Clutching At Straws - Winter Of 1987/88 - 07.01.-15.02.1988 - Europe - 20 Shows (15/20)

INFO: 2 shows of this tour were cancelled
INFO: 04.01.1988 - B'Sides Themselves (CD) released by EMI Records
PIC: Ad: Clutching At Straws - UK Tour 1988 by Denis Thomas
07.01.1988 - Capitol Theatre - Aberdeen, Scotland
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by Pete Forster
08.01.1988 - City Hall - Newcastle, England
PIC: Ticket by Denis Thomas
09.01.1988 - Victoria Hall - Hanley, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by Hew Button - Ticket by Denis Thomas
10.01.1988 - The Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by John Highmore - Ticket Denis Quinlan
16.01.1988 - Hammersmith Odeon - London, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party - 16 Market Square Heroes
PIC: Ticket
SUPPORT BAND: Jadis
17.01.1988 - Hammersmith Odeon - London, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party - 16 Market Square Heroes
PIC: Ticket by Jon Brooke
SUPPORT BAND: Jadis
18.01.1988 - Hammersmith Odeon - London, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party - 16 Market Square Heroes
PIC: Ticket by Jon Brooke - Ticket by Denis Thomas
SUPPORT BAND: Jadis
INFO: Setlist by Paul Cavender
Marillion - Clutching At Straws Tour - 1988 - Photo taken from ''The Web'' - Issue No. 27
INFO: Photo (above) taken from The Web - Issue No. 27
22.01.1988 - Hallenstadion - Zurich, Switzerland
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Backstage Pass (Europe) by Denis Thomas
23.01.1988 - Hall-7 Salle De Fetes Beaulieu - Lausanne, Switzerland
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
INFO: Setlist by Peter Goodfield and Mark Abbott
25.01.1988 - Palasport - Torino, Italy
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by Luca Benporath
26.01.1988 - Palatrussardi - Milan, Italy
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by Andre Rostek - This show was recorded for Front Row Club Issue 15 - Curtain Call
27.01.1988 - Palasport - Florence, Italy
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by Andrea Bonanni
30.01.1988 - Teatro Tenda - Napoli, Italy
01.02.1988 - Teatro Olimpico - Rome, Italy
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
INFO: Setlist by Jean-Luc Camus
02.02.1988 - Palasport - Modena, Italy
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian
INFO: Setlist incomplete!
06.02.1988 - IBO Messehalle - Friedrichshafen, Germany (cancelled show)
PIC: Concert Poster
08.02.1988 - Kursaal Oberlaa - Vienna, Austria (cancelled show)
PIC: Concert Poster
12.02.1988 - Cornwall Coliseum - St. Austell, England
14.02.1988 - Theatre Royal - Nottingham, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Ticket by David Dunnington
INFO: Selist by Denis Thomas
INFO: This show was rescheduled from 
13.01.1988
15.02.1988 - City Hall - Sheffield, England
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party - 16 Market Square Heroes
PIC: Ticket by David Dunnington - Ticket by Denis Thomas
INFO: Setlist by Paul Cavender
INFO: This show was rescheduled from 
12.01.1988
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Clutching At Straws - Europe Tour 1988 - 24.03.-24.04.1988 - Europe - 6 Shows (3/6)

24.03.1988 - Centre Beau Sejnor - Guernsey, England
26.03.1988 - Centre Fort Regent - Jersey, England
29.03.1988 - Centre Sportif - Petange, Luxembourg
"I found out this concert by chance - a friend who studied in Trier at that time gave me the tip. So I went to that concert with a friend from Düsseldorf. Sorry, I don´t remember the setlist but I think Misplaced Childhood was played completely." Thanks to Dirk Welzel
PIC: Ticket by Dirk Welzel - Ticket by Andre Rostek
04.04.1988 - Le Stadium - Bourges, France
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party
PIC: Concert Poster by Denis Thomas
INFO: French radio broadcast
24.04.1988 - The Marquee Club - London, England (1st "The Web UK" fan club convention)
01 Market Square Heroes (Marillion with Jadis)
SUPPORT BAND: Jadis
PIC: The Web - Newsletter - February 1988
PIC: Marillion with Jadis
PIC: Photos by Peter Stone in The Web - Issue No. 28
27.05.1988 - Wendover Wellhead Inn - Aylesbury, England
01 Sugar Mice - 02 Kayleigh - 03 Lavender - 04 Heart Of Lothian
INFO: Impromptu charity show
Marillion - Wendover Wellhead Inn, Aylesbury - 27.05.1988 - Photo taken from ''The Web'' - Issue No. 28
INFO: Photo (above) taken from The Web - Issue No. 28
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Clutching At Straws - Summer Festivals - 18.06.-23.07.1988 - Europe - 3 Shows (3/3)

