2001
Arab Strap travelled all over the place in 2001. The UK, USA, Australia, Japan, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden....
20/01/01
: The OLD FRUITMARKET, Glasgow, UK
Set-list : Packs of Three / Amor Veneris / The Devil-tips / Tanned / Not Quite
A Yes / Soaps
Acoustic duo set, supporting The Delagados
25/01/01
: SESSION IN SCOTLAND, BBC Radio 1
Set-list : Amor Veneris / The Devil Tips / Blackness
??/01/01
: PLANET CLAIRE session, Paris
Set-list : Blackness / Amor Veneris / Bulls Eyes / Tanned / The Devil Tips
Recorded at Chem19 Studios, Glasgow
13/02/01
: XFM, London
Set-list : Amor Veneris / Tanned
Interview and acoustic performance for Tim Lovejoy's 'Studio 68' show
Whilst they were at XFM, Aidan and Malcolm also recorded two tracks for John Kennedy's 'xposure' show, which were broadcast on 25/02/01
xposure setlist: Intro / Devil Tips / Blackness / Outro. Acoustic session
22/02/01
: Laura Lee Davies session, BBC London Live
Broadcast date. Recorded ??
Tracklist: Amor Veneris / Tanned / The Devil-tips
Start of 'Red Thread' UK tour
22/02/01 : LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY, Liverpool, UK
Set-list : Last Orders / Scenery / Packs Of Three / Love Detective / The Devil-tips
/ Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Screaming In The Trees / Pyjamas / The Long
Sea / Rocket, Take Your Turn // encore: Amor Veneris / Turbulence
23/02/01 : SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY, Sheffield, UK
24/02/01
: The ZODIAC, Oxford, UK
Set-list : Last Orders / Packs Of Three / Scenery / Love Detective / The Devil-tips
/ Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / The Long Sea / Pyjamas / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life // encore: Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
25/02/01
: The COLOSSEUM, Coventry, UK
Set-list : Last Orders / Packs Of Three / Scenery / Love Detective / The Devil-tips
/ Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / The Long Sea / Pyjamas / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life // encore: Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
There was a break after Rocket while Dave rang his Dad and the audience all wished him happy birthday.
26/02/01
: SCALA, London, UK
Set-list included Last Orders / Packs Of Three / Scenery / Love Detective /
The Long Sea // encore: Turbulence
27/02/01
: PLANET K, Manchester, UK
Set-list : Last Orders / Packs Of Three / Scenery / Love Detective / The Devil-tips
/ Rocket, Take Your Turn, Infrared / The Long Sea / Pyjamas / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life // encore: Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
28/02/01
: The ARCHES, Glasgow, UK
Set-list : Last Orders / Packs Of Three / Scenery / Love Detective / The Devil-tips
/ Rocket, Take Your Turn, Infrared / The Long Sea / Pyjamas / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life // encore: Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
It seems the crowd weren't really into listening to the Strap and Aidan came
out with comments like, "you could have saved yourself the money and sat
in the house to talk", "some cunt thinks we're a fucking jukebox"
(to a heckler) and "thats what you get when you have a big guest list -
no fucker is interested".
End of UK Red Thread tour
Start of Pacific Rim tour
16/03/01
: The METRO THEATRE, Sydney, Australia
17/03/01
: PUNTERS CLUB, Melbourne, Australia
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Not Quite A Yes / Pro-(Your) Life / Tanned / Bullseye
/ Blackness / Hello Daylight / Kate Moss / Here We Go / The Devil-tips / Amor
Veneris / Islands / Soaps / Blood
18/03/01
: CORNER HOTEL, Melbourne, Australia
Set-list : Amor Veneris / Scenery / Turbulance / One Day, After School / Tanned
/ Bullseye / To All A Good Night / Hello Daylight / Here We Go / Infrared /
Islands / Soaps / Kate Moss / Pro-(Your) Life
23/03/01
: YANEURA CLUB , Shibuya , Japan
Set-list : Blackness / Pro-(your) Life / New Birds / Scenery / The Devil-Tips
/ Rocket, Take Your Turn / The Long Sea / Amor Veneris // encore: Turbulence
/ Soaps
24/03/01
: YANEURA CLUB , Shibuya , Japan
Set-list : The Devil-tips / Turbulence / Infrared / Here We Go / Scenery / New
Birds / Blood // encore: Islands / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Soaps
End of Pacific Rim tour
Start of US/Canada Red Thread tour
03/04/01
: MAXWELLS, Hoboken, NJ, USA
04/04/01
: The BOWERY BALLROOM, New York City, USA
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Bruce Willis / The Devil-tips / Love Detective / Tanned / Infrared
/ Scenery / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life // encore:
Amor Veneris / Screaming In The Trees
A very interesting gig. A few technical hitches result in an impromptu Bruce
Willis. More problems after Devil-tips and Malcolm gets his acoustic and he
and Aidan do a nice version of Tanned.
