GIGOGRAPHY- (1994-1995)GIGOGRAPHY- (1994-1995)
1994
[the start of the year spent rehearsing and recording The Bends under the working title “Mint”]
February
28 [RAK Studios, St. Johns Wood, London – first day of recording for The Bends]
[these “difficult” sessions stretch into March and April]
[World Tour - May/June 1994]
.. [original release date for My Iron Lung]
.. [3 days rehearsal in Seville as a warm-up]
7 Seville, Spain
9 Barcelona, Spain
10 Madrid, Spain
12 Alanbro, Italy
13 Vidia Club, Cesena, Italy
you / bones / ripcord / black star / creep / the bends / my iron lung / proyourself / maquiladora / vegetable / just [incomplete set list]
14 Biella, Italy [cancelled]
15 Firenze, Italy
18 Zurich, Switzerland
19 Lucerne, Switzerland
20 Lausanne, Switzerland
21 Rock In Riem Festival, Munich, Germany
22 Rock Am Ring Festival, Koln, Germany
you / bones / ripcord / black star / creep / the bends / my iron lung / just / anyone can play guitar / blow out
[support act The Julie Dolphin (for the rest of May / June)
25 Manchester University, Manchester, England
26 Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England
27 The Astoria, London, England
you / bones / ripcord / black star / creep / the bends / my iron lung / prove yourself / maquiladora / vegetable / fake plastic trees / just / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / street spirit / pop is dead / blow out [commercial video release][4 tracks released commercially][‘my iron lung’ with re-recorded vocals appears on The Bends]
June
4 Tokyo, Japan
6 Osaka, Japan
7 Nagoya, Japan
8 Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
you / bones / ripcord / black star / creep / the bends / my iron lung / prove yourself / yes i am / vegetable / faithless, the wonder boy / just / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / e1; thinking about you / banana co. / pop is dead / e2; inside my head / blow out [concert was filmed]
9 Tokyo, Japan
[? same setlist as previous day]
12 Hong Kong, China
14 Metropolis, Perth, Australia
15 Lennies, Adelaide, Australia
16 The Palace, Melbourne, Australia
17 The Roxy, Brisbane, Australia
18 Selinas, Sydney, Australia
20 Sydney, Australia
22 Auckland, New Zealand
26 Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England
you / bones / ripcord / creep / my iron lung / prove yourself / the bends / pop is dead / just / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / maquiladora / blow out [1 track released commercially]
July
2 Roskilde Festival, Denmark
16 [The Manor, Oxfordshire, England – further recording for The Bends]
30 [end of sessions at The Manor]
August
10 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
bones / you / prove yourself / just / banana co. / ripcord / permanent daylight / creep / my iron lung / vegetable / punchdrunk lovesick singalong / maquiladora / pop is dead / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / fake plastic trees / the bends / street spirit / inside my head / blow out
23 Sopot Festival, Poland
25 Guild Hall Arts Centre, Gloucester, England
27 Reading Festival, Reading, England
.. / bones / you / ripcord / creep / my iron lung / prove yourself / the bends / inside my head / maquiladora / just / pop is dead / anyone can play guitar
September
14 Radio 1, Evening Session, England
bones / just / maquiladora / street spirit [2 tracks released commercially]
23 Abingdon Old Gaol, Abingdon [Rwanda benefit show]
[My Iron Lung Tour – September/October 1994]
26 [My Iron Lung released in the UK]
27 The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
28 Newcastle University, Newcastle, England
29 Leeds University, Leeds, England
30 Sheffield University, Sheffield, England
October
2 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England
3 Junction, Cambridge, England
4 Pyramid, Portsmouth, England
6 Lemon Grove, Exeter, England
7 East Wing Centre, Brighton, England
8 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
bones / you / prove yourself / just / banana co. / ripcord / permanent daylight / creep / my iron lung / vegetable / punchdrunk lovesick singalong / maquiladora / pop is dead / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / fake plastic trees / the bends / street spirit / inside my head / blow out
14 Bangkok, Thailand [4000 crowd]
15 Bangkok, Thailand [4000 crowd]
[Mexican Tour – 19th to 29th October 1994]
[8 dates, including Mexico City and Guadalajara][2 record store signings]
19 ..
29 ..
