The Borderline Orange Yard, Manette Street, London, W1D 4AR
Found it on https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/the-borderline and claiming it.
Looks like Adam And The Ants played a few days before this.
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| 19 | David Devant and his Spirit Wife | |
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| 22 | Placebo 2 | |
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I was at this one, more from this year in my gigography for 1997. I saw David Devant and his Spirit Wife at least 33 times, and David Devant + his Spirit Wife related acts 1 times; Phoenix Festival @ Avon Park Raceway (1996), O'Neills (1996), Camden Falcon (1996), Camden Falcon ('96), Southampton Joiners ('96), Club Maker with David Devant @ ULU (1996), New Cross Venue (1996), Tunbridge Wells Forum (1996), Highbury Garage (1997), The Borderline (1997), Dingwalls ('97), University of Surrey Students Union (1997), Mean Fiddler (1997), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms ('97), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ Dingwalls (1997), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ Kings Cross Water Rats ('98), University of Surrey Students Union ('98), Mean Fiddler ('99), David Devant + His Spirit Wife @ Camden Falcon (1999), Highbury Garage ('00), Borders Bookstore ('00), O'Neills ('00), Borders Bookstore (2000), HQ Club ('00), Goldsmiths College ('01), Kings Cross Water Rats ('01), Mean Fiddler (2001), Kings Cross Water Rats (2002), Dingwalls (2004), Islington Academy (2004), Islington Academy ('06), David Devant + His Spirit Wife @ Kings Cross Water Rats (2022), and Kings Cross Water Rats (2025). Part of every gig I was at from 1987 to 2026. A natural step from my Best Gigs Ever weblog post. Yeah I know very nerdy, let's let that go though, I'm having fun reminiscing about these things.
Mon May 19 1997
Other gigs at The Borderline I attended are Atom Seed (1991).
Other gigs at The Borderline include Pearl Jam (2019), Inhaler (2019), blink-182 (1999), Muse (1999), Snow Patrol ('99), Cast (1999), Snow Patrol ('98), Hefner ('98), The Audience (1997), Belle + Sebastian ('96), The Coal Porters ('96), Tyla (1996), Bruce Willis ('96), Reef (1996), The Beyond (1991), Bingo Hand Job (REM) (1991), + Bingo Hand Job (REM) ('91).
🏷 david devant 🏷 borderline 🏷 london 🏷 adam and the ants 🏷 1997
Yep, deliberately unstyled.