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(Sullivan)
The caravan flipped over two, three times
Went spinning down the carriageway
Breaking up into splinters
Wheels turning around in the dust at the foot of the hill
And all the old clothes, the pots and pans and the photographs
The little things of those people's lives
Lay strewn across the road
Ch:
We all want what we cannot have
We've driven so far, we can never get back
Sitting in the all night cafe in a curl of smoke
Telling tales of the road
By the glow of a flickering lighter
We went stumbling forward through the corridor
Up the broken stairway to the top of the trail of shattered glass
Damp mattresses in the doorway, an old abandoned take-away
Nothing much to tell us if and where you'd gone
By now you could be miles away
Ch
And everyone just keeps moving on, you turn around and find
they're all gone
The lights go out one by one, the prodigal
son is not coming home
Down at the Ferrybridge junction
Beneath the cooling towers a man stood hitching a ride
And in the long grass of the verge his son was laid asleep
He said - nothing's left to keep us in the city where we come from
Take us far away from here - looking for work and the
wishing-well
This afternoon the sunlight spilled shadows across the golden hills
They searched us at the border but they're not looking for what we're hiding
They're not looking for what we're hiding
Ch:
We just want what we cannot have
We've driven so far, we can never get back
Sitting in the all night cafe in a curl of smoke
Telling tales of the road
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Navigating by the Stars - CD (2/03)
(Europe, UK Tour 02-03) - Justin Sullivan and Friends - Tales of the Road
- CD (3/04)
Justin Sullivan and Friends - DVD (10/04)
23/07/96 - Justin Sullivan - Kaue, Gelsenkirchen
Aug. 98 - Justin Sullivan - Germany Tour
Jan. 99 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
Mar. 99 - Red Sky Coven - UK Tour
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(Sullivan)
Down comes Moses with
the Ten Commandments
Hewn on a tablet just the bitterest pill
Breaks up the party in the valley below
Says obey my orders and you're doing God's will
And disciples of Jesus, lost and forgotten
When the brand new faith isn't doing so well
Write the Book of Revelation to terrify
the people
Join our religion or you're heading for hell
Ch:
I will bow to the earth, bow to the sea,
Bow to the love between you and me,
Bow to the sun, bow to the land
But never to a god made in the image of man
Here comes Mohammed,
back from the desert
Another male prophet with the word of the Lord
Shut off the women, lock them in darkness
Kill all opponents in a holy war
Here is murder, here is oppression
Here is the order that the Church demands
Burn three million women, call them witches and heretics
Then change the tune when the fashion demands
Ch
How they run to you now
How they grovel to you now
I think they're mad
How they subjugate their pride
As if it's a sin to be alive
I think that's sad
Down with Moses and his Ten Commandments
Deader than deadest of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Back to the desert with Jesus and Mohammed
Kick out the prophets and save our souls
Ch
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51st State - 12" (10/86)
51st State - 12" (Bootlegged Bootleg on B-Side) (10/86)
51st State - 12" (plus Bootlegged Bootleg) (10/86)
51st State - 7" (10/86)
B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks - CD (9/94)
(Remastered) - The Ghost of Cain - Double CD (5/05)
Feb.-Mar. 86 - UK Mini Tour
05/04/86 - Breekend Festival, Bree (Belgium)
26/07/86 - Mersea Island Festival, Colchester
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(Sullivan/Morrow)
Like a desert, so smooth
So calm, like velvet
Like wire, so taut
So stretched, like steel
The surface is rippling
And straining and cracking
From within
Like a bomb just ticking
And waiting like hours
And hours keep folding
And winding and stretching
And deep down inside
The foundations are tearing apart
And the holes are all gaping
Swallowing everything
Please take me out of this dream
Tension
Nightmares like circles
Of lies all hidden
Seething and smouldering
Under the covers
No fire, no passion
But uneasy silence
And peace
In terror I'm waiting
For the one great explosion
Please take me out of this dream
Tension
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Bittersweet - 7" (5/83)
Bittersweet - 7" (Plus Flexi) (5/83)
Great Expectations - 12" (11/83)
Vengeance - The Independent Story - CD (6/87)
Vengeance/Radio Sessions - Double Picture CD (6/95)
Smalltown England - Double CD (97)
(Remastered) - Vengeance - The Whole Story 1980-84 - Double CD (12/12)
(Instrumental demo) - Roly - Bootleg CDR (2009?)
