Barry Manilow (12/1/1987)

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Artist(s): Barry Manilow
Date: 1 December 1987
Tickets: $17.50 (reserved seating)
Attendance: 4,900
Notes: Originally scheduled for November 24th, but rescheduled due to a rehearsal delay. This was the first arena show of his two-year “Big Fun Tour De Force” tour, following a four night theater run in Milwaukee. A nearly three-hour show.

Setlist*: Act I: Overture, Sweet Life / It’s a Long Way Up, Brooklyn Blues, Accordion Snippets Medley (Born in the U.S.A. / Like a Virgin / I’m So Excited), Sunrise, Sunset, Cloudburst, I Am Your Child, Ships, Dirt Cheap, Sweet Heaven (I’m in Love Again), Can’t Smile Without You, The Best Seat in the House, Mandy, You’re Lookin Hot Tonight.

Act II: Big Fun, Dancin’ Fool, Stomping at the Savoy, Summertime, Hey Mambo, Swing Street, Medley: One Voice / I Write the Songs / The Old Songs / Bandstand Boogie / I Don’t Want to Walk Without You / Even Now / Some Kind of Friend / New York City Rhythm / Copacabana (at the Copa) / Read ’Em and Weep / When I Wanted You / Somewhere Down the Road / This One’s for You / Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again / Ready to Take a Chance Again / It’s a Miracle / Let’s Hang On! / Somewhere in the Night / Could It Be Magic / I Made It Through the Rain / Daybreak / I Write the Songs, When the Good Times Come Again.

*unconfirmed, but likely similar based on reviewer’s comments and other shows around the same time (Minneapolis, MN)

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