The Small Print (live)

38%	MuseWiki ULD has 60/156 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

Live information
Name	The Small Print
Tours	Absolution (136) Origin of Symmetry (20)
First performance	26th May 2002
Latest performance	7th May 2005
Pro-shots	2004: London (12/20/2004) London (12/19/2004) Los Angeles (12/09/2004) Nurburg (06/05/2004) Landgraaf (05/31/2004) 2003: London (09/22/2003) 2002: Zambujeira (08/04/2002) Montreux (07/08/2002) Ostend (07/06/2002)
Audience footage	2004: Portland (09/26/2004) Melbourne (09/08/2004) Nimes (07/22/2004) Vienne (07/18/2004) Rome (06/12/2004) Lisbon (06/09/2004) Madrid (03/19/2004) Tokyo (02/07/2004) 2002: Fuji (07/26/2002) Belfort (07/07/2002) Moscow (05/26/2002)
Audio recordings	2005: Columbus (04/27/2005) St. Louis (04/26/2005) East Lansing (04/23/2005) Buffalo (04/21/2005) 2004: Los Angeles (12/08/2004) Nashville (11/30/2004) Philadelphia (11/11/2004) Auburn (09/25/2004) Brisbane (09/12/2004) Sydney (09/10/2004) Perth (09/05/2004) Nyon (07/23/2004) Vallauris (07/21/2004) Seattle (05/09/2004) Los Angeles (05/05/2004) Toronto (04/19/2004) Toulouse (03/22/2004) Orleans (03/15/2004) Rouen (03/14/2004) Hiroshima (02/14/2004) Tokyo (02/08/2004) 2003: Cardiff (12/01/2003) Manchester (11/29/2003) Nottingham (11/28/2003) Angers (11/08/2003) Brussels (11/07/2003) Rotterdam (11/06/2003) Lille (11/04/2003) Nancy (11/03/2003) Geneva (11/02/2003) Bologna (10/30/2003) Vienna (10/25/2003) Helsinki (10/11/2003) London (09/18/2003) 2002: Avenches (08/15/2002) Budapest (08/06/2002) Benicassim (08/02/2002) Ringe (07/04/2002) Imola (06/15/2002) St. Petersburg (05/28/2002)
# of performances	156
Uno Live Database	38% (missing 96/156 performances)

This page contains a list of all known performances of The Small Print.

Analysis and Explanation

The Small Print was one of the first songs from the Absolution era to be performed live and out of all Absolution-era songs debuted in 2002, The Small Print was performed the most often. The early version, known at the time by the acronym "TSP" or "The Smallprint", had an extended post-verse section, different lyrics, and a different solo. While performed very often in 2002, it was performed significantly less in 2003, only appearing at about half of the tour and was temporarily dropped after the Brighton in December 2003.

It wouldn't be until the February 2004 gig in Tokyo's Bay NK Hall that The Small Print would return to setlists and by which time Chris had taken over partial vocal duty during the chorus. Matt had been noticeably struggling singing the chorus by himself during the early stages of the Absolution Tour. He was audibly more breathless then he was during performances from even just a year prior in 2002. It was performed regularly for the rest 2004, and was played at most gigs in 2005 as well. However, after the conclusion of the Absolution tour in 2005, the song was dropped from the setlists.

The song has made no appearances since the conclusion of the Absolution Tour in 2005 and it looks unlikely it will be played live again anytime soon. It was rumoured that The Small Print and Apocalypse Please were being rehearsed for the Drones Tour in April 2015, and while Apocalypse Please would go on to be played during the tour, The Small Print wasn't played. Despite this, it was as a setlist option at the Shepherds Bush Empire 2017 by-request gig, indicating the band haven't given up on the song yet.

Please submit dead links/issues here.

Absolution Era

2005

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
20	2005-05-07	Austin Music Hall	Austin, TX, USA
19	2005-05-05	Cullum Auditorium	Houston, TX, USA
18	2005-05-04	Gypsy Tea Room and Ballroom	Dallas, TX, USA
17	2005-04-30	Jillian's	Louisville, KY, USA
16	2005-04-28	Manchester Field	Kent, OH, USA
15	2005-04-27	PromoWest Pavilion	Columbus, OH, USA	Listen here
14	2005-04-26	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA	Listen here [B]
13	2005-04-24	Emens Auditorium	Muncie, IN, USA
12	2005-04-23	Breslin Student Events Center	East Lansing, MI, USA	Listen here [B]
11	2005-04-21	Sphere Entertainment Complex	Buffalo, NY, USA	Listen here [B]
10	2005-04-20	Curry Hicks Cage	Amherst, MA, USA
9	2005-04-19	Jorgensen Auditorium	Mansfield, CT, USA
8	2005-04-17	Peterson Fieldhouse	Providence, RI, USA
7	2005-04-16	Cole Field House	College Park, MD, USA
6	2005-04-15	Liacouras Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA
5	2005-04-13	Disco Rodeo	Raleigh, NC, USA
4	2005-04-12	Dale F. Halton Arena	Charlotte, NC, USA
3	2005-04-10	Tabernacle	Atlanta, GA, USA
2	2005-04-09	Plush	Jacksonville, FL, USA
1	2005-04-08	Auditorium Field	Boca Raton, FL, USA

