* Much of Europe will be releasing the single When Heroes Go Down in conjunction with the tour. The video for the song was directed by Peter Care, who has done the new R.E.M. video for Man on the Moon, among others. The video was shot in a large part using a "lipstick" camera, which is a small video camera the size and shape of a stick of lipstick, thus allowing for great flexibility of camera movement -- you will even note some shots taken with the camera taped to one of the drumsticks. The "band" appearing in the video includes Mitchell Froom (keyboards), Tchad Blake (guitar), Bruce Thomas (bass) and Tim Mooney (drums), who is the drummer from a band called American Music Club.
SUZANNE VEGA -- U.S. TOUR -- FEB/MAR 1993 AS OF 20/1/93 CITY VENUE CAP JAN 27 POUGHKEEPSIE THE CHANCE WARM-UP JAN 28 ASHBURY PARK, NJ STONE PONY 900 JAN 29 WASHINGTON DC LISNER AUDITORIUM 1490 JAN 30 HARTFORD CT UNIV HARTFORD 800 JAN 31 OFF FEB 1 MONTREAL SPECTRUM 1100 FEB 2 TORONTO MUSIC HALL 1285 FEB 3 CLEVELAND AGORA THR 1000 FEB 4 CHICAGO THE VIC 1300 FEB 5 MINNEAPOLIS FIRST AVENUE 1300 FEB 6 OFF FEB 7 OFF FEB 8 MISSOULA, MONTANA UNIV. MONTANA 1382 FEB 9 SEATTLE MOORE THEATER 1331 FEB 10 VANCOUVER COMMODORE BALLROOM 1000 FEB 11 PORTLAND ROSELAND 1120 FEB 12 OFF FEB 13 SAN FRANCISCO WARFIELD (GAVIN CONV.) 2250 FEB 14 VENTURA CA VENTURA THR 850 FEB 15 OFF FEB 16 SAN JUAN CAP COACH HOUSE (2 SHOWS) 480 FEB 17 SAN JUAN CAP COACH HOUSE 480 FEB 18 LOS ANGELES WILTERN THR 2200 FEB 19 LOS ANGELES JAY LENO SHOW FEB 20 PHOENIX CELEBRITY THR 1400 FEB 21 T.B.A. FEB 22 SAN DIEGO MONTEZUMA HALL 1100 FEB 23 LAS VEGAS HUNT RIDGE THR 675 FEB 24 TRAVEL FEB 25 SALT LAKE CITY KINGBURY HALL 1980 FEB 26 BOULDER CO BOULDER THR 925 FEB 27 OFF FEB 28 AUSTIN TX BACKROOM 900 MAR 1 DALLAS DEEP ELLUM LIVE 950 MAR 2 FAYETTEVILLE, ARX HATFIELD'S 1000 MAR 3 NEW ORLEANS TULANE UNIV MAR 4 OFF MAR 5 ATLANTA THE ROXY 1250 MAR 6 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA PERF. ARTS CTR. 1276 MAR 7 PITTSBURGH METROPOLE 100 MAR 8 T.B.A. MAR 9 BALTIMORE GAUCHER COLLEGE 995 MAR 10 AMHERST UNIV MASS FINE ARTS CTR 1980 MAR 11 NEW YORK CITY THE ACADEMY 1500 MAR 12 T.B.A. MAR 13 PHILADELPHIA THEATER LIVING ARTS 760 MAR 14 T.B.A. MAR 15 BOSTON AVALON 1350 MAR 16 T.B.A. SUZANNE VEGA -- EUROPEAN TOUR -- SPRING 1993 AS OF 08/02/93 COUNTRY CITY VENUE APRIL 1 U.K. POOLE ARTS CENTRE APRIL 2 U.K. CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE APRIL 3 U.K. OFF APRIL 4 U.K. SHEFFIELD CITY HALL APRIL 5 U.K. LONDON HAMMERSMITH APOLLO APRIL 6 U.K. CORBY FESTIVAL HALL APRIL 7 U.K. OFF APRIL 8 U.K. WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL APRIL 9 U.K. BRADFORD ST. GEORGES HALL APRIL 10 U.K. NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL APRIL 