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Del Amitri: Symphony Hall, Birmingham – live review

“Don’t assume we’ve mellowed,” warn Del Amitri. They prove it with a set that’s snarling, soothing and sublime in equal measure. Sam Lambeth reviews.

Looking like vagabonds from a medicine show, The Byson Family certainly fit the bill of their huckster-sounding name. They may not possess snake oil, but they have voices that could persuade any passing rube to part with their cash.

Opener Blowout, bathed in reverb-drenched guitars, strident keys and singer Philip Seth Campbell’s raspy howl, rattles the room with the brio of a barroom band.

Bringing together the soul of Hothouse Flowers, the country dust of Band of Horses and the inventiveness of The Band, The Byson Family have a rootsy recipe that will ensure they entertain many more than just those in the family circle.

Sidling against one another, Del Amitri ‘s Justin Currie and Iain Harvie begin proceedings in a more mellow manner. When You Were Young is transformed into a mellow reflection of lost youth, all the more resonant as the years have advanced.

However, it’s not all gentle philosophising. Del Amitri have always possessed a working-class frustration – with love, life and politics – that always bubbles ominously beneath the surface.

New album Fatal Mistakes – “our hit top five album,” Currie wryly comments at one point – is an acerbic addition to their fine back catalogue, and the snarling Musicians and Beer and the lavish lamentations of Close Your Eyes and Think of England fit perfectly alongside the chiming Always the Last to Know and Kiss This Thing Goodbye.

The snake-hipped Harvie is an admirable guitar slinger, able to showcase his dexterity with the sliding Move Away Jimmy Blue and the soaring Here and Now. A triumvirate of songs taken from 1997’s Some Other Sucker’s Parade is also welcome, particularly the strutting Won’t Make It Better and the stately Mother Nature’s Writing.

Musically, Del Amitri have been able to pivot between thumping power pop and more reflective folk, and tonight is a firm reminder of their diversity. Mockingbird Copy Me Now is plaintive and pretty, Be My Downfall fragile and forlorn, and Empty a traffic-stopping torch song.

Tell Her This, buoyed by Andy Alston’s mournful accordion, is a hymn to heartbreak, while the potency of Nothing Ever Happens remains as strong now as it did over thirty years ago.

With his floppy grey hair and all-denim outfit, Currie resembles an off-work Damon Hill as he, tongue violently in cheek, introduces ubiquitous hit Roll To Me as “breezy pop.” But for all the fanfare surrounding the song, it remains an instant charmer, enough to propel the Symphony Hall crowd up from their seats, remaining upright for the rest of the show.

For Del Amitri, the night ends as it begins – the gang gathered together, singing with earnest longing over gentle acoustics. Everyone who knows the band, though, knows that there’s plenty of vitality and rage still lying in between.

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Del Amitri, St David's Hall, 13 September 2021

Ah I hear those cries now. "Del Amitri aren't heavy! They're a pop band" Well you're wrong, live they are as heavy as any hard rock act, with a lot more diversity in the music and lyrics that would make doom bands loose hope. Plus I was attending this gig with one of my best and most trusted friends (henceforth referred to as M'colleague in true Fry & Laurie style) so essentially this review is for him but you can read it if you want. 

Now we managed to miss The Byford Family (not Biff & Son), the new band featuring ex-Temperance Movement man Phil Campbell on vocals, this was due to travel along with the allure of food and German beer, but we managed to head into the venue with 10 minutes to spare before the main event. Taking our seats in a pretty packed St Davids Hall, a far cry from the Manics gig, I'd seen there a few weeks earlier, we masked up and awaited the arrival of one of Glasgow's most lauded bands.  At this juncture I must say it's a bloody ballsy move to play a show where you don't perform your biggest hit. But on the inaugural show of Del Amitri's 2021 tour they managed to enthral the entire St David's Hall audience without the need to perform Nothing Ever Happens . What we did get instead was nearly 2 hours of back catalogue classics such as Spit In The Rain , Move Away Jimmy Blue , Kiss This Thing Goodbye , Stone Cold Sober and Roll To Me along with tracks from their latest album Fatal Mistakes such as the bouncy Can't Go Back , the heavy Musicians And Beer and the beautiful duo of Mockingbird Copy Me Now and Lonely . Justin Currie in fine voice, delivering the bands often bittersweet lyrics against the more often than more upbeat rock backing. What you do notice when seeing the band live is that with the re-addition of Kris Dollismore to the band the songs take a heavier style his stinging Telecaster used on conjunction with founder member Ian Harvie's Les Paul and various acoustics. In fact the three guitarists (Harvie, Dollismore and Currie) switch instruments all three playing acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass at any one point. As they do this, all three also uniting for wonderful vocal harmonies, Andy Alston lays down the keys, organs, melodica and accordion depending on the nature of the songs, it gives the folky ballads depth and the rockers a more rounded sound. Behind the drum kit wasn't Ash Soan the bands album drummer, but whatever the name (answers on a postcard please) he carried the pace of the songs even when they couldn't remember what song was next due to Justin, Ian and Kris not having setlists in front of them! Because of this, and of course this being the first date on an extensive tour there were one or two mishaps but no one really noticed, or cared for that matter most enjoying the brilliant music and performances, the crowd singing along not only to the classics but the new songs too. With a tight, well conceived set that ebbed and flowed, there was was some usual self depreciation from Justin and Andy had a go at some Welsh. After the main set ended the encore was made up of four songs, the final one being the emotional atom bomb that is Be My Downfall , bringing many in the audience including M'colleague to tears. After this nothing else was needed. Del Amitri are an effortlessly cool band whose music often carries a message, since their reformation they have been welcomed back by countless fans and live the really deliver. As the tour roles on the jitters will subside so by the time they hit London at the end of October in preparation for two shows at the Barrowlands in Glasgow near Xmas they will be back to being a well oiled machine. 9/10    

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Del Amitri performing at The Royal Concert Hall Nottingham on Wednesday 15th September 2021

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You wait nineteen years for a new album and then a pandemic comes along forcing everything to be put on hold. But last night at the Royal Concert Hall Del Amitri were finally able to give a live outing to this year’s comeback album, Fatal Mistakes, together with some of their hits and some obscure tracks from throughout their career.

Dressed all in denim, front man Justin Currie set the scene for the evening with opener When We Were Young before introducing new songs Musicians And Beer and All Hail Blind Love which were very well received. The audience showed their appreciation for the effortlessly melodic favourite Always The Last To Know which came early in the set.

The emotionally sad Driving With The Brakes On served to remind just how good Del Amitri are, as did an exquisite version of one of Currie’s and Harvie’s greatest songs, the fantastic Move Away Jimmy Blue. With new song You Can’t Go Back being a real highlight, they began their run-in to the end with Here And Now, and fans favourite Spit In The Rain which had the crowd singing along.

With Currie’s voice being superb throughout, soulful, true and affecting, they ended the main set with Stone Cold Sober which saw him spitting out the words with as much venom as he did when he recorded it over thirty years ago.

