February 1988 Setlists



February 2, 1988 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
I : Black Page #2, Packard Goose, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Why Don't You Like Me, Torture/Burt/Torture
II : Who Needs The Peace Corps, We're Turning Again, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus
E2 : Strictly Genteel

First show of tour. Set I intro includes FZ rap about the new songs. Set II intro includes "Presidential Popularity Poll" conducted by FZ.
February 4, 1988 Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY
I : Black Page #2, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Packard Goose, Torture/Burt/Torture
II : Why Don't You Like Me, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Who Needs The Peace Corps, We're Turning Again, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel

Firsts : Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce

February 5, 1988 Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY
I : Black Page #2, Chawna In The Bushwop, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, OCLT Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown
II : Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
E1 : Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Andy, Inca Roads
E2 : Illinois Enema Bandit

Firsts : Chawna In The Bushwop, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, OCLT Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Andy, Inca Roads, Illinois Enema Bandit

February 6, 1988 Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY
I : Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozed By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Heavy Duty Judy, We're Turning Again, Packard Goose, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa
II : Who Needs The Peace Corps, Torture/Burt/Torture, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : The Closer You Are/Johnny Darling, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia/Mary Lou, Whipping Post, Watermelon In Easter Hay

King Kong interrupted by the mixing console shorting out. Guest appearance by Diva Zappa during The Closer You Are/Johnny Darling, joined by Moon for No No Cherry and then by Ahmet for The Man From Utopia/Mary Lou. Guest appearance by Dweezil during Whipping Post.
Firsts : Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Heavy Duty Judy, The Closer You Are, Johnny Darling, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia, Mary Lou, Watermelon In Easter Hay
February 8, 1988 Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
Soundcheck : Sinister Footwear

I : Black Page #2, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Cosmik Debris
II : Who Needs The Peace Corps, We're Turning Again, Torture/Burt/Torture, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1: Packard Goose, I Am The Walrus
E2 : Strictly Genteel, Illinois Enema Bandit

Secret word : Confinement loaf
Firsts : Cosmik Debris

February 9, 1988 Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
Soundcheck : What's New In Baltimore, Sinister Footwear, Marqueson's Chicken, Zomby Woof

I : Stinkfoot, Hot Plate Heaven, Dickie's Such An Asshole*, When The Lie's So Big*, Planet Of The Baritone Women*, Any Kind Of Pain*, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*, Sofa, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads
II : Black Napkins, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown***, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia
E1 : Catholic Girls, Crew Slut
E2 : Illinois Enema Bandit

Black Napkins includes mixed meters and cued improv. Guest appearance by Greg Bolognese during Crew Slut.
Secret word : Confinement loaf
Firsts : Florentine Pogen, Black Napkins

February 10, 1988 Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
Soundcheck : Sinister Footwear

I : It Ain't Necessarily So (w/Danny Boy, Summertime, classical excerpts), Peaches En Regalia, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, OCLT Medley
II : Sinister Footwear II***, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, What's New In Baltimore, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven
E1 : Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel

Guest appearance by Daniel Schorr during It Ain't Necessarily So. Difficulties w/FZ's guitar during Sinister Footwear. Stolen Moments includes "Porn Wars" samples and cued improv.
Firsts : Sinister Footwear II, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, What's New In Baltimore
Only : It Ain't Necessarily So
February 12, 1988 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Soundcheck : Uncle Remus, Wonderful Wino, Ketchup Is A Vegetable
Note : "Ketchup Is A Vegetable" was reported by Den Simms to be part of the soundcheck but is not mentioned in Keneally's diaries.

I : Black Page #2***, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women*, Any Kind Of Pain*, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, What's New In Baltimore, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven
II : Who Needs The Peace Corps, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, OCLT Medley
E1 : Uncle Remus, Catholic Girls****, Crew Slut
E2 : Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa

Panty Rap during Black Page. Extensive "Girl From Ipanema" quotes in FZ's solo in Pound For A Brown. Confinement Loaf Rap (including on BTHW vinyl) before Uncle Remus.
Firsts : Uncle Remus, Bobby Brown

February 13, 1988 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Soundcheck : Big Swifty, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Alien Orifice, Zomby Woof, Advance Romance

I : Stinkfoot, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me*, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Heavy Duty Judy, Zomby Woof
II : Chawna In The Bushwhop, I Am The Walrus, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Jezebel Boy*, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*, Big Swifty, Advance Romance, The Closer You Are/Johnny Darling, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia/Mary Lou
E1 : Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, Strictly Genteel

Happy Birthday for Seth and Mark and "Ipanema" quotes during Stinkfoot. Ed Meese Rap during Heavy Duty Judy. Guest appearances by Diva during Chawna In The Bushwop and by Dweezil during Whipping Post.
Firsts : Alien Orifice, Zomby Woof, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Big Swifty, Advance Romance
Only : Bacon Fat w/original lyrics, Jezebel Boy

February 14, 1988 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Soundcheck : Zoot Allures, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me, Sleep Dirt, Sofa

