Lydia Lunch spoken word

(New York City 04-Nov-82 - to date)

Chronology

Lydia Lunch - Barons Court, London, May '83
Photo credit: Bleddyn Butcher. Taken from NME 18-Jun-83.


Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads), 
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups and other trivia related to the American spoken word artist Lydia Lunch. 

-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

1982
The year in which Lydia Lunch starts with spoken word performances.

New York 04-Nov-82

04-Nov-82
US NY,New York City,Lucky Strike on 16 Stuyvesant Street (with Thurston Moore)

Setlist: Daddy Dearest/ and others..

Note: First spoken word performance. Lydia's telling stories and Thurston is playing the 'straight' man responding each time with "Oh really?!". According to Stevie Chick's "Phychic Confusion" this happened @ the Life Café, a restaurant on the corner of Tompkins Square Park.

Article: Xerox taken from the New York Times 03-Nov-82.






1983

Los Angeles 30-Mar-83

30-Mar-83
US CA,Los Angeles,Roxy
(1st show 8PM and 2nd show 11PM)
[with The Birthday Party]

Flyer: Scan of flyer

Note: Part of a US reading tour. Lydia performs with pre-recorded backing tapes and a sax player from The Dream Syndicate.


New York 05-May-83

05-May-83
US NY,New York City,White Columns Gallery (with Swans & J.G. Thirlwell)
[with The Fall, Sonic Youth, Swans, Beastie Boys and more..]

Setlist: Main Kelly And Me On A Bender/ and more..

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Second day of a 6 day festival. Above track available on the V/A: "Speed Trials" LP.

"Main Kelly" is one of the "50 One Act" plays that Lydia and Nick Cave wrote together.

Performed by Lydia Lunch (vocals,voice) and Norman Westberg [Swans] (voice,guitar) with Michael Gira [Swans] (metal)/ Roli Mosimann [Swans] (percussion] and Frankie (a.k.a. Jim G. Thirlwell) (pig calls).


xx-Nov-83
CA,Los Angeles,Venice/Santa Monica,Beyond Baroque

Note: Henry Rollins attends the show. Lydia calls him up the next day. This is when their collaboration starts.


December 1983
US CA,Los Angeles,recording with Jim G.Thirlwell "What It Is" for the V/A: "Better An Old Demon" album. Engineered by by Bobby Bielecki.


Late 1983
CA,Los Angeles,The Fetish Club (or Lhasa Club) (with Henry Rollins)

Note: "Why you murder me productions presents the dynamic team of Lunch and Rollins versus you".
Assault theater (with Henry Rollins) in which a bouncer would pick unsuspecting people from the street, escort them to a pitch black room of the club where they would be subjected to a special performance by Lydia and Henry.

This resulated in a lot of newspaper articles with headlines like "Lydia Lunch - the schoolyard bully".






1984

February 1984
US NY,New York City,Brooklyn,Michael Gira's bedroom,recording the "Hard Rock" cassette album.


February 1984
US Release of the "Hard Rock" cassette album (Ecstatic Peace).


New York City 28-May-84

28-May-84
US NY,New York City,Pyramid Club
Grand Finale Of The Memorial Day Parade Of Idiots
[with Thurston Moore,etc..]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Around this time Lydia meets film maker Richard Kern with whom she would collaborate a lot.


Ohio 16-Jun-84

16-Jun-84
US OH,Ohio City,Babylon A Go Go
[with Of Cabbages And Kings]

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.


New York 30-Jun-84

30-Jun-84
US NY,New York City,Dancetaria
[with Sonic Youth and Swans]

Note: Spoken word. Lydia joins Sonic Youth on "Death Valley '69". She ends up getting paid twice by the promoter.

Ad: Scan from ad.


Toronto 10-Aug-84

10-Aug-84
CAN ON,Toronto,Hotel Isabella
(1st show @ 8PM and 2nd show @ 11PM)
[with Henry Rollins]
The Intimate Diaries of the Sexualy Insane

Setlist: Dear Whores/ Ugly Notes On Dirty Brown Paper/ Shotgun/ ?/ Black Romeo(*)/ Maine Kelly (And Me On A Bender)/ One Day On A Bus/ Daddy Dearest.

Photo: Screen capture taken from CRTC TV - Much Music in 1985 (which broadcast some excerpts and an interview).

Note: (*) Broadcast on Canadian CKLN radio as part of a one hour interview with Lydia Lunch.


11-Aug-84
CAN ON,Toronto,Hotel Isabella
(1st show @ 8PM and 2nd show @ 11PM)
[with Henry Rollins]
The Intimate Diaries of the Sexualy Insane


17-Aug-84
US NY,New York City,Pyramid Club
[with Henry Rollins]
The Intimate Diaries of the Sexualy Insane

18-Aug-84
US NY,New York City,Pyramid Club
[with Henry Rollins]
The Intimate Diaries of the Sexualy Insane

Note: Part of a 5 date residency at the Pyramid Club.


October 1984

16-Oct-84
UK Sheffield,Leadmill

17-Oct-84
UK Reading Hexagon Theatre

19-Oct-84
UK Leeds,University

20-Oct-84
UK Leicester,Polytechnic

2x-Oct-84
UK Plymouth,-

23-Oct-84
UK Cardiff,New Ocean Club

25-Oct-84
UK Liverpool,University

26-Oct-84
UK Salford,University

27-Oct-84
UK Glasgow,Queen Margaret Union

28-Oct-84
UK Blackburn,King George Hall

29-Oct-84
UK York,University

30-Oct-84
UK Birmingham,Powerhouse

Ad: Taken from NME mag 29-Sep-84.

Note: Lydia Lunch is supporting Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners' on some dates on their "Vermine in Ermine" tour.


London 31-Oct-84

30-Oct-84
UK London,Regent's Park,Diorama
[with Nick Cave and Jessamy Calkin]

Ad: Taken from Sounds mag 27-Oct-84.


02-Nov-84
UK Margate,Winter Gardens

03-Nov-84
UK Poole,Arts Center

04-Oct-84
UK Croyden,Fairfield Hall

0x-Nov-84
UK London,Hammersmith Palais

Note: Support for Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners' "Vermine in Ermine" tour.


07/09-Nov-84
NL Amsterdam,Meervaart,One World Poetry Festival (with Exene Cervenka)
[with Nick Cave and Foetus,etc..]

Note: The performance was written during the afternoon of the show and the rest largely improvised during the set.


November 1984
UK London,studio,recording "The Uncensored" cassette album. Engineered and mixed by Paul Gomersall.






1985

17-Jan-85
UK Brighton,Zap Club


14-Feb-85
UK Release of "The Uncensored" cassette album(Widowspeak/Rough Trade).


