1988.12.02 Mabel's, Champaign, IL

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1988.12.02 Mabel's, Champaign, IL

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Well it's only taken four and a half years but thanks to Susan from the Mabel's fan page on facebook I can finally tell you that the correct date of this show is December 2, 1988!

This date was added to the database based on it having been mentioned on page 133 of David Thompson's book The Saga of a Hypester.

As much as David gets ragged on for getting some things wrong in his book I gotta give him props as show after show he mentioned in his book end up getting confirmed.

When we first added this one to the database we listed it as taking place on 1?/??/1988.
Then based on fan memory we moved it to 11/24/1988 in between the two Cabaret Metro shows.

Now thanks to Susan we finally have it right. :cool:

December 02, 1988 - Mabel's, Champaign, IL
http://janesaddiction.org/tour/show/jan ... 2-02/1568/

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:thumb:

that's pretty awesome, I was actually on Mabel's FB page yesterday digging around some of their newer images :lol:
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helicine wrote::thumb:

that's pretty awesome, I was actually on Mabel's FB page yesterday digging around some of their newer images :lol:
They updated the group yesterday and I commented on my post requesting info on this show but got nothing.
Then late last night Susan posted about going to the show and I pounced on the opportunity in hopes of finally getting this one resolved.

Susan was really sweet and scanned and emailed me her ticket within minutes of me asking her for it.
She's a lot like other fans I've run across over the years in that she was more than willing to help the cause.

It's fans like her that make doing what we do in this section possible in many instances.

Knowing the exact date of this show makes the dates of the surrounding shows come just a little more into focus.
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Re: 1988.12.02 Mabel's, Champaign, IL

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wow, $6...
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sonny wrote:wow, $6...
She got ripped off! :lol:

I only paid $5 when I saw them a few days later here in Cleveland.

December 06, 1988 - Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, OH
http://janesaddiction.org/tour/show/jan ... 12-06/362/

Of course I got ripped off too when you consider they did some shows for as little as $2 back in the day. :lol:

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Fuck that shit, Psi-Com's first gig was free and they gave you food too!
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:lmao:
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This was my first Jane's Addiction show. Amazing.
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Here are a couple of ads or flyers and the set list for this show. I found them all on the Mabel’s Facebook page. It’s pretty cool to be able to add the set list and opening act to this shows listing after all these years.
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