Jun 7 - Liverpool, Blue Coats Arts Centre
Five way cherry popping humiliation (gear smashed up)
Jun 8 - Birmingham, Irish Centre
P.A. stack falls. Nobody notices (gear smashed up)
Jun 10 - Aldershot, Buzz Club
Rotheray exits stage left in trap door travesty. Squabbles, blood,
glass (gear smashed up)
Jun 11 - Bristol, Bierkeller
Hit single "Song For Whoever" rendered laughable by abortive guitar
intro. Perhaps a beer cellar was a poor choice of venue (G.S.U.)
Jun 12 - Manchester, International 1
G.S.U.
Jun 13 - Leeds, Irish Centre
Hottest gig ever (G.S.U.)
Jun 14 - London, Town & Country Club 2
(Orange feeling) Steady blinds fan in drumstick tomahawking incident.
(G.S.U.)
Jun 16 - Morecambe, Womad Festival
Pere Ubu's wheel. Audience 30.
Jun 19 - Edinburgh, The Venue
(Or The Toilet). Rotheray mutates into Brundle-fly. Tour cancelled
(G.S.U.)
Oct 8 - Paris, La Cigale, Inrockuptibles
Brass section's first gig. Tony trumpet plays keyboards.
Oct 26 - Glasgow, Barrowlands
Damon's first gig.
Oct 27 - Liverpool, Royal Court Theatre
Lunatic jumps in van after gig ("I just want to rub your head. I
dreamt about it last night")
Oct 28 - Sheffield, Octagon
Oct 29 - Newcastle, Mayfair
Oct 31 - Nottingham, Rock City
Firework incident during soundcheck - bells-a-ringing.
Nov 1 - Hanley, Victoria Halls
Nov 2 - Birmingham, Hummingbird
Nov 3 - Cardiff, University
Cancelled due to Sean being gassed by fireworks in hotel room.
Nov 4 - Manchester, International 2
Cancelled due to Sean being gassed ...
Nov 5 - Manchester, International 2
Nov 6 - Dublin, S.F.X.
Nov 7 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
Nov 9 - London, Kilburn National Ballroom
"Understand The Irony" banner in crowd.
Nov 20 - Dusseldorf, Tor 3
Nov 22 - Amsterdam, Paradiso
Nov 23 - Gent, Vooruit
Guitar played with banana - pick-ups filled with goo. Smallest
audience so far.
Dec 10 - Dublin, S.F.X.
Dec 11 - Belfast, Maysfield Centre
Dec 13 - London, Brixton Academy
Tools down during encore.
Dec 14 - Bridlington, The Spa
Christmas party gig.
Apr 16 - Toronto, Concert Hall
Apr 17 - Toronto, Siboney
First entirely Vietnamese audience
Apr 19 - Boston, Paradise Club
Stage invasion, especially for the woman in the wall.
Apr 20 - Philadelphia, Chestnut Cabaret
Apr 21 - New York, The Ritz
Apr 22 - Washington D.C., 930 Club
Damon breaks foot prior to gig - X-ray showed to crowd - reason for
late show.
Apr 24 - San Francisco, I Beam
Apr 25 - San Jose, FX
Mid-gig stoppage due to guitar squealing like a stuck pig.
Apr 26 - Los Angeles, The Roxy
Apr 27 - Fly to Germany
The Pied Piper got here first. Jet-lagged and trapped in a ghost town
of eternal Sundays.
Apr 29 - Dusseldorf, Philipshalle
Big and ugly.
May 2 - Offenbach, Stadt Halle
Ditto.
Nov 15 - Newcastle, City Hall
Nov 16 - Scarborough, Futurist Theatre
Nov 17 - Wolverhampton, City Hall
Nov 19 - Bristol, Victoria Rooms
Nov 20 - London, Hammersmith, Odeon
Nov 22 - Bradford, St. George's Hall
Nov 23 - Glasgow, Barrowlands
Nov 24 - Edinburgh, Playhouse
Rod Stewart's 'Unplugged' and seated crown stayed on for this
one.
