When we last looked it felt like Professor Thomas Dolby was taking a quick Fall Break Tour in between classes at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches. But the Prof. is taking time off for a much wider tour judging from the email from his mailing list last week. What was once seven dates is a robust twenty eight as he will take in the breadth of America. And better yet, he will not be doing it alone [for some of the shows]

The format of the tour is the same. Dolby will talk about his life and experiences in between playing songs from his catalog. He can do this on a laptop rig…the man invented the “one man band” approach on the bleeding edge of technology many years before there were laptops! But the first nine dates in the Northeast will now have a support band with Dolby onstage. And the talent chosen will make these shows quite special as the support band will also open for Dolby as well. Who’s been added to the bill…and where?

Gail Ann Dorsey made her name playing with David Bowie on albums and tour over a decade. She’s also played with Monastic heavy-hitters like Bryan Ferry, Gang Of Four, Jane Siberry, and Tears For Fears. Quite frankly, we’d go to see Ms. Dorsey even if we didn’t like Dolby! Gail is also releasing her first solo album in twenty one years, “The Appearance Of Life” and her opening sets will constitute a tour for her and that project. The tour dates she will also open the Dolby show have Ms. Dorsey’s name in bold.

Andrew Lipke is a multi-instrumentalist and fellow educator to Dolby; teaching at various Philadelphia schools as well as being active in orchestral scoring across a wide variety of projects. He intersected with the Rock world as a long-term member of Get The Led Out; a Led Zeppelin tribute band. Mr. Lipke will open a pair of dates on the Dolby tour with Mr. Lipke’s name in bold.

So the expanded tour hits a lot of US territory. Even the breadbasket of America with locations in Idaho and Missouri. It’s nice to see more than the usual metropolitan areas on hand here. I’m amazed to see not only Florida dates, but Florida dates including such distant locales as Key West. I lived in Orlando and never once visited Key West as it was a long trek. And here’s yet another New Wave icon playing at the Mount Dora Music Hall in Mount Dora! As a former Central Florida resident I still cannot get over how acts like Dolby, Midge Ure, and Lene Lovich [who I have tickets for] are now being booked in this formerly small village when back in the day they would never even play Orlando much less Florida itself! Obviously, I’ve been gone from Florida almost a quarter century now and things have definitely changed.

THE ICONIC 80S – RECOLLECTIONS TOUR 2025

• 22 Oct 2025 | The Tin Pan | Richmond, VA w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 23 Oct 2025 | The Birchmere | Alexandria, VA w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 24 Oct 2025 | The Ram’s Head On Stage | Annapolis, MD w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 26 Oct 2025 | Roxian Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 27 Oct 2025 | The Vogel @ Count Basie Theatre | Red Bank, NJ w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 29 Oct 2025 | Keswick Theatre | Philadelphia, PA w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 30 Oct 2025 | The Queen | Wilmington, DE w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 31 Oct 2025 | Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts | Patchogue, NY w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 01 Nov 2025 | Archer Music Hall | Allentown, PA w/Gail Ann Dorsey + Andrew Lipke
• 05 Nov 2025 | The Parlour @ The Signal | Chattanooga, TN
• 06 Nov 2025 | Mount Dora Music Hall | Mount Dora (Orlando) FL
• 07 Nov 2025 | The Key West Theater | Key West, FL
• 08 Nov 2025 | Culture Room | Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 09 Nov 2025 | Capitol Theater | Clearwater, FL
• 12 Nov 2025 | Bogarts | Cincinnati, OH
• 13 Nov 2025 | House Of Blues | Cleveland, OH
• 14 Nov 2025 | Mercury Ballroom | Louisville, KY
• 15 Nov 2025 | Bell’s Back Room | Kalamazoo, MI
• 16 Nov 2025 | Shank Hall | Milwaukee, WI
• 18 Nov 2025 | The Federal Theatre | Denver, CO
• 20 Nov 2025 | Coach House | San Juan Capistrano, CA
• 21 Nov 2025 | Bimbo’s | San Francisco, CA
• 23 Nov 2025 | Revolution Hall | Portland, OR
• 24 Nov 2025 | Triple Door | Seattle, WA – SOLD OUT
• 25 Nov 2025 | Revolution Concert House | Boise, ID
• 28 Nov 2025 | Warehouse On Broadway | Kansas City, MO
• 29 Nov 2025 | 1884 Lounge | Memphis, TN
• 30 Nov 2025 | The Basement East | Nashville, TN

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