Set list quotes

[Amanda]

I was just wondering if between us we had enough to fill in all the gaps?

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE TOUR

Southampton Guildhall – 03/04/2005

‘To betray you must first belong’
- Kim Philby

Derby Assembly Rooms – 04/04/2005

‘To be obsessive is far more important than talent’
- Kyffin Williams

Wolverhampton Civic Hall – 06/04/2005

‘The void is more daring than the whole‘
- Edmond Jabes

Swansea Brangwyn Hall – 07/04/2005

‘I have come to the borders of sleep the deep frost where all must lose their way. ‘
- Edward Thomas

Liverpool Royal Court – 09/04/2005

‘All our knowledge – past, present and future – is nothing compared to what we will never know’
- Tsiolkovsky

Bristol Colston Hall – 11/04/2005

‘One likes to believe in the freedom of music but glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity ‘
- Rush

Cambridge Corn Exchange – 12/04/2005

‘Ambition is critical‘
- Dylan Thomas

Newcastle City Hall – 14/04/2005

‘Be Pure, Be Vigilant, behave’

Edinburgh Corn Exchange – 15/04/2005

‘I listen to money singing. It's like looking down from long French windows at a provincial town.’
- Philip Larkin

Leeds University Refectory – 17/04/2005

‘There is no truce with the furies’
- R.S Thomas

Hammersmith Apollo – 18/04/2005

‘You cannot love too much only the wrong way‘
[Thomas Traherne/Elizabeth Jennings]


Hammersmith Apollo – 19/04/2005

‘There is work to be done’
- Lenin


NICKY WIRE SOLO ‘TOUR’


Stay Beautiful – 01/07/2006

“I never think of the future it comes soon enough” – A. Einstein

Latitude Festival – 17/07/2006

“Freedom is the recognition of necessity” – F. Engels

Gwyl Macs Festival – 02/09/2006

“My greatest fortune was that I was ordered to take up art for the good of my health” – Kyffin Williams


SEND AWAY THE TIGERS TOURS & FESTIVALS


Manchester 8/12/2006

"When a man is young he is usually a revolutionary of some kind, so here I am speaking of my revolution" Wyndham Lewis

Cambridge 8/05

"Prostitutes go to heaven it's their clients that go to hell" D. Chapple

Leeds 9/05

“I can’t be anymore than I say” D. Albarn

Cardiff 11/05

"Brands are like spirits - disrupting your life, bombarding you. Your suspicious of them, but attracted too. Its like a trap." Wang Qingsong

Cardiff 12/05

“No his mind is not for rent to any God or government” N. Peart

Glasgow 14/05

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill

Newcastle 15/05

"This not my life, just a fond farewell to a friend" E. Smith

Sheffield 17/05

"I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex." Bertrand Russel

Carlisle 18/05

“Tyranny, like hell is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation with us, the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph” Thomas Paine

Preston 20/05

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more unbearable.” Kurt Vonnegut

Wolverhampton 21/05

"This is not rock n roll it's the geometry of contempt" R Edwards

Norwich 23/05

"An architect is a foreigner - a strange person - a person that thinks buildings are alive" M.Wigley

Nottingham 24/05

"I'm trying to turn myself inside out on the canvas. I'm trying to completely bare what I think at that moment" Don Van Vilet

Llandudno 26/05

""One solitary, overriding thought: to get away from here, people frighten me" - Werner Herzog"

Manchester 27/05

“Anybody interested in the effects of war quickly becomes an expert in ruins” C Lorrain/S Norfolk

London 29/05

"Stab a sorry heart with your favourite finger, paint the whole world blue and stop your tears from stinging" I. McCulloch

London 30/05

“Where there’s a will to win my red dream is everything” McCarthy

London 31/05

"The soul singer in the session band shredded to ribbons beneath the microphone stand" C. Oberst

Bristol 2/06

"You come from an island. You're cutting diamonds with a rubber knife" Nina Persson

Truro 3/06

"When there's no future how can there be sin?" J. Lydon

Southampton 5/06

"My most creative moment is the point zero" Naoto Fukasawa

Brighton 6/06

"I'm all lost in the supermarket I can no longer shop happily" Strummer/Jones

Leicester 8/06

"Last cigarettes all you can get - turning your orbit around" J. Tweedy

Reading 9/06

"What i want i want now and it's a whole lot more than anyhow" T Verlaine

Rock Ness 10/06

“Who’s responsible? You fucking are” R. Edwards

Cardiff 12/06

“In the Cardiff Afterlife we sensed the breaking of our lives”

Hultsfred 16/06

"And like the charge of the light brigade or a bitter, twisted thachterite".

