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| The following is a list of Tom Verlaine live performances. The information was gathered together mostly with the help of Leo Casey with input from the Marquee Moon Mailing List. |
| Note: If you click on any of the highlighted show dates, it will take you to that show's advertisement or a flyer, or a ticket or whatever evidence remains. |
| If there is an existing sound recording of a particular gig, there will be an icon in the final column; clicking on this will open a pop-up containing details of the recording. (Please note: none of these recordings was authorised or approved by any member of Television, I didn't buy any of them and they aren't for sale here.) |
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| 1990 | 1991 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 2001 |
| 2002 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2014 |
| 2016 |
Music For Films, with Jimmy Rip | |||||
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2004 | 2011 |
| Date | Location | Comments | Existing Recording? |
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| Oct 1 | J. B. Scott's, Albany, New York | - | - |
| Oct 2 | The Left Bank, Mount Vernon, New York | Mink DeVille opening | - |
| Oct 3 | 2001 Disco' East Islip, Long Island, NY | - | - |
| Oct 4 | 9.30 Club, Washington DC | - | - |
| Oct 7 | The Paradise, Boston, Massachusetts | The Lyres opening | - |
| Oct 8 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | Malaria; Marshall Crenshaw opening |  |
| Oct 9 | East Side Club, Philadelphia PA | The Necessaries opening | |
| Oct 10 | My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island, New York | Mink DeVille opening |  |
| Oct 11 | Toad's, New Haven CT | - |  |
| Oct 16 | The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA | - | - |
| Oct 17 | The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA | - |  |
| Oct 19 | The Cinema, San Francisco, CA | Translator supporting | |
| Oct 24 | Hot Klub, Dallas, TX | The DOO opening | - |
| Oct 25 | Club Foot, Austin, TX | Standing Waves opening | - |
| Oct 28 | Duffy's, Minneapolis, MN | - | - |
| Nov 1 | Zaks Rock'n'Roll Palace, Chicago | - | - |
| Nov 6 | Voodoo Club, 9 St. Joseph Street, Toronto | - | |
| Nov 7 | Scorgies, Rochester, New York | Mink DeVille opening | |
| Nov 11 | Hampshire College, Northampton, Massachusetts | No opening act | - |
| Nov ? | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | SVT; Carsickness opening | - |
| Nov 15 | Harpo's Detroit | The Necessaries opening | - |
| Nov 25 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | The Necessaries opening | - |
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| May 6 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | - | - |
| May 17 | Ripley Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA | The Vels opening | - |
| May 22 | The Left Bank, Mount Vernon, New York | - |  |
| May 24 | Ripley Music Hall, Philadelphia PA | - | |
| May 26 | Toad's Place New Haven, CT | - |  |
| May 27 | The Paradise, Boston, Massachusetts | Someone and the Somebodies opening |  |
| Jun 4 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | Khmer Rouge opening |  |
| Jun 5 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | Khmer Rouge opening | |
| Jun 9 | The Venue, London, England | China Crisis opening |  |
| Jun 10 | The Venue, London, England | China Crisis opening | - |
| Jun 12 | The Stokvishal, Arnhem, Holland | - | |
| Jun 13 | Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland | The Dutch opening | - |
| Jun 14 | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland | Der Moderne Man opening | - |
| Jun 15 | The Lobo Disco, Gothenburg, Sweden | - |  |
| Jun 16 | Rock Club Ritz, Stockholm, Sweden | No opening act |  |
| Jun 21 | Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany | - | |
| Jun 23 | Le Palace, Paris, France | - | |
| July 8 | The Peppermint Lounge, NYC, New York | Prisoners of Beat opening |  |
| July 9 | My Father's Place, Roslyn, Long Island, New York | - | - |
| July 18 | The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California | Snakefinger opening | |
| July 23 | Spirit, San Diego, California | - | - |
| July 24 | The Country Club, Los Angeles California | The Dream Syndicate opening | - |
| Oct 22 | The Peppermint Lounge, NYC, New York | - | - |
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| Sep 22 | De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland | 'Pandora's Music Box' Festival with The Gun Club, John Cale |  |
| Sep 23 | Deinze Brielpoort, Belgium | Futurama Festival | - |
| Sep 25 | La Edad de Oro | Italian TV appearance TVE Studios, Madrid |  |
| Sep 29 | Mudd Club, Gothenberg, Sweden | - |  |
| Oct 1 | Club 77, Helsinki, Finland | - |  |
| Oct 3 | The Hacienda, Manchester, England | The Room opening | - |
| Oct 4 | The Electric Ballroom, Camden Town, London, England | The Room opening |  |
| Oct 6 | Paradiso, Amsterdam | - | - |
| Dec 21 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | Suzanne Vega; Human Switchboard opening | |
