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.

Set list

This set list is from the February 17, 1994 concert in Paris, France. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour.
  1. "Human Behaviour"
  2. "Atlantic"
  3. "One Day"
  4. "Venus as a Boy"
  5. "Come to Me"
  6. "The Anchor Song"
  7. "Aeroplane"
  8. "Play Dead"
  9. "Crying"
  10. "Violently Happy"
  11. "There's More to Life Than This"
  12. "Big Time Sensuality"
;Encore
  2. "Army of Me"
  3. "The Modern Things"

    Other songs performed

  • During the August 19, 1993 show in London, Björk performed "Like Someone in Love", "Síðasta Ég" and "Stígðu Mig".
  • An unreleased song, tentatively called "Moðir", was performed during the June 25, 1994 show in Pilton.
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Tour dates

Date CityCountryVenueOpening act
January 21Gold CoastAustraliaGold Coast Parklandsrowspan=13
January 23MelbourneAustraliaRoyal Melbourne Showgrounds-
January 26SydneyAustraliaSydney Showground-
January 29AdelaideAustraliaRoyal Adelaide Showgrounds-
February 2FremantleAustraliaFremantle Oval-
February 3OsakaJapanShinsaibashi Club Quattro-
February 7TokyoJapanShibuya On Air East-
February 8TokyoJapanShibuya On Air East-
February 9TokyoJapanShibuya On Air East-
February 17ParisFranceÉlysée Montmartre-
February 18ParisFranceÉlysée Montmartre-
February 19MadridSpainPacha-
February 24LondonEnglandRoyalty Theatre-
February 26LondonEnglandBrixton AcademyThe Black Dog
May 23LandgraafNetherlandsMegalandrowspan=4
May 25Los AngelesUnited StatesGlam Slam West-
June 8LondonEnglandThe Astoria-
June 9MilanItalyCity Square-
June 19ReykjavíkIcelandLaugardalshöllBubbleflies
Underworld
June 25PiltonEnglandWorthy Farmrowspan=3
June 28RoskildeDenmarkFestivalpladsen-
July 2BelfortFrancePresqu'île de Malsaucy-
July 22BlackpoolEnglandEmpress BallroomSaint Etienne
808 State
July 27BlackpoolEnglandEmpress Ballroom808 State
July 30LanarkshireScotlandStrathclyde Country Parkrowspan=2
July 31ThurlesIrelandSemple Stadium-

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performance

Personnel

All credits adapted from Vessel.
Band
  • Björk – vocals
  • Ike Leo – bass
  • Leila Arab – keyboards
  • Guy Sigsworth – keyboards, programming
  • Dan Lipman – sax, flute, tambourine
  • Tansay Omar – drums
  • Talvin Singh – tablas, percussion
Technical