18 January : "Victoria / Tuff Life Boogie / Guest Informant / Twister" single released
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Saturday, 23 January 1988 Rodon Club, Athens, Greece
Shoulder Pads / Australians in Europe / Frenz / 2 x 4 / Hey! Luciani / Carry Bag Man / In These Times / Guest Informant / Get a Hotel / There's a Ghost in My House / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Mr. Pharmacist / Lucifer over Lancashire / Tuff Life Boogie / Victoria / Bombast
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Thursday, 25 February 1988 Piccadilly Radio Session (Q103 FM), Manchester
In These Times / Carry Bag Man / Cab It Up / Oswald Defence Lawyer
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Brix Smith - guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon - guitar; Steve Hanley - bass; Marcia Schofield - keyboards, vocals; Simon Wolstencroft - drums. Production details unknown. This was the broadcast date; not sure when the session was recorded.
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29 February : "The Frenz Experiment" LP released
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Thursday, 3 March 1988 HMV Record Shop, Oxford Street, London
Cab It Up / Bremen Nacht / In These Times / Frenz / Tuff Life Boogie / Carry Bag Man / Guest Informant
U.S. 80s-90s / Tuff Life Boogie / Bremen Nacht / In These Times / Frenz / Bombast / Hit the North / Carry Bag Man / Guest Informant / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Mr. Pharmacist / Hot Aftershave Bop / Victoria
- Punter 1: "Bring back Karl Burns!" Punter 2: "Yeah, looks like him!" (before "Guest Informant")
Thanks to David Humphries for the ticket and Richard Davis for the photo.
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Tuesday, 8 March 1988 The Ritz, Whitworth Street, Manchester
Cab It Up / In These Times / Bombast / Frenz / Guest Informant / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Hit the North / Australians in Europe / Tuff Life Boogie / U.S. 80's-90's / Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4
Thanks to Darren Galway for the pass and Paul Das for the other bits.
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Thursday, 10 March 1988 Lemon Grove, Exeter University
Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Guest Informant / Bremen Nacht / Hit the North / Frenz / Tuff Life Boogie / Carry Bag Man / U.S. 80s-90s // Mr. Pharmacist / Bombast // Victoria
An attendee: "The temporary floor collapses in front of the stage and we all stand around the hole. Improves the view..."
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Friday, 11 March 1988 Students Union, Cardiff University
Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / There's a Ghost in My House / Bremen Nacht / Frenz / Tuff Life Boogie / Carry Bag Man / Victoria / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Guest Informant / Mr. Pharmacist / In These Times
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Saturday, 12 March 1988 Oxford Polytechnic
Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Frenz / Tuff Life Boogie / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Carry Bag Man / Victoria / Mr. Pharmacist / In These Times / Bombast / Lucifer over Lancashire / L.A.
Many thanks to Paul Lewis for these photos and Stephen Honey for the ticket.
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Monday, 14 March 1988 Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Bremen Nacht / Hit the North / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Mr. Pharmacist / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Carry Bag Man / Victoria / Tuff Life Boogie / Bombast / Lucifer over Lancashire
Thanks to Kevin McMahon for the ticket and Paul Das for the setlist.
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Tuesday, 15 March 1988 Riley-Smith Hall, Leeds University
Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Frenz / Hey! Luciani / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Guest Informant / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s-90s / Victoria
Thanks to Paul Whittington for the flyer, Mark Hobson for the ticket, and Tim Pattison for the setlist.
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Thursday, 17 March 1988 Students Union, Leicester University
Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Australians in Europe / Frenz / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Victoria / Carry Bag Man / L.A. / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
Thanks to Andrew for the ticket.
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Friday, 18 March 1988 Hammersmith Odeon, London
U.S. 80s-90s / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / L.A. / Carry Bag Man / Victoria / Tuff Life Boogie / Mr. Pharmacist / Guest Informant / Bombast / Lucifer over Lancashire
Thanks to Rick Parker for the ticket.
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Saturday, 19 March 1988 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Athlete Cured / Shoulder Pads / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Cab it Up / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Hey! Luciani / Oswald Defence Lawyer / L.A. / Carry Bag Man / Victoria / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s-90s / Lucifer over Lancashire
There's some "Jerusalem" lyrics in "U.S. 80s-90s".
