1984
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January
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Info
Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002On their return, there was an album to finish, and the time slot at the Manor had run out. Thus began a frantic chase around various London studios, still with Simon Hanhart as engineer. It didn’t help Pete’s situation that his Mum had a heart attack halfway through the process, leaving Pete rushing back and forth to Aylesbury in between sessions. The studios included Odyssey and Wessex, as well as Maison Rouge and Sarm, where the assistant engineer happened to be a certain Dave Meegan.
“We asked if we could take him with us, ‘cos he was so good!” recalls Mark. As Marillion darted around London to complete the recording, Dave ended up working with the band at a number of studios. It became his job to ensure all the equipment was set up correctly each day, quite a challenge when there was a change of studio involved. Recalls Dave, “We’d finish one night, I’d have to pack up and have it all set up in the new studio the next morning!” This included the intricate job of lining up tape machines, which would take an hour by itself!
Deadlines continued to be missed and schedules were overrun. On one occasion, a man threatened to break into the studio wielding a machete. Fair play, he did have most of an orchestra waiting! Exhaustion was the order of the day. “I remember one occasion when I was falling asleep at the desk, and Simon Hanhart was falling asleep in the room behind!” smiles Dave. Adds Simon, “We’d all roll up at lunchtime and then sit there staring at each other, we were so tired!
Nobody thought of stopping and taking a week off to consolidate, then blitzing it.” Eventually Tony Platt, producer of a number of albums for Iron Maiden, stepped in to help with the remixing at Abbey Road. According to Mark, “He mixed Incubus and Fugazi at the same time as the rest of the tracks were being mixed by Simon, to speed things up.”
Finally, it was finished. While Dave also checked in for a few days’ hospital leave at the end of the process, diagnosed with “extreme exhaustion,” (says Dave, “It’s stuck in my memory – enjoyable but painful! “) the band could only hope that the birth would be less painful than the gestation.
(Jon Collins: Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002)Smash Hits, January 1984: Marillion Fan – Thanks to George Stevens
Sounds, 28.01.1984: Pulling No Punches – Thanks to Guy Tkach
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30.01.1984 – Punch And Judy (Single/Maxi)
- Punch And Judy released by EMI
- Soundcheck, February 1984: Review of Punch And Judy
Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002
Following the same format as Script, EMI released Punch And Judy as an advance party on 30th January 1984. “The song suggested a single,” recalled Fish. At least, it did to him – he had informed EMI that it would be the next single when only the lyrics (and not the music) had been written! Things worked out fine – writing in Sounds, Jay Williams commented that, “The most common criticism levelled at Marillion is that they are irrelevant, but this is simply the direct result of preconceptions. When you come up against something so brilliantly sharp and at the same time so bittersweet as Punch and Judy, it’s very hard to see why.” All the same the single did not fare too well, only reaching 29th position despite considerable publicity.
(Jon Collins: Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002)
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Fugazi – UK Tour (Tour 84)
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February – March25 Shows
Photos by Mark Drake-
Info
- 2 shows of this tour were cancelled and rescheduled
- T-Shirts: Fugazi Tour 84
- Jacket: Fugazi Tour
- Sounds, 04.02.1984: Ad (Punch And Judy) with UK tour dates
- Photos of Fish and Marillion
- Photo of Marillion during Fugazi Tour
- Photos of Fish during Fugazi UK Tour
- Backstage Pass (Crew Party ’84) – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
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08.02.1984 – Goldiggers Club, Chippenham (cancelled show)(canc.)
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09.02.1984 – Victoria Hall, Hanley (cancelled show)(canc.)
