The list so far, based on flyers and posters shared on the group and a bit of poking about on the internet confirming where various days fell to work out the years.

Gigs in 1988 were actually Baz McHat Promotions, the name changed to Wilde Club when the nights became regular in 1989. Another promotional name was Lynch Pin which was used for the second Nirvana gig at the Waterfront in 1990. There was also a short tenure for a series of events under the name Bop Machine at The Jacquard around 1992.

I’ll try and keep this updated with any new stuff, We’re also on the look out for any posters, photographs or memorabilia.

Last updated 10.30 – 12/12/2022.

Header photo: Rob Kelly Carl Puttnam of Cud, 21/05/1990

Help us

If you have any other information we need it. Flyers are very useful, as are posters. It helps if they’re typed into the message or email as it saves me a lot of messing about doing it – but this isn’t essential.

Also if anyone has any photos of bands or general Wilde Club activity that would be good.

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1988

Date Headline Support Venue Day Additional
09/06/1988 Catapult Shine! NAC Thursday As Baz McHat
22/06/1988 King Of The Slums Murmur Troop NAC Wednesday As Baz McHat
03/08/1988 Bob The Never Never + Martin Baker NAC Wednesday As Baz McHat
28/09/1988 Cud Eden + June Recruits NAC Wednesday As Baz McHat
05/10/1988 Darling Buds Corn Dollies + Shine! NAC Wednesday As Baz McHat
24/10/1988 Flatmates Choo Choo Train + The Never Never NAC Monday As Baz McHat
09/11/1988 King Of The Slums Potting Sheds NAC Wednesday As Baz McHat
23/11/1988 Dub Sex Republic + Helter Skelter NAC Wednesday As Baz McHat
15/12/1988 Thrilled Skinny Rhetoric + Goober Patrol NAC Thursday As Baz McHat

1989

Date Headline Support Venue Day Additional
17/01/1989 14 Iced Bears Catapault + The Bardots + Shine! NAC Tuesday Was intended to be Inspiral Carpets
31/01/1989 Wolfhounds Republic + The Purple NAC Tuesday  
07/02/1989 Bob Friends + David Bryant NAC Tuesday  
09/02/1989 Mega City 4 Rhetoric + Loaded NAC Thursday  
13/02/1989 My Bloody Valentine Silverfish + Shine! NAC Monday  
21/02/1989 Shamen Basti + Bardots NAC Tuesday  
04/03/1989 Train Set June Recruits + The NIvens + Fire House 7 NAC Saturday  
07/03/1989 Four Brothers ? NAC Tuesday  
21/03/1989 McCarthy East Village + Shine! NAC Tuesday  
25/03/1989 Close Lobsters Jive Turkey + Republic + The Legendary Gazelles NAC Saturday  
11/04/1989 Inspiral Carpets Rumblefish + Shine! NAC Tuesday  
17/04/1989 Slab Bardots + Matt Black & Emulsions NAC Monday  
10/05/1989 Mudhoney Basti + Smoking Mirror NAC Wednesday  
16/05/1989 Edsel Auctioneer Green Fuzz + The Purple NAC Tuesday  
30/05/1989 Cud The Bardots + Matt Black and the Emulsions NAC Tuesday  
06/06/1989 Mega City 4 Thrilled Skinny + Goober Patrol NAC Tuesday  
20/06/1989 Birdland Edsel Auctioneer + Brain Drain ’69 NAC Tuesday  
24/06/1989 Brilliant Corners Hover Chairs + The Turning Point NAC Saturday  
03/07/1989 Catapault Replicas NAC Monday  
08/07/1989 Heart Throbs Blab Happy + June Recruits NAC Saturday  
10/07/1989 Snuff HDQ + Rhetoric NAC Monday  
17/07/1989 King of the Slums Basti + The Replicas NAC Monday (KotS didn’t play)
24/07/1989 Slab! Republics + The Nivens NAC Monday  
29/07/1989 Death by Milkfloat Phil Hartley (ex-Bogshed) + A Boy Called Tracy NAC Saturday  
31/07/1989 Field Mice Shine! + Spinning Jennys NAC Monday  
05/08/1989 A Witness Shrug + Madigan NAC Saturday  
11/09/1989 Head of David Nerve Wrack + Bite! NAC Monday  
18/09/1989 Telescopes The Replicas + Power Poppies NAC Monday  
25/09/1989 Thee Hypnotics The Wild Poppies + Violet Voodoo NAC Monday  
02/10/1989 King of the Slums Basti + 2 Lost Sons NAC Monday  
09/10/1989 Benny Profane The Charlottes + The Potting Sheds NAC Monday  
23/10/1989 Cud Republic + A Boy Called Tracy NAC Monday  
27/10/1989 4 Brothers The Turning Point NAC Friday  
30/10/1989 TAD + Nirvana Brain Drain 69 (who didn’t play) NAC Monday Double Headline
06/11/1989 Bob friends + Spinning Jennys NAC Monday  
20/11/1989 Wolfhounds Shine! + Turning Point NAC Monday  
27/11/1989 Kitchens of Distinction The Bardots NAC Monday  
04/12/1989 Colorblind James Experience God’s Little Monkeys NAC Monday  
09/12/1989 Groove Farm Spinning Jennys + Circle Sky NAC Saturday  
11/12/1989 Galaxie 500 Wild Poppies NAC Monday  
23/12/1989 Republic Replicas + Honey Buzzards + Spinning jennys + Potting Sheds NAC Sunday  