November
[?] MTV Latino, Miami, Fla
[thom and jonny acoustic;] [interview] creep / my iron lung / street spirit
2 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY [thom and jonny acoustic set]
4 Los Angeles, CA [thom and jonny acoustic set]
December
2 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
the bends / you / prove yourself / permanent daylight / vegetable / just / punchdrunk lovesick singalong / creep / my iron lung / inside my head / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / bones / street spirit/ blow out [4 tracks released commercially in the Netherlands]
6 Boston, MA
[thom and jonny acoustic set;] my iron lung / street spirit/ banana co. / lozenge of love / black star / fake plastic trees / high & dry / bullet proof / nice dream / you
13 WDRE Xmas Show, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
[thom and jonny acoustic set;] my iron lung / street spirit/ fake plastic trees / you
[?] [? Philadelphia, PA]
17 Exhibition Hall, Seattle, WA
[thom and jonny acoustic set;] my iron lung / street spirit/ high & dry / nice dream / lozenge of love / creep / [part electric][thom and tanya donelly;] fake plastic trees
1995
.. The Railway, Vancouver, BC, Canada
.. University of California, Riverside, CA
February
10 Lomax, Liverpool, England
prove yourself / creep / blow out / you + 9 tracks from The Bends
12 Apollo, Oxford, England [support act Supergrass]
14 La Belle Angel, Edinburgh, Scotland [thom and jonny acoustic set]
15 Sheffield, England [thom and jonny acoustic set][? cancelled]
16 The Eve’s Club, London, England [thom and jonny acoustic set]
my iron lung / banana co. / nice dream / high & dry / bullet proof / lozenge of love / fake plastic trees / street spirit/ you [3 tracks released commercially]
17 Leicester, England [thom and jonny acoustic set]
21 Black Session, Paris, France
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / fake plastic trees / street spirit/ you / planet telex / union city blue / creep / my iron lung / banana co. / prove yourself [FM broadcast (bones / high & dry part only)]
25 The Apollo, Oxford, England
27 [High & Dry released in the UK]
27 2 Meter Session, Bullet Sound Studio, Nederhorst den Berg, Netherlands [sessie #493]
anyone can play guitar / bones / street spirit / just / my iron lung / high & dry / fake plastic trees [5 tracks released commercially in the Netherlands]
[The Bends Tour - 9th to 24th March 1995]
March
9 University Great Hall, Cardiff, Wales
10 Bristol University, Bristol, England
11 City Hall, Truro, England
13 [The Bends released in the UK]
13 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England
14 Hallam University, Sheffield, England
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / permanent daylight / high & dry / black star / prove yourself / stop whispering / vegetable / fake plastic trees / blow out / creep / my iron lung / you / banana co. / street spirit/ ripcord
15 Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, Scotland
16 The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
18 The Crypt, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
19 Town Hall, Middlesborough, England
20 Manchester University, Manchester, England
22 Waterfront, Norwich, England
23 Roadmender, Northampton, England
24 The Forum, Kentish Town, London, England
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / black star / banana co. / prove yourself / vegetable / fake plastic trees / planet telex / ripcord / creep / my iron lung / you / nice dream / street spirit / stop whispering / lozenge of love [5 tracks released commercially]
28 [The Bends released in Canada]
28 102.1 CFNY, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
[acoustic;] black star / fake plastic trees + 1 other song [FM broadcast][jonny didn't make this show because he had flu]
28 Much Music, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
[thom and colin acoustic set;] street spirit / nice dream
29 Sam The Record Man, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [in-store performance]
[acoustic;] street spirit/ bullet proof / fake plastic trees
30 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [? in-store performance]
April
1 Moe's, Seattle, WA
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / black star / banana co. / street spirit/ fake plastic trees / planet telex / prove yourself / creep / my iron lung / you
3 Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, CA
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / you / vegetable / street spirit/ fake plastic trees / ripcord / prove yourself / creep / my iron lung / stop whispering
4 [The Bends released in the USA]
4 Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA
[thom and jonny acoustic;] street spirit / subterranean homesick alien [“a premiere”] / bullet proof / [interview][FM broadcast][1 track commercially released]
4 Los Angeles, CA
5 Chicago, IL
6 Venus de Milo, Boston, MA
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / you / vegetable / street spirit/ fake plastic trees / planet telex / prove yourself / creep / my iron lung / ripcord
