Special Forces Timeline

TIMELINE 14 - Special Forces

1981

May 20th '81 Calico Cooper born

June 11th '81 Alice records hsi parts in the 'Portrait Of A Legend" TV biography in Los Angeles at the Alive Enterprises offices. (ref. original contract)

June 20th `81 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion (w/ Y&T) [Ticket]

June 21st `81 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium

June 29th '81 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre (w/ Phil Seymour)

June 30th `81 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre (w/ Phil Seymour)

? Cedar Rapids, IA Five Seasons Center

July 1st `81 Who Do You Think We Are single released

July 1st `81 Phoenix. AZ Compton Terrace [Ticket]

July 4th `81 Marquette, MI Lake View Arena (day before Thunder Bay show according to press article)

July 5th `81 Alpena, MI Thunder Bay Outdoor Theater (w/ The Rockets)(Press Article)

July 8th `81 Saginaw, MI, Wendler Arena (w/ Joe Perry Project, Spider)(ticket exists and eyewitness says it was certainly 8th, not 9th) [Ticket]

July 10th `81 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena (w/ Joe Perry Project, Spider) [Ticket]

July 11th `81 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena (w/ Joe Perry Project, Spider) [Ticket]

July 12th `81 Lansing, MI Lansing Civic Center

July 14th `81 Grand Rapids, MI Civic Center

July 17th `81 Five Seasons Centre, Iowa City (w/ Headfirst, Spider) (Poster) [Ticket]

July 18th `81 Merriville, IND Holiday Star Center

July 19th `81 Pittsburgh, PENN Stanley Theater

July ??. `81 Erie, Penn, County Field House (eye witness- 20th suggested date)

July 21st `81 Cleveland, OH Front Row Theater

July 22nd `81 Cleveland, OH Front Row Theater

July 24th `81 Miami, FL Sunrise Theater

July 25th `81 Tampa, FL USF Sundome [Ticket]

July 26th `81 New Orleans, LA Warehouse

Date unknown - Joplin, Missouri

July 28th `81 Biloxi, MISS Mississippi Court Ballroom

July 29th `81 Alexandria, LA Rapides Parrish Coliseum.

July 31st `81 Mexico City, Mexico Sports Palace Auditorium. canceled

Aug 1st `81 Mexico City, Mexico Sports Palace Auditorium. Canceled

Aug `81 Special Forces released

August 4th `81 Jackson, MI Jackson Sports Arena (w/ Spider)

August 5th `81 Jackson, MI Jackson Sports Arena (w/ Spider)

August 6th `81 Chicago, IL Uptown Theater

August 8th `81 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater

August ??th `81 Albany, NY The Palace

August 13th `81 N. Tonawanda, NY (Buffalo) Melody Fair (w/ Spider)

August 14th `81 New York, NY Savoy Cabaret

August 15th `81 New York, NY Savoy Cabaret

August 16th `81 New York, NY Savoy Cabaret

August 18th `81 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid-Hudson Civic

August 19th `81 Fitchburg, MA Wallace Civic Center (w/ Spider and/or Atlantics)

August 20th `81 Providence, RI Performing Arts Centre (w/ Joan Jet & The Blackhearts) [Ticket]

August 21st `81 Portland, ME Cumberland Country Civic Center

August 22nd `81 Cape Cod, MA Cape Cod Arena (w/ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)

August 24th `81 Mantawan, NJ Fountain Casino

August 25th `81 Baltimore, MD Painter's Mill

August 26th `81 Cherry Hill, NJ Emerald City

August 27th `81 Cherry Hill, NJ Emerald City

August 28th `81 Stage West, Hartford, CT (Ticket says 29th but eyewitness says date was changed) - Advert exists for third night at Cherry Hill, NJ Emerald City

August 30th `81 Staten Island, NY St. George's Theater

Sept 14th '81 Alice apparently sees/meets Adam and the Ants at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (according to Ants fan site)

Sept 23rd `81 Nashville, TN Tennessee State Fairgrounds - Replaced Willie Nelson on the bill.

