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The Damned: Live Performances - 1994

The list of Damned shows (there may have been other Phantom Chords gigs) for 1994 is believed to be complete (lists for some years are very much 'work in progress').


Tuesday 20 December 1994 - Arts Centre, Poole, England, UK

Set: I Feel Alright, Testify, New Rose, Looking At You, My Desire, Noise Noise Noise, Tailspin, Disco Man, Gun Fury, Nasty, Shadow To Fall, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore 1 - Ignite, Smash It Up. encore 2 - God Save The Queen [Sex Pistols].

Monday 19 December 1994 - Northwick Theatre, Worcester, England, UK

Set: I Feel Alright, Testify, New Rose, Looking At You, My Desire, Noise Noise Noise, Tailspin, Disco Man, Gun Fury, Nasty, Shadow To Fall, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore 1 - Ignite, Smash It Up. encore 2 - Pretty Vacant.

Sunday 18 December 1994 - Jilly's Rockworld, Manchester, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, My Desire, Disco Man, Nasty, Gun Fury, Shadow To Fall, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore 1 - Wait For The Blackout, Smash It Up. encore 2 - I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from Subtopia.

Saturday 17 December 1994 - Fibber's, York, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up.

Friday 16 December 1994 - The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Set included: Testify, New Rose, Not Of This Earth [assumed], Looking At You, I Feel Alright.

Comments:  Support from The Gin Goblins. Ticketing for this show indicated 'The Damned Christmas Bash'.

Thursday 15 December 1994 - Arena, Middlesbrough, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore 1 - Ignite, Smash It Up. encore 2 - Wait For The Blackout, I Feel Alright.

Wednesday 14 December 1994 - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - Ignite, Smash It Up.

Tuesday 13 December 1994 - The Leadmill, Sheffield, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - Ignite, Smash It Up.

Monday 12 December 1994 - Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up.

Comments: Support from Incubus Sukkubus.

Sunday 11 December 1994 - The Roadmender, Northampton, England, UK

Set: unknown.

Comments: Gig confirmed as having taken place.

Saturday 10 December 1994 - Astoria, London, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up.

Comments: Support from Tribute To Nothing.

Friday 9 December 1994 - Trinity Hall, Carmarthen, Wales, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Running Man, Tailspin, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up.

Comments: College Christmas party - dresses & tuxedo's!

Thursday 8 December 1994 - Parr Hall, Warrington, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Running Man, Tailspin, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up.

Comments: This set may not have finished with 'Smash It Up'... there could have been more played.

Tuesday 6 December 1994 - Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, Testify, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of this Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Tailspin, Running Man, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore 1 - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up. encore 2 - 2-4-6-8 Motorway, Shadow Of Love.

Comments: Support from Pimpernels. '2-4-6-8 Motorway' was performed as a tribute to Cambridge musician Tom Robinson.

Monday 5 December 1994 - University of Cardiff, Wales, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of this Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Tailspin, Running Man, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore 1 - I Feel Alright, Smash It Up. encore 2 - Shadow to Fall, Wait For The Blackout.

Friday 11 November 1994 - The Tivoli, Dublin, Eire

Set: unknown.

Thursday 10 November 1994 - Limelight, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Set: included: New Rose, Neat Neat Neat, Disco Man, Smash It Up, I Feel Alright.

Thursday 3 November 1994 - Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song.

Comments: Support from Profondo Rosso. Set curtailed due to spitting from a member of the crowd.

Wednesday 2 November 1994 - Wherehouse, Derby, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Not of This Earth, Looking At You, Tailspin, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, Love Song. encore - Ignite, Smash It Up.

Comments: Support from the Vibrators. The soundcheck included 'No More Tears'... a song that is not known to have been played at any 'Not Of This Earth line-up' gigs.

Tuesday 1 November 1994 - The Irish Centre, Leeds, England, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Shadow To Fall, Looking At You, Not Of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Tailspin, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, I Feel Alright. encore - Love Song, Smash It Up.

Comments: 'Neat Neat Neat' contained snippets of 'LA Woman'.

Monday 31 October 1994 - Oscar's, Dundee, Scotland, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Shadow To Fall, Looking At You, Not Of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Tailspin, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, I Feel Alright. encore 1 - Love Song, Smash It Up. encore 2 - Ignite.

Comments: An excerpt of 'Dazed & Confused' was played prior to 'Love Song'. Support from Poison Streak.

Sunday 30 October 1994 - Rock Mecca Union, Turriff, Scotland, UK

Set: Testify, New Rose, Shadow To Fall, Looking At You, Not of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, I Feel Alright. encore - Love Song, Smash It Up.

