Def Jam & RUN DMC Tour itinerary archive｜ Other Products

Original touring documents for Def Jam and Run DMC’s 1987 and 1988 (respective) tours.
It includes a detailed Def Jam 1987 Itinerary, dated Tuesday, June 16, mapping out a run of dates across the American South and Midwest such as Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, Nashville and beyond.
Issued by Norby Walters Associates - the artists' representatives who booked some of the most significant hip-hop package tours of the 1980s- the documents feature hand drawn notations relating to logistics and behind-the-scenes venue contacts.
The 1987 Def Jam tour brought together LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, and Stetsasonic on a single bill. It is widely remembered as one of the defining hip-hop package tours of the decade, helping establish Def Jam Recordings as the genre's dominant commercial force.
Accompanying it is a routing sheet for a Run-DMC tour dated March 28, 1988, along with further itinerary pages listing additional tour dates and city-by-city schedules into the late 1980s
Key Details & Collectability· Original Def Jam '87 Itinerary, dated June 16, 1987· Run-DMC tour routing sheet, dated March 28, 1988· Additional handwritten and typed itinerary pages with venue and promoter details· Tour routing for one of hip-hop's most significant package tours, featuring LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Whodini and Stetsasonic· Connected to Stetsasonic and Prince Paul's early touring history
 
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