Debut tour

The Debut tour was the first tour by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, and it mainly focused on her album Debut. She toured from 1993 to 1994. The tour was released on VHS and DVD as Vessel. A separate release, Debut Live, contains material from the 1993 MTV Unplugged performance, which features a much larger set of backing musicians, noted for their wide variety.

Debut tour

Tour by Björk
Poster for the concert held at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool
Associated album	Debut
Start date	August 19, 1993 (1993-08-19)
End date	July 31, 1994 (1994-07-31)
No. of shows	28 in Europe 5 in North America 5 in Oceania 1 in Asia 39 total
Björk concert chronology

Opening acts

• Ultramarine

Songs performed

Song	Album
"Human Behaviour"	Debut
"Aeroplane"	Debut
"Atlantic"	Debut (b-side)
"One Day"	Debut
"Venus as a Boy"	Debut
"Come to Me"	Debut
"The Anchor Song"	Debut
"Like Someone In Love"	Debut
"Play Dead"	Debut (b-side)
"Crying"	Debut
"Violently Happy"	Debut
"There's More to Life Than This"	Debut
"Big Time Sensuality"	Debut
"Army of Me" (Unreleased at the time)	Post
"Síðasta Ég"	Debut (b-side)
"Stígðu Mig"	Debut (b-side)
"The Modern Things" (Unreleased at the time)	Post
"Moðir" (unreleased, performed live once during the Glastonbury festival in 1994)	Unreleased

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe[1]
August 19, 1993	London	England	The Forum
September 9, 1993	Aarhus	Denmark	Kosmopolitan
September 11, 1993[B]	Lommel	Belgium	Kattenbos
September 13, 1993	Wolverhampton	England	Civic Hall
September 14, 1993	Manchester		Manchester Academy
North America[1][2]
November 9, 1993	New York City	United States	Webster Hall
November 11, 1993	Boston		The Avalon
November 17, 1993	San Francisco		The Warfield
November 19, 1993	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre
Europe[1]
November 22, 1993	Tilburg	Netherlands	Noorderligt
November 28, 1993	Amsterdam		Paradiso
December 1, 1993[C]	Rennes	France	La Cité
December 3, 1993	Brussels	Belgium	La Luna
December 6, 1993	Hamburg	Germany	Große Freiheit
December 8, 1993	Stockholm	Sweden	Club Gino
December 10, 1993	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
December 19, 1993	Manchester	England	Manchester Academy
Oceania[citation needed]
January 21, 1994[D]	Gold Coast	Australia	Gold Coast Parklands
January 23, 1994[D]	Melbourne		Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
January 26, 1994[D]	Sydney		Sydney Showground
January 29, 1994[D]	Adelaide		Royal Adelaide Showgrounds
February 2, 1994[D]	Fremantle		Fremantle Oval
Asia
February 8, 1994	Tokyo	Japan	Shibuya O-East
Europe[3]
February 17, 1994	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre
February 18, 1994
February 26, 1994	London	England	Brixton Academy
May 15, 1994			The Royalty Theatre
May 23, 1994[E]	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland
North America
May 25, 1994	Los Angeles	United States	Glam Slam
Europe[3]
June 9, 1994	Milan	Italy	City Square
June 19, 1994[F]	Reykjavík	Iceland	Laugardalshöll
June 25, 1994[G]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm
June 28, 1994[H]	Roskilde	Denmark	Festivalpladsen
July 2, 1994[I]	Belfort	France	Presqu'île de Malsaucy
July 22, 1994	Blackpool	England	Empress Ballroom
July 27, 1994
July 30, 1994[J]	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Strathclyde Country Park
July 31, 1994[K]	Thurles	Ireland	Semple Stadium

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^B This concert was a part of Rockwood Festival

^C This concert was a part of Rencontres Trans Musicales

^D These concerts were part of Big Day Out

^E This concert was a part of Pinkpop Festival

^F This concert was a part of The Arts Festival

^G This concert was a part of Glastonbury Festival

^H This concert was a part of Roskilde Festival

^I This concert was a part of Eurockéennes

^J This concert was a part of T in the Park

^K This concert was a part of Féile Festival

References

1. "gigography - 1993". old.bjork.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
2. Pareles, Jon. "Björk – Webster Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
3. "gigography - 1994". old.bjork.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.