Comments: Support from Malevolence and the Gin Goblins. 'Neat Neat Neat' contained snippets of 'LA Woman' and 'I Feel Alright' parts of 'Black Betty'.

Saturday 29 October 1994 - Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Set: Testify, Shadow to Fall, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, I Feel Alright. encore - Love Song, Smash It Up.

Comments: Support from Bonejack and The Gin Goblins.

Friday 28 October 1994 - The Venue, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Set: Testify, Shadow to Fall, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat (LA Woman), I Need A Life, I Feel Alright. encore - Love Song, Smash It Up.

Comments: Support from The Gin Goblins. Audience member sings on Love Song and Dave Vanian stage dives.

Thursday 27 October 1994 - The Boardwalk, Manchester, England, UK

Set: Testify, Shadow to Fall, New Rose, Looking At You, Not of This Earth, Noise Noise Noise, Disco Man, Running Man, My Desire, Nasty, Gun Fury, Never Could Believe, Neat Neat Neat, I Need A Life, I Feel Alright. encore - Love Song, Smash It Up.

Comments: A contributor to this site stated 'due to a stage invasion at the end, the band played the final number pinned to the back wall'.

Wednesday 26 October 1994 - Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK

Comments: Postponed until 3 November.

Saturday 10 September 1994 - Altstadt, Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland

Comments: The Damned were advertised to appear as support to Die Artze in Altstadt, Winterthur as part of the Winterthurer Music Festival. However, this show did not appear in a list of gigs that Moose Harris [bassist with the band at the time] believed he played in his time with the band, so it is thought to have been a show that was being arranged which did not come to fruition.

Saturday 30 July 1994 - Powerhaus, London, England, UK

Comments: See The Phantom Chords.

Friday 15 July 1994 - The Borderline, Charing Cross Road, London, England, UK

Comments: See The Phantom Chords.

Saturday 2 July 1994 - Netherlands

Comments: Vilet Pop Festival. Believed to be the Dutch festival date where other band members were at the airport but Dave Vanian did not turn up and could not be contacted - hence The Damned did not play.

Sunday 26 June 1994 - Zottegen, Belgium

Comments: CANCELLED.

Saturday 25 June 1994 - Waschhaus, Potsdam, Germany

Comments: Waschgang II Open Air Festival. It seems that The Damned were listed as 'to be confirmed'.

Saturday 25 June 1994 - Sittard, Netherlands

Comments: CANCELLED.

Friday 24 June 1994 - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Comments: Did not take place. Cancelled?

Thursday 23 June 1994 - Mulhouse, France

Set included: Testify, Shut It, Shadow To Fall, I Need A Life, I Walk The Line, Running Man, That Loving Feeling, Not Of This Earth, Heaven... Can Take Your Lies, My Desire, Never Could Believe, Love Song, Disco Man, Neat Neat Neat, Ignite, Gun Fury, I Must Be Mad, Nasty, Looking At You, Wait For The Blackout, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose, Smash It Up, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Recorded and released partly as as 'Molten Lager' and partly on 7" and 10".

Wednesday 22 June 1994 - Muffathalle, Munich, Germany

Set: unknown.

Tuesday 21 June 1994 - Ulmer Zelt, Ulm, Germany

Set included: Pretty Vacant.

Comments: Rat Scabies on guitar and Kris Dollimore on drums for Pretty Vacant.

Monday 20 June 1994 - Soundgarden, Dortmund, Germany

Set: unknown.

Sunday 19 June 1994 - Hunk Dory, Detmold, Germany

Set: unknown.

Saturday 18 June 1994 - Sportplatz am Oberwald, Durmersheim, Germany

Set: Testify, Love Song, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Not of This Earth, Ignite, Never Could Believe, Gun Fury, Looking At You, Wait For The Blackout, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose.

Comments: Zillo Festival. Also on the bill that day - Patricia Morrison. The European tour poster showed the less specific location as Karlsruhe.

Friday 17 June 1994 - Montreux, Switzerland

Set: unknown.

Thursday 16 June 1994 - Luzern, Switzerland

Set: unknown.

Wednesday 15 June 1994 - Vienna, Austria

Set: unknown.

Tuesday 14 June 1994 - Komm, Nuremberg, Germany

Set: unknown.

Monday 13 June 1994 - Rockfabrik, Uebach-Palenberg, Germany

Set: unknown.

Sunday 12 June 1994 - L'Usine, Reims, France

Set: unknown.

Comments: Support from Gutter Kids. Backstage photos confirm that this gig took place.

