Debut tour

Debut tour
Tour by Björk
Poster for the concert held at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool
Associated albumDebut
Start dateAugust 19, 1993 (1993-08-19)
End dateJuly 31, 1994 (1994-07-31)
No. of shows
  • 34 in Europe
  • 7 in North America
  • 5 in Oceania
  • 4 in Asia
  • 50 total
Björk concert chronology

The Debut tour was the first tour by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, and it mainly focused on her album Debut. She toured from 1993 to 1994. The tour was released on VHS and DVD as Vessel. A separate release, Debut Live, contains material from the 1993 MTV Unplugged performance, which features a much larger set of backing musicians, noted for their wide variety.

Set list

This set list is from the February 17, 1994 concert in Paris, France. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour.

  1. "Human Behaviour"
  2. "Atlantic"
  3. "One Day"
  4. "Venus as a Boy"
  5. "Come to Me"
  6. "The Anchor Song"
  7. "Aeroplane"
  8. "Play Dead"
  9. "Crying"
  10. "Violently Happy"
  11. "There's More to Life Than This"
  12. "Big Time Sensuality"
Encore
  2. "Army of Me"
  3. "The Modern Things"

Other songs performed

  • During the August 19, 1993 show in London, Björk performed "Like Someone in Love", "Síðasta Ég" and "Stígðu Mig".
  • An unreleased song, tentatively called "Moðir", was performed during the June 25, 1994 show in Pilton.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Unreleased at the time. Later released on Post (1995)

Tour dates

List of 1993 concerts
Date (1993) City Country Venue Opening act
August 19 London England The Forum —
August 21[A] Wembley Stadium
September 9[B] Aarhus Denmark Århushallen
September 11[C] Lommel Belgium Kattenbos
September 13 Wolverhampton England Civic Hall
September 14 Manchester Manchester Academy
November 9 New York City United States Webster Hall Ultramarine
November 11 Boston The Avalon
November 13 Toronto Canada The Opera House
November 16 Chicago United States Park West
November 17 San Francisco The Warfield
November 19 Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
November 22 Tilburg Netherlands Noorderligt
November 24 Berlin Germany Huxleys Neue Welt
November 25 Munich Zeppelinhalle
November 28 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
November 29 Dusseldorf Germany Tor 3
December 1[D] Rennes France La Cité —
December 3 Brussels Belgium La Luna Ultramarine
December 5 Copenhagen Denmark Pumpehuset
December 6 Hamburg Germany Große Freiheit
December 8 Stockholm Sweden Club Gino
December 10 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
December 19 Manchester England Manchester Academy
List of 1994 concerts
Date (1994) City Country Venue Opening act(s)
January 21[E] Gold Coast Australia Gold Coast Parklands —
January 23[E] Melbourne Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
January 26[E] Sydney Sydney Showground
January 29[E] Adelaide Royal Adelaide Showgrounds
February 2[E] Fremantle Fremantle Oval
February 3 Osaka Japan Shinsaibashi Club Quattro
February 7 Tokyo Shibuya On Air East
February 8
February 9
February 17 Paris France Élysée Montmartre
February 18
February 19 Madrid Spain Pacha
February 24 London England Royalty Theatre
February 26 Brixton Academy The Black Dog
May 23[F] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland —
May 25 Los Angeles United States Glam Slam West
June 8[G] London England The Astoria
June 9 Milan Italy City Square
June 19[H] Reykjavík Iceland Laugardalshöll Bubbleflies
Underworld
June 25[I] Pilton England Worthy Farm —
June 28[J] Roskilde Denmark Festivalpladsen
July 2[K] Belfort France Presqu'île de Malsaucy
July 22 Blackpool England Empress Ballroom Saint Etienne
808 State
July 27 808 State
July 30[L] Lanarkshire Scotland Strathclyde Country Park —
July 31[M] Thurles Ireland Semple Stadium
Festivals and other miscellaneous performance
A Opening act for U2's Zoo TV Tour
B This concert was a part of Kosmopolitan, during Aarhus Festuge
C This concert was a part of Rockwood Festival
D This concert was a part of Rencontres Trans Musicales
E These concerts were part of Big Day Out
F This concert was a part of Pinkpop Festival
G This concert was a part of G-A-Y AIDS benefit
H This concert was a part of The Arts Festival
I This concert was a part of Glastonbury Festival
J This concert was a part of Roskilde Festival
K This concert was a part of Eurockéennes
L This concert was a part of T in the Park
M This concert was a part of Féile Festival

Personnel

All credits adapted from Vessel.

References

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