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Here are the shows I did with The Bolshoi, the first one being the bands first sold out headline show at The Marquee Club. Talk about being thrown in at the deep end. All I remember was a total rush playing with The Bolshoi for the first time, then sitting on some stairs with Mick Ronson at the after show party having a long chat about this and that.

There were shows before I joined of course but I just happened to join at around the same time we hired Hugh Calder as road crew. He kept a diary of all the shows and kindly sent photos that I made into this list.

I've added some notes to some of the entries that can be accessed by hovering your cursor over the underlined words.

Lots of venue information is missing for some reason or another. If you can fill in the blanks visit the Bolshoi facebook page and add a comment. I'll update the list and you'll be credited.

1985
September
23
Marquee Club
London
England
1985
September
28
London Polytechnic
London
England
1985
October
1
Dingwalls
London
England
1985
November
4
Electric BallroomSupporting Xmal Deutschland. Thanks to Rich Edwards for this info. Added May 28 2017. MORE
Camden
London
1985
November
Day ?
EldoradoSupporting Opposition. Thanks to Vero for support and venue info.
Paris
France
1985
November
Day ?
Venue ?
Aux En Provence
France
1985
November
Day ?
Venue ?
Marseilles
France
1985
November
Day ?
Venue ?
St Malo
France
1985
November
Day ?
Venue ?
City ?
France
1986
April
25
London University
London
England
1986
April
30
UCI
Irvine
USA
1986
May
1
UCLA
Los Angeles
USA
1986
May
2
The Coach House
Dana Point
USA
1986
May
3
Spirit Club
San Diego
USA
1986
May
4
Whisky A-gogo
Los Angeles
USA
1986
May
6
Garfields
Huntington Beach
USA
1986
May
8
Venue ?
San Louis Obispo
USA
1986
May
9
UCSB
Santa Barbara
USA
1986
May
10
Orange Pavillion
San Bernadino
USA
1986
May
11
One Step Beyond
Santa Clara
USA
1986
May
12
The I-Beam
San Francisco
USA
1986
May
16
Metro
Chicago
USA
1986
May
17
St Andrews Hall
Detroit
USA
1986
May
19
Venue ?
Cleveland
USA
1986
May
22
Spit
Boston
USA
1986
May
23
Living Room
Providence
USA
1986
May
24
Venue ?
Rochester
USA
1986
May
27
Cat Club
NYC
USA
1986
May
28
Sag Harbor
Long Island
USA
1986
May
29
Revival Club
Philadelphia
USA
1986
May
30
930 Club
Washington DC
USA
1986
May
31
The Grotto
New Haven
USA
1986
July
23
Town & CountrySupporting The Icicle Works.
London
England
1986
August
21
100 ClubSupporting Skeletal Family.
London
England
1986
August
22
Reading FestivalFriday Show supporting March Violets, Balaam & The Angel, The Mission and Killing Joke. Massive billowing red backdrop for Killing Joke, brilliant show. Saxon headlined Saturday with The Cardiacs playing on the same bill. Hawkwind headlined the Sunday bill with Lemmy making a special guest appearance on Silver Machine.

Reading Rock T-shirt modelled by Nova Clark.