Nov 25 - Warrington, Parr Hall
Deafening
Nov 26 - Manchester, Free Trade Hall
Dec 3 - Hamburg, CCH 3
Dec 4 - Berlin, Metropole
Dec 6 - ('Battle of') Munich, Theatre Fabrik
Snow, iron bars, blood.
Dec 10 - Strasbourg, Salle des Fetes
Cancelled
Dec 11 - Paris, Olympia
Two members arrive five minutes before gig, due to travelling fiasco
involving non-landing flight, two trains, a ferry, a coach, a taxi
and a sprint.
Dec 12 - Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
Steady breaks leg after gig. Rest of tour rescheduled.
Dec 13 - Amsterdam, Paradiso
Cancelled
Dec 16 - Leicester, De Montford Hall
Cancelled
Dec 18 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
Cancelled
Dec 19 - Dublin, The Stadium
Cancelled
May 15 - Leicester, De Montford Hall
May 16 - Hull City Hall
First gig in Hull.
May 17 - Carlisle, Sands Centre
Last gig in Carlisle
May 19 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
May 20 - Dublin, The Stadium
Jun 20 - Athens, Viron Amphitheatre
Jul 26 - St. Helen's Festival
Jacqui in audience
Jul 27 - Galway Festival
Mar 30 - Toronto, Music Hall
Apr 1 - Los Angeles, Troubador
Apr 3 - New York, Tramps
Apr 21 - Livingston, Forum
Apr 22 - Doncaster, Dome
Apr 24 - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
Apr 25 - Blackburn, King George's Hall
Recorded by Radio One's 'In Concert' for posterity.
Apr 26 - Swindon, Oasis
Pin-droppers' convention
Apr 28 - Derby, Assembly Rooms
Plant-pot flies through plate glass window of hotel.
Apr 29 - Brighton, Event
Last round at Grand Hotel bar - 100 pints of lager, 100 g&t's and
one customer in bar.
Apr 30 - London, Brixton Academy
May 3 - Bourges, Palais de Congres
May 13 - Amsterdam, Paradiso
First night of the 18 Club.
May 14 - Cologne, E-Werk
May 15 - Hamburg, Stadtpark
May 17 - Stuttgart, Theaterhaus
May 18 - Munich, Circuskrone
May 19 - Cesena, Vidia Club
May 21 - Milan, City Square Club
May 23 - Madrid, Revolver
Substitute bass player takes band drinking policy too literally.
Guitarist played whirly birds throughout gig.
May 24 - Barcelona, Zeleste II
May 27 - Paris, Olympia
May 29 - Athens, Rodon Club
May 30 - Athens, Rodon Club
Briana's birthday. Everyone up 'til 8am swim. Colin our roadie had to
be wheeled through airport.
Jun 15 - Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
Jun 16 - Seattle, Backstage
Jun 18 - San Francisco, Slim's
Jun 20 - Los Angeles, Variety Arts Centre
Jun 21 - San Juan, Coach House
Chicken in a basket gig. Table-top runways exploited by goof
guitarists.
Jun 22 - Solone Beach, Belly Up Tavern
Jun 24 - Salt Lake City, Club DV-8
Jun 25 - Denver, 23 Parish
Jun 27 - Minneapolis, First Ave.
Jun 28 - Chicago, Park West
Jun 30 - Detroit, St. Andrew's Hall
Jul 2 - Cleveland, Empire Club
Jul 3 - Toronto, Concert Hall
Jul 5 - Ottawa, Porter Hall
Jul 7 - Boston, Paradise
Jul 8 - New York, The Ritz
Jul 9 - Washington, Gaston Hall
Jul 11 - Atlanta, Centre Stage Theatre
"You are too loud in Japan"
Jul 16 Nagoya, Club Quattro
Jul 17 - Osaka, Club Quattro
Jul 18 - Tokyo, Club Quattro
Most common phrase post-gig - "Does silence mean they want
more?"
Jul 19 - Tokyo, Club Quattro
Jul 31 Thurles, Tipperary, Feile Festival
Nov 15 - Berlin, Huxleys Neue Welt
It's a circus tent.
