The Rapture Tour

THE RAPTURE - TOUR


	Support acts during 1995:
	Goyadress The Sideways Spiritualized Disco Inferno Blue Aeroplanes


	DATE/VENUE


	July

	21/07/95 - Zeebruges, Beach


	20/07/95 - Leeds, Heineken Festival


	03/07/95 - Lyon, Theatre Antique de Fourvieres

	01/07/95 - Caen, Zénith de Caen


	June

	13/06/95 - Zabrze, House of Music and Dance

	12/06/95 - Warsaw, Colossum Hall

	10/06/95 - Russelsheim, Mainwiesen, Zillo Festival

	09/06/95 - Zurich, Volkshaus

	06/06/95 - Budapest, Petofi Czarnok


	May

	27/05/95 - Buenos Aires, Obras Sanitarius The Double Life* Fall From Grace* Tearing Apart* The Killing Jar Face To Face Red Light Stargazer Christine Dear Prudence Not Forgotten The Rapture* Night Shift* B Side Ourselves* Falling Down* Cities In Dust O Baby* Kiss Them For Me Trust In Me* Peek A Boo* Israel *Televised 27/05/95


	25/05/95 - Rio de Janeiro, Imperator

	24/05/95 - Sao Paulo, Olympia Stadium

	22/05/95 - Sao Paulo, Olympia Stadium

	19/05/95 - Mexico City, Auditorio Nacional

	06/05/95 - Austin, Music Hall

	05/05/95 - Dallas, Bomb Factory

	03/05/95 - Atlanta, The Roxy

	01/05/95 - Washington, D.C., Lisner Auditorium


	April

	30/04/95 - Philadelphia, Tower Theatre

	28/04/95 - New York, Roseland Ballroom

	27/04/95 - Boston, Orpheum Theatre

	26/04/95 - Toronto, The Warehouse

	24/04/95 - Detroit, State Theatre

	23/04/95 - Milwaukee, UWM Ballroom

	21/04/95 - Chicago, Riviera Theatre

	19/04/95 - Minneapolis, First Avenue


	17/04/95 - Denver, Paramount Theatre


	14/04/95 - Los Angeles, Wiltern Theatre

	13/04/95 - Los Angeles, Wiltern Theatre


	11/04/95 - San Francisco, Warfield Theatre

10/04/95 - San Francisco, Warfield Theatre


	08/04/95 - Portland, La Luna

	06/04/95 - Seattle, Moore Theatre

	04/04/95 - Vancouver, Vogue Theatre


	March

	25/03/95 - Athens, Poaon Live

	24/03/95 - Athens, Poaon Live

	18/03/95 - Oporto, Coliseu


	17/03/95 - Lisbon, Coliseu Dos Recreios

12/03/95 - London, Forum (Last gig in London as The Banshees)


	08/03/95 - Hamburg, Docks Club


	07/03/95 - Utrecht, Vredenburg Muziektheater

06/03/95 - Brussels, Luna Theatre


	04/03/95 - Koln, E-Werk


	03/03/95 - Munich, Zeppelinhalle


	01/03/95 - Paris, Bataclan


	February

	28/02/95 - Paris, Bataclan


	27/02/95 - Lyon, Transbordeur

	25/02/95 - Geneva, Salle de Fetes

	25/02/95 - Geneva, Salle de Fetes

	24/02/95 - Zurich, Volkshaus (Cancelled)

	23/02/95 - Zagreb, Dom Sportiva Hall (Cancelled)

	22/02/95 - Budapest, Petofi Czarnok (Cancelled)

	21/02/95 - Linz, Posthof (Cancelled)

	19/02/95 - Brno, Vodova Hall

	18/02/95 - Leipzig, Easy Auensee

	17/02/95 - Prague, Palace of Culture

15/02/95 - Milan, City Square

The Double Life
Forever
Tearing Apart
The Killing Jar
Face To Face
Stargazer
Fall From Grace
Christine
Dear Prudence
Not Forgotten
The Rapture
Nightshift
B Side Ourselves
Falling Down
Love Out Me
Kiss Them For Me
Cascade
Peek A Boo


