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Portsmouth, UK
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04/25/1969
Fleetwood Mac
CommentOpened for B.B. King.
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06/15/1969
Pink Floyd
Set 1The Man, The Journey
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06/22/1976
Electric Light Orchestra
Set 1Poker
Nightrider
On the Third Day
Showdown
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Poor Boy (Tthe Greenwood)
Illusions in G Minor
Strange Magic
10538 Overture-do Ya
Evil Woman.
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10/17/1977
Barclay James Harvest
Set 101_Child of the Universe
02_Rock 'n' Roll Star
03_Poor Man's Moody Blues
04_Mocking Bird
05_Hard Hearted Woman
06_Medicine Man
07_Taking Me Higher
08_Suicide?
09_Crazy City
10_Jonathan

Encore:

11_Polk Street Rag

Encore 2:

12_Hymn
Set 2
Set 3
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11/10/1981
Bauhaus
Set 1The Passion Of Lovers
In The Flat Field
Silent Hedges
In Fear Of Fear
Terror Couple Kill Colonel
Man With The X-Ray Eyes (Slow Version)
Dancing
Mask
Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores
Hair Of The Dog
A God In An Alcove
Hollow Hills
Stigmata Martyr
Dark Entries
CommentMask U.K. Tour from 22nd October to 10th November.
Just 16 concerts (16/16).

Available sources: aud recording.
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05/06/1984
The Cure
Set 1Shake dog shake
Play for today
Wailing wall
M
Primary
Dressing up
Charlotte sometimes
Piggy in the mirror
The empty world
The hanging garden
The walk
Bananafishbones
One hundred years
Give me it
A forest
The top

Encore 1:
Happy the man
The caterpillar

Encore 2:
10.15 saturday night
Killing an arab
Forever
Set 2Soundcheck:
Bananafishbones
Birdmad girl
Shake dog shake
A forest
Shake dog shake
CommentLine-up: Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Laurence Tolhurst, Phil Thornalley, Clifford "Andy" Anderson.
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09/08/1987
Gary Numan
Set 1Full Show
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04/02/1988
The Mission
Set 1Beyond The Pale
And The Dance Goes On
Like A Hurricane
Child's Play
Serpents Kiss
Garden Of Delight
Tower Of Strength
The Crystal Ocean
Dream On
Sacrilege
Wasteland
1969
Kingdom Come
Blood Brother
Stay With Me
Shelter From The Storm
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12/11/1993
Radiohead
Set 1
1 The Bends
2 Prove Yourself
3 You
4 (Nice Dream)
5 Vegetable
6 Creep
7 Ripcord
8 Banana Co.
9 Faithless, The Wonder Boy
10 Pop Is Dead
11 Anyone Can Play Guitar
12 Stop Whispering
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05/23/1995
The Cranberries
Set 1Pretty
Twenty One
Sunday
How
Linger
Dreaming My Dreams
Wanted
Daffodil Lament
I Can't Be With You
I Just Shot John Lennon
Ode To My Family
Forever Yellow Skies
Not Sorry
Still Can't...
Free To Decide
Waltzing Back
Ridiculous Thoughts
Zombie
War child
Empty
Joe
Liar
Dreams
Set 2
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10/23/1995
Hawkwind
Set 1Abducted
Death Trap
Wastelands
Iron Dream
Photo Encounter
Blue Skin
Golden Void
Sputnik Stan
Robot
Alien I Am
Xenomorph
Vega
Love In Space
Kapal
Lord Of Light
Elfin
Silver Machine
Welcome to the Future / audience
Hassan-i-Sahba / Space Is Their / Hassan-i-Sahba
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07/18/2000
Alice Cooper
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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01/27/2002
The Who
Set 1I Can't Explain
Substitute
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Amazing Journey/Sparks
My Wife
Baba O'Riley
Drowned
Behind Blue Eyes
I'm Free
Pinball Wizard
You Better, You Bet

Set 2Who Are You
5:15
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Kids Are Alright
Summertime Blues
Baby, Don't You Do It
My Generation
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02/04/2004
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Set 1The story is told of how Elgar, returning home from giving violin lessons, sat down at the piano and, to unwind, began improvising. His wife, Alice, commented favourably on the tune that emerged and Elgar responded by suggesting how certain of their friends might play it. Out of that spontaneous exchange grew the idea of the Enigma Variations, the work that finally secured Elgar's reputation as a composer of national, even international, standing. It remains one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire.

