ZAPPA GIGS64–93
TimelineListArchiveSongsBandStatsLog
← Corrections log
#12Wrong or missing dateOCT 28, 2026

Barbican Centre, London · 11 January 1983

Raised
The 1983 London Symphony Orchestra concert at the Barbican, missing from the archive: should it count as a Frank Zappa concert?
Decision
Added. Zappa.com's page for the release credits the project as produced, composed and orchestrated by Frank Zappa, and United Mutations gives the date as 11 January 1983, with Kent Nagano conducting and Zappa himself conducting Strictly Genteel. The concert's printed programme confirms the date, Tuesday 11 January 1983 at 7:30 p.m., and the five works in the order played; Strictly Genteel, not printed, came as the encore. That matches how the archive already treats the 1975 Royce Hall shows and The Yellow Shark, so it is filed as an orchestral concert with the programme as its setlist.
Status
Appliedclosed OCT 29, 2026Open the gig →
Older · #11 →
ZAPPA GIGS 64–93

An interactive archive of every documented Frank Zappa concert, 1964 to 1993: dates, venues, band line-ups and setlists, stitched together from the sources credited here.

Song titles follow the spelling on the first official release, per zappa.com, the rule Zappateers use. Thanks for the nudge.

Every date and every song also has a plain page of its own: browse the archive by year and song.

Sources

  • FZ Gig List
    Charles Ulrich
  • FZShows
    Jon Naurin & Oscar Bianco, zappateers.com
  • Zappa Wiki Jawaka
    Community wiki, killuglyradio.com
  • The Zappa Tour Atlas
    Zeuner, Kühner & Greenaway · Wymer, 2019, out of print

Contribute

  • Suggest a correction
    A wrong date, a missing name, a mixed-up venue.
  • Corrections log
    What came in and what the reviewers decided.
  • Link to us
    A ticket badge and the code for your own site.
  • Chip in for hosting
    Self-funded, no ads. A coffee keeps it online.
A fan research aid, not an official recordzappa-gigs.com