For the encore Nothing Ever Happens garnered a massive cheer after just the first strum of Currie’s guitar, their talent brought to life by a wonderful accordion solo. Finishing with Be My Downfall their whole stage persona had been a fine balancing act of performing serious and emotional songs with some rock posturing and just honest down to earth musicianship and last night Del Amitri got it just right.

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LIVE REVIEW: SIMPLE MINDS / DEL AMITRI @ NOTTINGHAM ARENA 24/03/2024

As with any band of a certain vintage rumours have been rife and discussions had about what tracks Simple Minds would be playing live over the course of this tour.  Their setlist seems to have 10 or so solid tracks that they are playing every show and then mixing up another 10 or so depending on the venue.  Whether fans agree or disagree with their pickings from their celebrated back catalogue there is one decision that cannot be argued with………the choice of support act.

Fellow Scottish rockers del Amitri have sent it all and done it all over the past 40 years.  In 45 minutes they manage to breathe new life into those four decades and not only remind the crowd of the brilliance of their own history but show that they are still very much a band on the rise once again.

Bassist/Vocalist Justin Currie’s recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease was a hammer blow to the band, not to mention the man himself, however he appears to be in ebullient mood about his health and is striding forward with vim and vigour that belies his diagnosis and 40 years of battle scars.

Amongst the tracks are smatterings of stonewall classics such as “Always The Last To Know”, “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” and “Not Where It’s At” but also modern gems like “Lonely” get an airing to remind us that they are far from a heritage act.  I would not have complained if they had played for another hour, if fact over the shouts and screams of appreciation my suggestion that they do so may have been lost.  Nevermind, though 45 minutes it was and what a 45 minutes we had.  The genius that is “Nothing Ever Happens” closes the set and if those in attendance experience a better 45 minutes of live music this year they can count themselves very fortunate.  Very fortunate indeed.

Choosing such as stellar band as support can go one of two ways.  Either it ends up like the Motley Crue/Alice Cooper tour of 2015 whereby support act Alice Cooper….yes, that’s right….support act!!!, absolutely wiped the floor with the Crue or it can inspire the headliners to bring their A-game and not rest on their considerably talented laurels. 

Simple Minds are not the type that leave anything to chance and come out all guns blazing, at what must said, ear splitting volume.  Now I’ve seen Motorhead from down in the front row, close enough to lick Lemmy’s boots, so I know a thing or two about volume but this was disturbingly loud.  “Waterfront” is the tour opener and it’s a majestic track that gets the musical juices flowing and sets the mood.

Thankfully the folks in charge of the sound finally get their levels sorted by “Love Song” and all is well.  All the band are in a playful mood and the energy is high.  Tracks like “Solstice Kiss” remind the hordes that it’s not all about the classics.  That said the hits keep on coming throughout the two hours and this is a band that deals in hits.  From the funky “Promised You A Miracle” to “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” to “Alive and Kicking” it’s wall to wall quality musicianship and a thundering drive to entertain.

The aforementioned “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” does halt the charge somewhat for a while, even for frontman Jim Kerr’s tastes, remarking that the crowd participation bit might be dragging on a tad too long and is making his waiting pizza cold!!

It’s not all big anthems and party times though as the delicate ballad “Belfast Child” proves the band can deliver genuine emotion and reflection amongst the glitz and glamour of a big production arena show.

Closing with the brilliant “Sanctify Yourself” the band show that they are just as relevant in this TikTok/Twitter world as they were back in the 1980’s.  First class.

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LIVE REVIEW: Del Amitri – The Astor Theatre, Perth 15th February 2023

17 February 2023 The Rockpit

It has been a while since Del Amitri last graced our shores, but we’ll let Justin address that a little later. Tonight in Perth at the first of two shows in the West, the audience was treated to witness a band that has lost nothing over the decades, but rather gained an awful lot sonically. Perth laid on a very partisan crowd by way of reception, and the Scotts in attendance got more than a taste of home, they got a musical treat that spanned a 5 decade career. The band too was on fire with Kris Dollimore (ex-Godfathers) and Iain Harvie laying down some fiery guitars whilst Justin and new drummer Jim McDermott hold down the backline, leaving the wonderful Andy Alston to weave his magic with keys and squeezebox.

Tonight’s support comes from local Perth act Vancool who have grown again in stature since we last saw them as support for UK legends The Animals. They do a great job of warming up the crowd and Dion and Co’s slick brand of guitar fueled Garage Pop goes down a treat early doors. They seem genuinely pleased to be on the famous Astor stage a put on a great show.

Some bands just have the ability to transport you back in time and it’s been three and a bit decades since I last saw Del Amitri way back in 1989 and 33 years since they last ventured Downunder. Some bands age well and these guys, well let’s just say musically Dorian Grey has nothing on them. And from the off they have the crowd – opening with the evergreen ‘When You Were Young’ from the ‘Change Everything’ album they know how to work a room, and whilst Justin remains largely quiet between songs at the start of the night he is soon regaling us with his understated wit and charm.

Early on though we’re reminded that the new material is just as compelling as the old when ‘Musicians and Beer’ surfaces from 2021’s ‘Fatal Mistakes’ which opens drenched with feedback and some tasty guitar. They immediately double down after the warm reception with another from the latest ‘ All Hail Blind Love’ which has an almost early Eagles meets The Beatles vibe.

In a beautifully paced set Justin’s sweet vocal comes to the fore on ‘Always the Last to Know’ before the wonderful melodies that really stand out tonight elevate ‘ Not Where It’s At.’ The biggest applause so far though comes with the opening chords of ‘Waking Hours’ ‘ Kiss This Thing Goodbye’ which sees some in the all seated audience get to their feet for the first time. The low key ‘ Close Your Eyes and Think of England’ underlines a band not afraid to play the new and reveals that at least half of us present own that 2021 release. Justin quips “It’s another new one, feel free to go to the bar” but no one takes up the offer! It’s my favourite from the new record next, and when the ‘Rag’ as Justin describes it, of the folky ‘Mockingbird, Copy Me Now’ rings out you know the crowd feel they’ve already had their money’s worth.

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Scottish band Del Amitri are embarking on their first North American tour in 25 years, in support of their first album in nearly two decades, Fatal Mistakes .

The 23-date tour kicks off March 26 in Agoura Hills, CA and wraps up in Cleveland on April 24, with shows in most major U.S. and Canadian cities in between.

The current line-up of the band features founding member and frontman Justin Currie and longtime members Iain Harvie (guitar) and Andy Alston (keyboards). They’re augmented by guitarist Kris Dollimore and drummer Ash Soan, both of whom joined in the late 1990s.

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Last year the band performed a free show for Scottish NHS (National Health Service) staff. It went down on December 9 at the famed Barrowland venue in their home city of Glasgow. The gig was the band’s first in more than two years and was their thank you to the workers who were and continue to make such a massive and selfless contribution to public health during the coronavirus crisis.

Del Amitri sold millions of albums and singles during their heyday, releasing six studio albums between 1985 and 2002. They had five consecutive top ten albums in the UK, including the 1998 compilation Hatful Of Rain , and amassed an impressive array of signature hits, 15 of which made the UK top 40. They included such anthems as “Nothing Ever Happens,” “Always The Last To Know,” “Driving With The Brakes On,” and “Roll To Me.”