Released on Voiceprint in 2000, unfortunately without Athlete Cured. Thanks to Omega Auctions for the setlist.
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Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Belgium / The Netherlands : 3 - 24 April
Many thanks to Dannyno for the itinerary
Sunday, 3 April 1988 Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
Hey! Luciani / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Yes, Oh Yes / Carry Bag Man / Victoria / Lucifer over Lancashire / U.S. 80's-90's / Mr. Pharmacist / Bombast / Guest Informant
Thanks to Gabi for the ticket.
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Monday, 4 April 1988 Modernes, Bremen, Germany
U.S. 80's-90's / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Guest Informant / Hit the North / Frenz / Victoria / Carry Bag Man / Yes, O Yes / Bremen Nacht / Jerusalem / Pay Your Rates / Hey! Luciani / Shoulder Pads / Lucifer over Lancashire
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Tuesday, 5 April 1988 Biskuithalle, Bonn, Germany
U.S. 80s-90s / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Pay Your Rates / Hit the North / Frenz / Victoria / Carry Bag Man / Yes, O Yes / Bremen Nacht / Jerusalem / Mr. Pharmacist / Guest Informant / I Am Damo Suzuki / Lucifer over Lancashire
Thanks to Daniel for the ticket.
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Thursday, 7 April 1988 PC 69, Bielefeld, Germany
Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Guest Informant / Hit the North / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / Carry Bag Man
Incomplete? Thanks to Kurt Joerres for the ticket.
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Friday, 8 April 1988 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
U.S. 80s-90s / Tuff Life Boogie / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4 / Hit the North / Bremen Nacht / Frenz / Victoria / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Mr. Pharmacist / L. A. / Jerusalem / Hey! Luciani / Carry Bag Man / Yes O Yes / Lucifer over Lancashire
Thanks to Wolfgang Holman for this inteview from the fanzine My Way (issue 9, May 1988).
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Saturday, 9 April 1988 FBZ Buergerpark, Braunschweig, Germany
Athlete Cured / Guest Informant / Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4 / Hit the North / Frenz / Victoria / Oswald Defence Lawyer / L.A. / Pay Your Rates / Bremen Nacht / Jerusalem // Hey! Luciani / Carry Bag Man // Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s-90s
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Monday, 10 April 1988 Metropol, Berlin, Germany
No tape exists?
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Tuesday, 12 April 1988 Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt, Germany
Athlete Cured / Guest Informant / Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4 / Hit the North / Frenz / Victoria / Oswald Defence Lawyer / L.A. / Pay Your Rates / Bremen Nacht / Jerusalem / Carry Bag Man / Bombast / Yes, O Yes / U.S. 80's-90's
- "OK (...), turn it off. In the fine Scotch of another day over, (...) resembled a Steve Winwood LP cover, record you like. It was '74 all over again." (amended lyrics to "Guest Informant")
- "I'd like to introduce Simon Wolstencroft. He is a cardigan sort of person. I could not afford it, condone it or condone it." (during "Jerusalem")
- "OK, this is for Trevor." [sings] "Darling, Happy Anniversary. That's that." (before "Carry Bag Man"
- "When in town I keep head... kneel on... Craig!" (during "Carry Bag Man")
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Wednesday, 13 April 1988 Unterfoerhring Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany
U.S. 80s-90s / Tuff Life Boogie / Cab It Up / Frenz / In These Times / Victoria / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / Shoulder Pads / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Hit the North / Jerusalem / Mr. Pharmacist / Carry Bag Man / Hey! Luciani / 2 x 4
- "This is some old shit we dug up." (before Pay Your Rates)
- "Faster! (...)." (during the introduction to "Hit the North")
- "Right! (...)! Go!" (before "Jerusalem")
- "I largely base myself on Simon Wolstencroft. He is a cardigan lad." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
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Friday, 15 April 1988 Posthof, Linz, Austria
No tape exists?
