Tour & Recording history

• 1985
• 17 Jun – Embassy club, London
• 23 Jun – Leadmill, Sheffield
• 6 Jul – Crawdaddy, Richmond
• First US mini-tour [billed as SPE]
• 7 Aug – El-N-Gee club, New London, USA
• 8 Aug – Spit, Boston
• 9 Aug – Danceteria, New York
• 10 Aug – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, New Jersey
• 22 Aug - Riverside, Newcastle
• 24 Aug – Unity Hall, Hull
• First recording session
  ‘Lonely Man’, ‘I Want You’, & ‘Sticks And Stones’ 11-13 Sep - Jackson’s studio, Rickmansworth.
• First UK tour
• 14 Sep – Leadmill, Sheffield
• 16 Oct – The Fridge, Brixton, London
• 1 Nov – ‘Lonely Man’ single released.
• X Nov – Uxbridge University
• 15 Nov – Ormskirk Edgehill College, Liverpool
• 21 Nov – Granary, Bristol
• 24 Nov – Wellington Club, Hull
• 28 Nov – J.B’s, Dudley
• 5 Dec – The Bull, East Sheen
• 6 Dec - Middlesex Polytechnic, London
• 10 Dec – The Fridge, Brixton, London
• 21 Dec – Leadmill, Sheffield
• (N.B. There is a huge gap here between now & Feb 14th ’86 & also Feb 14-7th June –
  we recorded ‘Lonely Man’ & also ‘This Damn Nation’ & also recorded radio sessions around this time.
  We could check posters & flyers, press & press releases)
• 1986
• Second UK Tour
• 12 Feb – Purple Haze`at The Richmond, London
• 14 Feb – 1st ever Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre - Sir George Robey, London
• 15 Feb – The Bull, East Sheen
• 21 Feb – Queen Mary College, London
• 22 Feb – The Tunnel Club, London
• 27 Feb – Knight’s Park
• 21 Mar – ‘This Damn Nation’ single released.
• 17 Apr – Marquee, London
• 24 Apr – Lucifers, Scotland (?)
• 25 Apr – The Venue, Aberdeen (Supporting Pete Shelley)
• 2 May – University London Union, London (Supporting Flesh For Lulu)
• 7 Jun – Klub Foot at The Clarendon, London (supporting The Prisoners)
• 14 Jun – The Marquee, London
• 16-19 June (Recording ‘I Want Everything’, ‘Sun Arise’, ‘I’m Unsatisfied’)
• 20 Jun - Keele University
• 25 Jun – Warwick University
• 29 Jun – Scruples, Wolverhampton
• 4 Jul – Kerava club, Finland
• 5 Jul – Turku club , Finland
• 6 Jul - Turku Peace Festival,
• 7 Jul – Helsinki , Finland
• 9 Jul – Tampere Student club, Finland
• 20 Jul – The Marquee, London
• 5 Sep – ‘I Want Everything’ single released.
• 9 Sep – The Marquee, London
• 20 Sep – Saturday Live, Radio I [Andy Kershaw] I Want Everything, Just Like You, If I Only Had Time, Love Is Dead.
• 3 Oct – Bedford College, UK
• 5 Oct – Town & Country club, London (Supporting Psychic TV, with Primal Scream, The Shamen)
• 12 Oct – The Marquee, London
• 13 – 24 October *(2nd American Tour – no venue details at present)
• 3 Nov – ‘Hit By Hit’ album released.