11 U.K. YORK BARBICAN APRIL 12 U.K. OFF APRIL 13 U.K. NEWCASTLE CITY HALL APRIL 14 U.K. EDINBURGH USHER HALL APRIL 15 U.K. MANCHESTER APOLLO APRIL 16 U.K. CARDIFF ST DAVIDS HALL APRIL 17 U.K. CORNWALL COLISEUM APRIL 18 U.K. CROYDON FAIRFIELD HALL APRIL 19 TRAVEL APRIL 20 FRANCE BOURGES FESTIVAL (T.B.A.) APRIL 21 TRAVEL APRIL 22 GERMANY HANNOVER CAPITOL APRIL 23 GERMANY DUSSELDORF PHILIPSHALLE APRIL 24 GERMANY HAMBURG CCH1 APRIL 25 GERMANY KASSEL MESSEHALLE APRIL 26 OFF APRIL 27 GERMANY MUNSTER HALLE MUNSTERLAND APRIL 28 GERMANY ASCHAFFENBURG UNTERFRANKENHALLE APRIL 29 GERMANY LANDSHUT SPORTHALLE APRIL 30 TRAVEL MAY 1 AUSTRIA GRAZ ORPHEUM MAY 2 AUSTRIA VILLACH KONGRESSHAUS MAY 3 TRAVEL MAY 4 AUSTRIA FELDKIRCH MONTFORTHAUS MAY 5 AUSTRIA LINZ POSTHOF MAY 6 AUSTRIA VIENNA BANK AUSTRIA ZELT MAY 7 AUSTRIA WR. NEUSTADT STADTTHEATER MAY 8 TRAVEL MAY 9 ITALY MILAN PALASESTO MAY 10 FRANCE LYONS TRANSBORDEUR MAY 11 TRAVEL MAY 12-15 SPAIN T.B.A. 4 SHOWS MAY 16 TRAVEL MAY 17 SWITZERLAND GENEVA T.B.A. MAY 18 SWITZERLAND ZURICH SCHUETZENHAUS MAY 19 GERMANY BAD REICHENHALL FESTIVAL MAY 20 SZECHOSLOVAKIA PRAGUE LUCERNA MAY 21 GERMANY BERLIN NEUE WELT MAY 22 TRAVEL MAY 23 HOLLAND ROTTERDAM DOELEN MAY 24 BELGIUM ANTWERP QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL MAY 25 FRANCE PARIS GRAND REX MAY 26-28 T.B.A. MAY 29 U.K. GLASGOW FLEADH FESTIVAL (T.B.) MAY 30 T.B.A.
SUZANNE VEGA ON DUTCH RADIO, OCTOBER 10th, 1992
"I don't think of myself as presenting an image. I guess that if I could wear the same thing every day, I probably would. If I could wear some kind of uniform I probably would because I feel that the important thing is the music and the songs, and not so much what I look like although I realize that people have to look at me. That's how they get to know me. But to me it's not the most important thing about what I do.
"I have to be careful because I'm aware that the things that I write are not obvious message; people say: 'Do you have a message?' and is it were as simple as just a message I could just speak, I could just go on the radio and say, 'this is my message, my message is that we all must love one another' or something like that.
"I don't believe it's as simple as that. I try to keep my audience on the toes a little nit, I try to challenge them a bit. I try not to passify them or put them to sleep with the same things over and over again.
"So I hope that they stick with me, that they have patience and will follow me through whatever room it is I'm going into, and realize that there's a plan and a thought behind it. I'm nout just experimenting wildly for my own benefit. I like the idea that there are people who do understand what I'm trying to do, even though it may seem unusual or not expected."