In all, fourteen people and a dog are featured in the variations:

First Variation - C.A.E.:
Elgar's wife, Alice, lovingly portrayed;

Second Variation - H.D.S-P.:
Hew David Steuart-Powell, a pianist with whom Elgar played in chamber ensembles;

Third Variation - R.B.T.:
Richard Baxter Townshend, a friend whose caricature of an old man in an amateur theatre production is captured in the variation;

Fourth Variation - W.M.B.:
William Meath Baker, 'country squire, gentleman and scholar', informing his guests of the day's arrangements;

Fifth Variation - R.P.A.:
Richard Arnold, son of the poet Matthew Arnold;

Sixth Variation - Ysobel:
Isabel Fitton, an amateur viola player from a musical family living in Malvern;

Seventh Variation - Troyte:
Arthur Troyte Griffith, a Malvern architect and close friend of Elgar throughout their lives - the variation focuses on Troyte's limited abilities as a pianist;

Eighth Variation - W.N.:
Winifred Norbury, known to Elgar through her association with the Worcestershire Philharmonic Society - the variation captures both her laugh and the atmosphere of her eighteenth century house;

Ninth Variation - Nimrod :
A J Jaeger, Elgar's great friend whose encouragement did much to keep Elgar going during the period when he was struggling to secure a lasting reputation - the variation allegedly captures a discussion between them on Beethoven's slow movements

Tenth Variation - Dorabella:
Dora Penney, daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton and a close friend of the Elgars;

Eleventh Variation - G.R.S.:
George Sinclair, organist at Hereford Cathedral, although the variation allegedly portrays Sinclair's bulldog Dan paddling in the River Wye after falling in;

Twelfth Variation - B.G.N.:
Basil Nevinson, an amateur cellist who, with Elgar and Hew Steuart-Powell, completed the chamber music trio;

Thirteenth Variation - ***:
probably Lady Mary Lygon, a local noblewoman who sailed for Australia at about the time Elgar wrote the variation, which quotes from Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. The use of asterisks rather than initials has however invited speculation that they conceal the identity of Helen Weaver, Elgar's fianc?e for eighteen months in 1883/84 before she emigrated to New Zealand;

Fourteenth Variation - E.D.U.:
Elgar himself, Edoo being Alice's pet name for him.
There are two enigmas underlying the variations. The first and more readily solved is the identity of each of the 'friends pictured within'. Only the thirteenth variation has given rise to speculation that Elgar's use of asterisks rather than initials or a pet name may hide the true identity of the subject, possibly an old flame of Elgar's who had recently emigrated from Britain.

But Elgar himself hinted at, and encouraged speculation over, a second, musical enigma, a popular tune which does not itself appear in the variations but of which the theme is the counterpoint. It is of course possible that this was one of Elgar's 'japes' and that the tune does not exist. If so, it has become a spectacularly successful jape, taken to great lengths and sparking a feverish debate that continues unabated. Auld Lang Syne is the most frequently touted candidate but excerpts from a range of works by composers Elgar admired, notably Mozart, have been found to show strong musical similarities with the theme while a 1975 correspondent to the Elgar Society Journal put together a convincing argument in favour of Rule Britannia as the solution. The speculation is intriguing but the mystery can never be satisfactorily solved, for Elgar revealed the identity of the tune to no-one and took the answer to the grave with him.

Musically, the variations need no introduction. Apart from the first Pomp and Circumstance March which, through Land of Hope and Glory, has attained fame as much outside the concert hall as within it, the variations remain the most widely performed of all Elgar's works while the ninth variation - Nimrod - is arguably the most moving and best loved excerpt in the whole of the classical repertoire.
CommentEdward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor Marin Alsop
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11/23/2006
Clutch
Set 1Gravel Road
Burning Beard
Child Of The City
Whites Ferry
Mob Goes Wild
Profits Of Doom
Mice And Gods
Who's Been Talkin'
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02/14/2009
Status Quo
Set 1Caroline
The Wanderer
Rain
Don’t Drive My Car
Mean Girl
Softer Ride
Beginning Of The End
Is There A Better Way?
Proposin’ Medley
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Ice In The Sun
The Oriental
Creepin’ Up On You
In My Chair
Living On An Island
In The Army Now
Drum Solo
Roll Over Lay Down
Down Down
Whatever You Want
Rockin’ All Over The World
Junior’s Wailing
Rock N Roll Music
Bye Bye Johnny
Set 2
Set 3
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