gigography 1987 updated 3 March 2006
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Germany / The Netherlands : ca. 5 - 27 February 1987
Thursday, 5 February 1987 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
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Fiery Jack / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / L.A. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / City Hobgoblins / Hey! Luciani / Riddler / U.S. 80s-90s / Ghost in My House / I Am Damo Suzuki / Bombast / Mr. Pharmacist/ R.O.D. / Cruiser's Creek
Thanks to Swen for the ticket. |
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Friday, 6 February 1987 Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany
Not sure about this one - did they really play two gigs in Munich?
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Saturday, 7 February 1987 Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany
Fiery Jack / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Riddler / U.S. 80s-90s / Ghost in My House / I Am Damo Suzuki / L.A. / Cruiser's Creek
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Sunday, 8 February 1987 Ruehrersaal, Nuremberg, Germany
No tape exists? Not at the "Duerersaal" as previously reported, despite Nuremberg being Albrecht Dürer's hometown. Thanks to Stefan Henken for the clarification.
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Monday, 9 February 1987 Roehre, Stuttgart, Germany
Fiery Jack / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Hey! Luciani / U.S. 80s-90s / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / L.A. / Mr. Pharmacist / R.O.D. / Cruiser's Creek / Bombast
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Tuesday, 10 February 1987 Metropol, Aachen, Germany
U.S. 80s-90s / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / Bombast / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / C.R.E.E.P. / Hey! Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / R.O.D. / Gut of the Quantifier / Mr. Pharmacist / City Hobgoblins
Not "Tor 3, Duesselfdorf," as previously listed?
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Wednesday, 11 February 1987 Hannover, Germany
U.S. 80's-90's / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Bombast / Hey Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / Bournemouth Runner / R.O.D. / Mr. Pharmacist / Hot Aftershave Bop / Cruiser's Creek / L.A.
Could be from FBZ Buergerpark, Braunschweig?
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Friday, 13 February 1987 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Fiery Jack / U.S. 80's-90's / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Mr. Pharmacist / Hey Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / R.O.D.
Some trade lists have this date as Bremen, but it's really Hamburg. Thanks to Gabi for the ticket.
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Saturday, 14 February 1987 HFT Mensa, Bremen, Germany
U.S. 80's-90's / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Mr. Pharmacist / Hey Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / Bournemouth Runner / R.O.D. / Hot Aftershave Bop / Bombast
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Sunday, 15 February 1987 Metropol, Berlin, Germany
Fiery Jack / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Bombast / US 80's-90's / Hey Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / R.O.D. / Mr. Pharmacist / Cruiser's Creek / L.A. / City Hobgoblins
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Wednesday, 18 February 1987 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Shoulder Pads / Bombast / Hey! Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / Ghost in My House / Bournemouth Runner / R.O.D. / Mr. Pharmacist / L.A. / Hot Aftershave Bop / City Hobgoblins
Possibly U.S. 80s-90s between Luciani and Damo
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Thursday, 19 February 1987 Hunky Dory, Detmold, Germany
Dktr Faustus / Fiery Jack / Terry Waite Sez / Riddler / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Shoulder Pads / Hey! Luciani / U.S. 80s-90s / Ghost in My House / I Am Damo Suzuki / R.O.D. / Mr. Pharmacist / Bombast
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Friday, 20 February 1987 Kultur Fabrik, Krefeld, Germany
U.S. 80s-90s / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Bombast / Hey! Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / Copped It / Mr. Pharmacist
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Saturday, 21 February 1987 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fiery Jack / Dktr Faustus / Terry Waite Sez / C.R.E.E.P. / Ghost in My House / I Am Damo Suzuki / Shoulder Pads / Mr. Pharmacist / Haf Found Bormann / Bombast / U.S. 80s-90s / Lucifer over Lancashire / Hey! Luciani / R.O.D. / Hot Aftershave Bop / Bournemouth Runner
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Monday, 23 February 1987 Weeshuis, Deventer, The Netherlands
 Thanks to Chris for the photo.