14/09/81- Funhouse Bar, Keighley
02/10/82 - Trades Club Hebden Bridges
30/04/83 - Pavilion, North Ormesby
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(Dido)
My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all
the morning rain clouds up my window and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'd all be grey, but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it's not so bad
It's not so bad
I drank too much last night, got bills to pay, my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today, I'm late for work again
And even if I'm there, they'll all imply that I might not last the day
And then you call me and it's not so bad
It's not so bad and
I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life
Push the door, I'm home at last and I'm soaking through and through
Then you handed me a towel and all I see is you
And even if my house falls down now, I wouldn't have a clue
Because you're near me and
I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life
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Feb. 01 - Jes'n'Dean - Europe Tour
Aug. 01 - Jes'n'Dean - Germany Tour
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(K.C. & The Sunhine Band)
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu
Ch:
Oh that's the way aha aha I like it aha aha
That's the way aha aha I like it aha aha
Will you take me - by the hand
Tell me I'm your lovin' man
Will you give me - all your love
And do it babe - do the best you can
Ch
When I get to be in your arms
When we're all - all alone
When you whisper sweet in my ear
When you turn - turn me on
Ch
Babe, oh babe (that's the way aha, that's the way aha . . .)
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu aha
Love is hot yeah, oh I can't get enough
Oh when you don't stop me . . .
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Jan. 99 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
Mar. 99 - Red Sky Coven - UK Tour
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(R. Dean Taylor)
There's a ghost in my house
The ghost of your memories
The ghost of the love you took from me
Where our love used to be
Only shadows from the past I see
Time can't seem to erase
The vision of your smiling face
Though you found someone new
I can't get over you
Ch:
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
It keeps on haunting me (ghost in my house)
Just keeps on reminding me (ghost in my house)
In my mind I know you're gone
But my heart keeps holding on
To the memories of those happy times
To the love that once was mine
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
Ch:
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
You're still such a part of me (ghost in my house)
Still so deep in the heart of me (ghost in my house)
I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs
When I know there's no one there
Every day I love you more
So much more than the day before
Sitting in my easy chair
I feel your fingers running through my hair
Looking down in my coffee cup
I think I see your face looking up
All alone in my gloom
Your voice echoes through the room
Ch
I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs
When I know there's no one there
You're still such a part of me (ghost in my house)
Still so deep in the heart of me (ghost in my house)
I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
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(Nottingham Rock City, 20/04/87) - Clog Dancers - Bootleg
7"
20/04/87 - Rock City, Nottingham
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(Sullivan)
Through the years of decay we walk like tiger in cages
With each passing turn the smaller and smaller the circles
Every weapon and word legitimate now as protection
But these things should never be spoken
These things should never be spoken
I stand undefeated alone in the ring just pacing
The sweat and the blood dried on my hands all wasted
I'm shouting "come back and fight for I am the king"
But the lights are all out and the people are gone
We always burned brightest when no one was watching
Now I kiss the lines on your beautiful face
But these things should never be spoken
These things should never be spoken
And sometimes your hunger for life seems like desperation
And when I read about the world these days all I can feel is hatred
The fortune teller is closing her doors
She looked into the crystal and saw nothing at all
They're waiting round here for something to happen
They won't really want it when it rolls out to greet them
But these things should never be spoken
These things should never be spoken
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The Love of Hopeless Causes - CD (4/93)
The Love of Hopeless Causes - LP (4/93)
(1993) - 1980-2010 - Triple DVD (2/11)
(Europe, UK Tour 02-03) - Justin Sullivan and Friends - Tales of the Road - CD (3/04)
Feb.-Jul. 93 - Love of Hopeless Causes Tour (Europe, UK, USA, Canada)
Jan.-Feb. 94 - Red Sky Coven - Germany, Amsterdam Tour
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(Woody Guthrie; this seems to be their own UK version)
I roamed and rambled that endless highway
I saw below me that golden valley
And there above me that endless skyway
And I say this land was made for you and me
Ch:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From the coast of Dover to the north of Scotland
From the fields and the forests to the coast of Ireland
This land was made for you and me.