05/04/01 : BLACK CAT, Washington DC, USA
06/04/01
: CAT'S CRADLE, Carrboro, NC, USA
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Infrared / Love Detective / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Blood // encore:
Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
The US shows seem to have a fair few Philophobia songs played and this was no
exception. Apparently, "Aidan was piss-drunk and hilarious. Malcolm had
this intense look on his face the entire evening but finally broke a smile about
3/4 through the show."
07/04/01
: 40-WATT CLUB, Athens, GA, USA
Set-list : Last Orders / New Birds / Bruce Willis / Soaps / Meatloaf / Scenery
/ The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life / Turbulence
The band were a wee bit worse for wear after drinking too much Kentucky whiskey.
This produces a mad guitar solo on Last Orders, the only live performance
of an old unreleased song called 'Meatloaf', and an aborted version of 'Screaming
in the trees' due to the bass being out of tune
09/04/01
: FLETCHERS, Baltimore, MD, USA
10/04/01 : The KHYBER, Philadelphia, PA, USA
11/04/01 : MIDDLE EAST, Cambridge, MA, USA
12/04/01
: CENTRO SOCIAL ESPANOL, Montreal, Canada
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn
/ Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / instrumental / Bruce Willis / Screaming
In The Trees / Turbulence // encore: Blood
While Aidan goes off to the toilet, the rest of the band play an intrumental
which you can hear below.
13/04/01
: LEE'S PALACE, Toronto, ON, Canada
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
// encore: Autmnal
14/04/01
: SHELTER, Detroit, MI, USA
16/04/01 : The EMPTY BOTTLE, Chicago, IL, USA
17/04/01
: Let It Be Records, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Acoustic instore, including some some requests, one of which was 'Packs Of Three'. Thanks Mathias.
17/04/01 : 400 BAR, Minneapolis, MN, USA
20/04/01
: ORPHEUM RECORDS, Seattle, WA, USA
Set-list : Amor Veneris / Tanned / Here We Go / To All A Good Night / Blood
/ Not Quite A Yes / Packs of Three/ Kate Moss
Acoustic set in a Seattle record shop.
20/04/01
: GRACELAND, Seattle, WA, USA
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
22/04/01 : BOTTOM OF THE HILL, San Francisco, CA, USA
23/04/01
: BOTTOM OF THE HILL, San Francisco, CA, USA
Set-list : Packs of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Bullseye / The Devil-tips / Blackness / Bruce Willis / Screaming In The
Trees / One Day, After School / Turbulence // encore: Misbehaviour / Autumnal
24/04/01
: The KNITTING FACTORY, Los Angeles, CA, USA
End of US/Canada Red Thread tour
Start of May UK tour
01/05/01
: RED BOX, Dublin, Eire
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer // encore: Bruce
Willis / Pyjamas / Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
02/05/01
: STAGE 2, Newcastle, UK
03/05/01 : The COCKPIT, Leeds
04/05/01
: RONNIE SCOTT'S, Birmingham, UK
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer // encore: Screaming
In The Trees / Pyjamas / Turbulence
06/05/01
: ROCK CITY, Nottingham, UK
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer //
Screaming In The Trees / Pyjamas / Turbulence
07/05/01
: FLEECE & FIRKIN, Bristol, UK
08/05/01 : CONCORDE 2, Brighton, UK
09/05/01
: The WEDGEWOOD ROOMS, Portsmouth, UK
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Bruce Willis / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The
Devil Tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life
/ Girls Of Summer
A slightly tense gig apparently. Lots of technical problems especially during
the first song which they attempted a few times before cutting it short and
moving on to 'Bruce Willis'.
10/05/01
: SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE, London, UK
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer //
1st encore: Afterwards / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence // 2nd encore: Is Your Love
In Vain?
