A while back I posted a thread titled 'What Qualified As A Motown Revue' and during the run of that thread I posted up numerous old bill ads for venues such as the Apollo, Howard [[Washington) & Royal [[Baltimore) Theaters.
Back then the only theaters that used to host week long soul artist engagements were the above 3 venues plus the Uptown in Philly, the Regal in Chicago and the Fox in Detroit [[anyone here got copies of ads for the latter 3 venues ?).
The Howard, Royal & Regal all stopped hosting such revues in 1970 [[with the Royal being demolished in 1971). The Uptown ended its run of hosting live shows in 1972 with the Fox following suit later in the 1970's. Live shows also ended at the Apollo before some of these theatres were later refurbished & once again started hosting live shows.
Anyone know when the Fox [[ahead of its return in 1988) last hosted a live soul show and when the last Motown show was staged there.
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