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Captain Sensible: Solo & Beyond... (2015)
The list of shows for 2015 is believed to be complete (lists for some years are very much 'work in progress').
* (with) The Jack Tars (band comprising Mike Peters, Slim Jim Phantom, Captain Sensible, Chris Cheney)
Sunday 6 December 2015 - Live Rooms, Chester
Set: Rock And Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Dead Man Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Crossroads, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up (part 2), Merry Xmas Everybody. encore - 68 Guns, New Rose, I Fought The Law, Rock This Town.
Comments: Intended support from Louise Distras but she was ill and did not play. Members of the Liverpool group The Furious (who have toured with Slim Jim Phantom) joined the band on stage for 'Rock This Town' and the Captain did not play, instead standing in the audience.
Friday 4 December 2015 - Picturedrome, Holmfirth
Set included: Runaway Boys, Prisoner Of Society, Rock This Town, Stray Cat Strut, 68 Guns, C'Mon Everybody.
Comments: Support from Louise Distras.
Thursday 3 December 2015 - Club Academy, Manchester
Setlist: Rock And Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Dead Man Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Crossroads, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up (part 2). encore(s) - Rock This Town, 68 Guns, New Rose, I Fought The Law, C'Mon Everybody.
Comments: Support from Louise Distras. Of the setlist above, the following are known to have been played in the actual set on the night - 'Runaway Boys', 'Damned Damned Damned', 'Rumble In Brighton', '45 RPM', 'Smash It Up (part 2)', 'Rock This Town', '68 Guns', 'New Rose'. The band often deviated from the written setlist on this tour - for instance, they are known to have included 'Stray Cat Strut' and Queen's 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' at some point during this Manchester set.
Wednesday 2 December 2015 - Robin 2, Bilston
Set included: Stray Cat Strut, Happy Talk, Smash It Up (part 2), New Rose.
Comments: Support from Louise Distras.
Tuesday 1 December 2015 - The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Set included: I Fought The Law.
Comments: Support from Jack Farmer.
Sunday 29 November 2015 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Setlist: Rock And Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Dead Man Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Crossroads, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up (part 2). encore(s) - Rock This Town, 68 Guns, New Rose, I Fought The Law, C'Mon Everybody.
Comments: Support advertised as Vince Berkeley. Of the setlist above, 'Rock This Town', 'New Rose', 'I Fought The Law' and 'Smash It Up (part 2)' are confirmed as having been played on the night. It should be noted that the band are known to have deviated from the written setlist a number of times on this tour - for instance, they are known to have also played The Beatles 'Here Comes The Sun' at this venue.
Friday 27 November 2015 - The Cluny, Newcastle
Set: Rock And Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Dead Man Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Crossroads, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up (part 2). encore 1 - I Fought The Law, 68 Guns, Rock This Town. encore 2 - Hey Joe, New Rose, C'Mon Everybody.
Wednesday 25 November 2015 - 100 Club, London
Set included: Rock And Roll Kills, 45 RPM, Happy Talk, C'Mon Everybody, Damned Damned Damned.
Comments: Support advertised as The Empty Hearts and Rotten Hill Gang, but only Rotten Hill Gang played - The Empty Hearts having pulled-out of their European tour following the terrorist attack in Paris on 13 November 2015.
Tuesday 24 November 2015 - The Globe, Cardiff
Set: Rock And Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Dead Man Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Crossroads, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up (part 2). encore 1 - I Fought The Law, 68 Guns, Rock This Town. encore 2 - New Rose, C'Mon Everybody.
Comments: Support from Joe Grogan.
Monday 23 November 2015 - Thekla, Bristol
Set: Rock And Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Dead Man Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Crossroads, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up (part 2). encore - Rock This Town, New Rose, I Fought The Law.
Comments: Support from Chris Summerill.
* Captain Sensible, Captain Barrington-White, Johnny Moped, Dave Berk and others
Sunday 27 September 2015 - The Prince Albert, Brighton?
Comments: Dave Berk [of The Johnny Moped band and occasionally The Damned] married Monty Oxy Moron's sister on 27 September. Following the wedding ceremony, various musicians played together at the after party.
