? unknown info
* confirmed
# taken from tape trader lists (and therefor far from reliable)
% major doubts over appearance at this event

December

11 - WOMAD, Bristol, England

12 - Dordrecht Festival, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

14 - ?, Paris, France (w/ Oysters & Rory McLeod)

16 - ?, London, England (benefit w/ The Happy End)

17-20 - ?, ?, Italy

23 - Mean Fiddler, London, England (w/ The Mekons)

November

1 - ?, Exeter, England

6 - Commodore, Vancouver, Canada

7 - Backstage, Seattle WA

12 - University Of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

13 - Rendezvous, Winnipeg, Canada

16 - Diamond Club, Toronto, Canada

17 - Lone Star, New York NY

October

1-3 - ?, London, England

14 - ?, ?, Italy

15 - ?, ?, Spain

16 - ?, ?, Spain

17 - ?, Madrid, Spain

19 - ?, Brighton, England

20 - ?, ?, France

21 - ?, ?, France

24 - ?, London, England (w/ MDC)

26 - ?, Nottingham, England

27 -?, London, England

28 - The Venue, Lancashire Polytechnic Students Union, Preston, England (with Rory McLeod; benefit in aid of International Year of The Homeless; Gary Hall & The Stormkeepers supporting) *

29 - ?, Bradford, England

29 - ? Folk Festival, Redcar, England #

30 - ?, Manchester, England

31 - ?, Birmingham, England

September

4-9 - ?, ?, Iraq

12 - Belfast Fest, Belfast, Northern Ireland

13 - Cork Fest, Cork, Ireland

18 - ?, Helsinki, Finland

23 - ?, Stockholm, Sweden

23 - ?, Upsala, Sweden (w/ The Mekons)

24 - ?, Oslo, Norway (w/ The Mekons)

26 - ?, Lund, Sweden (w/ The Mekons)

27 - ?, Copenhagen, Denmark

29 - Drill Hall, London, England *

30 - ?, London, England

August

1/2 - Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge, England

5 - ?, Sidmouth, England

6/7/8 - Purcell Room's, Southbank Centre, London, England *

12 - NME photo session, ?

13 - Recording session, ?

18 - Press conference, Belfast, Northern Island

18? - Dave Fanning Show, 2FM, Dublin, Ireland #

19 - ?, Dublin, Ireland

21 - ?, Cork, Ireland

22 - ?, Carlow, Ireland

23 - ?, Galway, Ireland

24 - ?, Kilkenny, Ireland

25 - Riverside, Newcastle, England

26 - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (26-29 Aug), Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland (Topp Twins & Hank Wangford Band also on bill) *

31 - ?, ?, USA

July

1 - The Albany, Deptford, England

2 - The Crucible, Sheffield, England

4/5 - Roskilde Festival, Denmark (3-5 July)

11 - ?, ?, Belgium

18 - Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver, Canada (18-19 July)

30 - ?, ?, Belgium

31 - ?, Nuremberg, West Germany

June

14 - Town Hall, ?, England

19 - Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England (19-21 June) *

21 - Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, England (19-21 June) *

22 - ?, Edinburgh, Scotland [ANC benefit]

23 - ?, Lisbon, Portugal

24 - ?, Lisbon, Portugal

25 - ?, Porto, Portugal

May

?, CBGB's, New York NY #

?, BBC Radio session, ?, England (played Contest Coming, Strawberry Jam & Leavin’ Louisiana)

?, Kerrville Folk Festival, Quiet Valley Ranch, Kerrville TX *

April

1 - Bremen, West Germany #

14 -Short Sharp Shocked, Drill Hall, London, England

15 - Musicians Night, Drill Hall, London, England

16 - Multi Media Night, Drill Hall, London, England

17 -Bohemian Snap Cafe, Drill Hall, London, England (benefit for the homeless) *

18 -The Swing Vote, Drill Hall, London, England (benefit for the homeless)

March

4 - Live OGWT Studio, ? #

7 - West End Centre, Aldershot, England

8 - Town and Country Club, London, England

16 - Bierkeller, Bristol, England

17 - Mr C's, Poole, England

18 - Astoria, London, England

20 - The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park, London, England

21 - International, Manchester, England

22 - Daddy Warbuck's, Glasgow, Scotland

23 - Venue, Edinburgh, Scotland

24 - Riverside, Newcastle, England

25 - Richmond, Brighton, England

26 - Poly, Leicester, England

28 - Poly, Leeds, England

February

5 - Canterbury Art College, Canterbury, England *

19 - Pressgang Club, Reading, England *

23 - Michelle sat in with the Mekons during their Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, London, England *

24 - HMV Records, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

24 - BBC Radio York, York, England

24 - Red Rhino Records, York, England

? - Dave Fanning Show, 2FM, Dublin, Ireland #

January

14 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England #

16 - The Tube, Tyne Tees TV Studios, Channel 4, Newcastle, England #

Exact dates for the following appearances are unknown:

Reading Festival, Reading, England (1987)

DOC Music Club TV show, RAI TV studios, Rome, Italy (1987)

Arena, Vienna, Austria (ca. 1987) %

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