15-Feb-85
UK London,Institute of Contemporay Art (early and late show)
The Intimate Diaries of the Sexualy Insane


xx-Mar-85
US Boston,ICA


San Francisco 06-Mar-85

06-Mar-85
US CA,San Francisco,Oasis
[with Foetus]

Photo: Credit Anne Sconfield. Taken from Birth Of Tragedy mag #3 May/Jul '85.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "The Manhatten Love Suicides" and "Goodbye 42nd Street" movies. During the performance a staged heckler (probably Richard Kern) starts a fight with Lydia and the bouncers.


Los Angeles 08-Mar-85

08-Mar-85
US CA,Los Angeles,Anti-Club
[with Foetus]

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "The Manhatten Love Suicides" and "Goodbye 42nd Street" movies.


03-Apr-85
US NY,New York City,Knitting Factory


04-Jul-85
UK London,Hammersmith,BBC Riverside studios 2
[with Crime & The City Solution & UT]


Europe July 1985

08-Jul-85
NL Leiden,L.V.C.
[with Foetus]

xx-Jul-85
SW -,-
[with Foetus]

xx-Jul-85
NO Oslo,-
[with Foetus]

14-Jul-85
DK København,Nikolajkirken
[with Foetus]

15-Jul-85
GE Berlin,The Loft
[with Foetus]

19-Jul-85
NL Leiden,-
[with Foetus]

20-Jul-85
NL Apeldoorn,-
[with Foetus]

21-Jul-85
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with Foetus]

xx-Jul-85
FR Paris,-
[with Foetus]

04-Aug-85
GE Hamburg,Kir
[with Foetus]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Support on the Foetus "Crotch Monster Live '85" tour.


19-Nov-85
JP Kyoto,Big Ban (at 3PM and 7PM)
[with Foetus]

20-Nov-85
JP Tokyo,- (at 3PM and 7PM)
[with Foetus]

21-Nov-85
JP Tokyo,- (at 3PM and 7PM)
[with Foetus]

Note: Only time in Japan.






1986

Seattle 07-Mar-86

07-Mar-86
US WA,Seattle,Center of Contemporary Art,Feminists and the Misogynists Together at Last festival (7PM)
[with Foetus]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.


09-Mar-86
US WA,Seattle,Center of Contemporary Art,Feminists and the Misogynists Together at Last festival (3-6 PM)

Note: Lydia Lunch participates to a panel discussion titled "Porn in the U.S.A.". Moderated by Robert Costa, the panel also include Seattle's Cathy Hillenbrand, publisher of the Real Comet Press; Selma Waldman, Seattle artist and social activist; Linda Jordan of the National Organization for Women; New York artists Ena Swansea and John Copoulos, from the Center for Constitutional Rights. Lydia delivers an anti-Censorship/pro Porn speech. The discussion is preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's movie "The Right Side of My Brain" and perhaps also "Submit To Me".


10-Mar-86
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with Foetus]

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie.


Los Angeles 19-Mar-86

19-Mar-86
US CA,Los Angeles,Roxy (8PM and 11 PM show)
[with Foetus]

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie.


xx-xxx-86
US CA,Los Angeles,The Anti Club
[with Foetus]

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie.


21-Mar-86
US CA,Los Angeles,KLXU Radio

Note: Lydia, Jim and Richard (Kern) are guest at a late night talk show.


xx-xxx-86
US CA,San Francisco,DNA Lounge
[with Foetus]

xx-xxx-86
US IL,Chicago,-
[with Foetus]

xx-xxx-86
US NY,New York City,-
[with Foetus]

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie.


27-Apr-86
US NY,New York City,Triplex theater,Franklin Furnace's gala
[with Eric Bogosian and Paul Zaloom]


23-May-86
UK London,University of London Union
[with Big Stick, Live Skull and Sonic Youth]

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Note: Lydia also joins Sonic Youth for "Death Valley '69" and "Expressway To Yr Skull".


30-May-86
UK Brighton,Zap Club
In Defence Of Filth


27-Jun-86
US CA,San Francisco,Club DV8
(with Karen Finley)
[with The Mekons]


06-Jul-86
US NY,New York City,Cat Club
(with Karen Finley)
[with Wiseblood]


28-Aug-86
GE Hamburg,Markthalle
[with Wiseblood]

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Note: Start of the "Yank 'Em, Crank 'Em, Don't Stick Around To Thank 'Em" European tour.


29-Aug-86
GE Bielefeld,PC69
[with Wiseblood]


Berlin 31-Aug-86

31-Aug-86
GE Berlin,Quartier Latin
[with Wiseblood]

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Ticket: Original ticket.

Note: Screening of a Survival Research Laboratories film, followed by Lydia's spoken word, then the screening of "Fingered", a film directed by Richard Kern. Then the live concert by Wiseblood.


01-Sep-86
GE Bochum,Logo
[with Wiseblood]

02-Sep-86
GE Wiesbaden,Wartburg
[with Wiseblood]

03-Sep-86
GE München,Theaterfabrik
[with Wiseblood]

05-Sep-86
CH Genève,-
[with Wiseblood]

06-Sep-86
CH Fribourg,Fri-Son
[with Wiseblood]

08-Sep-86
BE Brussel,Plan K
[with Wiseblood and Front 242 and Luc Van Acker]


09-Sep-86
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with Wiseblood]

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Note: Screening of a Survival Research Laboratories film, followed by Lydia's spoken word, then the screening of "Fingered", a film directed by Richard Kern. Then the live concert by Wiseblood. Lydia Lunch's spoken word recorded by Dutch VPRO FM radio and broadcast on the "Backline" program of 10-Sep-86. Wiseblood was also recorded and broadcast on 24-Sep-86.


11-Sep-86
NL Utrecht,Tivoli
[with Wiseblood]

12-Sep-86
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar
[with Wiseblood]


Los Angeles 29-Oct-86

29-Oct-86
US CA,Los Angeles,Variety Arts Center
[with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds + Jane's Addiction]

Poster: Photo of poster.


Niagara Falls 05-Dec-86

05-Dec-86
CAN ON,Niagara Falls,Polish Hall

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Also screening of Richard Kern's "Right Side Of My Brain and "Fingered" mobvies. 33 people attend the show.


12-Dec-86
US NY,New York City,The Kitchen (with Emilio Cubeiro)






1987

03-May-87
US NY,New York City,Ritz
[with Big Stick, Snakefinger, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley as 'From Here to Infinity', and Wiseblood]

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Note: Lydia is mistress of ceremony at this event. Lydia joins Big Stick. Screening of Death Trip films, cut short by the management. Mr. Kern and his films were ejected from the premises.


04/07-Jun-87
US NY,New York City,Soho's Performing Garage

Setlist: The Gun Is Loaded

Note: Spoken word accompanied by music composed by J. G. Thirlwell.