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster and Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to Nigel Todhunter
- Evening Sentinel, 06.02.1984: We’re All Right Now – Marillion (preview of the show) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- This show was rescheduled to 04.03.1984
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09.02.1984 – Lime Grove Studios, London (Top Of The Pops)
Punch And Judy (Lipsync)- First TV appearance with Ian Mosley
- Punch And Judy at No. 29 in the UK single charts (05.02.-11.02.1984)
- Unknown recording date, aired 09.02.1984 by BBC 1
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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10.02.1984 – New Broadcasting House, Manchester (Oxford Road Show – “ORS 84”)
01 Punch And Judy (Live)
02 Assassing (Live)- Punch And Judy at No. 29 in the UK single charts (05.02.-11.02.1984)
- Aired live on 10.02.1984 by BBC 2
"Oxford Road Show for the Beeb. Filmed in Manchester and remember Mark Kelly nearly missed the show as he was still listening to Fugazi mixes in London and had major keyboard hassles pre-show. This was one of the first promo TV things we did on that album, and everyone was exhausted from the mixing sessions. How we pulled it off, I don’t know. There were a couple of TV appearances around that time, I think the other was for Assassing on Razzmatazz for Tyne Tees. A rare appearance for me on bongos! 🙂 They were taken off me after a few gigs on tour, or should I say conveniently forgotten in the back of the truck!"
(Fish @ Facebook – 08.05.2013)-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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- Photo (left) taken from The Web – Issue No. 12 and (right) by Stuart James
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11.02.1984 – University, Leeds
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 He Knows You Know
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Incubus
06 Jigsaw
07 Emerald Lies
08 Fugazi
09 Forgotten Sons
10 Garden Party
11 Market Square Heroes- Ad
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Setlist by AJ Samuels
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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12.02.1984 – University (Great Hall), Lancaster
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Lancaster University Students’ Union: Concert List (January – March 1984) – Thanks to Kieran Folan
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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13.02.1984 – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket – Thanks to Andre Rostek
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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14.02.1984 – The Apollo Theatre, Manchester
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jesters Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster and Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to Enric Pascual Poy
- Backstage Pass – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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17.02.1984 – The Apollo, Glasgow
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to Pete Forster
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Support Band: Rage
- Fish on stage
- Recorded and broadcasted by Radio Clyde, 70 min. in total – Thanks to David Dunnington
- Review by Andrea Miller – Thanks to Guy Tkach
Photos by Iain McArthur-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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Info
- Sounds, 18.02.1984: Topical Fish by Jay Williams – Thanks to Guy Tkach
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18.02.1984 – Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Incubus
07 He Knows You Know
08 Fugazi
09 Giz A Bun
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket – Thanks to Kevin Mackenzie
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
"All I can say is that Marillion were very late coming on, keep us waiting and waiting, so I assume they dropped Chelsea Monday to shorten the set."
(Kenny Matthew)-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Pete Forster-
19.02.1984 – The Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to Pete Forster
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Review by The Soul Brothers – Thanks to Carl Davies
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Pete Forster-
20.02.1984 – City Hall, Newcastle
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Fish on stage – Thanks to Ian Rendall
- Setlist by Peter Goodfield and Mark Abbott
- Photo by Ian Rendall
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Martopolo and Ian Rendall-
22.02.1984 – St. Andrews Hall, Norwich
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket (signed)
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Setlist by Peter Goodfield and Mark Abbott
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Mark Drake-
23.02.1984 – The Apollo, Oxford
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket
- Backstage Pass – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Kerrang!, 05.04.1984: Review by Dave Dickson – Thanks to Mauricio Nicolas Velilla Mereles
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Stuart James-
24.02.1984 – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Setlist by Peter Goodfield and Mark Abbott
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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Info
- Sounds, 25.02.1984: Marillions Like Us – Thanks to Guy Tkach
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26.02.1984 – Skating Rink, Plymouth
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Setlist provided by René Romswinckel
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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27.02.1984 – University, Exeter
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
- Photos by unknown photographer
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28.02.1984 – Colston Hall, Bristol
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Review by James Belsey – Thanks to AJ Samuels
Photos by Andre Kreutzmann-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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29.02.1984 – Gaumont, Southampton
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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02.03.1984 – The Dome, Brighton
