LES THUGS ON TOUR
Les Thugs in Caen 12/3/96. Photos : Jean-Baptiste Quentin


"No-reform" tour :

For Subpop 20th anniversary the label asked several bands to come and play in Seattle.
Les Thugs agreed and also gave several concerts in France.

Day/Month/Year

Date
Ville
Salle
Autres groupes

Tue 10/06/08 
 Bordeaux 
 BT 59
Dead Pop Club

Wed 11/06/08 
 Toulouse 
 le Bikini

Thu 12/06/08  
 Paris
la Maroquinerie 
 Festival Maroq'n'roll
 Daria + Tang

Sat 14/06/08 
 Paris
la Maroquinerie 
 Festival Maroq'n'roll
 Boogers + Johnny Boy

Sat 28/06/08 
 Tremargat 
 Salle des fêtes
Formica + John Glucose

Thu 03/07/08 
 Lyon 
 Grrrnd Zéro (Rail theatre)
Marvin + Iku

Fri 04/07/08 
 Angers 
 Centre Jean Vilar

Fri 11/07/08 
 Seattle

Neumo's 
Death Vessel

Sun 13/07/08 
 Seattle
SP20 
King County's Marymoor Park 20th anniversary of Sub pop






06/83 Angers, le Chameau
First concert

08/07/84 Juvisy sur Orge
Concert where Les Thugs were signed by Gougnaf Mouvement

31/12/84   Juvisy sur Orge, + Porte-Mentaux + Parabellum + Nuclear Device
14/06/85   Paris, Cithea + Jivaros + Soucoupes Violentes


Greece :
11/12/86 
12/12/86 

30/10/87 Rennes, L'Ubu + Maniac


UK tour (November 87) :

9/11/87  
  Londres
 Sir George Robey
10/11/87 
  Londres
 Dingwalls
12/11/87 
  Kingston
 University
 + Stupids
13/11/87 
  Manchester
 University
+ Stupids


04/03/88   Paris, Elysée Montmartre + Batmen + Kid Pharaon + Fixed Up
29/04/88   Issy les Moulineaux, Fahrenheit + Shredded Ermine's
20/05/88   Clermont Ferrand, Maison du peuple : Rock au maximum festival
where "Something's gone wrong again" was recorded by Rock Hardi

06/88   Lac de maine : last concert of Gérald
06/88   Grenoble : first concert of Pierre-Yves

Berlin,	Loft 11/10/88 festival Berlin Independance Days 
Concert where Sub Pop decided to sign Les Thugs
11/11/88 Bordeaux, Théatre Barbey
Gougnaf party with Parabellum, Shériff et les Rats


Italy 12/88 :
27/11/88   
Cagliari
29/11/88   
Rome
30/11/88   
Brindisi
01/12/88   
Lamezia
02/12/88   
Bari
03/12/88   
Macerata
04/12/88   
Pescara


US tour 89  (7 june/24 july):

Date
Town
Venue
other bands
6/10
		Seattle WA
 Moore Theatre 
+ PIL
		
Portland OR 
 
+ PIL
	
		Seattle WA 
	
		Fort Collins CO
 University
 + Hot Tone Boys 
	Beginning of the tour with Blood Circus
		
Kansas City MO
6/18		
Omaha NE 
Lifticket (bar)
6/22
		Minneapolis MN
 Uptwon
		
Madison WI
		
Cincinatti OH 
(bar)
	
	New York	NY
 Pyramid
6/25 	
	Hoboken NJ
 Maxwell's
	
		Pittsburgh PA	

		 free-mason local
	
	Boston MA
   Rat's 

		
		
Philadelphie PA 
 
+ TAD
7/4
		Cambridge MA
 University

		 	burning of the American flag !
7/5 		
Toronto (Canada) 
 Apocalypse club 

		
Québec (Canada) 
 
 + SNFU
		
Montréal (Canada) 
Foufounes électriques 
+ SNFU
		
Trois Rivières (Canada) 
 
+ SNFU
7/10 	
Washington DC
 9:30 Club
 +TAD
		
Lexington KY
		
Houston TX
		
Fort Worth TX 
(club)
		
Phoenix AZ
		
San Francisco CA 
(bar)
		
Chico CA
7/24 
		Seattle WA



Date
Town
Venue
other bands
??/02/89  
 Lyon 
 La dernière tentation du rock festival
03/09/89 
 Angers 
Rock & foot 
  Les Thugs won the cup !
02/11/89
  Paris
  Le Gibus
  + MC4
30/03/90
 Issy les Moulineaux
 Fahrenheit
Bloody and Heavy
30/04/90
   Saint Etienne
 Mistral Gagnant

