Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 7 November 1989.
It was the 36th show by the first All-Starr Band, and the second of two consecutive nights at the Budokan. The seven-date Japanese tour followed a 30-date North American tour earlier in the year.
Starr returned to the Nippon Budokan Hall on 26 and 27 June 1995.
The first All-Starr Band
- Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussion, piano
- Joe Walsh: guitar, piano, maracas, vocals
- Nils Lofgren: guitar, accordion, vocals
- Rick Danko: bass guitar, guitar, vocals
- Dr John: piano, bass guitar, vocals
- Billy Preston: keyboards, melodica, cowbell, vocals
- Clarence Clemons: saxophone, tambourine, cowbell, vocals
- Levon Helm: drums, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
- Jim Keltner: drums
Concert setlist
- ‘It Don’t Come Easy’
- ‘No No Song’
- ‘Yellow Submarine’
- ‘Iko Iko’ (Dr John)
- ‘The Weight’ (Levon Helm)
- ‘Shine Silently’ (Nils Lofgren)
- ‘Get Back’ (Billy Preston)
- ‘Act Naturally’
- ‘Honey Don’t’
- ‘You’re A Friend Of Mine’ (Clarence Clemons)
- ‘The Shape I’m In’ (Rick Danko)
- ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’
- ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ (Joe Walsh)
- ‘Desperado’ (Joe Walsh)
- ‘Raining In My Heart’ (Rick Danko)
- ‘Up On Cripple Creek’ (Levon Helm)
- ‘Boys’
- ‘Bein’ Angry’ (Nils Lofgren)
- ‘Candy’ (Dr John)
- ‘Right Place Wrong Time’ (Dr John)
- ‘Quarter To Three’ (Clarence Clemons)
- ‘Amazing Grace’ (Joe Walsh)
- ‘Rocky Mountain Way’ (Joe Walsh)
- ‘Nothing From Nothing’ (Billy Preston)
- ‘Photograph’
- ‘You’re Sixteen’
- ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’
1989 All-Starr Band tour dates
- 23 July 1989: Park Central Amphitheatre, Dallas, USA
- 25 July 1989: Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, USA
- 26 July 1989: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, USA
- 28 July 1989: Riverfest, Saint Paul, USA
- 29 July 1989: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, USA
- 30 July 1989: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, USA
- 31 July 1989: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, USA
- 2 August 1989: Lake Compounce, Bristol, USA
- 4 August 1989: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, USA
- 5 August 1989: Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, USA
- 6 August 1989: Bally’s Grand Hotel, Atlantic City, USA
- 8 August 1989: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, USA
- 9 August 1989: Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, USA
- 11 August 1989: Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, USA
- 12 August 1989: Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, USA
- 13 August 1989: Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, USA
- 15 August 1989: Great Woods Centre for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, USA
- 16 August 1989: Kingston Fairgrounds, Kingston, USA
- 18 August 1989: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, USA
- 19 August 1989: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, Canada
- 20 August 1989: Castle Farms, Charlevoix, USA
- 24 August 1989: Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
- 25 August 1989: Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Canada
- 27 August 1989: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
- 29 August 1989: Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, USA
- 30 August 1989: Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, USA
- 1 September 1989: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, USA
- 2 September 1989: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, USA
- 3 September 1989: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
- 4 September 1989: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
- 30 October 1989: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan
- 31 October 1989: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
- 2 November 1989: Sun Plaza, Hiroshima, Japan
- 3 November 1989: Kyūshū Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Fukuoka, Japan
- 6 November 1989: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
- 7 November 1989: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
- 8 November 1989: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan
Last updated: 13 March 2024
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