Greenfield 17/06

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Southside 22/06

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Hurricane 23/06

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Glastonbury 24/06

"I like a look of agony, because I know it's true" Emily Dickinson

Summer Sonic, Osaka 11/08

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Summer Sonic, Tokyo 12/08

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V Festival, Stafford 18/08

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V Festival, Chelmsford 19/08

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Tennants Vital, Belfast 21/08

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Electric Picnic 31/08

"I THINK THE CAMERA IS A WONDERFUL MACHINE, DON'T YOU? NOT TO TAKE PICTURES IS CRAZY". PETER BEARD.

Rock'n'Coke, Istanbul 02/09

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Q Awards Launch Party 12/09

"I wish I was like you, easily amused" K Cobain

Terra Vibe, Athens 06/10

"The more that you follow me, the more I get lost" - Pete Doherty

Barcelona 09/11

"I FIND IT SO DIFFICULT NOT TO HATE, WHEN I DO NOT HATE I FEEL WE FEW ARE SO LONELY IN THE WORLD" - Betrand Russell

Dublin 29/11

"Put some lipstick on at least your lies will be pretty" R Edwards

Dublin 30/11

"Teenage angst has served me well, now i'm bored and old" K cobain

Aberdeen 02/12

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Edinburgh 03/12

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Manchester 05/12

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Cardiff 06/12

"LAUGHTER IS AN ESCAPE FROM THE DARKNESS" - P. MERTON

Birmingham 08/12

"IN THE SUN, IN THE SUN, IN THE SUN I FEEL AS ONE" - K COBAIN

Bournemouth 09/12

"THE NET IS A MEDIUM WHICH UNFORTUNATELY MAKES IT EASIER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BAD NOVELS AND MISCELANNEOUS OTHER SCREEDS TO GET THEM OUT". WILL SELF

Brixton 11/12

"After silence that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music" - [Aldous Huxley]

Brixton 12/12

"REPETITION IS A FORM OF CHANGE." - ANON/[BRIAN ENO]

Brighton 14/12

"I can't stand the crap that gets talked by everyone - Players, Fans, The Media, Club Officals. Why should I waste my time listening to people who are clearly less intelligent than me" - [Fabio Capello]

NME BIG GIG 28/2/08

"I DON'T THRIVE ON CHAOS. I JUST NAVIGATE IT." S. EARLE

Manchester City of Light Stadium - 02/06/2008

"If you're going to play it out of tune then play it out of tune properly" - Mark E. Smith

Caribana Festival, Switzerland - 05/06/2008

"The subject matter is the usual-god, destiny and me thinking everyone's a tit-head." - Ian McCulloch

Rock Am Ring Festival, Germany - 07/06/08

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Rock Im Park Festival, Germany - 08/06/08

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Radar Festival Varaždin, Croatia - 13/06/08

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Allegro Muzyka Festival, Poland - 21/06/08

"An artist is his own fault" - John O'Hara

Open Air St Gallen Festival, Switzerland - 27/06/08

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B’est Fest, Bucharest, Romania - 05/07/08

"DIGITAL PICTURES HAVE NO SOUL - DIGITAL IS COLD IT CAN'T DEAL WITH LIGHT PROPERLY" - S. GULLICK

Oxegen Festival, Ireland - 12/07/08

"FAME IS THE NEW WEALTH. OBSCURITY IS THE NEW POVERTY" - LEE SIEGEL

Positivus AB Festival, Latvia - 18/07/08

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B1 Club, Moscow, Russia - 23/07/08

"IS A DREAM A LIE THAT DON'T COME TRUE OR IS IT SOMETHING WORSE" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Q Stock, Finland - 25/07/08

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FM4 Frequency Festival, Austria - 15/08/08

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Pukkelpop Festival, Belgium - 16/08/08

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Newport - 21/08/08

"We Live In Urban Hell. We Destroy Rock N Roll"

Reading Festival - 23/08/08

"do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage"- Brian de palma

Leeds Festival - 24/08/08

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Hydro Connect Festival, Inverary - 29/08/08

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Royal Festival Hall, London Believe in Magic - 12/09/08

"There's nothing that the road cannot heal" - Conor Oberst

Fort Canning Park, Singapore - 24/11/08

"I haven't forgotten what it was like to be a kid; especially a misunderstood one" - Shane Meadows

Hitec Star Hall, Hong Kong - 26/11/08

"I never found the campanion that was so campanionable as solitude" - H David Thoreau

Journal for Plague Lovers

Glasgow - 25/05/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

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Hits set:

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Llandudno - 26/05/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

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Hits set:

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London - 28/05/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

"I LIKE MIDDLES - IT IS IN MIDDLES THAT EXTREMES CLASH,WHERE AMBIGUITY RULES" JOHN UPDIKE

Hits set:

"Avant Garde is French for bullshit" – J Lydon


London - 29/05/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

"CAPITALISM IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO SELL US STUFF, AND NOW IT'S FOUND THE PAST": -ALEXEI SAYLE

