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date location venue extra info
june 1995
26 dalserf stuart's parents house first rehearsal
as a trio (stuart, dominic, martin)
august 1995
22 glasgow 13th note debut gig
september 1995
14 glasgow 13th note '99p club'
? east kilbride key youth centre with pencapchew
played as a trio (stuart, dominic, martin)
october 1995
16 glasgow 13th note -
november 1995
? glasgow 13th note supporting urusei yatsura
john's first gig? possibly 16th nov? the list
december 1995
3 glasgow nice 'n' sleazy -
? edinburgh music box with brainiac
6? east kilbride key youth centre -
10 glasgow cathouse -
21 glasgow 13th note -

further info

from paul jamieson (august 2008):

mogwai played 3 shows at the key youth centre in east kilbride around this time, though i don't remember any of the dates. first as a 3 piece, without john, then possibly again with john minus dominic who was sick (memory is kind of fuzzy, so can't be 100% on that). pretty sure there was 3 shows though - 2 in 95 and one in 96 i believe?

the 2nd one was a week before the solar race show at the cathouse - probably the 6th december 1995 as things there seemed to be on wednesday night.

from 'the art of noise' (mogwai feature), mojo magazine, december 2008:

in late 1995, mogwai played their first three gigs, as a trio, appearing twice at glasgow's 13th note club and then at the key youth centre in east kilbride. john cummings was in the audience for the glasgow shows. returning to east kilbride in december, cummings was now a member.

1995 tour statistics

10 known mogwai shows. this list is incomplete. no known setlist details.

it is likely that 1995 setlists would have included 'lower', 'tuner', 'summer' and possibly 'hippo march' and 'jazz odyssey'.
stuart has confirmed that early mogwai shows also featured a version of 'it's all over' by the god machine.