// U2 Tours // Boy Tour
Tour schedule for U2's Boy Tour (1980-1981)
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| Date | City | Country | Venue |
// Boy Tour 1st leg: Europe
|
// September 1980
|
|
06
|
Coventry
|
England
|
General Woolfe
|
|
07
|
London
|
England
|
Lyceum Ballroom
|
|
08
|
London
|
England
|
Marquee Club
|
|
09
|
Bristol
|
England
|
Berkeley
|
|
11
|
Hull
|
England
|
Wellington Club
|
|
12
|
Scarborough
|
England
|
Taboo Club
|
|
13
|
Leeds
|
England
|
Queen's Hall
|
|
15
|
London
|
England
|
Marquee Club
|
|
16
|
Plymouth
|
England
|
Fiesta Suite
|
|
17
|
Penzance
|
England
|
Demelzas
|
|
18
|
Tones
|
England
|
Civic Hall
|
|
19
|
Stroud
|
England
|
Marshall Rooms
|
|
21
|
Wollaston
|
England
|
Nag's Head
|
|
22
|
London
|
England
|
Marquee Club
|
|
23
|
Sheffield
|
England
|
Limit Club
|
|
24
|
Birmingham
|
England
|
Bogart's
|
|
25
|
Liverpool
|
England
|
Brady's
|
|
26
|
Birmingham
|
England
|
Cedar Ballroom
|
|
27
|
Coventry
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
29
|
London
|
England
|
Maida Vale Studios
|
|
29
|
London
|
England
|
Marquee Club
|
|
30
|
Brighton
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
// October 1980
|
|
02
|
Leeds
|
England
|
Fan Club
|
|
03
|
Retford
|
England
|
Porterhouse
|
|
04
|
London
|
England
|
School Of Economics
|
|
05
|
London
|
England
|
Half Moon Club
|
|
07
|
Nottingham
|
England
|
Boat Club
|
|
09
|
Manchester
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
11
|
London
|
England
|
Kingston Polytechnic
|
|
14
|
Hilversum
|
The Netherlands
|
KRO Studios
|
|
15
|
Amsterdam
|
The Netherlands
|
De Melkweg
|
|
16
|
Groningen
|
The Netherlands
|
Vera
|
|
17
|
Apeldoorn
|
The Netherlands
|
Gigant
|
|
18
|
Brussels
|
Belgium
|
Klacik
|
|
19
|
London
|
England
|
Lyceum Ballroom
|
// November 1980
|
|
07
|
Exeter
|
England
|
University
|
|
08
|
Southhampton
|
England
|
University
|
|
09
|
London
|
England
|
Moonlight Club
|
|
11
|
Canterbury
|
England
|
Kent University
|
|
12
|
Bradford
|
England
|
University
|
|
13
|
Sheffield
|
England
|
Limit Club
|
|
14
|
Kidderminster
|
England
|
Town Hall
|
|
15
|
Bristol
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
18
|
Redding
|
England
|
University
|
|
19
|
Wolverhampton
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
20
|
Blackpool
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
21
|
Edinburgh
|
England
|
Nite Club
|
|
22
|
Liverpool
|
England
|
Brady's
|
|
24
|
Coventry
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
26
|
London
|
England
|
Marquee Club
|
|
27
|
London
|
England
|
Marquee Club
|
|
28
|
Birmingham
|
England
|
Aston University
|
|
29
|
Stoke
|
England
|
Keele University
|
|
30
|
Brighton
|
England
|
Jenkinson's
|
// December 1980
|
|
01
|
London
|
England
|
Hammersmith Palais
|
|
02
|
London
|
England
|
Hammersmith Palais
|
|
03
|
Paris
|
France
|
Baltard Pavilion
|
|
|
// Boy Tour 2nd leg: North America & Europe
|
// December 1980
|
|
06
|
New York
|
United States
|
The Ritz
|
|
07
|
Washington
|
United States
|
Bayou Club
|
|
08
|
Buffalo
|
United States
|
Stage One
|
|
09
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
El Mocambo
|
|
11
|
New York
|
United States
|
Mudd Club
|
|
12
|
Providence
|
United States
|
Main Event
|
|
13
|
Boston
|
United States
|
The Paradise
|
|
14
|
New Haven
|
United States
|
Toad's Place
|
|
15
|
Philadelphia
|
United States
|
Bijou Cafe
|
|
17
|
Belfast
|
Northern Ireland
|
Ulster Hall
|
|
18
|
Galway
|
Ireland
|
Leisureland
|
|
19
|
Sligo
|
Ireland
|
Baymount
|
|
20
|
Cork
|
Ireland
|
Downtown Kampus
|
|
22
|
Dublin
|
Ireland
|
TV Club
|
// January 1981
|
|
23
|
Belfast
|
Northern Ireland
|
Queen's University
|
|
24
|
Glasgow
|
Scotland
|
Strathclyde University
|
|
25
|
Edinburgh
|
Scotland
|
Valentino's Club
|
|
26
|
York
|
England
|
University
|
|
27
|
Manchester
|
England
|
Polytechnic
|
|
28
|
Norwich
|
England
|
University of East Anglia
|
|
29
|
Northampton
|
England
|
Iron Horse
|
|
30
|
Loughborough
|
England
|
Loughborough University
|
|
31
|
St. Albans
|
England
|
City Hall
|
// February 1981
|
|
01
|
London
|
England
|
Lyceum Ballroom
|
|
09
|
Stockholm
|
Sweden
|
Mandagsborsen
|
|
09
|
Stockholm
