May 1988 Setlists
May 1, 1988 Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
Soundcheck : another new chart, Dragonmaster, Sofa, Dupree's Paradise
Heavy Duty Judy, Packard Goose, Any Kind Of Pain, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In
Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown,
Keep It Greasy, Torture/Burt/Torture*****, Big Swifty (w/T'Mershi Duween), Joe's Garage,
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E1 : Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E2 : Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Sofa
Guest appearance by Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren during Big Swifty (including T'Mershi Duween). Guest appearances by Dweezil during Whipping Post and I Am The Walrus.
Secret word : Dragonmaster
Firsts : T'Mershi Duween
May 3, 1988 The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
I : Black Page #2, I Ain't Got No Heart, OCLT Medley***, Advance Romance, Find Her
Finer, Big Swifty, Texas Motel Medley, Peaches En Regalia
II : Sinister Footwear II***, Packard Goose, Heavy Duty Judy**, Trouble Every Day,
Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Bolero**
E1 : Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E2 : Stairway To Heaven
E3 : I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
Secret word : Fishbone
May 4, 1988 The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherland
I : Stinkfoot***, 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, Mr. Green Genes,
Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads
II : Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Dupree's Paradise, Marqueson's
Chicken, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Torture/Burt/Torture
E1 : Keep It Greasy, Cruising For Burgers***
E2 : Sofa, Crew Slut
FZ announces the setlist at the beginning of this show including Whipping Post as a final encore, but the song is not on circulating tapes and an eyewitness verified that it was not performed. Rap during Stinkfoot about Ed Mann fucking up the
lick in Dickie's at the April 19 London show.
Secret word : Rehearsal
Firsts : Dupree's Paradise
May 5, 1988 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, W. Germany
Black Page #2, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Alien Orifice, Who Needs The Peace
Corps, Outside Now, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Bamboozled By Love, Zoot
Allures, Cosmik Debris, Stolen Moments, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill
Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Cruising
For Burgers
E1 : Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel
E2 : Watermelon In Easter Hay
Final : The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Dancin' Fool
May 6, 1988 CCH Halle, Hamburg, W. Germany
Black Page #2, Mr. Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That
Question, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, I
Ain't Got No Heart, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, OCLT
Medley, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Torture/Burt/Torture
E2 : I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit
E2 : Bolero
Zappa and the band reportedly jammed at a club in Hamburg after this show.
May 8, 1988 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
I : Black Page #2, I Ain't Got No Heart, Packard Goose, Any Kind Of Pain, Cosmik Debris,
Inca Roads**, Advance Romance, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue**, Bamboozled By
Love, Bolero
II: Eat That Question, Black Napkins***, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In
Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven*/*****, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Sharleena
E2 : Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Whipping Post
Final : Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
May 9, 1988 Rudi Sedlmayer Hall, Munich, W. Germany
Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore, Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer**, Big Swifty
(w/classical excerpts)***, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven*,
Who Needs The Peace Corps**, Zomby Woof**, King Kong***, Mr. Green Genes,
Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Cruising For Burgers
E1 : Rhymin' Man*, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland
E2 : Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Loops*****, Sofa
Guest appearances by Dweezil during I Am The Walrus and Loops.
Secret words : Mudshark, Jazz Noise (Ayee!)
Firsts : Loops
Final : Heavy Duty Judy, Zomby Woof
May 11, 1988 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
I : Black Page #2, Packard Goose, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Outside Now,
OCLT Medley, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland
II : Trouble Every Day, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Torture/Burt/Torture, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E1 : Bolero, Stairway To Heaven
E2 : I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
Secret word : Paiste
May 13, 1988 Velódromo, Bilbao, Spain
Black Page #2, Packard Goose, I Ain't Got No Heart, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Inca
Roads, Advance Romance***, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Torture/Burt/Torture,
Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A Brown, Take Me Out To The Ball Game****,
Filthy Habits****
E1 : Bolero, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Sofa
E2 : I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
E3 : Watermelon In Easter Hay
Secret word : Baseball
Firsts : Elvis Has Just Left The Building
Only : Take Me Out To The Ball Game
May 14, 1988 Auditorio de la Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain
Black Page #2, Packard Goose, Alien Orifice, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life,
Cruising For Burgers, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In
Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bamboozled By
Love
E1 : Bolero, Crew Slut
E2 : The Closer You Are/Johnny Darling, OCLT Medley, Whipping Post
Secret words : Flight, Iberia Airlines
Show videotaped for possible release.
May 15, 1988 Prado De San Sebastian, Seville, Spain
Black Page #2, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Cosmik Debris, Stick Together, My Guitar
Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A
Brown, I Ain't Got No Heart, Torture/Burt/Torture
E1 : Texas Motel Medley, Strictly Genteel***
E2 : Bolero, Stairway To Heaven
E3 : Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post
May 17, 1988 Palau Dels Esports, Barcelona, Spain
Black Page #2, Packard Goose, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Black Napkins, When
The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Torture/
Burt/Torture
E1 : Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema
Bandit
E2 : Strictly Genteel
Show videotaped for TV broadcast.