I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond beaches
While all around me a voice was calling
And it said, this land was made for you and me
Ch:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From the coast of Dover to the hills of Scotland
From the ??? moorlands to the coast of Ireland
This land was made for you and me
When I was strolling, and the sun came shining
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
And I heard around me, a voice was chanting
And I say, this land was made for you and me
Ch
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Sep.-Oct. 89 - Red Sky Coven - UK, Germany Tour
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(The Kinks)
Baby, I feel good
From the moment I arise
Feel good from morning
Till the end of the day
Till the end of the day
Yeah, you and me
We live this life
From when we get up
Till we go sleep at night
You and me we're free
We do as we please, yeah
From morning, till the end of the day
Till the end of the day
Yeah, I get up
And I see the sun up
And I feel good, yeah
'Cause my life has begun
You and me we're free
We do as we please, yeah
From morning, till the end of the day
Till the end of the day
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(Hamburg Logo, 23/3/91) - Raw Melody Men - Bootleg LP
14/02/91 - Marquee, London
Mar.-May 91 - Europe Tour (Partly as Raw Melody Men)
Feb.-Jul. 93 - Love of Hopeless Causes Tour (Europe, UK, USA, Canada)
(Wannabe-Intro) -
Aug.-Oct. 96 - Europe Festivals
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(Sullivan/Nelson/Dean/White/Gill)
This storm is beautiful
It breaks the breakable
It blows unstoppable
They had claimed victory
They look so stupid now
It's ashes in their mouths
There are new soft people
For the new soft winters
But they cannot touch us
I was taught not to cry
I do not need to cry
I can hold myself inside
Ch:
So today is a good day
Today is a good day
We love to dress to kill
They gave us uniforms
They say they suit us well
But these rules are not agreed
They're only sophistry
They don't apply to me
Ch
And the birds of prey love September
Flying like the harbingers of the winter
Swooping down through the azure perfect sky
We're drifting weightless
(We push our trolleys through)
Down the aisles of the Superstore
Like a couple of Stepford Wives
This joke is on us all
We all are laughable
We became what we despise
Ch
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Today Is a Good Day - CD (9/09)
Today Is a Good Day - Double LP (9/09)
Anthology - Double CD (2/11)
1980-2010 - Triple DVD (2/11)
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(Sullivan/Dean/White/Gill/Monger?)
I was born in the Spring and raised as a child through the years of the great harvest
The last of the generation that blew away the prison walls of the past
And we celebrated victory over the remains of the old order
By blasting into space, into the mountains, into the forests and into the ice
We sang songs of love and freedom
And we vowed to protect the weak even as they were cast aside
For the follies of everlasting youth were to be our new religion
For each person's dream was to be made flesh and the world it was ours
As we slashed and we burned and laid waste to it all
To the glory and the vanity of rock and roll
Saying I want it all now
As our children stood and watched us in silence
Pray god they'll forgive us
So the seeds planted for the future withered even within our own lifetimes
For it was the ties we so hated and destroyed that had made us strong
And the walls of every house now echo with that old refrain
There must be more money, there must be more money
Remember all those songs of love and freedom
As if they were the same thing –
Now we know they were not the same thing
They echo in empty beauty down through the boarded-up streets
To the sound of closing doors and the locking of the gates
As we slashed and we burned and laid waste to it all
To the glory and the vanity of rock and roll
Saying I want it all, give me more and more
As our children stood in silence and watched us
And now pray god they'll forgive us
They've started filming for the final scenes
We're still becoming what has already been
The stolen future and dissolving dream
Tomorrow never comes but tomorrow came
With the new day sun on our ageing skin
As we stand here naked with our children's hungry eyes upon us
Pray god they'll forgive us
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Between Dog and Wolf - CD (9/13)
Between Dog and Wolf - Double LP (9/13)
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(Sullivan)
I stared at the mountain, the mountain stared at me
I couldn't hold its gaze, I couldn't bear what I might see
Tell Mary I never chose to come but all too late
This time the time has chosen me
The fields of ice are blinding white
The crystal light so piercing - there's no air for us to breathe
Too close to the sun
Burning up, bleaching out
Too close to the sun
The calling's always been the same
To the source of light and beauty cast upon our lives
And desert hippies, warrior monks, addicts all
Staring out from hollowed eyes
With melting wax and feathers falling
And far below the old world turning sad and slow
Too close to the sun
Burning up, bleaching out
Too close to the sun
Sweat cold upon my skin and pounding in my chest
Reaching out to touch
too high, too far, too fast, too much
Too close to the sun
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Carnival - CD (9/05)
(Cologne Palladium, 16/12/06) - 1980-2010 - Triple DVD (2/11)
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(Sullivan)
All rise for the king in all his rage and glory
All kneel for the queen - her secret silver whisper
Across the snowbound fields, slowly the sad procession moves
And we follow them down into the cold, cold ground
Remember the things that we said
The faith that we hold, the trees in winter
The things that we said, the faith that we hold
All buried in the earth and the earth like stone
