1988 Concerts
January
January 17: Meguro Rokumeikan (for television show "Live Town")
January 24: secret gig as "Bluck-Tlick" at Shinjuku Loft, Tokyo
March
March 15: Taira Shimin Kaikan, Fukushima (start of Touhoku Rock Circuit for 14 dates; also start of Buck-Tick Shock Tour for 34 dates) (other bands on the Touhoku Rock Circuit include: Laughin' Nose, Rogue, Personz, Lä-Ppisch, Angie, and Ziggy)
- Setlist:
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Hurry Up Mode
- Romanesque
- Empty Girl
- To-Search
March 16: Yamagata Shimin Kaikan
March 17: Iwate Shimin Kaikan
March 19: Fukushima Koukaido
March 20: Souma Shimin Kaikan, Fukushima
March 22: Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan
March 23: Ishinomaki Shimin Kaikan, Miyagi
March 24: Koriyama Shimin Bunka Center, Fukushima
March 26: Aizu Wakamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Fukushima
April
April 1: Shiodome Pit, Tokyo
- Setlist:
- Misty Zone
- Future For Future
- Empty Girl
- Hurry Up Mode
- Do the "I Love You"
- Romanesque
- Dream or Truth
- ...In Heaven...
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Hyper Love
- Illusion
- To-Search
- Automatic Blue
- Hearts
April 3: Akita Shimin Kaikan
April 5: Hirosaki Shimin Kaikan, Aomori
April 6: Aomori Bunka Kaikan
April 7: Hachinohe Koukaido, Aomori (end of Touhoku Rock Circuit)
April 13: Numazu Royal Gallery, Shizuoka [this is where books credit the start of the Buck-Tick Shock Tour for 20 dates]
April 14: Nagoya Flex Hall, Aichi
April 16: Kyoto Vivre Hall
April 17: Kobe Chicken George, Hyogo
April 18: Osaka Midou Kaikan
April 21: La Foret Harajuku Matsuyama, Ehime
April 22: Kochi Kenmin Bunka Hall
April 23: Takamatsu Olive Hall, Kagawa
April 25: Nagasaki NBC Hall
April 26: Kumamoto Yuubin Chokin Kaikan
April 28: Fukuoka Tsukushi Kaikan
May
May 1: Rock Wave at Nagoya, Aichi (with The Heart, Personz, Seikima II, Hillbilly Bops, Kojiro Shimizu, Ingry Mongry, Laughin' Nose, etc.) (not part of Buck-Tick Shock Tour)
May 5: Shibuya Koukaido, Tokyo (for television "Pati Pati Tomato"; not part of the Buck-Tick Shock Tour)
- Setlist:
- Empty Girl
- Romanesque
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Future For Future
- Fly High
May 6: Utsunomiya Bunka Kaikan, Tochigi
May 9: Ishikawa Kyoiku Kaikan
May 10: Ishikawa Kyoiku Kaikan
May 12: Niigata Ongaku Bunka Kaikan
May 20: Sapporo Doshin Hall, Hokkaido
May 23: Saitama Kaikan
May 25: Yokohama Kyoiku Kaikan, Kanagawa
May 30: Maebashi Shimin Bunka Kaikan, Gunma (end of Buck-Tick Shock Tour)
June
June 2: Kids Alive at Shidome Pit, Tokyo
(live recording for radio broadcast in front of 600 winners out of 12,000 contestants)
- Setlist:
- ...In Heaven...
- Empty Girl
- Do the "I Love You"
- Hurry Up Mode
- Romanesque
- Sissy Boy
- Physical Neurose
- Victims of Love
- Hyper Love
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Misty Zone
- Automatic Blue
- My Eyes & Your Eyes
Encore I: - Memories...
- Future For Future
Encore II: - To-Search
Encore III: - Fly High
July
July 10: Tsuruoka Shimin Bunka Kaikan, Yamagata
July 16: Yomiuri Land East, Tokyo (for television "Pati Pati Tomato"; with Unicorn, Princess Princess, Up-Beat, etc.)
July 24: Hokkaido Rock Circuit at Sapporo Makomanai Open Stadium (with RC Succession, Ann Lewis, Red Warriors, etc.)
- Setlist:
- To-Search
- ...In Heaven...
- Physical Neurose
- Victims of Love
- Romanesque
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Empty Girl
- Future For Future
- Memories...
July 27: Kobe Fish Dance Hall, Hyogo
August
August 3: Rock Wave 88 at Kawaguchiko Fuji-kyu Conifer Forest, Yamanashi (with Bubblegum Brothers, Ginji Itoh, Masayuki Suzuki, Kiyomi Suzuki, Kumiko Yamashita, etc.)
- Setlist:
- Physical Neurose
- Do the "I Love You"
- Misty Zone
- Hurry Up Mode
- Dream or Truth
- Automatic Blue
- ...In Heaven...