Reading
England
1986
September
15
The Warehouse
Leeds
England
1986
September
18
Underground
London
England
1986
September
19
Claringdon
London
England
1986
October
9
Camden Palais
London
England
1986
October
15
Rock CitySupporting The Icicle Works.
Nottingham
England
1986
October
16
University of SussexBritish Tour supporting Peter Murphy starts.
Brighton
England
1986
October
17
Venue ?
St Albans
England
1986
October
18
Portsmouth Poly
Portsmouth
England
1986
October
19
Power House
Birmingham
England
1986
October
20
Venue ?
Peterborough
England
1986
October
21
Town & Country
London
England
1986
October
22
Venue ?
Huddersfield
England
1986
October
23
Boardwalk
Manchester
England
1986
October
24
Newcastle Poly
Newcastle
England
1986
October
25
Queen Mary Union
Glasgow
Scotland
1986
October
27
Venue ?
Edinburgh
Scotland
1986
October
28
Leeds Poly
Leeds
England
1986
October
29
Rock City
Nottingham
England
1986
October
30
Venue ?
Sheffield
England
1986
October
31
Venue ?
HullBritish Tour supporting Peter Murphy ends.
England
1986
November
7
Kings College
London
England
1986
November
8
Marquee Club
London
England
1986
November
19
Paradise Club1st US headline tour starts
Boston
USA
1986
November
21
The Ritz
NYC
USA
1986
November
22
930 Club
Washington DC
USA
1986
November
23
Fantasy Club
Cleveland
USA
1986
November
25
Blind Pig
Ann Arbor
USA
1986
November
26
Medussa’s1st US headline tour ends
Chicago
USA
1986
November
28
Venue ?
AtlantaUS Love & Rockets support tour starts.
A Way album released in USA.
USA
1986
December
1
Athens University
Athens
USA
1986
December
3
Venue ?
Tampa
USA
1986
December
4
Venue ?
Miami
USA
1986
December
5
Venue ?
MelbourneHeadline show not supporting Love & Rockets
USA
1986
December
7
Venue ?
New Orleans
USA
1986
December
9
Venue ?
Houston
USA
1986
December
10
Venue ?
Dallas
USA
1986
December
11
Venue ?
Abilene
USA
1986
December
12
Venue ?
Austin
USA
1986
December
13
Venue ?
San AntonioHeadline show not supporting Love & Rockets.
USA
1986
December
16
Venue ?
PhoenixHeadline show not supporting Love & Rockets
USA
1986
December
19
UCI
Irvine
USA
1986
December
20
The PalladiumUS Love & Rockets support tour ends.
Los Angeles
USA
1986
December
21
Scream Club
Los Angeles
USA
1986
December
22
The I-Beam
San Francisco
USA
1987
January
17
Venue ?
Geneva
Switzerland
1987
January
30
Venue ?
Alacanti
Spain
1987
January
31
Venue ?
Valencia
Spain
1987
February
1
Venue ?
Valencia
Spain
1987
February
5
Kingston PolytechnicUK tour starts.
Kingston
England
1987
February
6
Kent University
Canterbury
England
1987
February
7
Portsmouth Poly
Portsmouth
England
1987
February
8
Bierkeller
Bristol
England
1987
February
11
Princess Charlotte
Leicester
England
1987
February
12
Birmingham Uni
Birmingham
England
1987
February
13
Old Five Bells
Northampton
England
1987
February
14
Coventry Poly
Coventry
England
1987
February
17
Leeds University
Leeds
England
1987
February
18
Newcastle Poly
Newcastle
England
1987
February
19
Venue
Edinburgh
Scotland
1987
February
20
Roof Tops
Glasgow
Scotland
1987
February
21
Venue
Aberdeen
Scotland
1987
February
26
Sugarhouse Club
Lancaster
England
1987
February
27
Manchester Uni
Manchester
England
1987
February
28
The AstoriaUK tour ends
London
England
1987
March
10
Venue ?
BerlinEuropean tour starts (Germany and Switzerland - Europe?)
Germany
1987
March
11
Markthalle
Hamburg
Germany
1987
Old Vienna
12
Old Vienna
Mannheim
Germany
1987
March
13
Menage
Munich
Germany
1987
March
15
Venue ?
Basel
Switzerland
1987
March
15
Venue ?
Neuchattel
Switzerland
1987
March
16
Venue ?
Zurich
Switzerland
1987
March
17
Batschkapp
Frankfurt
Germany
1987
March
18
JAB
Dusseldorf
Germany
1987
March
19
Hunky Dory
Detmold
Germany
1987
March
20
ZecheEuropean tour ends
Bochum
Germany
1987
April
4
Goldsmiths College
London
England
1987
April
6
Top Rank
Brighton
England
1987
April
7
Studio
Bristol
England
1987
April
10
Playhouse
Edinburgh
Scotland
1987
April
11
Playhouse
Aberdeen
Scotland
1987
April
12
Barrowlands
Glasgow
Scotland
1987
April
14
Rock City
Nottingham
England
1987
April
15
Rock City
Nottingham
England
1987
April
17
Odeon
Birmingham
England
1987
April
18
Victoria Hall
Stoke-On-Trent
England
1987
April
20
City Hall
Sheffield
England
1987
April
21
St. Georges Hall
Bradford
England
1987
April
22
Guildhall
Preston
England
1987
April
24
City Hall
Newcastle
England
1987
April
25
Apollo
Manchester
England
1987
April
26
Royal Court
Liverpool
England
1987
April
28
Guildhall
Portsmouth
England
1987
May
8
HMV RecordsScenes for the Please music video were filmed on the roof of the HMV building. We were plugged in so this was technically a show.
London
England
1987
May
9
Town & CountryThe live scenes in the Please video were filmed at this show, during soundcheck and the actual show. The Please single itself was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in Studio 2. The B-side of the Please single, West Of London Town, was recorded after a break at the local pub. We made it up as we went along and recorded it in one take.
London
England
1987
August
26
The Marquee Club
London
England
1987
August
28
Reading FestivalSunday show supporting Zodiac Mindwarp, The Stranglers and Alice Cooper. The Mission headlined the Friday Show and Status Quo headlined Saturday.
London
England
1987
September
10
Sala UniversalWorld Tour 1987 begins.