1990

12/01/90

Bardots

Shine! +Circle Sky 

NAC

Fri

Launch night for Shine!/Bardots 12” EP (Wilde Club Records)

15/01/00

Telescopes

Jackson +Bleach

NAC

Mon

  

22/01/90

Fatima Mansions

The Prayer Boat +Up!

NAC

Mon

  

29/01/90

Charlottes

Circle Sky

NAC

Mon

  

05/02/90

Ride

Republic +Violet Voodoo

NAC

Mon

  

12/02/90

Thrilled Skinny

Bah Humbugs + Beaver Fever

NAC

Mon

  

19/02/90

Edsel Auctioneer

Honey Buzzards +Virtually Fat Freez +Gas Poets

NAC

Mon

  

26/01/90

Senseless Things

Blab Happy +Scumhaters

NAC

Mon

  

05/03/90

Pale Saints & Lush

Replicas

NAC

Mon

Co-Headliner. Leeds area band Gentle Despite were scheduled to play, but failed to turn up…

12/03/90

Chills

McCarthy +Gas Poets

NAC

Mon

  

16/03/90

Basti

Pinkie MacLure and the Puritans +Bah Humbugs

NAC

Mon

  

19/03/90

Brilliant Corners

Prudes +Spinning Jennys

NAC

Mon

  

26/03/90

Kit

Emma Gibbs Loves Badges +Honey Buzzards

NAC

Mon

  

02/04/90

Popguns

Shine! +Potting Sheds

NAC

Mon

  

23/04/90

Family Cat

Becketts +Circle Sky

NAC

Mon

  

26/04/90

Asphalt Ribbons

Caz Carnaby Five +Yoghurt Belly

NAC

Thurs

  

30/04/90

Bob

Penny Candles +Tracey

NAC

Mon

  

07/05/90

Fatima Mansions

The Mothers +Virtually Fat Freez

NAC

Mon

  

14/05/90

Silverfish

Bleach +Beaver Fever

NAC

Mon

  

21/05/90

Cud

Keatons +In-Laws

NAC

Mon

  

23/05/90

Ultra Vivid Scene

Critical Mass +Replicas

NAC

Wed

  

29/05/90

New Fast Automatic Daffodils

Bardots +A Better Mousetrap

NAC

Tue

  

04/06/90

Snuff

Drive +Goober Patrol

NAC

Mon

  

08/06/90

Basti

Jager Chor + Torn In Two

NAC

Fri

  

11/06/90

Heart Throbs

Republic

NAC

Mon

  

18/06/90

Rig

Circle Sky +Bah Humbugs +Mean Things

NAC

Mon

  

25/06/90

Head Of David

Th’ Faith Healers

NAC

Mon

  

02/07/90

Buffalo Tom

Colon +Delta Radio

NAC

Mon

  

09/07/90

Lemonheads

The Sect +Goober Patrol

NAC

Mon

  

13/07/90

Bardots

Blair 1523 +Bah Humbugs +Spinning Jennys +New World Persuasion

NAC

Fri

  

16/07/90

Senseless Things

Replicas +The Shout!