U.S. 80s-90s / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / C.R.E.E.P. / I Am Damo Suzuki / L.A. / Shoulder Pads / Lucifer over Lancashire / Gross Chapel - GB Grenadiers / Hot Aftershave Bop / Hey! Luciani / City Hobgoblins / Mr. Pharmacist
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Tuesday, 24 February 1987 OOC, Venlo, The Netherlands
 
No tape exists? OOC was a youthclub with a capacity of about 200. Thanks to Chris for the setlist.
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Thursday, 26 February 1987 Luxor, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Dktr Faustus / There's a Ghost in My House / Lucifer over Lancashire / I Am Damo Suzuki / C.R.E.E.P. / Guest Informant / U.S. 80's-90's / Terry Waite Sez / Haf Found Bormann / Gut of the Quantifier / Hey! Luciani / Living too Late / Mr. Pharmacist / R.O.D. / L.A.
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Friday, 27 February 1987 Paard van Troje, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dktr Faustus / There's a Ghost in My House / Lucifer over Lancashire / I Am Damo Suzuki / C.R.E.E.P. / Guest Informant / U.S. 80s-90s / Terry Waite Sez / Haf Found Bormann / Gut of the Quantifier / Hey! Luciani / Living too Late / Mr. Pharmacist / L.A. / City Hobgoblins
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Tuesday, 10 March 1987 Metropol, Aachen, Germany
U.S. 80s-90s / Terry Waite Sez / Living too Late / Bombast / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / C.R.E.E.P. / Hey! Luciani / I Am Damo Suzuki / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / R.O.D. / Gut of the Quantifier / Mr. Pharmacist / City Hobgoblins
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UK : ca. 20 April - 27 May 1987
Monday, 20 April 1987 International 2, Manchester
U.S. 80s-90s / There's a Ghost in My House / Mark'll Sink Us / C.R.E.E.P. / I Am Damo Suzuki / Mr. Pharmacist / Australians in Europe / Lucifer over Lancashire / Get a Hotel / Hey! Luciani / Terry Waite Sez / Gut of the Quantifier / R.O.D. / Hot Aftershave Bop
Supported by the Bodines and Happy Mondays.
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27 April : "There's a Ghost in My House / Haf Found Bormann / Sleep Debt Snatches / Mark'll Sink Us" single released
Tuesday, 28 April 1987 John Peel Session #11 (broadcast Tuesday, 19 May)
Australians in Europe / Twister / Guest Informant / Athlete Cured
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Brix Smith - guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon - guitar, backing vocals; Steve Hanley - bass; Simon Rogers - guitar, keyboards; Simon Wolstencroft - drums. Production details unknown.
Apparently the band used to play Twister (the game) while on tour!
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Thursday, 30 April 1987 Newcastle University
Fiery Jack / Mark'll Sink Us / There's a Ghost in My House / Australians in Europe / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / U.S. 80s-90s / C.R.E.E.P. / I Am Damo Suzuki / Hey! Luciani / Guest Informant / Gut of the Quantifier / Living too Late / Terry Waite Sez
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Friday, 1 May 1987 Stirling University
No tape exists?
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Saturday, 2 May 1987 Strathclyde University
U.S. 80s-90s / Hey! Luciani / Mark'll Sink Us / There's a Ghost in My House / Shoulder Pads / Haf Found Bormann / Mr. Pharmacist / Lucifer over Lancashire / Australians in Europe / I Am Damo Suzuki / Gut of the Quantifier / R.O.D. / Bombast / C.R.E.E.P. / Guest Informant
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Sunday, 3 May 1987 Venue, Aberdeen
No tape exists?
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Tuesday, 5 May 1987 Leeds Polytechnic
Fiery Jack / Terry Waite Sez / Mark'll Sink Us / C.R.E.E.P. / Haf Found Bormann / Lucifer over Lancashire / U.S. 80's-90's / Australians in Europe / There's a Ghost in My House / Get a Hotel / Hey! Luciani / Living too Late / Mr. Pharmacist / Bombast
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Wednesday, 6 May 1987 Keele University
 Thanks to Paul for the ticket
Soundcheck: Hot Aftershave Bop
Gig: Gut of the Quantifier / Shoulder Pads / Terry Waite Sez / Mark'll Sink Us / Hot Aftershave Bop / Haf Found Bormann / Lucifer over Lancashire / U.S. 80s-90s / Australians in Europe / There's a Ghost in My House / Get a Hotel / Hey! Luciani / Mr. Pharmacist / R.O.D. / C.R.E.E.P. / Bombast
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Thursday, 7 May 1987 Knightstone Centre, Weston-Super-Mare
No tape exists?
