Wednesday, 17 January 2008 Xylourgeio Mylou, Thessaloniki, Greece
They did play. Does anyone have any info?
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Friday, 19 January 2008 Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece
Tommy Shooter / 50 Year Old Man / Wolf Kidult Man / Theme from Sparta FC / Fall Sound / I've Been Duped / Pacifying Joint / Senior Twilight Stock Replacer > walk off / Wings / Mr. Pharmacist / Blindness // White Lightning
Thanks to Costas for the setlist and Mark for the bizarrely wonderful poster. Reviews and photos on the message board.
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 Von Südenfed at the Borealis Contemporary Music Festival, Bergen, Norway
Tuesday, 4 March 2008 Robin 2, Bilston (near Wolverhampton)
Exploding Chimney / My Door Will Never / Pacifying Joint / Latch Key Kid / Alton Towers / Wolf Kidult Man / Fall Sound / I've Been Duped / What About Us // Theme from Sparta FC / Wings // Tommy Shooter / Blindness
Wedenesday, 5 March 2008 Union Society, Newcastle University
Exploding Chimney / Fall Sound / What About Us / Wolf Kidult Man / 50 Year Old Man / Alton Towers / Tommy Shooter / Pacifying Joint // Latch Key Kid / Theme from Sparta FC // Blindness / White Lightning
Exploding Chimney / Fall Sound / What About Us / Alton Towers / Wolf Kidult Man / 50 Year Old Man / Tommy Shooter / Theme from Sparta FC / Pacifying Joint / I've Been Duped //
Blindness // Wings / White Lightning
Exploding Chimney / Wolf Kidult Man / Reformation / Fall Sound / I've Been Duped / 50 Year Old Man / Tommy Shooter / Mountain Energei / Pacifying Joint // Latch Key Kid / Strange Town / What About Us // White Lightning / Wings
9 - 12 March 2008 : lineup # 60 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Elenor Poulou (keyboards), Pete Greenway (guitar), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Keiron Melling (drums) plus Simon Archer (Ding) on 2nd bass from Reformation until end of gig).
Sunday, 9 March 2008 The Point, Cardiff
Is This New / Wings / Wolf Kidult Man / Fall Sound / 50 Year Old Man / Over! Over! / Reformation / Mountain Energei / I've Been Duped / What About Us // Tommy Shooter
Ding on second bass from Reformation onward. Reviews on the message board. Thanks to Mark for the setlist.
Is This New / Wings / Wolf Kidult Man / Pacifying Joint / 50 Year Old Man / Fall Sound / Systematic Abuse / I've Been Duped / Reformation / Mountain Energei / Tommy Shooter / Latch Key Kid / Blindness // Exploding Chimney
Ding on second bass from Reformation onward. Reviews on the message board. Thanks to Johnny Mills for the setlist, DJVYEATS for the Wolf Kidult Man clip, and Mark Harris for this lot of photos on flickr.
I, Ludicrous were scheduled to appear but were booted off the tour by Mark, who took exception to comments on the I,L tour diary on the Guardian site.
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16 & 17 March 2008 : lineup # 57 (redux) : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Elenor Poulou (keyboards), Pete Greenway (guitar), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Keiron Melling (drums).
Sunday, 16 March 2008 Tripod, Dublin, Ireland
Is This New / Wings / Wolf Kidult Man / 50 Year Old Man / Fall Sound / I've Been Duped / Reformation / Pacifying Joint / Tommy Shooter // White Lightning / Blindness
Is This New / Wings / Fall Sound / Pacifying Joint / 50 Year Old Man / Wolf Kidult Man / I've Been Duped / Latch Key Kid / Reformation / Tommy Shooter / Systematic Abuse / White Lightning // Blindness
19 - 20 March 2008 : lineup # 60 (redux) : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Elenor Poulou (keyboards), Pete Greenway (guitar), Dave "The Eagle" Spurr (bass), Keiron Melling (drums) plus Simon Archer (Ding) on 2nd bass from Reformation until end of gig).
Wednesday, 19 March 2008 Roadmenders, Northampton
Is this New / Wings / Wolf Kidult Man / Over! Over! / 50 Year Old Man / Fall Sound / Latch Key Kid / Pacifying Joint / I've Been Duped / Reformation / Mountain Energei / Tommy Shooter // White Lightning
Is This New / Wolf Kidult Man / Pacifying Joint / 50 Year Old Man / Fall Sound / Wings / Latch Key Kid / I've Been Duped / Reformation / Mountain Energei // Tommy Shooter / White Lightning
Thanks to Richard for the setlist and for the two video clips. Reviews on the message board.
Is This New
50 Year Old Man
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Friday, 21 March 2008 Maxwell Hall, University of Salford
Postponed due to poor ticket sales!
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Monday, 24 March 2008 The Welly, Hull
Is This New / Wings / Fall Sound / Pacifying Joint / 50 Year Old Man / Wolf Kidult Man / I've Been Duped / Latch Key Kid / Reformation / Tommy Shooter / White Lightning // Blindness
Is This New / Wings / Pacifying Joint / 50 Year Old Man / Fall Sound / I've Been Duped / Wolf Kidult Man / Alton Towers / Reformation / Tommy Shooter / White Lightning / Blindness
Reviews on the message board. Thanks to gojonnygogogo for the setlist.
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 The Iron Works, Inverness
Is This New / Wings / Pacifying Joint / Fall Sound / 50 Year Old Man / Wolf Kidult Man / Latch Key Kid / Mountain Energei / Reformation / Tommy Shooter / I've Been Duped / Blindness
Ding on for two songs (Mountain Energei and Reformation?). Reviews on the message board. Thanks to Pete and David for the setlist.
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 The Ferry, Glasgow
Is This New / Wings / Wolf Kidult Man / 50 Year Old Man / I've Been Duped / Fall Sound / Pacifying Joint / Mountain Energei / Reformation / Tommy Shooter // White Lightning / Latch Key Kid / Blindness // Mr. Pharmacist
Is This New / Wolf Kidult Man / Wings / 50 Year Old Man / I've Been Duped / What About Us / Fall Sound / Latch Key Kid / Mountain Energei / Reformation / White Lightning / Tommy Shooter / Blindness // Totally Wired (!)
Reviews on the message board. No Ding on second bass this time.
Is This New / Wings / Wolf Kidult Man / I've Been Duped / Over! Over! / Latch Key Kid / Tommy Shooter / 50 Year Old Man / Pacifying Joint
Reviews and photos on the message board. Thanks to Mark for the setlist.
There's an entry by Danny Eccleston about the Mojo awards launch party (MES has won the Mojo Maverick award this year) on the Mojo blog.
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Saturday, 3 May 2008 Maxwell Hall, University of Salford
Gig postponed for the second time, the organizers citing "structural problems" with the venue this time. Exposed asbestos, apparently. Rescheduled for 21 May according to ticketline email.
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex
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Saturday, 24 May 2008 M.E.S. at the Old Court House, Brighton
Mark to read from Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith at this Brighton Festival event.
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Monday, 26 May 2008 M.E.S. at the Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales
Mark and Austin Collings talk with Jon Gower.
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Friday or Saturday, 13 or 14 June 2008 Rabarock Festival, Järvakandi, Estonia
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17-20 July 2008 Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium
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25 July 2008 Wickerman Festival, East Kirkcarswell, near Dundrennan, Scotland