NAC

Mon

  

23/07/90

Charlottes

Jane Pow +Honey Buzzards +Devonia +Midfield Generals

NAC

Mon

  

30/07/90

Swervedriver

Bite +Violet Voodoo

NAC

Mon

  

06/08/90

Republic

Inside Out +Circle Sky +Torn In Two

NAC

Mon

  

03/09/90

Boo Radleys

Blair 1523 +MacBreth +Devonia

NAC

Mon

  

10/09/90

Jane From Occupied Europe

Bah Humbugs +A Better Mousetrap +Mean Things

NAC

Mon

  

17/09/90

Shine!

Replicas +Virtually Fat Freez

NAC

Mon

  

24/09/90

Bardots

Candy Thieves +Honey Buzzards +Catherine Wheel

NAC

Mon

  

01/10/90

Heavenly

Spinning Jennys +Potting Sheds

NAC

Mon

  

08/10/90

Mega City 4

Drive

NAC

Mon

Spitfire were due to open the bill, but pulled out a day or two before.

29/10/90

Nirvana

L7 +Jacob’s Mouse

Waterfront

Mon

As “Linch-Pin Promotions”

12/11/90

Circle Sky

Devonia +Mean Things +Sherbs

NAC

Mon

  

19/11/90

Cranes

Catherine Wheel +From Their Heads Came

NAC

Mon

  

03/12/90

Charlottes

Tracey +Jager Chor +Railway Badgers

NAC

Mon

  

20/12/90

Bardots

Catherine Wheel +Mean Things +Violet Voodoo +MacBreth

NAC

Thurs

  

1991

 