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Del Amitri Tour Dates: 3/26 – The Canyon Club – Agoura Hills, CA 3/27 – The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ 3/29 – The Roxy Theatre – West Hollywood, CA 3/30 – Cornerstone – Berkeley, CA 4/1 – The Sunset – Seattle, WA 4/2 – Imperial – Vancouver, BC 4/3 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR 4/5 – The State Room – Salt Lake City, UT 4/6 – Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO 4/7 – The Stiefel Theatre for the Perf. Arts – Salina, KS 4/9 – Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI 4/10 – Fitzgerald Theatre – St. Paul, MN 4/11 – Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL 4/13 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON 4/14 – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA 4/15 – Crystal Ballroom – Somerville, MA 4/16 – The Egg – Swyer Theatre – Albany, NY 4/18 – (Le) Poisson Rouge – New York, NY 4/19 – The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA 4/20 – The ArtsCenter – Carrboro, NC 4/21 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA 4/23 – Jergels – Warrendale, PA 4/24 – Music Box Supper Club – Cleveland, OH

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DEL AMITRI at BRIDGEWATER HALL MANCHESTER LIVE REVIEW 20-9-2021

• September 27, 2021
• UK Concert Reviews
• by Paul Evans Photographer/Writer

20th September 2021

The Bridgewater Hall Manchester UK 

Even with the craving for live music after our 18 month interlude, filling an iconic venue to near full capacity on a Monday night is some achievement. This 18 month hiatus is however a drop in the ocean for Glasgow’s country rockers Del Amitri who have filled the majestic Bridgewater Hall in Manchester tonight. In fact, although the band have played, it’s nearly 20 years since original members, singer and bass player Justin Currie and guitarist Iain Harvie have toured a new album.  With an added guitarist, drummer, keyboard player and percussionist, tonight was about much more than simply promoting their latest album Fatal Mistakes though. It was a celebration of a decades long, musical legacy from a great band desperate to be back playing again.

In a sea of blue lights, opening song “When You Were Young” from Del Amitri’s biggest album Change Everything, is a perfect way to start the evening. The line “So look into the mirror do you recognise someone, is it who you always hoped you would become?” taking on more relevance for me tonight for some reason. New songs “Musicians and Beer” and “All Hail Blind Love”, from the aforementioned Fatal Mistakes, are next up and received with unsurprising delight by the crowd. Quite a few people I spoke to said it was their first gig for a very long time and it showed, they were ecstatic. The classic “Always the Last to Know” followed and was driven by Jim McDermott’s drumming and not for the first time, Iain’s prowling of the stage, jumping in and contributing beautiful harmonies to Justin’s vocals.

The outstanding “Not Where It’s At” and “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” from 1989’s Waking Hours continued the frenetic tempo with the crowd in the stalls all standing and the rest of the near 1,800 audience clapping and enthusiastically singing along. “You’d better sit down” says denim clad Justin, before laughingly mentioning that the band couldn’t continue at that pace all night.

Purposely slowing the pace down we were treated to the chilled, Laurel Canyon infused folk of “Mother Nature’s Writing” and the stunningly performed new song “Mockingbird, Copy Me Now”. A close call, but my favourite song of the night due to its combination of harmonies, Nick Drake finger pickin’ guitar and accordion. “Driving With the Brakes On” and “Move Away Jimmy Blue” completed a majestic run of songs sonically more conducive to the sound of the Hallé Orchestra, whose home this is, than the upbeat opening numbers.

“Manchester’s changed since the last time we played here about 15 years ago” mentioned Justin before beginning “Close Your Eyes and Think of England”, a keyboard driven track from Fatal Mistakes. By now Justin was swapping bass guitar with acoustic and Iain, resplendent in a dapper 3-piece suit was exchanging his guitars effortlessly between the classic and latest songs. “Roll To Me”, “You Can’t Go Back”, “Here and Now”, “Tell Her This” and “Lonely” bring the set near to its conclusion. I’ve got to add, “Here and Now” was outstanding, a Memphis bar song if ever I heard one with a soul-lifting middle eight and harmonies to match. The set does come to an end with the crowd swathed in yellow and green lights on their feet clapping and singing along to “Spit in the Rain” and “Stone Cold Sober”. 

The crowd obviously wanted more and the band obligingly returned to a dimly lit stage for an encore which began with a sparse and stunningly sung rendition of “Empty”. I’m not sure if I’ve heard Justin sing a better vocal to be honest, a haunting vocal reminiscent of David Sylvian through my 80’s influenced ears. Another new song, the vocal harmony and dirty southern guitar driven “I’m So Scared of Dying” proceeds “Nothing Ever Happens”, their biggest single. A hit which brought back some great memories from my Manchester youth. The hairs on the back of my neck standing up when the sound and vocal went up a notch for the line “Angry from Manchester”. A close choice for my song of the night it’s got to be said.

“Be My Downfall” with Iain’s beautiful harmonies again complementing both, the accordion and Justin’s vocals stunningly ends the night. The whole crowd joining in on a final chorus was a perfect way to end an exceptional evening. It was certainly so good to see an ecstatic, enthusiastic crowd and also a band at the height of their powers who looked glad to be back. A band not just looking to the past, but one whose new material is as good, if not better than their million selling records of their past 41 years together. Barrowlands you’re in for a treat.

DEL AMITRI SET LIST

1. )  When you were young

2.)  Musicians and Beer

3.)  All Hail Blind Love

4.)  Always The Last To Know

5.)  Not Where Its At

6.)  Kiss This Thing Goodbye

7.)  Mother Nature Writing

8.)  Mockingbird Copy Me Now

9.)  Driving With The Brakes On

10.)  Move Away Jimmy Blue

11.)  Close Your Eyes And Think Of England

12.)  Roll To ME

13.)  You Can’t go Back

14.)  Here Now

15.)  Tell Her This

16.)  Lonely

17.)  Spit In The rain

18.)  Stone Cold sober

19.)  Empty

20.)  I’m So Scared Of Dying

21.)  Nothing Ever Happens

22.)  Be My Downfall

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Review: Del Amitri at Astor Theatre

Del Amitri at Astor Theatre w/ Vancool Wednesday, February 15, 2023

It’s been thirty-three years since del Amitri’s last visit to our sunny shores, and the love for the Scottish band is enough to have scored them this extra show, tacked on at the start of the tour. As a result, they played to a slightly less-than-full house to start their Aussie run, but the warm reception more than made up for the few empty seats up the back.

Dion Mariani’s newish outfit  Vancool  opened the night’s entertainment with a lively and impassioned set of sunshiny and jangly guitar pop, with hints of Britpop and garage influences. It’s impossible to mention this talented young man without referencing his revered uncle Dom, shining light of The Stems, The DM3, The Someloves, Datura4 and more: the musical Force is strong in this family.

