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The Damned: Live Performances - 2006

The list of shows for 2006 is complete (lists for some years are very much 'work in progress').


Monday 18 December 2006 - Concorde II, Brighton, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Eighteenth and final night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Texas Drag Queen Massacre and Al B Damned.

Sunday 17 December 2006 - Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Ignite, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Smash It Up.

Comments: Seventeenth and penultimate night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. The Longest day fesival. The Damned played second on the bill to Stiff Little Fingers. Also appearing - Neville Staple, King Kurt, The Selector, The Goldblade, UK Subs, Ska'd For Life, Sex Pistols Experience, Discharge, 999, The Dualers, Organize Chaos, The Lurkers, Resistance 77, Riot Squad and Little Miss Machete. Set played straight through with no encore.

Sunday 17 December 2006 - Concorde II, Brighton, England, UK

Comments: Originally advertised date for the Brighton gig (which was never confirmed) - later officially announced for 18 December.

Saturday 16 December 2006 - The Academy, Islington, London, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Rabid (Over You), Antipope, Looking At You.

Comments: Sixteenth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Priscilla's. Members of The Priscilla's joined The Damned on stage for 'Jet Boy Jet Girl'. Lu Edmunds and Lol Coxhill (both formerly associated with The Damned) joined the band on stage for the last 2 numbers.

Friday 15 December 2006 - The Plug, Sheffield, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Antipope, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Fifteenth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Darkwater and Little Miss Machette.

Thursday 14 December 2006 - Academy 2, Liverpool, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, Help, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Plan 9 Channel 7, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Fourteenth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Zombina and the Skeletones and The Hots Melts. There was a break during 'Ignite' as a member of the crowd was berated for pushing. At the end of the set, Captain Sensible began playing 'I Feel Alright' and Dave Vanian singing 'Looking At You' - following some banter, 'Looking At You' was played.

Wednesday 13 December 2006 - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Plan 9 Channel 7, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Thirteenth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Goldblade and Flamingo 50.

Tuesday 12 December 2006 - The Point, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Fan Club, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Twelth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Goldblade.

Sunday 10 December 2006 - Junction, Cambridge, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Plan 9 Channel 7, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Eleventh night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Goldblade and The Psycho Bombs.

Saturday 9 December 2006 - Academy, Manchester, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Plan 9 Channel 7, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Tenth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Goldblade. Captain started the encore by playing and singing a piece of 'I'm A Believer'... which Dave Vanian then joined in on.

Friday 8 December 2006 - First Floor Nightclub, Derby, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday,Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Plan 9 Channel 7, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Ninth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Professor Nutty and Goldblade.

Thursday 7 December 2006 - The Engine Shed, University, Lincoln, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Antipope, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Eighth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Infidels and Goldblade.

Wednesday 6 December 2006 - The Pitz, Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday,Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Antipope, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Seventh night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Men of Unitas and Goldblade.

Tuesday 5 December 2006 - Zodiac, Oxford, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday,  Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Sixth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Goldblade.

Sunday 3 December 2006 - The Academy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Set: Wait for the Blackout, New Rose, Stretcher Case, History of the World, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Ignite, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Antipope, Love Song, Smash It Up.

Comments: Fifth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Academy In The UK festival. Rearranged festival, originally intended for 29 October. The Rezillos headlined. Also on the bill GBH, The Meteors, The Beat, Combat Rock and Straw Dogs (Blood & Whiskey and The Sex Pistols Experience were due to appear but were replaced by Combat Rock and Straw Dogs).

Saturday 2 December 2006 - Dunelm House, University, Durham, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Second Time Around, Plan 9 Channel 7, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking at You.

Comments: Fourth night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Holy Racket & Teasing Lulu.

Friday 1 December 2006 - Civic Hall, Whitehaven, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Plan 9 Channel 7, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You, Pretty Vacant, Happy Talk, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Third night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from No Thrills and The Scabs. Only a  slight piece of 'Looking At You' was played, followed by a couple of verses of 'Pretty Vacant' (which was also followed by its own reggae snippet), and then a short 'Happy Talk'.

Thursday 30 November 2006 - Metropolitan University, Leeds, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Second night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Rhombus and Sounds Of Swami. Revised lyrics by Captain on 'History of the World' aimed at the lighting crew. A brief piece of tomfoolery, 'YMCA', followed 'Ignite'.

Wednesday 29 November 2006 - The Waterfront, Norwich, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: First night of the UK 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from Goldblade and Fletch Cadillac.

