The Bunnymen Concert Log: 1988


	The Bunnymen Concert Log A comprehensive, annotated listing of concert dates, venues and set lists for Echo and the Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch and Electrafixion. 1978/1979/1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 (January-August) 1984 (September-December) 1985 1986 1987 (January-August) 1987 (September-December) 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992/1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 (January-August) 1999 (September-December)/2000 2001 (January-August) 2001 (September-December) 2002 2003 2004 2005 (January-August) 2005 (September-December) 2006 1988 January 7th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Birmingham, England; NEC Arena Over the Wall Heaven up Here The Back of Love Bombers Bay My Kingdom All I Want Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Ocean Rain New Direction Lips Like Sugar Over Your Shoulder Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Paint It Black NOTES: The Primitives served as the supporting act. January 8th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Manchester, England; Free Trade Hall Over the Wall Heaven up Here The Back of Love Bombers Bay With a Hip All I Want Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Ocean Rain Over Your Shoulder Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout January 9th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Manchester, England; Free Trade Hall Rescue Heaven up Here With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Cutter Show of Strength Silver New Direction Lips Like Sugar Over Your Shoulder Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Paint It Black January 11th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Liverpool, England; Empire Theatre Rescue Heaven up Here With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Cutter Show of Strength New Direction Lips Like Sugar Over Your Shoulder Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean All That Jazz Twist and Shout NOTES: This concert was recorded by BBC Radio 1 and released in 1991 on cd (Windsong WINCD 006). Of the last seven songs, only "Lips Like Sugar" and "Thorn of Crowns" made it to the cd. January 12th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Bradford, England; St. George's Hall Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter Show of Strength New Direction Lips Like Sugar Over Your Shoulder Thorn of Crowns Over the Wall Do It Clean Ocean Rain Paint It Black January 13th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Newcastle, England; City Hall Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter Show of Strength New Direction Lips Like Sugar Over Your Shoulder Thorn of Crowns Over the Wall Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout January 15th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Edinburgh, Scotland; Playhouse Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter With a Hip Show of Strength New Direction Lips Like Sugar Over Your Shoulder Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout All That Jazz Ocean Rain January 16th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Glasgow, Scotland; Barrowland Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter With a Hip Heads Will Roll Show of Strength New Direction Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout Over the Wall Paint It Black All That Jazz Ocean Rain January 18th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Belfast, Northern Ireland; Kings Hall Heaven up Here With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo Show of Strength Lips Like Sugar January 28th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Oxford [near Cincinnati], Ohio, United States; Millet Hall, Miami University NOTES: Leather Nun opened. "Ian kept asking where the sorority houses were." -report of a fan who was there January 29th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States; Hill Auditorium February 2nd, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Wang Center Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Lips Like Sugar Villiers Terrace Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout Over the Wall Paint It Black February 4th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen New York, New York, United States; Radio City Music Hall Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Show of Strength Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout February 5th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen New York, New York, United States; Roseland Ballroom All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll New Direction Villiers Terrace Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Over the Wall Paint It Black NOTES: "I hated Roseland." - Ian McCulloch, to interviewer Jack Rabid, THE BIG TAKEOVER, #28 (1990) February 9th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Burlington, Vermont, United States; Flynn Theatre NOTES: “What I'll always remember (my first concert -- I was 17) was them opening with ‘Going Up’; they played ‘Soul Kitchen’ and encored with ‘Do It Clean’. It was a freezing night and the band was not in good spirits after the show. [They were] at a bar … huddled around a table, drinking -- not speaking to anyone.” – email to The Bunnymen Concert Log February 10th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States; Rutgers University Going Up Rescue With a Hip Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Soul Kitchen New Direction Heads Will Roll Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout February 11th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Tower Theatre Going Up Rescue With a Hip Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Villiers Terrace Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Twist and Shout February 13th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Richmond, Virginia, United States; Mosque Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Villiers Terrace Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Paint It Black Ocean Rain Twist and Shout February 20th [22nd?], 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Durham, North Carolina, United States; Duke University Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Never Stop Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Over the Wall Twist and Shout/La Bamba Ocean Rain March 