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket
- Backstage Pass – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Support Band: Pendragon
- Review by Simon Pound
- Photos by Stuart James
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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03.03.1984 – Odeon Theatre, Birmingham
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket
- Ticket – Thanks to Pete Forster
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Photos of the Venue – Thanks to Steve Mobley
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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04.03.1984 – Victoria Hall, Hanley
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster and Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to Nigel Todhunter
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Setlist provided by René Romswinckel
- Sounds, 17.03.1984: Review by Phil Bell – Thanks to Guy Tkach
- This show was rescheduled from 09.02.1984
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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05.03.1984 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Ticket – Thanks to Mark Anderson
- Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Afterglow No. 14: Exclusive Interview With Fish by Roger and Russel Morgan
- Photos of the Venue – Thanks to Steve Mobley
- No. 10 – 12 recorded for Real To Reel (LP – side 2)
- No. 06 recorded for The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra)
- No. 04 and 09 recorded for Brief Encounter
- Photo by Roger Morgan (Afterglow Archive)
"My first Marillion gig. The band opened with a new song, Assassing. A guy behind me was singing it at the top of his voice, I thought …how the hell can he know this song?. I am a huge fan and I don’t know it!. About halfway through the gig, Fish actually told us that tonight is a special night, as the show is being recorded. This of course became the second half of the "official bootleg" Real To Reel, I am actually on that record shouting I’M FUCKING!
Meeting the guys afterwards, shaking hands with all of them and having them sign my programme made a perfect end to a perfect night, although when I told Fish how much I enjoyed it, he said Great, thanks. The friend I was with said pretty much the same thing, and Derek started describing to him how they tried something different tonight with the set and stage layout. He seemed to be chatting to him for hours! Was it something I said?"
(Mark Anderson)-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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06.03.1984 – City Hall, Sheffield
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster and Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to Claude Micallef Attard
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- No. 02 – 04, 08 – 09 recorded for The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra)
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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08.03.1984 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Poster, provided by Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Ticket
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Setlist by Peter Waymont
Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002
The Fugazi tour was extensive and highly successful. One fan to pick up on events was Chris Brockwell: “I’d seen the band at the Zero-6 in Southend (12th August 1982), it was a half-full, midweek crowd, a good reaction, in all honesty I don’t recall it that well, but liked it enough to catch them again. The next time was at the Cliffs Pavilion. There was a very psychedelic light show, Fish burst thro’ the stage backdrop, he took the piss big time by getting the idiots there to bleat like sheep! There was loads of heckling, Fish loved it, he slaughtered any wisecrack or jibe, the man was larger than life, I was caught hook line and sinker!”
(Jon Collins: Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002)-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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09.03.1984 – Hammersmith Odeon, London
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad – Thanks to Guy Tkach
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Ticket – Thanks to AJ Samuels
- Ticket – Thanks to John Pickering
- Backstage Pass – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Interview with Mark and Fish – Steve Blacknell for London Calling (MTV USA)
- Support Band: Pendragon
- Review by Derek Oliver – Thanks to Mark Kelly
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by AJ Samuels-
10.03.1984 – Hammersmith Odeon, London
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Chelsea Monday
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Ad – Thanks to Guy Tkach
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster and Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Support Band: Pendragon
- Review by Derek Oliver – Thanks to Stephen Morris
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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11.03.1984 – Hammersmith Odeon, London
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Giz A Bun
06 Emerald Lies
07 Chelsea Monday
08 Incubus
09 He Knows You Know
10 Fugazi
11 Forgotten Sons
12 Garden Party
13 Market Square Heroes- Ad – Thanks to Guy Tkach
- Ad
- Ad (Fugazi UK Tour) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Concert Poster and Ticket – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- Backstage Pass – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Support Band: Pendragon
- Photo by Tony Mottram
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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12.03.1984 – Fugazi (Studio Album)
Fugazi released by EMI
NME, 10.03.1984: Fish Fried (review) by Gavin Martin – Thanks to Guy Tkach
Sounds, 10.03.1984: Review by Hugh Fielder – Thanks to Guy TkachMarillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002
"Where Script was bedsit thoughts, Fugazi was hotel thoughts,” said Fish. Furthermore, where Script was wistful and grief-stricken, Fugazi was barbed and cynical. “Anger at its finest”, as one fan wrote. The album takes its name from a British Army slang term, meaning Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In. It was popularized by US Servicemen during the Vietnam conflict, and Fish picked up the term in a book called Nam by Mark Baker.
