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Captain Sensible: Solo & Beyond... (1993)
This listing of appearances by Captain Sensible for 1993 should be considered as 'work in progress'.
* (as) Captain Sensible
Thursday 23 December 1993 - The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up (Part 2 only), Back To School, Glad It's All Over, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, Kamikaze Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose. encore - Wot, Looking At You, Hey Joe.
Comments: Support from Tribute To Nothing.
Sunday 31 October 1993 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up (Part 2 only), Back To School, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, The Kamikaze Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Glad It's All Over, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose. encore 1 - Wot, Looking At You, Hey Joe. encore 2 - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Anarchy In The UK.
Comments: Support from Brezhnev. Melkweg translates as 'Milky Way'. This gig was 'supposedly' released on CD [the CD version is overdubbed, incomplete, had an additional track added, and tracklisting adjusted].
Saturday 30 October 1993 - Snorrenbar Struik, Heino, Netherlands
Set: unknown.
Comments: Support from Dandruff.
Saturday 16 October 1993 - Wasserwerk, Berlin, Germany
Set: unknown.
Comments: Also on the bill - Les Ablettes.
Thursday 19 August 1993 - Castle Fields, Portsmouth (Music Festival)
Set: unknown.
Comments: Music Festival. Also intended for the bill - Kirst MacColl, Tom Robinson, The Tansads, Stiff Little Fingers, Milltown Brothers, Edwin Starr.
Sunday 18 July 1993 - Charing Cross Road Astoria, London
Set: unknown.
Comments: Animal rights benefit show. Doll Face, Mad Cow Disease and God's Zoo amongst the support acts.
Saturday 17 July 1993 - The Stocks, Crawley
Set included: New Rose, Neat Neat Neat, Smash It Up and Happy Talk.
Comments: Support from Splodgenessabounds. A contributor wrote 'The Captain did a solo performance. I went to this one as it was just down the road from where I used to live. He was aided by 3 younger band members and there couldn't have been more than 50 of us there. 'Twas a great night!'.
Saturday 3 July 1993 - The Marquee, London
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up (Part 2 only), Back To School, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, The Kamikaze Millionaire, Love Song, Glad It's All Over, Neat Neat Neat, NR. encore - Wot, Looking At You.
Comments: Support from Johnny Moped. There was a long break following 'Come On Geoffrey Brown' while Captain Sensible complained about glass throwing and refused to play until the perpetrator was ejected from the venue.
Tuesday 29 June 1993 - Arts Centre, Lichfield
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up, Back To School, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, Kamikaze Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Wot, Looking At You.
Sunday 20 June 1993 - Oval, Norwich
Setlist: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up, Back To School, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, The Kamikazi Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Glad It's All Over, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Wot, Looking At You, Anarchy In The UK.
Comments: Apparently support was Dr Spacetoad & The Time Machine.
Saturday 19 June 1993 - Boat Race, Cambridge
Setlist: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up, Back To School, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, The Kamikazi Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Glad It's All Over, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose, Wot, Looking At You, Anarchy In The UK.
Friday 18 June 1993 - Marquee, LondonComments: As the show at the Marquee during early July seems to have taken place, it is assumed this was an earlier planned date that was subsequently rescheduled.
Thursday 17 June 1993 - Fleece & Firkin, Bristol
Set: unknown.
Sunday 6 June 1993 - The Leadmill, Sheffield
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up (Part 2 only), Back To School, Happy Talk, The Kamikaze Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Glad It's All Over, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose. encore - Wot, Looking At You, Anarchy In The UK.
Comments: Probably supported by The Bendies (The Bendies certainly supported Captain Sensible at The Leadmill sometime in 1993 - that said, some advertising at the time indicated that it was in fact The Bendy Monsters. 'Come On Geoffrey Brown' was soundchecked, but not actually played during the show.
Saturday 5 June 1993 - Duchess of York, Leeds
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up (Part 2 only), Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, The Kamikaze Millionaire, Exploding Heads & Teapots, Love Song, Glad It's All Over, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose. encore - Wot, Looking At You.
Comments: Listed, but unconfirmed, support for the night was Freud Squad. Wot finished with short parodies of 'Johnny Remember Me' and 'Plan 9 Channel 7'.
Friday 4 June 1993 - Princess Charlotte. Leicester
Set: unknown.
Comments: Gig confirmed as having taken place at the Princess Charlotte. The contributor to this site that gave the information states that he doesn't believe there was a support act during the evening.
Friday 4 June 1993 - Leicester UniversityComments. Currently unclear where the information regarding Captain Sensible playing the University came from - the Princess Charlotte has been confirmed as the location (see above).
Sunday 30 May 1993 - The Old Red Cow, Sudbury
Set included: Do Anything You Wanna Do.
Comments: Support from Blez. The set was apparently similar to The Duchess Of York on 5 June and 'Do Anything You Wanna Do' was the encore number.
Saturday 29 May 1993 - Arts Centre, Lichfield
Set: Jet Boy Jet Girl, Smash It Up (part 2 only), Back To School, Come On Geoffrey Brown, Happy Talk, The Kamikaze Millionaire, Exploding Heads And Teapots, Love Song, Neat Neat Neat, New Rose. encore - Wot, Looking At You.
Comments: Note that the encore break given above is the 'perceived' encore break as taken from a break in the audio bootleg recording that the set is taken from.
Thursday 17 May 1993 - The Rockstore, Montpellier, France
Set: unknown.
Comments: Also on the bill - Wilko Johnson.
Sunday 9 May 1993 - Dr Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium
Set: unknown.
Saturday 17 April 1993 - The Polygon, Southampton
Set: unknown.
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