January 1990 : "Telephone Thing / British People in Hot Weather / Telephone Dub" single released
(NME January 20, 1990 - thanks to Greg Cotmore)
19 February : "Extricate" LP released
Thanks to Mark Brown for the review.
March 1990 : "Popcorn Double Feature / Arms Control Poseur / Butterflies 4 Brains" singles released
UK : 1 - 26 March
Thursday, 1 March 1990 Poole Arts Centre
Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Deadbeat Descendant / Popcorn Double Feature / Bremen Nacht / The Littlest Rebel / Victoria / Chicago Now / Mr. Pharmacist
Friday, 2 March Anson Room, Union Building, Bristol University
No tape exists? Thanks to Mark Canwell for the ticket.
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Saturday, 3 March 1990 Coventry Polytechnic
The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Chicago Now / Victoria / U.S. 80s-90s / Mr. Pharmacist
- "Supposed to be a dance number, that." [Mumbles something unintelligible] "Right, it's all new shit so don't, so don't fucking shout, all right?" (before "Popcorn Double Feature")
- "Your tomb is deeeeeaaaadddddd!" (during "Deadbeat Descendent")
- "With feeling! 1, 2, 3, 4..." (before "Victoria")
Shaun: "Smith was at the next table to us in a very small city centre pub, the Rose and Crown as it was called then, downing double whiskies for hours during the afternoon, he was sat with half a dozen or so octogenarians, having the time of his life, talking about the second world war!! Drunk but on great form, later at the show. We were betting he would not make it past the cathedral on his journey back to the university!!"
Thanks to Barrie Reilly for the poster and David Humphries for the ticket.
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Sunday, 4 March 1990 Universtiy of East Anglia, Norwich
No tape exists?
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Tuesday, 6 March 1990 Hacienda, Manchester
The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / Bremen Nacht / And Therein / Victoria / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's / Fiery Jack
Thanks to Stephen Bailey for the set list and Mikey Smurf for the flyer.
- "If you don't like it, fuck off on your arse!" (amended lyrics to "Black Monk Theme")
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Thursday, 8 March 1990 Liverpool University
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht // Chicago Now / Victoria / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
Thanks to Stephen Bailey for the set list.
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Friday, 9 March 1990 Bangor University
Theme from Error-Errori / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Booogie / Mr. Pharmacist
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Saturday, 10 March 1990 Wearmouth Hall, Sunderland Polytechnic
No tape exists? Many thanks to Mark Holmes for the setlist, Chris Osborne for the poster, and Steve Phipps for the ticket.
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Monday, 12 March 1990 Grand Hall, Guild Hall, Preston
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme (two attempts) / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria / U.S. 80s-90s
Thanks to Simon Jones for the ticket.
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Tuesday, 13 March 1990 Leeds University
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s-90s / Victoria
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Wednesday, 14 March 1990 Hull University
Theme from Error-Errori / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I’m Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit The North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Dead Beat Descendant / The Littlest Rebel / Bremen Nacht // Carry Bag Man / Mr Pharmacist // Tuff Life Boogie / U.S. 80s-90s
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Friday, 16 March 1990 Nelson Mandela Hall, Sheffield Polytechnic
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / And Therein / Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria / U.S. 80s-90s
Thanks to Geoff Caves for the ticket.
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Saturday, 17 March 1990 Barrowlands, Glasgow
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Fiery Jack / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s-90s
- "Good evening, we are The Fall. We are cool group." (during "Error Orrori")
- "There's three members of the group who like to cut songs in half, y'know. (...) Sort of good, sometimes." (before "Bremen Nacht", after a short "British People In Hot Weather")
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Sunday, 18 March 1990 Ritzy, Aberdeen
No tape exists? Thanks to Keith Guyan for the press release.