The album was heavy – probably the reason for the band’s misplaced reputation as a heavy metal band – and, with Ian Mosley taking over on drums, noticeably tighter and more rhythmically interesting. According to fan Michael Huang, “The music represented a large leap forward from Script. Shedding many of their Genesis influences, they began to forge a sound of their own.”
Assassing was originally written about Diz Minnitt, but extended to include Mick Pointer. “We basically sacked them, it’s about how hard it is,” Fish recalled. The Islamic flavour to the track was inspired by an album Fish was loaned by one of his heroes – Peter Hammill, formerly of Van Der Graaf generator, and a support act on the Script tour. The track shows considerable musical development by the band, fusing far more contemporary sounds with their existing palate.
Punch And Judy is a cynical mediation on marriage. It concerns a husband who, according to Fish, “takes out his frustrations on his wife, using her as a […] punch bag for his inadequacies. He further explained the notion powering the lyric for this and the next two songs of “How couples in the ’60s would go to Hops, then maybe get married via the idea of perfection that the music gave them. Then of course they’d get divorced, the music would let them down.” The odd 5/8 syncopated verse rhythm, inspired by temporary drummer Jonathan Mover, certainly makes for an odd choice of single!
Jigsaw, described by Fish as “About the relationship that splits up and forever comes together again, (getting) worse each time.” Although he still feels the lyric makes sense, he has also described it as “particularly wordy!” The music on the first two verses seems almost nursery-rhyme like: guitar and keyboards chiming like a child’s xylophone, underlying the sense of conciliation in Fish’s words. The chorus could not be more different, as Ian Mosley batters his skins into submission, and Pete Trewavas’s bass thuds like punches. As it gives way to the solo, Steve Rothery creates one of those soaring, melancholic guitar lines for which he is justifiably lauded.
Emerald Lies, describes an accusation of infidelity; the sense of power before the accusation is made, and the realization that, though proven false, the accusation has destroyed the relationship. Perhaps the most straight-forward song on the album, it nevertheless showcases some superb percussion work by Mr. Mosley – imagine Mick Pointer handling it! It would prove not to be a band favourite – by the Misplaced tour only the opening bars remained as an intro to Script.
She Chameleon describes the whole groupie phenomena, which the band had begun to experience on the Script tour. “Who was using who?” Fish asked. Perhaps the most obviously retro-track, the song betrays its 1983 roots.
Another Islamic-influenced track, Incubus, is a slow-burning track about a porn director whose former lover and lead actress has just opened as the lead in a legit West End play. Spying her spurned former paramour in the audience, she freezes, not knowing whether he’ll reveal her secret to the press. Much of the track is built on a groove until, the director’s hurt building to a dangerous level, the band take us into a waltz. The director’s Machiavellian manoeuvres are like a dance – Rothery unleashes wave upon wave of heart-rending passion from his spiralling guitar lines – then the bile’s really unleashed! The actress, mute on the stage, writes her own death notices, and he’s watching it all, a glint of pure evil in his eye…
The closing, title track details Fish in mid-panic attack on the underground en route to the Marquee in Wardour Street. On a come-down from LSD, Fish said “Viewing the other occupants of the carriage, it summed up the album and my views on life at the time, Fugazi we were.” The song has several movements – akin to Script in this regard. Initially based purely on the observations of the other travellers, Mark Kelly’s piano gives way to steadily more edgy synth lines. From here, we move outside the carriage to consider unhappy relationships, racial unrest, prostitution and our treatment of war veterans. Then, as the whole world dissolves into a fearful smear of guitar string scrapes, screams and doom-laden keyboards, Pete and Ian paint a quasi militaristic regime of Cold War nuclear paranoia. Finally, as Fish desperately asks to be shown inspiration for a way out of this terrible mess, the band become the pipers of the apocalypse and Fish is swept along with the crowd, as it marches blindly on its way to its doom. We would have to wait until the next album for some optimism.
