U2 Love comes to town tour 1989 (Australia Itinerary)

In addition to the "full tour itinerary" some other books were issued later on, in order to update or add some useful information for the Lovetown crew. I know about the existance of a minimum of three different books covering aussie, "kiwie" and european legs of the Lovetown tour. Detailed Japan information might be on a separate book..... but I cannot confirm this information.

This is the only book that is not including yellow as the main colour on the cover. The rest of the front cover is very similar to the one issued for the New Zealand leg of the tour.

This book covers from September 16th to October 29th. The list includes not only shows but also three Production Rehearsals at Perth Entertainment Center from September 18th to 20th.

If we take a look at the tour dates printed on this itinerary book, we notice that some of the shows planned did never actually happen. So a final show in Melbourne on October 17th is on the book (U2 played a total of 7 shows but....8 shows are on the list). A similar situation happens when we take look at Sydney shows. U2 played 2 shows in October but three additional shows before the NZ leg of the tour are on the itinerary list of dates (October 22nd, 24th and 25th). The truth is that after visiting NZ the band was back in Sydney for 3 final shows.

It is funny to see that once again the tour personnel list mentions David Evans and Paul Hewson instead of The Edge and Bono. This will change in future itineraries.

 As usually,  the book includes also a list of hotels, tour organisation, venues, flights, time differences, and a very curious page that shows "How to access your email within Australia"...god...that was 1989 !!!

There is also a map of each city where hotels and venue situation is marked.

Finally a list of recommendations per city (Restaurants, Night clubs, Sport Clubs, Tourist attractions,...) is also included.












As I mentioned when opening this entry, this is one of the 4 "Love town" books I ever saw. I never saw the japanese one but considering that apart from the "full tour itinerary" I have found a book for each leg, the japanese one should be around. Hopefully I will find it one day....

On August 14th 2014, Adam Clayton and Bono signed my copy of this rare itinerary book. It was in Nice, at the gates of the Studio Riviera.

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