Timeline

1984

27th March
Starlight Express opens at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

1987

15th March
Starlight Express opens at the Gershwin Theatre, New York

15th November
Japanese/Australian Tour starts, in Tokyo

1988

8th May
Japanese/Australian Tour ends, in Adelaide

12th June
Starlight Express opens at the Starlight-Express-Theater, Bochum, Germany

1989

8th January
Starlight Express closes at the Gershwin Theatre, New York, after 761 performances

1990

24th March
Japanese Tour starts, in Tokyo

23rd May
US/Canadian Tour starts, in Tampa

18th July
Japanese Tour ends, in Osaka

30th September
US/Canadian Tour ends, in Detroit

1992

23rd November
New Starlight Express replaces the old at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

1993

14th September
Starlight Express opens at the Las Vegas Hilton

1997

Starlight on Ice Tour

29th October
Starlight Express opens at the Teatro Polenca, Mexico City

30th November
Starlight Express closes at the Las Vegas Hilton

1998

April
Starlight Express closes at the Teatro Polenca, Mexico City

2001

9th January
7000th performance of Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London

7th - 17th May
Starlight Express closed in London for refurbishment of the set and auditorium

June
Megamix added to Starlight Express in Bochum, Germany

2002

12th January
Starlight Express closes at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London after 7406 performances

26th May - 1st June
Starlight Express in Bochum, Germany is closed for 4 days while the track is extended. After its reopening it incorporates 'Crazy' and 'Allein im Licht der Sterne' ('Alone in the Light of the Stars' - 'Next Time You Fall In Love') instead of 'Liebesexpress' and 'Du Allein'.

2003

1st April
The 2nd US tour of Starlight Express opens at the Grand Casino, Biloxi

The Future?

RUG video
UK Tour
Animated TV series