7 New York, NY
9 Washington D.C.
19 Radio 1 Sound City, Colston Hall, Bristol, England
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / street spirit / fake plastic trees / planet telex / my iron lung [FM broadcast]
20 Gino, Stockholm, Sweden
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / street spirit / prove yourself / vegetable / fake plastic trees / planet telex / ripcord / creep / my iron lung / you / bullet proof / stop whispering
21 Villa 65 Session, VPRO, Netherlands
[acoustic;] street spirit / subterranean homesick alien / fake plastic trees
25 Top Live Session, Europe 1, France
sing a song for you / bones / fake plastic trees / just / street spirit/ [interview with colin, jonny and thom] / high & dry / my iron lung
May
1 Plaza San Giovanni, Rome, Italy
high & dry / street spirit/ vegetable / you/ prove yourself/ planet telex / bullet proof / creep [Italian TV]
2 Planet Rock Sessions, Rome, Italy
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / street spirit / vegetable / fake plastic trees / you / prove yourself / ripcord / planet telex / bullet proof / creep / my iron lung / stop whispering [FM broadcast]
15 [Fake Plastic Trees released in the UK]
16 Later w/ Jools Holland, BBC, London, England [broadcast 27th May]
high & dry / the bends [1 track released commercially]
[North American Tour - 26th May to 15th June 1995][support act David Gray]
26 Paradise Club, Boston, MA [attendance: 600+]
27 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island
28 Pearl Street, Northampton, MA
30 Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
June
1 Tramp's, New York, NY
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / black star / prove yourself / vegetable / fake plastic trees / planet telex / creep / my iron lung / thinking about you / you / bullet proof / street spirit
3 Johnnie Walker Session, Radio 1, England [FM broadcast date]
[thom and johnny ;] black star / street spirit / subterranean homesick alien
4 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / black star / nice dream / vegetable / ripcord / fake plastic trees / planet telex / creep / my iron lung / prove yourself / bullet proof / street spirit
6 The Warehouse (RPM Club), Toronto, Canada
the bends / just / bones / high & dry / street spirit / black star / prove yourself / vegetable / fake plastic trees / planet telex / creep / my iron lung / bullet proof / stop whispering [FM broadcast]
7 Peabody's Down Under, Detroit, MI
10 Metro, Chicago, IL
13 Mercury Café, Denver, CO
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / bones / high & dry / black star / punchdrunk lovesick singalong / vegetable / ripcord / fake plastic trees / planet telex / creep / my iron lung / you / bullet proof / street spirit
15 Palace Theatre, Hollywood, CA
the bends / just / anyone can play guitar / high & dry / planet telex / fake plastic trees / my iron lung / creep / stop whispering [incomplete set list]
[Tour of Japan]
.. Shibuya, Japan
.. Shinjuku, Japan
19 Nagoya, Japan
20 Osaka, Japan
22 Fukuoka, Japan
24 Liquid Room, Shinjuku, Japan
my iron lung / anyone can play guitar / the bends / high & dry / prove yourself / pop is dead / black star / fake plastic trees / bullet proof / sulk / creep / planet telex / just / nice dream / killer cars / banana co. / street spirit / blow out
27 Xanadu, Sapporo, Japan
my iron lung / bones / just / black star / you / the bends / street spirit / high & dry / nice dream / killer cars / anyone can play guitar / fake plastic trees / planet telex / faithless, the wonderboy / how can you be sure ? / stop whispering
28 Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
July
9 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
10 Sailors Union Of The Pacific’ Hall, Seattle, WA
13 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
14 Soma, San Diego, CA
my iron lung / the bends / bones / sulk / prove yourself / vegetable / high & dry / fake plastic trees / black star / street spirit/ creep / planet telex / just / anyone can play guitar / bullet proof / you / stop whispering
15 Niles Theatre, Mesa, AZ
16 El Paso, TX
17 The Library Café, AZ
18 Lawrence, Kansas City [attendance: 400]
