Lullaby Tour

Lullaby Tour

Tour by Book of Love
Location	United States
Associated album	Lullaby
Start date	17 December 1988 (warm-up) 23 February 1989 (official)
End date	31 October 1989
Legs	4
No. of shows	64
Book of Love concert chronology

The Lullaby Tour was a concert tour by American electronic music group Book of Love, in support of the act's second studio album, Lullaby, which was released in July 1988. The band had originally intended to tour in the fall of 1988, but the illness of a band member delayed the tour until 1989. The second single from the album and title track "Lullaby" was released on January 4, 1989, to coincide with the tour.

The band played several warm up shows in N.Y.C., Texas, and Oklahoma in late December 1988, with the official U.S. tour beginning in late February 1989, and lasting for four months, ending in June 1989. The band played two shows around Halloween in Baltimore and D.C. to promote the "Witchcraft" single.

The first show of the official tour took place at Club Axis in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 23, 1989. Throughout the tour, various local bands in each city functioned as the opening act. The band took two weeks out of their tour schedule in mid-April to remix the track "Witchcraft", and another week in May to edit the song for the next single. The tour concluded with the two consecutive nights at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1989.

Props used on the tour were Lite-Brites and large framed portrait paintings of the band painted by Susan Ottaviano. The set included a cover of ABBA's "S.O.S.", and also the band's cover of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", which was performed as a separate song, instead of a medley with "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls". For the encore performance of "Witchcraft", the band donned witches' hats.

The setlist was evenly divided between new Lullaby album tracks (up to eight new songs), and tracks from their debut, Book of Love.

Setlist

Handwritten setlist from the tour

Sample of a setlist from the tour.

1. "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls"
2. "Melt My Heart"
3. "Happy Day"
4. "Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes)"
5. "Oranges and Lemons"
6. "You Look Through Me"
7. "Boy"
8. "You Make Me Feel So Good"
9. "With a Little Love" (Ted Ottaviano on lead vocals)
10. "S.O.S." (ABBA cover)
11. "Book of Love"
12. "I Touch Roses"

    Encore

13. "Tubular Bells"
14. "Lullaby"
15. "Witchcraft"

Tour dates

List of Book of Love's Lullaby Tour dates.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Pre-Lullaby Tour warm-up dates
17 December 1988	New York City	United States	Pyramid Club
27 December 1988	Beaumont		Rhinestones
28 December 1988	San Antonio		Rock Wave
29 December 1988	Austin		Curfew
30 December 1988	Dallas		Club Clearview
31 December 1988	Houston		Fame City
			Club 6400
2 January 1989	Norman		The Edge
U.S.A. Lullaby Tour, Leg #1
23 February 1989	Boston	United States	Club Axis
24 February 1989	New York City		The Ritz
25 February 1989	Ocean City		Scandals
26 February 1989	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
27 February 1989
28 February 1989	Philadelphia		The Chestnut Cabaret
2 March 1989	Pittsburgh		Metropol
3 March 1989	Detroit		St. Andrews
4 March 1989	Rochester		University of Rochester
6 March 1989	Cleveland		Fantasy Theatre
7 March 1989	Chicago		Cabaret Metro
8 March 1989	Minneapolis		First Avenue
9 March 1989	Milwaukee		Bermuda Club
10 March 1989	Grinnell		Grinnell College
12 March 1989	Galveston		KRBE Spring Break
13 March 1989	Houston		X-cess
14 March 1989	New Orleans		Tipitina's
15 March 1989	Beaumont		Images
16 March 1989	San Antonio		Tramps
17 March 1989	Austin		Curfew
18 March 1989	Dallas		Club Clearview
20 March 1989	Tulsa		Beat Club
21 March 1989	Stillwater		Stillwater
22 March 1989	Norman		The Edge
24 March 1989	El Paso		Mesa Inn Ballroom
26 March 1989	San Diego		Bacchanel
27 March 1989	Laguna Hills		Post Nuclear
28 March 1989	Los Angeles		The Palace
30 March 1989	San Francisco		The Fillmore
31 March 1989	Santa Clara		One Step Beyond
2 April 1989	Coeur d'Alene		n/a
4 April 1989	Seattle		Oz
5 April 1989	Vancouver		Changes Niteclub
7 April 1989	Salt Lake City		49th Street Galleria
9 April 1989	Phoenix		After The Gold Rush
11 April 1989	Denver		Rock Island
U.S.A. Lullaby Tour, Leg #2
2 May 1989	Virginia Beach	United States	Peabody's
3 May 1989	Richmond		The Library
4 May 1989	Baltimore		Max's On Broadway
6 May 1989	Ocean City		Scandals
7 May 1989	Charlotte		Pterodactyl
9 May 1989	Jacksonville		Einstein A Go Go
11 May 1989	Orlando		Visage
12 May 1989
13 May 1989	Tampa		Masquerade
15 May 1989	West Palm Beach		Respectable Street
16 May 1989	Miami		Club Nu
17 May 1989	Gainesville		n/a
18 May 1989	Atlanta		The Cotton Club
19 May 1989	Athens		Uptown
28 May 1989	San Francisco		Concert Against AIDS Benefit The Gift Center
29 May 1989	San Jose		Cactus Club
27 June 1989	Philadelphia		Kirks
28 June 1989	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
29 June 1989
"Witchcraft" dates
30 October 1989	Baltimore	United States	Max's On Broadway
31 October 1989	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club

Performers

• Susan Ottaviano – lead vocals
• Ted Ottaviano – keyboards, tubular bells, melodica, vocals
• Lauren Roselli – keyboards, vocals
• Jade Lee – keyboards, percussion, vocals

Crew

• Jerry Vaccarino – tour manager
• Craig Overbay – production manager, house sound
• Rich Nardone – stage manager