| Dec 22 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | Suzanne Vega; Human Switchboard opening | - |
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| Aug 17 | Wateringen, Holland (solo acoustic) | - | - |
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| Feb 13 | The Tube | British TV appearance | - |
| Mar 15 | Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England | The Wallflowers opening | - |
| Mar 17 | The Bierkeller, Bristol, England | Green On Red opening | |
| Mar 19 | The Town and Country Club, London, England | The Bodeans and Crazyhead opening |  |
| Mar 20 | The International, Manchester, England | - |  |
| Mar 24 | Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden | - | |
| Mar 26 | Errol's, Gothenburg, Sweden | - |  |
| Mar 29 | Barowiak, Uppsala, Sweden | - | - |
| Apr 1 | The Carlton, Copenhagen, Denmark | Buoyant Blue opening | - |
| Apr 3 | The Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany | - |  |
| Apr 6 | Cooky's, Frankfurt, Germany | - |  |
| Apr 8 | The Big Club, Turin, Italy | - |  |
| Apr 9 | Prego Club, Milan, Italy | - |  |
| Apr 13 | Salon Cibeles, Barcelona, Spain | - | - |
| Apr 17 | Rouen, France | - |  |
| Apr 19 | Bolwerk, Sneek, Holland | - | - |
| Apr 20 | Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland | - | - |
| Apr 21 | Lantaren, Rotterdam, Holland | - |  |
| Apr 22 | The Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London, England | - |  |
| Apr 26 | The Ritz, NYC, New York | Bush Tetras opening |  |
| Apr 28 | RPM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | |
| May 20 | Yomiuri Hall, Tokyo, Japan | - |  |
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| May 23 | The Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church and Peter Murphy | - |
| May ? | The Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, New York (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Aug 14 | The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | |
| Aug 24 | Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Aug 30 | The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, FL (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Aug 31 | Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Sep 6 | The Boathouse, Norfolk, Virginia, (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Sep 7 | The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - | Sep 9 | The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Sep 25 | Baity's, Winston Salem, North Carolina (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Sep 26 | Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Sep 30 | Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Oct 3 | Peony Park, Omaha, Nebraska: (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Oct 6 | Riviera Theater, Chicago, IL (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Oct 9 | Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, Michigan: (solo acoustic) | Opening for the Church and Wire | - |
| Oct 10 | Club Eastbrook, Grand Rapids, MI: (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church | - |
| Oct 13 | Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY: (solo acoustic) | Opening for the Church and Let's Active | - |
| Oct 14 | Palace Theater, New Haven, Connecticut (solo acoustic) | Opening for the Church | - |
| Nov 25 | The I-Beam, San Francisco, California (solo acoustic) | Opening for The Church |  |
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| Apr 12 | The Paradise, Boston, Massachusetts (solo acoustic) | - |  |
| Apr 14 | Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo acoustic) | - | |
| Apr 30 | Vredenburg, Utrecht, (solo acoustic) | - | - |
| May 3 | Ancienne Belgique (AB) Theater, Brussels, Belgium. (solo acoustic) | - | - |
| May 4 | Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England (solo acoustic): 2 shows | - | - |
| May 5 | Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England (solo acoustic): 2 shows | - |  |
| Jun 12 | The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, California (solo acoustic) | - | - |
| Jun 13 | Bogarts, Long Beach, California (solo acoustic) | - | |
| Jun 15? | McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California (solo acoustic) | - | - |
| Jun 18 | The Ridge Theatre, Vancouver, BC (solo acoustic) | - | |
| Jun 19 | Slims, San Francisco, California (solo acoustic) | - | |
| July 13 | The Park West, Chicago, Illinois (solo acoustic) | - | |
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| Apr 9 | The Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan (solo acoustic) | - | |
| Sep 3 | Muse Hall, Kyoto, Japan (solo acoustic) | - |  |
| Sep 27 | Studentersamfundet, Trondheim, Norway (solo acoustic) | - | - |
| Oct 3 | Barowiak, Uppsala, Sweden (solo acoustic) | - | - |
| Oct 6 | Musikcafe´n, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo acoustic) | No opening act | - |