|
Sweden
|
Underground
|
|
10
|
Brussels
|
Belgium
|
Beursschouwburg
|
|
11
|
Amsterdam
|
The Netherlands
|
Paradiso
|
|
12
|
Den Haag
|
The Netherlands
|
Paard Van Troje
|
|
13
|
Rotterdam
|
The Netherlands
|
De Lantaarn
|
|
14
|
Sittard
|
The Netherlands
|
Stadsschouwburg
|
|
15
|
Hamburg
|
Germany
|
Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall
|
|
17
|
Berlin
|
Germany
|
Kantkino
|
|
18
|
Munich
|
Germany
|
Sugar Shack
|
|
19
|
Geneva
|
Switzerland
|
Salle Du Fauburg
|
|
20
|
Paris
|
France
|
Ecole National Des Travaux
|
|
21
|
Paris
|
France
|
Le Palace
|
|
28
|
London
|
England
|
Old Grey Whistle Test
|
// Boy Tour 3rd leg: North America & Europe
|
// March 1981
|
|
03
|
Washington
|
United States
|
Bayou Club
|
|
03
|
Washington
|
United States
|
Bayou Club
|
|
04
|
Philadelphia
|
United States
|
Bijou Cafe
|
|
05
|
Albany
|
United States
|
J.B. Scott's
|
|
06
|
Boston
|
United States
|
The Paradise
|
|
06
|
Boston
|
United States
|
The Paradise
|
|
07
|
New York
|
United States
|
The Ritz
|
|
09
|
Montreal
|
Canada
|
Le Club
|
|
10
|
Ottawa
|
Canada
|
Barrymore's
|
|
11
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
Maple Leaf Ballroom
|
|
14
|
San Diego
|
United States
|
Globe Theater
|
|
15
|
Reseda
|
United States
|
Reseda Country Club
|
|
16
|
Anaheim
|
United States
|
Woodstock
|
|
18
|
San Jose
|
United States
|
State College Auditorium
|
|
19
|
San Francisco
|
United States
|
The Old Waldorf
|
|
20
|
San Francisco
|
United States
|
The Old Waldorf
|
|
22
|
Portland
|
United States
|
Foghorn
|
|
23
|
Seattle
|
United States
|
Astor Park
|
|
24
|
Vancouver
|
Canada
|
Commodore Ballroom
|
|
26
|
Salt Lake City
|
United States
|
New Faces Club
|
|
28
|
Boulder
|
United States
|
Rainbow Music Hall
|
|
30
|
Lubbock
|
United States
|
The Rox
|
|
31
|
Austin
|
United States
|
The Club Foot
|
// April 1981
|
|
01
|
Houston
|
United States
|
Cardi's
|
|
02
|
Dallas
|
United States
|
Bijou
|
|
03
|
Oklahoma City
|
United States
|
Quicksilver's
|
|
04
|
Tulsa
|
United States
|
Cain's Ballroom
|
|
06
|
Kansas City
|
United States
|
Uptown Theater
|
|
07
|
St. Louis
|
United States
|
Washington University
|
|
09
|
Minneapolis
|
United States
|
Uncle Sam's
|
|
10
|
Ames
|
United States
|
Fillmore
|
|
11
|
Chicago
|
United States
|
University of Chicago
|
|
12
|
Chicago
|
United States
|
Park West
|
|
14
|
Madison
|
United States
|
Merling's
|
|
15
|
Milwaukee
|
United States
|
Palm's
|
|
17
|
Cincinnati
|
United States
|
Bogart's Club
|
|
18
|
Detroit
|
United States
|
Harpo's
|
|
19
|
Columbus
|
United States
|
The Agora
|
|
20
|
Columbus
|
United States
|
The Agora
|
|
21
|
Pittsburgh
|
United States
|
The Decade
|
// May 1981
|
|
02
|
Gainesville
|
United States
|
Rathskeller Hall
|
|
03
|
Tampa
|
United States
|
End Zone
|
|
04
|
Hallendale
|
United States
|
The Agora
|
|
06
|
Atlanta
|
United States
|
The Agora
|
|
08
|
New Orleans
|
United States
|
Ol' Man River's
|
|
09
|
Memphis
|
United States
|
Poets
|
|
11
|
Denver
|
United States
|
Rainbow Music Hall
|
|
13
|
Santa Monica
|
United States
|
Civic Center
|
|
15
|
San Francisco
|
United States
|
California Hall
|
|
19
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
Ryerson Theater
|
|
20
|
Rochester
|
United States
|
Red Creek
|
|
21
|
Buffalo
|
United States
|
Uncle Sam's
|
|
22
|
Syracuse
|
United States
|
City Limits
|
|
23
|
Albany
|
United States
|
J.B. Scott's
|
|
24
|
Hampton Beach
|
United States
|
The Casino
|
|
25
|
Providence,
|
United States
|
Center Stage
|
|
27
|
New Haven
|
United States
|
Toad's Place
|
|
28
|
Boston
|
United States
|
The Metro
|
|
29
|
New York
|
United States
|
Palladium
|
|
30
|
New York
|
United States
|
NBC Studios
|
|
31
|
Asbury Park
|
United States
|
Fast Lane
|
// June 1981
|
|
04
|
Salford
|
England
|
University
|
|
06
|
Aylesbury
|
England
|
Friars Club
|
|
08
|
Geleen
|
The Netherlands
|
Pinkpop Festival
|
|
09
|
London
|
England
|
Hammersmith Palais
|
// August 1981
|
|
16
|
Dublin
|
Ireland
|
Slane Castle
|
|
23
|
London
|
England
|
Paris Cinema Studio
|
|
24
|
Odel
|
England
|
Greenbelt Festival
|
|
29
|
Gateshead
|
England
|
Gateshead Festival
|
|
31
|
Edinburgh
|
Scotland
|
Coasters
|