Simon Kellas, who sent in the ticket: "I travelled up from Edinburgh for that show and I have attached a scan of my ticket. I remember it being a great gig - better than Barrowland the night before. At one point I heckled (I was a slightly drunk student) "Give us a smile", to which Mark replied (with a smile) "I'm always smiling." The other memory is that it was £1.50 a pint - the most expensive drinks I had ever bought at this time!"
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Tuesday, 20 March 1990 Hummingbird, Birmingham
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / Hit the North / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendent / Bremen Nacht // U.S. 80s-90s / Mr. Pharmacist // Victoria
Thanks to David Humphries for the ticket.
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Wednesday, 21 March 1990 National Ballroom, Kilburn, London
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / U.S. 80's-90's / Mr. Pharmacist / Carry Bag Man
Thanks to Graeme for the ticket.
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Thursday, 22 March 1990 National Ballroom, Kilburn, London
Thanks to David for the ticket.
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People In Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Butterflies for Brains / Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria / U.S. 80's-90's
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Saturday, 24 March 1990 Essex University
Theme from Error-Errori / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Tuff Life Boogie / Mr. Pharmacist
Thanks to Paul (Jeggo) for the ticket.
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Sunday, 25 March 1990 Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
Theme from Error-Errori / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
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Monday, 26 March 1990 Top Rank, Brighton
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Butterflies 4 Brains / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / Bremen Nacht / And Therein... / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s-90s
Thanks to Steve Phipps for the ticket.
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Europe : ca. 29 March - 26 April
Thursday, 29 March 1990 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arms Control Poseur / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / And Therein / U.S. 80's-90's
- "Kevin, change the lights, for fuck's sake. (...). Too hot!" (before "Telephone Thing")
- "I run right quick from Rolf Harris' act. And if I beat you, fuck you twat, you will die in (...)." (amended lyrics to "Bremen Nacht")
- "While the band are new charity act, Ich rausum macht das Bremen nacht. Don't take me up on your charity, Mack. And (...) for you, twat." (more amended lyrics to "Bremen Nacht")
- "Good night, we are The Fall. You're not getting any more. Good night." (after "And Therein")
- "The hippies are tops in the balconies. (...) is on acid. What the fuck is going on? Welcome to the 1990s. Send down fucking 19 year olds to the (...). What a fucking load of shit." (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "And a load of fucking weeds sat round on their asses throwing paper cups. Welcome to the 1990s. And as a prophet, I warn you, you will reek your doom! Welcome to the 1990s. Craig thought that was a bit strong. Hot shit!" (more amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- "Right! Get off, go on! Move it! Thank you. Good night. Thank you from the second class citizens of England." [drops microphone] (after "U.S. 80s-90s")
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Friday, 30 March 1990 Polsslag Festival, Belgium
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Butterflies for Brains / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
- "Good evening, we are The Fall and we are a Thule group, as in cool. Death of a sense of humour, and death of sense and all. We are The Fall." (during "Error Orrori")
- "(...). For ever and ever, dead beat descendant. For ever and ever and ever and ever and ever." (before "Deadbeat Descendant")
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Saturday, 31 March 1990 Expopalais Kelchterhoef, Houthalen, Belgium
Zagreb / Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Butterflies for Brains / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Douible Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
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Mark's copy of the 1990 German tour, consigned by his family to Omega Auctions in August 2022.
Sunday, 1 April 1990 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
Theme from Error-Errori / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Tuff Life Boogie / Hit the North / Hilary / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht / The Littlest Rebel / Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria / U.S. 80s-90s
- "Death of a sense of humour and death of sense. What can you do about this? Absolutely piss all. Good evening, we are The Fall." (during "Error Orrori")
Thanks to Swen for the ticket.
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Monday, 2 April 1990 Biskuithalle, Bonn, Germany
No tape exists?
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Thanks to Mark for the poster
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Tuesday, 3 April 1990 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
Arms Control Poseur / The Littlest Rebel / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Butterflies for Brains / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Tuff Life Boogie / Popcorn Double Feature / Bremen Nacht / U.S. 80s-90s / And Therein / Victoria / Mr. Pharmacist
Thanks to Henning for the ticket.
