1987

Total shows: 64 (+1 cancelation)

Day Venue City Notes

January

8th Uptown Bar Minneapolis, Minnesota not a Soul Asylum show; Take It to the Limit Band; origin of Golden Smog
22nd The Central Iowa City, Iowa
23rd The Drumstick Lincoln, Nebraska
24th The Blue Note Columbia, Missouri
26th Cogburn's Lawrence, Kansas
27th Parody Hall Kansas City, Missouri
28th Nate's Cafe Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
29th Theatre Gallery Dallas, Texas
30th Liberty Lunch Austin, Texas
31st The Chimes Baton Rouge, Louisiana

February

3rd Varsity Theatre Tuscaloosa, Alabama
4th Thirsties Mobile, Alabama
5th The Nick Birmingham, Alabama
6th Uptown Lounge Athens, Georgia
7th Metroplex Atlanta, Georgia
9th Rockafella's Columbia, South Carolina
10th Cat's Cradle Chapel Hill, North Carolina
11th D.C. Nightclub Washington, D.C.
13th The Rathskeller Boston, Massachusetts
14th Maxwell's Hoboken, New Jersey
15th CBGB New York City, New York
16th J.C. Dobbs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
17th QE2 Albany, New York
19th The Continental Buffalo, New York
20th Paycheck's Lounge (canceled) Hamtramck, Michigan with Junk Monkeys
Van broke down leading Junk Monkeys to play whole night

March

1st Iowa State University - The Maintenance Shop Ames, Iowa
2nd Northern Illinois University - Eagles Club DeKalb, Illinois
3rd Northwestern University - Gathering Place Evanston, Illinois
4th Cafe Voltaire Milwaukee, Wisconsin Cafe Voltaire is now The Odd Rock Cafe
5th Concordia Hall LaCrosse, Wisconsin
6th Club 27 Minneapolis, Minnesota
16th University of Colorado - The Mission Denver, Colorado
19th The Tunnel New York City, New York
20th Mabuhay Gardens San Francisco, California
21st Berkeley Square Berkeley, Illinois
22nd Spanky's Sacramento, California
23rd The Metro Chico, California
26th Saigon Palace San Diego, California
27th Club Lingerie Hollywood, California
28th Club Lingerie Hollywood, California
29th Pomona College - Gibson Hall Claremont, California
30th UCLA (University of Califonia, Los Angeles) - "A" Level Patio Los Angeles, California
31st Cal Poly Pomona - Take 5 Beer Bar Pomona, California

April

25th Kirby's Moorehead, Minnesota

May

1st Madison Civic Center Madison, Wisconsin
2nd Lefty's Green Bay, Wisconsin
4th University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; The Ballroom Milwaukee, Wisconsin
9th Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
10th The Ritz New York City, New York
15th Seventh Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota The J.A.M.M.I. Awards [Just Another Money Making Idea] of the Minnesota Makeshift Academy
23rd The Central Iowa City, Iowa
24th First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota with Breaking Circus, A Single Love, and End Over End

June

19th The Drumstick Lincoln, Nebraska
20th Parody Hall Kansas City, Missouri
22nd The Blue Note Columbia, Missouri
24th Mississippi Nights St. Louis, Missouri
25th Mabel's Champaign, Illinois
26th Cabaret Metro Chicago, Illinois with Jazz Butcher and Urge
27th Old Rock River Deli Rockford, Illinois

July

17th Cabooze Minneapolis, Minnesota First show at Cabooze

August

31st Mississippi Nights St. Louis, Missouri

September

12th Grinnel College - Student Union Grinnell, Iowa

October

9th University of Chicago - Mandel Hall Chicago, Illinois opening for Hüsker Dü

November

11th Seventh Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota

December

23rd First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota with Funhouse and Contras