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The Damned: Live Performances - 1982
Thursday 30 December - The Ace, Brixton, London
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Happy Talk.
Comments: Support from Danse Society. Advertised as 'A Concert for TV' - some tracks of which were later shown on television. Technical difficulties meant that 'Bad Time For Bonzo' was started and aborted - a long period of banter then ensued prior to the track being played fully.
Thursday 16 December - Marquee Club, London
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For the Blackout, Lively Arts, Dozen Girls, Melody Lee, Love Song, New Rose. encore1 - Smash It Up, Noise Noise Noise. encore2 - Neat Neat Neat, I Just Can't Take Anymore, Be Bop A Lula, Happy Talk, Hippy Hippy Shake.
Comments: Support on the night was from Johnny Moped. 'I Just Can't Take Anymore' is a Straps song - this and 'Be Bop A Lula' were performed with members of The Straps. The contributor to the site, who provided the complete set for the night, indicated - 'Following 'Melody Lee' I noted 'Rock Me Baby' (written in my notes but no idea what they were after all these years, probably just them mucking around!)'.
Wednesday 15 December - Marquee Club, London
Set: possibly: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Lively Arts, Dozen Girls, Melody Lee, Love Song, New Rose, Smash It Up, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Pretty Vacant, Ballroom Blitz, Happy Talk.
Comments: Support on the night was from Johnny Moped.
Tuesday 14 December - Marquee Club, London
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Lively Arts, Dozen Girls, Melody Lee, Love Song, New Rose. encore1 - Smash It Up, Stab Your Back, Noise Noise Noise. encore2 - Hippy Hippy Shake, Neat Neat Neat, Happy Talk.
Comments: Support on the night was a Durham band called Mythra.
Monday 13 December - Greyhound, Fulham
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Lively Arts, Dozen Girls, Melody Lee, Love Song, New Rose, Smash It Up (pt2), Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Neat Neat Neat, Citadel, Happy Talk.
Wednesday 20 October - East Anglia University, Norwich
Set: unknown.
Tuesday 19 October - Royal Court, Liverpool
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Happy Talk, Neat Neat Neat.
Comments: Support from Charge. Information about this set was taken from a tape that cuts out during 'Neat Neat Neat'. There then follows a partial 'Neat Neat Neat', 'Pipeline' and 'Citadel'. As the audio level was significantly higher at this point, it seems likely (but cannot be confirmed) that these extra tracks were just inserted on the tape to fill it up and particularly to give the impression of a complete 'Neat Neat Neat'. However, it remains possible that these additional numbers did actually make up the last part of the set.
Monday 18 October - Apollo, Manchester
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Happy Talk.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Sunday 17 October - Lyceum, Sheffield
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Saturday 16 October - University, St. Andrews
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Friday 15 October - Tiffany's, Glasgow
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Charge. Gig known to have taken place.
Thursday 14 October - Mayfair, Newcastle
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Happy Talk, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Citadel.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Wednesday 13 October - Caesar's, Bradford
Comments: CANCELLED.
Wednesday 13 October - Top Rank, Cardiff
Comments: CANCELLED.
Tuesday 12 October - Tower Ballroom, Birmingham
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Wait For The Blackout, Stranger on the Town, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Happy Talk.
Comments: Support from Charge. Note that advertising for the time sometimes shows The Tower Ballroom and sometimes The Locarno (it seems the venue was originally to have been The Locarno).
Monday 11 October - Hammersmith Odeon, London
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake, Citadel, New Rose, Happy Talk.
Comments: Support from Charge. A contributor to this site wrote 'Robert Fripp joined The Damned on stage for 'Looking At You' through to 'New Rose'.
Sunday 10 October - Top Rank, Cardiff
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Melody Lee, Love Song. encore1 - Wot, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose. encore2 - Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Saturday 9 October - Polytechnic, Plymouth
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Friday 8 October - Pavilion, Bath
Set possibly: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Happy Talk, Hippy Hippy Shake, Noise Noise Noise.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Wednesday 6 October - Regal, Hitchin
Set: Happy Talk, Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger On The Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call (part1), Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Love Song. encore1 - Wot, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose. encore2 - Noise Noise Noise, Hippy Hippy Shake. encore3 - Neat Neat Neat, Citadel.