19/05/90
   Saint-Quentin
Festival du devenir,  Palais des Sports
  + Urban Dance Squad, + Mike Rimbaud, + The Young Gods
15/06/90
   Nancy
 salle des fêtes de Gentilly

08/11/90
   Le Mans

08/12/90
   Bourges
 salle Germinal
 + Shaking Dolls + Mad Monster Party + Dirty Hands

30/04/91
   Lyon
 Transbordeur
 + Hard-Ons
15/09/91
   Blois
11/12/91
   Paris
 Espace d'Ornano
12/12/91
   Nancy
 Terminal Export
ven 15/05/92
 Issy les Moulineaux
 Fahrenheit
 Dead Moon

23/02/93
   Lyon
 Transbordeur
ven 26/02/93
Montpellier (34)
Zenith
les Etats du Rock + Noir Désir + les VRP + Dirty Hands + Electric Buttocks.
4 au 07/03/93
Saint Malo (35)
La route du rock
sam 06/03/93
Saint Germain en Laye (78) 
La Clef
+ 100000 Indecis
ven 19/03/93
Issy les Moulineaux (92) 
Fahrenheit 31
+ Drugs Attack
sam 20/03/93
Blois (41)
Halle aux grains
+ Bubble + Sheriffs
 05/06/93
Portland (OR) 
La Luna 
+ Poidon Idea + Napalm Death + Digby
mar 13/07/93
   Angers (49)
Parc des Expositions
+ Faith No More + Young Gods + Hole + Maldida Vencidad + Ride 
lun 19/07/93
 Saint Hilaire de Riez (85)
Festival Rock dans la pinède
+ Noir Desir + Dirty Hands
sam 28/08/93
Nogent le Rotrou (28)
Festival Rock au Chateau
+ Raoul'J'te Pousse + Shredded Ermine's + Cosmic Psychos
sam 23/10/93
Romans (01) 
Festival Rock sans Frontières
+ Hey + Red Beans Flavour + Supersnazz + Hard-Ons
30/10/93
   Angouleme
La Nef
 + Love Battery
10/12/93
   Vandoeuvre
 Salle des fêtes
 + Missing Links + Madhouse
11/12/93
   Mulhouse
 Noumatrouff 
 + Cow-Pox
01/02/94
Hoogstraten (B)
 Le Cahier de Brouillon
Betty Ford Clinic
19/02/94
Neuchatel (CH)
 Patinoire du Littoral
Nirvana
16/04/94 
  Rennes
 Festival Rock & Solex 
+ Supersuckers + Die Cheerleader + Treponem Pal
07/05/94
   Nancy
 Espace culturel de Seichamps
 + Breeders
19/05/94 
  Paris (75)
 Arapaho
Burning Heads + Morituri
09/05/94 
  Lyon
 Transbordeur
 + Breeders
07/94
Belfort
Festival Eurockéennes 
10/11/95
Tulle
la Treille
Festival "Plein la tête 


Strike tour :
Day/Month/Year (French dates)

Date
Town
Venue
Other bands
26/1/96
Creil
Grange a musique
Duellist
1/2/96
Angers
le Chabada
2/2/96
Angers
le Chabada
10/2/96
Reims
l'Usine
Melt + Dreadful
14/2/96
Lille
l'Aéronef       
15/2/96
Nancy
Terminal Export
Peter Plane
16/2/96
Strasbourg
La Laiterie 
20/2/96
Toulouse
Le Bikini    
21/2/96
Lyon
Transbordeur
22/2/96
Montpellier
Victoire II
Big Soul
29/2/96
Paris
Elysée Montmartre 
12/3/96
Caen
salle George Brassens
Pod
13/3/96
Bordeaux
La lune dans le caniveau 
14/3/96
Bordeaux
La lune dans le caniveau 
27/3/96
Chez Zelle (Be)
Looking up + Skunk 
30/3/96
Angouleme
La Nef
+ TV Killers
2/4/96
Paris
Elysée Montmartre
Girls Vs Boys
18/4/96
Genève
Kab de l'Usine
Drive Blind
19/4/96
Lausanne
Dolce Vita
Sinners
21/4/96
Festival du printemps de Bourges
Le Palais d'Auron
Sonic Youth
27/4/96
Festival Carnavalorock  Saint Brieux
Robien
+ Kick Back + Treponem Pal + Barrence Withfield + LKJ + Sheriffs + Exploited + Ludwig Von 88
28/6/96
Saint Etienne
Mistral Gagnant
Dickybird + Six Pack
 