T-shirt modelled by Jason Rhodes. Thanks to Hugh Calder for the photo.
Madrid
Spain
1987
September
11
Venue ?
Murcia
Spain
1987
September
12
La Isla
Valencia
Spain
1987
September
13
August
Vitoria
Spain
1987
September
14
Venue ?
Barcelona
Spain
1987
September
18
Venue ?
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
1987
September
19
Venue ?
Santos
Brazil
1987
September
20
Venue ?
Santo Andre
Brazil
1987
September
21
Venue ?
Sao Paulo
Brazil
1987
September
22
Venue ?
Sao Paulo
Brazil
1987
September
24
Venue ?
Porto Allegre
Brazil
1987
September
26
Estadio ObrasThanks to Alberto Abbenante for the venue information.
Buenos Aires
Argentina
1987
September
28
Venue ?
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
1987
October
9
Venue ?
Aberdeen
Scotland
1987
October
10
Venue ?
Glasgow
Scotland
1987
October
12
Venue ?
Newcastle
England
1987
October
13
Venue ?
Leeds
England
1987
October
14
Venue ?
Leicester
England
1987
October
15
Venue ?
Bristol
England
1987
October
16
Venue ?
Newton Abbott
England
1987
October
17
Venue ?
Portsmouth
England
1987
October
18
The Astoria
London
England
1987
October
20
Metro
Canterbury
England
1987
October
21
Venue ?
Southampton
England
1987
October
22
Venue ?
Coventry
England
1987
October
23
Venue ?
Guildford
England
1987
October
24
Venue ?
Colchester
England
1987
November
4
Venue ?
Capistrano
USA
1987
November
5
Venue ?
San Diego
USA
1987
November
6
Venue ?
Los Angeles
USA
1987
November
8
Venue ?
San Francisco
USA
1987
November
10
Venue ?
Santa Clara
USA
1987
November
12
MetroThanks to James Blietz for the venue info.
Chicago
USA
1987
November
13
Venue ?
Cleveland
USA
1987
November
14
Venue ?
Detroit
USA
1987
November
17
Venue ?
Toronto
Canada
1987
November
18
Venue ?
Montreal
Canada
1987
November
20
Venue ?
Boston
USA
1987
November
21
Venue ?
Providence
USA
1987
November
22
Venue ?
Naugatuck
USA
1987
November
24
Venue ?
NYC
USA
1987
November
25
Venue ?
Washington DC
USA
1987
November
27
Venue ?
Long Island
USA
1987
November
28
Venue ?
New JerseyWorld Tour 1987 ends.
USA
1987
December
11
The Astoria
London
England
1987
December
18
Metropolis
Lisbon
Portugal
1987
December
20
Rivoli
Oporto
Portugal
1990
October
25
UnderworldLos endos
London
England