gigography 1998 updated 3 August 2005
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Tuesday, 3 February 1998 John Peel Session #21 (broadcast Tuesday, 3 March)
Calendar / Touch Sensitive / Masquerade / Jungle Rock
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Steve Hanley - bass; Julia Nagle - keyboards, guitar; Karl Burns - drums; John Rolleson - backing vocals. Produced by Mike Robinson.
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9 February : "Masquerade" singles released
March : "Smile... It's the Best of" album released
USA : 30 March - April 8
Monday, 30 March 1998 Coney Island High, New York City, New York
Spencer Must Die / 10 Houses of Eve / Hip Priest / Masquerade / Ivanhoe's Two Pence / Scareball / Calendar / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Free Range / I'm a Mummy / 4 1/2 Inch / Ol' Gang / Powderkeg / Behind the Counter / Oleano
First (and only) live performance of Ivanhoe's Two Pence; first performances of Scareball and Calendar. Some photos here. Reviews here and here.
Dee Pop's US tour diary as posted to Fallnet (scroll down a bit). Dee Pop was the drummer for support band the Bush Tetras.
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Tuesday, 31 March 1998 Coney Island High, New York City, New York
Spencer Must Die / Masquerade / Levitate / Hip Priest / 10 Houses of Eve / Oleano / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Pearl City / The Chiselers / I'm a Mummy / Calendar / Jungle Rock / He Pep / Behind the Counter
Some photos. Reviews on the Fall news here (scroll down).
- "They forgot to turn the fucking microphone on..." (during Spencer Must Die, opening song)
- "I'll be back soon, get a job as a stage hand." (at end of performance)
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Thursday, 2 April 1998 Loop Lounge, Passaic Park, New Jersey
Spencer Must Die (instr.) / Masquerade / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Hip Priest / 10 Houses of Eve / Levitate (instr.) / Calendar (instr.) / Calendar (instr.) / Oleano (instr.) / Behind the Counter (instr.) / He Pep / I'm a Mummy (instr.)
Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Friday, 3 April 1998 Middle East, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spencer Must Die / He Pep / Hurricane Edward / Free Range / Levitate / Scareball / Hip Priest / Touch Sensitive / Everybody But Myself / Calendar / Jungle Rock / Powderkeg / Pearl City / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul
Some photos here. First live Touch Sensitive. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
- Audience member: "Where's Craig?" MES [indignantly]: "Where's Craig? Where's Craig? I'm here... in my other persona."
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Saturday, 4 April 1998 Trocadero, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spencer Must Die (inst.) / He Pep (instr.) / Free Range / Hip Priest / 10 Houses Of Eve (instr.) / Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul / Levitate / Pearl City / Calendar / I'm A Mummy / Jungle Rock (instr.) / Everybody But Myself / Cheetham Hill (Mark and Julia only after rest walk off in disgust)
Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down), more here.
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Sunday, 5 April 1998 Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
Spencer Must Die / Masquerade / Levitate / Hip Priest / 10 Houses of Eve / Oleano / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Pearl City / The Chiselers / I'm a Mummy / Calendar / Jungle Rock
Julia walks off after Levitate. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Monday, 7 April 1998 Brownies, New York City, New York
Spencer Must Die / Masquerade / Pearl City / Everybody But Myself / Hip Priest / Free Range / Levitate (instr.) / Lie Dream of a Casino Soul / Behind the Counter / He Pep / Powderkeg (Mark and Julia only after Steve, Karl and Tommy walk off)
Last Fall gig for Steve Hanley, Karl Burns and Tommy Crooks. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
- "And these three are gonna beat me up like the big men they are." (start of Masquerade)..
Crooks : "Anybody got a spare fucking guitar in the audience, I've broken me fucking strings...")
- "What we got here is a Scottish man, a fucking animal on drums, and a fucking idiot." (MES)
(Burns - "yeah, no singer, man. Where's the fucking singer ? You cock")
- "I've been assaulted in public here by two people, or three people, you've been witness to this. Bear witness laddies. They're very big....I tell you what, these three...I got a taxi and some fucker pulled a gun out on me, from fucking Pakistan or someone." (MES) (Hanley mimes a violin and adds appropriate woe is me noises)
- "Look, the very thing...these three were cowering in the fucking dressing room....as...usual......" - (MES) (throws mic onto stage) (band goes into tune-up racket)
(picks mic up) "They don't work for (the team ?)... They're very hard....all together." (MES) (walks off) (all end of Free Range)
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Tuesday, 8 April 1998 Brownies, New York City, New York - cancelled
Gig cancelled due to Mark's arrest at around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, at the band's hotel in Gramercy Park. He was held in jail until Friday due to mixup with the forms and the posting of the $1000 bail, and appeared in court on 3rd degree assault and harrassment charges on Monday, 14 April. He was ordered to undergo an alcohol treatment program and anger management counselling.
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April 1998 : lineup # 36 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Julia Nagle (guitar, keyboards), Kate Themen (drums).
