28th - Westcliff Pavilion, Southend; supported by the Lotus Eaters
29th - Rock City, Nottingham; supported by the Lotus Eaters
July
1st - University, Sheffield; supported by the Lotus Eaters
2nd - Sefton Park, Liverpool; supported by the Lotus Eaters
3rd - Fusion Ballroom, Aberdeen; supported by the Lotus Eaters
4th - Locarno Tiffany's, Glasgow; supported by the Lotus Eaters("Tracks of my Tears" recorded for B-side of "Chance")
5th - Pavilion, Ayr; supported by the Lotus Eaters
7th - Queen's University, Belfast; supported by the Lotus Eaters
8th - TV Club, Dublin; supported by the Lotus Eaters
9th - Seapoint Ballroom, Galway; supported by the Lotus Eaters
10th - Savoy Ballroom, Cork; supported by the Lotus Eaters
12th - Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; supported by the Lotus Eaters
13th - Pavilion, Bath; supported by the Lotus Eaters
14th - Coliseum, St. Austell; supported by the Lotus Eaters
15th - City Hall, Salisbury; supported by the Lotus Eaters / Viva Lulu
16th - Queensway Hall, Dunstable; supported by the Lotus Eaters
17th - Arts Centre, Poole; supported by the Lotus Eaters
19th - The Beausejour, Guernsey; supported by the Lotus Eaters
20th - Fort Regent Leisure Centre, Jersey; supported by the Lotus Eaters
22nd - Astra Theatre, Llandudno; supported by the Lotus Eaters
23rd - Coatham Bowl, Redcar; supported by the Lotus Eaters
24th - City Hall, Hull; supported by the Lotus Eaters
25th - Town Hall, Leeds; supported by the Lotus Eaters
26th - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldham; supported by the Lotus Eaters
27th - Leisure Centre, Mansfield; supported by the Lotus Eaters
August
14th - Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland; supporting U2, Simple Minds & the Eurythmics; also playing as support: Steel Pulse & Perfect Crime.
26th - Festival, Reading; guests of The Stranglers
September
3rd - Pandora's Music Box, Amsterdam, Holland (festival for 'new music'); also playing:
TC Matic, Virgin Prunes, Kowalski, Spear of Destiny, Xmal Deutschland, Fad Gadget, Death Cult, The Danse Society, Violent Femmes, The Armoury Show, Clock DVA
4th - Futurama 1983, Deinze, Belgium (festival); also playing:
Violent Femmes, Fad Gadget, Virgin Prunes, Xmal Deutschland, The Danse Society, Clock DVA, Kowalski, SPK, Death Cult, Howard Devoto
9th - Ritz, New York City, USA
10th - Ritz, New York City, USArecorded for broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour (on 23 October 1983)
13th - Colston Hall, Bristol; supported by One The Juggler
14th - Odeon, Birmingham; supported by One The Juggler
15th - City Hall, Sheffield
16th - Capitol, Aberdeen
18th - Playhouse, Edingburgh
19th - Tiffany's, Glasgow
20th - City Hall, Newcastle
21st - Marine Hall, Fleetwood
22nd - Empire, Liverpool
25th - Apollo, Manchester
26th - Playhouse, Nottingham
27th - Apollo(?), Oxford
28th - Gaumont, Southampton; supported by One The Juggler
29th - Odeon, Hammersmith, London; supported by One The Juggler
'In A Big Country', Hammersmith Odeon 1983, uploaded by BC1000Stars
30th - Odeon, Hammersmith, London
October
13th - Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany
14th - Subway, Osnabruck, Germany
15th - Markethalle, Hamburg, Germany
16th - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
17th - Zeche, Bochum, Germany
18th - Alabamahalle, Munich, Germany
19th - O.Z., Stuttgart, Germany
November
8th - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; supported by the Elvis Brothers (2 shows)
9th - Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
10th - In-store appearance, Portland, Oregon, USA
10th - Starry night Club, Portland, Oregon, USA
12th - "Wolfgang's", Warfield, San Francisco, California, USA (Bill Graham's Club)
13th - Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA (in-store)
13th - Hollywood Palace, Los Angeles, California, USA
14th - Hollywood Palace, Los Angeles, California, USA
16th - Phoenix, Arizona USA
17th - Univ of Arizona, Student Union, Tucson, Arizona USA
19th - Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, Colorado USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
21st - Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
22nd - The Eagles Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
23rd - First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
25th - Park West, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26th - Alrosa Villa, Columbus, Ohio, USA
27th - Bogart‘s, Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
28th - St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, Michigan, USA
29th - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
December
1st - USA (TV appearance)
3rd - USA (TV appearance - "Saturday Night Live", play "In a Big Country" and "Fields of Fire")
4th - Hartford, Connecticut, USA
5th - Hofstra University, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
6th - The Metro, Boston, Massachusets, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
7th - Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers - read a gig review!
Big Country - Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA - Dec 7, 1983 (audio), uploaded by BC1000Stars
9th - Roseland Ballroom, New York, USA (TV appearance - "Saturday Night Live")(IABC & FOF), recorded and released as a
promo LP
10th - Carpenter Sports Building, University of Delware, Newark, New Jersey, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
11th - Halloran Ballroom, Pennsauken, Philidelphia, New Jersey, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
12th - The Bayou, Washington D.C., Virginia, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
14th - Le Spectrum de Montréal. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (band presented with Gold & Platinum discs after show)
15th - Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
16th - Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17th - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York State, USA; supported by the Elvis Brothers
18th - Providence, Rhode Island, USA
19th - Boston, Massachusets, USA
31st - Barrowland, Glasgow (released on video and CD [by KBFH in the US])
Dates gleaned from Country Club Fanzines, the press, other fans and personal
experience.
If you know of any dates that I've missed or got wrong please let me know!