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Saturday, 16 April 1988 Fritz Club, Vienna, Austria
Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Guest Informant / Frenz / In These Times / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / L.A. / Bad New Girl / Bremen Nacht / 2 x 4 / Carry Bag Man / Yes, O Yes / U.S. 80s-90s (also Victoria at some point)
The following songs were broadcast on the radio on Sunday, 17 April:
Hit the North / Guest Informant / In These Times / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Cab It Up / Victoria / Bremen Nacht / U.S. 80's-90's
According to Stephen Fall: the following releases have excerpts from this gig:
on Seminal Live - Hit the North, In These Times, Pay Your Rates, L.A., 2 x 4
on Sniffin' Rock 7" - Guest Informant
on Live Various Years CD2 - Carry Bag Man, Yes, O Yes, U.S. 80s-90s
The tape circulating as "U4, Vienna, April 1988" is in fact this gig.
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Sunday, 17 April 1988 Haus der Jugend, Orpheumgasse, Graz, Austria
Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Guest Informant / Frenz / In These Times / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / L.A. / Victoria / Bad News Girl / Bremen Nacht / Mr. Pharmacist / Carry Bag Man / Yes, O Yes / U.S. 80's-90's / 2 x 4
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Tuesday, 19 April 1988 Forum Spielboden, Dornbirn, Austria
No tape exists?
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Wednesday, 20 April 1988 Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
Athlete Cured / Hit the North / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / Jerusalem / Frenz / Victoria / Pay Your Rates / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / U.S. 80s-90s / Guest Informant / Mr. Pharmacist / Carry Bag Man / Hey! Luciani / 2 x 4
Thanks to Dannyno for the listing.
- "I was walking down one road. I was doing my impression of Simon (Woollybangs), i.e. the cardie lad. He was never in time, really." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
- "You dig it, you dig it, you dig it, you dig it. Ow! It's 'Repetition'." (during "U.S. 80s-90s")
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Friday, 22 April 1988 Vooruit Gonzertaal, Ghent, Belgium
Athlete Cured / Hit the North / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4 / Jerusalem / Frenz / Victoria / Pay Your Rates / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / U.S. 80s-90s / Guest Informant / Carry Bag Man / Hey! Luciani / In These Times / Mr. Pharmacist
- "I base myself on Simon Wolstencroft. He is a cardie lad." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
- "Or end up on Dickie Bird project estate." (amended lyrics to "Pay Your Rates")
- "Tonsillitus skies (...) station hop burnt my brains and burnt the top of my skull off." (amended lyrics to "Bremen Nacht")
- "I (...) teenage rap gangs with Alsations. I made enquiry (...) steel is inexpensive. It's my prerogative." (amended lyrics to "In These Times")
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Saturday, 23 April 1988 Het Noorderligt, Tilburg, The Netherlands
U.S. 80s-90s / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Cab It Up / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Jerusalem / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Victoria / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / Hit the North / Guest Informant / Hey! Luciani / Carry Bag Man // L.A.
Thanks to Spiderhans for the ticket. A few photos on Flickr.
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Sunday, 24 April 1988 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Athlete Cured / Hit the North / Cab It Up / Frenz / In These Times / Pay Your Rates / Victoria / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / Carry Bag Man / U.S. 80s-90s / Guest Informant / Tuff Life Boogie / Hey! Luciani / Bombast / 2 x 4
- "It was me, the hoover and the social idiot staff. Set half over Sunday (...) Joan Baez LP cover. What I hate about Sunday is: old people get up early and think they are smart. But everybody knows it is a holy day set aside for rudimention, meditation and maybe assassination. His physog was fucking depressing. The bald git, like me, for free, boy. Plundered and pondered, 'Is he a tyrant? Or should I kill him? Or will he kill me?'" (amended lyrics to "Guest Informant")
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USA : ca. 30 April - 27 May
Saturday, 30 April 1988 Cameo Theater, Miami, Florida
No tape exists? Thanks to Dannyno for the listing.
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Thursday, 5 May 1988 Maxwell's, Hoboken, New Jersey
Athlete Cured / Hit the North / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4 / Jerusalem / Frenz / Victoria / Pay Your Rates / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / U.S. 80's-90's / Guest Informant
Supporting the tour was Howard Devoto's band, Luxuria—a member of which recalls: "Mark was really pissed off when Luxuria were added to The Fall's US tour at the last minute by Beggars (understandably) so he & Howard had a 'man-to-man' to sort it out after the NY gig. Obviously, they'd known each other for a while, so that helped smooth things over. When we turned up at the NY Ritz however, a local support band had already been booked leaving Luxuria no time to play, so we had to pull out of that one... We played in Toronto & Vancouver without The Fall on this tour between the Detroit & Seattle gigs. The Fall started the tour a bit rough but got better & better & they were just superb by the last gig!"
