European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Country music comes to Europe in March and april for the 8th International festival of country music. More than 20 bands kick off the tour during a three Day Bash at London s Wembley Arena March 29-31. Some of the performers Are country legend Johnny Cash right Singer Fanie Fricke below voted female vocalist of the year by the Academy of country music in 1983 and 84 and California s nitty Gritty dirt band left whose special blend of country and pop have resulted in such hits As House at Pooh Corner and the classic or. Bojangles Check the listing on these pages for the tour dates throughout Europe As Well As information on ticket prices. Manchester Apollo March 29 Birmingham . April 1. New York jazz explosion with Phyllis Hyman Tom Browne Noel Pointer and Ramsey Lewis. London Hammersmith Odeon May 3 & 4. Yoko Ono London Hammersmith Odeon March 22 & 25. To be continued throughout Eastern Europe. Chris re a Dusseldorf Philips Halle april 26 Munich circus Krone april 27 Frankfurt alte oper april 29 Hamburg Musi Halle april 30 curb urging Rock on the ring festival june 14 & 15. Mama concerts 069-5970246 or 089-2605011. Jennifer Rush Brighton Center april 6 Bristol hippodrome april 7 London Royal Albert Hall april 11 Edinburgh playhouse april 13 Sheffield City Hall april 15 Birmingham Odeon april 17 Nottingham Royal Center april 18 Manchester Apollo april 19. Sioux Sie & the banshees Bonn biscuit Halle april 24. Concert cooperation 0228-353788. Tangerine dream Harrogate Center March 21 Nottingham Royal concert Hall March 22 Lincoln Ritz March 23 Brighton dome March 24 Bristol hippodrome March 25 Oxford Apollo March 26 London Hammersmith Odeon March 27. James Taylor Stockholm Lonsert Hauser March 21 Copenhagen Saga theater March 22 Amsterdam Carre theater March 24 Brussels Queen Elizabeth Hall March 25 London Hammersmith Odeon March 28 & 29 Birmingham Odeon March 31 Manchester Apollo april 1 Belfast Grosvenor Hall april 3 & 4 Dublin stadium april 5 & 7 Paris Rex april 9 & 10 Nice Tea april 12 Milan Teatro Tenda april 13 Vienna Sta Thalle april 22. Twisted sister . Ipswich Gaumont March 23 London Hammersmith Odeon March 24 & 25. Germany Bremen Sta Thalle 2 april 6 Osnabrock Halle cartilage april 7 Essen Grug Halle april 9 Ludwigshafen Friedrich Ebert Halle april 10 Munich circus Krone april 12 Nurnberg Hemmerlein Halle april 13 Offenbach Sta Thalle april 14 Stuttgart Goblin Gen sport Halle april 16 Wurzburg Kudrnac Thalle aprif17. . Nottingham Royal concert Hall april 20 Manchester Apollo april 21 Edinburgh playhouse april 22 Birmingham Odeon april 23. For German dates Call shooter promotions 069-740398. Suzanne Vega Hamburg Audi Max april 13 Bonn Aula Ernst Moritz Arndt gymnasium april 14 Munich Alabam Halle april 16. Peter Rieger Monzert Agenter 02234-78062. Loudon Wainwright Iii London Putney half Moon through March 23. Konstantin Wecker Rosenheim Sta Thalle april 15 Erlanger Sta Thalle april 16 Hof fests a april 17 Berlin Quartier latin april 19 Hannover kleines Kupp Isaal april 23 Bielefeld Oetke Halle april 24 Aachen Audi Max april 25 Mannheim Musen Saal april 28 Ulm Kornhaus april 29. Lippmann & Rau concert buro 06172-24061. Wild geese Irish Folk music. Aschaffenbur erlenbach Kino passage March 23. Dieter Nentwig Musik Agenter 06183-3087. Club circuit Moe Bandy and the Rodeo clowns. Rhein main a Galaxy no club april 18, 12 30 . Lahr Centennial club april 19 Nurnberg Nashville disco april 20 Stuttgart longhorn Saloon april 24 Kaiserslautern longhorn Saloon april 25, 10 & 12 . Frankfurt Topper club april 26, 10 . Mike Pavich Agency 06128-1498. Bar Kays Mainz Pathfinder club March 21, 10 . And Darmstadt Rainbow no club 1 . Ramstein a no club March 22 Hahn a rec Center March 23, 9 & 11 . Open to All ranks. Mike Pavich Agency 06128-1498. Blind Chicken band Frankfurt Sachsenhause