Live Performances Index
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The Damned: Live Performances - 1986
Saturday 20 December 1986 - Klubfoot, Clarendon Hotel, London
Comments: See Naz Nomad & The Nightmares.
Friday 19 December 1986 - Klubfoot, Clarendon Hotel, London
Comments: See Naz Nomad & The Nightmares.
Tuesday 18 November - Ulster Hall, Belfast
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates originally intended for beginning of October but re-arranged.
Sunday 16 November - The Savoy, Limerick
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates originally intended for beginning of October but re-arranged. Support from Blue in Heaven.
Saturday 15 November - Hornas, Tralee
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates originally intended for beginning of October but re-arranged.
Friday 14 November - Top Hat, Dublin
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates originally intended for beginning of October but re-arranged.
Wednesday 12 November - Hammersmith Odeon, London
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, In Dulce Decorum, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street Of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, Born To Kill, We Love You.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Monday 10 November - Hammersmith Odeon, London
Set: unknown.
Comments: This date is probably errorneous.
Sunday 9 November - Hammersmith Palais, London
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, In Dulce Decorum, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street Of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Love Song, Born To Kill, We Love You.
Comments: This additional London date added part way through the tour... so does not appear on some tour advertising of the time. Support from Blue in Heaven.
Saturday 8 November - Reading University
Set: unknown.
Friday 7 November - University of East Anglia, Norwich
Set: unknown.
Thursday 6 November - Gaumont, Ipswich
Set: possibly: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, Disco Man, Pretty Vacant.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven. This set is taken from a bootleg tape, however, Dave Vanian talks during the set about the new album "that unfortunately won't be out until November" and the last 3 songs are disjointed - it is possible that the tape is incorrectly labelled and / or it is a partial set with some tracks tacked on at the end.
Tuesday 4 November - Rock City, Nottingham
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, We Love You.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Monday 3 November - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
Set: unknown.
Sunday 2 November - Guildhall, Portsmouth
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, New Rose, We Love You.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Friday 31 October - Apollo, Oxford
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Thursday 30 October - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat.
Wednesday 29 October - Civic Hall, Guildford
Set: unknown.
Tuesday 28 October - Colston Hall, Bristol
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Disco Man, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Monday 27 October - Odeon, Birmingham
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, We Love You.
Comments: Support from The Missing and Blue In Heaven.
Sunday 26 October - Ritzy's, Cardiff
Set:Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, We Love You, Born To Kill.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Friday 24 October - Wolverhampton
Set: unknown.
Thursday 23 October - City Hall, Sheffield
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat.
Wednesday 22 October - Keele
Set: unknown.
Tuesday 21 October - Apollo, Manchester
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street Of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song.
Comments: 'Love Song' is presumed to be the end of the set but it may have been longer.
Monday 20 October - City Hall, Newcastle
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street Of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, Looking At You, Lust For Life.
Saturday 18 October - Barrowlands, Glasgow
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street Of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song, Looking At You, New Rose.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Friday 17 October - Dundee University
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street Of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, We Love You, Love Song, Born To Kill.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Thursday 16 October - Capitol, Aberdeen
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Wednesday 15 October - Playhouse, Edinburgh
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Love Song, Ignite.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Monday 13 October - Royal Court, Liverpool
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Ignite, New Rose, Love Song.
Sunday 12 October - The Guildhall, Preston
Set included: Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat.
Saturday 11 October - City Hall, Hull
Set: unknown.
Friday 10 October - Leeds University
Set: Sanctum Santorium, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money-Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Ignite.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Wednesday 8 October - Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Wait For The Blackout, Psychomania, Anything, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Restless, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams. encore - Plan 9 Channel 7, Neat Neat Neat, Ignite.
Comments: Support from Blue In Heaven.
Tuesday 7 October - De Montford Hall, Leicester
Set: Sanctum Sanctorum, Street of Dreams, Psychomania, Anything, Plan 9 Channel 7, Shadow of Love, In Dulce Decorum, Lovely Money, Is It A Dream, Restless, The Girl Goes Down, LA Woman, Smash It Up, Eloise, Feel The Pain, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose.
Comments: Support from Blue in Heaven.
Sunday 5 October - SFX, Dublin
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates appear to have been CANCELLED... re-arranged for 14-18 November.
Saturday 4 October - Ulster Hall, Belfast
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates appear to have been CANCELLED... re-arranged for 14-18 November.
Thursday 2 October - Sir Henry, Cork
Set: unknown.
Comments: Irish dates appear to have been CANCELLED... re-arranged for 14-18 November.
Wednesday 1 October - Savoy, Limerick
Set: unknown.
Comments: 'Anything' UK tour. Irish dates appear to have been CANCELLED... re-arranged for 14-18 November.
Saturday 2 August - Turku, Finland (Ruis Rock Festival)
Set: Plan 9 Channel 7, Anything, Neat Neat Neat, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Wait For The Blackout, Limit Club, Shadow of Love, Restless, Smash It Up, Eloise, Street of Dreams, LA Woman, New Rose.