Lines from "Working In A Coal Mine" during "U.S. 80s-90s"
- "Excerpt. Enjoy these (...) sessions." (before "Hit the North")
- "Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger! Roger whistled 'Winchester Cathedral'." (amended lyrics to "Cab It Up")
- "I base my life largely on Simon Wolstencroft, the drummer. He is a cardie lad. He is anti-CND." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
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Friday, 6 May 1988 The Ritz, New York City, New York
U.S. 80's-90's / Tuff Life Boogie / Cab It Up / Frenz / In These Times / Victoria / Bremen Nacht / Yes, O Yes / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Hit the North / Jerusalem / 2 x 4 / Carry Bag Man // L.A. / Mr. Pharmacist
Thanks to Scott Simpson for the ticket.
- "Good evening, we are The Fall. Touchstone, as all is stone. As all damp retains (time)." (during "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "Hey, have you got a cigarette? Don't tell the wife." (during "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "I base myself on S.W. He is a cardie lad. His humour is (...). He is anti-CND and that." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
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Saturday, 7 May 1988 Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Soundcheck: Guest Informant / Tuff Life Boogie
Gig: Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Guest Informant / Frenz / Victoria / Bombast / Oswald Defence Lawyer / 2 x 4 / Bad News Girl / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
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Monday, 9 May 1988 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
No tape exists? Thanks to Dannyno for the listing.
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Tuesday, 10 May 1988 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
No tape exists? Thanks to Dannyno for the review (Washington Post, 12 May 1988).
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Thursday, 12 May 1988 The Channel, Boston, Massachusetts
Cab It Up / Get a
Hotel / Tuff Life Boogie / Hit the North / Frenz / 2 x 4 / Victoria / Kurious Oranj / Pay Your Rates / L.A. / Mark'll Sink Us / Bremen Nacht // Guest Informant / U.S. 80's-90's
Complete show broadcast live on WFNX 101.7. U.S. 80s-90's features a couple of lines from Lee Dorsey's "Working in a Coal Mine," and it's an "Aerosmith cover" in Guest Informant. Photo of the much-missed Channel by Johnny Barnes.
- "Sorry, no new wave music tonight."
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"Whoever's smoking those Indonesian cigarettes, please leave. Fascist country Indonesia, Jakarta.You're supporting a fascist government by smoking those grotesque fags."
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Friday, 13 May 1988 Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
No tape exists? This show was in a student cafeteria and was very poorly advertised. At most a couple hundred people, whereas The Channel the night before was sold out.
There's a photo from this gig on the Seminal Live LP cover and CD booklet.
Luxuria did not play at this gig.
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Sunday, 15 May 1988 Peabody's Downunder, Cleveland, Ohio
U.S. 80's-90's / Cab It Up / Get a Hotel / Guest Informant / Shoulder Pads / 2 x 4 / Victoria / Kurious Oranj / Carry Bag Man / L.A. / Mark'll Sink Us / Bremen Nacht / Mr. Pharmacist / Pay Your Rates / Hit the North
- "Kurious oranj... turn it up!" (during "Kurious Oranj")
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Monday, 16 May 1988 St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, Michigan
Shoulder Pads / Cab It Up / Guest Informant / Get a Hotel / Tuff Life Boogie / Victoria / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Oswald Defence Lawyer / 2 x 4 / Hey! Luciani / U.S. 80s-90s / Hit the North / Mr. Pharmacist / Carry Bag Man
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Tuesday, 17 May 1988 Cabaret Metro, Chicago, Illinois
Preview in the Chicago Tribune. No recording is circulating but Mark had a VHS tape of the gig in his possession, which was consigned to Omega Auctions by his family in August 2022.
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Friday, 20 May 1988 The Commodore, Vancouver, British Columbia
No tape exists? Thanks to Kevin Lee for the flyer.
