1979-06-01 Carshalton - Carshalton Park (England)
"Carshalton Carnival"

Mainset:

10.15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
Grinding Halt
Another Day
Object
Subway Song
Foxy Lady
Plastic Passion
Three Imaginary Boys
Boys Don't Cry
Fire In Cairo
Killing An Arab

Encore 1:

Do The Hansa
It's Not You

Encore 2:

Meathook
10.15 Saturday Night

Robert Smith
Laurence Tolhurst
Michael Dempsey

Songs played: 16 (12 | 2 | 2)
Set length: ~47 min

Day of the week: Friday
Tour: 'Three Imaginary Boys Tour'

Attendance:
Capacity:

Mainset:

[???]

10.15 Saturday Night

Accuracy

thank you. hello. a lot of people thought this is our single. but it wasn't. it's called 'grinding halt'

Grinding Halt

i didn't. this one's called 'another day'

Another Day

sorry about the bloody rain. the next one's for am ... everybody who's getting wet ... yeah every girl is standing next to you. it's called 'object'

Object

thank you. this is called the fairground song. it's what happens to you in fairgrounds generally. [...]

Subway Song

aaah, scary no? [...] i'm not worry about it. this one's a ... a jimmy ... jimmy hendi song ...??... called 'hey joe'

Foxy Lady

ah it's just like the old festival. this is the b-side for the new single

Plastic Passion

this one is the title track of the album

Three Imaginary Boys

thank you. the next one's the new single. that's right. 'boys don't cry'

Boys Don't Cry

[...] it's rather ironic. it's called 'fire in cairo'. it's dedicated to god

Fire In Cairo

right. this is it. the end

Killing An Arab

[...] thank you. good night

Encore 1:

yeah this one is dedicated to the [...] . it's about hansa, a german record company. they bring you [...] child. it's called 'do the hansa'

Do The Hansa

[...] you're supposed to [...] . this is the final one. it's called 'it's not you'. for simon [...]

It's Not You

thank you, good night

Encore 2:

[...] i'm singing in the rain. that was for porl. what you want? i don't know that one.

Meathook

can't do that one on stage

10.15 Saturday Night

thank you very much, good night. you've been really good [...] rain. thank you

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from the book 'Ten Imaginary Years'

The band's next notable gig was on 1 June at Carshalton Park on a mod revival bill with Secret Affair and the Merton Parkas. Record Mirror's Philip Hall noted "Lots of ideas but little identity" while The Crawley Advertiser praised "The delicate blend of bass and lead guitar which makes a pleasant change from the 90 miles per hour music offered up all too often as a substitute for talent".