Tuesday 28 November 2006 - University, Colchester, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Although a day before, not advertised as part of  the UK 'Dark Arts' tour and instead treated as a 'Dark Arts' tour warm-up show.. Support from Six Fingers.

Sunday 19 November 2006 - Key Club At Morongo, Cabazon, California, USA

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash it Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Seventh and final night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Epoxies and The Adored.

Saturday 18 November 2006 - House of Blues, Hollywood, California, USA

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Antipope, Looking At You.

Comments: Sixth and penultimate night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. Support - The Epoxies and The Adored.

Friday 17 November 2006 - House of Blues, San Diego, California, USA

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - The Shadow Of Love, false start Rabid (Over You), Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Fifth night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Epoxies and The Adored. Gig known to have taken place.

Wednesday 15 November 2006 - Harlow's Night Club, Sacramento, California, USA

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, Ignite, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - The Shadow Of Love, false start Rabid (Over You), Rabid (Over You), Looking At You.

Comments: Fourth night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. There was initially a false start to 'Rabid (Over You)'. 'Nasty' was included on the setlist but 'Shadow of Love' was played instead. A contributor to this site wrote 'It was amazing. A small club on a weeknight, with around 200 people in attendance - it was maybe half full.. it was FUN, FUN, FUN. Fantastic'. Another contributor wrote 'a girl named Tiff, my sister and I, were all brought up on stage to sing back-up for 'Jet Boy Jet Girl''.

Tuesday 14 November 2006 - Slim's, San Francisco, California, USA

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Democracy, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Ignite, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Disco Man, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Antipope, Nasty, Looking At You.

Comments: Third night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Epoxies and The Adored. Prior to the encores, Captain Sensible played a little of The Stranglers 'Golden Brown' (including a reference to The Strugglers in the lyrics). Pinch did a bit of 'Stayin' Alive' after 'Frisco Man' (the adapted for the night version of 'Disco Man'). One contributor to this site has indicated that the order of the encore numbers was in fact 'Nasty', 'Antipope' and 'Looking At You'.

Sunday 12 November 2006 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Democracy, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Ignite, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up, encore - Antipope, Nasty.

Comments: Second night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Adored and The Epoxies.

Saturday 11 November 2006 - House of Blues, Anaheim, California, USA

Setlist: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Perfect Sunday, Absinthe, Democracy, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Ignite, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up, encore - Curtain Call, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright / Looking At You.

Comments: First night of the US West Coast 'Dark Arts' tour. Support from The Epoxies and The Adored. Note that the information given above is the setlist and that the actual set played may have varied. Although included on the setlist, '13th Floor Vendetta', 'Ignite' and 'Plan 9 Channel 7' were apparently not played. It is unclear whether 'I Feel Alright' or 'Looking At You' ended the set.

Friday 3 November 2006 - First Floor Nightclub, Derby, England, UK

Comments: CANCELLED (never confirmed)... rearranged for Friday 8 December.

Tuesday 31 October 2006 - The Wardrobe, Leeds, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, Eloise, Absinthe, Neat Neat Neat (Break on Thro'), History of the World, There'll Come A Day, 13th Floor Vendetta, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Nasty, Shadow of Love, Alone Again Or, Generals, Rabid (Over You), Jet Boy Jet Girl. encore - New Rose, Smash It Up.

Comments: Private company (Propaganda) Halloween party. Support from The Priscilla's. The actual set on the night was not entirely as the setlist ie 'Curtain Call' and 'Magic Potion' were on the setlist but not played. Stu West gave up bass duties for the encore numbers to Mark Taylor - former moderator of officaldamned.com.

Sunday 29 October 2006 - The Academy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Comments: Academy in the UK - Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Punk. Intended gig that was CANCELLED and rearranged for Sunday 3 December. Support should have been - The Beat, The Meteors, GBH, Blood or Whiskey and The Sex Pistols Experience... with The Rezillos headlining (early advertising showed The Damned as headliners).

Saturday 28 October 2006 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England, UK

Set: Wait for the Blackout, New Rose, History of the World, There'll Come A Day, Love Song, Melody Lee, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Neat Neat Neat, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Ignite, Antipope, Plan 9 Channel 7, Rabid, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl. encore - Smash It Up.

Comments: Academy in the UK - Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Punk. Also on the bill - Goldblade, Deadline, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Angelic Upstarts and Sham 69 - Jayne County & The Electric Chairs were shown on early billings but did not play.