jazz life podium March 22 & 23. Barry Mccourt 069-568244. Boss country band Offenbach Nashville Rodeo Saloon March 21 & 22 Stuttgart longhorn Saloon March 28 & 29 Frankfurt Holiday inn March 31, 11 30 . Breakpoints Heidelberg Patton bks for club March 21 & 22 Frankfurt Topper no club March 27 Wiesbaden Lindsey As Rocker club March 28 Rhein main Apollo club March 29. Good old boys band Mainz Fin then pm club March 21 Heidelberg old Dominion club March 22 Mainz Village inn March 28 Wiesbaden Lindsey As Rocker club March 29. Houston Budinger no club March 21 bad Kreuz Nach Dixie club March 22 Kaiserslautern longhorn Saloon april 4 & 5 Rhein main a consolidated club april 11 Frankfurt Topper club april 12 Heilbronn top five club april 18. Heidelberg music Agency 06227-59232. Sembach a no club Blind Chicken Rock band March 21 East coast express Rock March 22 . Disco March 23 Willie j Rock March 24 big Dollar country March 25 brother John disco March 26 or. Bill Rock March 27 fresh soul band March 28 or. Bill Rock March 29 David d. Burner disco March 30 sky Jammer Rock March 31. Odd overseas shows Mindy Bozzi and totally hot. Philadelphia based top 40 Rock n Roll band. Turkey through March 30 Greece March 31 april 8 Italy april 9-May 1 Spain May 2-11. Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders eight members of the celebrated Texas cheerleaders offer acrobatic dancing singing hoedown and disco. Fulda March 22. Show performing songs by Tina Turner Rick James the Mary Jane girls Whitney Houston Atlantic Starr Ashford & Simpson and Donna summer. Kissie Darnell has performed at new York s Apollo theater and toured nationally with Gladys Knight Maxine Brown Joe Tex and Millie Jackson. Italy through april 11 Spain april 12-20. Tel Ltd band seven member variety show from Philadelphia offering a Potpourri of popular songs including Neutron dance by the Pointer Sisters 5f/r it up by Patti Labelle stand Back by Stephanie Mills Happy birthday by Stevie wonder what s love got to do with it by Tina Turner plus songs by Chaka Khan Whitney Houston and Sade. V corps through March 26 Vii corps March 27-31 7th at april 1-5 Vii corps april 6-10 azores april 11-16. Ben Kurland comedy variety show. A laugh splashed fun filled extravaganza featuring an unusual combination of comedy impersonations ventriloquism and music. Comedian Ben Kurland is a regular performer at casinos in Atlantic City and at his own comedy club going bananas in Philadelphia. Ventriloquist Vince d Antona has opened for Henny Youngmen and served for two years As Host of the popular kiddie Kappers for arts in Japan and Frank Docherty does impersonations of such celebrities As George Burns Rodney Dangerfield Eddie Murphy and Charles Bronson. The group also includes two women singers. Iceland March 26-31 Vii corps april 1-11 Italy april 12-26 Vii corps april 27-May 8 azores May 10-14. Latin image a six member fast moving latino show band featuring hispanic Salsa country and top 40 songs including China do los Jos Negros Mambo Numero Ocho Margarita Don Goyo Sola Nente and hey. Sinai through March 24 Hanau Fliege Horst Cavern rec ctr March 25, 7 30 . Hanau Hutmier Cavern March 26, 7 30 . Gellhausen rec ctr March 27, 7 30 . Mel Bokus Day room March 29, 7 . Munster rec ctr March 30, 3 . Classical opera Verdi Don Carlos Mainz stad theater March 21, 23, 27. Forza Del Destino Force of destiny Nurnberg opern Haus March 27. La Traviata Karlsruhe Staat theater March 27. Falstaff Mannheim National Heater March 31. Mozart Don Giovanni Munich National Heater March 22, Nurnberg opern Haus March 23 and Heidelberg theater Der Stadt March 29. Abduction from the Seraglio Vienna Kamme Roper March 22, 26, 29. Cos fan Ruffe Hanau Sta Thalle March 22, Kaiserslautern Pfalz theater March 28, 31 and Darmstadt Staat theater March 30. The marriage of Figaro Nurnberg opern Haus March 26. The magic flute