1987
US NY,New York City,511 East 12th street,Lydia bedroom, recording "Human Animal" for the V/A "Fear, God, Power" album. Produced by Bart Thurber.


01-Aug-87
US IL,Chicago,Cabaret Metro
Wiseblood show

07-Aug-87
US CA,Los Angeles,The Scream
Wiseblood show

Note: Lydia introduces the band.


London 19-Nov-87

19-Nov-87
UK London,University of London Union ULU,Big Ugly Mouth
[with Henry Rollins and Jeffrey Lee Pierce]

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.../ The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious

Ad: Taken from NME Nov-87.

Note: Released on the "Lock 'n' Load" bootleg cassette, available from the ULU (other side of cassette contains Jeffrey Lee Pierce).


Amsterdam 26-Nov-87

26-Nov-87
NL Amsterdam,Aorta Gallery,Big Ugly Mouth
[with Henry Rollins]

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.../ The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious

Ad: Taken from Het Parool newspaper.


28-Nov-87
GE Köln,Rose Club,Big Ugly Mouth
[with Henry Rollins]

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.../ The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious


Los Angeles 09-Dec-87

09-Dec-87
US CA,Los Angeles,Viper Room
(with friends)

Flyer: Photo of flyer.


Fall 1987
US NY,New York City,Siberia-804 Washington Street

Setlist: The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious

Note: Above track released on the V/A: Tellus #18 tape and sampled by The Floors on their "No Excuses" track.


19-Dec-87
US CA,Hollywood,Lhasa Club

Setlist: The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious/ The Battle Of Sex.../ Stop The World I Wanna Get Off..






1988

24-Jan-88
US MI,Detroit,Lines,Institute of Arts

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Note: Above track released on the "Oral Fixation" album,


26-Jan-88
CAN ON,Toronto,Silver Dollar

Setlist: Oral Fixation.


Hoboken 25-Feb-88

25-Feb-88
US NJ,Hoboken,Maxwell's

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Photo: Credit unknown.


Long Beach 02-Apr-88

02-Apr-88
US CA,Long Beach,Chelsea Bookstore
[with Steve Wynn]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.


23-Apr-88
US NY,Rochester,Pyramid Arts Center


07-Oct-88
A Wien,VHS Sto

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Note: Just after the Harry Crews European tour of September.


1988
US NY,New York City,Dessau Studios,recording "Meat For The Masses" for Emilio Cubeiro's "Death Of An Asshole" spoken word album.


xx-Nov-88
GR Athina,-






1989

1989
US NY,New York City,Brooklyn,Self Immolation studios,recording for the V/A: "Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven" spoken word album. Produced and engineered by Jim G.Thirlwell.


September 1989
UK/US Release of the "Oral Fixation" album (Widowspeak).


London-Islington 20-Sep-89

20-Sep-89
UK London-Islington,Powerhaus
[with Annie Anxiety]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: with Marcia Scofield [The Fall], Jessamy Calkin, Pat and Liz Naylor [Blast! First's press agents] on stage.

Photo: Credit unknown.


21-Nov-89
CAN ON,Toronto,Apacolypse Club
[with Henry Rollins]


1x-Dec-89
SP Barcelona,Estudios Lin studios,Lydia Lunch records the spoken word piece "Last Gasp" for V/A: "Trying To Make It To The End Of The Century" compilation LP (with Pepe Sarto [Raeo] on piano). Engineered by Jaume Sitges and Gat Gabrado.


Barcelona 15-Dec-89

15-Dec-89
SP Barcelona,Zeleste
[with Eliot Murphy]

Setlist: Great Ogro/ Harry Crews/ Full Metal/ Oil drum/ It's All Desert/ Coleman Skronk/ X-Xile.

Note: Spoken word with Pepe Sarto [Raeo] on piano and backing tapes by Jim G.Thirlwell. Above tracks available on the "Fuelling The Rose Of Fire" DVD (Widowspeak 2005). Excerpt also available on the "Video Hysterie" video DVD (not the VHS).

Ticket: Scan of ticket.






1990

06-Feb-90
US NY,New York City,The Knitting Factory

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


1x-Feb-90
US CA,Los Angeles,Cafe Largo

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: Released on the "C.O.W." VHS video (Widowspeak 2001).


16-Feb-90
US CA,Long Beach,Bogarts

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


San Francisco 11-Mar-90

11-Mar-90
US CA,San Francisco,Slim's
[with Wanda Coleman,Don Bajema and Eugene Robinson]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Poster: Photo of poster.


20-Mar-90
US OH,Columbus,-

23-Mar-90
US MA,Cambridge,Ground Zero

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


10-Apr-90
GE Frankfurt am Main,Cooky's
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


12-Apr-90
GE Berlin,Sputnik Cinema
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: Released on the "Conspiracy Of Women" spoken word album (Widowspeak 1991).


Brussel 14-Apr-90

14-Apr-90
BE Brussel,Ancienne Belgique,Big Ugly Mouth Fest
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema and Soundgarden]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ticket: Original ticket.


15-Apr-90
FR Paris,Théâtre Dunois
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema]

16-Apr-90
NL Rotterdam,Nighttown,Bioscafé
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


Utrecht 17-Apr-90

17-Apr-90
NL Utrecht,Tivoli
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema and Loop]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Taken from Oor magazine 07-Apr-90.


18-Apr-90
NL Amsterdam,Melkweg,VPRO's 2000 Jaar Rock n' Roll (afternoon)
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: Broadcast by Dutch VPRO radio during the Onrust! program on 22-Apr-90.


18-Apr-90
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar (evening)
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema]

24-Apr-90
GE München,Nachtwerk
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema and Massaker]

25-Apr-90
CH Zürich,Rote Fabrik
[with Henry Rollins & Don Bajema and Massaker]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


May 1990
UK/US Release of the "The Uncensored/Oral Fixation" CD album (Widowspeak).


May 1990
UK/US Release of the "V/A: "Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven" album (Widowspeak).


Los Angeles 14-Jun-90

14-Jun-90
US CA,Los Angeles,Beauty Bar

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Not a spoken word, but a DJ set.


Chicago 15-Jun-90

15-Jun-90
US IL,Chicago,Hot House
[with Lorri Jackson]

Note: Poet Lorri Jackson succumbed to a heroin addiction that took her life on October 9th, 1990, at the age of 28.

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.


29-Aug-90
NO Bergen,Hulen
[with Josh Lazie]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: Josh later became Danzig's bass player.


30-Aug-90
DK København,Barbue
[with Josh Lazie]

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.


15-Nov-90
US NY,New York City,-


Chicago 08-Dec-90

08-Dec-90
US IL,Chicago,Cabaret Metro
[with Wanda Coleman & Josh Lazie]

Flyer: Original flyer.