Already well known to supporters of local bands through The Flairz, Custom Royal, et al, Dion is a born entertainer yet still showed a lot of grace and humility on stage, congratulating his parents on their wedding anniversary, and admitting how thrilled the band were to be playing the gorgeous old Astor Theatre.

Just Because You Like It, Save It For A Rainy Day, It’s Gonna Be Alright  and  For The Rest Of Your Life  are all catchier than your average coronavirus and infinitely more fun to have in your life.

The lights then dimmed and with zero ado  del Amitr i's Iain Harvey and Justin Currie delivered a sweetly subdued  When You Were Young , then with a change of guitars and Harvie shaking his flowing locks out of his man bun, they launch into the meaty riff of excellent new track  Musicians & Beer .

There was a lot of new material in the set, showcasing the group's latest album  Fatal Mistakes , their first in almost twenty years. At one point Currie admitted that they don’t mind if you go to the bar during these less-familiar tracks, but there’s no hint of 'new stuff versus old stuff.' It’s all just del Amitri stuff, and damn fine stuff at that.

It was the Currie and Harvie show, really. They’ve kept del Amitri alive through the years, though they’re ably supported by new drummer Jim McDermott, guitarist Kris Dollimore (a founding member of The Godfathers, which may explain his suit, tie, and sunglasses on-stage combo, he’s been with del Amitri since 1997), and long-time keys and accordion player Andy Alston, who joined in 1989.

Currie and Harvie are diametric opposites on stage: the guitarist is the band’s secret weapon, all scarecrow thin and Catweazel-like as he energetically provided a dervish-like focal point, whilst the bass playing frontman is the eye of the storm in double denim, calm and relatively still.

If Currie chooses to let his voice do the heavy lifting, he’s more than entitled. His vocals, even thirty-plus years after their biggest hits, are warm and resonant. If anything, they’re more nuanced, like a warm hug from a loved one.

Kiss This Thing Goodbye  got the audience dancing and singing along in full voice (which is not bad for a breakup song) before Currie finally addressed the audience directly. “It’s lovely to be here, lovely to see you, and all that patronising shit,” he said. It served to break the ice and perhaps help him out of his shell, and although never approaching garrulous, he did interact more from this point.

There’s a warmth, a deep soulfulness, which sets del Amitri above most of their contemporaries, and there’s nowhere that is more evident than when seeing the band live. The musicians and even their road crew are so well-honed they hit the sweet spot where being well-rehearsed and also spontaneous co-exist in perfect harmony.

“This song is much too fast to play in your fifties,” Currie quipped of  Roll To Me , before jokingly asking Harvie “should I do some drugs, Iain?” It turns out the song is exactly fast enough: lively and engaging, and of course Currie delivered it seemingly effortlessly.

Tremendous run throughs of  Spit in the Rain  and  Stone Cold Sober  finished the main set, before amassed stomping and chanting brought the quintet back on stage for a genuinely moving  Empty,  followed by  Gone in a Second , the latter of which is a rarity from the  Fatal Mistakes  sessions of which Currie declares they’d “never played this one in front of an audience.”

It sounded great from our seats, but the singer noted in good humour, “as long as we start at the same time, finish at the same time, who gives a fuck what happens in between?”

Old favourite  Nothing Ever Happens , one of del Amitri’s biggest chart hits, had The Astor Theatre choir in full voice, before another great newie,  I’m so Scared of Dying . The entire band downed tools apart from Alston’s accordion for a semi-acapella  Be My Downfall , ending the night as they started it, semi-acoustically.

You simply couldn’t have hoped for a better del Amitri gig, even all these years later, and the band couldn’t have hoped for a better response to their first Antipodean show in thirty-three years. If we could go back again for night two and experience it all again, we would.

SHANE PINNEGAR

Photos by Stu McKay

More than 600 concerts (and counting)…

plus who knows how many radio shows, in-stores, record company promotions not to mention the cafes, pubs, living rooms and street corners. It is very tempting to troop out hoary old tales of the grind and the glamour of a life on the road; smashed guitars, power failures, shows in car parks and ploughed fields or of long nights drinking on tour buses as the miles to the next town ticked by, and, ultimately, to tell of the sheer joy of performing your songs night after night around the world. But the truth is that you probably really did have to be have been there – in the back of an AC30 with a screwdriver during the show, or sitting up front with the driver with a bottle of whisky at 4am watching the white lines and the lightning, or on stage in the sold-out club thousands of miles from home. Looking back it is much more interesting to ponder the stories of the hundreds of thousands of people who came to the shows, people who might drive for hours to see the band play in a half empty dive in Iowa, or fly half way round the world to experience a show in Scotland. What was it about the first album that resonated so powerfully with the people of Lisbon in 1985? Who were the young couple in the virtually deserted field in Besançon who knew the words to our songs? What was it like to be packed into an outrageously over-sold Barrowland Ballroom in December 1990 to see the return of a triumphant young band to Glasgow from a world tour? Why, after over a decade, does it all still mean so much to people that they continue to fill venues to see del Amitri perform?

1982 10 Dec, Glasgow, Vic Café 17 Dec, Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union 28 Dec, Glasgow, Venue

1983 5 March, Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union 10 July, Glasgow, Mayfair 11 Dec, Glasgow, The Candy Club

1984 18 Jan, Glasgow, Café Warzika 20 Jan, Manchester, The Hacienda 25 Jan, Glasgow, Café Warzika 1 Feb, Glasgow, Café Warzika 2 Feb, Cumbernauld, Shifts Music Factory 8 Feb, Glasgow, Café Warzika 15 June, Wishaw, The Heathery 8 October, Canterbury, University of Kent

tour with The Fall; 19 Mar, Dundee, Teasers 20 Mar, Edinburgh, Buster Browns 21 Mar, Edinburgh, The Nite Club 22 Mar, Glasgow, Penthouse 23 Mar, Ayr, Pavillion

25 May, Glasgow, Night Moves

1985 10 Feb, Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union 12 July, Rochester, St. George Hotel

with The Smiths; 26 Sept, Dundee, Caird Hall

5 Dec, Lisbon, Rock Rendez-vous 6 Dec, Lisbon, Rock Rendez-vous 26 Dec, Glasgow, The Venue

1986 tour with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions; 30 Jan, Zurich, Kulturzentrum 1 Feb, Rome, Teatro Tendo Strisce 3 Feb, Milan, Rolling Stone 4 Feb, Turin, Palasport 5 Feb, Florence, Tenax 6 Feb, Bologna, Teatro Tenda 8 Feb, Nice, Teatre Du Verdure 9 Feb, Lyon, Auditorium Maurice Ravel 10 Feb, Paris, Olympia 11 Feb, Rennes, Maison De La Culture 13 Feb, Urecht, Musiccentrum 14 Feb, Deinze, Brielport 15 Feb, Nijmegan, Vereeniging 16 Feb, Leverne, Manhattan 18 Feb, Bochum, Zeche 19 Feb, Köln, Wartesaal 20 Feb, Bielefeldt, PC 69 22 Feb, Berlin, Metropol 23 Feb, Hamburg, Markthalle 24 Feb, Frankfurt, Musichalle 25 Feb, Munich, Alabamahalle

