Fugazi Shows 1987-1989
1986
Date Venue City / State / Country Notes
09/24/86 Dischord House Arlington, VA Not a gig at all, but the first practice of "Ian's new band" -- Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally, and drummer Colin Sears.

1987

Date Venue City / State / Country Other Bands Notes Recorded?
09/03/87 Wilson Center Washington, DC Fire Party, Ignition, Marginal Man Positive Force benefit AUD
09/26/87 St. Steven's Church Washington, DC

AUD-aud
10/10/87 dc space Washington, DC

AUD-aud
10/16/87 dc space Washington, DC

AUD
??/??/87
Richmond, VA
possibly their first show outside of DC *
11/??/87 dc space Washington, DC

AUD?
11/??/87 fraternity house Westerly, RI


11/??/87 Club Anthrax Norwalk, CT

AUD-aud
??/??/87 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ


12/03/87 Wilson Center Washington, DC The Thorns, The Hated, Soulside (headliners) gold-tinted footage from Instrument AUD-sbd; VID; SUPER 8
12/28/87 dc space Washington, DC
AUD-sbd; VID

"Guy was present at our first show as a spectator (but keep in mind that he was an extremely close friend of ours), the second and third show as roadie, and i think by 4 or 5 show[s] he was singing back up vocals. i think the first song he sang lead on, 'break in', we did at a club called dcspace in october 1987." - Ian MacKaye
 

1988
Date Venue City / State / Country Other Bands Notes Recorded?
01/??/88
Ypsilanti, MI


01/??/88
Flint, MI


01/??/88
Lansing, MI


??/??/88 Wilson Center Washington, DC
Greenpeace benefit
02/02/88 Anthrax Norwalk, CT
date confirmed by flyer
02/??/88 Unitarian Universalist Church Annapolis, MD The Hated (headliners), Moss Icon  *
AUD
02/20/88 Merrifield Community Hall Merrifield, VA Shudder To Think, MFD

03/??/88 Wilson Center Washington, DC King Face, False Prophets, Fidelity Jones benefit for the Christic Institute
??/??/88
Atlanta, GA


04/??/88 Lafayette Park Washington, DC
In Concern Over Teenage Pregnancy demonstration
04/09/88 Montgomery College Rockville, MD The Now, MFD, The Cynics benefit for Whitman-Walker AIDS Clinic; "Furniture" excerpt from Instrument VID
04/??/88 Sonic Temple Pittsburgh, PA
"I saw Fugazi before they had a record out.  There were about a hundred and fifty people there, and I thought they sucked." -- Damon Che of Don Caballero
04/??/88 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ


04/??/88 Wesleyan University Middletown, CT


04/16/88 Green Street Station Boston, MA

AUD-aud
04/17/88 The Rocket Providence, RI

AUD-aud
05/04/88 Axiom Houston, TX


05/05/88 Liberty Lunch Austin, TX


05/06/88 Honest Place Dallas, TX


05/08/88 Club Dreamerz Chicago, IL Jack Scratch, Empathy flyer, photos
05/??/88 Sundance Saloon Bozeman, MT


05/??/88 123 Arts Spokane, WA


05/??/88 Evergreen State College Olympia, WA


05/15/88 Community World Theater Tacoma, WA


05/16/88 9:30 Club Washington, DC
probably 06/15/88
05/??/88 Lafayette Park Washington, DC
probably the wrong date
05/??/88
Pomona, CA


05/??/88 Anti-Club Hollywood, CA


05/20/88 Gilman Street Project Berkeley, CA Crimpshrine, the Yeastie Girlz, the Beatnigs broadcast by KALX; GG MacKaye & the DC Funazis bootleg CD AUD-sbd; VID
05/21/88 Zed Records Long Beach, CA
in-store performance
05/24/88 Park Place Tuscon, AZ


??/??/88 Mississippi Nights (Bernard's Pub?) St. Louis, MO
commonly mislabeled as "06/22/88" VID

 
06/15/88 9:30 Club Washington, DC Fire Party
AUD-sbd
06/22/88 Wilson Center Washington, DC Ignition, Fidelity Jones benefit for Washington Free Clinic; date confirmed by flyer VID
06/30/88 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ


07/16/88 Beach Theatre Virginia Beach, VA Fire Party, Scream
AUD-sbd
07/28/88 Wilson Center Washington, DC Ignition, Moss Icon, Nation Of Ulysses Greenpeace benefit VID
08/01/88 dc space Washington, DC

