1987 TO 1989

los angeles scream                                    january 1987                                               35 minutes
Set List: This Glass House/Sleepwalk/Face/Moonlight Sonata/Tales of Innocence/Ventriloquist/Overture

los angeles whisky-a-go-go                      23 january 1987                                            40 minutes
Set List: The Wind Kissed Pictures/Between Youth/Believers of the Unpure/Face/Moonlight Sonata/Gloomy Sunday/Chimere de-si de-la

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Photographs by Peter Terlouw
Face, Moonlight Sonata, Gloomy Sunday and Chimere de-si de-la taken are included on the Jesus Christ Proudly Presents box set.

SANTA BARBARA GOLDEN EAGLE                    25 JANUARY 1987                                            75 minutes
Set List: Introduction/This Glass House/Sleepwalk/Face/Moonlight Sonata/Tales of Innocence/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Between Youth/Believers of the Unpure/Gloomy Sunday/Chimere de-si de-la/Will-O-the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Face/Venenum/Song of Songs/Strange Fortune/Ventriloquist/Overture

Tales of Innocence is included on the Jesus Christ Proudly Presents box set

london astoria                                        26 february 1987                                           62 minutes
Set List: Introduction/Gloomy Sunday/Sleepwalk/Face/Between Youth/Believers of the Unpure/Dogs/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Song of Songs/Venenum/Will-O-the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Vanity

utrecht tivoli                                          11 september 1987                                         90 minutes
Set List: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Believers of the Unpure/Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

MORLAIX COATELAN                                   18 september 1987                                          85 MInutes
Set List: Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Believers of the Unpure/Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/The Loving Face

bochum zeche                                              october 1987                                              45 minutes
Set List: Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Lament - Over the Shadows/Belly Button Window/1983/Stapping Me Down

munich manege                                          2 october 1987                                             90 minutes
Set List: Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

stuttgart maxim                            6 October 1987                                             80 minutes
Set List: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

bremen modernes                                     9 october 1987                                             95 minutes
Set List: Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Lament/Belly Button Window/The Loving Face

krefeld kulterfabrik                              10 0ctober 1987                                             80 minutes
Set list: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

haltern old daddy                                   11 october 1987                                             65 minutes
Set list: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/The Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

hamburg markthalle                              13 october 1987                                             80 minutes
Set List: Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Lament - Over the Shadows/Gloomy Sunday/Belly Button Window
A private video of this concert exists.

genappe omnisport                                 17 october 1987                                              85 minutes
Set List: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Gloomy Sunday/Belly Button Window

paris batachan                                        22 october 1987                                             85 minutes
Set List: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/Golden Age/Alpha Sunset/Spilt Blood/Raw War/Reflections of the First Sesom Fo Koob/Song of Songs/Vanity/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Sleepwalk/Dogs/Face/Between Youth/ Will-O- the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Gloomy Sunday/Belly Buton Window

LONDON CLARENDON HOTEL BALLROOM         30 OCTOBER 1987
No recording known to exist

The support bands were Hunters Club, As Modi Bizarre and Los Angeles the Womb of Time.

deinze brielpoort futurama festival       31 october 1987                                            40 minutes
Set List: Prelude/Omega Dawn/A Ringing in Their Ears/Golden Age/Song of Songs/1983/Sleepwalk/Face/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

LONDON DINGWALLS                                                                      16 DECEMBER 1987
No recording known to exist


LONDON ASTORIA                                          15 APRIL 1988
No recording known to exist

glasgow mayfair                                         3 may 1988                                                  60 minutes
Set List: Dogs/Sleepwalk/This Glass House/Ashes/Face/Will-O-the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Church of No Return
Also on the bill were Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

falkirk coasters                                         4 may 1988
No recording known to exist
The performance was curtailed half way the set when the band had their power cut off. This followed an alleged incident
between Valor and Red Lorry Yellow Lorry tour manager David Lunnan when Christian Death were refused a sound check.

edinburgh venue                                           5 may 1988                                                70 minutes
Set List: Introduction/Dogs/Sleepwalk/This Glass House/Ashes/Face/Between Youth/Will-O-the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/ Song of Songs/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983/Church of No Return
Also on the bill were Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

GALASHIELdS technical COLLEGE                       6 MAY 1988
This concert was cancelled.