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Saturday, 21 May 1988 Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington
U.S. 80's-90's / 2 x 4 / Get a Hotel / Tuff Life Boogie / Australians in Europe / Hit the North / Bad News Girl / Victoria / Cab It Up / Guest Informant / Mark'll Sink Us / Bremen Nacht
No tape exists? Thanks to Chris Metzler for the poster and Shawn Splane for the setlist.
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Sunday, 22 May 1988 Pine Street, Portland, Oregon
Soundcheck: Hey! Luciani (instr.) / Bad News Girl (instr.) / Australians in Europe
Shoulder Pads / Frenz / U.S. 80's-90's / Guest Informant / Hot Aftershave Bop / Oswald Defence Lawyer / 2 x 4 / Victoria / Mark'll Sink Us / Hit the North / Carry Bag Man // Bombast
Incomplete? Thanks to Shawn Splane for the poster.
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Tuesday, 24 May 1988 The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
No tape exists? Thanks to Michael for the poster.
Brian Good: "First song they played was "Shoulder Pads." A spotlight was shining in MES' eyes during the first song or two. He yelled, "Turn off that spotlight, it's driving me bats!"
Other songs I remember them doing: 2x4, Frenz, Oswald Defense Lawyer, Hit the North, Pay Your Rates (very exciting for me because I was very into the Grotesque album at the time)."
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ca. Thursday, 26 May 1988 One Step Beyond, Santa Clara, California
No tape exists?
Samuel Boone: "I don't recall Luxuria being there but they could have, I was there to see THE FALL. I remember MES throwing the microphone into the drum kit and storming off the stage until the techs fixed the sound, and I also remember some poor soul passing out with his head by the amps (who may never have heard anything again for the rest of his miserable life). At any rate, I apologize for not knowing the EXACT date, but it is late May 1988 since it was the Hit The North tour, despite the fact that they were in the west.
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Friday, 27 May 1988 John Anson Ford Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Cab It Up / Hit the North / Shoulder Pads / Get a Hotel / 2 x 4 / Frenz / Pay Your Rates / Victoria / Yes, O Yes / Guest Informant / Carry Bag Man / U.S. 80's-90's / Mr. Pharmacist / L.A. / Bremen Nacht / Hey! Luciani
Many thanks to Skip King and Bill Billard for the flyers and Brian Trudell for the ticket.
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Tuesday, 11 June - Thursday, 13 June 1988 "I Am Curious, Orange", Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam
Dog Is Life > Jerusalem / Kurious Oranj / Yes, O Yes / Wrong Place, Right Time / Big New Prinz / Frenz / Bad News Girl / Dead Beat Descendant / An Older Lover, Etc. / Cab It Up / Bremen Nacht
First three performances of the ballet, with a slightly different setlist to the main run in Edinburgh and London.
Note: I used to have 21 June as the first performance of IAC,O; that date came from the circulating recording and was wrong. Many thanks to Dannyno for excavating the correct Amsterdam dates.
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Monday, 15 August - Saturday, 20 August 1988 "I Am Curious, Orange", King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Overture / Dog Is Life - Jerusalem / Kurious Oranj / Yes, O Yes / Hip Priest / Big New Prinz / Wrong Place, Right Time / Frenz / Bad News Girl / Dead Beat Descendant / Van Plague / Cab It Up / Bremen Nacht
At least that's how one recording of the ballet goes. Other performances are probably very similar.
Here's a scan of the programme; many thanks to Alan Hamilton. The 17 August performance was released as "I Am Pure as Oranj" on Burning Airlines in 2000.
And here's a bit from Muriel Gray's "Forth Fiesta" TV programme broadcast on 16 August.
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October 1988 : "I Am Kurious, Oranj" LP released
Tuesday, 20 September - Saturday, 8 October 1988 "I Am Curious, Orange", Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
- "And this is the result of applying to a P.O. Box number in Ipswich for soccer coaching. Talking of which, back three centuries ago, enraged and stifled with torment, he threw his right arm to the North and his left arm to the South. And the inhabitants of these cities felt their nerves change into marrow, hardening amidst diseases. Shootings and poundings through all the coasts, till weakened, the senses inward-rushed within the dark mess of infection." (between "Yes, O Yes" and the tape of "Hip Priest")
- "England, 1687. 'Vassal? French vassal? Me?' said James. 'Vassal? French vassal? Me?' said James. 'Vassal? French vassal? Me?' said James. Meanwhile, in N.L., meanwhile in N.L., we find Prince Bill who is in..." (before "Wrong Place, Right Time")
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Tuesday, 25 October 1988 John Peel Session #12 (broadcast Monday, 31 October)
Kurious Oranj / Dead Beat Descendant / Cab It Up / Squid Lord
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Brix Smith - guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon - guitar, backing vocals; Steve Hanley - bass; Marcia Schofield - keyboards, vocals; Simon Wolstencroft - drums. Produced and engineered by Mike Robinson, recorded in Maida Vale 4.
