1987-08-11 New York City - The Ritz (USA/NY)

Mainset:

Shake Dog Shake
Play For Today
Torture
Primary
Just Like Heaven
Hot Hot Hot!!!
Catch
The Walk
In Between Days
A Japanese Dream
The Perfect Girl
Shiver And Shake
A Forest

Encore 1:

Close To Me
Let's Go To Bed
Why Can't I Be You?

Encore 2:

Three Imaginary Boys
Boys Don't Cry
10.15 Saturday Night
Killing An Arab
Forever
Wild Thing
You Really Got Me
Forever

Robert Smith
Simon Gallup
Boris Williams
Porl Thompson
Laurence Tolhurst
Roger O'Donnell

Songs played: 24 (13 | 3 | 8)

Day of the week: Tuesday
Tour: 'The Kissing Tour'

Attendance:
Capacity:

'Wild Thing', a song by The Troggs, was played for the first time since 1976 or perhaps 1977. Robert sang only the first verse, then Lol Tolhurst took over for the rest of the song.
'Killing An Arab' was modified to 'Killing Everyone Else In The World'
This was the only concert of the Kissing Tour that didn't start with 'The Kiss' but with 'Shake Dog Shake'

Mainset:

Hello...[...] How many of you went yesterday? A lot? [...] appreciate a lot this, this is called 'Shake Dog Shake'

Shake Dog Shake

Heu, this is [...] as well, (... ) the song is great [...] remind it [...] this is called 'Play For Today'

Play For Today

Thank you [...] this [...] ... this is called 'Torture'

Torture

[...] heu, this is called 'Primary'

Primary

[...] same [...] new again, this is called 'Just Like Heaven'

Just Like Heaven

Please what? And all might sense [...]. This is hot, this is called 'Hot Hot Hot!!!'

Hot Hot Hot!!!

It's like living in [...] ssshhh, this is called 'Catch'

Catch

Yeah [...] heu, this is called 'The Walk'

The Walk

[...] came in seven years [...] this is called 'Inbetween Days'

In Between Days

And now then, 'A Japanese Dream'

A Japanese Dream

Heu...[...] remember a lot [...] gonna do (..) but I think [...] right the first heu...'Perfect Girl'

The Perfect Girl

[...] a new as well, this is called 'Shiver And Shake'

Shiver And Shake

This is the last bit of this bit, it's called 'A Forest'

A Forest

Thank you, [...] think

Encore 1:

Close To Me

This [...] this is called 'Let's Go To Bed'

Let's Go To Bed

And this is for [...] been so [...] this is called 'Why Can't I Be You ?'

Why Can't I Be You?

Thank you...thank you

Encore 2:

Very old now, very old

Three Imaginary Boys

Now, first 'Boys Don't Cry'

Boys Don't Cry

Now a song that we haven't done for ages [...] strange, but, both, if you remember

10.15 Saturday Night

[...] very [...] a long long time, this is called 'Killing Everyone Else In The World'

Killing An Arab

Forever

Wild Thing

[...] a little bit [...]

You Really Got Me

Thank you, good night...thank you, see you again

thanks to Machicouli for the stage banter transcript

Stage banter may be inaccurate or incomplete.
[...] = not clearly understandable [???] = unclear whether additional banter occurred

thanks to Petr H.

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Venue address:

The Ritz
125 East 11th Street
New York City

Venue naming history:

1886-1980 | Webster Hall
1980-1989 | The Ritz
1989-____ | Webster Hall

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