GIGOGRAPHY - (1993)

1993

[?]       Signal Radio Session, Cheshire, England

ripcord / banana co. / banana co. [#2] / pop is dead / vegetable / the bends / how can you be sure ? / ripcord [#2] / nice dream / stupid car

[Anyone Can Play Guitar Tour - 13th January to 21st February 1993]

January

13       Royal Hospital College, Egham, England

14       University of London Union, London, England

15       Guild Hall Arts Centre, Gloucester, England

22       JB's, Dudley, England

26       Expose Club, Canterbury, England

28       Y Club, Chelmsford, England

29       Arts Centre, Litchfield, England

30       Kingston University, London, England

February

3         Wheatsheaf, Stoke, England

4         Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

5          Princess Charlotte, Leicester, England

6         Warwick University, Coventry, England

8         [Anyone Can Play Guitar released in the UK]

10        Tivoli, Buckley, England

11        Oral Surgery, St. Albans, England

13        After Dark, Reading, England

15        Trent University, Nottingham, England

16        Richmond, Brighton, England

17        Fleece & Firkin, Bristol, England

18        Joiner's Arms, Southampton, England

19       Cavern, Exeter, England

20       Venue, Oxford, England

[Pablo Honey Tour22nd February to 5th March 1993]

22       [Pablo Honey released]

22       Sheffield University, Sheffield, England

23       Black Session, Paris, France

the bends / prove yourself / you / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / rhinestone cowboy / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead /blow out [3 tracks released commercially in France]

24        Manchester University, Manchester, England

25        Adelphi, Hull, England

27        Ric’s, Greenock, Scotland

28        King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland

March

2          Market Tavern, Kidderminster, England

3          Duchess of York, Leeds, England

4         Camden Underworld, London, England

5         Glamorgan University, Pontypridd, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales

14        Town & Country Club, London, England  [supporting Belly]   .. / creep / ripcord / .. [2 tracks released commercially]

[3 dates in Tel Aviv, Israel]

30        [interview: thom and colin, radio broadcast]

31        Tel Aviv, Israel

April

1          Tel Aviv, Israel

2          Tel Aviv, Israel  [radio broadcast]

[Pop Is Dead Tour26th April to 15th May 1993][support acts Strangelove and Superstar]

26 [?]

29        .., Cardiff, Wales

30       Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England

May

1          Trent University, Nottingham, England

2          Hallam University, Sheffield, England

3          [Pop Is Dead released in the UK]

3          King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland

you / prove yourself / inside my head / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / how do you? / banana co. / faithless, the wonder boy / anyone can play guitar / thinking about you / the bends / million $ question / stop whispering / blow out

5          Bevrijdingspop Festival, Haarlemhout, Haarlem, Netherlands  [60,000 audience]

you /ripcord /prove yourself /vegetable /creep /lurgee /banana co. /the bends /anyone can play guitar /pop is dead  [FM broadcast]

6          Leicester University, Leicester, England

7          Leeds University, Leeds, England

8          Manchester University, Manchester, England

9          Riverside, Newcastle, England

10        Bristol University, Bristol, England

12        University of London Union, London, England [capacity crowd]

14         Rock Garden, Dublin, Ireland

15         Conor Hall, Belfast, N.Ireland

[?]      On The Edge, Syndicated Radio Show

[thom and jonny interview + thom acoustic;] bullet proof / killer cars / banana co. / yes i am  [FM syndicated broadcast, various shows]

[European Tour – June 1993]

June

2          Arthus, Denmark

3          Copenhagen, Denmark

4          Magasinet, Goteburg, Sweden

you / prove yourself / the bends / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / how do you? / million $ question / banana co. / faithless, the wonder boy / permanent daylight / pop is dead / blow out

5          Lund Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden

5          Fagersta Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden

you / prove yourself / the bends / million $ question / creep / lurgee / ripcord / how do you? / banana co. / faithless, the wonder boy / vegetable / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead

8          Vereeniging, Nijmergen, Netherlands

9          Tivoli Gardens, Utrect, Netherlands

10        Paard, Den Haag, Netherlands

11       Velsen, Netherlands

12        Beakestijnpop Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands

12        Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

13        Nighttown, Rotterdam, Netherlands

14        Paris, France [in-store performance]

15        FNAC Auditorium, Nancy, France [in-store performance]

[acoustic set;] thinking about you(cut) / bullet proof / stop whispering / lozenge of love / faithless, the wonderboy / you

15       CINE 3000, Nancy, France

you / prove yourself / the bends / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / how do you? / banana co. / faithless, the wonderboy / inside my head / permanent daylight / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / killer cars / million dollar question / blow out / thinking about you

16       Lyon, France

17       Montpelier, France

18        Bordeaux, France [in-store performance]

19        Rennes, France  [in-store performance]

19         Rennes, France

20         Passage Du Nord-Ouest, Paris, France

you / prove yourself / the bends / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / how do you / faithless, the wonderboy / banana co. / inside my head / stop whispering / permanent daylight [w/o lyrics] / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / thinking about you / killer cars / blow out / rhinestone cowboy

[North American Tour22nd June to 24th July 1993]

22         Venus de Milo, Boston, MA

23         Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

24         CBGB's, New York, NY

2.[?]     Arsenio Hall Show, Hollywood, CA [creep]

2.[?]      Late Night With Conan O’Brien, New York, NY [creep]

26         The Academy, New York, NY

28         9:30 Club, Washington D.C.

