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 1979-02-23, Austin, TX 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. Still to be confirmed: Seattle, Portland, Eugene, San Diego, Tucson, Phoenix,
Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Atlanta, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Chicago, Columbus, Harrisburg, Buffalo,
Syracuse, Burlington, Binghamton, Upper Darby, Upper Darby, Hempstead, West Hartford and Princeton.

Covered an Elvis Costello song:

Pump It Up

(2002, Crimes Against Music)

Internal links

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External links

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