Los Angeles 15-Dec-90

15-Dec-90
US CA,Los Angeles,Breakaway
[with Wanda Coleman]

Ad: Original ad from US magazine.






1991

17-Jan-91
US NY,New York City,Pyramid Club
(with Beth B.)

Note: On the day the US declare war with Iraq (1st Gulf war).


19-Jan-91
US NY,New York City,Knitting Factory
(1st set with Casandra Stark; 2nd set with Johnny Lanz)

Note: Casandra Stark was one of the stars in Richard Kern's movies.


20-Jan-91
US NY,New York City,Knitting Factory
(1st set and 2nd set with Brian Moran)

Note: Brian Moran stars in Richard Kern/Lydia Lunch's 1984 "The Right Side Of My Brain" movie.


14-Feb-91
UK/US Release of the "The Conspiracy Of Women" spoken word album (Widowspeak).


22-Feb-91
NL Nijmegen,Diogenes


23-Feb-91
NL Amsterdam,Zaal 100

Setlist: P.O.W.

Note: Available on the "P.O.W." CD (Staalplaat 1992).


30-Mar-91
HU Budapest,-
(with Z'EV)

Note: 2 tracks from this performance were broadcast by Austrian Ö3 FM radio during the Music Box programme.


Detroit 13/15-Jul-91

13-Jun-91
US MI,Detroit,1515 Broadway

14-Jun-91
US MI,Detroit,1515 Broadway

15-Jun-91
US MI,Detroit,1515 Broadway

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.


New York City 15-Jul-91

15-Jul-91
US NY,New York City,outside on Times Square
"Words In Your Face"

Ad: Scan from ad.

Note: Recorded between March-June for PBS/WNET TV "Alive From Off Center". Date is the broadcast date. Lydia Lunch is one of 20 American poets, rappers, performance artists and playwrights who appear.
Directed by Mark Pellington.


Ars Electronica 1991

xx-Sep-91
A Linz,Voest Alpine Hall (former steel factory)
Ars Electronica festival - "Out of Control".

Logo: e-Logo.

Line-up: Anne Bean (U.F.O.'s)/ John Duncan (aural ambiance)/ Peter Fink (archi-textures)/ Beth Hardesty (illumination)/ Erik Hobijn (Dante organ)/ Lydia Lunch (sighs and whispers)/ Hans Meijaard (Dante organ)/ Barry Schwartz (liquid nitrogen) and Z'EV( sound sculpting).


Barcelona 17-Dec-91

17-Dec-91
SP Barcelona,G's Club Communiqué
(with Mark Cunningham)

Setlist: Blood is Memory without Language.

Photo: Screen capture taken from the "Fuelling The Rose Of Fire" DVD (2005), on which the above track is available.

Note: Mark Cunningham music, trumpet and sounds.






1992

Chicago 13-Feb-92

13-Feb-92
US IL,Chicago,Cabaret Metro,Tap Note Theatre
[with Chris Connelly](7PM show and 9PM show)

Poster: Xerox of poster.


Feb-92
NL Release of the "P.O.W." spoken word CD (Staalplaat).


26-Feb-92
NL Rotterdam,Nighttown
[with Cop Shoot Cop]


Florida March 1992

23-Mar-92
US FL,Orlando,Below Zero Gallery

24-Mar-92
US FL,Miami,Washington Square

26-Mar-92
US FL,Tampa,The Ritz

27-Mar-92
US FL,Gainsville,Netherworld

28-Mar-92
US FL,Jacksonville,The Milk Bar

29-Mar-92
US FL,Pensacola,Sluggo's

Handbill: Photo of handbill.


New York City 01-Apr-92

01-Apr-92
US NY,New York City,NY University,Loeb Student Center,Eisner & Lubin Auditorium

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.


13-Jun-92
US LA,New Orleans,Brent Newman's 'bed & bath',recording of the "Unearthly Delights" 7" and tracks 1-4 (disc I) and "Shock Corridor" of the "Crimes Against Nature" 3CD album.


Texas 01/03-Sep-92

01-Sep-92
US TX,Houston,Rockefeller

02-Sep-92
US TX,Dallas,Club Clearview

03-Sep-92
US TX,Austin,Cactus Cafe

Setlist: The Right To Revolt.

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Note: Excerpt from the Austin show available on the "Crimes Against Nature" 3CD (Triple X Records 1993/ Atavistic 1999).


Los Angeles 05-Sep-92

05-Sep-92
US CA,Los Angeles,- (with musical guests)

Flyer: Photo of flyer.


New Brunswick 04-Dec-92

01-Dec-92
US NY,Richmond,University of Richmond

04-Dec-92
US NJ,New Brunswick,Rutgers Student Center

Flyer: Original flyer for the New Brunswick show.






1993

Chicago 20-Feb-93

20-Feb-93
US IL,Chicago,The Metro
(with Lab Report)

Setlist: Rant/ Rave.

Note: Above tracks available on Lab Report's "Unhealthy" album (Invisible Records 1994).

Line-up: Matt Schultz [ex Pigface] (Anti-Tank Guitar, signal generator,vocals)/ Eric Pounder [ex Pigface] (guitar,walkie talkies) with guests: Lydia Lunch (vocals) and Genesis P.Orridge (tape loops,samples).

Ad: Taken from US magazine.


12-Mar-93
US CA,Los Angeles,L.A.C.E.

Setlist: The Beast.

Note: Above track available on the "Malicious Intent" VHS video (Film Threat 1994). Music by Jim G.Thirlwell.


28-Mar-93
US CA,San Francisco,The Lab

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women/Crimes Against Nature.


1993
US CA,San Francisco Art Institute
Performance (Video)Workshop - Empowerment, Fearlessness and Doing it without a budget
(with guests Jello Biafra, Eugene Robinson, Jane Handel, etc..)

Note: A 6 weeks class taking over from teacher Karen Finley, who was pregnant.


June 1993
US Release of the "Crimes Against Nature" 3CD (Triple X Records).


15-Jul-93
US NY,NYC,Knitting Factory
[1st show @ 9PM with Emilio Cubeiro, Johnny Lanz and Sick]

15-Jul-93
US NY,NYC,Knitting Factory
[2nd show @ 11PM with Emilio Cubeiro, Johnny Lanz and Sick]

16-Jul-93
US NY,NYC,Knitting Factory
[1st show @ 9PM with Emilio Cubeiro, Johnny Lanz and Russel Gonzaga]

16-Jul-93
US NY,NYC,Knitting Factory
[1st show @ 11PM with Emilio Cubeiro, Johnny Lanz and Russel Gonzaga]

Note: Excerpts from Lydia Lunch's 2 shows on the 16th are available on the "Malicious Intent" VHS video (Film Threat 1994). Music by Jim G.Thirlwell.