Friday 27 October 2006 - The Spa Pavilion, Whitby, England, UK

Set: New Rose, Street of Dreams, Absinthe, Plan 9 Channel 7, Alone Again Or, History of the World, Eloise, Generals, Shadow of Love, Rabid (Over You), 13th Floor Vendetta, Curtain Call, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, I Just Can't Be Happy Today. encore - Smash It Up.

Comments: Gothfest. Also on the intended bill for the day - XYkogen, Trauma Pet, Vampire Beach Babes.

Sunday 10 September 2006 - Club Lua, Lisbon, Portugal

Details for this gig appeared on the www, showing intended support from the Portuguese group 'Capitao Fantasma' - other literature states The Capable as intended support. However, the gig was later shown as cancelled - 'The Damned have decided to postpone their tour because of the threat of attack recently to several international flights'.

Saturday 9 September 2006 - Sala KGB, Barcelona, Spain

Comments: A poster exists announcing this show, but the gig never came to fruition - 'The Damned have decided to postpone their tour because of the threat of attack recently to several international flights'.

Friday 8 September 2006 - Sala 360, Arrasate, Spain

Comments: An intended gig that was subsequently cancelled - 'The Damned have decided to postpone their tour because of the threat of attack recently to several international flights'. Support had been advertised as New Catholic Catechism.

Thursday 7 September 2006 - TBC, Asturias, Spain

Comments: Advertising indicated that this show was to be confirmed. However, the Spanish dates were subsequently 'pulled' - 'The Damned have decided to postpone their tour because of the threat of attack recently to several international flights'.

Saturday 2 September 2006 - Idroscalo, Milan, Italy

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, History of The World, New Rose, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Neat Neat Neat, Democracy, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Looking At You, Smash It Up (part 2 only).

Comments: Rock in Idro 2-day festival.  Scheduled for the Main Stage on 2 September (the first day of the festival) were - Iggy & The Stooges, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Damned, The (I) N. Conspiracy, Towers Of London, Kill The Young, The Fire, Cursive, The Styles, and Not Moving.

Sunday 13 August 2006 - The Olympia, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, History of The World, Neat Neat Neat, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Alone Again Or, Love Song, Perfect Sunday, Generals, Eloise, 13th Floor Vendetta, Ignite, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up. encore - Rabid (Over You).

Comments: Wasted UK 2006. Also appearing that day on the 2 main stages (there were 4)... The Empress Stage - Dubtones, Paranoid Visions, Sick On The Bus, The Lurkers, P.A.I.N., Neville Staple Band, The Selecter, UK Subs, Slaughter & The Dogs, The Adicts... and on The Olympia Stage (headlined by The Damned) - Garden Gang, Down & Outs, Crashed Out, Holy Racket, Criminal Class, Funeral Dress, Blood Or Whisley, Vice Squad, The Last Resort, The Business. 'Neat Neat Neat' was 'back to basics' rather than the extended version that was played on the rest of the tour. Set was short due to time constraints.

Saturday 12 August 2006 - The Guildhall, Gloucester, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, Absinthe, History of The World, Perfect Sunday, Democracy, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Rabid, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from The Labels and Devilish Presley.

Friday 11 August 2006 - The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, Absinthe, History of The World, Perfect Sunday, Democracy, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from Starbase 109 and JJK.

Thursday 10 August 2006 - Town Hall, Torquay, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, Absinthe, History of The World, Perfect Sunday, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, 13th Floor Vendetta, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Ignite, I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from JJK? Poorly attended gig (150-200?) blighted by poor acoustics - but the band made the best of the situation... performing adequately and joking throughout with the audience... adapting the set slightly for the evening due to the sound (ie 'Rabid (Over You)' dropped from the set for that reason.

Wednesday 9 August 2006 - The Palace, Bridgwater, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, New Rose, Absinthe, History of The World, Perfect Sunday, Democracy, Neat Neat Neat, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Love Song, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from Love Minus Zero.

Sunday 6 August 2006 - Rock Cafe, Stourbridge, England, UK

Set: Smash It Up, New Rose, Absinthe, History of The World, Perfect Sunday, Democracy, Wait for the Blackout, Alone Again Or, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Little Miss Disaster, 13th Floor Vendetta, Plan 9 Channel 7, Generals, Jet Boy Jet Girl, encore - Curtain Call, Rabid (Over You), I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from Punk'd. The First time 'Rabid (Over You)' had been played since its ownly other known appearance in a set... at Manchester International on 20 December 1985.

Saturday 5 August 2006 - Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Wait For The Blackout, Democracy, New Rose, Little Miss Disaster, Neat Neat Neat. Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Perfect Sunday, Melody Lee, Generals, History of The World, Smash It Up, encore - Curtain Call, Alone Again Or, Jet Boy Jet Girl.