28/01/91 Orchids Spinning Jennys + Sherbs +Colour Form NAC Mon  
11/02/91 Slowdive Catherine Wheel +Passing Clouds +Chlorine NAC Mon  
25/02/91 Rumblefish Devonia +Mean Things +Stare NAC Mon  
11/03/91 Popguns Bah Humbugs +Rachel Papers NAC Mon  
18/03/91 Drive Thrilled Skinny +Slag +Jager Chor NAC Mon  
01/04/91 Basti Suncharms +From Their Heads Came NAC Mon  
08/04/91 Catherine Wheel Earwig +Potting Sheds +Badgers NAC Mon  
29/04/91 Tad Mass +Goober Patrol NAC Mon  
06/05/91 Family Cat Keatons +Spinning Jennys +Stare NAC Mon  
20/05/91 Rig Bah Humbugs +MacBreth +Page 3 Boys NAC Mon  
27/05/91 Curve Suncharms NAC Mon  
03/06/91 Barbel Sherbs +Beaver Fever +Rachel Papers NAC Mon  
10/06/91 Th’ Faith Healers Gallon Drunk +Deviated Instinct +Sin City Shakeout NAC Mon  
17/06/91 Moose Cranberries +Kites NAC Mon  
24/06/91 Bardots Passing Clouds +Jager Chor +Curio NAC Mon  
01/07/91 Langfield Crane MacBreth +Number Six +Breakers NAC Mon “End of Exams Party”
15/07/91 Bob Spinning Jennys +Colour Form +Storm House NAC Mon  
03/08/91 Suncharms Potting Sheds +Mean Things +Fish Logic NAC Sat  
09/09/91 Virtually Fat Freez Cherry Forever NAC Mon  
16/09/91 Venus Beads Thrilled Skinny +Elmerhassel NAC Mon  
23/09/91 Earwig Rachel Papers +Storm House +This Big Idea NAC Mon  
07/10/91 Family Cat Becketts +Stare NAC Mon  
14/10/91 Honey Buzzards Sherbs +Sugarhouse NAC (In the Bar) Mon  
27/10/91 Catherine Wheel Suncharms +Red Hour NAC Sun  
09/12/91 Stereolab Perspex Whiteout +This Big Idea +Four Crew Cycle NAC Mon  
16/12/91 Zuzu’s Petals Goober Patrol +Long Siders +Beaver Fever NAC Mon  
23/12/91 Stare Potting Sheds +Badgers +Bruise +Spinning Jennys +The Cat’s Flat NAC Mon “Wilde Club Christmas Party”
1992          
24/04/1992 Bang Bang Machine Basinger + Badgers + Cherry Forever + Potting Sheds + Storm House      
14/07/1992 Ludicrous Lollipops Lovejunk + Hybrid Art + Diversion + Ripley’s Kids NAC Tuesday  
21/07/1992 Cherry Forever Delta Radio + Humphrey’s Go-Kart + Full Hairy Effect NAC Tuesday  
28/07/1992 Keatons Spinning Jennys + Chief Lickers + Pure NAC Tuesday  
01/08/1992 The Badgers The Replicas + My Giddy Aunt + Rush Me Under + Mandrax Incident NAC Saturday  
04/08/1992 Storm House See the Jaguar+ Midfield Generals + Horney Pig NAC Tuesday  
11/08/1992 Elmerhassel Horace Goes Skiing + BNA NAC Tuesday  
11/08/1992 Lovejunk Macbreth + Handsome NAC Friday  
25/08/1992 Hybrid Art Millers + God’s Acre + Waddle NAC Tuesday  
25/08/1992 Blab Happy Spinning Jennys + Humphrey’s Go-Kart + Hungry Face NAC Friday  
11/09/1992 Lovejunk McBreth NAC    
06/10/1992 Foreheads in a fishtank My Giddy Aunt + Mean Things + Ginge NAC Tuesday  
17/10/1992 Stare Badgers + Passing Clouds NAC Saturday  
19/10/1992 Mr Ray’s Wig World Sugarman + Full Hairy Effect + Big Bird on a Tryke NAC Monday  
03/11/1992 Adorable Strangelove + Diversion + Horace Goes Skiing NAC Tuesday  
10/11/1992 Drop Nineteens Hypnotize + Endless Drone NAC Tuesday  
01/12/1992 Ludicrous Lollipops Humphrey’s Go-Kart + Dig + Infant Kiss NAC Tuesday  
15/12/1992 Skink Backwards Dog + God’s Acre + Red Dress NAC Tuesday  
22/12/1992 Badgers Sugarman + Diversion + My Giddy Aunt + Red Ink NAC Tuesday  
1993          
15/02/1993 Belly Passing Clouds NAC    
25/02/1993 Even As We Speak Rachel Papers + Excel      
30/03/1993 Lovejunk Revolving Jones + Extension Leads + Magoo NAC Tuesday  
10/04/1993 Elmerhassel Republic + Diversion + X-Men Crue NAC Saturday  
13/04/1993 Honey Buzards 59 Reasons + Bruise NAC Tuesday  
26/04/1993 Stereolab The Bardots NAC Monday  
04/05/1993 Cranberries + ? NAC Tuesday  
10/05/1993 Cornershop Mambo Taxi + ? NAC Monday  
11/05/1993 Moonshake Yoghurt Belly + ? NAC Tuesday  