Wurzburg stad theater March 29, Nurnberg opern Haus March 30 and Wiesbaden Staat theater March 30, 31. Wagner parsifal Darmstadt Staat theater March 22, 28, Munich National Heater March 23, 27, 30, Mannheim National Heater March 28 and Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 28. Lohengrin Karlsruhe Staat theater March 28. Tannhauser. Mainz stad theater March 30. Tristan und Isolde Karlsruhe Staat theater March 31. Other operas Tchaikovsky s Eugen onegin Wiessen stad theater March 21, Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 22, Wurzburg stad theater March 23 and Ulm stad theater March 30. Puccini s la Boheme Ulm stad theater March 21, 23, Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 26 and Vienna vol Soper March 29. Massenet s Manon Munich National Heater March 21, 25 and his werther. Karlsruhe Staat theater March 23. Bizet s Carmen Nurnberg opern Haus March 22 and Karlsruhe Staat theater March 29. Richard Strauss Rose Kavalier. Mannheim National Heater March 22, Heidelberg theater Der Stadt March 31 and Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 31 and his Salome Giessen stad theater March 26, 30 and Heidelberg theater Der Stadt March 28. Lorzing s Undine Mannheim National Heater March 25 and his Zar und Zimmermann Heidelberg theater Der Stadt March 30. Zandonai s Francesca a Rimini Karlsruhe Staat theater March 25. Rainer Kuna s master and Margaret Karlsruhe Staat theater March 26. Cluck s orpheus and Euridice Mannheim National Heater March 27. Auber s Fra diabolo Darmstadt Staat theater March 29. Donizetti s Don Pasquale Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 29. Kienzl s Evang Eliman Regensburg stad theater March 30. Operettas Offenbach s orpheus in the underworld Vienna vol Soper March 21 and Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 21, 30. Lehar s merry widow. Nurnberg opern Haus March 21 and Kaiserslautern Pfalz theater March 29 his Zar Witsch Mainz stad theater March 22 and his Gypsy love Aschaffenbur stad theater March 25. Mil locker s Bette student. Giessen stad theater March 22 and Wiesbaden Staat theater March 22, 27. Zeller s Der Voge handler. Vienna vol Soper March 22, Bremerhaven stad theater March 29 and Mannheim National Heater March 29. Offenbach s Schone Helena Wurzburg stad theater March 22, 31. Leo Falls Madame Pompadour. Giessen stad theater March 23 and Bremerhaven stad theater March 27. Johann Strauss Gypsy Baron Frankfurt Sta Tische Kuhnen March 24. Suppe s Boccaccio Regensburg stad theater March 29. Johann Strauss Fleder maus Karlsruhe Staat theater March 30 and Nurnberg opern Haus March 31. Johann Strauss one night in Venice Ulm stad theater March 31. Kalman s Zardas Kurstin Vienna vol Soper March 31. Ballet Tchaikovsky s Swanlake Kaiserslautern Pfalz theater March 23 and his sleeping Beauty Bolshoi Ballet Vienna Staat Soper March 24, 27, 29. Debussy s the sea Mannheim National Heater March 26. Bayef variety. Munich National Heater March 26. Negro spirituals Wurzburg stad theater March 26, 31. Prokofiev s Romeo and Juliet. Wiesbaden Staat theater March 28 and Munich National Heater March 29, 31. Grieg s peer Genf. Ulm stad theater March 29. Musicals showboat. Darmstadt Staat theater March 21, 27, 31. West Side Story. Kassel Staat theater March 22, 31. Annie get your gun Bremerhaven stad theater March 25. My fair lady Vienna vol Soper March 25 and Nurnberg opern Haus March 29. Forsyth s Isabelle s dance Frankfurt Sta Tische Bohnen March 27. An Tevka fiddler on the roof Heidelberg theater Der Stadt March 27. Man of la Mancha Wurzburg stad theater March 30. Other Salome dream theater Mannheim was Berturm through March 23, 4 & 8 30 . Holiday on ice 1986 production disco scottish show Paris palais Des sports through May 4. Kissie Darnell review Philadelphia s hot variety dates subject to change Anita Gosch March 20,1986 stripes Magazine 75