Date: 05/01/97
Location: Sheperd's Bush Empire, London, England
Opening act: The Mutton Birds
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Giftshop/ Grace, Too/ Springtime in Vienna/ Fully Completely/ Ahead by a Century/ 700 Ft. CEiling/ Membership/ Courage/ Flamenco/ Locked in the Trunk of a Car/ Fireworks/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Scared/ Nautical Disaster/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Fire in the Hole/ E1: Coconut Cream/ Hiccups>Daredevil/ Little Bones
Notes: This was the earliest recorded concert in which future Phantom Power material would appear. Membership and Fireworks, whcih was, at the time, entitled Bobby Orr, both made the setlist.

Date: 05/03/97
Location: Ancienne Belgique, Brussells, Belgium
Opening act: The Mutton Birds
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Giftshop/ Fully Completely/ Grace, Too/ Springtime in Vienna/ The Luxury/ Ahead by a Century/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Vapour Trails/ Courage/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Flamenco/ Locked in the Trunk of a Car/ Fireworks/ Scared/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Nautical Disaster/ E1: Coconut Cream/ Hiccups>Daredevil/ Blow at High Dough
Notes: More unveiling of new material occured at this show, with the first appearance of Vapour Trails.

Date: 05/05/97
Location: Liberation Festival, Haarlem, Netherlands
Opening act: The Mutton Birds
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Grace, Too/ Fully Completely/ Springtime in Vienna/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ Giftshop/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Scared/ Locked in the Trunk of a Car/ Membership/ Nautical Disaster/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Fire in the Hole/ E1: Hiccups>Daredevil/ Coconut Cream/ Blow at High Dough
Notes:

Date: 05/10/97
Location: Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands
Opening act: The Mutton Birds
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Giftshop/ Grace, Too/ Inch an Hour/ Springtime in Vienna/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ Butts Wigglin'/ Save the Planet/ Courage/ Flamenco/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Put It Off/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Bobcaygeon/ Nautical Disaster/ Fire in the Hole/ E1: Locked in the Trunk of a Car/ Scared/ Coconut Cream
Notes: More new material appeared with the first appearances of both Save the Planet, and Bobcaygeon.

Date: 05/11/97
Location: Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
Opening act: The Mutton Birds
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Giftshop/ Fully Completely/ Grace, Too/ Springtime in Vienna/ The Luxury/ Ahead by a Century/ Butts Wigglin'/ Locked in the Trunk of a Car/ Vapour Trails/ Hiccups>Daredevil/ Flamenco/ Blow at High Dough/ Membership/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Put It Off/ Fire in the Hole/ E1: Let's Stay Engaged/ Save the Planet/ Little Bones
Notes:

Date: 05/12/97
Location: Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
Opening act: The Mutton Birds
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Everytime You Go/ Grace, Too/ Springtime in Vienna/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ Giftshop/ ave the Planet/ Courage/ Scared/ At the Hundredth Meridian/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Coconut Cream/ Bobcaygeon/ Nautical Disaster/ Little Bones/ E1: The Wherewithal/ Escape is at Hand.../ New Orleans is Sinking
Notes: The earliest appearance of what would become Escape is at Hand for the Travellin' Man.

Date: 05/21/97
Location: Rockradio Network, Toronto, Ontario
Opening act: None
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: None
Notes: The band was in the studio for the live radio broadcast of the Live Between Us album premiere, called Roadside Radio. They played some tracks from LBU, along with some songs of other artists that were to appear on the upcoming Another Roadside Attraction tour. The band also took questions from callers all across Canada.

Date: 06/09/97
Location: Concert Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Opening act: Ron Sexsmith, Change of Heart
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Everytime You Go/ Springtime in Vienna/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Vapour Trails/ Courage/ Flamenco/ At the Hundredth Meridian/ Membership/ Greasy Jungle/ Coconut Cream/ Bobcaygeon/ Nautical Disaster/ E1: Giftshop/ Fire in the Hole/ Fifty Mission Cap/ E2: Fireworks/ Little Bones
Notes: This was a surprise gig at the North by Northeast (NXNE) Music Festival, with proceeds going to Camp Trillium. The Hip unveiled new material to a Canadian audience for the first time this year. Five new songs appeared in the setlist, much to the delight of the sweaty, exhausted crowd.

