Tour Program - 1996  "Swing Tour"


Robert Smith - guitar & vocals
Simon Gallup - bass
Perry Bamonte - guitar & keyboards
Roger O'Donnell - keyboards
Jason Cooper - drums

Daryl Bamonte - tour manager
Chris Parry - band manager
Brian Adsett - security

Robbie Williams - production director
Leroy Bennett - lighting designer
Jon Lemon - Toh sound engineer
Gary Westcott - lighting director
Bryan Olson - monitor engineer
Bill Martin - stage manager
Timm Woolley - tour accountant
Tara Goldsmid - production assistant
Phil Broad - head rigger
Tom Wilson - drum technician
Jez Webb - guitar technician
Nick Ayres - guitar technician
Martin Bell - keyboards technician
David Bracey - p.a.crew
Gerry Fradley - p.a.crew
Sarne Thorogood - p.a. crew
Kathy Beer - icon crew
Julian Winter - icon crew
John Bedell - vari-lite tech
Rebecca Hughes - vari-lite tech
Bill Surtees - lighting crew chief
Barry Branford - lighting crew
Rick Worsfold - carpenter
Kenny Underwood - carpenter
Peter Wilms - projection
Yvan-Philippe Allot - projection
Richard Harris - head caterer
Leah Robinson - caterer (dr rooms)
Paul Bottell - caterer
Scott Young - caterer
Karina Hughes - caterer
Melissa smith - merchandiser

Jeff Overstreet - bus driver
Tim Brannon - bus driver
John Padgett - bus driver
Robert Sheppard - truck driver
Thomas Kodistra - truck driver
Robert Pleva - truck driver
Robert McNally - truck driver
Jerry Mohr - truck driver



Name - Robert
Birthday - 21st April 1959
Colour - blue screen blue and crimson and twilight
Phrase - "Shocked", "You've got no birds...you've got no trees!", "Just say you're insane", "If you like, make it!", "aaah...the incredible lightness of beer", "oh...go on then", "what next?"
Food - prawn phall, green apples, rice krispies, almonds, cheese on toast
Drink - box milk, lemon juice, homemade lager, elderflower champagne, earl grey tea
Place - snow bed; in front of the fire; on the beach
Moment - quiet...
Sound - M's laugh and the ice cream van
Taste - honey, parma violets, snow, twiglets, coconut
Look - tousled, dreamy, tsp
Dream - home
Music - Beethoven (1-9), Mahler (1-9), Tchaikovsky (ballets), Allegri, Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Elgar, Mozart (just about everything), Satie, Verdi...and too much to even think about...Indian, South American, ambient dub, Irish....
Material - white cotton, black velvet, fur, grass, skin
Word - yes, whisper, dream, smile, scream
Book - "Les Enfants Terribles" Cocteau / "Nausea" Sartre / "The Fall" Camus / "Gormenghast trilogy" Peake / "The Trial" Kafka / "Catcher in the Rye" Salinger / "Narnia Chronicles" CS Lewis / "The Aunt's Story" White / "The Bell Jar" Plath / "Lolita" Nabokov / "Darkness at Noon" Koestler / "Possession" Byatt / "Lanark" Gray / "The Owl Service" Garner / "The Divine Comedy" Dante...and lots more!
Animal - wolf, rabbit, elephant, tiger, meerkat
Insect - ladybird
Fish - perch, flying, octopus (I know, I know....)
Bird - owl, falcon, robin, wift, penguin
Tree - weeping willow, yew, monkey puzzle, chesnut, redwood
Flower - forget-me-not, honeysuckle, wisteria, daisy, rose
Thing - the sky
Smell - vanilla, musk, the sea
Film - The Singing Ringing Tree / Eraserhead / Taxi Driver / The Tenant / Performance / Jacobs Ladder / Brazil / Time Bandits / 2001 / Aguirre Wrath of God / Blade Runner / Alice in Wonderland / The Deer Hunter / Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Mary Poppins...and lots more!
Sport - football, tennis, pool, table tennis, basketball
Picture - "Madonna" (1805), "The Scream" (1893), "Kiss" (1897) Munch / "The Clown and the Acrobat" Peake / "the Garden of Earthly Delight" Bosch / "Danseuses Derrière le Portant" Degas / "Bedroom in Arles" Van Gogh / "The Falling Angel" Chagall / "Silver Favourites" Alma Tadema / "Concetto Spaziale" Fontana
Programme - Alan Partidge / the Simpsons / Sean's Show / The Man from the Uncle / Video Nation / The Critic / The Clangers / Oranges are not the only fruit / The Prisoner / Discovery Channel
Group - Radiohead, Cranes, Smashing Pumpkins, Manic Street Preachers, Sleeper, Heather Nova, MBV, Nirvana, JHE
Number - 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 13 ummm....
Pastime - hot air ballooning, deepsea diving, and staring into space
Person - Spike Milligan, Steffi Graf, Paul Gascoigne (?), Nicholas Cage, Dennis Rodman, Judy Davis, Catwoman...
Love - M
And Hate - unhappily sometimes yes...but not as much
Describe yourself in 13 words - puzzled, greedy, sure, unsure, sometimes not quite here, sometimes too much here. hmmm....
Describe the others in 13 words - funny, loud, quiet, happy, bright, perceptive, dumb, moody, slow, quick, foolish, clever...indescribable!