- Romanesque
- Hyper Love
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Empty Girl
- Memories...
August 15: Pop Rockets 88 at Yuzawa Chuo Kouen Baseball Stadium, Niigata (with Mika Kaneko, Show-Ya, Up-Beat, etc.)
Setlist: 9 songs total
August 18: Sound on Wave 1988 at Kyoto Sports Valley (with Lä-Ppisch, Teen Age News, A-Decade-In Fake)
- Setlist:
- Physical Neurose
- ...In Heaven...
- Do the "I Love You"
- Misty Zone
- Dream or Truth
- Automatic Blue
- Romanesque
- Hyper Love
- Victims of Love
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Empty Girl
- To-Search
- Memories...
August 20: Kirin Sound Together Pop Hill '88 at Ishikawa Shinrin Kouen (with Bubblegum Brothers, Red Warriors, and Seikima II)
August 26: Lawson Music ING at Osaka Midou Kaikan
- Setlist:
- ...In Heaven...
- Physical Neurose
- Empty Girl
- Future For Future
- Do the "I Love You"
- Dream or Truth
- Misty Zone
- Romanesque
- Hyper Love
- Victims of Love
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Fly High
- Memories...
Encore: - To-Search
- My Eyes & Your Eyes
- Moon Light
September
September 21: Greyhound, London, England
- Setlist:
- To-Search
- Empty Girl
- Misty Zone
- Romanesque
- Hyper Love
- Victims of Love
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Physical Neurose
- ...In Heaven...
- Memories...
October
October 10: Ginza Ongaku-sai [Music Festival], Tokyo
October 11: Toda City Bunka Kaikan, Saitama (fan club only gig) (start of Seventh Heaven Tour; 38 dates)
October 13: Shibuya Koukaido, Tokyo
October 15: Gunma Ongaku Center, Takasaki
October 18: Uruwa City Bunka Center, Saitama
October 20: Iwaki Shimin Kaikan, Fukushima
October 21: Chiba Bunka Kaikan
October 22: Yamanashi Bunka Hall
October 25: Kyoto Kinrou Kaikan
October 28: Hiratsuka City Shimin Center, Kanagawa
October 30: Band Explosion '88 at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo (guest)
October 31: Osaka Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
November
November 2: Club Citta' Kawasaki, Kanagawa
November 3: Club Citta' Kawasaki, Kanagawa
November 8: Kochi Kenmin Bunka Hall
November 9: Aichi Kenmin Bunka Kaikan Sub Hall
November 10: Hiroshima Yuubin Chokin Kaikan
November 12: Tokuyama City Bunka Kaikan, Yamaguchi
November 14: Fukuoka Shimin Kaikan
November 15: Kagoshima Bunka Center Hall Dai 2
November 16: Nagasaki Heiwa Kaikan
November 18: Kumamoto Shimin Kaikan
November 20: Nisshin Power Station, Tokyo ("B-Pass" magazine live event)
November 22: Niigata Kenmin Kaikan Dai Hall
November 24: Nagano Kenmin Bunka Kaikan Naka Hall
November 25: Kanazawa City Kankou Kaikan, Ishikawa
November 26: Toyama Kenmin Kaikan
November 29: Aichi-ken Kinrou Kaikan, Nagoya
November 30: Hamamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Shizuoka
December
December 4: Yamagata Kenmin Kaikan
December 5: Sendai Denryoku Hall, Miyagi
December 7: Ibaraki Kenritsu Kenmin Bunka Center, Mito
December 8: Utsunomiya Bunka Kaikan, Tochigi
December 14: Sapporo Shimin Kaikan, Hokkaido
December 16: Akita City Bunka Kaikan Dai Hall
December 18: Koriyama Shimin Bunka Center Dai Hall, Fukushima
December 19: Iwate Kyoiku Kaikan
December 20: Aomori City Bunka Kaikan
December 23: Shizuoka Shimin Bunka Kaikan Naka Hall
December 27: Gunma Kenmin Kaikan, Maebashi (end of Seventh Heaven Tour)
- Setlist:
- Capsule Tears -Plastic Syndrome Type II-
- Romanesque
- Castle in the Air
- Victims of Love
- Hyper Love
- Oriental Love Story
- My Eyes & Your Eyes
- Misty Zone
- Desperate Girl
- Sexual XXXXX!
- Empty Girl
- Physical Neurose
- Seventh Heaven
- ...In Heaven...
Encore I: - To-Search
- Just One More Kiss
Encore II: - Memories...
December 31: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo (television appearance for Record Taisho award show)
- Setlist:
- Just One More Kiss
December 31: Shinjuku Koma Gekijo, Tokyo (for television "Pati Pati Tomato: All Night Live")