Hits set:

"MY LIFE IS SUBSERVIENT TO PAINTING - I CAN'T FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR IT IN THE WORLD" - J SAVILLE

London - 30/05/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

"I'M AN ANGEL BORED LIKE HELL AND YOU'RE A DEVIL MEANING WELL" NINA PERSSON

Hits set:

"THE WAY WOMEN WERE DEPICTED DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MINE; TOO CUTE. I WASN'T INTERESTED IN ADMIRED OR IDEALISED BEAUTY" JENNY SAVILLE

Wolverhampton - 01/06/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

"There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark"
- Alexei Sayle

Hits set:

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Brighton - 02/06/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

"I THOUGHT I COULD TURN PEOPLE ON WITH A NOTE OF SADNESS" - PETER GREEN

Hits set:

"IF SOMEBODY SAYS I LOVE YOU, TO ME, I FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE HAD A PISTOL POINTED AT MY HEAD" - KURT VONNEGURT

Dublin - 04/06/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

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Hits set:

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Belfast - 06/06/09

Journal for Plague Lovers set:

"I WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THINGS PEOPLE SECRETLY WANTED TO SAY AND DO. THOSE CONDITIONS AREN'T THERE ANY MORE" - I. POP

Hits set:

"I DON'T WANT TO BE IN SOME FUCKING LOUSY INDEPENDENT PIECE OF CRAP THAT NO ONE WATCHES. I WANNA BE IN THE ONES THAT MATTER. I WANNA BE A FUCKING MOVIE STAR" - M. ROURKE

London Mojo Awards Show - 08/06/09

"Humans cannot save the world, but this is no reason for despair. It does not need saving. Happily humans will never live in a world of their own making" - John Gray

Rock Under Broen, Denmark - 13/06/09

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Szczecin Rock Festival, Poland - 25/06/09

"Popular culture has become too popular, too easy to consume, too widely broadcast and too accessible" - Rob Fitzpatrick.

Exit festival, Serbia - 10/07/09

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T in the Park, Scotland - 11/07/09

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Oxegen, Ireland - 12/07/09

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Lokerse Festival, Belgium - 04/08/09

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Sziget, Hungary - 15/08/09

"We believe in a society in delusion, and if you're awake and not deluded people tell you you're mad. That's why I'm a freak and they're not. But I'm actually not." - Billy Childish

Parkenfestivalen, Norway - 22/08/09

"New stars are seldom 'authentic'- they actually go to fame schools and train for the job. Today's audience doesn't mind if the performers have svengalis & stylists. After all, the notion of the makeover is central to modern TV." -Paul Du Noyer.

Seattle - 21/09/09

"I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form" - Lars Von Trier

Vancouver - 22/09/09

"There is no progression in music or art. Theres change and different people being happy in different ways." - Robert Wyatt

San Francisco - 24/09/09

"Anything is hard to find when you will not open your eyes" - Morrissey

Los Angeles - 25/09/09

"I tried living in the real world instead of a shell but before I began - I was bored before I ever began" - Morrissey

Denver - 28/09/09

"Society is our frail barrier against nature" - Cammille Paglia

Minneapolis - 30/09/09

"I begin with no plan. I face the void - I play - I do nothing" -R. Johnson

Chicago - 01/10/09

"I never considered another profession. My only other desire was to do as little as possible" - Kevin Ayres

Detroit - 02/10/09

"One thing that I'm sure of is the real pleasure of life - it's not being known, it's not having your own jet plane, it's not having a mansion the pleasure is to learn something" - Francis Ford Coppola

Toronto - 04/10/09

"We are all modernisers today. We have no idea what being modern means, but we are sure that it guarantees us a future." John Gray.

Philadelphia - 06/10/09

"One: I am a Welshman; Two; I am a drunkard; Three: I am a lover of the human race, especially of women." Dylan Thomas

New York - 07/10/09

"I believe in New Yorkers. Whether they've ever questioned the dream in which they live, I wouldn't know, because I won't ever dare ask that question." - Dylan Thomas

Boston - 08/10/09

"My inspiration has always been life. Just look around, see whats going on and work from that." - Smokey Robinson

King Tuts - 18/02/10

"Let us never assume there is not more and more and more and more and then more to write about." - Norman Mailer

Bergen - 01/05/10

"Making enough money for six months to have the next six months off. It's the greatest experience I can have!" - The Late Great Alex Chilton

Cardiff (Macca Support) - 26/06/10

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Optimus Alive - 09/07/10

"The guitar is your best friend, your wife, your mistress, your psychiatrist, your bartender - it's everything" - Les Paul


Bilbao BBK Live - 10/07/10

"I am broke out of my mind, most of my fans hate me - but I don't give a shit" - Mark Eitzel