	14/02/95 - Florence, Flog Auditorium The Double Life Tearing Apart The Killing Jar Face To Face Stargazer Fall From Grace Sick Child Dear Prudence Not Forgotten The Rapture Nightshift B Side Ourselves Falling Down Cities In Dust O Baby Kiss Them For Me

	BOOTLEGS

	TUTTI FRUITTI


	08/02/95 - Norwich, University of East Anglia


	07/02/95 - Cambridge, Corn Exchange

	05/02/95 - Reading, Reading University (Cancelled)


	04/02/95 - London, Shepherds Bush Empire The Double Life Forever Tearing Apart Christine The Killing Jar Stargazer Fall From Grace Sick Child Dear Prudence Not Forgotten The Rapture Nightshift B Side Ourselves Falling Down Love Out Me O Baby Kiss Them For Me Peek A Boo

03/02/95 - London, Shepherds Bush Empire

The Double Life
Forever
Tearing Apart
Christine
The Killing Jar
Stargazer
Fall From Grace
Sick Child
Dear Prudence
Not Forgotten
The Rapture
Nightshift
B Side Ourselves
Falling Down
Love Out Me
O Baby
Peek A Boo


	01/02/95 - Portsmouth, Guildhall


	January

	30/01/95 - Manchester, Manchester Academy


	29/01/95 - Newcastle, Mayfair Club Tearing Apart Christine Kiss Them For Me Dear Prudence Night Shift Cities In Dust Love Out Me


	28/01/95 - Glasgow, Barrowlands

	26/01/95 - Liverpool, Royal Court (Cancelled)

	25/01/95 - Cardiff, Cardiff University (Cancelled)


	23/01/95 - Leeds, Town and Country Club


	22/01/95 - Nottingham, Rock City The Double life Forever Tearing Apart Christine Fall From Grace Sick Child Face To Face Not Forgotten The Rapture Nightshift Cascade B Side Ourselves Falling Down Love Out Me O Baby The Killing Jar Peek A Boo

	Melody Maker 02/95

	Ah, the nostalgia. Before tonight, it had been years since I'd been asked for spare change towards the price of a ticket outside a venue. Inside, there is the touching sight of senior goth citizens; receding hair dyed and lacquered into strangely shaped sculptures, monochrome make-up painted over lined faces. Without a doubt, if the Banshees had strolled on stage and struck up with 'Hong Kong Garden' or 'Happy House', the place would have gone berserk. But crass crowd-pleasing has never been the Banshees' way. Five of the first six songs are taken from their admirable new album, 'The Rapture'. By the end of the night they've played every song on the LP, along with only four of their Top 40 singles: 'Christine', 'Face To Face', 'O Baby' and 'Peek A Boo'. It's all the more brave because 'The Rapture' features some of the most lush, ornate and melodic Banshees music ever, along with some shamelessly romantic sentiments. It offers very few noisy, cheap thrills. Remarkably, though, they keep the audience on their side. The guitars weave delicate patterns sometimes oddly reminiscent of African music and Sioux's voice has never sounded so rich and warm. 'Forever' is a ravishingly pretty lost-love song; 'Falling Apart' a dramatic panic attack in song. The only mildly irritating factor is their continuing tendency to pack their lyrics with ornate, impenetrable metaphors. In 'Forever', for instance, Sioux somehow manages to sing: "Senses dissolve into soliloquies/Flooding ascent in synchronicity". I think she means that her ex was a good shag, but I can't pretend that I'm sure. Whatever, the music is luxurious. We're all getting happily hypnotised, when suddenly they snap us out of it with one of the most brutal songs they've ever written. 'Night Shift' (from the 1981 album 'Juju'), is a jagged, startling study of murder and misogyny in which the words are very clear: "F the mothers/F* the others, kill the mothers". It's the start of a closing sequence in which the pace steadily increases, and we get some of that old-time Sioux jerky dancing to watch. They reach maximum velocity on the untypically frantic new song, 'Love Out Me', before leaving the stage in triumph. After all these years, they remain perverse, awkward, mischievous and unpredictable, making things difficult for themselves and still succeeding. It seems The Banshees haven't really changed that much at all. Dave Jennings*

21/01/95 - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall