gigography 1988 updated 28 November 2007
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18 January : "Victoria / Tuff Life Boogie / Guest Informant / Twister" single released
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
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
Many thanks to Paul Lewis for these photos.
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UK : ca. 7 - 19 March
Monday, 7 March 1988 Hummingbird, Birmingham
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
Thanks to David Humphries for the ticket.
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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
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Thursday, 10 March 1988 Exeter University
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 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.
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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
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Tuesday, 15 March 1988 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
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Thursday, 17 March 1988 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
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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
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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
Released on Voiceprint in 2000, unfortunately without Athlete Cured.
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Germany / Austria / Belgium / The Netherlands : ca. 3 - 24 April
Sunday, 3 April 1988 Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
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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?
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Friday, 8 April 1988 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
No tape exists?
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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
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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
Thanks to Swen for the ticket. |
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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)
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Friday, 15 April 1988 unknown venue, 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
I've received conflicting information about these Austrian gigs. The above may not be the Graz setlist at all.
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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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Monday, 18 April 1988 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
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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
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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 / Kurious Oranj / Hit the North / Guest Informant / Hey! Luciani / Carry Bag Man / L.A.
Thanks to Spiderhans for the ticket.
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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
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USA : ca. 5 - 27 May
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 throughout the tour(?) was Howard Devoto's band Luxuria.
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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
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Saturday, 7 May 1988 Chestnut, 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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May 1988 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
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May 1988 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
John remembers they played two shows at the 9:30. Does anyone have the dates? They were likely between Philly and Boston.
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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.
- "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
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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
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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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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?
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Sunday, 22 May 1988 Pine Street, Portland, Oregon
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?
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Tuesday, 24 May 1988 Warfield, San Francisco, California
No tape exists? Thanks to Michael for the poster.
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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
Many thanks to Skip King for the flyer.
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Tuesday, June 21 1988 "I Am Curious, Orange", Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam
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Monday, 15 August - Saturday, 20 August 1988 "I Am Curious, Orange", King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Overture / 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.
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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
 Thanks to Adrian for the ticket.
Some photos of the October 8 performance, thanks to Paul Lewis.
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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 Descendant
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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
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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 / 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
- 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 / Van Plague / Jerusalem / Cab It Up / Yes, O Yes / Squid Law / Totally Wired / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Big New Prinz / Mr. Pharmacist / There's a Ghost in My House / Kurious Oranj
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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?
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