Saturday 11 June 1994 - Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany

Set: Testify, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Running Man, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Gun Fury, Not of This Earth, Wait For The Blackout, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose. encore 1 - Smash It Up. encore 2 - Burglar, Pretty Vacant, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from Fluchtweg.

Friday 10 June 1994 - Bad, Hannover, Germany

Set: unknown.

Thursday 9 June 1994 - Star Club, Dresden, Germany

Set: unknown.

Comments: Support from Fluchtweg.

Wednesday 8 June 1994 - Huxley's, Berlin, Germany

Set: unknown.

Tuesday 7 June 1994 - Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany

Set: unknown.

Monday 6 June 1994 - Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany

Set: unknown.

Sunday 5 June 1994 - Paard Van Troje, The Hague, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set: My Desire, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Running Man, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Gun Fury, Looking At You, Shadow To Fall, Wait For The Blackout, Shut It, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose, Smash It Up. encore [ but see comment ] - Pretty Vacant, I Feel Alright.

Comments. 'Smash It Up' may have been played as a first encore rather than the end of the first set and 'Pretty Vacant' and 'I Feel Alright' as a second encore.

Saturday 4 June 1994 - Chalon Sur Saone, France

Set: unknown.

Friday 3 June 1994 - L'Elysee, Montmartre, Paris, France

Set: unknown.

Comments: Support from Les Cavadres and Judge AK 47.

Thursday 2 June 1994 - Bacardi Club, Callac, France

Set: unknown.

Comments: There is some confusion in the location for this show in early advertising - it has been given as both Rennes and, on the European tour poster, Saint Brieuc.

Sunday 15 May 1994 - Astoria, London, England, UK

Set: Testify, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Heaven... Can Take Your Lives, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Gun Fury, Shadow To Fall, Noise Noise Noise, Looking At You, New Rose. encore 1 - My Desire, Smash It Up. encore 2 - I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from The Anti-Nowhere League and Speedway.

Thursday 12 May 1994 - The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Set: Testify, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Heaven... Can Take Your Lives, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Gun Fury, Shadow To Fall, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose, Looking At You. encore 1 - Pretty Vacant, My Desire, Smash It Up. encore 2 - I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from Swine Flu.

Saturday 30 April 1994 - W'Ohol, Osaka, Japan

Set: unknown.

Friday 29 April 1994 - W'Ohol, Osaka, Japan

Set: Testify, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Heaven... Can Take Your Lives, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Shadow To Fall, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose, Looking At You. encore 1 - Pretty Vacant, My Desire, Smash It Up. encore 2 - I Feel Alright.

Comments: It should be noted that the tour t-shirt from the time only shows the Japanese dates as being 27th, 28th and 30th April, so whether this date is erroneous (and perhaps the set is actually from the 30th), or whether an additional date for Osaka was added, remains unclear for the moment.

Thursday 28 April 1994 - Club Citta, Kawasaki, Greater Tokyo Area, Japan

Set: unknown - but see comments.

Comments: Note: Two source tapes were available for Club Citta, one marked-up as the 27 April and the other as 28 April. However, the recordings were identical. Therefore it is not known whether the recording is from 27 or 28 April. So, the following set was played on 27 OR 28 April - Testify, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Heaven... Can Take Your Lives, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Shadow To Fall, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose. encore 1 - My Desire, Smash It Up. encore 2 - Looking At You.

Wednesday 27 April 1994 - Club Citta, Kawasaki, Greater Tokyo Area, Japan

Set: unknown - but see comments.

Comments: Note: Two source tapes were available for Club Citta, one marked-up as the 27 April and the other as 28 April. However, the recordings were identical. Therefore it is not known whether the recording is from 27 or 28 April. So, the following set was played on 27 OR 28 April - Testify, Love Song, Disco Man, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat, Heaven... Can Take Your Lives, Ignite, Nasty, Never Could Believe, Shadow To Fall, Noise Noise Noise, New Rose. encore 1 - My Desire, Smash It Up. encore 2 - Looking At You.

? April 1994 - unknown location, London?, England, UK

Set: Love Song, I Need A Life, Neat Neat Neat.

Comments: Not a live gig - but still a live performance to an audience, The Damned appeared on 'In Bed With Medinner' London Weekend Television TV programme hosted by Bob Mills.

Saturday 9 April 1994 - unknown location, London?, England, UK

Set: Smash It Up (part 2 only).

Comments: Not a live gig - but still a live performance to an audience, The Damned appeared on 'The Trouble With The Seventies' London Weekend Television TV programme hosted by Michael Aspel. Though this appearance was live, there is information 'out there' to suggest that the band played and sang along to a backing track that they recorded at an earlier time.


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