Kim Wilde was already a household name when she undertook her first live tour. After almost two years of promotion via music videos and TV performances, she embarked on her first live dates in Denmark in September 1982, and then in October/November 1982 a European tour followed. The tour started on 5 October 1982 at the Colston Hall in Bristol (UK) and finished on 16 November 1982 in Roma, Antwerp (Belgium).
Kim’s band during this tour consisted of Steve Byrd (guitar), Trevor Murrell (drums), Ricky Wilde (keyboards, guitar), Gary Barnacle (saxophone & flute), Graham Pleath (keyboards, guitar), Mark Heyward Chaplin (bass), Lynne Jones (background vocals) and Gaynor Wild (background vocals).
The concert always started with the sound of ‘Cambodia-Reprise’. The songs played during the concerts were:
Chequered Love, Water on Glass, Tuning In Tuning On, Our Town, Everything We Know, Take Me Tonight, Words Fell Down, Just a Feeling, When the Boy’s Happy (The Girl’s Happy Too), View From a Bridge, Child Come Away, Watching for Shapes, You’ll Never Be So Wrong, Boys, 2 6 5 8 0, Falling Out, Cambodia and Kids in America.
Tour dates
- 10 September 1982 – Antvortskovhallen, Slagelse (Denmark)
- 11 September 1982 – Svømme- og Idrætshal, Abenra (Denmark)
- 12 September 1982 – Holstebro (Denmark)
- 13 September 1982 – Falkonerteatret, Copenhagen (Denmark)
- 15 September 1982 – Idraettenshus, Vejle (Denmark)
- 16 September 1982 – Randers (Denmark)
- 5 October 1982 – Colston Hall, Bristol (UK)
- 6 October 1982 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (UK)
- 7 October 1982 – Futurist Theatre, Scarborough (UK)
- 9 October 1982 – City Hall, Newcastle (UK)
- 10 October 1982 – Apollo Theatre, Glasgow (UK)
- 11 October 1982 – Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen (UK)
- 12 October 1982 – Caird Hall, Dundee (UK)
- 13 October 1982 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh (UK)
- 15 October 1982 – Theatre, Southport (UK)
- 16 October 1982 – City Hall, Sheffield (UK)
- 17 October 1982 – Apollo Theatre, Manchester (UK)
- 18 October 1982 – Odeon Theatre, Birmingham (UK)
- 20 October 1982 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (UK)
- 21 October 1982 – Leisure Centre, Gloucester (UK)
- 23 October 1982 – Festival Theatre, Paignton (UK).
- 24 October 1982 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (UK)
- 25 October 1982 – Dome Theatre, Brighton (UK)
- 26 October 1982 – Dominion Theatre, London (UK)
- 27 October 1982 – Dominion Theatre, London (UK)
- 3 November 1982 – Theatre de Verdure, Nice (France)
- 4 November 1982 – Lyon (France)
- 5 November 1982 – Strasbourg (France)
- 7 November 1982 – Lille (France)
- 8 November 1982 – Olympia, Paris (France)
- 9 November 1982 – Sportshall, Annécy (France)
- 12 November 1982 – Brielpoort, Deinze (Belgium)
- 13 November 1982 – Oosterpoort, Groningen (Netherlands)
- 14 November 1982 – Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 15 November 1982 – Koninklijk Circus (Royal Circus), Brussels (Belgium)
- 16 November 1982 – Roma, Antwerp (Belgium)