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| March 19 | Warfield Theater, San Francisco | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| March 23 | Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| May 13 | The Viper Room, Los Angeles, California | - |  |
| Jun 12 | Tramps, NYC, New York | - |  |
| June 30 | Roskilde Festival, Denmark | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 2 | Olympia, Paris, France | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 3 | Olympia, Paris, France | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 8 | Foro Italico, Rome, Italy | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 9 | Teatro Romano, Verona, Italy | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 11 | Corregio, Italy | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 12 | Villa Arconati, Bollate, Milan, Italy | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 23 | E-Werk, Köln, Germany | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 24 | Casino Ostende, Ostende, Belgium | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 26 | Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland | Part of Patti Smith Group |  |
| July 29 | Palacy Kultury, Prague, Czech Republic | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 30 | Tempodrome, Berlin, Germany | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| July 30 | Tempodrome, Berlin, Germany | Part of Patti Smith Group | - |
| Aug 1 | Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany | Part of Patti Smith Group |  |
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| Nov 21 | Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Opening for Sonic Youth | - |
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| Jun 6 | The Centrum, Worchester, Massachusetts: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Opening for Sonic Youth & Sean Lennon | |
| July 29 | The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Opening for the Patti Smith Group | |
| July 30 | The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Opening for the Patti Smith Group | |
| July 31 | The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Opening for the Patti Smith Group |  |
| Oct 14 | The Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Windy and Carl opening |  |
| Oct 16 | Maxwell’s, Hoboken, New Jersey: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - | - |
| Oct 29 | The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric trio with Jimmy Rip and Tony Shanahan | Patti Smith guesting, reading poetry |  |
| Dec 31 | The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York: Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | Opening for the Patti Smith Group | - |
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| Oct 7 | The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, New York | Opening for Sonic Youth (Benefit concert for Central American workers killed in World Trade Center) |  |
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| June 25 | Metropol, Berlin, Germany | Opening (solo) for Willy de Ville | - |
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| June 25 | Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London | As part of the Patti Smith Group for the live recreation of the "Horses" album. | - |
| June 29 | Parco di Palazzo Antonini, Universitā degli Studi, Udine, Italy | Accompanying Patti Smith. | - |
| August 16 | The Dome, Brighton, England | As part of the Patti Smith Group. | - |
| August 28 | Train, Århus, Denmark | As part of the Patti Smith Group. | - |
| August 29 | Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark | As part of the Patti Smith Group. | - |
| October 14 | 32ste Filmfestival van Gent, Theaterzaal, Ghent, Belgium | Accompanying Patti Smith. | - |
| October 15 | Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium | Opening for The Ex. | - |
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| May 15 | 9:30 Club, Washington DC. | - |  |
| May 16 | Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA | - | - |
| May 18 | Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY. | - |  |
| May 19 | Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY. | - | - |
| June 10 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Three Rivers Arts Festival | - |
| June 12 | The Double Door, Chicago | - | - |
| June 16 | KCRW FM, Santa Monica, CA | Live in the studio broadcast |  |
| June 16 | Roxy, Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA | ||
| June 17 | Slim’s, San Francisco, CA | - | - |
| July 12 | John Dee, Oslo, Normandy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 14 | Quasimodo, Berlin | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 16 | Latitude Festival , Suffolk UK | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 18 | Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 20 | Benicassim Festival, Spain | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip |  |