• 6 Nov – Croydon Underground, London
• 7 Nov – The Marquee, London
• 17 Nov – Radio Luxembourg interview
• 20 Nov – Sky TV interview
• 21st- 24th November-Recording (‘Love Is Dead’, ‘Angela’, ‘Gone To Texas’ Back to Top
• Third UK Tour
• 27 Nov – Sir George Robey, London
• 29 Nov – Leadmill, Sheffield
• 30 Nov - The Cage at The Harp Club, New Cross, London
• 2 Dec – Burberries, Birmingham
• 3 Dec – Town & Country, London (supporting The Saints)
• 4 Dec – Basins Dance Hall, Portsmouth
• 5 Dec – City University, London
• 6 Dec – International, Manchester
• 10 Dec – Tropicana, Peterborough
• 11 Dec – Fury Murrays, Glasgow
• 12 Dec – Hoochie Coochie, Edinburgh
• 13 Dec – Venue, Aberdeen
• 14 Dec – Dance Factory, Dundee
• 15 Dec – Riverside, Newcastle
• 16 Dec - Ritzy, Leeds
• 20 Dec – Royal Court, Liverpool (Supporting Icicle Works)
• 23 Dec – Marquee, London
• 1987
• Jan 9 – Marquee, London
• Jan – Scandinavian Tour, dates in Finland, Sweden & Norway – no venue details at present
• 14 Feb – ‘Love Is Dead’ single released
• 14 Feb – Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre – London Dungeon, London
• 19 Feb – Boardwalk, Manchester
• 22 Feb – Rose Club, Cologne, Germany
• 23 Feb - Cookies, Frankfurt
• 24 Feb – Logo, Hamburg
• 25 Feb – The Loft, Berlin
• Fourth UK Tour
• 3 Mar – Majestic, Reading
• 4 Mar – Mr C’s, Poole
• 5 Mar – Basins Dance Hall, Portsmouth
• 6 Mar – Canterbury College
• 7 Mar – Bedford Greyfriars International Centre
• 8 Mar – Granary, Bristol
• 9 Mar – Swansea University
• 10 Mar - Leeds University – Tartan Bar
• 11 Mar - Newcastle University
• 12 Mar – Town Bath Hall, Scunthorpe
• 13 Mar – Rooftops, Glasgow
• 14 Mar – Civic Concert Hall, Motherwell
• 16 Mar – Leicester University
• 17 Mar – Stairways, Birkenhead
• 18 Mar – Stars & Stripes, Carlisle
• 19 Mar – Sheffield University
• 20 Mar – Mardi Gras, Nottingham
• 24 Mar – Shelleys, Stoke
• 25 Mar – Essex University, Colchester
• 26 Mar – Camden Palace, London
• 27 Mar – Capital Radio Session for Alan Freeman Show
• ‘S.T.B.’, ‘When Am I Coming Down?’, ‘Obsession’ & ‘Tell Me Why’.
• European tour
• 1 Apr – Milan, Italy
• 2 Apr – Cuneo
• 3 Apr – Reggio Emilia
• 4 Apr – Napoli
• 5 Apr – Rome
• 7 Apr – Geneva, Switzerland
• 8 Apr – Zurich
• 9 Apr – Basle
• 10 Apr – Lausanne
• 11 Apr – Friebourg
• 24 Apr - University London Union, London
• Back to Top
• American Tour
• 7 May – Philadelphia, USA
• 8 May – Washington
• 9 May – New York
• 10 May – Cambridge
• 11 May – Montreal, Canada
• 12 May – Ottowa
• 13 May – El Mocambo club, Toronto
• 14 May – Cleveland, USA
• 15 May – Detroit
• 16 May – Cabaret Metro, Chicago (Supporting Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry)
• 18 May – San Francisco
• 19 May – Berkeley
• 20 May – The Roxy, Los Angeles
• 23 May – San Diego
• 25 May – Minneapolis
• 27 May – Amhurst
• 28 May – Boston
• 29-30 May – Maxwells?
• 1st June – The Godfathers sign to Epic records
• 12-17 June – Tour of Finland – no venue details at present
• 14-26 July & 3-20 Aug (Recording BSWD album)
• 23 Aug – Marquee, London
• 28 Aug – Reading Festival, UK
• 23 Sep – The Wag Club, London
• 28 Sep – ‘Birth, School, Work, Death’ single released.
• 2 Oct – Birmingham Polytechnic
• 3 Oct – Norwich UEA
• 5 Oct – Bangor University
• 6 Oct - North Staffordshire Polytechnic
• 7 Oct – Manchester University
• 8 Oct – Sheffield University
• 9 Oct – Wolverhampton Polytechnic
• 10 Oct – Leeds University
• 12 Oct – Bradford University
• 13 Oct – Riverside, Newcastle
• 14 Oct – Preston Polytechnic
• 15 Oct – Liverpool Polytechnic
• 17 Oct – Warwick University
• 18 Oct – Surrey Union, Guildford
• 20 Oct – Brighton University
• 21 Oct – Kingston Polytechnic
• 22 Oct – The Astoria, London
• 29 Oct – La Locomotive, Paris
