2000
The first year of the new Millennium was mostly made up of festival appearances, a Scandanavian tour and closed with a couple of nice semi-acoustic shows.
22/02/00
: The BEAT ROOM, G2, Glasgow, Scotland
Set-list : Pro-(Your) Life / Direction Of Strong Man / Motown Answers / Pyjamas
/ Hello Daylight / The Drinking Eye // encore: Soaps
A short set performed for the BBC Choice music show The Beat Room. Soaps was played off-camera. The set was broadcast in March 2000 in two parts.
12/03/00
: The GARAGE, Glasgow, Scotland
Set-list : Here We Go / Direction Of Strong Man / Girls Of Summer
A short set at Chemikal Undergound's 5th birthday party. Two songs were broadcast on The John Peel Show.
Everybody that went along to the party got a free C.U. rarities CD which features two previously unheard Arab
Strap tracks.
Start
of Scandanavian tour
15/03/00
: LOPPEN, Copenhagen, Denmark
16/03/00
: SMÅLANDS NATION, Lund, Sweden
Set-list : Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds
/ Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / The Drinking Eye / Pro-(Your) Life / Hello
Daylight / Autumnal // Blackness / Soaps.
Aidan gets frustrated, thanks to lots of technical problems. One of the first live performances of 'Blackness'.
17/03/00
: PUSTERERVIKSBAREN, Gothenberg, Sweden
Set-list : (incomplete) Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers
/ New Birds / Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / Pro-(Your) Life / Hello Daylight
/ Autumnal.
A mega long gig - two and a half hours! The reason being that the band particularly
liked this audience. The first hour of the gig was aired on Swedish radio.
18/03/00 : KULTURHUSET, Jönköping, Sweden
19/03/00
: SÖDRA TEATERN, Stockholm, Sweden
Set-list included Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Direction Of Strong Man / Aries
The Ram / Motown Answers / Girls Of Summer / The Drinking Eye / Here We Go /
Hello Daylight / Autumnal
20/03/00
: SO WHAT, Oslo, Norway
Set-list : Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds
/ Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / The Drinking Eye / Pro-(Your) Life / Hello
Daylight / Autumnal // encore: One Four Seven One / Blackness / Soaps
21/03/00
: GARAGE, Bergen, Norway
22/03/00 : CHECKPOINT CHARLIE, Stavanger, Norway
End of Scandanavian tour
01/04/00
: The LEMON TREE, Aberdeen, Scotland
Set-list : Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds
/ Here We Go Girls Of Summer / Blackness / Soaps (part of) / The First Big Weekend
(part of) / The Drinking Eye / Pro-(Your) Life / Hello Daylight // encore: General
Plea To A Girlfriend / Autumnal
Gig didn't start until 12am, the band were pretty drunk. Included "General Plea To A Girfriend" (the first live performance?)
08/04/00
: ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES, Camber Sands, England
Set-list : Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds
/ Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Autumnal.
Played on the main stage along with Clinic, Snow Patrol and Sonic Youth. Mogwai curated the festival.
30/04/00
: The MUSIC CENTRE, Dublin, Eire
Set-list : Direction Of Strong Man / Aries the Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds
/ Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Hello Daylight
/ Autumnal // Pyjamas / Afterwards
Heineken Green Energy festival. They kept having to alter the mix,
because they arrived late and obviously didn't get to soundcheck properly. Support
came from Cane 141.
09/05/00
: JOHN PEEL session, BBC Radio 1
Set-list : The Drinking Eye / Pro-(Your) Life / Tiny Girls / Leave The Day Free
First broadcast date. Recorded ???
01/06/00
: ROCK EN EL CENTRAL, Seville, Spain
Set-list : The Drinking Eye / Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown
Answers / New Birds / Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / Blackness / Pro-(Your)
Life / Soaps / Autumnal // encore: Pyjamas / Afterwards
24/06/00
: ROCK HERK Festival, Herk-de-Stadt, Belgium
Set-list : Here We Go / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds / Girls Of
Summer / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Autumnal
The Strap's set was recorded for Belgian TV, as was an interview with a very drunken Aidan and Adele.
06/08/00
: FREQUENZE DISTURBATE, Urbino, Italy
Set-list : Direction Of Strong Man / Aries The Ram / Motown Answers / New Birds
/ Here We Go / Girls Of Summer / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Soaps / Autumnal
// encore: Pyjamas / The Drinking Eye
Although the rain tried to disturb proceedings and Malcolm was playing with
a broken finger, the Strap still managed to deliver a top class performance.
01/10/00
: NICE N SLEAZY, Glasgow, Scotland
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Girls Of Summer /
Afterwards / Here We Go / To All A Good Night / Piglet
Debut for 'To All A Good Night' at this gig to promote the Chemikal Underground FUKD ID series.
19/10/00
: The BOWERY BALLROOM, New York City, NY, USA
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Blackness / Pro-(Your) Life / Here We Go / Scenery
/ Pyjamas / Piglet
CMJ music festival. Debut for Scenery.
04/12/00
: ISLINGTON UNION CHAPEL, London, Engand
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Amor Veneris / Not Quite A Yes / The Devil-Tips
/ Tanned / One Day, After School / Hello Daylight / Bullseye / Blackness
/ Pro-(Your) Life / To All A Good Night // encore: Piglet / Christmas (Baby,
Please Come Home)
This was a semi-acoustic 'Xmas' gig and featured a few new songs. A limited-edition
CD was on sale at the gig, featuring two tracks, To All A Good Night and John Mauchline's latest installment.
07/12/00
: EVENING SESSION, BBC Radio 1
Setlist: Bullseye / Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) / Infrared / New Year
First broadcast date. Recorded ???
10/12/00
: The LIQUID ROOM, Edinburgh, Scotland
Set-list : Packs Of Three / Amor Veneris / Not Quite A Yes / The Devil-Tips
/ Tanned / One Day, After School / Hello Daylight / Bullseye / Infrared / Blackness
/ Pro-(Your) Life / To All A Good Night // encore: Piglet / Afterwards / Christmas
(Baby, Please Come Home)
[End of 2000 gigography]