Mark Wilkinson described his cover brief as “illustrating the Faustian ‘payback’ after the trappings of success had kicked in.” The jester lies, sheathed within the halo of distortion, whilst around him, his material gains litter his hotel room. Successful, but no more content than he was in his bedsit, the jester has merely exchanged one hell for another. Along with the returning chameleon – She Chameleon was a reworked Script-era track – we see our first magpie. One for sorrow, no less. With one of the weirdest perspectives ever seen, Mark has described the finished cover as “overworked”, whereas Fish declared it “a clean acid trip".
(Jon Collins: Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002)Poets, Prophets, Visionaries – Fish and Pete Trewavas on Marillion’s Fugazi album, and the new deluxe reissue (2021)Leeds, February or March 1984 – Photo by Martin Zukor
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12.03.1984 – Marillion Video EP (VHS)
- Marillion Video EP (VHS) released by EMI
- Review by Paul Roland – From Mark Kelly Archive
- Sounds, 24.03.1984: Review by Tibet – Thanks to Guy Tkach
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12.03.1984 – Goldiggers Club, Chippenham (Sight & Sound In Concert)
01 He Knows You Know
02 Assassing
03 Script For A Jester’s Tear
04 Incubus
05 Fugazi
06 Garden Party
07 Market Square Heroes
08 Margaret- Ticket (free show!) – Thanks to Jacek Bejer
- Mark Kelly’s AAA Backstage Pass – Thanks to Marko’s Marillion Museum
- Sight & Sound In Concert (BBC 2), introduced by Steve Blacknell, first aired 17.03.1984
- The show was also aired on BBC Radio 1
- He Knows You Know was played as a warm-up before Steve Blacknell’s introduction
- TV aired No. 02-05, radio No. 01-07 (He Knows You Know was moved after Incubus)
- Both, TV and radio, excluded the last encore Margaret
- US broadcast: BBC Rock Hour – Thanks to David Dunnington
- This show was rescheduled from 08.02.1984
"So it’s Happy Birthday Fugazi today as it hits the big 30 mark! Was sent this clip (Assassing) and thought I’d share it as a wee piece of nostalgia on a sunny Wednesday.
Remember this gig well as it was tagged on at the end of a gruelling tour that had been booked well before the actual album was ready, and we ended up with it being released almost as it finished. I was pretty fragged and last thing I needed was a live TV appearance. There’s lots of stories around this performance/event. Trashing the BBC crew and Steve Blacknell the presenter at Pop Quiz in the bar the night before as we introduced them to the dreaded Grendel cocktail as a forfeit to wrong answers! Walking up the streets of Chippenham in the dawn to find a hospital for my badly cut and damaged elbow after falling of a balcony in the early hours while trying to throw a fertilizer bag full of water over the manager. I forgot to let go and followed the bag over the rail to the concrete below. Only the Grendels softened the blow!