28 Feb, London, Marquee 29 Feb, Bath, Moles

28 July, Hoboken NJ., Maxwells, 2 Aug, Orlando FL. 6 Aug, Dallas TX. 9 Aug, Los Angeles CA. 17 Aug, Milwaukee WI., Shanks Hall, 21 Aug, Pittsburg, PA., the Hay Wain,

27 Nov, Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union

1988 18 Aug, Govan Unemployed Workers’ Centre

1989 17 Aug, Edinburgh, Venue 20 Aug, Dundee, Dance Factory 22 Aug, Glasgow, Mayfair 28 Sept, Raleigh, The Pink Toothbrush 29 Sept, London, L.S.E. Students Union 3 Oct, Birmngham, The Cellar Bar 4 Oct, Treforest, Polytechnic of Wales 5 Oct, Bristol, Bristol Polytechnic 6 Oct, Nottingham, Nottingham University. 7 Oct, London, Town and Country Club 12 Oct, Sheffield, Sheffield University 13 Oct, London, Middlesex Polytechnic 17 Oct, Leeds, Duchess of York 19 Oct, Loughborough, Loughbourgh University 20 Oct, Durham, Durham University 21 Oct, Edinburgh, Calton Studios 22 Oct, St. Andrews, St. Andrews University 24 Oct, Glasgow, Queen Margaret Union 25 Oct, Manchester, Manchester University 26 Oct, Uxbridge, Brunel University. 27 Oct, London, Goldsmiths College 28 Oct, Warwick, Warwick University 30 Oct, Newcastle, Riverside 1 Oct, York, York University 2 Oct, Oxford, Oxford Polytechnic 3 Oct, Egham, Royal Holloway College 4 Oct, Swansea, Swansea University

1990 2 Feb, Ayr , Pavilion 3 Feb, Glasgow , Strathclyde University 5 Feb, Inverness, Ice Rink 6 Feb, Kirkcaldy , Adam Smith Hall 8 Feb, Galashiels , Textile College 9 Feb, Nottingham , Trent Polytechnic 10 Feb, Coventry , Coventry Polytechnic 11 Feb, Bristol , Bierkellar 13 Feb, Liverpool , Liverpool Polytechnic 14 Feb, Birmingham , Edwards 15 Feb, London , U.L.U. 16 Feb, Leicester , Leicester Polytechnic 17 Feb, Sheffield , Lead Mill 18 Feb, Newcastle , Riverside 19 Feb, Manchester , International 1 21 Feb, Aberdeen , Ritzy 22 Feb, Edinburgh , Queen’s Hall 23 Feb, Dundee , University Students Union 24 Feb, Glasgow, Pavilion Theater 23 Mar, Copenhagen, Musikcafe’en 24 Mar, Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 25 Mar, Köln, Luxor 26 Mar, Frankfurt, Batschapp 27 Mar, Munich, Theaterfabrik 30 Mar, Barcelona, Zeleste 2 31 Mar, Madrid, Universal 2 Apr, Paris, New Morning 3 Apr, Amsterdam, The Roxy 7 Apr, Cambridge, Corn Exchange 8 Apr, London, Town and Country 10 Apr, Birmingham, Hummingbird 11 Apr, Liverpool, Royal Court 12 Apr, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 13 Apr, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 19 Apr, Neptune, NJ, The Green Parrot 21 Apr, Hoboken, NJ , Maxwell’s 23 Apr, New York, NY , The Bottom Line 24 Apr, Washington, DC , 930 Club 25 Apr, Philadelphia, PA , Theatre Of Arts 26 Apr, Virginia Beach, VA , The Metro 27 Apr, Raleigh, NC , The Brewery 28 Apr, Atlanta, GA , Cotton Club 30 Apr, Birmingham, AL, The Nick 2 May, Dallas, TX, Club Clearview 3 May, Houston, TX, Fitzgerald’s 4 May, Austin, TX, Backroom 5 May, Tempe, AZ, Chuy’s 10 May, Hollywood, CA, Roxy 11 May, Long Beach, CA, Bogart’s 12 May, San Juan Capistrano, CA, The Coach House 14 May, Santa Barbara, CA , The Carnival 15 May, San Francisco, CA , Slim’s 17 May, Portland, OR , Key Largo 18 May, Seattle, WA , Backstage 19 May, Vancouver, BC , Town Pump 22 May, Boulder, CO, Boulder Theatre 24 May, Minneapolis, MN, Fine Line 26 May, Chicago. IL , Metro 27 May, Detroit, Ml, St. Andrews Hall 29 May, Cleveland, OH, Peabody’s 23 June, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival 28 June, Roskilde, Roskilde Festival 21 July, Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post 22 July, Holmdel, NJ, Garden State Arts Centre 23 July, Roanoke, VA, Iriquois 25 July, Columbia, SC , Greenstreets 26 July, Atlanta, GA, Cotton Club 27 July, Tampa, FL , The Ritz 28 July, Orlando, FL , Beacham Theatre 30 July, New Orleans, LA, Tipitina’s 31 July, Houston, TX, Rockerfeller’s 1 Aug, Austin, TX, Backroom 2 Aug, Dallas, TX, Club Clearview 3 Aug, Norman, OK , Rome 90 4 Aug, Wichita, KS , Coyote Club 6 Aug, Minneapolis, MN, Fine Line 7 Aug, Milwaukee, WI, Shankhall 8 Aug, Clarkston, MI , Pine Knob 9 Aug, Cleveland, OH, Nautica Stage 10 Aug, Grand Rapids, MI , Devos Hall 11 Aug, Tinleypark, IL, World Amphitheatre 12 Aug, Columbus, OH, Palace Theatre 14 Aug, Toledo, OH , Masonic Auditorium 17 Aug, Dayton, OH , Memorial Auditorium 18 Aug, Memphis, TN, Mud Island Amp 19 Aug, St. Louis, MO , Fox Theatre 10 Sept, Perth , Concert Hall 13 Sept, Adelaide , Old Lion Hotel 14 Sept, Adelaide , Old Lion Hotel 15 Sept, Melbourne , Palais Theatre 16 Sept, Canberra , Raiders Nightclub 18 Sept, Newcastle , Palais Royale 20 Sept, Mt. Druitt, Temptations 21 Sept, Woolongong , Shellharbour L.C 22 Sept, Sydney , Selina’s 26 Sept, Melbourne , 21st Century Club 27 Sept, Melbourne , The Palace 28 Sept, Melbourne , The Palace 29 Sept, Melbourne , Manhattan Hotel 30 Sept, Sydney , St. George Leagues Club 2 Oct, Sydney , Paramatta Leagues Club 4 Oct, Brisbane , Transformers 5 Oct, Tweed Heads , Seagulls R.F.L.C 6 Oct, Dee Why, The Venue 7 Oct, Sydney , Penrith Leagues Club 3 Nov, Cardiff, Cardiff University 4 Nov, Exeter, Exeter University 6 Nov, Portsmouth, Guildhall 7 Nov, Bristol, Victoria Rooms 8 Nov, Norwich, UEA 9 Nov, London, Hammersmith Odeon 10 Nov, Preston, Guildhall 11 Nov, Newcastle, City Hall 13 Nov, Nottingham, Rock City 14 Nov, Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 15 Nov, Loughborough, Loughborough University 17 Nov, Leeds, Leeds University 18 Nov, Manchester, Apollo 19 Nov, Aberdeen, Capitol Theatre 20 Nov, Edinburgh, Playhouse 11 Dec, Sheffield, City Hall 12 Dec, London, Kilburn National 13 Dec, Oxford, Apollo 14 Dec, Liverpool, Royal Court 15 Dec, Hull, City Hall 16 Dec, Edinburgh, Playhouse 18 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 19 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 20 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

