1988 "RAIN MAN" opening day advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 20, 1988



* "Rain Man" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* American road comedy-drama 

* Tom Cruise & Dustin Hoffman



Page 85 has a nice advertisement for the opening day of "RAIN MAN" in Manhattan. (see image)

AI notes: Rain Man, released in 1988 and directed by Ba... See More  

1988 Stevie Ray Vaughan NYC nightclub ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 13, 1988



* Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

* Blues rock music - guitarist and singer 

* New Year's Ever concert at the Ritz nightclub



Page 97 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming "Stevie Ray Vaughan" performance at the RITZ nightclub in Manhattan. (see image) Vaughan would be ... See More  

1988 Keith Richards concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 22, 1988



* Keith Richards w/ X-Pensive Winos

* The Rolling Stones lead guitarist 

* Concert at the Meadowlands Arena 



Page 72 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming performance by "KEITH RICHARDS" at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford. New Jersey. (see images)

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1988 OZZY Osbourne concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 8, 1988



* Ozzy Osbourne at the Meadowlands concert advertisement

* Heavy metal solo singer - Black Sabbath fame 

* "No Rest for the Wicked" album tour in NYC area 



Page 89 has a nice 11 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for an upcoming "OZZY OSBOURNE w/ Anthrax" concert at the Meadowlands Arena ... See More  

1988 Tracy Chapman NYC concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 25, 1988



* Singer & songwriter Tracy Chapman

* Carnegie Hall concert advertisement 

* "Album of the year" w/ "Fast Car" song



Page 81 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming performance by "TRACY CHAPMAN" at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan. (see images)

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1988 Bob Dylan & Metallica "...And Justice for All" album...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 11, 1988



* Bob Dylan performances at Radio City Music Hall advertisement

* Metallica heavy metal band advertisement

 * "...And Justice for All" album release

* James Hetfield - Jason Newsted - Kirk Hammett - Lars Ulrich



Page 85 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming concerts by "BOB DYLAN... See More  

1988 heavy metal band Metallica editorial...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 27, 1988



* Metallica editorial on growing popularity w/ group photo

* Heavy Metal band - "...And Justice for All" (latest album)

* James Hetfield - Lars Ulrich - Jason Newsted - Kirk Hammett

* Bob Dylan performances at Radio City Music Hall advertisement



Page 85 has an editorial by Chuck Eddy on the he... See More  

1988 Grateful Dead, Van Halen & Pat Benatar concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 13, 1988



* Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden

* Van Halen at MSG and Nassau Coliseum

* Pat Benatar at the Ritz nightclub in Manhattan

 * Nice upcoming concert performances advertisements



Page 51 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming "GRATEFUL DEAD" concert at Madison Square Garden.

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1988 NYPD & the Tompkins Square riots...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 23, 1988



* 1988 Tompkins Square Park riots 

* East Village, Manhattan, New York City

* Homeless, squatters & drug dealers 

* NYPD police brutality complaints 



The front page has a heading: "Under Fire" and more with related photo. (see images) And beginning on page 10 is an editorial on the sit... See More  

Tucker 1st Day Movie Advertisement & Review... Black Mormons...

LOS ANGELES TIMES,  August 12, 1988



* Tucker - premiere advertisement & review

* Mormon door is now open to Blacks

* Last Temptation of Christ controversy



A nice full page ad for the premiere of the movie "TUCKER", accompanied by a  review on the first page of the Calendar section. Nice to have in a Los Angeles newspaper. The 

Also present is an advertis... See More  

1988 "Die Hard" opening day film ad & review...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 26, 1988



* "Die Hard" film NYC 1st showing advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Actor Bruce Willis - Los Angeles skyscraper



Page 65 has a nice advertisement for the opening day of the film "DIE HARD" in Manhattan. 