05-Sep-93
GE Dortmund,Live Station

Setlist: Crimes Against Nature.






1994

19-Apr-94
US NY,Bronxville,-
[with Richard Hell]


Georgia/Florida May 1994

04-May-94
US GA,Atlanta,The Darkhorse

05-May-94
US GA,Atlanta,40 Watts Club

06-May-94
US FL,Tampa,Stone Lounge

07-May-94
US FL,Orlando,Go Lounge

Poster: Photo of poster.


Seattle 24-May-94

24-May-94
US WA,Seattle,Wheatered Wall

Poster: Photo of a poster created by Frank Kozik (born in Madrid, Spain in 1962).


Portland 25-May-94

25-May-94
US OR,Portland,La Luna
[with Gilley Hanner]

Poster: Photo of poster.


02-Jun-94
UK Newcastle,- (with music by David Knight)

Setlist: Unearthly Delights/Universal Infiltrators.

Note: Released on the "Universal Infiltrators" album (1996).


03-Jun-94
UK -,- (with music by David Knight)

04-Jun-94
UK -,- (with music by David Knight)


London 05-Jun-94

05-Jun-94
UK London-Highbury,The Garage

Setlist: Unearthly Delights/Universal Infiltrators.

Ticket: Xerox of ticket.


05-Sep-94
AU Sydney,The Metro
[with Rowland S.Howard]

06-Sep-94
AU Melbourne,Fitzroy,Universal Theatre
[with Rowland S.Howard]

Note: During the (only) Australian Shotgun Wedding dates.


12-Oct-94
US MN,Minneapolis,First Avenue (with Lori Barbero)

Note: In 1997 Lydia will record in Minneapolis "Witchy Woman" for the V/A "Songs Of The Witchblade" album with Lori Barbero and other members of Babes In Toyland.


Tucson 03-Dec-94

03-Dec-94
US AZ,Tucson,Downtown Performance Center

Poster: Photo of a poster created by Frank Kozik.






1995

02-Feb-95
US NY,New York City,Bottom Line (with Exene Cervenka)

Note: Start of a spoken word tour that would span a year and in which Lydia and Exene do about 45 dates in the US and 15 in Europe.


xx-Feb-95
US MA,Boston,- (with Exene Cervenka)

10-Feb-95
CAN ON,Toronto,The Opera House (with Exene Cervenka)

Note: Boston show cancelled due to snow storm.


Terror Twins tour March 1995

15-Mar-95
US CA,Palo Alto,The Edge (with Exene Cervenka)

17-Mar-95
US MO,St.Louis,Cicero's (with Exene Cervenka)

18-Mar-95
US GA,Atlanta,The Point (with Exene Cervenka)

20-Mar-95
US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club (with Exene Cervenka)

21-Mar-95
US GA,Gainsville,Full Circle (with Exene Cervenka)

22-Mar-95
US FL,St.Petersburg,Club Detroit (with Exene Cervenka)

23-Mar-95
US FL,Fort Lauderdale,Nocturnal Cafe (with Exene Cervenka)

24-Mar-95
US FL,Miami,Churchill's (with Exene Cervenka)

Setlist: Orlando show: Woman Destroyed/ Tropic of Cancer/ Fear and Trembling/ Being and Nothingness/ Beyond Good and Evil/ Executioners Song/ Gypsy's Curse/ Bell Jar/ Lady in a Cage/ Port of Saints/ Delicate Prey/ Funeral Rites/ Death Watch/ No Exit No Exit/ That's Right There Is No Fucking Exit/ Waiting on Another Jesus Come Lately.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Labeled as the 'Terror Twins' tour. The show @ the Sapphire Supper Club, Orlando is available on the "Rude Hieroglyphics" album (1995).


Columbia 25-Mar-95

25-Mar-95
US MO,Columbia,Blue Note (with Exene Cervenka)

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Part of the 'Terror Twins' tour.


Lawrence 26-Mar-95

26-Mar-95
US KS,Lawrence,The Bottleneck (with Exene Cervenka)
[with Ricky Dean]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Part of the 'Terror Twins' tour.


07-Apr-95
US PA,Philadelphia,Arts Bank

08-Apr-95
US PA,Philadelphia,Arts Bank


xx-Jun-95
US AZ,Tucson,Downtown Performance Center


01-Oct-95
GE Mainz,Frankfurter Hof,Experimenta,Poetry festival
[with Blixa Bargeld]


13-Oct-95
US CA,Los Angeles,The American Film Institute,AFI National Video Festival (with Exene Cervenka)

Note: Available on the "Rude Hieroglyphics" VHS video (2001).


17-Oct-95
US Release of the "Rude Hieroglyphics" album (Rykodisc).


01-Nov-95
UK Brighton,Tongues Club (with Exene Cervenka)


London 05-Nov-95

05-Nov-95
UK London,Camden,Jazz Cafe (with Exene Cervenka)
[with Little Annie]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.


xx-Nov-95
UK/EU

Note: 12 more dates.


14-Nov-95
GE Köln,Live Music Hall-Rotation Club (with Exene Cervenka)


01-Dec-95
US MA,Boston,TT's (with Exene Cervenka)

06-Dec-95
US PA,Philadelphia,Tin Angel (with Exene Cervenka)


London 05-Nov-95

08-Dec-95
US TX,Austin,The Paramount Theater (with Exene Cervenka) [support for John Cale]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.






1996

14-Jan-96
US CA,San Francisco,Melarkey's (with Exene Cervenka)

16-Jan-96
US CA,San Francisco,DNA Lounge (with Exene Cervenka)


Syracuse 01-Mar-96

01-Mar-96
US NY,Syracuse,Syracuse University,Seton Hall,Matrilineage Symposium

Flyer: Scan of flyer.


xx-xxx-96
US TX,Dallas,-

17-Mar-96
US TX,El Paso,The Attic
[with The Mermen]


26-Mar-96
US Release of the "Universal Infiltrators" album (Atavistic).


01-May-96
US MN,Minneapolis,First Avenue (with The Cacophony Chorus)

02/05-May-96
CAN BC,Vancouver,Phunky Toad,Music West festival
[with Exene Cervenka & Pleasent Gehman]


16/17-May-96
SP Madrid,Festival Internacional de Poesía
[with Tav Falco, Richard Hell, John Cale, Islamic Diggers]


xx-Jun-96
CAN AB,Calgary,The Night Galary






1997

30-May-97
US IL,Chicago,Lounge Ax (with Cynthia Plaster Caster)


Orlando 23/24-Jun-97

23-Jun-97
US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Vanessa Skantze]

24-Jun-97
US FL,Orlando,The Go Lounge (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Vanessa Skantze]

Note: "Paradoxia" was then not yet published.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.