End of May UK tour
Start of European Red Thread tour
12/05/01
: ZAAL BELGIE, Hasselt, Belgium
13/05/01
: DWARS acoustic session, VPRO, Amsterdam, Holland
Set-list : Is Your Love In Vain? (Bob Dylan) / Interview / Amor Veneris / Interview
The Devil Tips / Interview / Tanned / Interview / Here We Go / Interview / Bullseye
13/05/01
: The PARADISO, Amsterdam, Holland
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take
Your Turn / Bullseye / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer
// encore: Afterwards / Whole Again / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
14/05/01
: LOGO, Hamburg, Germany
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Bullseye / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of
Summer / Is Your Love In Vain? // encore: Pyjamas / Screaming in the Trees /
Turbulence
15/05/01
: GEBAUDE 9, Cologne, Germany
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take
Your Turn / Bullseye / Soaps / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer
// encore: Infrared / Afterwards / Turbulence
16/05/01
: JZ KAMP, Bielefeld, Germany
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take
Your Turn / The Long Sea / Amor Veneris / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life / Soaps // encore: Screaming in the Trees / Afterwards / Turbulence
17/05/01
: MR DEAD AND MRS FREE, Berlin, Germany
Set-list : Amor Veneris / Tanned / To All A Good Night / Here We Go / Kate Moss
/ Bullseye / Blood
An acoustic set in a Berlin record shop. After 'Tanned', Malcolm notices his
guitar is out of tune and without an electric tuner it takes him over 5 minutes
to get things back in order.
17/05/01
: MARIA AM OSTBAHNHOF, Berlin, Germany
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Amor Veneris / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips
/ Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / The Long
Sea / New Birds // encore 1: Afterwards / Sreaming In The Trees / Whole Again
/ Turbulence // encore 2: Girls of Summer
18/05/01
: COOKY'S Frankfurt, Germany
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Afterwards / Whole
Again / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
19/05/01
: KASERNE, Basel, Switzerland
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer //
encore: Afterwards / Whole Again / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
21/05/01
: Il BACHESSONE, Ferrara, Italy
22/05/01 : TUNNEL CLUB, Milan, Italy
23/05/01
: BABYLONIA, Ponderano, Italy
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls of Summer //
encore: Afterwards / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
24/05/01 : APOLO, Barcelona, Spain
25/05/01
: ARENA, Madrid, Spain
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls of Summer //
encore: Afterwards / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
Changed from Caracol becuase the venue was shut down... The singer from Bright
Eyes sings on 'Afterwards'
26/05/01
: CHURCH, Gijon, Spain
27/05/01 : SALA JAM, Bergara, Spain
28/05/01
: BIKINI, Toulouse, France
Set-list : Amor Veneris / Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The
Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Bullseye / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life
/ Girls of Summer // encore: Whole Again / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
29/05/01
: LA NEF, Angouleme, France
Set-list : Packs of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Blackness
/ Pro-(Your) Life / Girls of Summer / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Screaming In
the Trees // encore: Baby, One More Time / Turbulence / Afterwards / Amor Veneris
// encore: I Got You Babe
30/05/01
: DIVAN DU MONDE, Paris, France
Set-list : Packs Of Three / New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket,
Take Your Turn / Infrared / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls of Summer //
encore: Afterwards / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
Aidan did a cover of the Atomic Kitten song, 'Whole Again' and the guy from Bright Eyes sings on 'Afterwards' again.
End of 'Red Thread' European tour
01/07/01
: ROSKILDE FESTIVAL, Roskilde, Denmark
Set-list : New Birds / Soaps / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your
Turn / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls of Summer / Screaming in the Trees
/ Turbulence
03/07/01 : ACCELERATOR, KB, Malmo Sweden
04/07/01
: ACCELERATOR, Bragebacken, Gothenburg
Set-list : New Birds / To All A Good Night / Packs Of Three / Amor Veneris / Soaps /
Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life /
Girls Of Summer / Bruce Willis / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
05/07/01
: ACCELERATOR, Munchenbryggeriet, Stockholm
Set-list : New Birds / Scenery / The Devil-tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Blackness
/ Pro-(Your) Life / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
Broadcast by Swedish radio.
07/07/01
: QUARTZ FESTIVAL, Norway
08/07/01 : T IN THE PARK, Kinross, Scotland
13/07/01
: MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL, Switzerland
Set-list : New Birds / Scenery / The Devil tips / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Blackness
/ Pro-(Your) Life / Screaming In The Trees / Turbulence
24/08/01
: READING FESTIVAL, Reading, UK
Set-list : Packs of 3 / New Birds / Scenery / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared
/ Afterwards / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence / Is Your Love In Vain?
Arab Strap headlined the Carling tent and the entire set was broadcast live online.
25/08/01
: LEEDS FESTIVAL, Leeds, UK
Set-list : New Birds / Scenery / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / Afterwards
/ Whole Again / Screaming in the Trees / Turbulence
Two songs shorter than the Reading set but they played the Atomic Kitten cover 'Whole Again'
26/08/01
: LIQUID ROOM, Edinburgh, UK
Set-list : New Birds / Scenery / Rocket, Take Your Turn / Infrared / Afterwards
/ The Devil-tips / Screaming in the Trees / Whole Again / Turbulence / Is Your
Love in Vain? // encore: Soaps
[End of 2001 gigography]