| July 22 | Flippout Festival, Milan, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 23 | Boomtown Festival, Gent, Belgium | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 24 | Upstairs at Paradiso, Amsterdam | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 26 | 100 Club, London | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 28 | The Village, Dublin, Ireland | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 30 | The Point, Cardiff, Wales | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| July 31 | Night and Day, Manchester, England | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | |
| August 1 | ABC2, Glasgow, Scotland | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
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| April 5 | Arena del Sole, Bologna, Italy | Supporting Patti Smith | - |
| April 6 | New Age Club, Roncade, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 7 | Musicdrome, Milan, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 8 | Teatro CTM, Rezzato, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 9 | Teatro Nazionale, Quarrata, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 10 | Stazione Birra, Rome, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 11 | Viper Theatre, Firenze, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 12 | Galleria Toledo, Naples, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 13 | Teatro DB d'Essai, Lecce, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 15 | B-Side Pub, Rende, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 17 | Mercati General, Catania, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| April 18 | I Candelai, Palermo, Italy | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| Sept 12 | Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY | Fender Jazzmaster 50th Anniversary Concert | - |
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| Nov 30 | Shimokitazawa Garden, Tokyo, Japan | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip (joined by Kazuhide Yamaji) | - |
| Dec 2 | Muse, Osaka, Japan | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip (joined by Kazuhide Yamaji) | - |
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| Apr 20 | Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan | Electric duo with Jimmy Rip | - |
| Oct 17 | Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh. | Tom Verlaine, Martin Rev, Dean Wareham, Eleanor Friedberger & Bradford Cox perform live original scores to unseen Warhol films. | - |
| Oct 24 | UCLA, Los Angeles. | Tom Verlaine, Martin Rev, Dean Wareham, Eleanor Friedberger & Bradford Cox perform live original scores to unseen Warhol films. | - |
| Nov 6 | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Tom Verlaine, Martin Rev, Dean Wareham, Eleanor Friedberger & Bradford Cox perform live original scores to unseen Warhol films. | - |
| Nov 7 | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Tom Verlaine, Martin Rev, Dean Wareham, Eleanor Friedberger & Bradford Cox perform live original scores to unseen Warhol films. | - |
| Nov 8 | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Tom Verlaine, Martin Rev, Dean Wareham, Eleanor Friedberger & Bradford Cox perform live original scores to unseen Warhol films. | - |
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| May 16 | Barbican Centre, London, UK | Tom Verlaine, Martin Rev, Dean Wareham & Eleanor Friedberger perform live original scores in Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films. | - |
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| Oct 15 | St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York |  |
| Nov 20 | Wexner Arts Show, Columbus, Ohio. Two shows, 7.30pm and 9.30pm | - |
| Dec 10 | Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon (sponsored by P.I.C.A.) | - |
| Dec 11 | Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon (sponsored by P.I.C.A.) | - |
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| Mar 30 | Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, Wisconsin. | - |
| Apr 1 | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Apr 16 | James River Festival of the Moving Image, The Byrd Theatre, Richmond, Virginia | - |
| Apr 21 | San Francisco International Film Festival, Castro Theatre, San Francisco, California |
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| Sep 13 | Experience MusicProject, Seattle, Washington | - |
| Nov 18 | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas | - |
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| Feb 8 | Hiroshima Mon Amour, Turin, Italy | - |
| Feb 9 | The Fillmore, Cortemaggiore, Italy | - |
| Feb 16 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | |
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| Dec 4 | Regent Square Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
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| April 16 | The Images Festival, Toronto | - |
| July 11 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain. | - |
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| Sept 6 | SESC Belenzinho in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | - |
| Sept 7 | SESC Belenzinho in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | - |