Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Hits Gig Guide 1994 -96
Sadly there were no live shows in support of the Word Of Mouth album but the band more than made up for it with their next album with extensive tours of the UK and several overseas territories as well during 1995 and 1996.
Venue |
Town/City |
Country |
Date |
| The Manor (Virgin Records’ 21st Birthday celebrations) |
Oxford |
England |
24.8.94 |
| Victory Club (Album launch) |
London |
England |
18.1.95 |
| World Earth Day Festival | Boston MA |
USA |
22.4.95 |
| Standard Bank Arena | Johannesburg |
South Africa |
1-2.6.95 |
| Village Green | Durban |
South Africa |
3.6.95 |
| Sandton Towers | Johannesburg |
South Africa |
5.6.95 |
| Saambo Arena | Pretoria |
South Africa |
6.6.95 |
| Freiluftbuhne | St Goarshausen |
Germany |
10.6.95 |
| Capitol Theatre | Hanover |
Germany |
11.6.95 |
| Offenbach Theatre | Frankfurt |
Germany |
12.6.95 |
| Guildhall | Portsmouth |
England |
14.6.95 |
| Royal Concert Hall | Nottingham |
England |
15.6.95 |
| Wembley Stadium (Supporting Rod Stewart) |
London |
England |
17.6.95 |
| International Arena | Bournemouth |
England |
18.6.95 |
| Trinity College | Cambridge |
England |
19.6.95 |
| Apollo Theatre | Oxford |
England |
20.6.95 |
| Civic Hall | Wolverhampton |
England |
21.6.95 |
| St David’s Hall | Cardiff |
Wales |
22.6.95 |
| St Gallen Festival | Zurich |
Switzerland |
24.6.95 |
| Park Pop Festival | ? |
Holland |
25.6.95 |
| Congresshalle | Hamburg |
Germany |
27.6.95 |
| Tivolis Conzertsaal | Copenhagen |
Denmark |
28.6.95 |
| Metron | Gothenburg |
Sweden |
29.6.95 |
| Midtfyns Festival | Roskilde |
Denmark |
1.7.95 |
| Lalauna | Brussels |
Belgium |
4.7.95 |
| Demain Du Monde |
Paris |
France |
5.7.95 |
| Culture Tent | Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
6.7.95 |
| Festival | Imst |
Austria |
8.7.95 |
| Prague Festival (This show was cancelled) |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
9.7.95 |
| Colston Hall | Bristol |
England |
11.7.95 |
| The Pavilion | Plymouth |
England |
12.7.95 |
| The Dome | Brighton |
England |
13.7.95 |
| Summer Rock Festival | Tallinn |
Estonia |
15.7.95 |
| The Island | Ilford |
England |
17.7.95 |
| Shepherds Bush Empire Theatre | London |
England |
18.7.95 |
| Coliseum | Watford |
England |
19.7.95 |
| Roundhay Park “Heineken Festival” | Leeds |
England |
21.7.95 |
| City Hall | Sheffield |
England |
23.7.95 |
| Sands Centre | Carlisle |
England |
24.7.95 |
| Assembly Rooms | Derby |
England |
25.7.95 |
| Festival | Langelands |
Denmark |
27.7.95 |
| Mean Fiddler | Dublin |
Republic Of Ireland |
29-30.7.95 |
| Festival |
Jubeck |
Germany |
12.8.95 |
| ? | ? |
Belgium |
13.8.95 |
| The Island | Ilford |
England |
28.2.96 |
| Mayfield Leisure Centre | Belfast |
Northern Ireland |
1.3.96 |
| Stadium | Dublin |
Republic Of Ireland |
2.3.96 |
| Guildhall | Portsmouth |
England |
4.3.96 |
| Colston Hall | Bristol |
England |
5.3.96 |
| Royal Concert Hall | Nottingham |
England |
7-8.3.96 |
| Apollo Theatre | Manchester |
England |
9.3.96 |
| City Hall | Sheffield |
England |
11.3.96 |
| City Hall | Newcastle |
England |
12.3.96 |
| Sands Centre | Carlisle |
England |
13.3.96 |
| Usher Hall | Edinburgh |
Scotland |
14.3.96 |
| Capitol Theatre | Aberdeen |
Scotland |
16.3.96 |
| Royal Concert Hall | Glasgow |
Scotland |
18.3.96 |
| St George’s Hall | Bradford |
England |
19.3.96 |
| Civic Hall | Wolverhampton |
England |
21.3.96 |
| Corn Exchange | Cambridge |
England |
23-24.3.96 |
| Assembly Rooms | Derby |
England |
5.4.96 |
| Apollo Theatre | Oxford |
England |
6.4.96 |
| Hexagon | Reading |
England |
7.4.96 |
| Centre | Brighton |
England |
9.4.96 |
| International Centre | Bournemouth |
England |
10.4.96 |
| De Montfort Hall | Leicester |
England |
11.4.96 |
| Apollo Theatre | Manchester |
England |
12.4.96 |
| Empire Theatre | Liverpool |
England |
14.4.96 |
| St David’s Hall | Cardiff |
Wales |
15.4.96 |
| Fairfield Halls | Croydon |
England |
16.4.96 |
| Royal Albert Hall | London |
England |
18-19.4.96 |
| “Rock Am Ring” Festival | Hockenheim |
Germany |
24.5.96 |
| “Rock In Park” Festival | Frankenburg |
Germany |
25.5.96 |
Set List (1995): Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Get Up/Silent Running/Over My Shoulder/ Another Cup Of Coffee/Someone Always Hates Someone/You Really Got A Hold On Me/Web Of Lies/Every Day Hurts/How Long?/I Can’t Dance/The Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/I Believe/Word Of Mouth.
Set List (1996): Silent Running/Seeing Is Believing/Get Up/Beggar On A Beach of Gold/Someone Always Hates Someone/Don’t/Plain And Simple/Another Cup Of Coffee/Eyes Of Blue/Nobody’s Perfect/Every Day Hurts/How Long? I Can’t Dance/The Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/Word of Mouth/Over My Shoulder.
My grateful thanks to Carol Willis at TSPM for all the help with the above details and for her help organising the various interviews, extracts from which appear in this feature.