The View from the Hill - Justin Hayward

Reports on 1996 Appearances

in reverse chron order

Justin Hayward, in-store appearance November 22, 1996 Tower Records, Las Vegas, NV Photographer : Tracy Geipel (If you like this, email her. She's got more.)

December 9, 1996 at Tower Records in Seattle was the last show for this round of promotional appearances. Throughout the last two months many people have described Justin Hayward at his shows and autograph sessions with such words as gracious, friendly, kind, happy, funny, and affectionate; the music itself as wonderful, excellent, and better than ever. Here's hoping that the rumored spring tour materializes.

Possibly in response to a request from audience members, Hayward played Blue Guitar for a full house at the Flanders Street Brewpub in Portland for Justin's show on December 8. Paul Duchene of The Oregonian gave the show a favorable review on Tuesday December 10th, saying among other things :

A report by Gary Bishop indicated that Justin met everyone in line. This took much longer than the hour long set.

December 7, 1996 - Borders Books in Santa Monica, CA : A few technical problems at the Santa Monica performance resulted in a slightly shorter show than his previous shows, which were on the order of 1 hour.

On December 6, K105 in Portland inteviewed Hayward for about 15 minutes on the subjects of the making of View and on the future of the Moody Blues. They also played The Way of the World.

Justin promoted his new album on December 5 & 6th via the QVC shopping channel. This appearance included a performance of The Way of the World and Troubadour and offered merchandise such as a limited edion plaque and a bundle of The View From The Hill and his recently rereleased CD, Moving Mountains.

San Juan Capistrano, California's Coach House concert on December 3 was basically the same show as the one on December 2. The setlist was the same except for the addition of The Land of Make Believe. Mike Boehm wrote a review for the LA Times. Unfortunately, now they're asking for $$ to read it. :-(

Photo by Barbara Bowman, used with permission.

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 L to R : Paul Bliss, Justin Hayward, Mickey Feat

On December 3, TV audiences finally got to enjoy a live performance of The Way of the World on The Family Channel. Hayward also sang Nights in White Satin and briefly discussed the making of The View from the Hill on the Home and Family show. Both songs were performed acoustically in an outdoor setting. The show hosts appeared quite taken with Justin's music and were quite complementary of his work. Comments about the show may be sent to Home and Family.

The December 2 concert at House of Blues in LA had the following set list: In Your Wildest Dreams, Driftwood, It's Up to You, Children of Paradise, Troubadour, The Way of the World, Forever Autumn, The Voice, The Actor, Watching & Waiting, Something to Believe in, Broken Dream, The Story In Your Eyes, Billy, Voices In the Sky, Tuesday Afternoon, Nights In White Satin, Question,and Raised on Love. Hayward was accompanied on some songs by Mickey Feat, Gordon Marshall, and Paul Bliss. A local flute player joined them on some numbers as well.

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Justin Hayward, in-store appearance

November 26, 1996

Tower Records, NY, NY

Photographer : Maggie Clarke

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At JH's November 26 Tower Records appearance in New York, even more changes were made to the performance. The setlist now includes eleven songs: Tuesday Afternoon, The Way of the World, In Your Wildest Dreams, Forever Autumn, Driftwood, It's Up to You, The Land of Make Believe, Nights in White Satin, Troubador, and Raised on Love. Maggie Clarke's summary of events indicates that he did Troubadour after someone in the audience requested it. He signed autographs and posed for pictures as usual after the performance.

The November 22 Tower Records appearance in Las Vegas was slightly different than previous appearances. Hayward added It's Up to You to the setlist. The rest of his performance was the same as those described below.

Another fine photograph by : Tracy Geipel

Several members of Lost Chords wrote about JH's appearance at Crow's Nest in Chicago on November 20. Apparently this was virtually identical to the Minneapolis show and autograph session described below. Everyone seems to have had a wonderful time.

Nancy Tesdahl gave a great review on Lost Chords for the Minneapolis appearance on November 19. Hayward performed eight songs including The Way of the World and Children of Paradise from The View from the Hill. Nancy reported that he interacted with the audience and gave a great performance. After a short break, he returned to sign autographs, chat with fans, and pose for pictures.

Apparently the JH appearance on NBC Weekend Today was either changed from November 16th to November 17th or the date given was originally incorrect. In addition, many of NBC's affiliates broadcast local programming instead of NBC Weekend Today from the network feed. Stacey Kronenfeld did catch the show and said that he was interviewed, then performed Children of Paradise. In addition, Hayward closed the show with In Your Wildest Dreams as the credits rolled.

Justin Hayward's appearance on the Fox TV show After Breakfast on Wednesday, November 13 was disappointingly brief, although he was there for the entire show. He was not given the opportunity to perform or to discuss the album. The network's business manager told Randy Salas that at least 50 letters were faxed to them as well as "a ton" of email. The producer of After Breakfast apologized to the business manager and asked him to ensure that Hayward's fans received his personal apology. The show hosts apologized in the following show, but gave a rather hollow excuse for their apparent snubbing of Hayward. After Breakfast plans to have the Moodies on next Spring.

WAXQ (104.3) in New York hosted a big promo for View. The raffle winner was John Conte who won:

• A limo ride with Hayward.
• A personal performance in the limo of Nights in White Satin plus one song from View.
• A dinner with Hayward.

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Last modified on Sunday, December 07, 1997