And page 57 has the opening review for the film with heading: ... See More  

1988 AEROSMITH w/ Guns N' Roses concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 12, 1988



* Aerosmith - American hard rock band advertisement

* Front man Steven Tyler & guitarist Joe Perry

* "Permanent Vacation" album tour concert

* Giants Stadium w/ Guns N' Roses & Deep Purple



Page 84 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming "AEROSMITH" concert with Guns N'... See More  

"Robert Plant" concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 28, 1988



* "Robert Plant" solo concert advertisement

* Led Zeppelin front man - singer - songwriter

* Madison Square Garden MSG advertisement

* "Non Stop Go" tour - "Now and Zen" album



Page 103 has a nice full page advertisement for the upcoming "ROBERT PLANT" w/ Cheap Trick con... See More  

Premiere of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", in a L.A. newspaper...

CALENDAR SECTION ONLY of The Los Angeles Times, June 22, 1988



* "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" - Robert Zemeckis

* Best Grand Opening Day movie advertisement

* Live-action/animated comedy w/ review



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and perhaps no better newspaper could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home ... See More  

Review & premiere of "Red Heat", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 17, 1988



* Best "Red Heat" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Buddy cop action - Arnold Schwarzenegger



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Red Heat" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's ... See More  

1988 "BIG" & "FUNNY FARM" opening day advertisements...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 7, 1988



* "Big" & "FUNNY FARM" film advertisements

* Grand Opening Day premiere showings

* Fantasy comedy movie - actor Tom Hanks

* Chevy Chase - Madolyn Smith Osbourne



Page 54 has a nice advertisement for the opening day of "BIG" 

And page 58 has another opening ad for "FU... See More  

Review & Premiere of "Willow", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 20, 1988



* Best "Willow" movie advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* High Fantasy cult film - Ron Howard



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Willow" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publicatio... See More  

Very early DANZIG heavy metal band gig 1988 ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 10, 1988



* DANZIG - American heavy metal band

* One of the very first gig performances

* Ritz nightclub w/ GWAR advertisement



Page 120 has a 7 x 4 3/4 inch advertisement for a upcoming "DANZIG w/ GWAR" performance at the Ritz nightclub in Manhattan. (see images) Danzig performed their very 1st ever show just a mo... See More  

1988 "Guns N' Roses" NYC concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 19, 1988



* "Colors" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day premiere

* Sean Penn and Robert Duvall

* Early Guns N' Roses concert ad

* Rock band - Axl Rose and Slash

* "Appetite for Destruction" album tour

* Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden

* MEGADETH thrash heavy metal group



Page 67 has a ni... See More  

1988 "Beetlejuice" opening day film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 5, 1988



* "Beetlejuice" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day premiere

* Comedy-fantasy movie - Tim Burton

* Pink Floyd - English  psychedelic rock band

* "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" album tour

* Giants Stadium performance advertisement

* MEGADETH thrash heavy metal group

* Beacon Theater NYC... See More  

1988 "Stand and Deliver" opening day film ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 22, 1988



* "Stand and Deliver" American drama film

* Opening day movie premiere advertisement

* Edward James Olmos - Lou Diamond Phillips



Page 65 has a nice advertisement for the opening day of the film "Stand and Deliver" in Manhattan. (see images)

I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because t... See More  

1988 Motorhead w/ Lemmy concert advertisement..

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 8, 1988



* Motorhead - English heavy metal band

* Bassist front man Lemmy Kimister

* Ritz nightclub concert advertisement



Page 120 has a 7 x 5 inch advertisement for upcoming "Motorhead w/ Manowar" concert at the Ritz nightclub in Manhattan. A smaller ad for the same performance is on the same page. (see images)

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1988 INXS rock band concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 1, 1988



* INXS Australian rock band - Michael Hutchence

* Radio City Music Hall concerts advertisement



Page 92 has a full page advertisement for performances by "INXS" at the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.

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1988 KISS rock band concert Ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 2, 1988



* KISS rock band concert advertisement

* Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, New York

* "Crazy Nights" World tour w/ Ted Nugent



Page 82 has a 6 x 3 inch advertisement for a "KISS" concert at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Ad shows a photo of each band member. (see images)

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1988 EXODUS concert advertisement..

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 26, 1988



* Exodus - heavy thrash metal band

* Lead vocalist  Steve "Zetro" Souza 

* Ritz nightclub concert advertisement



Page 100 has a 7 1/4 x 5 inch advertisement for upcoming "EXODUS" concert at the Ritz nightclub in Manhattan. (see images)

AI notes: On January 22, 1988, Exodus headlined a... See More