08-26-1994 Reading Festival

Date: 08-26-1994
Location: Reading, England
Venue: Little John’s Farm (Reading Festival)


Setlist:
01- Plump
02- Never Go Away
03- Beautiful Son
04- Miss World
05- Jennifer’s Body
06- Asking For It
07- Gutless
08- Softer Softest
09- I Think That I Would Die
10- Credit in the Straight World
11- Teenage Whore
12- Doll Parts
13- Violet
14- Never Go Away

Surfaced:
• Audio. 43:21. Most of the banter has been edited out.
• PRIV-shot Video. 47:35. (Complete). Audience shot. During Softer Softest, a man stands behind Courtney with a camcorder – this footage hasn’t circulated.
• PRO-shot Video. Clips aired on MTV, including a short clip of Never Go Away.


Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf Der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Patty Schemel (Drums).

Other Bands: Cypress Hill, The Lemonheads, Frank Black, Pavement, Gang Starr, Trans-Global Underground, The Verve, The Flaming Lips, Collapsed Lung, Wedding Present, Lush, Sebadoh, The Auteurs, Leeper, Velocity Girl, Honky, Smudge, Drug Store, Deus, The Tea Party

Notes:
• Hole’s first show since the deaths of Kurt and Kristen. Their first full-length live show since 11-14-1993 at the Moore Theater.
• The first show with Melissa Auf Der Maur.
• The first performance of Never Go Away, an early, incomplete version of Sugar Coma.
• Drew Barrymore (Eric’s then-girlfriend) was in the audience.

Memorabilia:

Press & Show Reviews:

Photos:

Photos by Kevin Cummins, Brian Rasic, Hayley Madden, Tony Mottram, P.G. Brunelli

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