Hide Your Heart Tour

The Hide Your Heart Tour was a concert tour by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, in support of her seventh studio album Hide Your Heart (1988). Held only in the UK, the tour began on 1 May 1988 in Portsmouth, England and ended on 31 May 1988 in Manchester, England.

Hide Your Heart Tour
Tour by Bonnie Tyler
Start date2 May 1988
End date31 May 1988
Legs1
No. of shows19
Bonnie Tyler concert chronology

Background and development

Tyler released her seventh studio album Hide Your Heart on 9 May 1988, during the first week of the Hide Your Heart Tour. She was later booked to perform at Reading Festival on 27 August 1988.[1]

Tyler's performance of "Save Up All Your Tears" on 11 May 1988 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London was recorded and released as a single in the UK.[2]

Set list

This set list is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Ravishing"
  2. "Shy with You"
  3. "Hide Your Heart"
  4. "Save Up All Your Tears"
  5. "Don't Turn Around"
  6. "Streets of Little Italy"
  7. "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
  8. "Under Suspicion"
  9. "Notes from America"
  10. "Faster Than the Speed of Night"
  11. "Holding Out for a Hero"
  12. "It's a Heartache"
  13. "The Other Side of the World"
  14. "Turtle Blues"
  15. "Back in the U.S.S.R."

Shows
Date City Country Venue
1 May 1988 Portsmouth England Guildhall
3 May 1988 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
7 May 1988 Gloucester Leisure Centre
8 May 1988 Cornwall Coliseum
10 May 1988 Guildford Civic Hall
11 May 1988 London Hammersmith Odeon
12 May 1988 Tunbridge Assembly Rooms
14 May 1988 Poole Arts Centre
15 May 1988 Cardiff Wales St David's Hall
17 May 1988 Derby England Assembly Rooms
18 May 1988 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
21 May 1988 Aberdeen Scotland Capitol Theatre
22 May 1988 Livingston Forum
24 May 1988 Newcastle England City Hall
25 May 1988 Llandudno Wales Arcadia
27 May 1988 Liverpool England Royal Court Theatre
28 May 1988 Bristol Hippodrome
30 May 1988 Sheffield City Hall
31 May 1988 Manchester Apollo

Tour band

Credits adapted from the tour programme.[3]

  • Bonnie Tyler – lead vocals
  • Peter Oxendale – musical director, keyboards
  • John Tonks – drums
  • David Levy – bass guitar
  • Jon McLoughlin – guitar, backing vocals
  • Alan Darby – guitar, backing vocals
  • Tina Warrilow – backing vocals
  • Sara Jones – backing vocals

References
  1. "Worst Festival Sets: Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler". Virgin Media. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. Save Up All Your Tears (Liner notes). United Kingdom: CBS Records. 1988. CBS-TYLER2.
  3. Bonnie Tyler – The Hide Your Heart Tour, London: Showtime Print & Graphics, 1988
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