I : Black Page #2, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown (w/Reverend A. West)**
II : Montana, Why Don't You Like Me, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Torture/Burt/ Torture, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Zoot Allures, Peaches En Regalia
E2 : Illinois Enema Bandit

Audience requests (including crowd conducting) before set II.
Secret words : Bubbles The Chimp, The Love Boat
Firsts : Zoot Allures
February 16, 1988 Bushnell Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Soundcheck : Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Filthy Habits, Cruising For Burgers

I : Black Page #2, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, OCLT Medley
II : What's New In Baltimore, Packard Goose, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Who Needs The Peace Corps, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : I Am The Walrus, Sofa, Cruising For Burgers
E2 : Crew Slut, Strictly Genteel

Rumored death threat against FZ before this show. Happy Birthday after Lucille. T'Mershi Duween quotes during Crew Slut.
Firsts : Cruising For Burgers

February 17, 1988 Bushnell Auditorium, Hartford, CT
Soundcheck : Find Her Finer, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, I Come From Nowhere, Sharleena, Marqueson's Chicken, Let's Move To Cleveland, Sleep Dirt, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

I : Stinkfoot, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me*, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Cosmik Debris
II : Packard Goose, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Any Kind Of Pain, Torture/ Burt/Torture, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E1 : Watermelon In Easter Hay, Peaches En Regalia
E2 : Eat That Question, Black Napkins

Firsts : Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Eat That Question
February 19, 1988 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
Soundcheck : Tengo Ni Minchi Tanta, T'Mershi Duween, Why Dontcha Do Me Right, Brown Moses, Sinister Footwear II, Sy Borg, A Token Of My Extreme, Sinister Footwear II
The concluding "Sinister Footwear II" was played in front of the audience.

I : Black Page #2, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown
II : OCLT Medley, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, What's New In Baltimore
E1 : Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Advance Romance, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel

First encore dedicated to Don Rose of Rykodisc.

February 20, 1988 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
Soundcheck : Yo Cats, Find Her Finer, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce

I : Stinkfoot***, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty, Packard Goose
II : Find Her Finer, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Why Don't You Like Me, Outside Now, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E1 : Yo Cats, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut
E2 : Strictly Genteel, Illinois Enema Bandit

Jimmy Swaggart Rap during Stinkfoot. Yo Cats dedicated to the Berklee students in the audience.
Secret word : "Just the tip"
Firsts : Find Her Finer, Outside Now, Yo Cats
February 23, 1988 Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Soundcheck : The Deathless Horsie, Cocaine Decisions, Nig Biz, Stick It Out, What Kind Of Girl, 96 Tears, Andy, Tinseltown Rebellion
Stick It Out and 96 Tears included Swaggart lyrics.

I : Stinkfoot***, What's New In Baltimore, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins
II : Packard Goose, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinseltown Rebellion, Trouble Every Day**, Penguin In Bondage**, Hot Plate Heaven, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa
E1 : I Am The Walrus, Zomby Woof
E2 : Stairway To Heaven
E3 : OCLT Medley

Secret word : Jimmy Swaggart
Firsts : Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinseltown Rebellion
February 25, 1988 Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
Soundcheck : Let's Move To Cleveland, Man From Utopia/Mary Lou

I : Black Page #2, Who Needs The Peace Corps, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me*, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
II : Torture/Burt/Torture**, Packard Goose***, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Andy, Inca Roads
E2 : I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel

LC Burt becomes Lonesome Cowboy Jim.
Secret word : Jimmy Swaggart
February 26, 1988 Royal Oak Theatre, Detroit, MI
Soundcheck : Man From Utopia/Mary Lou, Dumb All Over, Promiscuous

I : Black Page #2, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*, Sofa, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Packard Goose
II : Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown***, What's New In Baltimore, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven
E1 : Stairway To Heaven
E2 : Promiscuous*, Illinois Enema Bandit
E3 : Strictly Genteel

Only Troy residents were permitted to register to vote at these shows.
Secret word : Jimmy Swaggart (all three nights)

February 27, 1988 Royal Oak Theatre, Detroit, MI
Soundcheck : What Kind Of Girl, Time Is On My Side, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Strawberry Fields Forever, Paperback Writer, Taxman, Norwegian Wood, Within You Without You, Sunshine Of Your Love, Hungry Freaks Daddy

I : Stinkfoot, Andy, Inca Roads, Uncle Remus, Outside Now, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Packard Goose
II : Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Norwegian Wood, King Kong, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
E1 : Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E2 : Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown
E3 : I Am The Walrus, Crew Slut

Only : Norwegian Wood, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds w/original lyrics

February 28, 1988 Royal Oak Theatre, Detroit, MI
Soundcheck : Texas Motel Medley

I : Black Page #2, Torture/Burt/Torture, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue**, Advance Romance, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinseltown Rebellion, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven
II : Heavy Duty Judy, Why Don't You Like Me, Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, OCLT Medley
E1 : Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus
E2 : Watermelon In Easter Hay

Firsts : Texas Motel Medley
Final : Tinseltown Rebellion
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