The following is a list of Tom Verlaine live performances.
         The information was gathered together mostly with the
         help of Leo Casey with input from the Marquee Moon
         Mailing List

         Note: If you click on any of the highlighted show dates, it will
         take you to that show's advertisement or a flyer, or a ticket or
         whatever evidence remains.

198119821984198519871988
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200220052006   

Music For Films, with Jimmy Ripp
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Date Location Comments


1981

Oct 2 The Left Bank, Mount Vernon, New York Mink DeVille opening
Oct 7 The Paradise, Boston, Massachusetts The Lyres opening
Oct 8 The Ritz, NYC, New York Malaria; Marshall Crenshaw opening
Oct 9 Toad's Place New Haven, CT  
Oct 10 My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island, New York Mink DeVille opening
Oct 19 Market Street Cinema, San Francisco, California  -
Nov 1 Zaks Rock'n'Roll Palace, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  -
Nov 6 Voodoo Club, 9 St. Joseph Street, Toronto  -
Nov 7 Scorgies, Rochester, New York Mink DeVille opening
Nov 11 Hampshire College, Northampton, Massachusetts No opening act
Nov ? Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania SVT; Carsickness opening
Nov 15 Harpo's Detroit  The Necessaries opening
Nov 25 The Ritz, NYC, New York The Necessaries opening
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1982

May 6 The Ritz, NYC, New York  -
May 17 Ripley Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA The Vels opening
May 22 The Left Bank, Mount Vernon, New York  -
May 26 Toad's Place New Haven, CT  -
May 27 The Paradise, Boston, Massachusetts Someone and the Somebodies opening
Jun 4 The Ritz, NYC, New York Khmer Rouge opening
Jun 5 The Ritz, NYC, New York Khmer Rouge opening
Jun 9 The Venue, London, England China Crisis opening
Jun 10 The Venue, London, England China Crisis opening
Jun 12 The Stokvishal, Arnhem, Holland  -
Jun 13 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland The Dutch opening
Jun 14 De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland Der Moderne Man opening
Jun 15 The Lobo Disco, Gothenburg, Sweden  -
Jun 16 Rock Club Ritz, Stockholm, Sweden No opening act
Jun 21 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany  -
Jun 23 Le Palace, Paris, France  -
July 9 My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island, New York  -
July 18 The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California Snakefinger opening
July 23 Spirit, San Diego, California  -
July 24 The Country Club, Los Angeles California The Dream Syndicate opening
Oct 22 The Peppermint Lounge, NYC, New York Prisoners of Beat opening
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1984

Sep 22 De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland 'Pandora's Music Box' Festival with The Gun Club, John Cale
Sep 23 Deinze Brielpoort, Belgium Futurama Festival
Sep 29 Mudd Club, Gothenberg, Sweden  -
Oct 1 Club 77, Helsinki, Finland  -
Oct 3 The Hacienda, Manchester, England The Room opening
Oct 4 The Electric Ballroom, Camden Town, London, England The Room opening
Dec 21 The Ritz, NYC, New York Suzanne Vega; Human Switchboard opening
Dec 22 The Ritz, NYC, New York Suzanne Vega; Human Switchboard opening
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1985

Aug 17 Wateringen, Holland (solo acoustic)  -
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1987

Feb 13 The Tube British TV appearance
Mar 15 Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England  -
Mar 17 The Bierkeller, Bristol, England Green On Red opening
Mar 19 The Town and Country Club, London, England The Bodeans and Crazyhead opening
Mar 20 The International, Manchester, England  -
Mar 26 Errol's, Gothenburg, Sweden  -
Mar 29 Barowiak, Uppsala, Sweden  -
Apr 1 The Carlton, Copenhagen, Denmark Buoyant Blue opening
Apr 3 The Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany  -
Apr 6 Cooky's, Frankfurt, Germany  -
Apr 8 The Big Club, Turin, Italy  -
Apr 17 Rouen, France  -
Apr 19 Bolwerk, Sneek, Holland  -
Apr 20 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland  -
Apr 21 Lantaren, Rotterdam, Holland  -
Apr 22 The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England  -
Apr 26 The Ritz, NYC, New York Bernie Worrell & Buster Cherry Jones opening
Apr 28 RPM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  
May 20 Yomiuri Hall, Tokyo, Japan  
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1988

May ? The Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church and Peter Murphy
May ? The Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, New York (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church
Aug 14 The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church
Aug 31 Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church and Peter Murphy
Sep 9 The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church and Peter Murphy
Sep 26 Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church
Oct 3 Omaha, Nebraska: (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church
Oct 9 Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, Michigan: (solo acoustic) Opening for the Church and Wire
Oct 13 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY: (solo acoustic) Opening for the Church and Let's Active
Oct 14 Palace Theater, New Haven, Connecticut (solo acoustic) Opening for the Church
Nov 25 The I-Beam, San Francisco, California (solo acoustic) Opening for The Church
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1990