London 30-Oct-97

29-Oct-97
UK Brighton,- (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

30-Oct-97
UK London,Soho,Tactical (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Kirk Lake + The Islamic Diggers]

Flyer: Scan of flyer for the London show.

Note: "Paradoxia" was first published on 01-Oct-97 by Creation books (UK).


02-Nov-97
UK London,Camden,Jazz cafe (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

04-Nov-97
SW Stockholm,Bondegatan-Backstage (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

05-Nov-97
NO Oslo,Little Rockefeller (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

06-Nov-97
NO Trondheim,Vita Scene (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

07-Nov-97
SW Götebrog,Pusterviksbaren (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Polly Magoo Peep show]

08-Nov-97
DK København,Vega (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

09-Nov-97
GE Rostock,Motorschiff Stubnitz (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

10-Nov-97
GE Berlin,Roter Salon (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

11-Nov-97
GE Bremen,Lagerhaus (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

13-Nov-97
CH Bern,Reiterschule Gallerie (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

14-Nov-97
IT Bologna,Link Club (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

15-Nov-97
SLOV Ljubljana,KUD (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

16-Nov-97
CH Zürich,El International (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

17-Nov-97
GE München,Muffathalle Cafe (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

18-Nov-97
FR Lyon-Villeurbanne,Pez-Ner (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

19-Nov-97
NL Deventer,Burgerweeshuis (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

20-Nov-97
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

21-Nov-97
NL Den Haag,Paard Van Troje (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

22-Nov-97
BE Brussel,Beursschouwburg (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Jack Sargeant]

23-Nov-97
NL Nijmegen,O 42 (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

24-Nov-97
FR Paris,Tribal Act et Dans la Peau(reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)(*)

25-Nov-97
IS Tel Aviv,Art Institute (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

26-Nov-97
FR Paris,Glazet (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

Note: (*) on these dates there was also an exhibition of Lydia's photographs.


07-Dec-97
US WA,Olympia,Evergreen College,Workshop "Avoiding MTV: Creating without a budget"


Portland 08-Dec-97

08-Dec-97
US OR,Portland,Stage 4 Theater
[with Miranda July and Slim Moon]

Poster: Photo of poster.






1998

01-Feb-98
US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club


18-Jul-98
AU Melbourne,The Continental (reading from "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Rowland S.Howard acoustic solo]

Note: Preceding the last ever Shotgun Wedding concert, which took place in Melbourne on 23-Jul-98.


05-Sep-98
US CA,Los Angeles,Silverlake,Spaceland (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

10-Sep-98
US CA,San Francisco,Paradise Lounge,Soma (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

11-Sep-98
US CA,San Francisco,Mission District,Gallery Luscombe (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)


23-Oct-98
UK London,Highbury,The Garage-upstairs (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

25-Oct-98
GE Göttingen,Deutscher Theater,Literaturherbst (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

26-Oct-98
GE München,Substanz,Word Core Slam (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

27-Oct-98
GE Berlin,Tacheles (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

28-Oct-98
DK København,Vega (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

29-Oct-98
NO Oslo,Mars-Bar/Lounge (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

30-Oct-98
NO Lillehammer,Felix (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)

31-Oct-98
SW Stockholm,Nya Teatern,Spoken Word Fest (reading from her "Paradoxia" novel)
[with Lee Ranaldo and Michael Gira]

Note: Part of the København performance is available on the "Devil's Racetrack" album (2000).






1999

07-Apr-99
US GA,New Orleans,House of Blues, "Dates with the Devil"
[with Jerry Stahl, Hubert Selby Jr. and Karen Finley]

09-Apr-99
US CA,San Francisco,Great American Music Hall, "Dates with the Devil"
[with Jerry Stahl, Hubert Selby Jr. and Karen Finley]

18-Apr-99
US CA,Los Angeles,Luna Park, "Dates with the Devil"
[with Jerry Stahl, Hubert Selby Jr. and Karen Finley]


19-Oct-99
US Release of "Crimes Against Nature" 2CD album (Atavistic).


03-Dec-99
US NY,New York City,Manhatten,Poetry Project






2000

14-Feb-00
US CA,San Francisco,Cafe du Nord

20-Feb-00
CAN BC,Vancouver,Richards on Richards
[with 30 Helens]

Note: 'Dirty Little Secrets' tour. Lydia reads excerpts from her autobiography/novel "Paradoxia" and from her internet sex advice column "Tough Love". Several more dated in Canada and the US. in between these dates.


26-May-00
US CA,Los Angeles,Skylight Books


20-Jun-00
US FL,Tallahassee,- (reading from "The Devil's Racetrack")

2x-Jun-00
US FL,Jim Faherty's house (of Pain) (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")

22-Jun-00
US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club (reading from "The Devil's Racetrack")
[with Jerry Stahl]

Note: Excerpts from the Sapphire Supper Club and Jim Faherty's house performances are available on "The Devil's Racetrack" album (2000). Jim Faherty ran Figurehead records and the Sapphire Supper Club.


12-Sep-00
US TN,Murfreesboro,Middle Tennessee State University ('Spitfire Tour')
[with Jello Biafra, Michael Franti,..]

13-Sep-00
US PA,Elizabethtown,Elizabethtown College ('Spitfire Tour')
[with Jello Biafra, Michael Franti,..]


08-Nov-00
UK London,Talk of the Town (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

09-Nov-00
BE Tongeren,Velinx (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

10-Nov-00
GE Bielefeld,Niedermühlenkamp (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

11-Nov-00
GE Hamburg,Molotow (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

13-Nov-00
SW Stockholm,Södra Teatern (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

Note: "Johnny Behind The Deuce" was a joint novel/film project with Gene Gregorits that eventuelly never got made. One track from the Cagliari show (with Mauro Teho Teardo [Meathead/Here]) is available on "Hangover Hotel" compilation album (2001).


Norway November 2000

14-Nov-00
NO Oslo,So What (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

15-Nov-00
NO Stavanger,Folken (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

16-Nov-00
NO Bergen,USF (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

17-Nov-00
NO Bode,Rock Café (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

18-Nov-00
NO Lillehammer,Felix (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

Poster: Photo of poster.


19-Nov-00
DK København,Loppen (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

20-Nov-00
GE Berlin,Trompete (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

21-Nov-00
GE München,Muffathalle Café (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

22-Nov-00
GE Ulm,Theaterhaus (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

23-Nov-00
CH Genève,Théatre de l'Usine,Les Nuits Hors Bords Festival (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
(with Gene Gregorits)

24-Nov-00
IT Bologna,Teatro Occupato (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")

25-Nov-00
IT Cagliari,Beaubourg Jazz Club/Fbi Club,“Industriata 2000”
(with Mauro Teho Teardo)

26-Nov-00
A Wien,Szene (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")

27-Nov-00
CZ Praha,- (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")

28-Nov-00
CZ Praha,- (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")


27-Nov-00
UK Release of the "The Devil's Racetrack" album (Almafame).






