Starpeace - Tour

Tour

In 1986 Yoko set out on a goodwill world tour for Starpeace, mostly visiting Eastern European countries that she felt were in need of her message of peace. Ono refused to tour with a corporate sponsor and personally financed the endeavour herself. The media were largely unfair in their coverage of the tour, accusing Ono of "ego-tripping" and ridiculing her for underselling venues. In one case, a photo of Ono rehearsing to an empty hall before the show was printed as if nobody had come to the actual concert. A German DJ was also encouraging people to turn up and throw glass bottles at her.

However, the fans loved the shows, critics widely praised her for her performances, and she filled a venue of 15,000 in Budapest. That said, planned US tour dates were postponed and eventually cancelled due to disappointing ticket sales. Rykodisc's 1997 CD reissues of Ono's albums made available live versions of "Imagine" and "Now or Never" from the tour.
The Starpeace setlist usually consisted of:

• "Midsummer New York"
• "Give Me Something"
• "Kiss Kiss Kiss"
• "It Happened"
• "Walking on Thin Ice"
• "Death of Samantha"
• "Goodbye Sadness"
• "Never Say Goodbye"
• "Hell in Paradise"
• "Sky People"
• "Starpeace"
• "I Love All of Me"
• "I See Rainbows"
• "Dream Love"
• "Now or Never"
• "Imagine" (encore)
• "Give Peace a Chance" (encore)