Apr 12 The Paradise, Boston, Massachusetts (solo acoustic)  -
Apr 14 Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo acoustic)  -
May 5 Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England (solo acoustic): 2 shows  -
Jun 12 The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, California (solo acoustic)  -
Jun 15? McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California (solo acoustic)  -
Jun 19 Slims, San Francisco, California (solo acoustic)  -
July 13 The Park West, Chicago, Illinois (solo acoustic)  -
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1991

Apr 9 The Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan (solo acoustic)  -
Sep 3 Muse Hall, Kyoto, Japan (solo acoustic)  -
Oct 3 Barowiak, Uppsala, Sweden (solo acoustic)  -
Oct 6 Musikcafe´n, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo acoustic) No opening act
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1996

March 19 Warfield Theater, San Francisco Part of Patti Smith Group
March 23 Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles Part of Patti Smith Group
May 13 The Viper Room, Los Angeles, California  -
Jun 12 Tramps, NYC, New York  -
June 30 Roskilde Festival, Denmark Part of Patti Smith Group
July 2 Olympia, Paris, France Part of Patti Smith Group
July 3 Olympia, Paris, France Part of Patti Smith Group
July 8 Foro Italico, Rome, Italy Part of Patti Smith Group
July 9 Teatro Romano, Verona, Italy Part of Patti Smith Group
July 11 Corregio, Italy Part of Patti Smith Group
July 12 Villa Arconati, Bollate, Milan, Italy Part of Patti Smith Group
July 23 E-Werk, Köln, Germany Part of Patti Smith Group
July 24 Casino Ostende, Ostende, Belgium Part of Patti Smith Group
July 26 Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland Part of Patti Smith Group
July 29 Palacy Kultury, Prague, Czech Republic Part of Patti Smith Group
July 30 Tempodrome, Berlin, Germany Part of Patti Smith Group
July 30 Tempodrome, Berlin, Germany Part of Patti Smith Group
Aug 1 Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany Part of Patti Smith Group
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1997

Nov 21 Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Opening for Sonic Youth
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1998

Jun 6 The Centrum, Worchester, Massachusetts: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Opening for Sonic Youth & Sean Lennon
July 29 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Opening for the Patti Smith Group
July 30 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Opening for the Patti Smith Group
July 31 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Opening for the Patti Smith Group
Oct 14 The Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Windy and Carl opening
Oct 16 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp  -
Oct 29 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric trio with Jimmy Ripp and Tony Shanahan Patti Smith guesting, reading poetry
Dec 31 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Ripp Opening for the Patti Smith Group
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2001

Oct 7 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York Opening for Sonic Youth (Benefit concert for Central American workers killed in World Trade Center)
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2002

June 25 Metropol, Berlin, Germany Opening (solo) for Willy de Ville
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2005

June 25 Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London As part of the Patti Smith Group for the live recreation of the "Horses" album.
June 29 Parco di Palazzo Antonini, Universitā degli Studi, Udine, Italy Accompanying Patti Smith.
August 16 The Dome, Brighton, England As part of the Patti Smith Group.
August 28 Train, Århus, Denmark As part of the Patti Smith Group.
August 29 Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark As part of the Patti Smith Group.
October 14 32ste Filmfestival van Gent, Theaterzaal, Ghent, Belgium Accompanying Patti Smith.
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2006

May 15 9:30 Club, Washington DC.
May 16 Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
May 18 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY.
June 10 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three Rivers Arts Festival
June 12 The Double Door, Chicago
June 16 KCRW FM, Santa Monica, CA Live in the studio broadcast
June 17 Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
July 12 John Dee, Oslo, Normandy Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 14 Quasimodo, Berlin Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 16 Latitude Festival , Suffolk UK Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 18 Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 20 Benicassim Festival, Spain Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 22 Flippout Festival, Milan, Italy Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 23 Boomtown Festival, Gent, Belgium Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 24 Upstairs at Paradiso, Amsterdam Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 26 100 Club, London Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 28 The Village, Dublin, Ireland Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 30 The Point, Cardiff, Wales Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
July 31 Night and Day, Manchester, England Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
August 1 ABC2, Glasgow, Scotland Electric duo with Jimmy Rip
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1999

Oct 15 St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York
Nov 20 Wexner Arts Show, Columbus, Ohio. Two shows, 7.30pm and 9.30pm
Dec 10 Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon (sponsored by P.I.C.A.)
Dec 11 Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon (sponsored by P.I.C.A.)
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2000

Mar 30 Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, Wisconsin.
Apr 1 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 16 James River Festival of the Moving Image, The Byrd Theatre,
Richmond, Virginia
Apr 21 San Francisco International Film Festival, Castro Theatre,
San Francisco, California
Sep 13 Experience MusicProject, Seattle, Washington
Nov 18 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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2001

Feb 8 Hiroshima Mon Amour, Turin, Italy
Feb 9 The Fillmore, Cortemaggiore, Italy
Feb 16 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
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2002

Dec 4 Regent Square Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2004

April 16 The Images Festival, Toronto
July 11 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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