BANANA '30.5 Centimeters of It' UK TOUR - 1994
(Tour renamed due to the metric system)
01-Apr-1994 Rainbow Theatre, London, England - UK First major headline concert
02-Apr-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
03-Apr-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
05-Apr-1994 Wheel Pop Festival, Kotrjik - BELGIUM
06-Apr-1994 The Bandwagon, London, England - UK
07-Apr-1994 Fiesta, Plymouth, England - UK
08-Apr-1994 The Ruskin Arms P.H., East Ham, London, England - UK Benefit concert
10-Apr-1994 Central Hall, Grimsby, England - UK CANCELLED due to Andy Banana being ill
14-Apr-1994 The Ruskin Arms P.H., East Ham, London, England - UK Charity concert
15-May-1994 Drill Hall, Lincoln, England - UK
16-May-1994 Mayfair, Newcastle, England - UK
17-May-1994 Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland - UK Bozo the Clown's birthday
18-May-1994 Pavilion, Ayr, Scotland - UK
19-May-1994 Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland - UK
20-May-1994 Market Hall, Carlisle, England - UK
21-May-1994 Saint George's Hall, Bradford, England - UK
22-May-1994 Grand Pavilion, Withensea, England - UK
23-May-1994 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England - UK
25-May-1980 Queensway Hall, Dunstable, England - UK
27-May-1994 King George's Hall, Blackburn, England - UK
28-May-1994 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England - UK
29-May-1994 Victoria Hall, Hanley, England - UK
30-May-1994 Brunnel's Room, Swindon, England - UK
31-May-1994 Cornwall Coliseum, Saint Austell, England - UK
01-Jun-1994 Locarno, Bristol, England - UK
02-Jun-1994 Winter Gardens, Malvern, England - UK
03-Jun-1994 Locarno, Portsmouth, England - UK
04-Jun-1994 Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales - UK
06-Jun-1994 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer, England - UK
07-Jun-1994 Odeon, Birmingham, England - UK
08-Jun-1994 Top Rank, Sheffield, England - UK
09-Jun-1994 Royal County Theatre, Liverpool, England - UK
11-Jun-1994 Mecca Centre, Sunderland, England - UK
12-Jun-1994 Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland - UK
13-Jun-1994 Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland - UK
14-Jun-1994 Town Hall, Middlesborough, England - UK
16-Jun-1994 Unity Hall, Wakefield, England - UK
17-Jun-1994 De Montford Hall, Leicester, England - UK
18-Jun-1994 Central Hall, Chatham, England - UK
19-Jun-1994 Civic Hall, Guilford, England - UK
20-Jun-1994 Rainbow Theatre, London, England - UK
21-Jun-1994 Sports Centre, Bracknell, England - UK
22-Jun-1994 Top Rank, Brighton, England - UK
25-Jun-1994 Assembly Rooms, Derby, England - UK
26-Jun-1994 Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England - UK
27-Jun-1994 Pavilion, Bath, England - UK
28-Jun-1994 New Theatre, Oxford, England - UK
29-Jun-1994 Brangwym Hall, Swansea, Wales - UK
03-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
04-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
05-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
08-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
09-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
11-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
12-Jul-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
19-Jul-1994 Kuusrock Festival, Oulu (Uleåborg) - FINLAND First time in Finland**
**All the band members were pretty drunk during the gig, and Jay Banana smashed his guitar
10-Aug-1994 Global Village, London, England - UK Urchin (Crispin Glover)
21-Aug-1994 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer, England - UK
23-Aug-1994 Reading Festival, Reading, England - UK Special guest to Buffalo Tom
Special guest to TWISTED SISTER 'We Still Do Exist' EUROPEAN TOUR - 1994 The Italian dates of the tour are uncertain and complements of information would be welcome. The same goes for the dates at the Marquee Club: the band was supposed to be on holiday in Venice, but they say that they played these gigs.
24-Aug-1994 Cascais Hall, Lisbon - PORTUGAL CANCELLED Anyone knows why?
25-Aug-94 Cascais Hall, Lisbon - PORTUGAL CANCELLED Anyone knows why? 29-Aug-1994 Castle San Angelo, Rome - ITALY First time in Italy
30-Aug-1994 Perugia - ITALY
31-Aug-1994 Bologna - ITALY
01-Sep-1994 Genoa - ITALY
02-Sep-1994 Turin - ITALY
03-Sep-1994 Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan - ITALY
05-Sep-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
Did this show actually happen? Banana were supposed to have headlined the Marquee when Twisted Sister were playing in the UK
06-Sep-1994 Marquee Club, London, England - UK
Did this show actually happen? Banana were supposed to have headlined the Marquee when Twisted Sister were playing in the UK
11-Sep-1994 Messehalle, Nuremberg - GERMANY First time in Germany
12-Sep-1994 Philipshalle, Dusseldorf -GERMANY
13-Sep-1994 Rebstock-Gelände, Frankfurt - GERMANY Open Air Festival
15-Sep-1994 Westfalehalle, Dortmund - GERMANY
17-Sep-1994 Sindelfinger Messehalle, Stuttgart - GERMANY
18-Sep-1994 Olympiahalle, Munich - GERMANY
20-Sep-1994 Eissporthalle, Kassel - GERMANY
21-Sep-1994 Forêt Nationale, Brussels - BELGIUM
23-Sep-1994 Parc Des Expositions, Avignon - FRANCE First time in France
24-Sep-1994 Palais Des Sports, Lyon - FRANCE
26-Sep-1994 Parc Des Expositions, Lille - FRANCE
27-Sep-1994 Hippodrome De Pantin, Paris - FRANCE
28-Sep-1994 Sankt Jacobshalle, Basle - SWITZERLAND First time in Switzerland
30-Sep-1994 Sporthalle, Cologne - GERMANY
01-Oct-1994 Stadthalle, Bremen - GERMANY
02-Oct-1994 Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover - GERMANY
04-Oct-1994 Ernst-Herck-Halle, Hamburg - GERMANY
05-Oct-1994 Groenoordhal, Leiden - HOLLAND First time in Holland
06-Oct-1994 Schwartzwaldhalle, Karlsruhe - GERMANY
09-Oct-1994 Eriksdalshallen, Stockholm - SWEDEN First time in Sweden
10-Oct-1994 Scandinavium, Gothenburg - SWEDEN
11-Oct-1994 Bröndbyhallen, Copenhagen - DENMARK First time in Denmark
13-Oct-1994 Drammenshallen, Drammen - NORWAY First time in Norway
After this an extensive 3 month break was taken. In January of 1995, Banana headed to the studio to record there follow up to their platinum debut '12 Inches of it'. The album was recorded in England at the famous Abbey Road Studio. Michael Beinhorn came into produce this album, fresh off of his success he had just had producing Soundgarden's 'Superunknown'. This album was titled 'Ripe for the Picking'. After 4 months in the studio, 3 months in rehab, August appeared to be the time for Banana to hit the road in support of 'Ripe for the Picking' on their 'Ripe and Alive' tour.
Tour info still being updated, check back soon!!