1991 3 June, Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

1992 7 May, Leeds , Leeds Polytechnic 8 May, Middlesbrough , Town Hall 9 May, Sheffield , Octagon 10 May, Manchester , Academy 12 May, Leicester , Leicester Polytechnic 13 May, Eastbourne , Grand Hotel 14 May, Poole, Arts Centre 15 May, Norwich, UEA 16 May, Reading , Reading University 17 May, Cardiff , St David’s Hall 19 May, Cambridge , Corn Exchange 20 May, London, Kilburn National 24 May, Glasgow , The Fleadh 26 June, Thurso , Town Hall 27 June, Kirkwall , Phoenix Cinema 28 June, Kirkwall, Phoenix Cinema 3 July, Aberdeen, Capitol Theatre 5 July, Liverpool , Royal Court 6 July, Newcastle , City Hall 7 July, York, Barbican Centre 9 July, Hanley , Victoria Hall 10 July, Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 12 July, Portsmouth , Guildhall 13 July, Birmingham , Symphony Hall 14 July, London , Town And Country Club 15 July, London, Town And Country Club 17 July, Edinburgh , Playhouse 18 July, Glasgow , Barrowland Ballroom 19 July, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 30 Aug, Birmingham, Sutton Park 11 Sept, Paris, Battaclan 13 Sept, Munich, Nachtwerk 14 Sept, Frankfurt, Batschkapp 15 Sept, Köln , Luxor 17 Sept, Berlin, Loft 18 Sept, Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 20 Sept, Amsterdam, Milky Way 23 Sept, Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue 24 Sept, Chicago, IL , Vic Theater 25 Sept, Cleveland, OH, Shooters Live 26 Sept, Detroit, ML, St. Andrews Hall 28 Sept, Toronto, ON , The Opera House 30 Sept, Philadelphia, PA , Theater Of Living Arts 1 Oct, Boston, MA , The Paradise 2 Oct, New York, NY , Irving Plaza 3 Oct, Washington, DC, 9:30 Club 5 Oct, Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse 7 Oct, Dallas, TX , Trees 9 Oct, Boulder, CO, The Fox Theater 11 Oct, Tempe, AZ , Hayden Square Amphitheater 12 Oct, Los Angeles, CA, The Roxy 13 Oct, San Diego, CA , Sound FX 14 Oct, San Francisco, CA , Slim’s 16 Oct, Seattle, WA, Rockcandy 17 Oct, Vancouver, BC, 86th Street Music Hall 7 Dec, Newport, Newport Centre 8 Dec, Oxford, Apollo 9 Dec, Plymouth, Plymouth Pavilions 11 Dec, Crawley, Leisure Centre 12 Dec, Milton Keynes, Statonbury Leisure Centre 13 Dec, Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 14 Dec, London, Hammersmith Apollo 16 Dec, Sheffield, City Hall 17 Dec, Preston, Guildhall 18 Dec, Manchester, Apollo 20 Dec, Leeds, Town and Country 21 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 22 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 23 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 24 Dec, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

31 Aug, London, Mean Fiddler (as the Groovey Tubes) 1 Sept, London, Borderline 2 Sept, Leeds, Town and Country 3 Sept, Redcar, Coatham Bowl 4 Sept, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle

28 July , Dublin, Whelan’s 29 July , Dublin , Olympia Theatre 30 July , Thurles, Feile ’94 31 July , Glasgow, T In The Park 12 Aug, Saugerties, NY , Woodstock Festival 24 Nov, Inverness, Eden Court 23 Nov, Kirkwall, Fusion 25 Nov, Portree, Skye Gathering Hall 26 Nov, Stornoway, An Lanntair 28 Nov, Fort William, ?, Belfast, ?, Dublin, ?, Limerick, ?, Cork, ?, Waterford, ?, Galway,

