Boy Tour Leg 1 UK & Europe, September 6th- 3rd December 1980, (57 concerts).
The U2 “Boy” Tour was the band’s first big concert tour. Launched to promote their debut album *Boy*, released in October 1980 in the UK and Ireland. It marked their first move onto the international stage and helped them start building a fanbase. That would grow rapidly in the years ahead. Many of the venues U2 played were small club/pubs with a capacity of 200/300. This was ideal for them too show their raw power. In small venues, were they could make a real connection with their fans. This leg of the tour included their first European shows, although they still hadn’t performed in Scotland or Wales.
Leg 1 (UK & Europe) Small clubs and pubs September – December 1980 (57 shows)
This is a complete list of all known U2 concerts for the Boy Tour 1st leg. This includes U2’s first European gigs in Holland & France. The first date of the U.S.A. leg had to be canceled due commitments in the France.
- 06/09/1980 General Wolfe, Coventry, England
- 07/09/1980 Lyceum Ballroom, London, England
- 08/09/1980 Marquee Club, Soho, London, England
- 09/09/1980 Berkeley, Bristol, England
- 11/09/1980 Wellington Club, Hull, England
- 12/09/1980 Taboo Club, Scarborough, England
- 13/09/1980 Queen’s Hall, Leeds, England
- 15/09/1980 Marquee Club, Soho, London, England
- 16/09/1980 Fiesta Suite, Plymouth, England
- 17/09/1980 The Golden Eagle, Birmingham, England
- 17/09/1980
Penzance, England – DemelzasCanceled - 18/09/1980
Totnes, England – Civic HallCanceled - 19/09/1980 Marshall Rooms, Stroud, England
- 21/09/1980 Nags Head, Wollaston, England
- 22/09/1980 Marquee Club, Soho, London, England
- 23/09/1980 Limit Club, Sheffield, England
- 24/09/1980
Birmingham, England – BogartsCanceled - 24/09/1980 Friars Club, Aylesbury, England
- 25/09/1980 Brady’s, Liverpool, England
- 26/09/1980 Cedar Club, Birmingham, England
- 27/09/1980 Coventry, England – Lanchester Polytechnic
- 29/09/1980 Marquee Club, Soho, London, England
- 30/09/1980 Polytechnic, Brighton, England
- 02/10/1980 Brannigans, Leeds, England
- 03/10/1980 Poterhouse, Retford, England
- 04/10/1980 School Of Economics, London, England
- 05/10/1980 Half Moon Club, Herne Hill, London, England
- 07/10/1980 Boat Club, Nottingham, England
- 09/10/1980 Cavendish House, Polytechnic, Manchester, England
- 11/10/1980 Kingston, Polytechnic, London, England
- 14/10/1980 KRO Studio Hilversum, Netherlands
- 15/10/1980 The Milkyway, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 16/10/1980 Groningen, Netherlands
- 17/10/1980 Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- 18/10/1980 Claridge. Brussels, Belgium
- 19/10/1980 Lyceum Ballroom, London, England
- 04/11/1980 Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
- 07/11/1980 University, Exeter, England
- 08/11/1980 University, Southampton, England
- 09/11/1980 Moonlight Club, London, England
- 11/11/1980 University Of Kent, Canterbury, England
- 12/11/1980 University, Bradford, England
- 13/11/1980 Limit Club, Sheffield, England
- 14/11/1980 Town Hall, Kidderminster, England
- 15/11/1980 Polytechnic, Bristol, England
- 18/11/1980 University, Reading, England
- 19/11/1980 Polytechnic, Wolverhampton, England
- 20/11/1980 Gaiety Bar, Blackpool, England
- 21/11/1980 Nite Club, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 22/11/1980 Brady’s, Liverpool, England
- 24/11/1980 Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England
- 26/11/1980 Marquee Club, London, England
- 27/11/1980 Marquee Club, London, England
- 28/11/1980 Aston University, Birmingham, England
- 29/11/1980 Keele University, Newcastle Under Lyme, England
- 30/11/1980 Jenkinson’s, Brighton, England
- 01/12/1980 Hammersmith Palais. London, England
- 02/12/1980 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
- 1980-12-03 – Paris, France – Théâtre Mogador
- 1980-12-04 – Nogent-sur-Marne, France – Pavillon Baltard
- 1980-12-06 – Nogent-sur-Marne, France – Pavillon Baltard
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