AUD-aud
08/07/88 Frankford YMCA Philadelphia, PA
benefit for St. John's Hospice; "Glue Man" basketball hoop excerpt from Instrument; photos VID
??/??/88 Fort Reno Park Washington, DC
unconfirmed
??/??/88 Fairground St. Mary's County, MD The Hated, Moss Icon

09/11/88 DuPont Circle Washington, DC The Hated, Fire Party, Geek, Parasite outdoor festival

 

  Two and a Half Month European Tour:

10/14/88
Rotterdam, the Netherlands

AUD-sbd
10/15/88 Troll Hoorn, Holland Vernon Walters

10/16/88 (afternoon) Democrazy Ghent, Belgium

AUD-aud; AUD-sbd
10/16/88
(evening)		 Van Hall Amsterdam, the Netherlands Subterranean Kids, NOFX

??/??/88 Top Hat Club Paris, France


10/21/88
Lubeck, Germany


10/??/88
Oslo, Norway


10/??/88
Essen, Germany


10/??/88
Germany (?)

VID
10/27/88 Stortebeker Squat Hamburg, Germany


10/28/88
Berlin, Germany


10/29/88
Hannover, Germany


10/30/88
Kiel, Germany


10/31/88
Bielefeld, Germany


11/02/88
Goppingen, Germany


11/03/88
Hamburg, Germany

VID
11/04/88
Nagold, Germany
often mislabeled as "Germany 12/88" VID
11/05/88 Bootleg Augsburg, Germany NONOYESNO Function Is The Key bootleg LP; possibly 11/06/88? AUD-sbd
11/07/88
Ottobrun, Germany


11/08/88
Schwenningen, Germany


11/10/88 Kapu Linz, Austria T.O.D.
AUD-aud
11/16/88 De Effenar? Eindhoven, the Netherlands

AUD-aud
11/17/88 Forte Prenestino Rome, Italy
Walking Tall bootleg CD; often mislabeled as 10/17/88 AUD-sbd
11/19/88 Leoncavallo Milan, Italy

AUD-aud, VID
11/20/88 El Paso Turin, Italy
often mislabeled as 09/20/88 AUD-sbd
11/24/88 Sir George Robey London, England

AUD-aud
11/26/88 Planet X Liverpool, England RoseRose, Joyce McKinney Experience flyer AUD-aud
11/27/88 Eden Nottingham, England


11/28/88 TJ's Newport, Wales


11/29/88 McGonagle's Dublin, Ireland

AUD-aud
11/30/88 Duchess of York Public House Leeds, England
We Are All Guilty bootleg 7" AUD-sbd
12/01/88 Unity Club Wigan, England

VID
12/02/88 Canterbury College Canterbury, England

AUD-aud, VID
12/05/88 Boston Arms, Tuffnel Park London, England

AUD-sbd, VID

"We played well over a hundred shows in Europe..." - Guy Picciotto (April 1989)
 
 
12/29/88 Wilson Center Washington, DC Verbal Assault, Soulside, Rain Crow benefit for the National Coalition for the Homeless; "Bad Mouth" and "Suggestion" excerpts from Instrument; "Waiting Room" performance from Instrument DVD VID; SUPER 8

"[Guy Picciotto] first played guitar with us in dec.1988." - Ian MacKaye

Photo of a 1988 Washington, DC show.

1989
Date Venue City / State / Country Other Bands Notes Recorded?
01/26/89 9:30 Club Washington, DC
photo VID
03/24/89 Wilson Center Washington, DC Holy Rollers, Edsel, Swiz benefit for Washington Peace Center AUD-aud?
04/05/89 New York University New York, NY

VID
04/06/89 Terrace Club Princeton, NJ
unconfirmed
04/07/89 Anthrax (?) Norwalk, CT

AUD-sbd
04/08/89
CT
unconfirmed
04/09/89 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ Blisters
AUD
04/30/89 New Horizons Café Richmond, VA

