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date	location	venue	extra info
january 1997
11	london	maida vale studios	john peel session
23	london	astoria	with pavement
february 1997
??	'new paths to helicon' 7" released
2	edinburgh, scotland	attic	with navigator
13	glasgow, scotland	13th note	recording of "club beatroot" single
?	highbury, london	upstairs at the garage	sold out show on a monday, with piano magic and six by seven
march 1997
11	stavanger, norway	checkpoint charlie	first overseas dates: a short tour of norway
13	oslo, norway	so what!	-
14	bo, norway	kroa	-
15	bergen, norway	hulen	with funguson
24	glasgow	13th note	-
april 1997
6	london	highbury garage	-
12	mauron, france	mauron centre culturel	"ils ne mauron pas" festival
17	'ten rapid' released
19	darlington	arts centre	-
25	glasgow	nice 'n' sleazy	big issue benefit, with cylinder
27	cheltenham	axiom	-
28	london	highbury garage	-
may 1997
16	east kilbride	arts centre	with glider
20	derby	garrick	start of "4 satin" tour
21	hull	room	macrocosmica supporting
22	bath	moles	macrocosmica supporting
23	tunbridge wells	forum	first show with brendan o'hare
24	bedford	esquires	macrocosmica supporting
25	brighton	essential festival	-
26	'4 satin' ep released
26	brighton	bar centro	-
27	middlesborough	cornerhouse	arab strap supporting
28	newcastle	riverside 2	arab strap supporting
29	liverpool	k2	arab strap supporting
30	wolverhampton	varsity	arab strap supporting
31	gloucester	arts centre	-
june 1997
1	colchester	arts centre	-
3	leeds	duchess of york	-
4	manchester	roadhouse	-
5	stoke	stoke stage	-
6	birmingham	flapper and firkin	-
8	sheffield	leadmill	-
9	norwich	arts centre	navigator and crest supporting
10	leicester	princess charlotte	-
12	southampton	joiner's arms	-
13	bristol	louisiana	navigator supporting
14	london	highbury garage	-
19	new york, usa	WNYU	-
19	new york, usa	mondo kim's	record shop instore [evening]
20	new york, usa	anchorage, brooklyn	-
july 1997
12	kinross	"t in the park" festival	-
18	stratford on avon	long marston airfield	"phoenix" festival. 'guardian stage' at 13:25
august 1997
19	edinburgh	jaffa cake	-
22	holland	lowlands festival	'foxtrot' stage, 4pm
23	belgium	pukkelpop festival	-
24	reading	reading festival	last show with brendan o'hare
october 1997
6	burlington, vt, usa	club toast	supporting pavement
7	providence, ri, usa	lupo's	-
8	princeton, nj, usa	princeton campus club	supporting pavement
9	charlottesville, va, usa	trax	-
10	winston-salem, nc, usa	ziggy's	-
11	athens, ga, usa	40 watt club	-
12?	atlanta, ga, usa	wras fm	live radio session
14	detroit, mi, usa	alvin's
15	chicago, usa	reckless records	-
15	chicago, usa	lounge ax	-
16	boston, usa	tt the bear's place	-
17	new london ct, usa	connecticut college	-
18	new york, usa	brownies	-
20	new york, usa	other music	-
27	'young team' released
28	london	maida vale studios	-
november 1997
4	preston	adelphi	-
6	leuven, belgium	stuc	-
7	lille, france	le aeronef	"les inrockuptibles" tour, with stereophonics
8	paris, france	la cigale	-
9	nantes, france	l'olympic	"les inrockuptibles" tour, with stereophonics
10	toulouse, france	le bikini	"les inrockuptibles" tour, with stereophonics
28	london	ulu	-
30	glasgow	arches	-

1997 tour statistics

67 known mogwai shows, including the first dates outside the uk (norway, france, belgium, usa). this list is incomplete, particularly the scottish dates. full or partial setlist details for 31 shows. brendan o'hare joins in may and leaves in august.

notes: live debuts for 'yes! i am a long way from home', 'like herod', 'katrien', 'radar maker', 'tracy', 'summer [priority version]', the finished version of 'r u still in 2 it?', 'mogwai fear satan' (all released on 'mogwai young team' in october 1997) plus 'christmas steps' and 'waltz'.

a number of tracks (helicon 1, summer, mogwai fear satan) well established in the set, and will remain so ten years later.

the only known live showings for 'guardians of space' and 'now you're taken'. 'summer (priority version)' would next appear live in 2008. 'r u still in 2 it?' appears both as an instrumental and, at the end of the year, with aidan moffat on vocals. final appearances for 'lower'.

it's believed there were some attempts to play 'superheroes of bmx' live during the may/june uk tour, but no record of this survives and the track wouldn't appear again until 1999.

helicon 1 (29 shows)
like herod (21)
summer (21)
angels vs aliens (18)
stereo dee (18)
a place for parks (16)
katrien (13)
helicon 2 (12)
mogwai fear satan (12)
summer (priority version) (10)
i am not batman (9)
yes! i am a long way from home (8)
ithica 27o9 (5)
lower (4)
now you're taken (4)
guardians of space (3)
honey (spacemen 3 cover) (3)
r u still in 2 it? (4)
radar maker (2)
tracy (2)
christmas steps (1)
waltz (1)
??? (stoke) (1)