1995 28 Feb, Hull, Blue Lamp 1 Mar, Stoke , Wheatsheaf 2 Mar, Derby , Warehouse 5 Mar, Sheffield, Octagon 6 Mar, Warrington , Parr Hall 7 Mar, Leeds, Town and Country 9 Mar, Bristol , Colston Hall 10 Mar, Norwich, UEA 12 Mar, Leicester , University 13 Mar, London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire 14 Mar, London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire 15 Mar, Cambridge, Corn Exchange 17 Mar, Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 18 Mar, Newcastle , Tyne Theatre 19 Mar, Glasgow , Barrowland Ballroom 20 Mar, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 29 Mar, Providence, RL, The Met Cafe 30 Mar, Boston, MA, Local 186 31 Mar, Boston, MA, Local 186 1 Apr, Philadelphia, PA, Theatre Of Living Arts 4 Apr, Camp Hill, PA, Zee’s 5 Apr, Washington, DC, 930 Club 6 Apr, Washington, DC, 930 Club 7 Apr, New York, NY, The Mercury Lounge 8 Apr, New York, NY, The Mercury Lounge 10 Apr, Indianapolis, IN, The Vogue 11 Apr, Detroit, ML, St. Andrew’s 12 Apr, Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall 13 Apr, Chicago, IL, Double Door 14 Apr, Chicago, IL, Double Door 15 Apr, Chicago, IL, Double Door 17 Apr, Milwaukee, WL, Shank Hall 18 Apr, Minneapolis, MN, 1st Avenue 20 Apr, Edton, AB, The Rev Cabaret 21 Apr, Calgary, AB, Republik 22 Apr, Seattle, WA, Seattle Radio Promotion 23 Apr, Vancouver, BC, Town Pump 24 Apr, Seattle, WA, Backstage 25 Apr, Portland, OR, La Luna 28 Apr, West Hollywood, CA, The Troubadour 29 Apr, West Hollywood, CA , The Troubadour 30 Apr, San Francisco, CA, Slims 2 May, San Juan Capistrano, CA, The Coach House 3 May, Tempe. AZ, Electric Ballroom 5 May, Boulder, CO , Boulder Fox Theatre 6 May, Boulder, CO , Boulder Fox Theatre 8 May, Austin, TX , Austin Music Hall 9 May, Houston, TX, Urbanartbar 10 May, New Orleans, LA, Tipitinas 12 May, Atlanta, GA , Music Midtown Festival 13 May, Augusta, GA., The Post Office 15 May, Charleston, SC, Acme 16 May, Birmingham, AL, Five Points South Music Hall 18 May, Nashville, TN , River Front Pavilion 19 May, Memphis, TN, Six-One-Six 20 May, Cincinnati, OH, Bogart’s 21 May, Pittsburgh, PA, Rosebud 23 May, Norfolk, VA, Town Point Park 30 May, Berlin , The Loft 31 May, Hamburg, Markthalle 1 June, Bielefeld, PC Club 3 June, Munich, Olympiastadion 4 June, am: Cologne , Rock At The Ring 4 June, pm: Landgraff , Pink Pop Festival 6 June, Antwerp, Pacific Club 7 June, Utrecht, Tivoli 8 June, Sittard, The Fenix 9 June, Le Plan, Ris Orangis 10 June, Besancon, Besancon Festival 12 June, Munich, Alabamahalle 13 June, Zurich, Electric Ballroom 14 June, Vevey, Rocking Chair 15 June, Milan, Rainbow Club 17 June, Vitoria, El Elefante Blanco 19 June, Barcelona, Zeleste 2 20 June, Madrid, Patcha 30 June, Manchester , Apollo 1 July, Liverpool , Royal Court 2 July, Dublin , RDS Show Ground 4 July, Nottingham , Royal Concert Hall 6 July, Denmark , Midtfyn Festival 8 July, Holland , Bospop Festival 9 July, Sheffield, Don Valley Stadium (with Rolling Stones) 11 July, Aberdeen , Capitol 12 July, Edinburgh , Playhouse 13 July, Newcastle , City Hall 14 July, York , Barbican Centre 15 July, Hanley , Victoria Halls 16 July, Birmingham , Aston Villa Leisure Centre 17 July, Ipswich , Regent 18 July, Poole , Arts Centre 20 July, London, Hammersmith Apollo 21 July, Gosport, Summer Festival 22 July, Newport , Newport Centre 23 July, Cardiff, Cardiff Arms Park (With REM) 3 Aug, Montreal, PQ, Club Soda 4 Aug, Toronto, ON , Lee’s Palace 5 Aug, Rochester, NY , Water Street Music Hall 6 Aug, Philadelphia, Sigma Sound Studio 10 Aug, Boston, MA, Paradise 11 Aug, Philadelphia, PA , Theatre Of the Living Arts 12 Aug, Washington, DC , Bayou 13 Aug, Hampton, VA , Strawberry Banks 14 Aug, Morgan, NJ , Club Bene 15 Aug, Richmond, VA , The Flood Zone 17 Aug, Nashville, TN , Riverfront Park 18 Aug, Atlanta, GA, Roxy Theatre 19 Aug, Clearwater, FL , The Point 20 Aug, Miami, FL , Mars Bar 22 Aug, New Orleans, LA , House Of Blues 23 Aug, Houston, TX , Rockefeller’s 24 Aug, Austin, TX, Liberty Lunch 25 Aug, Dallas, TX , Trees 27 Aug, Tucson, AZ, Paragon 28 Aug, Scottsdale, AZ , Rockin’ Horse 31 Aug, Los Angeles, CA , House Of Blues 1 Sept, Vancouver, BC , Town Pump 2 Sept, Seattle, WA , Bumbershoot Festival 4 Sept, Portland, OR , Last Chance Summer 6 Sept, San Francisco, CA , The Fillmore 8 Sept, Ventura, CA , Ventura Theatre 9 Sept, San Juan Capistrano, CA , Coach House 10 Sept, San Diego, CA , San Diego Street Scene 11 Sept, Las Vegas, NV, Hard Rock Cafe Casino 13 Sept, Boulder, CO, Glen Miller Ballroom 15 Sept, Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue 17 Sept, Madison, WL, Paramount Music Hall 18 Sept, Ames, IA, People’s 20 Sept, St. Louis, MO, Mississippi Nights 21 Sept, Indianapolis, IN, The Vogue 22 Sept, Chicago, IL, The Riveria Theatre 23 Sept, Detroit, ML, St. Andrews Hall 24 Sept, Louisville, KY, A Car Park 26 Sept, New York, NY, Irving Plaza 1 Dec, Austin, TX, Austin City Limits 9 Dec, Minneapolis, MN, Target Center 17 Dec, Charleston, WV, The Mountain Stage

1996 23 Feb, Allentown, PA, Starz 24 Feb, Blacksburg, VA, Virginia Polytech 26 Feb, Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall 27 Feb, Indianapolis, IN, World Mardi Gras 28 Feb, Cincinnati, OH, Sycamore Gardens 29 Feb, St. Louis, MO, Mississippi Nights 1 Mar, Nashville, TN, Performance Hall 2 Mar, Charlotte, NC, World Mardi Gras 4 Mar, Raleigh, NC, Newbar 5 Mar, Myrtle Beach, FL, The Headroom 6 Mar, Greenville, SC, Otherside 7 Mar, Charleston, SC, Music Farm 8 Mar, Norfolk, VA, The Boathouse 9 Mar, Port Chester, NY, Willow Street 11 Mar, Burlington, VT, Toast 12 Mar, New Haven, CT, Toad’s Place 13 Mar, Providence, RL, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel 14 Mar, Albany, NY, Saratoga Winners 15 Mar, Sea Bright, NJ, The Tradewinds 16 Mar, Harrisburg, PA, Metron 18 Mar, Washington, DC, 9:30 Club 19 Mar, Newark, DE, Stone Balloon 20 Mar, Pittsburgh, PA, Metropol 22 Mar, Macon, GA, Elizabeth Reed Music Hall 23 Mar, Orlando, Fl, Universal Studios 24 Mar, Fort Myers, FL, Pyramid’s 26 Mar, Talahassee. FL,The Moon 27 Mar, New Orleans, House of Blues 29 Mar, Memphis. TN, Club 616 30 Mar, Starkville, MI, Mississippi State University 2 Apr, Kansas CIty, MO, The Hurricane 3 Apr, Bloomington IN, Mars, 4 Apr, Pontiac, MI, Industry 5 Apr, Chicago, Il, Riviera Theatre 7 Apr, Milwaukee, WI, Shank Hall 9 Apr, Minneapolis, MN, Orpheum Theatre 10 Apr, Ames. IW, Peoples 11 Apr, Springfield, MO, Regency Showcase 12 Apr, Cleveland, MS, Delta State University 13 Apr, Oklahoma City, OK , Bricktown Brewery 15 Apr, Denver CO, Bluebird Theater 16 Apr, Boulder, CO, Fox Theatre 17 Apr, Salt Lake City UT, Zephyr 19 Apr, Seattle, WA, Backstage 20 Apr, Portland, OR, La Luna 22 Apr, Sacramento, CA, State Capitol Park 24 Apr, San Juan Capistrano, CA, Couch House 25 Apr, Ventura, CA, Ventura Theater 26 Apr, San Diego, CA, 4th and B 27 Apr, Los Angeles, CA, House of Blues 2 July, New York, NY, Tramps 4 July, Chicago, IL, Petrillo Band Shell 5 July, St Paul, MN , State Capitol Mall 6 July, Milwaukee, WA, Summerfest 7 July, Cleveland, OH, The Odeon 18 July, Glasgow Green (as the Groovey Tubes) 23 July, Huddersfield, McAlpine Stadium (with Bryan Adams) 27 July, London, Wembley Stadium (with Bryan Adams) 26 Dec, Glasgow, Concert Hall 27 Dec, Glasgow , Barrowland Ballroom 28 Dec, London, Kilburn National 31 Dec, Pheonix, AZ, Fiesta Bowl Block Party