11.06.1988 - Wembley Stadium - London, England (Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert)
01 Kayleigh (YouTube)
INFO: Fish and Mark with Midge Ure's Allstars
PIC: Photos taken from BBC TV broadcast
18.06.1988 - Radrennbahn Weissensee - East-Berlin, East Germany (Friedenswoche der Berliner Jugend)
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 03 Assassing - 04 White Russian - 05 Sugar Mice - 06 Fugazi
07 Hotel Hobbies - 08 Warm Wet Circles - 09 That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) - 10 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 11 Kayleigh
12 Lavender - 13 Heart Of Lothian - 14 Incommunicado - 15 Garden Party - 16 Market Square Heroes (incl. Let´s Twist Again)
PIC: Ticket - Ticket by Denis Thomas - Concert Programme (with poster)
SUPPORT BANDS: Voodoo, Rockhaus, Fischer Z
INFO: Setlist by David Dunnington and Ed Braiter
VID: Complete DDR 2 TV broadcast (YouTube)
Marillion - Radrennbahn Weissensee, East-Berlin - 18.06.1988 - Photos by Peter Stone, taken from ''The Web'' - Issue No. 28
INFO: Photos (above) by Peter Stone, taken from The Web - Issue No. 28
23.07.1988 - Craigtoun Country Park - St. Andrews, Scotland (Fife Aid 2)
01 The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - 02 Slàinte Mhath - 02 Assassing - 03 White Russian - 04 Sugar Mice - 05 Fugazi
06 Warm Wet Circles - 07 Misplaced Childhood (Part 2) - 08 Kayleigh - 09 Lavender - 09 Heart Of Lothian - 10 Incommunicado
11 Garden Party - 12 Market Square Heroes (incl. My Generation and Let´s Twist Again)
PIC: Ticket
INFO: THIS WAS FISH'S LAST SHOW WITH MARILLION
PIC: Official press report by EMI: Fish Leaves Marillion - 15.09.1988
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Fan Club Conventions 1988 - 16.09.-10.12.1988 - Europe - 3 Shows (3/3)

16.09.1988 - De Glazen Zaal (The Ahoy) - Rotterdam, Holland (Ibanez Music Seminar)
INFO: Steve Rothery plays a 30 min. instrumental set - incl. a short part of The Space... (!)
12.11.1988 - Tivoli Theatre - Utrecht, Holland (1st "Freaks" fan club convention)
01 Garden Party - 02 Market Square Heroes - 03 Incommunicado - 04 Heart Of Lothian - 05 Freaks
INFO: Pete on vocals
INFO: Setlist by Peter Goodfield and Mark Abbott
PIC: Photos by Joep Mens (Kamerado Concert Photography)
INFO: 21.11.1988 - Freaks (Live) (LP/CD) released by EMI Records
INFO: 28.11.1988 - The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) (LP/CD) released by EMI Records
PIC: Ad: The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) - December 1988 - by Andre Rostek
10.12.1988 - Royal Court Theatre - Liverpool, England (2nd "The Web UK" fan club convention)
01 Incommunicado - 02 Kayleigh - 03 Lavender - 04 Heart Of Lothian - 05 Garden Party - 06 Market Square Heroes
PIC: The Web - Newsletter - November 1988
INFO: Dave Lloyd on vocals
INFO: Setlist correction by Wayne Woodley
SUPPORT BAND: Jadis
Marillion - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool - 10.12.1988 - Photo taken from ''The Web'' - Issue No. 30
INFO: Photo (above) taken from The Web - Issue No. 30
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