NEWCASTLE RIVERSIDE                                      9 MAY 1988
No recording known to exist
The performance was sabotaged when the band had their power cur off, however they continued and completed their set without the PA sound system.

leeds university                                           10 may 1988                                                55 minutes
Set List: Introduction/Dogs/Sleepwalk/This Glass House/Ashes/Face/Will-O-the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/ Song of Songs/ Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/1983
Valor got his own back by taking the reel to reel tape that contained the Lorries sound effects. Their set had to be curtailed as a result.

birmingham irish centre                             11 may 1988                                                54 minutes
Set List: Introduction/Dogs/Sleepwalk/This Glass House/Ashes/Face/Between Youth/Will-O-the-Wisp/Strapping Me Down/ Song of Songs/Jezebel's Tribulation/Lament - Over the Shadows/Gloomy Sunday
Also on the bill were Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

LONDON THE BOSTON ARMS                              12 MAY 1988
No recording known to exist

The original venue for this concert was the Notre Dame in Leicester Square. This was the first time that I saw Christian Death live. Also on the bill were Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Jilted Brides.

NORTHAMPTON KAMIKAZI KLUB                       13 MAY 1988
No recording known to exist

Also on the bill were Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Venus Fly Trap.

NOTTINGHAM POLYTECHNIC                           14 MAY 1988
No recording known to exist
Also on the bill were Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.

london limelight                                   14 august 1988                                                 90 minutes
Set List: The Third Antichrist/Cavity - First Communion/Song of Songs/Face/Vanity/Four Horsemen/Dogs/Strapping Me Down/Ashes/Gloomy Sunday/Tales of Innocence/Jezebel's Tribulation/This Glass House/1983/Sleepwalk/Will-O-the-Wisp/ Ventriloquist/Church of No Return

This concert had originally been booked for the Marquee, however it was hastily changed to the nearby Limelight club
when refurbishments at the Marquee had not been completed in time. The support band was The Hiding Place.

london marquee                                      4 september 1988                                           90 minutes
Set List: Cavity - First Communion/Song of Songs/Strapping Me Down/Face/This Glass House/Jezebel's Tribulation/The Luxury of Tears/The Drowning/1983/Ashes/Vanity/Sleepwalk/Will-O-the-Wisp/Four Horsemen/Romeo's Distress/ Church of
No Return

The support band was Christabelle Children.

READING AFTER DARK CLUB                         12 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist
The support band was The Screen Idols.

SOUTHAMPTON RAFFLES NITE CLUB                13 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist
The support band was Christabelle Children.

lowestoft pier pavilion                           14 october 1988
No recording known to exist

CARDIFF THE VENUE                                    16 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist

BRIGHTON BASEMENT                                 18 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist

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Photographs by John Collins
The support band was The Screen Idols.

MANCHESTER BOARDWALK                          20 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist
The support band were The Screen Idols and Hound God with a Tumour.

GLASGOW ROOFTOPS                                  21 OCTOBER 1988
No details known
The support band was The Screen Idols. A private video of this concert exists.

HULL ADELPHI                                           22 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist
The support band was The Screen Idols.

sheffield take it club                             23 october 1988
No recording known to exist

birmingham kaleidoscope                      24 october 1988                                              90 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/JesusWhere's the Sugar/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/ Erection/ ?/The Luxery of Tears/What's the Verdict?/Face/Vanity/Four Horsemen/Will O-the-Wisp/Ashes/Church of No Return

leeds duchess of york                            25 october 1988
No recording known to exist

newcastle university                              27 october 1988
No recording known to exist

liverpool planet x                                 28 october 1988
No recording known to exist

london  deptford st mark's church       29 october 1988
This show was cancelled when the Archdeacon found out about the name and imagery of the band. "No way will I let
this band perform in my diocese", he said. The gig had previously been approved by the local vicar!

