08/23/91 - Berkshire, England @ Reading Festival

Date: Friday, August 23rd, 1991 
City: Berkshire, England
Venue: Reading Festival
SET LIST NOTES
Schizophrenia 
White Kross 
Brother James 
Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit 
Eric's Trip 
Teenage Riot 
Flower 
Tunic 
Dirty Boots 
Chapel Hill 
Mary Christ 
Kool Thing 
Expressway to Yr Skull 
  • Lots of backstage footage from this date in "1991: The Year Punk Broke", namely the interview sections almost an hour in.

    QUOTES

    T: "Hey kids. ... Y'all having fun today?"
    L: "Check."
    T: "Alright, we're gonna start off with a little Mister Softie tune, send this one out to Abraham Lincoln and his family, this is called 'Schizophrenia'."
    - Schizophrenia
    T: "White Cross."
    - White Cross
    [a tape of beats plays]
    - Brother James
    T: "This is a new song, it's called..[makes a noise]"
    - Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit
    - I Love Her All The Time
    L: "This is called 'Mote'."
    - Mote
    T: "This is for all the kids who've got a reason to pogo. This is called 'Dirty Boots'."
    - Dirty Boots
    T: "This song is called 'Chapel Hill'."
    - Chapel Hill
    T: "Hail Mary...Mary Christ."
    - Mary-Christ
    - Kool Thing
    T: "Thank you, everybody. Everybody who lives in Cologne and the rest of Germany. Thanks. Thanks for being the beautiful motherfuckers you are. ... What do you want? Is there anymore of that candy? ... This song is called 'Expressway'."
    - Expressway
    T: "Goodnight ladies and gentlemen, peace!" [encore break] "Aw thanks, man...hey, we got time for one more then they have to turn off the power. Don't ask me why, it's a law, it's a rule! I didn't make it, I didn't vote for it! I don't live here. It's worse in America, ha ha. In different ways. Our neighbourhoods..[??] This is called 'Teenage Riot'."
    - Teenage Riot
    T: "Goodnight...seeya next time...take it easy."

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • Nirvana
  • Dinosaur Jr
  • Silverfish
  • Chapterhouse
  • Babes In Toyland
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • Iggy Pop
  • Sisters of Mercy

    DOCUMENTATION

  • Audience analog cassette source exists.
  • Pro-shot video exists (see 1991: The Year Punk Broke).

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