• 30 Oct – La Locomotive, Paris
• 31 Oct – Dienze Festival, Belgium
• *(N.B. There is a huge gap between 31 Oct ’87 & 13 Aug ’88)
• Back to Top
• 1988
• Jan 11 – ‘Birth, School, Work, Death’ album released.~
• Feb 4 – Newcastle Polytechnic
• Feb 5 - The Venue, Edinburgh
• Feb 6 – Strathclyde University, Glasgow
• Feb 7 – Caprington Club, Kilmarnock
• Feb 9 – Riley Smith Hall, Leeds University
• 10 Feb – Diamond Suite, Birmingham
• 11 Feb – Liverpool University
• 12 Feb – Sussex University, Brighton
• 14 Feb – Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre - Town And Country Club, London
• 16 Feb – Bierkeller, Bristol
• ‘Birth, School, Work, Death’( Resurrection mix single released)
• 17 Feb – Exeter University
• 18 Feb – Newport Centre
• 19 Feb – Leicester Polytechnic
• 20 Feb – International, Manchester
• Back to Top
• 1988 European Tour
• 25 Feb - Rennes. France
• 26 Feb - Paris
• 27 Feb – Milky Way, Amsterdam
• 29 Feb – Ghent, Belgium
• 2 Mar – Luxor, Cologne
• 3 Mar – Batschkapp, Frankfurt
• 4 Mar – Odeon, Munster
• 5 Mar – Markthalle, Hamburg
• 6 Mar – Loft, Berlin
• US Tour
• 15 Mar – Toad’s Place, New Haven
• 16 Mar – The Living Room, Providence
• 17 Mar – The Paradise, Boston
• 18 Mar – The Ritz, New York
• 19 Mar – 9:30 Club, Washington
• 20 Mar – Hammerjacks, Baltimore
• 22 Mar – Grafitti, Pittsburgh
• 23 Mar – Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland
• 24 Mar – Bogart’s – Cincinnati
• 25 Mar – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit
• 26 Mar – Cabaret Metro, Chicago
• 27 Mar – Headliners, Madison
• 28 Mar – First Avenue, Minneapolis
• 1 Apr – Ballard Firehouse, Seattle
• 2 Apr – Pine Street Theatre, Portland
• 4 Apr – I Beam, San Francisco
• 5 Apr – Oasis, San Jose
• 6 Apr – Roxy, Los Angeles
• 11 Apr – Bacchanal, San Diego
• 12 Apr – Scottsdale, Arizona
• 14 Apr – Club Clear View, Dallas
• 15 Apr – Austin, Texas
• 16 Apr – Fitzgerald’s, Houston
• 18 Apr – New Orleans
• 20 Apr – Birmingham, Alabama
• 21 Apr – Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• 22 Apr – Atlanta, Georgia
• 23 Apr – Atlanta, Georgia
• 25 Apr – Buffalo, New York
• 26 Apr – Toronto, Ontario CA
• 27 Apr – Syracuse, New York
• 28 Apr – Philadelphia
• 29 Apr - Hoboken, New Jersey
• 30 Apr – The Ritz, New York
• 3 May – The Channel, Boston
• Back to Top
• European dates
• 19 May – Madrid
• 20 May – TV show, Madrid
• 23 May – Pink Pop Festival, Holland
• 28 May – Shot Video for ‘Cause I Said So’
• 11 Jun – Gottinghen, Germany
• 12 Jun – Berlin
• 13 Jun – Dusseldorf
• 15 Jun – U4, Vienna
• 16 Jun – Graz
• 18 Jun – Bern
• 19 Jun – Zurich
• 22 Jun – Barcelona
• 23 Jun – TV show, Barcelona
• 24 Jun – Universal, Madrid
• 25 Jun – Vittoria
• 26 Jun – Zaragoza
• 28 Jun – Valencia
• 7 Jul – MTV interview, London
• 14 Jul – Recorded session for Andy Kershaw, Radio 1
• 23 Jul – Wembley Exhibition Centre
• 18 Jul – ‘Cause I Said So’ single released.
• 13 Aug – Hoenehms Festival, Austria
• 20 Aug – Neurorock Festival, Belgium
• 26 Aug – Reading Festival, UK
• 27 Aug – Winterthur Festival, Switzerland (Supporting Iggy Pop)
• 31 Aug – Hotpoint Festival, Geneva, Switzerland (With Motorhead & The Damned)
• 2 Sep – Frankfurt, Germany (CBS Records 25th Anniversary Convention/Party – Special Guests with The Pasadenas)
• 22 Sep – ‘The Godfathers - The Concert’ for Thames TV @ T&C, London.
• Back to Top
• US Tour
• 24 Sep – Cabaret Metro, Chicago, USA
• 25 Sep – Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit
• 29 Sep – MTV New Music tour with Living Colour?
• 1 Oct – The Ritz, New York
• UK Tour
• 3 Nov – Cardiff University
• 4 Nov – Sheffield University
• 5 Nov – Glasgow University
• 7 Nov – Newcastle University –
• 7 Nov – ‘Love Is Dead’ single (Epic version) released.