Name - Simon
Birthday - 1 june 1960
Colour - green
Phrase - I was only thinking that
Food - curry / cheese & tomato rolls
Drink - lager / chocolate scoops
Place - white horse hill
Moment - Mint Car
Sound - morning
Taste - saliva
Look - kona
Dream - a pamphlet of ghosts
Music - Eden & Lily singing
Material - skin
Word - trylobite
Book - Deirdre's casebook
Animal - dipper / bronte / hedgehogs
Insect - anything but woodlice
Fish - grayling
Bird - cuckoo
Tree - conker
Flower - cow parsley / poppy
Thing - beer
Smell - fags
Film - anything by Arthur Askey
Sport - football
Picture - Nelson as a child
Programme - Ready Steady Cook
Group - bloody obvious, else I wouldn't be filling this in
Number - 9
Pastime - cycling
Person - Sarah, Eden, Lily
Love - Sarah, Eden , Lily
And Hate - liars, cheats, frauds, injustice
Describe yourself in 13 words - hunched, stuttering, rude, impatient, moody, erratic, drunk, rashed up, gullibles travels, very happy
Describe the others in 13 words - bastards x 13 lovely x 13



Name - Perry
Birthday - 3.6.60
Colour - blue green ish or lilac
Phrase - I love life
Food - fruit
Drink - water
Place - space
Moment - tomorrow
Sound - the voice I want to hear
Taste - poor
Look - love
Dream - coulds (?)
Music -
Material - what!??
Word - yes
Book - too many
Animal - cat / dog / lamb / elephant / fish
Insect - butterflies
Fish - any
Bird - owl
Tree - any
Flower - violets
Thing - earth
Smell - grapefruit
Film - Nosferatu (Herzog)
Sport - angling
Picture - too many
Programme - Sky at Night
Group - The surrealists
Number - 23
Pastime - fishing / astronomy / archaeology
Person - me
Love - everyone
And Hate - nothing
Describe yourself in 13 words - kind of simple but a bit complicated and thoughtful but ultimately quite stupid
Describe the others in 13 words -kind of simple

Name - Jason
Birthday - 31.1.67
Colour - blue
Phrase - these things were meant to happen
Food - fish (shell)
Drink - anything with tequila
Place - seaside
Moment - arriving in America for 1st time
Sound - morning
Taste - anything fishy
Look - of love
Dream - long interesting ones
Music - good
Material - coton sheets
Word - envelop
Book - Love in the time of Cholera: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Animal - my cat Bob
Insect - ciccada
Fish - shark (not a fish really)
Bird - owl (pigmy)
Tree - bonsai
Flower - helvetian star or rose
Thing -
Smell - forests
Film - Oliver Twist / Great Expectations by David Lean
Sport - cricket
Picture - series of big purple one at "The Tate" by Mark Rothko
Programme - cricket, Test Match Special
Group - Thin Lizzy
Number - 4
Pastime - trying to relax, birdwatching
Person - anyone I like
Love - the sky at night
And Hate - bullies
Describe yourself in 13 words - happy, shy, hungry, blah, blah, boring, fit, blah, alcohol, drums, drums, happy
Describe the others in 13 words -Robert interested, charming, guitarist; Simon good honest geezer; Perry dreamy, curious, chap; Roger saline, racy, drinker



Name - Roger
Birthday - 29 october
Colour - blue
Phrase - now we're laughing
Food - mashed potatoes
Drink - tea
Place - London
Moment - before I die
Sound - piano
Taste - chocolate
Look - into the sky
Dream - meeting my hero
Music - jazz
Material - velvet
Word - agenda
Book - yellow pages
Animal - Lollypop & Sony
Insect - I hate them all
Fish - cod
Bird - humming
Tree - oak
Flower - daffodil
Thing - my Mac
Smell - grass
Film - Taxi Driver
Sport - motor racing
Picture - in my mind
Programme - grand prix
Group - The Pumpkins
Number - 5
Pastime - flying
Person - Leslie
Love - Leslie
And Hate - everything & nothing
Describe yourself in 13 words - happy happy happy happy sad older wiser? wiser older...
Describe the others in 13 words -brothers friends funny annoying clever brilliant mates...