Sunday 27 July - Finsbury Park, London
Set: Plan 9 Channel 7, Anything, Neat Neat Neat, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Wait For The Blackout, Limit Club, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Restless, The Shadow of Love, Eloise, Street of Dreams, LA Woman. encore - Smash It Up, Love Song, Looking At You, We Love You, New Rose.
Comments: Also on the bill - The Fall, Pete Shelley & New Model Army. 10th Anniversary gig featuring Captain Sensible for the encore.
Saturday 26 July - Finsbury Park, London
Set: Plan 9 Channel 7, Anything, Neat Neat Neat, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, The Girl Goes Down, Wait For The Blackout, Limit Club, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Restless, The Shadow of Love, Eloise, Street of Dreams, LA Woman. encore1 - Smash It Up, Love Song. encore2 - Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde, New Rose, Lust For Life.
Comments: 10th Anniversary gig. Support from Electric Bluebirds, Restless & Dr & The Medics.
Friday 18 July - Milan, Italy
Set: unknown.
Tuesday 1 July - Town & Country Club, Kentish Town
Set: New Rose, Neat Neat Neat, Fan Club, Love Song, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Smash It Up, Wait For The Blackout, Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Limit Club, Disco Man, Ignite, Gun Fury, Grimly Fiendish, Shadow of Love, Is It A Dream, Street of Dreams, Eloise, Anything, LA Woman, Born To Kill, Lust For Life, Burglar, Pretty Vacant.
Comments: 10th Anniversary fan club gig.
Tuesday 22 April - Silk Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Set included: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Disco Man, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, Feel The Pain, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), New Rose.
Monday 21 April - Silk Hall, Kyoto, Japan
Set: unknown.
Saturday 19 April - Public Hall, Toshima-Koukaido, Tokyo, Japan
Set: unknown.
Friday 18 April - Public Hall, Toshima-Koukaido, Tokyo, Japan
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Stranger On The Town, Grimly Fiendish, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), Lust For Life, New Rose, Love Song, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Disco Man.
Friday 28 March - The Edge, Palo Alto, California
Comments: See Fillmore West comments below.
Friday 28 March - Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), LA Woman, New Rose, Lust For Life, Love Song, We Love You.
Comments: Evidence to suggest that this venue is incorrect and it should be The Edge, Palo Alto, California (as 28 March above).
Wednesday 26 March - Crawford Hall, Irvine, California
Set included: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise.
Comments: Support from TSOL.
Tuesday 25 March - Hollywood Palladium, California
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), LA Woman, New Rose, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Love Song, Riders On The Storm, Lust For Life, We Love You, Disco Man.
Comments: Support from Social Distortion.
Monday 24 March - Civic Theatre, San Diego, California
Set possibly: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), Lust For Life, New Rose, Love Song, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, We Love You, Disco Man.
Comments: Support from Social Distortion.
Tuesday 18 March - Papagaio's, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Set: unknown.
Monday 17 March - The Metro, Chicago, Illinois
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much Too Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), New Rose, Love Song.
Saturday 15 March - St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, Michigan
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much Too Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), Lust For Life, New Rose, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Love Song, Disco Man, We Love You.
Friday 14 March - The Jockey Club, New York
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Reduced and Happy Death.
Tuesday 11 March - Tocadero, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), I Just Can't Be Happy Today, New Rose, Love Song, Born To Kill, We Love You.
Sunday 9 March - 9:30 Club, Washington
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Born To Kill, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), New Rose, Love Song.
Thursday 6 March - Lost Horizon, New York
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), Love Song, New Rose, Born To Kill, We Love You.
Comments: Some sources suggest that Born To Kill & We Love You were played during this gig, so this set may be wrong.
Wednesday 5 March - The Channel, Boston, Massachusettes
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Purple Haze, Smash It Up, Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Lust For Life, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, You're Lost Little Girl, She Sell Sanctuary, Rise, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town, Sharp Dressed Man, Born To Kill, Pretty Vacant, Shakin' All Over, Wild Thing.
Comments: Although The Damned often included snippets of other songs in their shows, here they have been listed in amongst their own numbers as they made up a significant portion of the set and in some instances were quite long.
Sunday 2 March - The Living Room, Providence, Rhode Island
Set included: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise). encore - New Rose, Love Song.
Comments: This gig was originally listed on this site as at 'Lupo's but has since been amended to 'The Living Room' following correspondence received (it is unclear now where the original location information came from).
Friday 28 February - The Ritz, New York
Set probably: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Grimly Fiendish, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Limit Club, Smash It Up, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), New Rose, Love Song, Born To Kill, Disco Man.
Friday 14 February - Sheffield University
Set: Curtain Call, Shadow of Love, Neat Neat Neat, Wait For The Blackout, Stranger On The Town, Is It A Dream, Smash It Up, Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Looking At You, Grimly Fiendish, Eloise, Street of Dreams, Curtain Call (reprise), Lust For Life, Love Song, New Rose.
Comments: Advertising showed 'The 1986 Union Ball, a night of revelry, fun and romance to remember, The Damned, Showaddywaddy, The Sweet, Laser Disco, The Blueberry Hellbellies, All Night Films, Cabaret' - doors 21:00.
Live Performances Index
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 1976
Naz Nomad & The Nightmares The Phantom Chords Captain Sensible
Selected Miscellany Unresolved issues Site updates
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