MORLAIX COATELAN                                   31 OCTOBER 1988
No recording known to exist

paris elysee monTmartre                       1 november 1988                                            110 minutes
Set list: The Wind Kissed Pictures/This Glass House/What's the Verdict?/?/Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/
Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/
Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/The Third Antichrist/Ashes/The Luxery of Tears/This Glass House/What's the Verdict?/Face/Church of No Return/Romeo's Distress/Gloomy Sunday/Ventriloquist/

rennes l'ubu                                         2 november 1988                                             105 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/Ashes/The Luxery of Tears/This Glass House/Face/What's the Verdict?/Romeo's Distress/Lament - Over the Shadows/Sleepwalk/Vanity/Ventriloquist

lyon entpe                                            3 november 1988                                             110 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/?/Ashes/The Luxery of Tears/This Glass House/Face/What's the Verdict?/Romeo's Distress/Gloomy Sunday/Sleepwalk/Vanity/Ventriloquist

AVIGNON LA GUINGUETTE DU ROCK             4 NOVEMBER 1988
No recording known to exist

AVIGNON LA GUINGUETTE DU ROCK             5 NOVEMBER 1988
No recording known to exist

ATHENS RODON                                        8 NOVEMBER 1988
No recording known to exist

NURNBERG E.WERK                                  11 NOVEMBER 1988
No recording known to exist

MUNICH MANEGE                                     12 NOVEMBER 1988
No recording known to exist

stuttgart longhorn                             13 november 1988                                              89 minutes
Set list: This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar?/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/The Third Antichrist/Ashes/This GlassHouse/Face/ What's the Verdict?/Romeo's Distress/Sleepwalk/Vanity

KREFELD KULTURFABRIK                          14 NOVEMBER 1988
No recording known to exist

hamburg fabrik                                  15 november 1988                                            112 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/The Danzig Waltz/Ashes/This Glass House/Face/What's the Verdict?/Church of No Return/Romeo's Distress/Vanity/Sleepwalk/Lament - Over the Shadows/The Luxury of Tears/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist

munster odeon                                     16 november 1988                                           180 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/The Danzig Waltz/Ashes/This Glass House/ Face/Lament - Over the Shadows/What's the Verdict?/Church of No Return/Romeo's Distress/Gloomy Sunday/Sleepwalk/ Vanity/Song of Songs/Strapping Me Down/Ventriloquist/Awake at the Wall/Gypsy Eyes/Nature Boy/Belly Button Window

wilhelmshaven pumpwerk                    17 november 1988                                           115 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/Ashes/This Glass House/Face/What's the Verdict?/Romeo's Distress/Gloomy Sunday/Sleepwalk/Vanity/Lament - Over the Shadows

berlin blockschock                             18 november 1988                                              90 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/Awake at the Wall/Ashes/This Glass House/Face/What's the Verdict?/Romeo's Distress/Gloomy Sunday/Sleepwalk/Vanity/Strapping Me Down

wiesbaden haus der jugend                  19 november 1988                                            90 minutes
Set list: Window Pain/This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Jezebel's Tribulation/Four Horsemen/Erection/Awake at the Wall/Ashes/This Glass House/ Face/Vanity/What's the Verdict?/Romeo's Distress

den bosch willem ii                                  2 december 1988
No recording known to exist

london pied bull                                      7 december 1988                                           60 minutes
Set list: This is Heresy/Dogs/Will-O-the-Wisp/Jesus Where's the Sugar/Jezebel's Tribulation/The Wind Kissed Pictures/Ten Thousand Hundred Times/Incendiary Lover/Erection/This Glass House

Originally booked to appear at Tufnell Park Boston Arms but the pub objected to the publicity posters the band were using and cancelled the gig. The support bands were Webcore and Christabelle Children.