1997 9 July, Wolverhampton , Civic Hall 10 July, Cambridge , Corn Exchange 11 July, Liverpool, Royal Court 13 July, Leeds, Town and Country 14 July, Middlesbrough, Town Hall 15 July, Manchester, Academy 17 July, London , Hammersmith Palais 18 July, Bristol , Colston Hall 19 July, Portsmouth , Guildhall 29 July, Philadelphia, PA, Trocadero 30 July, Boston, MA , The Paradise 31 July, New York, NY, Supper Club 1 Aug, Sea Bright, NJ, Tradewinds 2 Aug, Washington, DC, 9:30 Club 4 Aug, Carrboro, NC , Cat’s Cradle 5 Aug, Myrtle Beach, SC , House Of Blues 7 Aug, Atlanta, GA , Roxy Theatre 8 Aug, Birmingham, AL , 5 Points South 9 Aug, Jackson, MS, Z Fest 10 Aug, New Orleans, LA, House Of Blues 12 Aug, St. Louis, MO, The Galaxy 13 Aug, Columbus, OH , Newport Music Hall 14 Aug, Pontiac,MI, Clutch Cargo 15 Aug, Chicago, IL, Riviera Theatre 16 Aug, Milwaukee, WI, Shank Hall 20 Aug, Seattle, WA, Showbox 21 Aug, Portland, OR, Crystal Ballroom 22 Aug, San Francisco, CA, The Fillmore 24 Aug, Los Angeles, CA, El Rey Theatre 26 Aug, Pacific Beach, CA, Cane’s 27 Aug, Tempe, AZ, Electric Ballroom 29 Aug, Salt Lake City, UT, Zephr 30 Aug, Denver, CO, Ogden Theatre 1 Sept, Minneapolis, MN, Mill City Music Festival 27 Sept, Stockholm, Electric Garden 28 Sept, Oslo, Rockefeller 29 Sept, Copenhagen, Club Vega 30 Sept, Bremen, Modernes 2 Oct , Berlin, The Loft 3 Oct , Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 4 Oct , Köln, Wartesaal 5 Oct , Frankfurt, Batschkapp 6 Oct , Munich, Incognito 8 Oct , Bern, Bierhubeli 9 Oct , Herisau, Casino 10 Oct , Zurich, Palais Xtra 11 Oct , Basel, Sommercasino 22 Oct, Aberdeen, Capitol 28 Oct, London, Royal Albert Hall 29 Oct, Brighton, Dome 30 Oct, Torquay, Riviera Centre 31 Oct, Gloucester, Leisure Centre 2 Nov, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 3 Nov, Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 5 Nov, Preston, Guildhall 6 Nov, Sheffield, City Hall 7 Nov, York, Barbican Centre 9 Nov, Carlisle, Sands Centre 10 Nov, Hull, City Hall 11 Nov, Newcastle, Mayfair 13 Nov, Warwick, Arts Centre 14 Nov, Norwich, UEA 16 Nov, Cardiff, St David’s Hall 17 Nov, Nottingham, Royal Centre 18 Nov, Edinburgh, Usher Hall

1998 12 June, Glasgow, The Tartan Tent,Glasgow Green 20 June, Scheessel, Germany, Hurricane Festival 21 June, Erfurt, Germany, Midsummer Festival 25 June, Barcelona, Razzmatazz 26 June, Zaragoza, Sala Roxy 27 June, Madrid, Sol 3 July, Östersund, Sweden, Storsjöyran Festival 4 July, Mitfyns, Denmark, Mitfyns Festival 5 July, London, Hyde Park 21 Aug, Biel, Switzerland, The Big Blue Festival 22 Aug, Gampel, Switzerland, Open Air Gampel Festival 10 Oct, Hannover, Altro Mondo 11 Oct, Copenhagen, Vega 12 Oct, Kiel, Traumfabrik 13 Oct, Berlin, Columbiahalle 14 Oct, Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 16 Oct, Köln, Live Music Hall 17 Oct, Bielefeld, Hechelei 19 Oct, Munich, Muffathalle 23 Oct, Newcastle, City Hall 24 Oct, Middlesbrough, Town Hall 26 Oct, Hull, City Hall 27 Oct, Sheffield, City Hall 28 Oct, Leeds, Town and Country 30 Oct, Manchester, Apollo 31 Oct, Liverpool, Royal Court 1 Nov, Preston, Guildhall 2 Nov, Llandudno, Conference Centre 4 Nov, Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 5 Nov, Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 6 Nov, Norwich, UEA 7 Nov, Cambridge, Corn Exchange 9 Nov, Cardiff, St. David’s Hall 10 Nov, Torquay, Riviera Centre 11 Nov, Bristol, Colston Hall 13 Nov, Brighton , Dome 14 Nov, Portsmouth, Guildhall 15 Nov, Poole, Arts Centre 16 Nov, Oxford, Apollo 18 Nov, Croydon, Fairfield Hall 19 Nov, London, Astoria 20 Nov, London, Astoria

1999 29 May, Jelling, Denmark, Jelling Music Festival 30 May, Nottingham, Wollaton Park 10 July, Minneapolis, MN, Basilica Block Party 17 July, Chicago, IL, Old St. Patrick’s Block Party 7 Aug, Skaderborg, Denmark, Smukkeste Festival 30 Dec, Aberdeen, Music Hall 31 Dec, Edinburgh, Princess Gardens

2002 2 May , Oxford, Apollo 3 May , Liverpool, Royal Court 4 May , York, Barbican 6 May , Cambridge, Corn Exchange 7 May , Birmingham, Academy 8 May , Newcastle, City Hall 9 May , Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom 11 May, Manchester, Academy 12 May , Bristol, Colston Hall 13 May , Cardiff, St. David’s Hall 14 May , Norwich, UEA 16 May , Southampton, Guildhall 17 May , London, Shepherds Bush Empire 18 May , London, Shepherds Bush Empire 19 May , Croydon, Fairfield Hall 20 May , Glasgow, Barrowland Ballroom

2014 21 Jan, Cork, Cyorus Avenue 22 Jan, Dublin, Vicar Street 24 Jan, Glasgow, Hydro 26 Jan, Newcastle, City Hall 27 Jan, Leeds, Academy 28 Jan, Cambridge, Corn Exchange 30 Jan, Bournemouth, Academy 31 Jan, Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall 1 Feb, Manchester, Apollo 2 Feb, Liverpool, Empire 4 Feb, Bristol, Colston Hall 5 Feb, Oxford, New Theatre 6 Feb, Wolverhampton, Civic Hall 7 Feb, London, Hammersmith Apollo

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Simple Minds , Del Amitri , and Heineken Green Room

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