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November 1988 : "Big New Prinz / Wrong Place, Right Time" single released
UK : ca. 12 - 21 December (support band throughout: Benny Profane)
Monday, 12 December 1988 Rock City, Nottingham
No tape exists? Simon Christian: phil shoenfelt + benny profane supported. I remember brix kissing pleccies and giving them to sweaty kids moshing at the front :-0 i didnt get one...
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Tuesday, 13 December 1988 Leeds Polytechnic
Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Bad News Girl / Deadbeat Descendant / Jerusalem / Van Plague / Yes, O Yes / Big New Prinz / Cab It Up / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Tuff Life Boogie / Bremen Nacht / Australians in Europe
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Wednesday, 14 December 1988 Ritz, Manchester
Thanks to Paul for the ticket
Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Bad News Girl / Dead Beat Descendant / Jerusalem / Van Plague / Yes, O Yes / Big New Prinz / Cab It Up / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Guest Informant / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Mr. Pharmacist
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Thursday, 15 December 1988 Newcastle Polytechnic
soundcheck: R.O.D. (instr.) / Guest Informant / Yes, O Yes (instr.) / Hey Luciani / Dead Beat Descendan
Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Deadbeat Descendant / Win Fall C.D. 2000 / Bad News Girl / Van Plague / Jerusalem / Cab It Up / Yes O Yes / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Big New Prinz / Hey Luciani
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Saturday, 17 December 1988 Barrowlands, Glasgow
Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Deadbeat Descendant / Bad News Girl / Van Plague / Jerusalem / Cab It Up / Yes, O Yes / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Big New Prinz / tape of Win Fall C.D. 2000 / Hey! Luciani
Thanks to Truuls for the ticket.
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Sunday, 18 December 1988 Royal Court, Liverpool
Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Deadbeat Descendant / Bad News Girl / Elf Prefix (tape) / Van Plague / Jerusalem / Cab It Up / Yes, O Yes / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Bremen Nacht / Big New Prinz / Guest Informant / tape of Win Fall C.D. 2000 / Mr. Pharmacist / Tuff Life Boogie
- "In the burning grey Scotch of another Sunday (...) over, the Adelphi Hotel (gangway) gave me a (Port) vial with a grey bit of (...) on it. I was ever so grateful. I thanked the landlord, Jack from Manchester. In fact, he was the same one at the Brittania, many, many years ago. He was my landlord in Manchester when I was a boy." (amended lyrics to "Guest Informant")
- Brix: "Lights, please!" (before final song).
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Tuesday, 20 December 1988 Town and Country, London
Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Deadbeat Descendant / Bad News Girl / Elf Prefix (tape) / Van Plague / Jerusalem / Cab It Up / Yes, O Yes / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Big New Prinz / C.D. Win Fall 2000 A.D. (tape) / Mr. Pharmacist / There's a Ghost in My House / Kurious Oranj
- "Yeah, we're gonna stick to the short songs tonight, thanks." (before "Mr. Pharmacist")
- "This is another one we don't know." (before "There's a Ghost in My House")
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Wednesday, 21 December 1988 Town and Country, London
Big New Prinz / Carry Bag Man / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Van Plague / Cab It Up / Bad News Girl / Deadbeat Descendant / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Bremen Nacht / Jerusalem / Guest Informant / Kurious Oranj / Mr. Pharmacist / Gut of the Quantifier / Victoria
Brix's last gig until 1994? Thanks to Martin for the ticket.
Someone must have sent me this setlist a long time ago since I don't think a recording is circulating. If anyone does have a recording of this gig, please email me at fallnews@gmail.com
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