Friday, Dec 29, 1989
The Cult
Also on the bill: Bonham
- Date
- Friday, Dec 29, 1989
- Venue
- San Diego Sports Arena
- City
- San Diego, CA
- Seating
- Loge
- Face value
- $18.50
- Promoter
- Coca-Cola and Avalon
- Sold by
- Ticketmaster
Also on the bill, recovered from setlist.fm's record of who played this room that night. setlist.fm stores no running order, so the slot each act played is unknown.
What they played
- New York City
- Lil' Devil
- Automatic Blues
- Love
- American Horse
- Sun King
- Soul Asylum
- Edie (Ciao Baby)
- Rain
- Peace Dog
- Sweet Soul Sister
- Wild Flower
- Fire Woman
- She Sells Sanctuary
- Born to Be Wild Mars Bonfire cover
- Love Removal Machine
17 songs, from setlist.fm. Contributed by whoever was standing there taking notes.
What Bonham played
- The Disregard of Timekeeping
- Wait for You
- Guilty
- Bringing Me Down
- Playing to Win
- Dreams
- Black Dog Led Zeppelin cover
7 songs, from setlist.fm.
The moment
Sonic Temple was the year the Cult completed their transformation — Bradford goth cult to Bob Rock-produced arena hard rock, 'Fire Woman' on rock radio, Ian Astbury in full shaman-frontman flight — and they closed 1989 in a San Diego arena two nights before New Year's. Jason Bonham's band was on this bill too, making him the only opener in the archive John caught under two different headliners in the same city within a year. The Cult would appear on three of John's stubs across four years; this was the biggest room.
From the time
- Sonic Temple
“The 1989 Bob Rock-produced album that carried the Cult from goth clubs to American arenas.”
The stub