AUD-aud
04/31/89
Richmond, VA


05/01/89 Cat's Cradle Chapel Hill, NC


05/05/89 Excelsior Mill Atlanta, GA

AUD-aud
05/06/89 American Legion Hall Gainesville, FL

VID
05/11/89 Axis Club Fort Worth, TX

VID
05/12/89 Axiom Houston, TX Sprawl, 4Front

05/13/89 Liberty Lunch Austin, TX Bad Mutha Goose, Retarded Elf

05/??/89
Tuscon, AZ


05/??/89
Phoenix, AZ


05/??/89
Austin, TX


05/18/89
(early show)		 Anti Club Hollywood, CA Reason To Believe, Pitchfork Fugazi Live bootleg 7"? AUD?
05/18/89
(late show)		 Anti Club Hollywood, CA Reason To Believe, Pitchfork Fugazi Live bootleg 7"? AUD?
05/20/89 Gilman Street Project Berkeley, CA

VID
05/21/89 Women's Building San Francisco, CA Operation Ivy, Swollen Boss Toad

05/??/89
Olympia, WA


05/??/89
Portland, OR


05/??/89
Seattle, WA


05/??/89
Spokane, WA


05/??/89
Missoula, MT


06/??/89 Speedway Cafe Salt Lake City, UT
photos
06/??/89 Radial Hall Omaha, NE


06/??/89
Lawrence, KS


06/05/89 Bernard's Pub St. Louis, MO

VID
06/??/89
Champaign, IL


06/??/89
Rockford, IL


06/09/89 Crystal Palace Milwaukee, WI

AUD; VID
06/??/89
Chicago, IL


06/??/89 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN Iowa Beef Experience

06/??/89
Green Bay, WI


06/14/89 Tam-O-Shanter Ice Rink Sylvania, OH The Herb Tarleks


 
06/22/89 Wilson Center Washington, DC Ignition, Fidelity Jones Washington Free Clinic benefit; often mislabeled as 06/22/90 VID
07/??/89 9:30 Club Washington, DC Ignition, Fidelity Jones, Bad Mutha Goose

07/??/89 9:30 Club Washington, DC Ignition, Fidelity Jones, Bad Mutha Goose two consecutive nights at the 9:30 Club
09/22/89 All Souls Unitarian Church, Pierce Hall Washington, DC Jawbox, Shudder to Think housing rights benefit; Silvermachine 7"? AUD-sbd?
09/23/89 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Scram and 2000 Stitches flier1 flier2 benefit for "act up philadelphia, the homeless, and wkdu." did it ever happen?
09/28/89 none Montreal, Canada Dead Milkmen cancelled
09/29/89 Globe Community Center Ottawa, Canada Harsh Reality, The Trapt photo AUD
09/30/89 The Loft Guelph, Canada


10/01/89 Rivoli Toronto, Canada Guilt Paradigm, Phlegmcam
AUD
10/??/89 Congregational Church Cambridge, MA


10/??/89 Parking Garage Philadelphia, PA


10/05/89 Living Room Providence, RI

AUD-aud
10/??/89 DuPont Circle Washington, DC Lungfish, Fidelity Jones, Juliana Luecking Positive Force benefit

European Tour:

11/09/89 Doornroosje Nijmegen, the Netherlands
radio broadcast AUD-sbd
11/13/89 Canterbury Arts Centre Canterbury, England

AUD-aud
11/14/89 Zap Club Brighton, England

AUD
11/15/89 Polytechnic Portsmouth, England


11/16/89 Lemon Grove, University of Exeter Exeter, England


11/17/89 SOAS London, England
cancelled
11/19/89 Edwards Number 8 Birmingham, England

AUD-aud
11/20/89 Polytechnic Leeds, England Chumbawamba, Thatcher On Acid Act Up & Leeds Abortion Fund benefit
11/21/89 Marcus Garvey Centre Nottingham, England

AUD-aud
11/22/89 Bierkeller Bristol, England

AUD-sbd
11/23/89 McGonagle's Dublin, Ireland

VID
11/24/89 Crescent Arts Centre Belfast, Northern Ireland

VID
11/25/89 Blue Coat Chambers Liverpool, England


11/26/89 Riverside Newcastle, England God's Ultimate Noise, Crane
VID
11/27/89 Mayfair Glasgow, Scotland


11/28/89 Boardwalk Manchester, England

AUD-aud
11/29/89 Boston Arms, Tuffnel Park London, England


12/02/89 Markthalle Hamburg, Germany
(1 of 9 gigs after London)
12/03/89 Melkweg Amsterdam, the Netherlands

AUD-sbd
12/04/89 Triplex-Mensa Heidelberg, Germany Visions of Change
AUD, VID
12/09/89 De Effenaar Eindhoven, the Netherlands
possibly 12/08/89? AUD-sbd
??/??/89
Poland


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