Selected Graham Parker set lists, the 80ties

Sun 4/4/82: Playhouse, Edinburgh, UK

Discovering Japan / It's All Worth Nothing Alone / Fear Not / White Honey / Jolie Jolie / Dark Side Of the Bright Lights / Can't Waste A Minute / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Thankless Task / Howlin' Wind / Temporary Beauty / Crying For Attention / Love Without Greed / No More Excuses / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Big Fat Zero // Stupefaction / Endless Night // Don't Ask Me Questions

Sun 5/9/82: Bayou, Washington DC, USA

Discovering Japan / Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Thankless Task / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / No More Excuses / Love Without Greed / Heat Treatment / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction / Endless Night // Don't Ask Me Questions

Mon 5/10/82: Bayou, Washington DC, USA

Discovering Japan / Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / It's All Worth Nothing Alone / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Can't Waste A Minute / No More Excuses / Heat Treatment / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction / Big Fat Zero // Don't Ask Me Questions

Sat 5/15/82: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Discovering Japan / Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Thankless Task / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / No More Excuses / Heat Treatment / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction / Big Fat Zero // Don't Ask Me Questions

Tue 5/25/82: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, USA

Fri 5/28/82: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Discovering Japan / Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Thankless Task / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Can't Waste a Minute / No More Excuses / Heat Treatment / Dark Side of the Bright Lights / You Hit the Spot / Another Grey Area / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction / Endless Night // Don't Ask Me Questions

Mon 6/7/82: Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway

Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Howlin' Wind / Stick to Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / No More Excuses / Heat Treatment / Dark Side Of The Bright Lights / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction / Big Fat Zero // Don't Ask Me Questions

Tue 6/22/82: Studio 44, Rouen, France

Discovering Japan / Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Thankless Task / Howlin' Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / No More Excuses / It's All Worth Nothing Alone / Crying For Attention / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction // Don't Ask Me Questions

Mon 6/28/82: Teatro Tenda Pianeta, Rome, Italy

Tue 6/29/82: Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy

Discovering Japan / Jolie Jolie / Fear Not / White Honey / Thankless Task / Howlin’ Wind / Stick To Me / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / No More Excuses / It's All Worth Nothing Alone / Crying For Attention / You Hit The Spot / Another Grey Area / Empty Lives / Nobody Hurts You // Stupefaction / Big Fat Zero // Don't Ask Me Questions

Thu 9/29/83: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA

Just Like A Man / Thunder & Rain / Fool's Gold / White Honey / Sounds Like Chains / Anniversary / Passive Resistance / You Can't Take Love for Granted / Glass Jaw / Life Gets Better / You Can’t Be Too Strong / Soul on Ice / Local Girls / Protection / Saturday Night Is Dead / Discovering Japan // (Too Late) The Smart Bomb / The New York Shuffle // Last Couple on the Dance Floor

Sat 10/8/83: Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Just Like A Man / Thunder & Rain / Fool's Gold / Fear Not / Sounds Like Chains / Anniversary / Passive Resistance / You Can't Take Love For Granted / Glass Jaw / Life Gets Better / You Can't Be Too Strong / Soul On Ice / Local Girls / Protection / Saturday Night Is Dead / I Want You Back // (Too Late) The Smart Bomb / The New York Shuffle // Last Couple On The Dance Floor

Fri 4/19/85: Civic Center, Savannah, GA, USA

Thu 4/25/85: Meadowlands' Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA

(support for Eric Clapton)

White Honey / Local Girls / Black Lincoln Continental / Lunatic Fringe / Mighty Rivers / Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City / Break Them Down / Howlin' Wind / Life Gets Better / Wake Up (Next To You) / The Weekend's Too Short

Sun 6/30/85: Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Tue 7/9/85: Sandstone Amphitheatre, Kansas City, KS, USA

(support for Eric Clapton)

White Honey / Local Girls / Black Lincoln Continental / Lunatic Fringe / Mighty Rivers / Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City / Howlin' Wind / Life Gets Better / Wake Up (Next To You) / The Weekend's Too Short

Sat 7/5/86: "Out In The Green" open air festival, Inselwiese, Dinkelsbuehl, Germany

Sun 7/6/86: "Out In The Green" open air festival, Loreley, Germany

(Open air with Status Quo, Rory Gallagher, Jethro Tull)

