1987

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1987

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Jan
JJ records/produces The Revenge - Sweet And Sour https://www.discogs.com/The-Revenge-Swe ... ase/374324
Dave plays on 2 tracks.
Hugh releases Facts and Figures - gets to Number 61 in the chart.

03/01/87 French TV Always The Sun - Live vocals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNoxz5PvQ8Q

Feb
18/20.2.87 Cinerama, Tel-Aviv, Israel - broadcast on local radio
21.2.87 Sublime, Tel-Aviv

Mar
07.3.87 Shakin' Like A Leaf single released - makes no.58 in charts
15.3.87 Norwich UEA
16.3.87 Warwick University
17.3.87 Reading University
18.3.87 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
19.3.87 Bradford St.,Georges Hall
20.3.87 Preston Guildhall
21.3.87 Newcastle Polytechnic
22.3.87 Glasgow Barrowlande
23.3.87 Glasgow Barrowlands
24.3.87 Leicester De Montford Hall
25.3.87 Wirinna Stadium, Peterborough
26.3.87 Ipswich Gaumont - "We've never been invited back to Gaumont since the fans 'redecorated' the downstairs area"...."the seats clearly weren't screwed down strong enough!" JJ 9th Feb 2012 Radio Suffolk
27.3.87 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
28.3.87 Portsmouth Guildhall Link2
29.3.87 Hammersmith Odeon - Hurrah provide support
30.3.87 Hammersmith Odeon - Hurrah provide support
31.3.87 Hammersmith Odeon - Hurrah provide support

NORTH American TOUR 1987

Apr
7.4.87 - Hugh interviewed by Greg Fasolino at Epic Records Looks like the band arrived in the US about a week earlier for press/rehearsals etc. Hugh was mixing Wolf in New York at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLfsuLIhhiQ

9.4.87 Toronto, Massey Hall
10.4.87 Toronto, Massey Hall
11.4.87 Montreal, St. Denis Theatre
13.4.87 Washington DC, Warner Theatre
14.4.87 Philadelphia, The Revival
15.4.87 Boston, The Metro
16.4.87 New York, The Ritz
17.4.87 New York, The Ritz
18.4.87 Bay Street Theatre, Bay Street, Sag Harbour
19.4.87 Agora Ballroom, Hartford Connecticut. (support by Washington band Vigil)
21.4.87 Rochester, Ny Renaissance
22.4.87 Cleveland, Ohio, The Fantasy Theatre - Cancelled
24.4.87 Detroit, St. Andrews Hall
25.4.87 Cincinnati, Bogarts
26.4.87 Columbus,Ohio, Newport Music Hall
27.4.87 Milwaukee, Wisconsin University
28.4.87 Chicago, The Metro
29.4.87 Minneapolis, First Avenue

May
1.5.87 Denver
2.5.87 Salt Lake City - Cancelled? They were due to play Parody Hall, Kansas City but cancelled due to Jet's bad back.
4.5.87 San Diego, Montezuma Hall
8.5.87 Los Angeles, Hollywood Palladium
9.5.87 San Francisco, Warfield Theatre (Jet back on the drumstool)
10.5.87 San Francisco, Warfield Theatre (possible 2nd date here?)

Jun
17.06.87 Band perform Shakin on French TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEN5hYHanxU

Dave and JJ record with Mona Mur sometime around here.


Jul
4.7.87 Roskilde Festival, Denmark
6.7.87 Madrid Estadio Vicente Calderon - Support to David Bowie
7.7.87 Barcelona Mini Estadi FC - Support to David Bowie
8.7.87 Barcelona Mini Estadi FC - Support to David Bowie - Stranglers onstage at 21:00 attendance approximately 17,000

Aug
30.8.87 Reading, Festival

Sep
19.9.87 B 'Ol Dor Festival, Le Castellet
20.9.87 Bourse du Travail, Lyon, France (sbd recording of this in circulation)

End of 87 JJ works on the Mona Mur album at Spaceward Studios
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
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