[every song off of the bends except ‘sulk’] + you / creep / stop whispering / anyone can play guitar / ripcord [incorrect order; opened with ‘bones’, closed with ‘stop whispering’]
19 Memphis, TN
20 New Orleans, LA
21 The Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia [support act Drugstore]
22 Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
24 London, Ontario, Canada
25 BarryMore Music Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
26 Saratoga Winners, Cohoes, NY
.. Pearl Street, Central MA
[Tour 30th July to 9th August 1995 - supporting REM] {The journal for this tour is located later in this site}
30 National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England
my iron lung / bones / anyone can play guitar / high & dry / fake plastic trees / planet telex / just / the bends + creep / street spirit
31 [Video shoot for Just, London, England]
August
1 Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
3 Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
bones / anyone can play guitar / high & dry / creep / my iron lung / bullet proof / street spirit/ lucky / just / fake plastic trees [thom performs a new song ‘no surprises please’ in the dressing room]
4 Sjohistoriska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
4 99x FM, Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA [FM broadcast date]
[acoustic;] street spirit/ lucky / bullet proof / you / subterranean homesick alien / fake plastic trees
5 [band pulled out of T In The Park, Glasgow, Scotland]
6 Catania Stadium, Sicily, Italy
my iron lung / bones / high & dry / creep / bullet proof / the bends / street spirit / just / fake plastic trees
9 Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel
[”there aren’t many things that scare me, but Radiohead are so good they scare me” - michael stipe]
13 Roskilde Festival, Denmark [headliners Neil Young & Pearl Jam]
18 MTV Studios, Camden, London, England
just / nobody does it better
26 Pucklepop, Dronten, Belgium
my iron lung / bones / just / nice dream / creep / street spirit/ high & dry / you / anyone can play guitar / lucky / fake plastic trees / the bends [FM broadcast]
27 Lowlands Festival, Netherlands
nice dream / the bends / high & dry / you / anyone can play guitar / fake plastic trees / lucky
28 [Just released in the UK]
30 Helsinki festival, Finland
September
1 Winterhurere Festival, Switzerland
[US Tour 8th September to 1st October 1995 - supporting REM]
8 Miami Arena, Miami, FL
9 Thunderdome, Tampa, FL
11 Starwood Amphitheater, Nashville, TN
12 Jefferson Civic Center, Birmingham, AL
the bends / bones / nice dream / high & dry / lucky / creep / you / just / fake plastic trees
13 LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA
15 KRBE, Houston, TX
[interview w/thom before the show]
15 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
my iron lung / high & dry / planet telex / anyone can play guitar / just / street spirit/ creep / fake plastic trees / the bends
16 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
17 Southpark Meadows, Austin, TX
19 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
20 Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
22 Riverport Amphitheater, St. Louis, MS
23 Riverport Amphitheater, St. Louis, MS
24 The World, Chicago, IL
26 Deer Creek, Indianapolis, IN
my iron lung / high & dry / creep/ lucky / bullet proof/ fake plastic trees /the bends [incomplete set list]
27 Breslin Center, East Lansing, MI
29 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
bones / just / high & dry / creep / anyone can play guitar / fake plastic trees / lucky / street spirit / my iron lung
30 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA
bones / just / anyone can play guitar / nice dream / my iron lung / planet telex / high & dry / fake plastic trees / the bends
October
1 Meadows Amphitheater, Hartford, CT
bones / high & dry / lucky / creep / fake plastic trees / the bends / just / nobody does it better
.. Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA
bones / just / high & dry / lucky / anyone can play guitar / fake plastic trees / street spirit / nice dream / the bends
.. KMJM [?]
