Rotation Club, Hannover, Germany
October 12th, 1979
Some photos from this gig by Alwa Glebe are published here.

Hyde Park, Osnabruck, Germany
October 13th, 1979
Alternatively this gig was dropped, and Simple Minds played the Rotation again, at the request of the headlining band Golden Earring.

Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
October 14th, 1979
Tickets cost 5 DM and the band came on at 20:30.

Alladin Club, Bremen, Germany
October 15th, 1979

Ruhrer Saal, Nurnburg, Germany
October 16th, 1979

Auderghen Canotier, Brussels, Belgium
October 18th, 1979

Hurrah's, New York, USA
October 24th, 1979
Main Set: ...Factory / Changeling / Premonition...
This gig was recorded by The Old Grey Whistle Test and broadcast on the 27th November. Premonition was subsequently mixed and appeared as the B-side of Changeling. But it wasn't until 2003, and the Seen The Lights DVD release, that the footage was officially released.





Trax, New York, USA
October 25th, 1979

Errol's, Gothenburg, Sweden
October 29th, 1979
Main Set: ...Wasteland / Scar / Here Comes The Fool / Changeling / Factory / White Light/White Heat / Chelsea Girl / Pleasantly Disturbed / Someone / Pablo Picasso

Music Palais, Stockholm, Sweden
October 31st, 1979
Main Set: ... Premonition / Life In A Day / Destiny / Factory / Wasteland / Scar / Here Comes The Fool / White Light/White Heat / Changeling / Chelsea Girl / Pleasantly Disturbed / Someone / Pablo Picasso

Magasinet, Orebro, Sweden
November 1st, 1979
Main Set: ... Premonition / Life In A Day / Destiny / Factory / Wasteland / Scar / Here Comes The Fool / White Light/White Heat / Changeling / Chelsea Girl / Pleasantly Disturbed / Someone / Pablo Picasso

Erols, Gothenberg, Sweden
November 2nd, 1979

Musikteatret, Aarhus, Denmark
November 4th, 1979
Support: The Lost Kids

University, Stirling, UK
November 15th, 1979
Main Set: Capital City / Here Comes The Fool / Calling Your Name / Naked Eye / Life In A Day / Premonition / Citizen (Dance Of Youth) / Factory / Changeling / Chelsea Girl / Pleasantly Disturbed / Room / Pablo Picasso

University, Aberdeen, UK
November 16th, 1979



Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, UK
November 17th, 1979



University, St. Andrews, UK
November 18th, 1979



Tiffany's, Edinburgh, UK
November 19th, 1979
Main Set: ...Scar/... ...Real To Real/... ...Destiny/... ...Life In A Day/... ...Factory/... ...Chelsea Girl/... ...Pleasantly Disturbed/... ...White Light/White Heat
Support: Those French Girls

"...Once the headliners occupy the stage, though, the difference is as obvious as it is striking. No longer do the Minds sulk in the shadows amid accusations of Roxy/Magazine cloning, and their own new-found direction and maturity asserts itslef through the music and its presentation. The impressive array of equipment has Mick MacNeil banked up high within his keyboard console and Brian McGee set aside behind his kit to the far left, leaving a visual attack of bass, vocals and guitar at the front.

Material-wise, the new songs took pride (and I mean pride) of place, with eight selections from the forthcoming Real To Real Cacophony album forming the basis of the set, which lasted over an hour by hardly seemed to flag. Established favourites such as Life In A Day and the triumphant closing Pleasantly Disturbed were deservedly greeted by roars of approval, but Destiny seemed oddly dated and even worse, Chelsea Girl appeared as their willing albatross with Jim Kerr singing like an uneasy and unhappy Ancient Mariner.

By contrast, more recent compositions explored a greater range of emotions, utilitsing different rhythms and experimenting with various styles and tempos. Accordingly, Factory featured a hypnotic bass/keyboard melody under a bubbling guitar line plus a quasi-Iggy chorus that I sang all the way home! Elsewhere Scar and Real To Real are positive deliberate steps towards a composure that fits them well. Gone are the frantic attempts at catchy, jerky tunes which prompted much early criticism, to be replaced by a blending of all that is best from Ultravox and Talking Heads.

It was a pity therefore, that because of time restrictions the encore was their version of White Light/White Heat - I'd rather have heard some more chilling film themse from the Minds' own repertoire than a spirited rehash from the past. I'm looking to the future and I want it now!"

Johnny Waller
Sounds
01/12/79

Fforde Green Hotel, Leeds, UK
December 2nd, 1979
The set-list for this gig is still unknown. Some other lists document one, but it turns out to be the set-list from their appearance here during the Life In A Day tour.

University Of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
December 5th, 1979



The Limit, Sheffield, UK
December 6th, 1979



North Staffs Polytechnic, Stafford, UK
December 7th, 1979



Sandpiper, Nottingham, UK
December 8th, 1979



University, Exeter, UK
December 10th, 1979
Main Set: Veldt / Scar / Here Comes The Fool / Calling Your Name / Life In A Day / Destiny / Naked Eye / Premonition / Citizen (Dance Of Youth) / Factory / Changeling / Chelsea Girl / Pleasantly Disturbed / White Light/White Heat

University, Keele, UK
December 12th, 1979



The Marquee, London, UK
December 13th, 1979



The Marquee, London, UK
December 14th, 1979



University, Exeter, UK
December 20th, 1979



Technical College, Glasgow, UK
December 31st, 1979



Paris Theatre, London, UK
January 9th, 1980
Main Set: .../Here Comes The Fool / Calling Your Name / Factory / Changeling / Room
Recorded and broadcast live by the BBC as part of their In Concert series.

Theatre De Palace, Paris, France
January 12th, 1980
Main Set: Scar / Here Comes The Fool / Life In A Day / White Light/White Heat / Chelsea Girl / Pleasantly Disturbed / Room

University, Stirling, UK
February 15th, 1980
Support: FK9

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