Gig List 1994

BBC Radio 1, Simon Mayo Show

March 7, 1994. My affair, Bad, Can't stop killing you. Later released on What do pretty girls do?

US TOUR

"Kirsty played the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio, in either Dec. 1993 or Jan. 1994. The night of Kirsty's show, Cleveland was pounded by a particularly vicious lake effect snowstorm. Inch upon inch of snow fell upon the roads and it did not let up for the remainder of the evening. We arrived just in time for some folkie guy named David Gray (wonder whatever happened to him?). As we walked into the theatre, we were stopped by a club worker who told us the show had been moved into the much smaller adjacent Agora Ballroom. Uh oh.

The Agora Ballroom was a tiny stage and held about 200 people. It was were local acts honed their craft. Not the fancy, elaborate stage worthy of our Kirsty. Forest and I exchanged worried glances, feeling something ominous in the air. Looking around, the Ballroom was very nearly empty. We grabbed a table near the front of the stage. That's right...a table. There were so few people there, they left the tables and chairs on the floor, feeling the crowd wouldn't be large enough to justify clearing the floor. When Kirsty hit the stage, including us and the bar workers there were 32 people - who got to witness what had to rank amongst the most committed, heartfelt performances they'd ever seen. Completely unfazed by the sparse turnout, Kirsty and her band played an energetic, spot-on 90 minute set, covering just about every aspect of her career, from early Stiff singles, to her latest album at the time, "Titanic Days". At one point, Kirsty left the stage, mic in hand, to come to the floor, walk from table to table and sing to us, taking the piss out of cheesy bar torch singers. You had to be there. We were in rapture.

At one point, between songs, I couldn't help myself. I yelled out, "WE LOVE YOU, KIRSTY!" With expert comic timing that Bob Newhart could respect, Kirsty didn't react, waited a beat, then deadpanned in an Irish brogue:

"Yeh, that's whut they all say."

After the show, Kirsty and her band didn't run backstage. Rather, she asked that the house light come up, then she and the band simply walked off the stage and over to the bar where they gladly met, talked with and hugged every single person in attendance. She was warm, friendly and most definitely, one of a kind. (original fuller transcript here). - JH

TORONTO

May 1994

VANCOUVER Music West Convention

May 12-15, 1994. " Visitors to the fourth annual Music West convention being held May 12-15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, can expect warm weather, spectacular scenery, and the chance to see more than 230 bands showcased in 23 local clubs.

Here are some of the highlights planned for the four-day event: Production workshops with Hugh Padgham, Bruce Fairbairn, Steve Lillywhite, and Steve Brown at local recording studios, Songwriting workshops featuring songwriters Kirsty MacColl, Jane Siberry, Bonnie Hayes, John Ims, Hugh Prestwood, and Marc Jordan. "

LONDON Fleadh, Finsbury Park

June 11, 1994. "Kirsty was not appearing with the sadly McGowanless and past it Pogues on the main stage but did a VERY nervous and short (20 minute) set in the acoustic tent - can't remember the set list except for New England and Free World". Source - DC2. She later joined Shane MacGowan on stage with the Popes to sing a "spendidly ramshackle" Fairytale of New York.

LONDON Mean Fiddler

July 13, 1994 (support: Big Corporation). Titanic Days; Free World; Caroline; Angel; Bad*; Don’t Come The Cowboy…; All I Ever Wanted; He’s On The Beach; Tread Lightly; Walking Down Madison; Can’t Stop Killing You; They Don’t Know; A New England; You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby; Dancing in Limbo; Miss Otis Regrets; I Wanna Be Sedated * featuring Boz Boorer on clarinet, photo: Terry Hurley

PHOENIX FESTIVAL (not Phoenix Arizona by the way)

July 16, 1994. Titanic days; Free world; Caroline; Angel; Bad; Don't come the cowboy with me, Sonny Jim!; All I ever wanted; He's on the beach; Tread lightly; Walking down Madison; Can't stop killing you; They don't know; A new England; (I wanna be) Sedated. Soundboard tapes exist of her 1994 Festival performance.

Later: Hootenanny

December 1994. TV appearance on BBC2 "Later: Hootenanny" with Jools Holland. Miss Otis regrets - later made available on DVD. It's the one with the pipe band.

Other sightings

"I remember seeing her at Bradford Wool Exchange (1994, I think) as part of Bradford Festival" MH

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