Secret word : Raffle
May 18, 1988 Le Zenith, Montpellier, France
I : Black Page #2, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland**,
Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Dupree's Paradise, OCLT Medley
II : Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Bolero, Cruising For Burgers
E2 : Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E3 : Loops, Bamboozled By Love
OCLT Medley begins with Oh No.
Secret word : Jewelry
Final : Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
May 19, 1988 Le Summun, Grenoble, France
Black Page #2***, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Cosmik
Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits****,
Chawna In The Bushwop, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Easy Meat, King Kong, Sharleena,
Bamboozled By Love
E1 : Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E2 : Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Loops, Sofa
Secret words : Hoops, Poops
Firsts : Easy Meat
Final : Chawna In The Bushwop, King Kong
May 20, 1988 Le Zenith, Paris, France
I : Black Page #2, Packard Goose, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads,
Advance Romance, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Torture/Burt/Torture
II : Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, I Ain't Got No
Heart, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Bolero, Bamboozled By Love
E2 : Loops, I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
E3 : Strictly Genteel
FZ dedicates the second set to Glenn Ferris, a trombonist in the 1972 Grand Wazoo touring lineup.
Secret word : Shellfish
May 23, 1988 Hall Tivoli, Strasbourg, France
Stinkfoot, Dickie's Such An Asshole*, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr. Green
Genes**, Florentine Pogen**, Andy, Inca Roads, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life,
T'Mershi Duween, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, You Are What You Is,
Marqueson's Chicken
E1 : Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E2 : Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay
E3 : Whipping Post, Loops
Secret word : Soup
Firsts : You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken (w/21 vamp)
Final : Dickie's Such An Asshole
May 24, 1988 Liederhalle, Stuttgart, W. Germany
Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain,
I Ain't Got No Heart, I Ain't Got No Heart, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer,
Filthy Habits, Cosmik Debris, T'Mershi Duween***, Dupree's Paradise***,
Marqueson's Chicken*****, Pick Me I'm Clean, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa**
E1 : Bobby Brown, Sharleena
E2 : Rhymin' Man, Elvis Has Just Left The Building*, Bolero, Peaches En Regalia,
Stairway To Heaven, Star Wars Won't Work***, Whipping Post
I Ain't Got No Heart performed a second time while an audience member named
Claudia dances onstage.
Secret words : Summit, Star Wars
Firsts : Pick Me I'm Clean
Final : Stinkfoot
Only : Star Wars Won't Work
May 25, 1988 Mozarthalle, Mannheim, W. Germany
Black Page #2, We're Turning Again****, Alien Orifice, When The Lie's So Big,
Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Dupree's
Paradise***, Easy Meat, Sinister Footwear II***, City Of Tiny Lites, Pound For A
Brown, Outside Now, OCLT Medley, Bamboozled By Love
E1 : Ring Of Fire, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (w/The Untouchables)
E2 : I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
Secret word : Cornhole
Final : Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Ring Of Fire, The Untouchables
May 26, 1988 Stadthalle, Fürth, W. Germany
Black Page #2, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp
(w/Ride Of The Valkyries), Purple Haze, Loops, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, You Are
What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, Mr. Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy**, Inca
Roads, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Bolero, Zoot Allures, Packard Goose
E2 : The Closer You Are/Johnny Darling, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia/Mary Lou
E3 : Crew Slut
Purple Haze is incomplete. Band members reportedly distracted by a well-
endowed female audience member from around Montana onward.
Secret words : Shellfish, Muu Muu
Only : Ride Of The Valkyries, Purple Haze
May 28, 1988 Sporthalle, Linz, Austria
Soundcheck : Purple Haze**, Sunshine Of Your Love**, Dessicated***
Black Page #2, Inca Roads, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie
The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken,
I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Bamboozled By Love, Find
Her Finer, Big Swifty, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Bolero, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee
E2 : Sharleena
E3 : I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
Secret word : Whinge, Scott's Face, Playground Psychotics
May 29, 1988 Eishalle Liebenau, Graz, Austria
Black Page #2, Who Needs The Peace Corps, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Find
Her Finer, Pick Me I'm Clean, Cosmik Debris, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage,
Hot Plate Heaven, What's New In Baltimore, Mr. Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy,
Inca Roads, Bamboozled By Love
E1 : Stairway To Heaven
E2 : Bolero, Whipping Post
E3 : Watermelon In Easter Hay
Secret words : I'll be back, Hairpiece
Final : Watermelon In Easter Hay
May 30, 1988 Palasport, Udine, Italy
Black Page #2, Packard Goose, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life,
Filthy Habits, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp,
Montana, City Of Tiny Lites, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, Torture/Burt/
Torture, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven
E1 : Bolero, I Am The Walrus, Illinois Enema Bandit
Love Of My Life sung as Turn Off The Lights.
Secret words : Turn off the lights, Popcorn
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