montreux | Grande Sale Jazz Festival | Montreux Jazz Festival 1981 (2 shows) Released on DVD |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
06/07/1981 | Milano | Velodromo Vigorelli | |
| 07/07/1981 | Jesolo | Open Air Festival | ||
| 08/07/1981 | Bologna | |||
| 09/07/1981 | Roma | Palasport | ||
| 10/07/1981 | Livorno | Open Air | ||
| 12/07/1981 | Rimini | Open Air | ||
| Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
13/07/1981 | Tel Aviv | ||
| 14/07/1981 | Tel Aviv | |||
| Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
16/07/1981 | Athens | Roman Ruins | |
| 17/07/1981 | Athens | Roman Ruins | ||
| Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
20/07/1981 | Wien | Stadthalle | |
| Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
28/07/1981 | London | Guildhall Yard | The Royal Wedding Concert |
| 30/07/1981 | London | Rainbow Theatre | ||
| 09/08/1981 | Nottingham | Theatre Royal | ||
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
08/1981 | Barcelona | TV studio | Musical Express |