White Honey / Thunder & Rain / Dead To The World / Fools' Gold / Durban Poison / Howlin' Wind / Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City / You Hit The Spot / Burning On A Higher Flame / Nobody Hurts You / Don't Ask Me Questions

Sat 8/2/86: Limfjordsfestivalen, Aalborg, Denmark

White Honey / Thunder & Rain / Dead To The World / No Holding Back / Fool's Gold / Durban Poison / Howlin' Wind / Sinkin' Low / I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) / Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City / You Hit The Spot / Burning On A Higher Flame / The Weekend's Too Short / Nobody Hurts You // You Can't Be Too Strong / Don' Ask Me Questions // There's A Ghost In My House / Discovering Japan

- I'm not sure about the order of the last four songs, the enchores.

9/86: Barcelona, Spain

Thu 6/2/88: Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Don't Let It Break You Down / Glass Jaw / Thunder and Rain / Fools' Gold / Break Them Down / Durban Poison / Howlin' Wind / Sinkin' Low / Blue Highways / Success / The Girl Isn't Ready / I Don't Know / Under The Mask Of Happiness / OK Hieronymous / Get Started. Start a Fire // Between You & Me / Mercury Poisoning // Cupid & Chain Gang / Local Girls

Fri 6/3/88: Roseland, New York, USA

Don't Let It Break You Down / Glass Jaw / Thunder & Rain / Fool's Gold / Break Them Down / Durban Poison / Howlin' Wind / Sinkin' Low / Blue Highways / Success / The Girl Isn't Ready / I Don't Know / Under The Mask Of Happiness / OK Hieronymous / Get Started. Start a Fire // Between You & Me / Mercury Poisoning // Cupid & Chain Gang / Local Girls

Tue 6/14/88: Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, USA

Wed 6/15/88: Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, USA

Don't Let It Break You Down / Glass Jaw / Thunder & Rain / Passion Is No Ordinary Word / Break Them Down / Durban Poison / Howlin' Wind / Sinking Low / I'm Just Your Man / Success / The Girl Isn't Ready / Under The Mask Of Happiness / OK Hieronymous / Get Started. Start A Fire // Blue Highways / Love Without Greed // Cupid/Chain Gang / Don't Ask Me Questions

Sun 10/9/88: Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

(GP solo, not sure if this is early or late show from that evening)

White Honey / Lady Doctor / The Girl Isn't Ready / Watch The Moon Come Down / Black Honey / Success / The 3 Martini Lunch / Hotel Chambermaid / Protection / Lunatic Fringe / Soul Corruption / Durban Poison / Gypsy Blood / Not If It Pleases Me / Soul Shoes // A Change Is Gonna Come / Back In Time // Blue Highway / Get Started. Start A fire / Don't Let It Break You Down / You Can't Be too Strong

Tue 10/11/88: Club Bene, Sayerville, NJ, USA

(GP solo)

Hotel Chambermaid / Protection / Get Started. Start A Fire / Lunatic Fringe / Soul Corruption / Durban Poison / Gypsy Blood / Back To Schooldays / A Change Is Gonna Come / Back In Time // Blue Highways / I'm Just Your Man / Between You & Me / You Can't Be Too Strong

Thu 3/30/89: Berkeley Square, Berkeley, CA, USA

(GP solo)

White Honey / Devil's Sidewalk / Watch the Moon Come Down / I'm Your Puppet (James & Bobby Purify) / Three Martini Lunch / Between You & Me / Passive Resistance / Temporary Beauty / Big Man on Paper / Don't Ask Me Questions / Stick To Me / Get Started. Start A Fire / Call Me Your Doctor / Durban Poison / Soul Corruption / Not If It Pleases Me / Soul Shoes / A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) / Heat Treatment / Hotel Chambermaid / Blue Highways / You Can't Be Too Strong

Sun 4/23/89: Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

(GP solo)

White Honey / Devil's Sidewalk / Watch The Moon Come Down / I'm Your Puppet / Three Martini Lunch / Between You & Me / Passive Resistance / Temporary Beauty / Big Man On Paper (with a trombone player) / Don't Ask Me Questions / Stick To Me / Get Started. Start A Fire / Success / Call Me Your Doctor / Durban Poison / Soul Corruption / Gypsy Blood / Not If It Pleases Me // A Change Is Gonna Come / Back In Time / Hotel Chambermaid / Heat Treatment // Blue Highways / Don't Let It Break You Down / You Can't Be Too Strong

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