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Thursday, 5 April 1990 Modernes, Bremen, Germany
And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Butterflies for Brains / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Deadbeat Descendant / Popcorn Double Feature / Bremen Nacht / The Littlest Rebel / Tuff Life Boogie / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80's-90's
Thanks to Christoph Kepler for the ticket.
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Friday, 6 April 1990 PC 69, Bielefeld, Germany
No tape exists?
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Saturday, 7 April 1990 Dock's, Hamburg, Germany
No tape exists? Thanks to Gabi for the ticket
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Monday, 9 April 1990 Metropol, Berlin, Germany
Zagreb / And Therein / Carry Bag Man / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Tuff Life Boogie / Popcorn Double Feature / White Lightning / Bremen Nacht / Deadbeat Descendant / U.S. 80s-90s / Jerusalem
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Tuesday, 10 April 1990 Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
Zagreb / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / White Lightning / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Deadbeat Descendant / Popcorn Double Feature / Bremen Nacht / The Littlest Rebel / U.S. 80s-90s / Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria
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Wednesday, 11 April 1990 Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany
No tape exists?
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Thursday, 12 April 1990 Grande Salle de Vennes, Centre D’Animation De Grande-Vennes, Lausanne, Switzerland
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / I'm Frank / Sing! Harpy / Popcorn Double Feature / White Lightning / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / Tuff Life Boogie / Telephone Thing / Carry Bag Man / Dead Beat Descendant
Incomplete? Part of the fifth Dolce Vita festival and broadcast on the radio. Thanks to Dannyno for the Journal de Geneve preview.
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Saturday, 14 April 1990 Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
No tape exists? Juraj Siftar remembers that they started with The Littlest Rebel and Jerusalem. Thanks to Dannyno for the listing.
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Sunday, 15 April 1990 Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia
Presumably the gig immortalized on CD by Cog Sinister/ Voiceprint, in which case the tracks were:
Zagreb / And Therein / Carry Bag Man / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Deadbeat Descendant / Popcorn Double Feature
- "Good evening, we are The Fall, from the island of Thule. Glittering beach... glittering beach. That's a cue." (during "Zagreb")
- "Hello, Man City F.C.!" (amended lyrics to "I'm Frank")
- "Right, pretty fast, eh? Pretty fast, this one, yeah?" (before "Hilary")
- "Faster, faster!" (during "Hit the North")
- "OK, solo!" (during "Bill Is Dead")
- "Hang on! Hang on a minute! (...)" (before "Deadbeat Descendant")
Also played White Lightning. Juraj Siftar says the Zagreb CD mentioned above wasn't this gig...
Many thanks to Igor for the ticket.
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Monday, 16 April 1990 SKC, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
No tape exists? well, one does anyway -- it's on the cover of The Twenty-Seven Points.
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Tuesday, 17 April 1990 Prague
Date according to Simon Wolstencroft's book. No tape exists?
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Wednesday, 18 April 1990 Arena, Vienna, Austria
Zagreb / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / Telephone Thing / Deadbeat Descendant / Bill IsDead / Black Monk Theme (?) / White Lightning / Hilary (?) / Tuff Life Booogie / Mr. Pharmacist / U.S. 80s 90s // Popcorn Double Feature
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Thursday, 19 April 1990 Utopia, Innsbruck, Austria
No tape exists? Thanks to Thaigar for the ticket.
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Friday, 20 April 1990 Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim , Germany
No tape exists? Thanks to Dannyno for the ticket.
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Saturday, 21 April 1990 Pavillon, Hannover, Germany
Zagreb / And Therein / Carry Bag Man / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Deadbeat Descendant / White Lightning / Popcorn Double Feature / Bremen Nacht // The Littlest Rebel / U.S. 80s-90s // Mr. Pharmacist / Victoria
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Monday, 23 April 1990 Provisorium, Karlsruhe, Germany
Date according to the tour schedule above. No tape exists?
