Gigs & Press Articles:

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March - 'Six go mad in Manchester' - International Musician and Recording World press article

March - 'The British are Coming' - Q press article
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March – Step On single released

March - Step On extras

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EUROPEAN tour:

Mar 3rd - Gr. Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany (audio bootleg available)

Mar 4th - Loft, Berlin, Germany - cancelled

Mar 6th - Luxor, Cologne, Germany

Mar 8th - The Garage, Valencia, Spain – cancelled

Mar 9th - Barcelona Arts Studio (audio bootleg available)

Mar 12th - Le Truc(k), Venisseux, France(audio bootleg available)

Mar 13th - Bataclan, Paris, France

Mar 14th - Paradiso, Amsterdam

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March 15-29 - 'Happy Mondays: Mad, Bad and dangerous to know' – City Life press article

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Mar 17 - Iceland Reykjavik (audio bootleg available)

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March 24th - 'EC Riders' - NME press article

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Mar 24th - Manchester G-Mex (first time played Step On)

Mar 25th - Manchester G-Mex (audio and video bootleg available)

 

March 31st - 'Homage to Catatonia' - NME press article

March 31st - 'Power, Corruption & Lies' - Melody Maker press article

April 7th - 'One Step Beyond' - Sounds press article

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Apr 7th - Wembley Arena (audio bootleg available)

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April 21st - 'Stepping Stoned' - NME press article

May 1990 - 'The Wild Bunch' - Mixmag press article

 

May - Peel Sessions Strange Fruit released

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May 1st - Rollins College, Orlando, USA

 

May 13th – Recorded Tokoloshie man at Eden Studios

 

June 24th – Glastonbury (audio and video bootleg available)

June 28th - KU CLub, Ibiza (audio bootleg available)

June 29th – San Raphael, Ibiza

 

July - One louder and G-Mex Party videos released

 

USA CALL THE COPS tour:

July 9th - Cabaret Metro, Chicago

July 10th – Ann Arbor, (venue unknown) - cancelled

July 11th - St Andrews Hall, Detroit

July 12th - The Diamond Club, Toronto, Canada

July 14th - Axis, Boston

July 15th – Washington (venue unknown)

July 16th – Philadelphia (venue unknown)

July 18th - Sound Factory, New York (audio bootleg available)

July 20th - Los Angeles Palladium (audio bootleg available)

July 21st - I Beam, San Francisco - cancelled

July 24th - Fillmore, San Francisco – cancelled

 

July 23rd to Aug 25th - Recording Pills LP at Capital Records, Hollywood, Los Angeles​

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Sept 8th - 'Shaun in the USA' - VOX press article

Oct - 'The Happy Event' - The Informer press article 

Oct 6th - 'Excess All Areas' - NME press release

 

October – Kinky Afro single released

October - Kinky Afro extras

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Oct 27th - 'Shaun to be Mild' - Record Mirror press article

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Nov 7-20th - 'Pills n Thrills with Happy Mondays' - Rage press article​

Nov 10th - 'Licenced to Thrill' - Melody Maker press article

Nov - 'Happy Mondays? Apparently so' - Avant press article

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Nov 12th - Call The Cops video released

 

UK PILLS N THRILLS tour:

Nov 23rd - Whitley Bay Ice Rink (audio and video bootleg available)

Nov 25th - Wembley Arena (audio bootleg available)

Nov 27th - Glasgow SECC (audio bootleg available)

Nov 29th - Manchester G-Mex

Nov 30th - Birmingham NEC (audio bootleg available)

 

November – Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches released

November - Pills 'n' Thrills Posters and adverts etc

November - Pills 'n' Thrills extras

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Dec 2nd - Glasgow SECC

Dec 4th – Dublin, The Point

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Dec 6th - 'Happy Daze' - The List press article

Dec 22nd/29th - 'Pills, Thrills n Videotape' - Melody Maker press article

Dec 22nd/29th - 'Happiness is a Warm Guitar' - Sounds press article

Dec 22nd/29th - 'Just Say Noel' - NME press article

Dec - 'What Me Worry?' - Q magazine article

Dec - 'Twin Freaks' Select press article

Dec - 'Happy Mondays' - Spex magazine article

Dec - 'Stoned Again' - Spex press article

Dec 1990/Jan1991 - 'Les Nouveaux Stones' - Rock This Town press article

unknown date and publication - 'E-Zee Ryder' press article

unknown date and publication - 'Blaze of Groovy' - Japanese press article