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  • Hot Tonight Tour - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - March 27, 1983

    Hi Everyone.

    Boy, this concert brings back some great memories!

    The year was 1983 and for the first time ever, we played Tokyo, Japan.

    Boy, talk about feeling out of place!

    I had no idea what was about to happen. I was convinced nobody would come to the show, that nobody in Japan (Jap...

  • Live in Japan 1985 - Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka City, Japan - June 6, 1985

    Live In Japan 1985
    Osaka-jo Hall
    Osaka City, Japan
    June 6th, 1985

    We were in Japan when we first saw this video. We were near the end of our Japanese tour when someone brought the DVD into my dressing room and we started to watch it.

    It was the first time we’d ever seen and heard au...

  • Paradise Tour - Radio City Music Hall - November 1, 1984

    Hi Everyone,

    Come with me back, back, way back in time this month.

    We go back to 1984!

    I was really surprised to find that we even HAD a video of this show. But my wonderful assistant Marc was crunched down in the 10th row taping the show with a cheap home camera! And it’s a fine recordi...

  • Big Fun Tour - Minneapolis - December 16th, 1987

    "Big Fun" Tour
    Northrup Auditorium
    Minneapolis, MN
    December 16th, 1987

    Hi Everyone,

    This episode is a very rare one.

    We video taped this in 1987 at the start of the “Big Fun” tour in Minneapolis. (Very cold in Minneapolis!).

    We continued to tour with this show for two years. And ...

  • 1980 World Tour - Toronto, ON - Maple Leaf Gardens - November 20, 1980

    Hi Everyone,

    This month’s MTV is very emotional. During the show, I thank all the folks in the Toronto audience (first time in Toronto, by the way) and say, “You’re one of the warmest audiences I’ve ever played for. It’s been five years since “Mandy”, so thank you.”

    Five years since “Mandy”??? ...