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Tuesday, 24 April 1990 Garage, Saarbrücken, Germany
Date according to the tour schedule above. No tape exists?
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Thursday, 26 April 1990 Montmartre Elysee, Paris, France
Theme from Error-Errori / The Littlest Rebel / Carry Bag Man / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / And Therein / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Deadbeat Descendent / Popcorn Double Feature / White Lightning / U.S. 80s-90s / Jerusalem / Tuff Life Booogie / Mr. Pharmacist
Many thanks to Stephane for the ticket.
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Monday, 14 May 1990 Hull University
Theme from Error-Errori / And Therein / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Chicago Now / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature/ Deadbeat Descendant / The Littlest Rebel / Bremen Nacht / Carry Bag Man / Mr. Pharmacist / Tuff Life Boogie / U.S. 80s-90s
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Friday, 18 May 1990 New Ritz, New York City, New York
Zagreb / And Therein / Carry Bag Man / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Wrong Place, Right Time / Telephone Thing / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Jerusalem / Victoria / U.S. 80's-90's / Tuff Life Boogie / Mr. Pharmacist
- "(...). Can I have a better microphone?" (before "British People in Hot Weather")
- "It was the Government's fault. And it was like... it was like... it was like waiting for the break to end." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
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Monday, 21 May 1990 Park Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Zagreb / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / Big New Prinz / Telephone Thing / The Littlest Rebel / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / White Lightning / Black Monk Theme / Popcorn Double Feature/ British People in Hot Weather / And Therein / L.A. / I'm Frank / Deadbeat Descendant / U.S. 80s-90s / Hilary / Tuff Life Boogie
Thanks to Brian Trudell for the ticket and to Simon Wolstencroft for the publicity photo taken in West Hollywood.
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Australia / New Zealand / Japan : ca. 20 June - 25 July
Wednesday, June 20 1990 Charles Hotel, Perth, Australia
Supported by Kim Salmon and the Surrealists. Setlist and photos to be added soon, I hope.
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Friday, 22 June 1990 East's Rugby Club, Brisbane, Australia
No tape exists? Many thanks to Mark Fagan for the flyer and to David Holliday for these photos.
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Saturday, 23 June 1990 Livid Festival, Harold Park Raceway, Sydney, Australia
Arms Control Poseur / Big New Prinz / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / Wrong Place, Right Time / Telephone Thing / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / White Lightning / Bremen Nacht / Extricate (tape) / Hilary / U.S. 80's-90's (with Secession Man lyrics!)
Thanks to Rick Parker for the advert and ticket.
- "Good evening, we are the Fall. Bracket, pause!" (during "Arms Control Poseur")
- "I was looking for gemstones. It was like a recurring dream of the kerbstone." (amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
- "And I could not understand why, and I could not accept the fact I'd accepted the contract. That's another lyric - wrong song. I was purple. I was violet. I was unfathomable. Undirect." (more amended lyrics to "Jerusalem")
- "Er, there's a lot of water on the stage coming through so we're just gonna go off for a bit. A bit dangerous, y'know. See you in a minute. Get off, lads. It's a great tent this, innit?" (before "Wrong Place, Right Time")
- "It's empty!" (before "Hit the North")
- "The cops are tops, Brisbane-like." (amended lyrics to "U.S. 80s-90s")
- Compere: "Hello! I hate to have to tell you this but unfortunately the police have told us that's it. Sorry about that. Thank you very much for coming. Hope you enjoyed yourselves. Good night!" (after "U.S. 80s-90s")
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Sunday, 24 June 1990 ANU Refectory, Canberra, Australia
Theme from Error-Errori / Big New Prinz / I'm Frank / Sing! Harpy / Wrong Place Right Time / Telephone Thing / Hit the North / Petty Thief Lout / Deadbeat Descendant / Black Monk Theme / Bill Is Dead / British People in Hot Weather / White Lightning / Bremen Nacht / Hilary / Victoria / Mr. Pharmacist
ANU: Australian National University
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Wednesday, 27 June 1990 Old Lion Hotel, North Adelaide, Australia
Theme from Error-Errori / Arms Control Poseur / Big New Prinz / Sing Harpy / I Am Curious Oranj / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hit the North / Petty Thief Lout / Deadbeat Descendant / Black Monk Theme / Carry Bag Man / And Therein / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht (tape cuts after a few seconds)
No tape exists? An almost-complete tape of the show surfaced in August 2019.