EDINBURGH VENUE                                       25 JANUARY 1989
No recording known to exist

GLASGOW ROOFTOPS                                    26 JANUARY 1989
No details held

WOLVERHAMPTON POLYTECHNIC                    27 JANUARY 1989
No recording known to exist

SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY                                 28 JANUARY 1989
This concert was cancelled following the sound check because Valor was unhappy with the sound system.

london marquee                                      29 january 1989                                             90 minutes
Set list: Introduction/Wretched Mankind/Sick of Love/Chimere de-si de-la/Vanity/Electra Descending/Jesus Where's the Sugar?/Golden Age/Strange Fortune/This is Heresy/1983/Four Horsemen/Incendiary Lover/Erection/Will-O-the-Wisp/Raw War/What's the Verdict?/Strapping Me Down/Face

The support band was Anno Lucis.

BRISTOL TROPIC CLUB                                  30 JANUARY 1989
No recording known to exist

BIRMINGHAM KALEIDOSCOPE                        31 JANUARY 1989
No recording known to exist

NEWCASTLE RIVERSIDE                                 2 FEBRUARY 1989

No recording known to exist
The support band was Kandian Kan.

colchester essex university                       4 february 1989                                           93 minutes
Set list: Introduction/Wretched Mankind/Sick of Love/Chimere de-si de-la/Vanity/Electra Descending/Jesus Where's the Sugar?/Golden Age/This is Heresy/1983/Four Horsemen/Incendiary Lover/Erection/Will-O-the-Wisp/What's the Verdict?/ Strapping Me Down/Face/Dogs/Sleepwalk/Ventriloquist

LEICESTER PRINCESS CHARLOTTE                        6 JUNE 1989

No recording known to exist
The support band was Population of 2.

EDINBURGH VENUE                                          8 JUNE 1989
No recording known to exist
The support band was Population of 2.

HULL ADELPHI                                                   9 JUNE 1989
No recording known to exist

london marquee                                          10 june 1989                                              94 minutes
Set list: Androgynous Noise Hand Permeates/Will-O-the-Wisp/Wretched Mankind/Song of Songs/Incendiary Lover/Vanity/
Tragedy/This is Not Blasphemy/Four Horsemen/Chimere de-si de-la/Golden Age/The Nascent Virion/This is Heresy/What's the Verdict?/1983/Jesus Where's the Sugar/Zero Sex/Erection/Church of No Return

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This concert was professionally recorded and is available on The Heretics Alive LP,CD and video. A private video of this concert also exists. The support band was Population of 2.

BIRMINGHAM NO 8                                       26 NOVEMBER 1989                                 82 Minutes
Introduction/This is Heresy/We Fall Like Love/Love Don't Let Me Down/Suivre La Trace De Quelqu'un/Love is Like a Bitchin' in My Heart/I'm Using You (For Love)/Born in a Womb, Died in a Tomb/I Hate You/Kneel Down/Climate of Violence
Part One The Relinquishment, Part Two The Satanic Verses (Rushdie's Lament), Part Three The Malice of Prejudice/Nazi Killer/Man to Father Fire
The support band was Creaming Jesus.

Bradford University                                  27 november 1989
No recording known to exist

NEWCASTLE BROKEN DOLL                             28 NOVEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

mORECOMBE THE GARDENS                          29 NOVEMBER 1989

No recording known to exist

EDINBURGH VENUE                                       30 NOVEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

LIVERPOOL PLANET X                                     1 DECEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

IPSWICH CARIBBEAN CLUB                             2 DECEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

UXBRIDGE BRUNEL UNIVERSITY                       3 DECEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

STOKE WHEATSHEAF                                      4 DECEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

CARDIFF THE VENUE                                      5 DECEMBER 1989
No recording known to exist

LONDON ASTORIA                                         6 DECEMBER 1989
No details held

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This performance was professionally recorded but was not made available. The support bands were Creaming Jesus and Hunters Club.
 
 

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