* (with) Dead Men Walking (band comprising Mike Peters, Slim Jim Phantom, Captain Sensible, Chris Cheney)
Sunday 10 May 2015 - Soda Bar, San Diego, California
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Barb Wire Dolls.
Saturday 9 May 2015 - Troubadour Hollywood, California
Set included: Boys From The County Hell.
Comments: Support from Barb Wire Dolls. Chris Shiflett [Foo Fighters] and James Fearnley [The Pogues] made guest appearances.
Friday 8 May 2015 - Constellation Room, The Observatory, Santa Ana, California
Setlist: Rock and Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Deadman Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Life Goes On, Wait For The Blackout, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up, Rock This Town. encore - New Rose, I Fought The Law, You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party).
Comments: Support from Barb Wire Dolls. Fred Armisen guested at this show.
Thursday 7 May 2015 - Brick and Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Setlist: Rock and Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Deadman Blues, Runaway Boys, Damned Damned Damned, The Stand, Prisoner Of Society, Song For Eddie, Sold Me Down The River, Rumble In Brighton, 45 RPM, Smash It Up. encore - Rock This Town, Let's Lynch The Landlord, I Fought The Law, New Rose, You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party).
Comments: Support from Barb Wire Dolls. Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedy's fame made a guest appearance for the encore numbers.
Thursday 7 May 2015 - Amoeba Records, San Francisco, California
Set: Rock and Roll Kills, Neat Neat Neat, Song For Eddie, Runaway Boys.
Comments: In-store appearance.
Wednesday 6 May 2015 - Dante’s, Portland, Orlando
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Barb Wire Dolls and The Creepshow. Fred Armisen was due to make a guest appearance?.
Tuesday 5 May 2015 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, Washington
Set included: Rock and Roll Kills, The Stand, Smash It Up, Come On Down, Sold Me Down The River, Dead Man Blues, Song For Eddie, Runaway Boys, Rumble In Brighton [sang as Rumble In Seattle], Rock This Town, Prisoner Of Society, Runaway Boys, Lump, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, I Wanna Be Your Dog, You've Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party), I Fought The Law.
Comments: Support from Barb Wire Dolls. Making guest appearances were Dave Dederer [Presidents of the United States of America] and Kurt Bloch [The Fastbacks].
Tuesday 5 May 2015 - Easy Street Records, Seattle, Washington
Set: unknown.
Comments: In-store appearance. Dead Men Walking now comprise Captain Sensible [The Damned], Slim Jim Phantom [Stray Cats], Mike Peters [The Alarm], and Chris Cheney [The Living End].
* (with) La BrassBanda
Saturday 25 April 2015 - O2 ABC2, Glasgow
Comments: Following the main Scotland Calling one-day festival at the O2 ABC, where The Damned had played earlier that evening, La Brassbanda opened the aftershow downstairs at the O2 ABC2 at 22:30. La BrassBanda were joined on stage by Captain Sensible for 'Smash It Up' followed by 'Wot'.
Friday 24 April 2015 - St Peter's Campus, North Shore, Sunderland
Comments: La Brassbanda and Angelic Upstarts supported The Damned at St Peter's Campus, North Shore, Sunderland. First up, La BrassBanda, were joined on stage by Captain Sensible for 'Wot' followed by 'Smash It Up'.
* miscellaneous
March 2015 - Munich, Germany
Comments: Precise details unknown. Captain Sensible wrote on his Facebook page on 31 March - 'I'm just back from Munich and La BrassBanda's manager Wolfgang 'Knacki' Huber's 50th birthday party. You gotta mark life's milestone events in style... embrace the fact that you're now officially an old bastard and just go for it. So with this in mind Knacki invited his mates Die Toten Hosen, La BrassBanda and my good self to a big bash where all sorts of noisy jamming went on till the early hours ... um... when we were not wining and dining ourselves silly that is. It all got a bit squiffy and what with the party and the various biergartens one visited (not to mention the famous Hofbräuhaus!) I am definitely taking it easy for a couple of days!'.
Captain Sensible Live Performances Index
Captain Sensible - 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
1979 1978 1977
The Damned Naz Nomad & The Nightmares The Phantom Chords
Selected Miscellany Unresolved issues Site updates
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