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Tickets courtsey Richard Daly and Rob Tomasevic
87-10-02 - Newsday (Nassau edition) of Hempstead, NY (Weekend section p. 29)
LOCATION: Detroit, Michigan
VENUE: ?
OPENER(s): ?
HEADLINE: Frehley's Comet
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
So far I've found no corroborating evidence for this date, what little information is added here comes from the work of Julian Gill. It could be that this is a mistaken entry based on the (equally mistaken or possibly canceled) date 87-11-01 mentioned in The Hard Report.
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LOCATION: Long Island, New York
VENUE: Sundance
OPENER(s): Savatage
HEADLINE: Frehley's Comet
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Rip it out
Stranger in a strange land
Something moved
Cold gin
New York groove
Frehley's Comet played two nights in a row at Sundance. Thanks to Richard Daly and Rob Tomasevic for sharing their tickets.
Partial setlist courtsey tolvis
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Tickets courtsey Richard Daly and Rob Tomasevic
87-10-02 - Newsday (Nassau edition) of Hempstead, NY (Weekend section p. 29)
LOCATION: Long Island, New York
VENUE: Sundance
OPENER(s): ?
HEADLINE: Frehley's Comet
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Rip it out
Stranger in a strange land
Something moved
Cold gin
New York groove
Love me right
Into the night
Breakout
Shock me
Calling to you
Rock soldiers
Rocket ride
Tush
Unfortunately I've found no ads or newspaper mentioned of this second show so the opener (if any) is unknown.
On the available recording Ace says that "this is the last show on this leg of the tour" and that's why they play the ZZ Top cover Tush as the last song. Setlist courtsey tolvis.
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Sundance sign. Photo courtsey Julian Simonelli
Ticket courtsey Kathy McLoughlin
LOCATION: Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
VENUE: Pulsations Entertainment Complex
OPENER(s): White Lion
HEADLINE: Frehley's Comet
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
Part of the venue's bi-weekly Metal Mondays series.
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Philadelphia Daily News of Philadelphia, PA 87-09-22 (p. 48)
The Daily Journal or Vineland, NJ 87-10-01 (p. 20)
Handbill courtsey Tommy Cimino
LOCATION: Saginaw, Michigan
VENUE: Wendler Arena
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Approx. 4,350
Rip it out
Something moved
Cold gin
Into the night
New York groove
Calling to you
Breakout
Shock me
Rock soldiers
First show in support of Alice's Live In The Flesh tour and also the premiere of new drummer Jamie Oldaker. A review in the Detroit Free Press (87-10-30 p. C-5) didn't mention either opening act. Attendance figure taken from the review.
According to the Detroit Free Press (87-10-30, p. D-14) members of Whitesnake—and Coverdale's fiancee Tawny Kitaen—were in attendance. Unfortunately Coverdale himself was unable to attend as he was apparently stuck in Canada due to visa problems.
Setlist courtsey tolvis. Also archived on partial video.
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LOCATION: Kalamazoo, Michigan
VENUE: Wings Stadium
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
Terry Oosterhart's review didn't say much about the Comet but what there was was favorable.
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LOCATION: Toledo, Ohio
VENUE: Toledo Arena
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
Nothing to report.
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Hillsdale Daily News of Hillsdale, MI 87-10-22 (p. B-18)
LOCATION: Detroit, Michigan
VENUE: Joe Louis Arena
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: 14,904
Rip it out
Something moved
Cold gin
Into the night
New York groove
Calling to you
Rock soldiers
Shock me
Setlist courtsey tolvis comes from a video. A tour date rundown in The Hard Report mentioned a second show at Joe Lewis Arena [sic.] on November 1 but there are no indications in the Detroit newspapers that this was even considered.
What did happen on November 1 was that members of "Alice Cooper's band, Tesla, Def Leppard, Faster Pussycat and Ace Frehley" were all hanging out backstage at the Whitesnake show at Cobo Arena. (The Hard Report 87-11-06, p. 37)
Attendance numbers from Billboard (87-11-21, p. 24). The show was noted as a sellout.
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Detroit Free Press of Detroit, MI 87-09-25 (p. C-1)
