On The Road - the changing faces of The Mechanics and their live sets. Photographs By: Alan Perry, Jon Guntrip, Guido Truffer, Alan Hewitt and Stuart Barnes. Memorabilia: TWR Archive.

During their forty year history the band have managed to perform hundreds of concerts to thousands of fans. During that time their live line up has changed as have the set lists they have played. This is a brief look at the evolution of both…

1986 - The Miracle Tour USA

Set List: Hanging By A Thread/Half Way There/Silent Running/Taken In/I Don't Wanna Know/Maxine/Par Avion/A Call To Arms/Tempted/I Get The Feeling/Take The Reins/All I Need Is A Miracle/Gimme Some Love

1989 - Living Years Tour Europe, UK and USA

The US gigs in April and August 1989 also featured the recently released cover of Revolution as an encore.

Set List: Nobody's Perfect/Seeing Is Believing/Silent Running/Don't/Nobody Knows/Hanging By A Thread/Why Me/Taken In/Beautiful Day/Black And Blue/Par Avion/A Call To Arms/Living Years/I Get The Feeling/Take The Reins/ All I Need Is A Miracle/Poor Boy Down

1995 - A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold Tour South Africa/Europe and UK

Set List : A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/ Get Up/Silent Running/Plain And Simple/ 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/Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/ I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)/Word Of Mouth

1996 - Hits Tour UK

Set List : Silent Running/Seeing Is Believing /Get Up/A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Someone Always Hates Someone/Another Cup Of Coffee/Plain And Simple/Eyes Of Blue/Nobody's Perfect/Every Day Hurts- How Long?- I Can't Dance/Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle

1999 - M6 Tour UK and Europe

Set List: A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Get Up/ Ordinary Girl/Now That You've Gone/ Another Cup Of Coffee/Always Listen To Your Heart/Whenever I Stop/Silent Running/My Little Island/If I Could See You Now/Every Day Hurts- How Long?-I Can't Dance/Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

2004: Rewired Tour Europe/UK

Set List: (Rhein Energie Stadion Cologne) Falling/Now That You've Gone/Silent Running/If I Were You/One Left Standing/ Living Years/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth.

Set List (Shepherds Bush Empire London) Falling/Now That You've Gone/Get Up/If I Were You/Another Cup Of Coffee/A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Perfect Child/ Whenever I Stop/All The Light I Need/One Left Standing/Silent Running/Living Years/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

This was the only full length show the band performed this year. Released as an official DVD it remains the only official live record of The Mechanics.

2011 - 2014 The Road Tours UK/Europe

Set List (2011): The Road/ABeggar On A Beach Of Gold/Get Up/Try To Save Me/Another Cup Of Coffee/Nobody Knows/I Don't Do Love/If I Were You/Only To Be With You/ Follow You Follow Me/I Can't Dance/Living Years/Over My Shoulder/All I Need Is A Miracle/Cuddly Toy/Word Of Mouth

Set List (2012): A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Get Up/Try To Save Me/Another Cup Of Coffee/Throwing It All Away/This Generation/The Road/A Time And Place/Everybody Gets A Second Chance/ Silent Running/Cuddly Toy/Follow You Follow Me/I Can't Dance/Living Years/ All I Need Is A Miracle/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

Set List 2014 : Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Another Cup Of Coffee/Get Up/Try To Save Me/I Believe/Silent Running/Don't/ This Generation/Turn It On Again/When My Feet Don't Touch The Ground/ Everybody Gets A Second Chance/ Nobody’s Perfect/Cuddly Toy/I Can't Dance/The Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

Set List (2014 Festival set): Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Another Cup Of Coffee/Get Up/Seeing Is Believing/Silent Running/Turn It On Again/Nobody's Perfect/Cuddly Toy/I Can't Dance/Living Years/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

2015 - Hits Tour UK, Europe, USA

Set List: (US Tour): Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Get Up/Silent Running/Another Cup Of Coffee/Seeing Is Believing/Try To Save Me/Turn It On Again/The Road/Taken In/Nobody’s Perfect/Cuddly Toy/I Can't Dance/Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/ Word Of Mouth

Set List (UK/Europe): Silent Running/A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Another Cup Of Coffee/Get Up/Try To Save Me/Seeing Is Believing/Let Me Fly/Turn It On Again/The Road/Everybody Gets A Second Chance/Nobody’s Perfect/ Cuddly Toy/I Can't Dance/Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

2017 - Word Of Mouth Tour UK and Europe

Set List: Are You Ready/Another Cup Of Coffee/Get Up/Silent Running/Don't Know What Came Over Me/The Best Is Yet To Come/Land Of Confusion/High Life/ Wonder/A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Let Me Fly/Cuddly Toy/I Can't Dance/Over My Shoulder/All I Need Is A Miracle/Living Years/Word Of Mouth

2019 - Looking Back Over My Shoulder UK and Europe

Set List: The Best Is Yet To Come/ Another Cup Of Coffee/A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/One Way/Try To Save Me/Let Me Fly/ Land Of Confusion/Cuddly Toy/Out Of The Blue/Follow You Follow Me/Don't Know What Came Over Me/What Would You Do/ Everybody Gets A Second Chance/ Silent Running/Get Up/Living Years/I Can't Dance/All I Need Is A Miracle/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

2023 - Refueled Tour UK and Europe

Set List: Get Up/A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Another Cup Of Coffee/The Best Is Yet To Come/Try To Save Me/Jesus He Knows Me/Let Me Fly/Are You Ready/ Silent Running/Wonder/Invisible Touch/ Don't Know What Came Over Me/Everybody Gets A Second Chance/ Follow You Follow Me/I Can't Dance/Cuddly Toy/Living Years/All I Need Is A Miracle/ Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth

2025 - Looking Back Living The Years Tour South Africa, UK and Germany

Set List: Beggar On A Beach Of Gold/Another Cup Of Coffee/Get Up/Song For You Song For Me/Land Of Confusion/ Let Me Fly/East And West Of The Sun/The Best Is Yet To Come/Silent Running/Nobody Knows- Invisible Touch-Everybody Gets A Second Chance/Out Of The Blue/Follow You Follow Me/ Living Years/I Can't Dance/Cuddly Toy/All.I Need Is A Miracle/Over My Shoulder/Word Of Mouth including excerpts of: Firth Of Fifth-Private Dancer- Superstitious- Purple Haze- drum solo