30         Metro, Chicago, IL

you / prove yourself / the bends / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / faithless, the wonder boy / how do you ? / stop whispering / inside my head / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / banana co. [incomplete set list][part broadcast on JBTV, includes interview with jonny and colin][5 tracks released commercially]

July

1          St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI

2          EdgeFest '93, Ontario Forum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [supporting: Ned's Atomic Dustbin]

.         MTV Beachouse [creep /anyone can play guitar]

5          DV8, Salt Lake City, UT

6          RKCNDY, Seattle, WA

7          Portland, OR

9         Vancouver, British Columbia

11       Live 105 Free Show, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, CA

[thom acoustic;] sing a song for you / thinking about you / killer cars / creep

11       Slim’s, San Francisco, CA

12       The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Hollywood, CA

you / the bends / vegetable / creep / ripcord / stop whispering / pop is dead / thinking about you / faithless, the wonder boy / blow out  [FM broadcast]

13        KROQ, Los Angeles, CA creep [acoustic]   [commercially released]

13        The Palladium, Hollywood, CA  [supporting PJ Harvey]

14         Los Angeles, CA

15         Los Angeles, CA

16         San Diego, CA

you / prove yourself / the bends / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / faithless, the wonderboy / banana co. / stop whispering / inside my head / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / thinking about you [acoustic] / blow out

1.[?]       Phoenix, AZ

1.[?]      Boulder, CO

1.[?]      Dallas, TX

24[?]

[European FestivalsAugust 1993]

August

15         Markt Rock Festival, Dronten, Belgium

21         Waterpop, Wateringen, Netherlands

the bends / prove yourself / you / vegetable / creep / lurgee / ripcord / i can't / banana co. / inside my head / anyone can play guitar / blow out

22         Sjock Festival, Gierle, Belgium

25         [band pull out of Reading Festival -  thom had a throat infection]

28         Venue, Oxford, England

the bends / prove yourself / you / vegetable / creep / lurgee / yes I am / stop whispering / ripcord / inside my head / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / killer cars / banana co. / faithless, the wonderboy

September

1          The Garage, London, England  [possible a co-headlining gig with Belly]

the bends / prove yourself / you / vegetable / creep / lurgee / yes i am / banana co. / faithless, the wonder boy / ripcord / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / stop whispering / blow out

3          Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland  [co-headlining gig with Blur]

prove yourself / creep / yes i am / ripcord / banana co. / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead [FM Broadcast]

13         [Creep is re-released in the UK]

[North American Tour]

[joint tour with Belly – “thom and tanya finishing each night with ‘untogether’”]

[followed by support slot for Tears For Fears – ‘messiaen’ played as the band enter the stage]

17        Houston, TX

18        Dallas, TX

19        Austin, TX

21         Gainesville, Fla

22         Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, Fla

23         Miami Beach, Fla

24         Visage Club, Orlando, Fla

25         Atlanta, GA

27         Athens, GA

28        Charlotte, NC

30        Norfolk, VA

October

1          Maryland University, College Park, MD

2          Newark, DE

3          New Brunswick, NJ

5          Amherst, MA

6          Baby Head, Providence, RI

8          Boston, MA

9          Roseland, New York, NY  [4500 crowd]

10        Philadelphia, PA

11        Pittsburgh, PA

you / prove yourself / the bends / vegetable / creep / yes i am / stop whispering / banana co. / lurgee / ripcord / anyone can play guitar / pop is dead / inside my head

13        Detroit, MI

14        Milwaukee, WI

15        Chicago, IL   [in-store acoustic performance]

15        Riviera, Chicago, IL

16        Dekalb, IL

17        St. Louis, MO

19        Boulder, CO

21        Phoenix, AZ

22        The Palace Theater, Hollywood, CA

you / prove yourself / the bends / yes i am / vegetable / creep / ripcord / pop is dead / inside my head / anyone can play guitar / stop whispering / thinking about you / blow out

24         San Francisco, CA

[?]      The Aladdin, Las Vegas, NV

26         Vancouver, British Columbia

..          Calgary, Alberta

November

1          RPM Club, Warehouse, Toronto, Ontario   [supported by Crash Vegas]

the bends / prove yourself / you / yes i am / vegetable / creep / ripcord / nice dream / pop is dead / inside my head / anyone can play guitar / stop whispering / thinking about you / banana co. / blow out

2          Musique Plus, Montreal, Quebec

[interview with thom and jonny + thom solo;][“three headed”] street spirit [different lyrics]

[European Tour11th November to 13th December 1994][supporting James]

11       Hamburg, Germany

12       Cologne, Germany

13       Frankfurt, Germany

15       Munich, Germany

16        Besancon, France

18        Toulouse, France

19        Marseille, France

20        Geneva, Switzerland

22        Transbordeur, Lyon, France

23        De Casino [? Bercy], Paris, France

the bends / prove yourself / you / yes i am / vegetable / creep / banana co. / pop is dead / anyone can play guitar / stop whispering

25        Barcelona, Spain

26        Madrid, Spain

27         Lisbon, Portugal  [6000 crowd]

28         Opporto, Portugal

December

1          Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland

4          GMEX, Manchester, England

5          Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England

7          Assembly Rooms, Derby, England

8          Leisure Centre, Gloucester, England

9         Brixton Academy, London, England

the bends / prove yourself / nice dream / vegetable / creep / ripcord / banana co. / pop is dead / faithless, the wonderboy / anyone can play guitar / stop whispering

11   Guildhall, Portsmouth, England

the bends / prove yourself / you / nice dream / vegetable / creep / ripcord / banana co. / faithless, the wonderboy / pop is dead / anyone can play guitar / stop whispering

12     UEA, Norwich, England

13     Centre, Newport, Wales

..        Barbican, York, England   [? rescheduled date]