The 1997 World Tour

Camel has finished it 1997 world tour in April. Attempts were made to make a short tour through South America, but this fell through eventually.
A double Live CD and a Video, entitled Coming of Age was released on March 15, 1998.
Foss Patterson and Dave Stewart have expressed their enjoyment playing on the Camel lineup, and there's always the possibility that they would like to work on future albums and perform some more with Camel.

A few notes from CP suggest that the latest tour was probably the last Camel tour. Due to the stress and financial burden such a tour inflicts on the band, it seems unlikely that they'd like to go through it once again. But after all, the band enjoyed the tour immensely, just as the fans did. As reported from the last gig in Rotheram, Andrew Latimer said Camel will come there again in 1998. Further good news are that two agencies contacted Camel with interest of future performances.

Due to financial and scheduling difficulties, the 1997 tour was not accompanied with a tour program.

Tour Lineup

Andrew Latimer:	Guitars, Keyboards, Flute, Recorder, Vocals
Colin Bass:	Bass, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Dave Stewart:	Drums, Percussions, Samples
Foss Patterson:	Keyboards

Set List

Camel played a double set each evening, lasting over two hours, with a short intermission. This set list was Jeff Gebhardt, which is from the first gig on March 6th. It has remained the same through the tour:

First Set

• Lunar Sea
• Hymn to Her
• Rhayader
• Rhayader Goes to Town
• Preparation
• Dunkirk
• Drafted
• Docks
• Beached
• Spirit of the Water
• Ice
• Sasquatch

Second Set

• Milk 'n Honey
• Mother Road
• Needles
• Rose of Sharon
• Harbour of Tears (the album in its entirety)

Enchores

• Lady Fantasy
• Never Let Go

Tour Dates

Date	Venue	City	Country
March
6th	New George's	San Rafael, Ca.	USA
9th	Great American Music Hall	San Francisco, Ca	USA
10th	The Edge	Palo Alto	USA
11th	Billboard Live	W. Hollywood, Ca.	USA
12th	The Galaxy	Ventura, Ca	USA
13th	Billboard Live	W. Hollywood, Ca.	USA
14th	The Coach House	San Juan Capistrano, Ca.	USA
18th	Banana Hall	Osaka	Japan
19th	Bottom Line	Nagoya	Japan
21st	On Air West	Tokyo	Japan
22nd	Club Citta	Kawasaki	Japan
25th	Noorderlight	Tilburg	Holland
26th	Melkweg	Amsterdam	Holland
27th	Nighttown	Rotterdam	Holland
28th	Oosterpoort	Groningen	Holland
29th	Vereeniging	Nijmegan	Holland
30th	Paard	Den Haag	Holland
31st	Tivoli	Utrecht	Holland
April
1st	Altes Schutzenhauss	Stuttgart	Germany
2nd	Incognito	Munich	Germany
4th	Sports Hall	Bardejov	Slovak Rep.
5th	Hala Wista	Krakow	Poland
6th	Sala Kongresowa	Warsaw	Poland
7th	Knaack Klub	Berlin	Germany
8th	Logo	Hamburg	Germany
10th	Luxor	Köln	Germany
11th	Theatre 140	Brussels	Belgium
12th	Cafe De La Danse	Paris	France
13th	Astoria	London	England
14th	Waterfront	Norwich	England
16th	Garage	Glasgow	Scotland
18th	The Herringthrope Leisure Centre	Rotherham/Mansfield	England

On the tour T-shirt the Slovakian town Bardejov is mispelled "Barnesov" - thanks, Peter

Merchandise on sale:

• A new live CD from the Nude Tour, On The Road 1981, along with all the other CP releases.
• T-Shirts: A Green Tour T-shirts with the Harbour of Tears logo, a yellow 'Camel on the Road' shirt with the logo as seen on CP's postcards, backed with a list of the tour dates, and a black Moonmadness shirt with the Camel-in-a-spacesuit logo.
• A red Camel pin.

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