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April 4, 1970 Janis sings with Big Brother and the Holding Company at a reunion performance
San Francisco
Mid May, 1970 Janis' first performance with her new band, soon to be called the Full Tilt Boogie Band; Big Brother and the Holding Company also plays, with Nick Gravenites singling lead;
Hell Angels dance
Pepperland, San Rafael, CA
May 29, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Gainesville, FL
May 30, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Jacksonville, FL
May 31, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Miami, FL
June 5, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Columbus, OH
June 6, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Indianapolis, IN
June 12, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Louisville, KY
June 14, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Kansas City
June 19-20, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
College Park, MD
June 26, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Schenectady, NY
June 28, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie with The Band, Grateful Dead, Chimo, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Ian and Sylvia, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Tom Rush, Buddy Guy, Eric Andersen, Mountain, Ten Years After, Traffic, Seatrain, Charlebois, James & the Good Brothers, Cat, Mashmakan and the Modern Rock Quartet
Festival Express Train (first concert)
CNE Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 1, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie (and various, see above)
Festival Express Train (second concert)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
July 4, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie (and various, see above)
Festival Express Train (final concert)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
July 5, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Seattle, WA
July 6, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Honolulu, HI
July 10, 1970 Janis appears without her band at 70th birthday party for Ken Threadgill, the Austin club owner who gave her her first singing job.
Threadgill's, Austin
July 11, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
July 12, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie, with Joy of Cooking
Santa Clara Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA
July 17, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Albuquerque, NM
August 2, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Queens, NY
August 3, 1970 Full Tilt, taping of "The Dick Cavatt Show"
August 5, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Ravinia Park, Highland Park, IL
August 6, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Peace Festival Shea Stadium, New York City
August 8, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
August 11, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie
Garden State Arts Center, NJ
August 12, 1970 Full Tilt Boogie - their last concert.
Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, MA
August 15, 1970 Janis attends her 10-year high school, Port Arthur, Texas
September 1970 Full Tilt records the Pearl album
Los Angeles
October 4,1970 Janis dies of an accidental overdose of heroin in Los Angeles. The Pearl album is completed after her death by producer Paul Rothchild and the Full Tilt Boogie Band. After its release in January 1971, it goes to #1 for nine weeks and contains a hit single, Janis's version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee."

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