Supported by the Garden Path.
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Friday, 29 June 1990 Old Greek Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Zagreb / And Therein / Carry Bag Man / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Wrong Place, Right Time / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / Deadbeat Descendant / Black Monk Theme / Big New Prinz / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht // Jerusalem / Mr. Pharmacist // White Lightning
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Saturday, 30 June 1990 Old Greek Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
No tape exists?
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Thursday, 5 July 1990 Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Zagreb / And Therein / Big New Prinz / Sing! Harpy / Wrong Place, Right Time / I'm Frank / Telephone Thing / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Dead Beat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Bremen Nacht // Tuff Life Boogie / U.S. 80's-90's // Hilary / Carry Bag Man
Thenks to Parlane for the poster.
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Thanks to Rick Parker for the New South Wales listings.
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Tuesday, 10 July 1990 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, Australia
No tape exists?
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Wednesday, 11 July 1990 Promises, Sylvania Hotel, Sydney, Australia
No tape exists?
Nick: "They did a show at a weird venue in the suburbs in Sydney, at Promises in Sylvania, and the show was interrupted halfway through because the power at the venue cut out when they started playing too loud (disturbing the locals). Not surprisingly Smith did the rest of the show with back to (modest) audience."
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Friday, 13 July 13 1990 The Venue, Dee Why Hotel, Sydney, Australia
No tape exists?
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Saturday, 14 July 1990 Selina's, Coogie Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Zagreb / Tuff Life Boogie / Jerusalem / Sing! Harpy / I'm Frank / Life Just Bounces / Deadbeat Descendant / Bill Is Dead / Black Monk Theme / Telephone Thing / Hit the North / White Lightning / British People in Hot Weather / L.A. / Wrong Place, Right Time / Popcorn Double Feature / U.S. 80's-90's / Carry Bag Man
Martin and Marcia sacked after the gig.
- "I said 'I'm going straight for the car and if you wanna come, let's go'. And I don't like this speed part any more." (amended lyrics at "British People in Hot Weather")
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23 July 1990 - June 1991 : lineup # 26 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Craig Scanlon (guitar), Steve Hanley (bass), Simon Wolstencroft (drums), Kenny Brady (violin, keyboards). Note: roadie Kevin Riddles (of NWOHM bands Angel Witch and Tytan) played keys at a few gigs following Marcia's departure.
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Monday, 23 July 1990 Kudan-Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
No tape exists? Many thanks to Sumarai for the poster and ticket.
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Tuesday, 24 July 1990 Muse Hall, Kyoto, Japan
No tape exists?
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Wednesday, 25 July 1990 Boomin Hall, Osaka, Japan
No tape exists?
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13 August : "White Lightning / Blood Outta Stone" single & "The Dredger EP" released
Sunday, 26 August 1990 Reading Festival
You Haven't Found It Yet (instr.) / Arms Control Poseur / Blood Outta Stone / Black Monk Theme / Hilary / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Wrong Place, Right Time / Big New Prinz / Zagreb / Life Just Bounces / Bombast / White Lightning / British People in Hot Weather / Jerusalem
With Kevin Riddles (of NWOBHM bands Angel Witch and Tytan) on keyboards. There's some "High Tension Line" lyrics in "Jerusalem".
