No, their first north american tour was in 1978. Their first date there was on 20-10-1978 at the CBGB in New York City and their last date was again there on 15-11-1978 after around 23 dates in USA and Canada (taken from Dietmar´s synchronology). Pete Ashdown wrote:
This doesn't fit with the timeline. The Hatfield show is where it was first played live and that was right before their first American tour.
José Martín Ramallo López wrote:
I received an email from a japanesse TV producer who is making a program called "Song to Soul" which is an hour long music documentary to explore legendary songs. They are working now on Message in a bottle. He asked me if I knew the history behind the writting of the song as when and where it was writting. He told me they´ve been told it could have been writting in tha back of a bus probably while touring USA for the first time. From Lyrics and some interviews I checked I could not find any mention of this. Does anybody know something about this story? Thanks,
_______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police