2001

03-Mar-01
US WA,Seattle,5th avenue,Seattle Eleventh Hour Poetry Festival (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")

04-Mar-01
US CA,San Francisco,Cafe du Nord (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
[with Jerry Stahl,Cara Bruce and Thomas Roche]

09-Mar-01
US CA,Los Angeles,California State University (reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce")
[with Carla Buzolich and Vaginal Davies]


14-Jun-01
US CA,Hollywood,The Beauty Bar,"Rock 'N' Lounge"

Note: Not a spoken word, but a DJ set.


18-Sep-01
BE Gent,Vooruit,Institute for Living Voice festival,Work shop

19-Sep-01
BE Gent,Vooruit,Institute for Living Voice festival,Work shop

20-Sep-01
BE Gent,Vooruit (spoken word)

Note: All cancelled due to '9/11' and moved to April 2002.


02-Nov-01
PT Lisboa,Teatro Sá da Bandeira,Festival FalaDura


13-Nov-01
US CA,Los Angeles,Knitting Factory
[with Mark E. Smith]

09-Dec-01
US CA,Los Angeles,Knitting Factory
[with Jerry Stahl]


14-Dec-01
US CA,West Hollywood,The Parlour Club

Note: Lydia DJ's at the opening night's party.






2002

24-Jan-02
US CA,Los Angeles,Harmony Gallery
[with Mary Woronov & Pleasant Gehman]


Los Angeles 03-Feb-02

03-Feb-02
US CA,Los Angeles,The Parlour Club,'The UnHappy Hour'

Note: 'The UnHappy Hour' is a spoken word series, every Sunday night, organized by Lydia Lunch and Andrew Gould, which will run for 5 months until 30-Jun-02. Lydia performs herself on 03-Feb-02.

Flyer: e-Flyer.


14-Feb-02
US CA,Los Angeles,Knitting Factory,Songs of Longing and Dis-ease

Note: Not a spoken word, but a DJ set.


03-Mar-02
US LA,New Orleans,Shim Sham Club

04-Mar-02
US CO,Denver,Lions' Lair

05-Mar-02
US MN,Minneapolis,City Club @ Grumpy's

06-Mar-02
US MN,Minneapolis,First Avenue

08-Mar-02
US IL,Chicago,Abbey Pub

10-Mar-02
US NY,New York City,CBGB's Gallery

11-Mar-02
US MA,Boston,Middle East
[Duncan Wilder Johnson]

12-Mar-02
US PA,Philadelphia,Epitone

14-Mar-02
US CA,Los Angeles,UCLA, All Tomorrow's Parties LA 2002


16-Apr-02
BE Brugge,Concertgebouw,Institute for Living Voice festival, Work shop
"The Musicality Of The Spoken Word" (2PM - 5 PM)

17-Apr-02
BE Brugge,Concertgebouw,Institute for Living Voice festival, Work shop
"The Musicality Of The Spoken Word" (2PM - 5 PM)

17-Apr-02
BE Brugge,Concertgebouw,Institute for Living Voice festival, Debate
(with Omar Ebrahim & David Moss) (8PM)

18-Apr-02
BE Brugge,Biekorf Theater (spoken word)

Note: Moved from September 2001. Lydia teaches about spoken work. Her performance of the 18th contained "Women & Children First" and "In My Time of Dying" (an anti war protest).


20-Apr-02
NL Haarlem,Patronaat

Setlist: Women & Children First.


21-Apr-02
BE Brussel,De Markten,Het Groot Beschrijf festival (2PM)

Setlist: Women & Children First.


24-Apr-02
CH Luzern,Kulturzentrum Boa
[with Jimmy Tenor]


29-Apr-02
US CA,Los Angeles,Knitting Factory,Beat festival
[with Hubert Selby Jr.,Harry Dean Stanton, Anubian Lights + Beat film by Gene Gregorits]

Setlist: In Our Time Of Dying.


29-Apr-02
GE Leipzig,Cinestar Kinopalast,Gotic Wave festival

Note: Work shop and spoken word performance.


17-Jul-02
US AZ,Tuscon,Club Congress

18-Jul-02
US TX,Austin,Emo's

19-Jul-02
US GA,Atlanta,Masquerade


Orlando 20/21-Jul-02

20-Jul-02
US FL,Orlando,Oval Gallery

21-Jul-02
US FL,Orlando,Stardust Video

Flyer: Photo of flyer.


08-Dec-02
SW Stockholm,Nalen

Setlist: In Our Time Of Dying.


10-Dec-02
UK London,ICA (with Terry Edwards)

Setlist: a.o. Invalids Of Duration/ Destiny/ Murdered Sons/ and more...

Note: Above tracks available on the "In Our Time Of Dying" album (2003).


13-Dec-02
SP Barcelona,Kosmopolis,Centre Cultura Contemporania Barcelona,International Literature Festival

Setlist: In My Time Of Dying.

Note: Above track available on the "In Our Time Of Dying" album (2003).






2003

24-Jan-03
US CA,Santa,Monica,Track 16 Gallery (with Wanda Coleman)


March 2003
US CA,Los Angeles,Extra Teeth Studios,recording "Women & Children first" for "In Our Time Of Dying" album.


Orlando 26-Mar-03

26-Mar-03
US FL,Orlando,Back Booth,Sounds Like Propaganda festival (with Jerry Stahl & guests)

27-Mar-03
US FL,Tampa,Orpheum,Sounds Like Propaganda festival (with Jerry Stahl & guests)

Poster: Photo of Orlando poster.


Hollywood 29-Mar-03

29-Mar-03
US CA,Hollywood,Young Park,Calliope fest 2
[with Ani Difranco]

Poster: Photo of poster.


27-Apr-03
US NY,New York City,CBGB Gallery,"Sex & Guts #4" magazine launch (spoken word)

28-Apr-03
US MA,Northampton Massachusetts,Smith College (spoken word and lecture)

Note: The New York show also has "Wanted", a photo exhibition of Lydia's photographic work.


06-Jun-03
UK Birmingham,the Rep Door,Fierce Festival
(with Terry Edwards)
Memory and Madness

07-Jun-03
UK Birmingham,the Rep Door/Custard Factory,Fierce Festival
(with David Knight & Karl Blake [of Shock Headed Peters] & Terry Edwards)
Memory and Madness

Setlist: for the 06-Jun-03 show: In Our Time Of Dying: Bitter Champagne/ The Root Of Hysteria/ Wet Nurse In The Trauma Unit/ Sick With Need/ Dirty White Honeysuckle/ Miserable Bastard/ Tiny’s Tite Spot/ Static/ Memory And Madness/ Wretched Possibility.