USA Strike tour 96
Month/Day (US Dates)

Date
Ages
Town
Venue
Other bands
WE   5/1
 
Arrival in Seattle
TH   5/2
All
Seattle, WA
Velvet Elvis
Karp
FR   5/3
All
Tacoma, WA
Paradox
Seaweed
SA   5/4
OFF
SU   5/5
All
San Francisco, CA
Bottom of the hill
Opening act for Therapy? + Girls Vs Boys :
TU   5/7
All
Portland, OR
La Luna
WE   5/8
21+
Seattle, WA
Crocodile Cafe
TH   5/9
19+
Vancouver (Can.)
Starfish Room
FR   5/10
OFF
SA   5/11
All
Salt Lake City, UT
Bar & Grill
SU   5/12
All
Boulder, CO
Fox Theatre
MO   5/13 
     OFF
TU   5/14 	
18+
Lawrence, KS
Bottleneck
WE   5/15
All
Minneapolis,MN
First Avenue
TH   5/16
All
Chicago, IL
Metro
FR   5/17
All
Cleveland,OH
Odeon
SA   5/18
All
Detroit, MI
St. Andrew's Hall
Next dates without Therapy? + Girls Vs Boys :
SU   5/19
OFF
MO   5/20
21+
New York, NY
Coney Island High
The Posies
TU   5/21
18+
Boston, MA
Middle East (up)
WE   5/22
18+
Montréal (Can.)
Foufounes Electriques
TH   5/23
18+
Toronto (Can.)
Rivoli
CIUT punk night + Random Killing, Speed Kings, Los Cholos
FR   5/24 
 
 Back to France



Date
Town
Venue
Other bands
28/6/96
Feugerolles
Salle de la forge
Dickybird + Six Pack
12/07/96
Dour
festival
+ Priba 2000 + Kiss my Jazz + Frank Black + Iggy Pop
17/9/96
Bruxelles
Nuit du botanique
 Les innocents + Huy! + Elevate, Sloy + Red House Painters
5/10/96
La Roche sur Yon
Fuzz'Yon
Pyl +Jesus et Moise + Mana Murrayens
18/10/96
La Chaux de Fond
Bikini test
 






Nineteen Something tour :


Day/Month/Year (French dates)

Day
Town
Venue
Fri 14/11/97
St Nazaire
Le VIP
Sat 15/11/97
Blois
Le Chateau d'eau
Fri 21/11/97
Montluçon
Maison des jeunes
Sat 22/11/97
La Rochelle
Le Ribouldingue
Thu 27/11/97
Limoges
Salle John Lennon
Fri 28/11/97
Villeurbanne
Le Pez Ner
Sat 29/11/97
Bourges
Salle Germinal
Wed 10/12/97
Dijon
La Vapeur
Thu 11/12/97
Fribourg (Suisse)
Le Fri-son
Fri 12/12/97
Mulhouse
Le Noumatrouff
Sat 13/12/97
Reims
L'Usine
Wed 17/12/97
Paris
La Cigale
Thu 18/12/97
Amiens
La Cheminotte
Fri 19/12/97
Nancy
Nuit de la solidarité
Sat 20/12/97
Montbéliard
L'Atelier des Moles


Day/Month/Year

Date
Town
Venue
other bands
Fri 13/02/98
 Lorient (56)
 Le Manège en Chantier 
 mary's child
Sat 14/02/98
  Lesneven (22)
 Salle St François Festival Polyrock 
 Dolly,  Mass Hysteria , Guilt, Mad Matta
Thu 26/02/98
  Notre Dame de Gravenchon (76)
 MJC 
 Dicky Bird
Fri 27/02/98
 Bruxelles (B) 
Le Botanique
support
Sat 28/02/98
 Hoogstraten (B)
 Le Cahier de Brouillon
support

