The Stranglers 1987 concert dates

1. 03 Jan 1987 🎙️
   (TV studio)

   France

   French TV — "Always The Sun" live vocals performance
   YouTube →
2. 18 Feb 1987 🎙️
   Cinerama

   Tel Aviv, Israel

   Broadcast on local radio; source forum thread itself gives the date ambiguously as "18/20.2.87". A private compilation's track listing dates a Cinerama recording 21 Feb (the date this table has for Sublime instead) — venue/date pairing between the two Tel Aviv shows is unresolved
3. 21 Feb 1987 🎙️
   Sublime

   Tel Aviv, Israel
4. 28 Feb 1987 🎙️
   Saturday Live

   Channel 4, UK

   Performed "Shaking Like A Leaf" and a cover of "Heroes"; corrected from an earlier mislabelling as the US "Saturday Night Live"
5. 15 Mar 1987 🎙️
   University of East Anglia

   Norwich
6. 16 Mar 1987 🎙️
   Warwick University

   Warwick
7. 17 Mar 1987 🎙️
   Reading University

   Reading
8. 18 Mar 1987 🎙️
   Civic Hall

   Wolverhampton
9. 19 Mar 1987 🎙️
   St. Georges Hall

   Bradford
10. 20 Mar 1987
    Guildhall

    Preston
11. 21 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Polytechnic

    Newcastle
12. 22 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Barrowlands

    Glasgow
13. 23 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Barrowlands

    Glasgow
14. 24 Mar 1987 🎙️
    De Montfort Hall

    Leicester
15. 25 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Wirrina Stadium

    Peterborough
16. 26 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Gaumont

    Ipswich

    "We've never been invited back to Gaumont since the fans 'redecorated' the downstairs area" ... "the seats clearly weren't screwed down strong enough!" — JJ, 9th Feb 2012, Radio Suffolk
17. 27 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Leas Cliff Hall

    Folkestone
18. 28 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Guildhall

    Portsmouth
19. 29 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Hammersmith Odeon

    London

    Hurrah support
20. 30 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Hammersmith Odeon

    London

    Hurrah support
21. 31 Mar 1987 🎙️
    Hammersmith Odeon

    London

    Hurrah support
22. 07 Apr 1987 🎙️
    Epic Records (interview)

    New York, NY, USA

    Hugh Cornwell interviewed by Greg Fasolino; suggests the band arrived in the US about a week before the tour started for press/rehearsals; Hugh was mixing "Wolf" in New York at the time
    YouTube →
23. 09 Apr 1987
    Massey Hall

    Toronto, Canada
24. 10 Apr 1987
    Massey Hall

    Toronto, Canada
25. 11 Apr 1987
    St. Denis Theatre

    Montreal, Canada
26. 13 Apr 1987
    Warner Theatre

    Washington, DC, USA
27. 14 Apr 1987 🎙️
    The Revival

    Philadelphia, PA, USA
28. 15 Apr 1987
    The Metro

    Boston, MA, USA
29. 16 Apr 1987 🎙️
    The Ritz

    New York, NY, USA
    Forum thread →
30. 17 Apr 1987
    The Ritz

    New York, NY, USA
31. 18 Apr 1987
    Bay Street Theatre

    Sag Harbor, NY, USA
32. 19 Apr 1987
    Agora Ballroom

    Hartford, CT, USA

    Support by Washington band Vigil
33. 21 Apr 1987
    Renaissance

    Rochester, NY, USA
34. 22 Apr 1987
    The Fantasy Theatre

    Cleveland, OH, USA

    Show cancelled
35. 24 Apr 1987 🎙️
    St. Andrews Hall

    Detroit, MI, USA
36. 25 Apr 1987
    Bogart's

    Cincinnati, OH, USA
37. 26 Apr 1987
    Newport Music Hall

    Columbus, OH, USA
38. 27 Apr 1987
    (University)

    Milwaukee, WI, USA
39. 28 Apr 1987 🎙️
    The Metro

    Chicago, IL, USA
    Forum thread →Forum thread →
40. 29 Apr 1987 🎙️
    First Avenue

    Minneapolis, MN, USA
41. 01 May 1987
    (venue unspecified)

    Denver, CO, USA
42. 02 May 1987
    (venue unspecified)

    Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Cancelled? They were due to play Parody Hall, Kansas City but cancelled due to Jet's bad back
43. 04 May 1987
    Montezuma Hall

    San Diego, CA, USA
44. 08 May 1987
    Hollywood Palladium

    Los Angeles, CA, USA
45. 09 May 1987 🎙️
    Warfield Theatre

    San Francisco, CA, USA

    Jet back on the drumstool
46. 10 May 1987 🎙️
    Warfield Theatre

    San Francisco, CA, USA

    Possible second date, unconfirmed
47. 17 Jun 1987
    (TV studio)

    France

    French TV — "Shakin'" performance
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48. 04 Jul 1987 🎙️
    Roskilde Festival

    Roskilde, Denmark
49. 06 Jul 1987
    Estadio Vicente Calderón

    Madrid, Spain

    Supporting David Bowie
50. 07 Jul 1987
    Mini Estadi FC

    Barcelona, Spain

    Supporting David Bowie
51. 08 Jul 1987
    Mini Estadi FC

    Barcelona, Spain

    Supporting David Bowie; ~17,000 attendance; onstage 21:00
52. 30 Aug 1987 🎙️
    Reading Festival

    Reading
    Forum thread →Forum thread →
53. 19 Sep 1987 🎙️
    B'Ol Dor Festival

    Le Castellet, France
    themeninblack forums thread →
54. 20 Sep 1987 🎙️
    Bourse du Travail

    Lyon, France

    Soundboard recording in circulation — one archive copy is folder-dated 30 Sep instead of 20 Sep; no metadata in either copy to confirm which is correct, treated as the same show
    Forum thread →

Source: themeninblack forums thread