Comments: Uks Music Event. Also on the bill - The Big, Estevez, Bitchpups, This System Kills, Girlschool, 999, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

Friday 4 August 2006 - The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, England, UK

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Dozen Girls, Generals, Democracy, New Rose, Little Miss Disaster, Neat Neat Neat, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Perfect Sunday, Melody Lee, Generals, History of The World, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Alone Again Or, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Looking At You.

Comments: Support from Starbase 109 and The Savages 'Generals' and 'Dozen Girls' were played out of the normal order in error..

Thursday 3 August 2006 - Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, England, UK

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Generals, Dozen Girls,  Democracy, New Rose, Little Miss Disaster, Neat Neat Neat, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Perfect Sunday, Melody Lee, Generals, History of The World, Smash it Up. encore - Curtain Call, Ignite, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Antipope.

Comments: Support from - mainstage downstairs: The Infidels, Devilish Presley and The UK Subs, and 2nd stage upstairs probably: The Kants, The Dappers, The Dead Flies, and The Other Side of Faith. A very short snatch of 'Happy Talk' followed 'Antipope'.

Wednesday 2 August 2006 - The Cresset, Peterborough, England, UK

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Generals, Dozen Girls, Street of Dreams, New Rose, Little Miss Disaster, Neat Neat Neat, Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde, Eloise, Melody Lee, Generals, Absinthe, Ignite, Smash It Up. encore - History of The World, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Looking At You.

Comments: Support from Devilish Presley, The Ruined and Yello Snow.

Saturday 29 July 2006 - Coney Grey Showground, Pentrich, England, UK

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Generals, Dozen Girls, Street of Dreams, New Rose, Alone Again Or, Neat Neat Neat, Eloise, Ignite, History of The World, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up. encore - Curtain Call, Looking At You, Happy Talk.

Comments: Rock & Blues Custom Show. Support for this day was the SAOR Patrol, The Quireboys, M3 and Hanoi Rocks.

Sunday 16 July 2006 - Joensuu, Finland

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Ignite, Alone Again Or, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Eloise, Wait For The Blackout, Street of Dreams, Jet Boy Jet Girl, History of The World, Smash It Up (part 2 only).

Comments: 35th Ilosaarirock Festival - informally known as Rokki Festival. The Damned played the Ylex-Lava Stage - schedule for the stage on the 16th being: Viikate [13:00], Entombed [15:00], Saul Williams [17:00], The Damned [19:00], Mudhoney [21:00].

Monday 29 May 2006 - Picturedome, Holmfirth, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, New Rose, Life Goes On, History of The World, Born To Kill, Would You Be So Hot, Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Absinthe, Ignite, Plan 9 Channel 7, Melody Lee, Neat Neat Neat. encore1 - Curtain Call, Jet Boy Jet Girl, Nasty, Smash It Up. encore2 - I Feel Alright.

Comments: Support from The Blunts. An excerpt of 'Happy Talk' was played after 'Smash It Up'.

Sunday 28 May 2006 - The Academy, Newcastle, England, UK

Set: Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, New Rose, Life Goes On, History of The World, Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Ignite, Plan 9 Channel 7, Melody Lee, Neat Neat Neat. encore - Jet Boy Jet Girl, Nasty, Smash It Up.

Comments: Billed as 'Academy in the UK - 30th Anniversary of Punk 1976-2006'. Support from The Rezillios, Penetration, Angelic Upstarts (stormed off after 2 songs due to beer throwing), The Partisans, GBH, Subhumans, Demented Are Go (although there, didn't play as the lead singer, supposedly, had an altercation [with their manager?]), Abrasive Wheels, Argy Bargy, Crashed Out and Holy Racket.

Sunday 30 April 2006 - The Academy, Birmingham, England, UK

Set: Love Song, Second Time Around, I Just Can't Be Happy Today, Wait For The Blackout, Disco Man, History of the World, New Rose, Neat Neat Neat, Ignite, I Fall, Born To Kill, Noise Noise Noise, Melody Lee, Smash it Up. encore - Jet Boy Jet Girl, Nasty.

Comments: Billed as 'Academy in the UK - 30th Anniversary of Punk 1976-2006'. Support from Sham 69, Conflict, Angelic Upstarts,The Meteors, Anti-Nowhere League, UK Subs, Peter & The Test Tubes, Blitz, Drongos For Europe, Goldblade, Restarts (Bad Manners were on early advertising but pulled-out and were replaced by Conflict, Dead Pets were also on early advertising but withdrew).


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