Saturday, January 1, 2011

War Tour - UK Tour book

Tour Legs: This program covers the first of 4 legs of the War tour. The first leg was played across 29 shows at venues throughout the UK and one final show on the continent (France)
Dates Covered in program: 26 Feb 1983 to 29 Mar 1983.

Concerts played but not listed in the program are:
3 Apr 1983 - at the Festival De Printemps, Bourges, France.

No. of pages: 12
Size: 29cm x 21cm
Printing: Printed on glossy A4 sized paper, this is U2 first official book style program. Content includes numerous pages of news clippings about the band and also some promo shots taken of the band as they filmed the video for A Celebration. There is a discography page, an advert to subscribe to the U2 Magazine and also a page showing tour merchandise. But rather than it being actually pictures of the merchandise, there are black and white drawings of what the merchandise looks like.
Cost: In my search for this harder to find program, I ended up buying 2 of them. Both for around £50. One in a eBay auction and the other a private sale. I'll probably keep both. I had previously unsuccessfully bid on copies of this program where the sales went as high as £85 and this one is normally listed on collector websites for over $125. So again, look for a bargain on eBay. They get listed often enough.


Front cover


Rear cover


Tour personnel


Inside content


Center fold - outtakes from 'A Celebration' promo video


Discography


Tour Itinerary


Merchandise

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