Date: 07/17/97
Location: Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Unknown
Notes: Another Roadside Attraction. This was the first show on the ARA '97 tour.

Date: 07/19/97
Location: Camrose Exhibition Grounds, Camrose, Alberta
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded: No
Setlist: New Orleans is Sinking/ Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Everytime You Go/ Springtime in Vienna/ Ahead by a Century/ Daredevil/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Nautical Disaster/ Membership/ Courage/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Little Bones/ Wheat Kings/ Fifty Mission Cap/ Giftshop/ E1: unknown
Notes:

Date: 07/21/97
Location: Saskatchewan Place Festival Side, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded: No
Setlist: Springtime in Vienna/ Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Membership/ Blow at High Dough/ Flamenco/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Fully Completely/ Fire in the Hole/ Nautical Disaster/ Wheat Kings/ Giftshop/ E1: Unknown
Notes:

Date: 07/23/97
Location: Assiniboia Downs, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded:Yes
Setlist: Springtime in Vienna/ Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ Greasy Jungle/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Membership/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Scared/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Fully Completely/ Nautical Disaster/ Fire in the Hole/ Wheat Kings/ Giftshop/ E1: Coconut Cream/ Daredevil/ Blow at High Dough
Notes: Gord D. got a little upset when someone in the crowd threw something and hit him in the head. He later found it on stage, and it turned out to be an engagement ring.

Date: 07/26/97
Location: Franklin County Field, Highgate, Vermont
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Springtime in Vienna/ Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Giftshop/ Ahead by a Century/ 700 Ft. CEiling/ Membership/ Blow at High Dough/ Flamenco/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Fully Completely/ Vapour Trails/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Fire in the Hole/ Wheat Kings/ Nautical Disaster/ E1: Little Bones
Notes:

Date: 07/28/97
Location: Rideau Carleton Raceway, Ottawa, Ontario
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded:
Yes
Setlist: Save the Planet/ Springtime in Vienna/ Grace, Too/ Twist My Arm/ Ahead by a Century/ Greasy Jungle/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Bobcaygeon/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Scared/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Fully Completely/ Membership/ Nautical Disaster/ Fire in the Hole/ Giftshop/ E1: Coconut Cream/ Fifty Mission Cap/ Wheat Kings
Notes:

Date: 07/30/97
Location: Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center, Darien Lakes, New York
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Springtime in Vienna/ Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Everytime You Go/ Ahead by a Century/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Membership/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Flamenco/ Inevitability of Death/ Vapour Trails/ Coconut Cream/ Wheat Kings/ Nautical Disaster/ Fire in the Hole/ Giftshop/ E1: At the Hundredth Meridian
Notes:

Date: 08/02/97
Location: Molson Park, Barrie, Ontario
Opening acts: Van Allen Belt, Ron Sexsmith, The Mutton Birds, Change of Heart, Los Lobos, Wilco, Ashley MacIssac, Sheryl Crow
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Springtime in Vienna/ Save the Planet/ Grace, Too/ Greasy Jungle/ Ahead by a Century/ So Hard Done By/ 700 Ft. Ceiling/ Vapour Trails/ New Orleans is Sinking/ Flamenco/ Don't Wake Daddy/ Fully Completely/ Membership/ Fire in the Hole/ Wheat Kings/ Giftshop/ E1: Bobcaygeon/ Nautical Disaster/ Little Bones
Notes: Steve Berlin of Los Lobos was invited on stage to play sax with the band during So Hard Done By, and Ashley MacIssac played with them for Wheat Kings.

Date: 10/11/97
Location: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Opening act: Opened for Los Lobos
Recorded: Yes
Setlist: Unknown
Notes: The band was personally invited by Los Lobos to open for them at the famous LA theatre.

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