Sept 30th '81 Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI [Ticket]

Sept `81 'Rock and Roll: The 1st 25 Years' recorded

October 1st '81 Youngstown, OH The Agora [Ticket]

October 6th `81 Columbus or Akron, Ohio, The Agora

October ? `81 Bango, MA, Auditorium or Civic Center

October 9th `81 Albany, NY Palace Theatre (eyewitness)

October 10th `81 Passaic, NJ Capitol Theatre (w/ The Electrics) [Ticket]

October 13th `81 Tomorrow Show filmed in NY and aired on NBC

October 15th '81 Erie County Fieldhouse, Erie, PA [Ticket]

October 17th `81 The Agora Ballroom, Atlanta (w/ The Restraints who were reportedly booed off stage)

October 25th `81 Dallas, TX Wintergarden

October 27th '81 Cardi's Club, San Antonio, TX [Ticket]

October 28th, `81 Houston, TX Cardi's (could be mistaken for previous show)

October 31st, '81 Norman, OK, Lloyd Noble Centre [Ticket]

Nov 7th `81 Sheboyan, WI, The Armoury [Ticket]

Nov 24th `81 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens (w/ Goddo)

Nov 25th '81 Kitchener, Ontario (?)

Nov 28th `81 Northern Maine Forum, Presque Isle, Maine(?)

Nov 30th `81 Worcester, MA E.M. Loews Theatre

Dec. 4th '81 (early Friday) Filming for the Paris TV special at a car scrapyard in Paris

Dec. 7th `81 (3.30 pm to 8am the next moring) Filming at a butchery in Paris for the Paris TV special.. TV transmission scheduled for the evening JANUARY 14th (must be 1982)

'Alice In Paris' (or '16 Tracks' as the record company named it) was recorded in December-January 1981-82 during his European tour. Some songs are recorded live in studio. Others in different places in Paris. 'Goes to Hell' got censored in France because of filmshots outside Notre Dame. They recorded 'Generation Landslide '81' at The Building of George Pompidou.

1982

Jan 14th `82 Paris Special aired in France

January 26th `82 Cannes, France Midem Festival

During the European leg of the tour, Alice accidentally stabbed himself through the leg with a sword.

January 27th `82 Lyon, France Palais d'Hivers (ticket)

January 28th `82 Grenoble, France Alpexpo, Grenoble

January 29th `82 Montpellier, France Palais des Sports [Ticket]

January 30th `82 Toulouse, France Halle Aux Grains

Feb `82 Paris Special airs on TRL France.

February 1st `82 Barcelona, Spain Palais Des Sports (Canceled)

February 2nd `82 Marseilles, France Foire Des Marseille

February 4th `82 Lille, France Palais Saint Sauveur

February 5th `82 Dijon, France Palace des Sports

February 6th `82 Paris, France Pavilion Baltard (ticket) (or L'Hippodrom?)

February 8th `82 Caen, France Palais Des Sports

February 9th `82 Metz, France Parc des expositions Grigy

February 11th `82 Brighton, England Brighton Center (w/ Big Country) [Ticket]

Support on the first part of the UK tour was 'Big Country' but they were thrown off the tour after only a couple of shows to be replaced by 'Shaphire'.

February 12th `82 Birmingham, England Birmingham Odeon (w/ Big Country) [Ticket]

February 14th `82 London, England Hammersmith Odeon (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket]

February 15th `82 London, England Hammersmith Odeon (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket]

February 16th `82 London, England Hammersmith Odeon (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket]

February 17th `82 Manchester, England Apollo Theatre (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket]

February 18th `82 Manchester, England Apollo Theatre (w/ Shaphire)

February 19th `82 Glasgow, Scotland Apollo Theatre (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket]

Part of this show was broadcast on Radio

February 22nd `82 'Riverside' Interview for BBC2

February 27th `82 Strasbourg Hall Rhein

Mar `82 News announced that Alice could be re-recording School`s Out with Adam Ant. It never happened.

April `82 'Welcome To My Nightmare' Wembley live show finally released on home video in the UK

April `82 For Britain Only released

This was a specially recorded (at Air Studios, London) Single released in the UK after the 'Special Forces' tour. Alice had been so pleased with the reaction he had received on the UK dates that he felt that a 'thank you' was required. The single also featured live tracks recorded on the tour in Glasgow.

There is NO Picture disc, despite what 'Record Collector' would have you believe. There was a picture sleeve 7" and a 12" version.