The gig was pretty good! UV sensitive make up on the vis and the kukri was pretty impressive, but still hadn’t found any taste in stage clothes! Which reminds me, I’ve only a few weeks until I’m out on the UK tour with Feast Of Consequences again. Better start looking for black stage costumes, as the German sausages and beers this week haven’t been helping the waistline! Give me a break, please, boys and girls! I was only 25 in this clip – although I still loved a pie back then too :-)"
(Fish @ Facebook – 12.03.2014)
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Info
- Kerrang!, 22.03.1984: Ad (Fugazi) and Live Photos – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- March 1984: Ad (Fugazi)
- March 1984: Fugazi – Promotional Poster (V1)
- March 1984: Fugazi – Promotional Poster (V2)
Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002
US fan Ray Achord was attracted to Marillion through their appearance: “Every other week I would grab a Kerrang! magazine from the counter of the record store at my local mall. One particular issue had a full page picture of Fish in make-up, the headline, “Fugazi … what a scorcher!”. The image was shocking and strange, and I had to find out what it was all about. The same store also got in the British Marillion imports, so I bought Fugazi and though it seemed extremely strange to me at first, I listened to it many times, and fell in love with it!”
(Jon Collins: Marillion/Separated Out – The Complete History 1979-2002)
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Fugazi – Europe Tour
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April – June9 Shows
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Info
- April 1984: Ad (Assassing)
- April 1984: On The Road With Marillion by Max Key (Music U.K.)
- April 1984: One In A Marillion by Debbi Voller (unknown magazine)
- May 1984: The Story So Far (Promo Poster) – Thanks to Denis Thomas
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??.04.1984 – Durham Street Studios, Hartlepool
- Marillion perform the official opening of the Durham Street Studio in Hartlepool, April 1984
Photos by Jimmy McKenna
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07.04.1984 – Open Air Festival, Bourges (Le Printemps de Bourges)
Setlist unknown- Cover of Concert Programme
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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30.04.1984 – Assassing (Single/Maxi)
- Assassing released by EMI
- Sounds, 28.04.1984: Fish Fillet (announcement) – Thanks to Guy Tkach
- Sounds, 05.05.1984: Ad – Thanks to Guy Tkach
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01.05.1984 – Royalty Cinema, Great Yarmouth
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Announcement – Thanks to Marcus George Jervis
"The gig listed as 3-1 Club should actually be the 3-1 Cinema. This is my home town (Great Yarmouth) and my first of many gigs. At one point there was an aquarium at the front of the cinema, but I can not remember if it had gone by then (if it was there it will probably be the only time Fish out-numbered the rest of the band!). The complex is now called the Hollywood Cinema and has 4 screens. The gig was announced, but probably not very well. I found out about it in a local newspaper. Very disappointingly the cinema they played in held about 600 people and as I remember there was probably no more than 50 people in the audience. On the plus side, there had been talk of bringing groups such as Duran Duran to Yarmouth, but the owner decided it would not be financially viable. I believe Marillion choose to play Yarmouth that night as their equipment was being transported to Europe on Norfolk Line Ferries which departed from Yarmouth docks. Finally, on this one gig – and I am not sure if this is just rumour – but was it not this night that some of the crew thought they had had a lucky night with two local ladies but awoke to find they had stolen the takings from the show!
On Friday evening, at The Company Convention in Leamington Spa, UK, I got the chance to chat briefly with Fish about the theft. Sorry for the previous misinformation, but he informed me it was the passports that were stolen."
(Chris Dye)-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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04.05.1984 – Saga, Copenhagen
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06.05.1984 – Musikhalle, Hamburg
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Margaret
12 Garden Party
13 Market Square Heroes- Concert Poster – Thanks to Dietmar Schley
- Ticket
- Backstage Pass (wrong date!)
- Review by Carsten Heintzsch
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Dietmar Schley-
07.05.1984 – Stadthalle, Offenbach
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Margaret
12 Garden Party
13 Market Square Heroes- Concert Poster
- Ticket – Thanks to JesterKatty70
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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08.05.1984 – Sartory Saal, Cologne
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes
13 Margaret-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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- Photos by Dietrich Dettmann
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09.05.1984 – ITV TV Studios, Newcastle (Razzmatazz)
Assassing (Lipsync)- Assassing at No. 23 in the UK single charts (06.05.-12.05.1984)
- Unknown recording date, aired 09.05.1984 by ITV
"Playback in Newcastle with a tribe of wee Geordies told to go for it by the producer. One of them was giving me a hard time in the front row, so I quietly twisted his nose and made his eyes water. We had a running spat all through the performance 🙂 This was a great show and had a brilliant production crew who were a lot of fun to work with. The axe edit on the track was excruciating, but it was TV. Loved these stage clothes at the time, which reminds me, I have to get something in black for next week!"
