1979

Devo on the set of The Day My Baby Gave Me A Suprise circa June 1979

## Timeline

### January

* 3rd: Devo perform live at The Mary Seaton Room, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
* 4th: Devo perform at The Akron Civic Theatre, Akron, OH
* 5th: Devo perform at The Detroit Music Hall, Detroit, MI
* 6th: Devo perform at Park West, Chicago, IL
* 10th: Devo perform at Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR
* 11th: Devo perform at Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, WA
* 12th: Devo perform at Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
* 21st: Direct News - Week Of 1/22 - 1/26/79 is released.

### February

* Devo continue recording *Duty Now For The Future* at Chateau Recorders, Hollywood.

### March

* 16th: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! / Flimsy Wrap is released.

### April

* 20th: *Rock 'N' Roll High School* is released

### May

* 22nd: Devo perform at The Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, opening their *Duty Now For The Future tour*.
* 23rd: Devo perform at The Ohtemon Hall, Fukuoka, Japan
* 28th: Devo perform at The Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan. This show is broadcast on Japanese television.

### June

* 2nd: Devo perform at Campus Center Ballroom, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
* 21st: Devo perform at Max Bell Arena, Calgary, AB, Canada
* 22nd: Devo perform at S.U.B. Theatre, University Of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
* 24th: Devo perform at Pacific National Exhibition Gardens, Vancouver, BC, Canada
* 25th: Devo perform at The Place Tavern, Seattle, WA
* 27th: Devo perform at The Warner Theatre, Fresno, CA
* 28th: Devo perform at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
* 29th: Devo perform at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
* The Secret Agent Man / The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize single is released in Japan. The *June 1979 Preview Pack* is also released.

### July

* 1st: *Duty Now For The Future* is released. On this same date, Devo perform at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
* 4th: Devo perform at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
* 6th: Devo perform at Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, CO
* 7th: Devo perform at Lawrence Opera House, Lawrence, KS
* 8th: Devo perform at The Music Box, Omaha, NE
* 11th: Devo perform at Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
* 13th: Devo perform at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
* 14th: Devo perform at Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI
* 15th: Devo perform at Shea's Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo, NY
* 16th: Devo perform at Rex Danforth Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
* 18th: Devo perform at Triangle Theater, Rochester, NY
* 19th: Devo perform at Walsh Center, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
* 20th: Devo perform at Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
* 21st: Devo perform at The Palladium, New York, NY
* 23rd: Devo perform at Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA
* 24th: Devo perform at Washington, DC
* 25th: Devo perform at The Mosque, Richmond, VA
* 26th: Devo perform at Aycock Auditorium, University Of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
* 27th: Devo perform at Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, GA
* 31st: Devo perform at Texas Opry House, Houston, TX

### August

* 2nd: Devo perform at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX
* 3rd: Secret Agent Man / Soo Bawlz is released. Devo perform at The Palladium, Dallas, TX.
* 4th: Devo perform at The Palladium, Dallas, TX
* 25th: Devo perform at San Diego State University Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA
* 26th: Devo perform at Campbell Hall, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

### September

* 22nd: *Dove The Band of Love* debut at the New-No-Now-Wave Festival in Minneapolis, MN.

### October

* 2nd: Devo appear on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, performing an abridged version of their Duty Now For The Future stage show.
* 13th: Devo appear on *Rockpop,* in Unterföhring, Germany, miming to '*The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise.*'

### December

* What's It All About? is released.
* 28th: Devo perform at Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA.
* 29th: Devo perform at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
* 31st: Devo perform at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA

## Releases

* Satisfaction (I Can't Get Me No) / Gut Feeling
* Duty Now For The Future
* (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Secret Agent Man
* Secret Agent Man / The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize
* Secret Agent Man / Red Eye
* Secret Agent Man / Soo Bawlz
* The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise / Penetration In The Centrefold
* The Men Who Make The Music
* The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize EP

### Various Artist Compilations

* Direct News - Week Of 1/22 - 1/26/79
* Preview Pack June 1979
* What's It All About?
* Pumping Vinyl
* Oversell
* New Wave (Wer Hat Angst Vor Den 80er Jahren?)

### Re-Issues

* Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
* Be Stiff / Social Fools
* ディーヴォ B Stiff = ビー・スティッフ

1. ↑ Discogs
2. ↑ http://www.clubdevo.com/devo-music/