[session + interview]
[US Tour - supporting Soul Asylum]
4 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
[acoustic set][band's equipment and instruments stolen out of tour van before the show - band performs on rented gear]
5 Denver, CO
7 Vancouver, British Columbia
8 Seattle, WA
9 Portland, OR
11 Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA [1st support act The Nixons]
creep / fake plastic trees / bones [incomplete set list, 7 songs were played]
12 Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA
the bends / bones / high & dry / street spirit/ creep / my iron lung / lucky / just / fake plastic trees
15 Fresno, CA
16 Los Angeles, CA
17 Riverside, CA
18 San Diego, CA
[?] Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
28 On The Edge, Los Angeles, CA
[thom acoustic;] bullet proof / killer cars / [interview][FM broadcast]
30 [Help EP released in the UK]
[UK Autumn Tour 31st October to 7th November 1995][support act Sparklehorse]
31 Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
November
1 Town & Country Club, Leeds, England
my iron lung / bones / anyone can play guitar / high & dry / prove yourself / man-o-war / black star / nice dream / bullet proof / sulk / creep / planet telex / just / blow out / fake plastic trees / lucky / you / street spirit/ the bends
2 Academy, Manchester, England
4 Brixton Academy, London, England
street spirit / bones / just / bullet proof / high & dry / black star / stop whispering / creep / man-o-war / planet telex / prove yourself / my iron lung / anyone can play guitar / blow out / fake plastic trees / subterranean homesick alien / lucky / nice dream / you / the bends / nobody does it better
5 Rock City, Nottingham, England
blow out / bones / fake plastic trees / high & dry / nice dream / my iron lung / you [incomplete set list][7 tracks released commercially - mispress copies play ‘bones’ instead of ‘nice dream’]
6 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England
the bends / bones / anyone can play guitar / bullet proof / high & dry / lucky / creep / man-o-war / planet telex / vegetable / bishop's robes / my iron lung / just / blow out / fake plastic trees / subterranean homesick alien / nice dream / street spirit/ stop whispering / you
7 Guildhall, Southampton, England
9 Noorderlight, Tilburg, Netherlands
10 Cafe De La Dance, Paris, France [support act Drugstore]
the bends / bones / anyone can play guitar / bullet proof / high & dry / lucky / creep / man-o-war / planet telex / bishop's robes / thinking about you / my iron lung / just / fake plastic trees / subterranean homesick alien / nice dream / street spirit/ black star / blow out
11 La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
the bends / bones / anyone can play guitar / bullet proof / high & dry / lucky / black star / creep / man-o-war / planet telex / lurgee / my iron lung / just / fake plastic trees / banana co. / nice dream / street spirit/ stop whispering
13 La Vapeur, Dijon, France
the bends / bones / anyone can play guitar / bullet proof / high & dry / lucky / creep / man-o-war / thinking about you / planet telex / lurgee / my iron lung / just / fake plastic trees / banana co. / nice dream / street spirit/ stop whispering
14 Virgin Megastore, Champs Elysees, Paris, France
[acoustic;] high & dry / street spirit/ subterranean homesick alien / my iron lung [incomplete set list]
16 Arena Auditorium, Valencia, Spain
17 Pacha, Madrid, Spain
18 Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain
20 Le Rockstore, Montpellier, France
21 Propaganda, Milano, Italy
22 Tenax, Firenze, Italy
23 Vidia Club, Cesena, Italy
25 Charterhalle, Munich, Germany
[thom loses his voice and walks off 5 songs into the set]
26 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
28 E-Werk, Koln, Germany
29 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
December
1 Gino, Stockholm, Sweden
bones / high & dry / lucky / creep / bishop's robes / you / fake plastic trees / just / street spirit / black star / nice dream / stop whispering + vegetable
2 Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden
3 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, Wembley Arena, London, England
my iron lung
4 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
the bends / bones / bullet proof / my iron lung / lucky / creep / bishop’s robes / high & dry / planet telex / inside my head / just / fake plastic trees / no surprises [acoustic] / you / black star / nice dream / stop whispering [incomplete set list]
5 La Luna Theatre, Brussels, Belgium
the bends / bones / bullet proof / my iron lung / prove yourself / street spirit/ lucky / creep / nice dream / high & dry / planet telex / anyone can play guitar / just / blow out / fake plastic trees / true love waits / you / banana co. / nobody does it better / inside my head
12 Warehouse, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [support act Remy Zero]
the bends / bones / bullet proof / my iron lung / prove yourself / street spirit/ lucky / creep / nice dream /high & dry / planet telex / anyone can play guitar / just / blow out / fake plastic trees / thinking about you / you / black star / inside my head
13 Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [support act Remy Zero]
the bends / bones / bullet proof / my iron lung / man-o-war / street spirit/ lucky / creep / nice dream / high & dry / planet telex / anyone can play guitar / just / blow out / fake plastic trees / subterranean homesick alien / india rubber / black star / you / nobody does it better
15 Live 105 Green Xmas, Berkeley Community Centre, Berkeley, CA
the bends / my iron lung / high & dry / just / fake plastic trees [FM broadcast]
16 KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas, Events Center, San Jose, CA
the bends / bones / my iron lung / high & dry / bullet proof / just / fake plastic trees
17 KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas, Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA
the bends / my iron lung / high & dry / just, fake plastic trees [FM broadcast]
18 KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas, Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA
bones / just / fake plastic trees / nobody does it better / creep [FM broadcast]
28[?] Amsterdam, Netherlands [? as credited on bootlegs – see also below]
creep / street spirit / high & dry / fake plastic trees