- "We are The Fall, from the neighbourhood of infinity." (during "Arms Control Poseur")
- Someone: "Well done lads, that was great!" (between "Zagreb" and "Life Just Bounces")
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Friday, 5 October 1990 Rodon Club, Athens, Greece
No tape exists? Thanks to Tony for the ticket.
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Saturday, 6 October 1990 Pedio Areos, Athens, Greece
Arms Control Poseur / Tuff Life Boogie / Blood Outta Stone / I'm Frank / Black Monk Theme / Hit the North / Bill Is Dead / Big New Prinz / Wrong Place, Right Time / Life Just Bounces / Mr. Pharmacist / Bombast / White Lightning / Jerusalem / Hit the North / Hilary / Victoria
Jerusalem includes a bit of High Tension Line.
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Tuesday, 9 October 1990 The Roxanne, Tel Aviv, Israel
No tape exists? At least some of it appears on The 27 Points. Thanks to Karny Ben-Yehuda for the ticket.
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Friday, 26 October 1990 Waterfront, Norwich
Arms Control Poseur / And Therein / Blood Outta Stone / High Tension Line / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / Wrong Place, Right Time / Big New Prinz / Popcorn Double Feature / Don't Take the Pizza / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / White Lightning / Life Just Bounces / I'm Frank / U.S. 80's-90's / Deadbeat Descendant
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Friday, 9 November 1990 Teatre de l'Aiiança, Barcelona, Spain
No tape exists? Dave Bush's first Fall gig, working backline. Thanks to Carlos Valencia for the ticket..
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December 1990 : "458498 A Sides" & "458489 B Sides" LPs & "High Tension Line / Xmas with Simon" single released
Thanks to Mark Brown for the review.
UK : ca. 1 - 15 December
Thanks to Mark for the poster
Saturday, 1 December 1990 Leicester Polytechnic
Thanks to Spencer for the ticket.
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Sunday, 2 December 1990 Nottingham Polytechnic
Idiot Jot Showland / Blood Outta Stone / The Littlest Rebel / High Tension Line / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / Big New Prinz / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / Mr. Pharmacist / Zagreb / And Therein / Life Just Bounces / White Lightning / Arms Control Poseur (instr.) / I'm Frank / U.S. 80's-90's / Deadbeat Descendant
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Monday, 3 December 1990 Fridge, Brixton, London
Idiot Joy Showland / Blood Outta Stone / The Littlest Rebel / High Tension Line / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / Big New Prinz / Black Monk Time / British People in Hot Weather / Mr. Pharmacist / Zagreb / And Therein / Life Just Bounces / White Lightning / Arms Control Poseur / Wrong Place, Right Time / Don't Take the Pizza / I'm Frank / US 80s-90s
Thanks to Paul (Jeggo) for the ticket.
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Tuesday, 4 December 1990 Reading Universtiy
No tape exists?
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Thursday, 6 December 1990 Network, Edinburgh
And Therein / The Littlest Rebel / Arms Control Poseur / Bill Is Dead / Idiot Joy Showland / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Mr. Pharmacist / Zagreb / High Tension Line / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / White Lightning / Pittsville Direkt / Big New Prinz / Blood Outta Stone / Deadbeat Descendant / I'm Frank
Thanks to Grant for the ticket.
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Friday, 7 December 1990 Strathclyde University, Glasgow
And Therein / The Littlest Rebel / Arms Control Poseur / Bill Is Dead / Idiot Joy Showland / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Mr. Pharmacist / Zagreb / High Tension Line / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / White Lightning / Pittsville Direkt / Big New Prinz / Blood Outta Stone / Dead Beat Descendant / I'm Frank
Thanks to Brian for the poster and Declan for the setlist and Michael for the ticket.
mjpd1967 on the Celtic Minded forum via Brian O'Sullivan:
Stumbled upon these on a Fall website I go on, from the gig at Level 8, Strathclyde Uni, in December 1990. The Fall were over an hour late on stage as, arriving in a cunt of a mood, MES had demolished an entire bottle of Glenmorangie and numerous bottles of Pils, plus whatever else he was on, before the soundcheck finished. The band went back to their hotel, the one next to Queen Street Station, whatever it was called then, and Smith passed out. Come time for departure to the show he couldn't be roused. The hotel called an out-of-hours doctor who gave him a shot of something to wake him up. Looking back, it's impressive he made it to 60.