• 8 Nov – Leeds Polytechnic
• 10 Nov – Liverpool University
• 11 Nov – Manchester University
• 12 Nov – Hummingbird, Birmingham
• 13 Nov - Leicester University
• 14 Nov – Rock City, Nottingham
• 16 Nov – Town And Country Club, London
• *(N.B. Huge gap between 25 Sep 88-Jan 89)
• 1989
• 2 Jan-22 Jan & 25-26 Jan (Recording ‘More Songs About Love And Hate’ album)
• 29 Jan – Universal, Madrid, Spain
• 30 Jan – La Coruna (Spanish TV show)
• 14 Feb – Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre - Kilburn National Ballroom, London
• 16 Feb – Munich, Germany (Concert recorded for German TV, Tele 5)
• 30 Mar – Shot funfair sequences for promo video of ‘She Gives Me Love’ – Don Lett’s directing.
• 31 Mar – Shot interior studio sequences for ‘She Gives Me Love’ video.
• 3 Apr – ‘She Gives Me Love’ single released.
• 18 Apr – Marquee, London
• 19-26 Apr – Unknown?
• 30 Apr – Pamplona, Spain
• 2 May – Santiago
• 3 May - Madrid
• 4 May – Zeleste, Barcelona
• 5 May – Arena, Valencia
• 6 May - Granada
• 9 May – ‘More Songs About Love And Hate’ album released.
• 10 May – International 2, Manchester
• 11 May – Leeds Polytechnic
• 12 May – Hummingbird, Birmingham
• 13 May – Southampton University
• 14 May – Cambridge Corn Exchange
• 15 May – Town And Country Club, London
• European tour
• 17 May – Herenhout, Belgium
• 18 May – Ghent
• 20 May – Amsterdam
• 21 May – Hamburg
• 22 May - Berlin
• 23 May – PC69, Bielefeld
• 24 May – Dusseldorf
• 26 May - Gottinghen
• 27 May – Munster, Odeon
• 28 May – Frankfurt
• 29 May – Stuttgart
• 31 May – Munich
• 2 Jun – Vienna
• 3 Jun – Milan
• US Tour
• 22 Jun – Orlando, Florida
• 23 Jun – Fort Lauderdale
• 24 Jun – Tampa
• 26 Jun – Jacksonville
• 28 Jun – Atlanta
• 29 Jun – New Orleans
• 1 Jul – Houston
• 2 Jul – Austin
• 3 Jul – Dallas
• 4 Jul – San Antonio
• 7 Jul – Denver
• 8 Jul – Salt Lake City
• 11 Jul – Portland
• 12 Jul – Seattle
• 14 Jul – Berkeley
• 15 Jul – Santa Barbara
• 17 Jul – Phoenix
• 19 Jul – San Diego
• 20 Jul – San Diego
• 21 Jul – Irvine County
• 23 Jul – San Francisco
• 24 Jul – The Palace, Los Angeles
• 27 Jul – Tulsa
• 28 Jul – Oklahoma City
• 29 Jul – Wichita
• 1 Aug – Lawrence
• 2 Aug – St. Louis
• 4 Aug – Cabaret Metro, Chicago
• 5 Aug – Milwaukee
• 7 Aug – Minneapolis
• 9 Aug – Cincinatti
• 10 Aug - Detroit
• 11 Aug – Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland
• 15 Aug - Newhaven
• 16 Aug – Boston
• 18 Aug – Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia
• 19 Aug – New York
• 20 Aug – Providence
• 22 Aug – Sag Harbour, Long Island
• 23 Aug – Baltimore
• 24 Aug - Washington DC
• 25 Aug – Ocean City
• 26 Aug - Norfolk
• 27 Aug – 1313, Charlotte
• 29 Aug – Nashville
• 30 Aug – Atlanta
• 1 Sep – Clemson University, South Carolina
• 3 Sep – Orlando
• 4 Sep – Hallendale
• 5 Sep – West Palm Beach
• 6 Sep – Melbourne
• 7 Sep – St. Petersburg
• 27 Sep – Denton, Texas
• 28 Sep – Houston
• 29 Sep – Dallas
• 1 Oct – Austin
• 3 Oct – Alberquerque
• 4 Oct – Red Rocks, Boulder
• 5 Oct – Fort Collins
• 7 Oct – Colorado Springs
• 9 Oct – Las Vegas
• 11 Oct – Tucson
• 13 Oct – Redondo Beach
• 14 Oct – Laguna Hills
• 15 Oct – Long Beach
• 16 Oct – San Diego
• 18 Oct – Fresno
• 19 Oct – Ventura
• 22 Oct – Seattle
• 23 Oct – Portland
• 25 Oct – Santa Clara
• 26 Oct – Los Angeles
• 27 Oct – San Juan
• 28 Oct – Davis, California
• 1 Dec – Rodon Club, Athens, Greece
• 2 Dec – Rodon Club, Athens
• 14 Dec – Town And Country Club, London
• 31 Dec – Moon Over Brussels New Year’s Eve Party, Belgium