6th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Evanston, Illinois, United States; McCaw Hall Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Villiers Terrace Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Never Stop Twist and Shout Ocean Rain Paint It Black NOTES: The Screaming Blue Messiahs served as the supporting act on this American tour. Many of the dates and venues listed here for March 6th/April 3rd come from their 'gigs' page. March 7th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Iowa City, Iowa, United States; Hancher Auditorium March 8th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Madison, Wisconsin, United States; Civic Center Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Ocean Rain Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean March 10th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Kansas City, Kansas, United States; Memorial Hall March 11th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen St Louis, Missouri, United States; Fox Theater March 13th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Atlanta, Georgia, United States; Fox Theater March 14th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Pensacola, Florida, United States; Municipal Auditorium March 15th [17th?], 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; McAlister Auditorium Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want The Back of Love Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Villiers Terrace Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Do It Clean Paint It Black Never Stop Twist and Shout NOTES: Steve Doughty's Recordings list (which I have generally followed) gives this date as March 17th. The Screaming Blue Messiahs website lists an Austin, Texas venue called The Backroom for March 17th, but according to a long-time Bunnymen fan who lives in Austin, they did not play the city in 1988. March 19th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Dallas, Texas, United States; Bronco Bowl March 21st, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Tucson, Arizona, United States; Convention Center March 22nd, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; Artemus W Ham Concert Hall March 24th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Mesa, Arizona, United States; Mesa Amphitheater March 25th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen San Diego, California, United States; Open Air Theater March 26th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen San Diego, California, United States; Open Air Theater March 28th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Portland, Oregon, United States; Starry Night Going Up Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want My Kingdom Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Never Stop Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Over the Wall Twist and Shout Do It Clean Paint It Black NOTES: Starry Night was later renamed The Roseland. March 29th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Seattle, Washington, United States; Paramount Theater March 30th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Queen Elizabeth Centre April 1st, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen San Francisco, California, United States; Civic Center Auditorium April 2nd, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Los Angeles, California, United States; Universal Amphitheatre Never Stop Rescue Heaven up Here Bombers Bay All I Want My Kingdom Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Do It Clean People Are Strange NOTES: Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek joined the band for "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo", "Soul Kitchen" and "People Are Strange". April 3rd, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Los Angeles, California, United States; Universal Amphitheatre April 20th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Tokyo, Japan; Nakano Sun Plaza Hall Going Up Rescue With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want My Kingdom Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Ocean Rain Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns Over the Wall Twist and Shout Do It Clean Never Stop Paint It Black April 21st, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Tokyo, Japan; Nakano Sun Plaza Hall Going Up Rescue With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want My Kingdom Crocodiles All My Colours (Zimbo) Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll New Direction Ocean Rain Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns (Blues Jam) Do It Clean Never Stop Sweet Jane Over the Wall Twist and Shout April 25th, 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen Fukuoka, Japan; Shimin Kaikan Hall Going Up Rescue With a Hip Bombers Bay All I Want My Kingdom Crocodiles Seven Seas Bedbugs and Ballyhoo The Killing Moon The Cutter All That Jazz Heads Will Roll Soul Kitchen New Direction Ocean Rain Lips Like Sugar Thorn of Crowns/The End (Blues Jam) Do It Clean Never Stop Sweet Jane NOTES: "I left them after the last gig on that tour. Which as far as the press knew, I left in October, but I actually left it April the 26th of '88 …. We ended in Japan, and it was such a fantastic gig that night, and I knew my dad was really ill, and I'd already made up me mind." - Ian McCulloch, interview with Jack Rabid; October, 1989 1978/1979/1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 (January-August) 1984 (September-December) 1985 1986 1987 (January-August) 1987 (September-December) 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992/1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 (January-August) 1999 (September-December)/2000 2001 (January-August) 2001 (September-December) 2002 2003 2004 2005 (January-August) 2005 (September-December) 2006 Corrections, additions and amendments warmly received and greatly appreciated: Kristin F. Smith blinfool@wyomail.com I took as my starting point Steve Doughty's excellent and comprehensive Bunnymen Recordings site, and have filled in gaps using the Seven Seas Archive (which went back to January 1st, 1999 at the time I copied it all into text files), as well as the various other web pages and articles cited in my listings. This is still very much a work in progress. I have received a good deal of help from members of the Seven Seas and Bunnymen.com communities -- thank you all! 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