Comments: Support from Charge.
The contributor of this set indicated that they had noted 'Lunatic Song' following 'Wait For The Blackout', but have no idea what this ditty was about after so many years.Tuesday 5 October - The Guildhall, Portsmouth
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You.
Comments: Support from Charge. Based on other sets from this tour, it seems likely that this set is actually incomplete.
Monday 4 October - Top Rank, Brighton
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, New Rose, Hippy Hippy Shake, Noise Noise Noise, Citadel.
Comments: Support from Charge.
Sunday 3 October - Top Rank, Reading
Set: Ignite, Disco Man, Generals, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Stranger on the Town, Wait For The Blackout, Bad Time For Bonzo, Curtain Call, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Under The Floor Again, Love Song, Smash It Up, Looking At You, Hippy Hippy Shake.
Comments: Beginning of Strawberries/Nuns tour. Support from Charge.
Sunday 12 September - Futurama 4, Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry
Set: Ignite, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, Stranger on the Town, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Gun Fury, Dozen Girls, Limit Club, Under The Floor Again, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Happy Talk, Smash It Up, Looking At You.
Comments: Support on the day was intended to be - Chelsea, Nico, Dead or Alive, Southern Death Cult, Danse Society, Sex Gang Children, The Room, Farmers Boys, March Violets, Decorators, Gene Loves Jezebel, Zanti Misfits, Orchestre Jazira, The Membranes, The Alarm, Vendino Pact, Discoblisk and Work Force.
Wednesday 8 September - Locarno, Birmingham
Comments: CANCELLED.
Sunday 28 March - Lyceum, London
Set: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Melody Lee, Noise Noise Noise, Gun Fury, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Smash It Up, Citadel, Looking At You.
Comments: Support from Peter and The Test Tube Babies & Vice Squad.
Saturday 6 March - Berkeley Square, Berkeley, California
Set possibly: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Melody Lee, Noise Noise Noise, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Love Song.
Comments: This set is taken from a radio broadcast and cuts out towards the end of 'Love Song'... it seems likely that a longer set more in line with previous gigs was actually played.
Friday 5 March - Kabuki Night Club, San Francisco
Set: unknown.
Comments: Advertised support was The Renegades and The Stepmothers.
Tuesday 2 March - Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, California
Set: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Noise Noise Noise, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Citadel, Looking At You, Smash It Up.
Sunday 28 February - Godzilla's, Los Angeles, California
Set: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Melody Lee, Noise Noise Noise, Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose.
Comments: Was 'New Rose' really the end of the set?... (as this set is taken from a bootleg tape it seems likely that more numbers were played but were not recorded).
Saturday 27 February - Godzilla's, Los Angeles, California
Set possibly: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Gun Fury, Melody Lee, Noise Noise Noise, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Stab Your Back, Sing-along-a-Scabies, Looking At You, Smash It Up.
Friday 26 February - Godzilla's, Los Angeles, California
Set possibly included: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Anarchy in the UK, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Disco Man, Gun Fury, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose.
Sunday 21 February - Club C.O.D., Chicago
Set: unknown.
Comments: A correspondent wrote 'The sound at the 14 February gig sucked, so they came back to Chicago one week later and had another show which was all ages'.
Thursday 18 February - The Starship, Milwaukee
Set: I Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Plan 9 Channel 7, Melody Lee, Gun Fury, Noise Noise Noise, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Looking At You, Smash It Up, Citadel.
Comments: Included a false start to 'Smash It Up'.
Sunday 14 February - Club C.O.D., Chicago
Set: unknown.
Comments: Over 21 show which they called 'The St.Valentine's Day Massacre'.
Saturday 13 February - Clutch Cargos, Detroit, Michigan
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from The Necros and Negative Approach. Gig known to have taken place.
xx February - Merlyn's Club, Madison, Wisconsin
Set: unknown.
xx - Metropole, Berlin, Germany
Set: unknown.
Live Performances Index
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1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
1979 1978 1977 1976
Naz Nomad & The Nightmares The Phantom Chords Captain Sensible
Selected Miscellany Unresolved issues Site updates
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