Note: The 06-Jun-03 show is available on the "Memory and Madness" album (2003).


11-Jun-03
GE München,Kranhalle,Feierwerk

12-Jun-03
GE Saarbrücken,Garage

27-Jun-03
NL Haarlem,Patronaat


15-Oct-03
UK Release of the "Memory and Madness" album (Sartorial).


02-Nov-03
US CA,San Diego,The Casbah

xx-Nov-03
US 6 more dates

19-Nov-03
US IL,Chicago,The Empty Bottle,Memory and Madness
[with Chris Connelly]

21-Nov-03
US WI,Madison,UW Madison,The Rathskeller

Note: 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.


Minneapolis 22-Nov-03

22-Nov-03
US MN,Minneapolis,Grumpy's City Club Lounge

Note: Date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.


Tucson 03-Dec-03

03-Dec-03
US AZ,Tucson,Hotel Congress
[with Fashionistas and Sugarbush]

Note: Date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.


06-Dec-03
US AZ,Mesa,Hollywood Alley
[with Jim Goad]

Note: Date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.


Seattle 12-Dec-03

12-Dec-03
US WA,Seattle,Graceland
[with Glass Candy and The Chromatics]

Note: Date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.


Portland 13-Dec-03

13-Dec-03
US OR,Portland,Ash Street Tavern[with Glass Candy]

Note: Date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.


14-Dec-03
US CA,San Francisco,Cafe du Nord

Note: Last date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.






2004

24-Feb-04
US MD,Baltimore,Ottobar

25-Feb-04
US NY,New York City,Brooklyn,North Six
[with Thurston Moore]


Exeter 26-Apr-04

24-Apr-04
UK Cambridge,Trinity College,Winstanley Lecture Hall,Conference of Contemporary Poetry
(with Terry Edwards)

26-Apr-04
UK Exeter,Cavern,Vibraphonic Festival
(with Terry Edwards)
[with Bikini Atoll]

30-Apr-04
SW Stockholm,Kulturhuset,Ladyfest

01-May-04
SW Malmö,Ladyfest

Setlist: Memory and Madness.

Flyer: e-Flyer for the Exeter show.


Birmingham 22-May-04

22-May-04
UK Birmingham,Fierce Festival,The Custard Factory Theatre
(Lydia Lunch and Marc Almond with Oxbow's Eugene Robinson and Niko Wenner)

Flyer: e-Flyer.


20/21-Jun-04
IT Genoa,Cortile Maggiore di Palazzo Ducale,10th Genoa Poetry Festival






2005

Portland 27-Jan-05

14-Jan-05
US TX,Houston,The Axiom (2 shows)

27-Jan-05
US OR,Portland,Doug Fir Lounge
[with Sir Richard Bishop]

16-Feb-05
US CA,San Francisco,Hemlock Tavern,Crimes and Passion

Setlist: In Our Time of Dying

Poster: Photo of poster for the Portland show.


30-Apr-05
SP Sevillia,Theatre Lopez de Vega,Festival


12-Nov-05
US CA,San Francisco,Bay Area Public Access,Cable Channel 29 TV,Counter Culture Hour

10-Dec-05
US CA,San Francisco,Bay Area Public Access,Cable Channel 29 TV,Counter Culture Hour

Note: 90mins interview filmed at the RE/Search headquarters, probably in February 2005. Broadcast in 2 parts. Dates are broadcast dates. The Counter Culture Hour is hosted by V. Vale and produced by Marian Wallace and Marian Wilde.






2006

10-Mar/21-Apr-06
FR Paris,La Cinémathèque Française,Salle Georges Franju
Film and Poetry festival
"Le Cinéma Avant Garde & Le Cinéma des Poètes"
[with Richard Hell on 07-Apr-06]

Note: Lydia Lunch lectures and shows the following films: "Like Dawn to Dust", "Submit To Me", "The Right Side of My Brain" and "Fingered".


Madrid 28-May-06

28-May-06
SP Madrid,Experimenta club,Yuxtaposiciones 2006,Spoken Word Festival

Setlist: Ecstasy At The Mouth Of The Abyss.

Note: A spoken word dissertation on lust and longing in time of war. This could be a precursor to Lydia's "Ghosts of Spain" project.

Photo: Credit Fernando Martín de la Hoz.


30-Jun-06
RU Mockba,Moscow Book Festival


15-Jul-06
UK Henham Park,Southwold Latitude Festival,Vox 'n Roll

Note: A spoken word performance and discussion forum.


Paris 26-Oct-06

26-Oct-06
FR Paris,La Cantada

Note: Spoken word and projection of films.

Flyer: e-Flyer.


02-Nov-06
FR Paris,Vidéoclub-librairie Hors-circuits

Note: Book/CD/DVD signing session.


Antwerpen 11-Nov-06

11-Nov-06
BE Antwerpen,Petrol,OOR/deel festival

Note: Also screening of the "Video Hysterie" compilation.

Ad: Cover of program booklet.


Wien Dec-06

09-Dec-06
A Wien,Frauencafé,Lunch Box 1.

23-Dec-06
A Wien,Frauencafé,Lunch Box 2.

Note: Lydia Lunch event with music, videos, posters etc... Lydia is not present.

Flyer: e-Flyer.






2007

31-Mar-07
SP Barcelona,MACBA


Barcelona 21-Apr-07

21-Apr-07
SP Barcelona,Heliogàbal,"Broken Poems and Cracked Music"

Setlist: Itch/ Archives of Blood/.. and more.

Note: Some material from Matrikamantra and more.

Poster: Screenshot from a private video.


New York City 28-Jun-07

28-Jun-07
US NY,New York City,Leo Koenig Gallery

Note: Photo exhibition curated by Bjarne Melgaard, followed by a spoken word performance.

Flyer: e-Flyer.


US Paradoxia tour November 2007

05-Nov-07
US NY,New York City,Astor Place,Barnes & Noble
[with Arthur Neresian]

07-Nov-07
US IL,Chicago,Quimby's
[with Arthur Neresian and Joe Meno]

08-Nov-07
US CA,San Francisco,City Lights

10-Nov-07
US CA,Berkely,Moe's Books

11-Nov-07
US WA,Seattle,Eliot Bay Bookstore

13-Nov-07
US CA,Los Angeles,Skylight Books
[with Arthur Neresian]

15-Nov-07
US CA,Los Angeles,UCLA,Hammer Museum

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel followed by a book signing session.
"Paradoxia" was finally published in the US on 18-Oct-07, 10 years after its first publication in the UK.

Flyer: e-Flyer.



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