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Saturday, 9 May 1987 Leicester Polytechnic
Gut of the Quantifier / Terry Waite Sez / Mark'll Sink Us / C.R.E.E.P. / Guest Informant / Haf Found Bormann / Australians in Europe / Lucifer over Lancashire / Get a Hotel / There's a Ghost in My House / R.O.D. / Mr. Pharmacist / Copped It / Bombast
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Monday, 11 May 1987 Liverpool University
Gut of the Quantifier / Terry Waite Sez / Mark'll Sink Us / C.R.E.E.P. / Guest Informant / Haf Found Bormann / Australians in Europe / Lucifer over Lancashire / Get a Hotel / There's a Ghost in My House / U.S. 80's-90's / Hey Luciani / Hot Aftershave Bop / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / L.A. / Cruiser's Creek
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Wednesday, 13 May 1987 Janice Long Session #2 (broadcast Tuesday, 19 May)
Frenz / There's a Ghost in My House / Get a Hotel / Haf Found Bormann
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Brix Smith - guitar, vocals; Craig Scanlon - guitar; Steve Hanley - bass; Simon Rogers - guitar, keyboards; Simon Wolstencroft - drums. Production details unknown.
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Wednesday, 13 May 1987 Astoria, London
Gut of the Quantifier / Terry Waite Sez / Mark'll Sink Us / C.R.E.E.P. / Guest Informant / Haf Found Bormann / Lucifer over Lancashire / Australians in Europe / There's a Ghost in My House / Get a Hotel / U.S. 80's-90's / Hey! Luciani / Hot Aftershave Bop / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / Fiery Jack / Bombast / Copped It / R.O.D.
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Thursday, 14 May 1987 Astoria, London
Australians in Europe / Shoulder Pads / Mark'll Sink Us / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / Haf Found Bormann / Hey! Luciani / U.S. 80's-90's / Get a Hotel / Lucifer over Lancashire / Living too Late / Bombast / C.R.E.E.P. / Hot Aftershave Bop / Fiery Jack / Cruiser's Creek
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Friday, 15 May 1987 University of East Anglia, Norwich
Australians in Europe / Shoulder Pads / Mark'll Sink Us / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / Mr. Pharmacist / Haf Found Bormann / Hey! Luciani / U.S. 80s-90s / Get a Hotel / Lucifer over Lancashire / C.R.E.E.P. / Terry Waite Sez / R.O.D. / Bombast
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Saturday, 16 May 1987 Student Union Dance Hall, Essex University, Colchester
Fiery Jack / Shoulder Pads / Mark'll Sink Us / Lucifer over Lancashire / Haf Found Bormann / Australians in Europe / C.R.E.E.P. / Get a Hotel / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / Hey! Luciani / Bombast / Stephen Song / Mr. Pharmacist
£3.75 advance, £4 on the door
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Tuesday, 19 May 1987 Rock City, Nottingham
Australians in Europe / Shoulder Pads / There's a Ghost in My House / Hey! Luciani / Terry Waite Sez / Fiery Jack / Lucifer over Lancashire
Incomplete as broadcast on BBC Radio 1's "Live in Concert" on May 25. Released on a Windsong International CD in August, 1993.
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Wednesday, 20 May 1987 Wolverhampton Polytechnic
No tape exists?
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Friday, 22 May 1987 Town Hall, Cheltenham
Shoulder Pads / U.S. 80s-90s / Gut of the Quantifier / Mark'll Sink Us / Hey! Luciani / Haf Found Bormann / Australians in Europe / Terry Waite Sez / Get a Hotel / Guest Informant / There's a Ghost in My House / Bombast / Twister / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / Lucifer over Lancashire
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Wednesday, 1 July 1987 Elland Road, Leeds
Australians in Europe / There's a Ghost in My House / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's / Hey! Luciani / Get a Hotel / Kicker Conspiracy / Hit the North / Lucifer over Lancashire
Supporting U2 on their Joshua Tree tour. The Fall are a last-minute replacement for World Party. For some reason the common tape has the last three songs playing first.