Nov 16 - Bielefeld, PC 69
It's an army barracks.
Nov 17 - Bonn, Biskuit Halle
It's a biscuit tin.
Nov 20 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
Nov 21 - Dublin, The Point
Curtains give the gig more atmosphere.
Nov 23 - Birmingham, NEC
Too big and shit.
Nov 24 - London, Wembley Arena
Nov 25 - Sheffield, Arena
Sit still, the band's on.
Mar 31 - Middlesbrough Arena
Only ever 'warm-up' gig.
Apr 2 - Liverpool, Royal Court Theatre
Apr 3 - Oldham, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Apr 4 - Newcastle, Mayfair
Apr 5 - Leeds, Town & Country Club
Apr 7 - Kettering, Arena
What the fuck are we doing here? (And Roger Whittaker helped out
on sound).
Apr 8 - Wolverhampton, Civic Centre
Apr 9 - Newport, Centre
Apr 11 - Dublin, Stadium
Apr 12 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
Apr 14 - Aberdeen, Music Hall
See Kettering.
Apr 15 - Glasgow, Barrowlands
Apr 17 - Canbridge, Corn Exchange
Apr 18 - Poole, Arts Centre
Apr 10 - London, Grand Theatre
Apr 20 - London, Forum
Apr 22 - Bridlington, Spa
May 1 - Berlin, Temperdrome
May 2 - Hamburg, Grasse Freiheit
May 3 - Bielefeld, PC69
May 5 - Koln, E Werk
May 6 - Frankfurt, Volksbildungheim
May 7 - Munich, Zeppelinhalle
May 9 - Stuttgart, Theatre Haus
May 12 - Amsterdam, Paradiso
Jul 16 - Stratford-upon-Avon, Phoenix Festival
Jul 19 - Lisbon, Gartejo Club
Jul 19 - Lisbon, Gartejo Club
Jul 30 - Thurles, Tipperary, Feile Festival
Aug 26 - Chelmsford Spectacular
Sep 13 - Thesalonika, Milos Club
Sep 14 - Athens, Lycabettus Amphitheatre
Dec 13 - London, Brixton Academy
Dec 14 - London, Forum
Dec 15 - Stoke-On-Trent, Trentham Gardens
Dec 17 - Aston Villa Leisure Centre
Dec 18 - Blackpool, Empress Ballroom
Dec 19 - Hull, Ice Arena
Dec 20 - Hull, Ice Arena
Jun 10 - London, Finsbury Park Fleadh
Brilliant fireworks.
Jul 7 - Zurich, Out In The Green
Down the front for Oasis.
Jul 9 - Finland, Turku Festival
Solid cricket.
Jul 25 - Huddersfield, McAlpine Stadium
Support REM.
Jul 26 - Huddersfield, McAlpine Stadium
Support REM.
Jul 28 - Stockholm, Lollipop Festival
Slow wicket.
Aug 5 - Thurles, Tipperary, Feile Festival
Aug 6 - Glasgow, T In The Park
Beaten by a beach ball.
Oct 20 - Atlanta, The Roxy
Oct 21 - Washington, 930 Club
Oct 22 - New York, The Supper Club
Oct 24 - Toronto, Music Hall
All flared up.
Oct 25 - Chicago, Park West
Oct 27 - Seattle, Backstage
Oct 28 - Los Angeles, The Palace
Rotheray still has spirit of '76.
Oct 29 - San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
Oct 30 - San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
One hour 15 minutes of songs, 45 minutes of stand-up comedy.
Nov 17 - Dublin, The Point
Nov 18 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
Nov 20 - Cardiff, Arena
Nov 21 - London, Wembley Arena
Nov 22 - London, Wembley Arena
Nov 23 - Sheffield, Arena
Nov 24 - Sheffield, Arena
Nov 25 - Manchester, G-Mex
Nov 27 - Birmingham, NEC
Nov 28 - Manchester, G-Mex
Nov 29 - Glasgow, SECC
Dec 20 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Arena