Sun 1/03/98
 Liège (B)
L'Escalier 
support
Tue 3/03/98
 Zurich (CH)
Salle Ziegel Oh Lac 
 Salaryman
Wed 4/03/98
 Lausanne (CH)
La Dolce Vita 
Salaryman
Thu 5/03/98
 Genève (CH)
Undertown 
Salaryman
Fri 6/03/98
 Lyon (69)
 Le Pèz Ner 
Salaryman
Sat 7/03/98
 Neuchatel (CH)
 La case à chocs 
Salaryman
Sun 8/03/98
 Brainans (39)
 Le Moulin 
Salaryman
mar 10/03/98
 Strasbourg (67)
 La Laiterie
Salaryman
Wed 11/03/98
 Lille (59) 
L'Aéronef
 SevenHate + Salaryman
Thu 12/03/98
 Evreux (27) 
L'Abordage 
Salaryman
Fri 13/03/98
 Nantes (44) 
L'Olympic 
Seven Hate + DDFace + Salaryman
Sat 14/03/98
 Rennes (35) 
L'Ubu 
Salaryman
Wed 18/03/98
 Bordeaux (33) 
Théâtre Barbey
 Salaryman + local band
Thu 19/03/98
 Toulouse (31) 
Le Bikini 
 Salaryman
Fri 20/03/98
 Mont de Marsan (40)
 Le Café Musique 
Salaryman
Sat 21/03/98
 Angoulème (16)
 La Nef
Salaryman
Wed 25/03/98
 Montpellier (34) 
 Le Rockstore 
Tantrum
Thu 26/03/98
 Marseille (13) 
Le Poste à Galène 
local band
Fri 27/03/98
 Perpignan (66)
 Le Médiator 
local band
Sat 28/03/98
 Agen (47)
 Le Florida 
Double Nelson
Wed 1/04/98
 Paris (75) 
La Boule Noire
 Kyu
Thu 2/04/98
 Tours (37)
Le Brooklyn
Fri 3/04/98
 St Germain en Laye (78)
 La Clef 
 Portobello Bones
Sat 4/04/98
 Ris Orangis (91) 
Le Plan 
 Portobello Bones
Sat 11/04/98
 Les Herbiers (85) 
Festival
bands to be precised, Burning Heads ..
Sat 25/04/98
 Angers (49)
 Le Chabada 
Salaryman

Thu 07/05/98
La Voulte (07)
Salle des Fêtes
Seven Hate + local bands
Fri 08/05/98
Annemasse (74)
le Chateau Rouge
5 local bands
Sat 09/05/98
Demigny (71)
Salle Polyvalente
Scarface and 2 local bands
Sat 16/05/98
Cergy Saint Christophe
Salle de Spectacles
Mad Pop X
Thu 04/06/98
Creil (60)
La Grange
local band
Fri 05/06/98
 Calais (62)
MJC
Tantrum
Sat 06/06/98
Sedan (08)
MJC
local band
Sat 29/08/98
St Gilbert en Mauges (49)
festival Les Z'Eclectiques




Tout doit disparaitre tour :

Day/Month/Year

Date
Ville
Salle
Friday 29/10/99
 Vendome (41)
Fest. Rockomotives 
Saturday 30/10/99
 Dijon (21)
 La Vapeur 
Wednesday 10/11/99
 Genève (CH)
 L'Usine 
Thursday 11/99/11/99 
Besançon (25)
 Le Cousty
Friday 12/11/99 
Bourg en Bresse (01)
 Salle de la Paix 
Saturday 13/11/99 
Nancy (54)
 Terminal ou Caveau des Dominicains 
Sunday 14/11/99 
Amiens (80)
 La Lune des Pirates 
Monday 15/11/99 
Lille (59)
 L'Aéronef 
Thursday 18/11/99 
Montpellier (34)
 Le Rockstore 
Friday 19/11/99 
Toulouse (31)
 le Bikini 
Saturday 20/11/99 
Bordeaux (33)
 Théâtre Barbey 
Sunday 21/11/99 
Marseille (13)
 Le Poste à Galène 
Mardi 23/11/99 
Lyon (69)
 Le PezNer 
Wednesday 24/11/99 
Strasbourg (67)
 La Laiterie 
Thursday 25/11/99 
Reims (51)
 L'Usine 
Friday 26/11/99 
Rennes (35)
 L'Antipode 
Saturday 27/11/99 
Lorient (56)
 Le Manège 
Monday 29/11/99 
Bruxelles (B)
 Le Botanique 
Jeudi 09/12/99 
Paris (75)
 L'Elysée Montmartre
Vendredi 10/12/99 
Angers (49)
Le Chabada
Saturday 11/12/99 
Le Havre (76)
 L'Agora 
Friday 17/12/99 
Nantes (44) 
 L'Olympic 
Saturday 18/12/99 
La Roche sur Yon (85) 
 Fuzz'yon





compiled par Stéphane Dufour

Thanks to Radical Prod for the '97/98 tour dates,
Dave Rosencrans for the '96 US tour dates,
Jean-Baptiste Quentin for the photos.

Info taken from LDJ HS, Combo #3, and more.


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