Saturday, January 1, 2011

War Tour - Japanese leg tour book

Tour Legs: This program was sold on the 4th leg of the War tour...in Japan. U2's first performances in Japan, of which there were only 6 concerts on this 4th and final leg of the tour.
Dates Covered in program: 22 Nov 1983 to 30 Nov 1983. All six Japanese dates that were played are listed in the program.
No. of pages: 32
Size:30cm x 30cm
Printing: Printed on thick glossy pages, this program is the same size as a old 12" vinyl record as fits perfectly into a record protector sleeve. The front and rear cover has a wrap around image of War cover picture boy, Peter Rowen. It looks the same as the War album cover, but it's not. If you compare the fringes above the boys eyes on both the LP cover and the program cover you'll notice the difference.
Inside you find some nice promo style shots of the band along with Japanese music journalist articles written about the band all in the lovely Japanese text.
Cost: The one photographed in this post cost me 60GBP in a private sale. I've seen it go for similiar or slightly more in previous eBay auctions so I think I got a fair price. On collector websites, expect to see prices about $125USD. As this was only sold at the 6 concerts held in Japan on the War tour, this program is a nice one to have in the collection.


Front cover


Rear cover


Covers combined


Program index


Japanese articles


Live shots


One of three separate articles by Japanese music journalists


Center spread


Photo taken from Two Hearts Beat As One promo clip


Discography/Promo

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