18/05/1993 Mr Ray’s Wig World + ? NAC Tuesday  
25/05/1993 Tsunami Steerpike + ? NAC Tuesday  
01/06/1993 Revs + ? NAC Tuesday  
07/06/1993 The Walkabouts Endless Drone + Fur + Exhibition      
14/06/1993 Jacob’s Mouse Bivouac +The Red Dress + Compact Pussycat NAC Monday  
28/06/1993 Polvo Horace Goes Skiing + Handsome NAC Monday  
26/07/1993 Even As We Speak Humphrey’s Go-Kart + Mandrax Incident + Pitkins NAC Monday  
23/08/1993 Noisebox Records Steerpike + Spellbound + Ivy + Lemongrowers NAC Monday  
13/09/1993 Stereolab Codiac + Fir + Still Spin NAC Monday  
20/09/1993 Scrawl Spinning Jennys + ? NAC Monday  
27/09/1993 Sidi Bou Said + ? NAC Monday  
04/10/1993 Drop Nineteens Antenna + Pineapple + NFL NAC Monday  
18/10/1993 Hair & Skin Trading Company Pram + Hypnotize + Delta Radio NAC Monday  
25/10/1993 Heavenly The Bardots + Lois UEA LCR Monday  
01/11/1993 Mambo Taxi + ? NAC Monday  
08/11/1993 Tindersticks + ? NAC Monday  
20/12/1993 Steerpike My Giddy Aunt + Joyland NAC Monday  
1994          
06/06/1994 Oasis Sulphur NAC Monday  
09/08/1994 Shed Seven Nose + Whisk NAC    
19/12/1994 4 bands   Waterfront    
1995          
27/02/1995 Sleeper Nyack + Blue Script Waterfront Monday  
06/03/1995 Spitfire Joeys + Shift NAC Monday  
13/03/1995 Orange Deluxe Fiel Garvie + Des Lynam Allstars NAC Monday  
20/03/1995 Dye Waddle + unknown NAC Monday  
27/03/1995 Man or Astroman Magoo + Axion Jax NAC Monday  
03/04/1995 Prolapse Support unknown NAC Monday  
10/04/1995 Thurman Support unknown NAC Monday  
24/04/1995 Fitz of Depression Goober Patrol NAC Monday  
03/05/1995 Shaker Maker Tour Powder + Strangelove + Pusherman + Elcka? Waterfront   Not sure about this one
08/05/1995 60ft Dolls Naked + Joyland + Fashion Stoat NAC Monday  
15/05/1995 Cardiacs Sidi Bou Said NAC    
18/12/1995 The Delgados Action Jacks + Overhead + Velvia + Dog Toffee NAC Monday  
1996          
08/01/1996 Prolapse Yoghurt Belly + Smurftribe + Ray Speedway & the Devils of Pace NAC Monday  
15/01/1996 60ft Dolls Livingstone + Whisk NAC Monday  
22/01/1996 Catatonia Bluescript NAC Monday  
29/01/1996 Flaming Stars Action Jacks + Navigator NAC Monday  
05/02/1996 Perfume Pitkins NAC Monday  
12/02/1996 Urusei Yatsura Backwater + Hypnotize + Hard Cousin NAC Monday  
19/02/1996 Skyscraper Cable NAC    
04/03/1996 Solar Race ? NAC    
29/03/1996 Girls Against Boys Brainiac NAC    
15/04/1996 Cable ? NAC    
23/04/1996 Tornado Lue ? NAC    
01/04/1996 Lush Mantaray + The Joeys NAC Monday  
05/05/1996 Babybird ? NAC   unconfirmed
14/10/1996 Babybird ? NAC    
1997          
01/02/1997 Unknown?   Waterfront    
09/06/1997 Mogwai Navigator + Crest + Ohmik NAC Monday  
1998          
09/02/1998 Mogwai Aerial M + Navigator NAC Monday  
20/05/1998 Goldblade Formula One + Penthouse Dogs Fat Pauly’s Wednesday  
25/05/1998 Zen Guerilla Lounge Lizards + Profane + Intoxication PLC Fat Pauly’s Monday  
01/06/1998 Massey Half-Time Oranges + Oblivion Garage + Baker Fat Pauly’s Monday  
07/06/1998 Wilde in the Park Crest + Kaito + Pitkins + Phantom Cowboys + Grand Fromage Chapelfield Gardens Sunday  
08/06/1998 Mainstream Ripe + Hyperstation + Mandrax Incident Fat Pauly’s Monday  
10/10/1998 The Bigger Than God Grand Fromage + Redford + Mandrax Incident + Ego Fat Pauly’s Saturday Bridges Benefit
15/06/1998 Ganger Emulsion + Pistachio Couch Fat Pauly’s Monday  
22/06/1998 Electric Sound of Joy ? Fat Pauly’s Monday Provisional
29/06/1998 Soul Bossa ? Fat Pauly’s Monday Provisional
06/07/1998 Ruth ? Fat Pauly’s Monday  
1999          
15/08/1999 Wilde in the Park Kaito + Southpaw + Yellow Alert + Penthouse Dogs + Ego Chapelfield Gardens Sunday  
2000          
14/02/2000 Muse Soulwax NAC    
31/07/2000 Coldplay   NAC