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Lost Songs - Double CD (2/02)
Justin Sullivan and Friends - DVD (10/04)
Jan. 99 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
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(Sullivan)
Walking home on a foggy night
Walking home alone
Wishing there was power in my fingertips
To burn through this solid stone
How the hell am I supposed to know what mood you're in
When you're changing all the time
I thought we were meant to be in this thing together
Like partners in the perfect crime
Ch:
Well it's up to you, it's up to you
If you won't trust me then there's nothing I can do
Well yes I've made my fair share of mistakes
Maybe a lot more than I should
But you listen to too much of that downtown talk
And you believe a lot more than you should
Ch:
Well it's up to you, it's up to you
If you won't trust me than there's nothing I can do
There's a battle to win and if you're not in
I tell you, we'll do it on our own
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Better Than Them (The Acoustic EP) - 12" (7/85)
Better Than Them (The Acoustic EP) - Double 7" (7/85)
Adrenalin - LP (11/85)
B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks - CD (9/94)
(Remastered) - No Rest for the Wicked - Double CD (5/05)
(Nobody Else) - Feb.-May 98 - Nobody Else
Tour (UK, Europe)
Oct.-Dec. 98 - Europe, UK Tour
25/01/85 - Justin Sullivan - Apples and Snakes,
London
18/12/87 - Red Sky Coven - Topic Club, Bradford
Mar.-Apr. 88 - Red Sky Coven - UK Tour
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(Sullivan)
The candle flickers and the shadows move distorted on the
wall
There's a wire slowly stretching
And now you ask him all the questions, the same ones as before
But you know that he is lying
And with your arms around him now, you're begging please
But he moves towards the open door
And you find you're screaming 'no'
But something breaks this time, you find you cannot move
Ch:
Is it wrong to let him walk into the water?
Close your eyes for just one moment
You get so tired the endless days of watching over
And is it wrong as the waves boil up to greet him
To turn away - he disappears into the tide
All your love it cannot save him
All your love it cannot save him
And everybody holds a secret that draws them with its breath
The one that will destroy them
Oh, the warming glow of poison - it's so easy going down
Just to spite the days of reason
Oh, my abandoned child, we'll both end up as fools
I can see it in your craving eyes that I cannot hold you
All the warning shots will be lost and drowned
In the roar of the crashing waves
Ch:
And is it wrong to let you walk into the water?
Close my eyes for just one moment
I get so tired the endless days of watching over
And is it wrong as the waves boil up to greet you
To turn away - you disappear into the tide
All my love it cannot save you
All my love it cannot save you
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(9/94) - Big Guitars in Little Europe - CD (3/95)
Dec. 94 - UK Tour/Feb. 95 - Europe Tour
(Nobody Else) - Feb.-May 98 - Nobody Else Tour (UK, Europe)
Nov. 99 - UK, Europe Tour
Sep. 94 - Justin Sullivan and Dave Blomberg
- Netherlands Tour
Dec. 95 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
23/07/96 - Justin Sullivan - Kaue, Gelsenkirchen
Aug. 98 - Justin Sullivan - Germany Tour
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Instrumental
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(Instrumental demo) - Roly - Bootleg CDR (2009?)
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(Sullivan)
Now the thick warm cream light fades down into the mist from
the sea
Three surfers - tiny black specks out across in the great waves
Lanterns of the little town over on the hill - twilight sweet homecoming
It's all the same
And these things we will hold in our hearts
Like a promise in the salt of our blood
Until we come home
And always the breathing of the breaking surf
Drifts through the curtains and through our dreaming
And these things we hold to ourselves
Like a promise in the salt of our blood
Until we come home
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Twilight Home - Maxi CD (1/03)
Navigating by the Stars - CD (2/03)
Justin Sullivan and Friends - DVD (10/04)
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(Sullivan/Heaton)
She stares at the screen
At the little words of green
Tries to do remember what to do next
There's a trace of frustration
That crosses her face
Searching for the key she should press
And I would help her
If I only knew how
But these things are a mystery to me too
And it seems that the corporate
Eyes they are watching
She fears for her job
And the moments are passing
I stare at her nametag
And think to myself
Both you and I, we never asked
For any of this
So let's take a walk
Up past the chemical works
Where the sky turns green at night
And we'll talk about
Getting away from here
Some different kind of life
But even in the freshest mountain air
The jet fighters practise overhead
And they're drilling these hills
For uranium deposits
And they'll bury the waste
For our children to inherit
And though this is all done
For our own benefit, I swear
We never asked for any of this
This golden age of communication
Means everyone talks at the same time
And liberty just means
Some freedom to exploit
Any weakness that you can find
Well turn off the TV just for a while
Let us whisper to each other instead
And we'll hope that the corporate ears
Do not listen
Lest we find ourselves committing
Some kind of treason
And filed in the tapes
Without rhyme, without reason
While they tell us that it's all
For our own protection, I swear
We never asked for any of this
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Thunder and Consolation - CD (2/89)
Thunder and Consolation - LP (2/89)
(Remastered) -
Thunder and Consolation - Double CD (5/05)
Collection - LP (5/91)
The Collection - CD (10/04)
(Instrumental demo) - Roly - Bootleg CDR (2009?)
