Cocteau Twins Complete Gigography

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All took place as far as I know:

January 9th Leeds, Warehouse
January 10th Bradford, Manhattan Club
January 26th Nijmegen, Doornroosje
January 27th Groningen, Vera
January 28th Eindhoven, De Effenaar
January 29th Rotterdam, Arena
January 30th Amsterdam, Paradiso
January 31st Amsterdam, Meervaart
February 18th Liverpool, Warehouse
February 25th London, Imperial College

mid-March: several dates in Northern France at start of tour supporting OMD, dates & places unknown. All the following are supporting OMD:
March 19th Geneva, (unknown venue)
March 20th Zurich, Kongresshaus

March 22nd-31st German dates x 9 cancelled as one of OMD ill

March 31st Paris, Casino De Paris
April 2nd Brussels, Forest National
April 3rd Deinze, Brielpoort
April 4th Genk, Limburghal
April 5th Amsterdam, Carre Theater
April 8th Stockholm, Gota Lejon
April 9th Koln, Sendesaal
April 14th Bristol, Colston Hall
April 15th Leicester, De Montfort Hall
April 17th & 18th Sheffield, City Hall
April 19th & 20th London, Hammersmith Odeon
April 22nd Poole, Arts Centre
April 23rd Brighton, Centre
April 25th & 26th Birmingham, Odeon
April 27th Edinburgh, Playhouse
April 28th Glasgow, Apollo
April 29th Newcastle, City Hall
May 1st & 2nd Manchester, Apollo
May 3rd & 4th Liverpool, Empire
May 5th Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
May 6th Ipswich, Gaumont
May 7th Oxford, New Theatre
May 9th & 10th London, Hammersmith Odeon

May 17th Toulouse, (unknown venue)
May 18th Clermont Ferrand, Maison Des Sports
May 19th Lyon, Bourse Du Travail
May 20th Nice, (unknown venue)
May 23rd Strasbourg, (unknown venue)
May 25th Dusseldorf, Phillipshalle
May 26th Dortmund, Westfalenhalle
May 27th Munich, Deutsches Museum
May 28th Berlin, Eissporthalle
May 29th Hamburg, CCH

Hamburg is Will Heggie's last gig. The group leaves the tour at this point and do not play the remaining 4 OMD support dates in Germany at Hannover (May 30th), Frankfurt (May 31st), Nuremberg (June 1st) & Mannheim (June 2nd), nor their own headlining date at London, Brixton Ace (June 8th).
Please add any corrections or additions to this that you know of. 1983 - Part 2 (October- December) when the group was just Liz & Robin, to follow.

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October 8th London, ICA (supported by The Icicle Works and Jane & Barton)

( October 25th - 29th : about 5 dates in Germany or Holland did not take place as promoter did not supply requested equipment or due to Liz losing voice. Anyone know what actually happened? )
( October 30th Amsterdam, Paradiso also didn't take place due to dangerous electrical problems on stage during set of support group Dead Can Dance )

November 1st Nijmegen, Vereeniging *
November 2nd Rotterdam, Arena *
November 3rd Groningen, Vera *
November 4th Leiden, LVC *
November 5th Apeldoorn, Gigant *
November 6th Sittard, Donkiesjot *
November 9th Paris, Les Bains Douches
November 10th Brussels, Plan K (Alan Vega & The Fleshtones on same bill)
November 11th Den Haag, Paard Van Troje *

December 8th Manchester, Hacienda **
December 9th Glasgow, Night Moves **
December 10th Leicester, University **
December 13th London, ULU ** (Felt also supported)

December 31st Philadelphia, East Side Club (1st ever US date)

* supported by Dead Can Dance
** supported by The Wolfgang Press

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