The Rubinoos

Left: The Rubinoos opened for Elvis Costello & The Attractions in 1979 on the Armed Funk tour. (Photo from Rubinoos.com)   Right: The Rubinoos' Crimes Against Music (2002) includes a cover of "Pump It Up."

Snapshot of The Rubinoos tour recap from Rubinoos.com

Opening act for Elvis Costello & The Attractions, February to April, 1979:

1979-02-09, Berkeley, CA 1979-02-10, Berkeley, CA 1979-02-11, Santa Cruz, CA 1979-02-13, Long Beach, CA 1979-02-14, Long Beach, CA 1979-02-17, Santa Barbara, CA 1979-02-18, San Diego, CA 1979-02-24, Austin, TX 1979-02-25, Houston, TX 1979-02-27, Dallas, TX 1979-03-02, Mobile, AL 1979-03-06, St. Louis, MO 1979-03-08, Saint Paul, MN 1979-03-10, Chicago, IL 1979-03-11, Bloomington, IN 1979-03-12, Nashville, TN 1979-03-16, Detroit, MI 1979-03-17, Dayton, OH

1979-03-18, Louisville, KY 1979-03-20, Cleveland, OH 1979-03-24, Rochester, NY 1979-03-25, Albany, NY 1979-03-29, Boston, MA 1979-03-30, Passaic, NJ 1979-03-31, New York, NY, early 1979-03-31, New York, NY, late 1979-04-01, New York, NY 1979-04-06, Washington, DC 1979-04-12, Bethlehem, PA 1979-04-14, Providence, RI This list is incomplete.

Covered an Elvis Costello song:

Pump It Up

(2002, Crimes Against Music)

External links

• Rubinoos.com
• Rubinoos.com: Timeline
• Allmusic  •  Wikipedia