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Saturday, 25 July 1987 Finsbury Park, London
Bremen Nacht / Terry Waite Sez / Frenz / There's a Ghost in My House / Tuff Life Boogie / L.A. / Mark'll Sink Us / Mr. Pharmacist / Australians in Europe / Oswald Defence Lawyer / Hit the North / Lucifer over Lancashire / Hey Luciani
JLP Concerts present "Under Canvas - Siouxsie and the Banshees' only UK Summer appearance plus special guests The Fall, Wire, Psychic TV, and Gaye Bykers on Acid." £8 in advance.
"MES is still the pope of post punk pre-grebo abstract expressionism." Len Brown, "Loitering Within Tent: Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Fall, Wire, London Finsbury Park," NME, 1 August 1987, p. 37.) Thanks to Jerome for the advert.
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ca. August 1987 - December 1988 : lineup # 23: Mark E. Smith (vocals), Brix E. Smith (guitar, vocals), Craig Scanlon (guitar), Steve Hanley (bass), Marcia Schofield (keyboards, backing vocals), Simon Wolstencroft (drums). At least I think Simon Rogers left about this time.
Saturday, 15 August 1987 Knopf's Music Hall, Hamburg, Germany
Bremen Nacht / Terry Waite Sez / Frenz / There's a Ghost in My House / Tuff Life Boogie / L.A. / Mark'll Sink Us / Mr. Pharmacist / Australians in Europe / US 80's-90's / Hit the North / Lucifer over Lancashire / Hey Luciani
"Kings of Independence" show, also included Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Die Haut, Crime and the City Solution, Swans, and the Butthole Surfers. Riot ensued because venue was oversold.
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Sunday, 16 August (or the 17th?) 1987 Biskuithalle, Bonn, Germany
Bremen Nacht / Mr. Pharmacist / Frenz / There's A Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / L.A. / Mark'll Sink Us / Tuff Life Boogie / Australians in Europe / Get a Hotel / Hey! Luciani / Lucifer over Lancashire / Bombast / U.S. 80's-90's
Not 26 August as some lists have it.
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Friday, 28 August 1987 Reading Festival
Bremen Nacht / Mr. Pharmacist / Frenz / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / L.A. / Mark'll Sink Us / Tuff Life Boogie / Australians in Europe / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / Bombast / Hey! Luciani / Lucifer over Lancashire
Topping the Friday night bill were the Mission, then Fields of the Nephilim, then the Fall, then Icicle Works. Saturday's headliner was Status Quo, Sunday's was Alice Cooper. Some circulating tapes cut off after Australians in Europe.
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19 & 26 October : "Hit the North" singles released
Tuesday, 20 October 1987 The Adult Net - ICA, London
Spin this Web / August / It's the Way / Over the River / Going Nowhere / Waking Up in the Sun / Baby You're Away / Get Around / Tiffany Tuesday / Edie / Incense and Peppermints / [Fat Hell outro tape]
With Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke and Craig Gannon of The Smiths, who had split the month before. The first and last Adult Net gig.
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Friday, 6 November 1987 Maxwell Hall, Salford University
Bremen Nacht / Victoria / Frenz / There's a Ghost in My House / Australians in Europe / Get a Hotel / Hit the North / 2 x 4 / L.A. / Guest Informant / U.S. 80s-90s / Mr. Pharmacist / Lucifer over Lancashire
Thanks to David Humphries for the ticket and flyer.
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Sunday, 8 November 1987 Stafford University
Australians in Europe / Shoulder Pads / Mark'll Sink Us / There's a Ghost in My House / Guest Informant / Frenz / Mr. Pharmacist / Haf Found Bormann / Hey! Luciani / U.S. 80s-90s / Get a Hotel / Lucifer over Lancashire / Living too Late / Bombast / C.R.E.E.P. / Hot Aftershave Bop / Fiery Jack / Cruiser's Creek
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December 1987 : "Palace of Swords Reversed" LP released
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