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MAR 84 SWIMMING HORSES SINGLE RELEASED
EUROPEAN TOUR 1984 (22.MAR.84-31.MAR.84)
LILLE, FOIRE INTERNATIONALE (PALAIS DES CONGRESS?): Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, Placebo Effect, Coalmind, Melt, Swimming Horses, Christine, Preacher Man, We Hunger, Red Light, Arabian Knights(Cut), Blow The House Down, Poppy Day, Dear Prudence, 20th Century, APPROX. 62MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND , GOOD TO HEAR SOME OF THE OLD ONES R.W)
UK SUMMER HYAENA TOUR 1984 (08.JUN.84-25.JUN.84) IT WAS ANNOUNCED DURING JUNE THAT ROBERT SMITH HAS NOW LEFT THE BAND AND IS RETIRING FROM THE MUSIC BUSINESS. SO YET ANOTHER GUITARIST HAD TO BE FOUND A WEEK BEFORE THE START OF THE BRITISH TOUR. REHEARSALS TOOK PLACE WITH JOHN VALENTINE CARRUTHERS FROM THE BAND CLOCK DVA, SO THE LINE UP HAS NOW BECOME SIOUXSIE, BUDGIE, STEVE, JOHN R.W) (SINCE THIS WAS WRITTEN ROBERT SMITH HAS CONTINUED TO BE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS WITH THE CURE V.B.)
MAY 84 DAZZLE SINGLE RELEASED
01.JUN.84 HYAENA LP RELEASED
MANCHESTER APOLLO SOUNDCHECK: Blow The House Down, Into The Light, Preacher Man, Red Light, Dazzle APPROX 43 MINS (+++ LOW GEN VB) PERFORMANCE: Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, Dear Prudence, Melt, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Switch, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor, Israel, Jigsaw Feeling. Christine, APPROX 78 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND BUT DULL IN PARTS R.W.)
GLASGOW BARROWLANDS: Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, Dear Prudence, Desert Kisses, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor, Israel, APPROX 80 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) MADE INTO BOOTLEG CD/CDR 'SENILE AND RETARDED' - VB
LEICESTER DEMONTFORT HALL Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Melt, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Blow The House Down, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor, Israel, Switch. APPROX 85 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND BUT SUFFERS DISTORTION R.W.)
CARDIFF. ST. DAVIDS HALL: Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Desert Kisses, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Melt, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor, Helter Skelter. APPROX 70MINS (++++ THIS WAS MADE INTO ‘SKREECHING’ CD V.B.)
BRIGHTON CENTRE: Dazzle(Cut),
Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Melt, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red
Over White, Blow The House Down, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man,
Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Switch,
APPROX 67 MINS (SOUND IS GENERALLY BAD WITH
HEAVY DISTORTION, BUT NEVER THE LESS LISTENABLE R.W.) THE RAZZLE DAZZLE LP (WHICH IS THE SAME GIG ) IS OBVIOUSLY A
DIFFERENT SOURCE TO RW's VERSION AS IT IS GRADED AT ++++ AND VERY GOOD -
VB
LONDON, HAMMERSMITH PALAIS Dazzle,
Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Melt, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red
Over White, Blow The House Down, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man,
Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor, Israel, Jigsaw
Feeling,
APPROX 77 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (THE LAST THREE TRACKS ALSO FEATURE ON 'RAZZLE DAZZLE' LP
AND ARE ++++ VB)
USA HYAENA TOUR 1984 (03.JUL.84-14.JUL.84)
SAN FRANCISCO, WARFIELD THEATRE SOUNDCHECK: APPROX 30 MINS PERFORMANCE: Dazzle. Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Melt, Desert Kisses, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Switch, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor. APPROX 63 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W .)(++++ 2ND GEN GIG ONLY, NOT SOUNDCHECK VB) (ALSO AN FM???)
NEW YORK, BEACON THEATRE Dazzle,
Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Melt, Into The Light, Pointing Bone, Red
Over White, Switch, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird,
Arabian Knights, Spekllbound, Monitor
APPROX 70 MINS
(++++ CLONE FROM
1ST
GEN VB)
NEW YORK, BEACON
THEATRE
Dazzle,
Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Desert Kisses, Into The Light, Pointing
Bone, Red Over White, Blow The House Down, Red Light, Christine, Preacher
Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spekllbound, Helter Skelter
APPROX 76 MINS
OCT 84 THE THORN EP RELEASED
WINTER TOUR OF FRANCE / SPAIN 1984 (09.NOV.84-28.NOV.84)
LISBON, PORTUGAL (PAVILHAO DE OS BELENENSES?)
BARCELONA, STUDIO 54: Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Desert Kisses, Into The Light, Cannons, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Switch, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Halloween, Helter Skelter APPROX 80 MINS (+++ VB)
TOULOUSE, LE RIFF: Dazzle, Cascade, Running Town, We Hunger, Desert Kisses, Into The Light, Cannons, Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Switch, Red Light, Christine, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Monitor. APPROX 75 MINS (++++ LOW GEN V.B.)
ORLEANS, SALLE DU BARON (CANCELLED)
PARIS, PAVILLION BALTARD (NOGENT SUR MARNE?): Dazzle, Cascade, Green Fingers, We Hunger, Desert Kisses, Into The Light, Cannons (Early Version), Pointing Bone, Red Over White, Switch, Chrisitne, Red Light, Preacher Man, Painted Bird, Arabian Knights, Spellbound, Jigsaw Feeling, Israel, Monitor. APPROX 82 MINS