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Saturday, 8 December 1990 Great Hall, Bradford University
And Therein / Mr. Pharmacist / Arms Control Poseur / Bill Is Dead / Idiot Joy Showland / Wrong Place, Right Time / Hit the North / Zagreb / High Tension Line / Black Monk Theme / British People in Hot Weather / Don't Take the Pizza / Life Just Bounces / Pittsville Direkt / Deadbeat Descendent
Thanks to David Humphries for the ticket. Rob Prior confirms that the gig took place in the Great Hall, not the Communal Building.
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Monday, 10 December 1990 St. David's Hall, Cardiff
Arms Control Poseur / And Therein / Idiot Joy Showland / Black Monk Theme /
High Tension Line / Don't Take the Pizza / Mr. Pharmacist / Bill Is Dead /
Hit the North / Big New Prinz / Dead Beat Descendant / British People in Hot
Weather / Pitzville Direct / Life Just Bounces / Zagreb / White Lightning /
I'm Frank/ Blood Outta Stone
Kenny Brady plays "The Birdie Song" on his fiddle before "British People in Hot Weather". Craig starts playing "Pittsville Direkt" before "British People in Hot Weather" but there's obviously a change
of plan)
- "Graham, can you get it flatter outside, please?" (before "And Therein")
- "(...) had that guy jump up on the stage." (before "British People in Hot Weather")
Thanks to William for the poster.
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Tuesday, 11 December 1990 Ritz, Manchester
Arms Control Poseur / And Therein / Idiot Joy Showland / Black Monk Theme / High Tension Line / Don't Take the Pizza / Mr. Pharmacist / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / Blood Outta Stone / Deadbeat Descendant / British People in Hot Weather / Pittsville Direkt / Life Just Bounces / I'm Frank / Big New Prinz / Zagreb / Wrong Place, Right Time
Thanks to Ashley Haynes for the ticket.
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Wednesday, 12 December 1990 Birmingham Institute
Arms Control Poseur / And Therein / Idiot Joy Showland / Big New Prinz / High Tension Line / Prague '91 > Mr. Pharmacist / Bill Is Dead / Hit the North / Blood Outta Stone / Don't Take the Pizza / British People in Hot Weather / Deadbeat Descendent / Pittsville Direkt / Life Just Bounces / White Lightning / Zagreb / Black Monk Theme
Thanks to David Humphries for the ticket.
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Friday, 14 December 1990 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Arms Control Poseur / And Therein / Idiot Joy Showland
First three songs recorded by Charles before his machine died. No complete tape exists?
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Saturday, 15 December 1990 Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston
No tape exists? Darren: "For what it's worth, this was a pummelling set performed to a half-full hall – a massive improvement on the lacklustre effort at Preston Guildhall earlier that year. The only songs I can remember them doing are Arms Control Poseur (a heavy, grinding version) and Victoria.
Peter: "We travelled to this one from Liverpool with dreadful hangovers after a good party to find a deserted town as we turned up on the wrong night. i.e. 16th December, Sunday night – which may be why it was half-full! I'm sure it was advertised as the 16th or may be just stupid."
The December tour poster posted above suggests that Sheffield was planned for this date, so perhaps there was a late switch to Preston. If anyone knows the story, please write in.
(NME January 20, 1990 - thanks to Greg Cotmore)
Thanks to David for the ticket. 
No tape exists? Thanks to Gabi for the ticket 
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Sunday, 26 August 1990 Reading Festival
Thanks to Mark for the poster 
Thanks to Spencer for the ticket. 
