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date location venue extra info
january 2006
7 dublin, ireland temple bar music centre -
8 belfast, northern ireland spring & airbrake -
10 london, uk ica -
11 london, uk ica -
12 london, uk ica -
13 london, uk ica
14 london, uk ica -
21 moscow, russia apelsin -
24 tokyo, japan unit -
25 tokyo, japan unit -
31 london, uk bbc maida vale studios -
february 2006
2 london, uk xfm session -
march 2006
1 chicago il, usa logan square auditorium -
2 columbus oh, usa wexner center for the arts -
3 lexington ky, usa the dame -
4 charlottesville va, usa satellite ballroom -
6 'mr beast' released
6 new york ny, usa avalon -
7 baltimore md, usa sonar -
8 carrboro nc, usa cat's cradle -
9 asheville nc, usa orange peel -
10 nashville tn, usa the mercy lounge -
11 atlanta ga, usa whirlyball -
12 atlanta ga, usa whirlyball -
14 houston tx, usa numbers -
15 austin tx, usa stubbs -
17 mexico city, mexico venustiano carranza 25 -
29 bristol, uk academy -
30 southampton, uk university -
31 wolverhampton, uk wulfrun -
april 2006
1 oxford, uk brookes university -
2 cardiff, uk coal exchange -
4 cambridge, uk junction -
5 liverpool, uk carling academy -
6 newcastle, uk northumbria university -
7 sheffield, uk the plug -
8 lille, france le splendid -
9 strasbourg, france la laiterie -
11 ramonville, france salle des fêtes -
12 clermont-ferrand, france coopérative de mai -
13 paris, france bataclan -
14 rotterdam, netherlands stadsschouwburg -
15 köln, germany live music hall -
16 brussels, belgium ab -
18 florence, italy flog -
19 rome, italy qube -
20 milan, italy rolling stone -
21 roncade, italy new age -
22 krems, austria donau festival -
23 munich, germany georg-elser-zusatzhalle -
24 berlin, germany fritzclub im postbahnhof -
25 hamburg, germany grünspan -
27 edinburgh, uk usher hall -
30 indio, ca, usa coachella festival -
may 2006
2 salt lake city ut, usa the depot -
3 englewood co, usa gothic theater -
4 lawrence ks, usa granada -
5 dallas tx, usa gypsy tea room ballroom -
6 austin tx, usa la zona rosa -
8 athens ga, usa 40 watt -
9 raleigh nc, usa lincoln theatre cancelled
10 washington dc, usa 9.30 club -
11 philadelphia pa, usa starlight ballroom -
12 new york ny, usa webster hall -
13 new york ny, usa webster hall -
14 boston ma, usa avalon -
15 montreal qc, canada le spectrum -
16 toronto ont, canada phoenix -
18 detroit mi, usa st. andrews -
19 chicago il, usa metro -
20 minneapolis mn, usa first avenue -
23 seattle wa, usa showbox -
24 vancouver bc, canada commodore ballroom -
25 portland or, usa wonder ballroom -
27 san francisco ca, usa fillmore -
june 2006
3 barcelona, spain primavera sound -
29 torino, italy spaziale festival -
30 werchter, belgium rock werchter -
july 2006
1 karlsruhe, germany tollhaus -
2 belfort, france eurockeennes festival -
6 helsinki, finland tavastia -
7 turku, finland ruisrock -
12 montreux, switzerland montreux jazz festival -
16 southwold, uk latitude festival -
20 sydney, australia metro theatre -
20 six-fours, france festival les voix du gaou cancelled
21 brisbane, australia the zoo -
22 byron bay, australia splendour in the grass -
25 melbourne, australia corner hotel -
26 melbourne, australia corner hotel -
30 naeba, japan fuji rock -
august 2006
1 singapore esplanade theatre -
4 rees-haldern, germany haldern pop -
11 st. malo, france route du rock -
september 2006
1 stradbally, ireland electric picnic -
5 stuttgart, germany roehre -
6 bologna, italy estragon -
7 rome, italy ostia antica -
9 basel, switzerland reithalle -
10 frankfurt, germany mousonturm -
11 essen, germany weststadthalle -
12 dresden, germany alter schlachthof -
13 bremen, germany modernes -
15 stockholm, sweden berns -
16 copenhagen, denmark pumpehuset -
17 oslo, norway rockefeller -
21 leicester, uk leicester university -
22 london, uk royal albert hall -
23 glasgow, uk barrowlands -
24 manchester, uk academy -
26 paris, france olympia -
27 brussels, belgium cirque royale -
28 dijon, france le vapeur -
29 marseille, france marsatac festival -
30 barcelona, spain teatro principal cancelled - venue fire
october 2006
1 madrid, spain la riviera -
3 bordeaux, france le krakatoa -
4 lyon, france le radiant -
5 orléans, france l'astrolabe -
6 nantes, france l'olympic -
7 hérouville saint-clair, france big band cafe -
8 amsterdam, netherlands melkweg -
20 bristol, uk cooler [crippled black phoenix]
21 glasgow, uk nice 'n' sleazy [crippled black phoenix]
22 birmingham, uk medicine bar [crippled black phoenix]
23 manchester, uk jabez clegg [crippled black phoenix]
28 istanbul, turkey phonem festival -
30 'zidane' ost released
november 2006
8 osaka, japan namba hatch -
9 nagoya, japan diamond hall -
11 tokyo, japan studio coast -
12 tokyo, japan liquid room -

2006 tour statistics

a very busy year. 122 mogwai shows in 2006, as well as releasing 'mr beast', two film soundtracks, three singles etc etc. phew.

first visits to mexico, finland, singapore and turkey.

1 missing and 2 incomplete setlists. 33 different tracks played.
with the exception of 'black spider', every track played live in 2006 had already appeared by mid-january.

notes: live debuts for 'friend of the night', 'acid food' and 'auto rock'. 'acid food' and 'folk death 95' have not been playing live since 2006. the second and last (to date) outing for 'emergency trap'. rare showings for 'dial:revenge'. first known performances of 'a place for parks' since 1998. an alternate version of 'black spider' was played live in 2001 under the title 'big e'

glasgow mega-snake (120 shows)
hunted by a freak (120)
we're no here (115)
friend of the night (114)
travel is dangerous (102)
acid food (96)
helicon 1 (86)
i know you are but what am i? (80)
mogwai fear satan (74)
ithica 27o9 (70)
ratts of the capital (61)
yes! i am a long way from home (61)
killing all the flies (57)
summer (56)
you don't know jesus (48)
folk death 95 (46)
2 rights make 1 wrong (43)
kids will be skeletons (32)
stanley kubrick (31)
helicon 2 (29)
xmas steps (28)
tracy (26)
cody (24)
may nothing but happiness come through your door (24)
auto rock (22)
my father my king (17)
black spider (12)
like herod (7)
stop coming to my house (6)
a place for parks (3)
take me somewhere nice (3)
dial: revenge (2)
emergency trap (1)

thanks sam.