(Fish @ Facebook – 08.05.2013)-
Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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09.05.1984 – Alabamahalle, Munich
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Concert Poster
- Ticket – Thanks to Andre Rostek
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by unknown photographer-
11.05.1984 – Eldorado, Paris
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Forgotten Sons
11 Garden Party
12 Market Square Heroes- Concert Poster (blank)
- Ticket
- Mark and Fish on stage
- Photos by Patrick Pignon and Juan les Pins
- Taken from Best (french magazine) – Thanks to Alain Laurent
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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Info
- NME, 12.05.1984: Marillion In Quo’s Finale (announcement) – Thanks to Guy Tkach
- Sounds, 12.05.1984: Fish In The Bowl (announcement) – Thanks to Kenton Lawton
- Sounds, 12.05.1984: Rotten Fish (written by a disappointed fan) – Thanks to Alasdair Smith
- Musikexpress, June 1984: Review of Assassing
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11.06.1984 – Sportpark, Geleen (Pinkpop ’84)
01 Punch and Judy
02 Assassing
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Incubus
06 He Knows You Know
07 Cinderella Search
08 Fugazi
09 Garden Party
10 Market Square Heroes- Pinkpop-homepage by Jean Wertz
- Concert Poster
- Concert Poster
- Design for promotional posters – Thanks to Marc van Zuylen
- Ticket – Thanks to Dirk Welzel
- Ticket and Report – Thanks to Denis Thomas
- No. 01-10: Dutch radio broadcast
- No. 02: KRO TV broadcast
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Chrissie Anderson, Tommy de Hond, Dirk van Vliet and Kamerado-
Info
- Kerrang!, 14.06.1984: Report by Mark Putterford
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Fugazi – North American Tour 1984
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June9 Shows
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Info
- T-Shirt: Canadian Tour 1984
- T-Shirt: Canadian Tour 1984
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13.06.1984 – The Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Garden Party
11 Market Square Heroes- This show was originally planned for 02.06.1984
- Ad – Thanks to Simon Hicks
- Support Band: The Box
- Setlist by Terry Blake
- Review by Sandra Ferreira – Thanks to Guy Tkach
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by R.G. Daniels-
14.06.1984 – Barrymores, Ottawa, Ontario
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 He Knows You Know
09 Fugazi
10 Garden Party
11 Market Square Heroes- This show was originally planned for 31.05.1984
- Ticket – Thanks to Dwight Hodge
- Setlist provided by René Romswinckel
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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15.06.1984 – La Salle Albert Rousseau, Québec City, Québec
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 Charting The Single
09 He Knows You Know
10 Fugazi
11 Forgotten Sons
12 Garden Party
13 Market Square Heroes- This show was originally planned for 26.05.1984
- Ticket (dated 26.05.1984), setlist and Backstage-Photo – Thanks to Michel Drolet
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
Photos by Michel Drolet-
16.06.1984 – La Salle Albert Rousseau, Québec City, Québec
01 Assassing
02 Punch And Judy
03 Jigsaw
04 Script For A Jester’s Tear
05 Emerald Lies
06 Cinderella Search
07 Incubus
08 Charting The Single
09 He Knows You Know
10 Fugazi
11 Forgotten Sons
12 Garden Party
13 Market Square Heroes- Ticket – Thanks to Michel Drolet
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Line-up
Steve Rothery – Guitar
Fish – Vocals
Mark Kelly – Keyboards
Pete Trewavas – Bass, Backing Vocals
Ian Mosley – Drums
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