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The Tubes and April Wine are the first bands to announce a Grandstand show at this year’s Illinois State Fair. The Aug. 19 concert is listed on each band’s website.

The Tubes had a handful of hits in the early 1980s, including “Talk to You Later,” “Don’t Want to Wait Anymore” and “She’s a Beauty.” In the mid-1970s, the band earned a following on the strength of its wild stage shows, in which lead singer Fee Waybill inhabited a variety of characters ranging from the “crippled Nazi” Dr. Strangekiss to the inebriated rock star Quay Lewd.

April Wine’s biggest U.S. hit was “Just Between You and Me,” released in 1981.

I saw the Tubes when I was 18. My friends and I were excited to see the show because we’d heard so many crazy stories about their tours, which got almost X-Rated. Unfortunately for us, the Tubes decided to change their image and aim for the Top 40 before that tour and the show we saw was as tame as tame could be.

So, I’m not posting any of their videos.

And I’ve never even wanted to go to an April Wine show. So, I ain’t posting any of theirs, either.

* For the cheesehead refugees…