Monday, 27 April 1998 Dingwalls, London
Scareball / He Pep / Hip Priest / Masquerade / 10 Houses of Eve / Ol' Gang / Calendar / Levitate / Powderkeg / Everybody but Myself / Touch Sensitive / Jungle Rock / Free Range (tape) / Industrial Estate (radically reworked) / Jap Kid (tape)
Michael Clarke made an appearance as well. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Tuesday, 28 April 1998 Dingwalls, London
intro tape: Everybody but Myself / Everybody but Myself / Scareball / He Pep / Oleano / Hip Priest / Masquerade / 10 Houses of Eve / Ol' Gang / Pearl City / Levitate / Powderkeg / Touch Sensitive / Free Range (tape) / Jungle Rock / Industrial Estate / Jap Kid (tape) / Cheetham Hill
Thanks to Craig Parker for the ticket. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Thursday, 30 April 1998 Alleycat, Reading
Everybody but Myself / Scareball / He Pep / Hip Priest / Masquerade / 10 Houses of Eve / Ol' Gang / Pearl City / Levitate / Powderkeg / Jungle Rock / Touch Sensitive / Cheetham Hill / Industrial Estate
Terrific photos by Gez Wood, including three of Fallnetter Stuart Estell playing guitar on Industrial Estate. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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4 May : "Live to Air in Melbourne 1982" album released
June : "Northern Attitude" album released August - October 1998 : lineup # 37 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Julia Nagle (guitar, keyboards), Karen Leatham (bass), Tom Head (drums).
Tuesday, 11 August 1998 Students Union, Manchester University
 Thanks to Spen for the ticket
Ol' Gang / Calendar / Touch Sensitive / Spencer Must Die / Scareball / The Joke (instr.) / The Joke / Masquerade (aborted after a few seconds) / 10 Houses of Eve / Levitate / He Pep / F-'Oldin' Money / Powderkeg / Free Range / This Perfect Day
F-'Oldin' Money was an old rockabilly song by Tommy Blake and This Perfect Day was a 1978 single by the brilliant Australian band, the Saints. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Wednesday, 12 August 1998 Astoria 2, London
Ol' Gang / Calendar / Touch Sensitive / Spencer Must Die / Scareball / The Joke / 10 Houses of Eve / Levitate / He Pep / F-'Oldin' Money / Powderkeg / Plug Myself In / This Perfect Day
Thanks to Graeme for the ticket. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down for Fallnet reviews; NME review is at the top).
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September 1998 : "The Post Nearly Man" & "Live Various Years" albums released
Sunday, 18 October 1998 John Peel Session #22 (broadcast Wednesday, 4 November)
Bound Soul One / Antidotes / Shake-Off / This Perfect Day
Mark E. Smith - vocals; Julia Nagle - keyboards, guitar; Neville Wilding - guitar; Karen Leatham - bass, keyboards; Tom Head - drums; Speth Hughes - special effects. Produced by Mike Robinson.
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Wednesday, 21 October 1998 St. Bernadette's Catholic Social Club, Whitefield
Ol' Gang / Calendar / Touch Sensitive / Spencer Must Die / Scareball / The Joke / 10 Houses of Eve / Levitate / He Pep / F-'Oldin' Money / Powderkeg / Mr. Pharmacist / This Perfect Day
Three photos by Gez Wood. Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down.)
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Thursday, 22 October 1998 St. Bernadette's Catholic Social Club, Whitefield
Surmount All Obstacles / Everybody But Myself (instr.) / Antidotes / Calendar / He Pep / Touch Sensitive / Spencer Must Die / The Joke / This Perfect Day / Levitate / 10 Houses of Eve / Hurricane Edward / Ol' Gang (x2) / F-'Oldin' Money / Bound Soul One / Scareball / Masquerade / Mr Pharmacist
Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down.)
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November 1988 : "Nottingham '92" album released 14 December 1998 : lineup # 38 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Julia Nagle (guitar, keyboards), Neville Wilding (guitar), Karen Leatham (bass), Tom Head (drums).
Monday, 14 December 1998 Fleece and Firkin, Bristol
Antidotes / 10 Houses of Eve / He Pep / Touch Sensitive / Spencer Must Die / Shake-Off / Levitate / Calendar / Antidotes (again) / F-'Oldin' Money / Bound Soul One / F-'Oldin' Money (again) / This Perfect Day / Touch Sensitive / Scareball / The Joke
Reviews on the Fall news.
- "Hit me, this next song is called 'This Perfect Day', it's new year and it's in honour of all the fucking licence fees you pay over and over again... And when the band remember...."
- "Now as a homage to sadness groups a special christmas concert for miserable groups who play slow. I, I've brought these people with me and they're doing very well. Now you can have The Joke like now, 1-2-3-4..."
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December 1998 : lineup # 39 : Mark E. Smith (vocals), Julia Nagle (guitar, keyboards), Neville Wilding (guitar), Karen Leatham (bass), Adam Halal (bass), Tom Head (drums).
Wednesday, 16 December 1998 Astoria 2, London
Touch Sensitive / This Perfect Day / Bound Soul One / Shake-Off / F-'Oldin' Money / Antidotes / 10 Houses of Eve / Calendar / Spencer Must Die (instr.) / Mr. Pharmacist / Ol' Gang // The Joke / Powderkeg / F-'Oldin' Money (again) // Antidotes (again)
Reviews on the Fall news (scroll down).
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Tuesday, 29 December 1998 Ritz Ballroom, Manchester
Calendar / Ol' Gang / Spencer Must Die / Touch Sensitive / Antidotes / This Perfect Day / Bound Soul One / Antidotes (again) / F-'Oldin' Money / Powderkeg / Shake Off / The Joke / Mr. Pharmacist
Marc Riley and Craig Scanlon in the audience. Reviews on the Fall news.
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