(Impurity Tour 90) - Space - Maxi CD (5/91)
(Cologne, Bizarre Festival, 17/08/96) - Bizarre Festival 1996 - Video (97)
(Impurity Tour 90) - All of This - The "Live" Rarities
- CD (4/99)
(Nottingham etc.) - Rock City 23-10-2000 - Video (2001???)
(Remastered) - Thunder and Consolation - Double CD (5/05)
(High Tour 07/08) - Fuck Texas,
Sing for Us - CD (11/08)
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - 1980-2010 - Triple DVD (2/11)
(Cologne, Bizarre Festival, 17/08/96) - 1980-2010 - Triple DVD (2/11)
(Cologne Palladium, 16/12/06) - 1980-2010 - Triple DVD (2/11)
(Christmas 2014 shows) - Between Wine and Blood Live - Triple CD (4/15)
(9/94) - Big Guitars in Little Europe - CD
(3/95)
Red Sky Coven Volume 3 - CD (1/01)
(Europe, UK Tour 02-03) - Justin Sullivan and Friends - Tales of the Road
- CD (3/04)
Justin Sullivan and Friends - DVD (10/04)
(Nottingham Rock City, 28/02/89) - Like a
Storm - Bootleg CD
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - Heroes of a Ghost
Town - Bootleg CD
(Berlin Eissporthalle, 05/11/90) - We Never Asked for Any of This - Bootleg
LP
(Berlin Eissporthalle, 05/11/90) - We Never Asked for Any of This - Bootleg
LP (plus Limited Edition 4 Track EP)
(Hamburg Logo, 23/03/91) - Raw Melody Men - Bootleg LP
(Norwich Waterfront, 31/5/91) - New Model Army - Bootleg CD
Jul. 88 - Northern Europe Festivals
Sep. 88 - UK Tour
Jan.-Apr. 89 - Thunder and Consolation Tour (Europe, UK)
May-Jun 89 - USA, Canada Tour
Jun.-Jul. 89 - Europe Festivals
16/04/90 - Philipshalle, Duesseldorf (WDR Rocknacht)
Jun. 90 - UK Tour, Europe Festivals
Oct.-Dec. 90 - Impurity Tour (UK, Europe)
14/02/91 - Marquee, London
Mar.-May 91 - Europe Tour (Partly as Raw Melody Men)
May-Jun. 91 - UK Tour
Jun. 91 - Germany Festivals
Jul. 92 - Europe Festivals
27/08/92 - Queens Hall, Bradford
Feb.-Jul. 93 - Love of Hopeless Causes Tour (Europe, UK, USA, Canada)
Jul.-Aug. 93 - Europe Festivals
Dec. 94 - UK Tour/Feb. 95 - Europe Tour
Jun.-Jul.95 - Europe Festivals
21/04/96 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Aug.-Oct. 96 - Europe Festivals
Jun.-Aug. 97 - Europe Festivals
Feb.-May 98 - Nobody Else Tour (UK, Europe)
Oct.-Dec. 98 - Europe/UK Tour
03/07/99 - Justin Sullivan and Friends - Forestglade Festival, Wiesen
Jul.-Aug. 99 - Europe Festivals
Nov. 99 - UK, Europe Tour
May 90 - Red Sky Coven - Grootebroek, Germany
Tour
Oct. 91 - Red Sky Coven - Germany, Vienna Tour
04/09/93 - Justin Sullivan - Freilichtbuehne, Luebeck (Anti Fascism Festival)
Nov.-Dec. 93 - Justin Sullivan and Dave Blomberg - Europe Tour
Jan.-Feb. 94 - Red Sky Coven - Germany, Amsterdam Tour
Jul. 94 - Justin Sullivan and Dave Blomberg - Netherlands Festivals
Sep. 94 - Justin Sullivan and Dave Blomberg - Netherlands Tour
Dec. 95 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
23/07/96 - Justin Sullivan - Kaue, Gelsenkirchen
Aug. 98 - Justin Sullivan - Germany Tour
12/12/98 - Justin Sullivan - Mean Fiddler (A Fight For Justice - Mumia Abu Jamal
Benefit)
Jan. 99 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
Mar. 99 - Red Sky Coven - UK Tour
30/09/99 - Justin Sullivan - Markthalle, Hamburg (Move for Mumia)
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