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
89	2004-12-20	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here [B]
88	2004-12-19	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	London, UK	Watch here [B]
87	2004-12-13	City Limits	Tucson, AZ, USA
86	2004-12-12	Marquee Theatre	Tempe, AZ, USA
85	2004-12-10	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (Live 105 Not So Silent Night)	San Francisco, CA, USA
84	2004-12-09	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here [B]
83	2004-12-08	Wiltern Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here [B]
82	2004-12-05	Gwinnett Arena (99x Mistletoe Jam)	Atlanta, GA, USA
81	2004-12-04	Sound Advice Ampitheatre (Buzz Bake Sale)	West Palm Beach, FL, USA
80	2004-12-02	House of Blues	Orlando, FL, USA
79	2004-11-30	The Mercy Lounge	Nashville, TN, USA	Listen here [B]
78	2004-11-28	Newport Music Hall	Columbus, OH, USA
77	2004-11-27	Pageant Concert Nightclub	St. Louis, MO, USA
76	2004-11-15	Quest Club	Minneapolis, MN, USA
75	2004-11-14	Eagles Club	Milwaukee, WI, USA
74	2004-11-13	Riviera Theatre	Chicago, IL, USA
73	2004-11-12	Clutch Cargo's	Detroit, MI, USA
72	2014-11-11	Y100 Studios	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Listen here [B]
71	2004-11-10	Mr. Smalls Theatre	Millvale, PA, USA
70	2004-11-09	Webster Hall	New York City, NY, USA
69	2004-11-08	Nightclub 9:30	Washington, DC, USA
68	2004-11-06	Electric Factory	Philadelphia, PA, USA
67	2004-11-05	Avalon	Boston, MA, USA
66	2004-11-04	Métropolis	Montréal, QC, Canada
65	2004-11-02	Capital	Ottawa, ON, Canada
64	2004-11-01	Kool Haus	Toronto, ON, Canada
63	2004-10-31	The Drink	London, ON, Canada
62	2004-10-28	Burton Cummings Theatre	Winnipeg, MB, Canada
61	2004-10-25	MacEwan Hall Ballroom	Calgary, AB, Canada
60	2004-10-22	In the Venue	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
59	2004-10-21	Fox Theatre	Boulder, CO, USA
58	2004-10-20	Sunshine Theatre	Albuquerque, NM, USA
57	2004-09-26	Bossanova Ballroom	Portland, OR, USA	Watch here [B]
56	2004-09-25	White River Amphitheatre (ENDfest)	Auburn, WA, USA	Listen here [B]
55	2004-09-24	Commodore Ballroom	Vancouver, BC, Canada
54	2004-09-21	The Warfield	San Francisco, CA, USA
53	2004-09-14	St. James Theatre	Auckland, New Zealand
52	2004-09-12	Brisbane River Stage	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Listen here [B]
51	2004-09-10	Hordern Pavilion	Sydney, NS, Australia	Listen here [B]
50	2004-09-08	Festival Hall	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here [B]
49	2004-09-07	Thebarton Theatre	Adelaide, SA, Australia
48	2004-09-05	Metropolis City Concert Club	Perth, WA, Australia	Listen here [B]
47	2004-08-11	DTE Energy Music Theatre (Curiosa)	Clarkston, MI, USA
46	2004-08-09	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre (Curiosa)	Toronto, ON, Canada
45	2004-08-07	Tweeter Center (Curiosa)	Boston, MA, USA
44	2004-08-04	Blossom Music Center (Curiosa)	Cleveland, OH, USA
43	2004-08-01	Tweeter Center at the Waterfront (Curiosa)	Camden, NJ, USA
42	2004-07-23	L'Asse (Paléo Festival - headline)	Nyon, VD, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
41	2004-07-22	Arènes de Nîmes (Festival de Nîmes)	Nîmes, France	Watch here
40	2004-07-21	Amphitheatre	Vallauris, France	Listen here [B]
39	2004-07-19	Festival les Nuits Bleues	Les Moutiers-en-Retz, France
38	2004-07-18	Antic Arena	Vienne, France	Watch here
37	2004-06-13	Flippaut Festival	Bologna, Italy
36	2004-06-12	Tennis Stadium	Rome, Italy	Watch here
35	2004-06-09	Parque do Tejo (Super Bock Super Rock)	Lisbon, Portugal	Watch here
34	2004-06-06	Zeppelinfeld (Rock im Park)	Nuremberg, Germany
33	2004-06-05	Nürburgring (Rock am Ring)	Nürburg, Germany	Watch here [B]
32	2004-05-31	Megaland (Pinkpop)	Landgraaf, LI, Netherlands	Watch here [B]
31	2004-05-10	Richards on Richards	Vancouver, BC, Canada
30	2004-05-09	Neumos Crystal Ball and Reading Room	Seattle, WA, USA	Listen here [B]
29	2004-05-08	Neumos Crystal Ball and Reading Room	Seattle, WA, USA
28	2004-05-06	Popscene	San Francisco, CA, USA
27	2004-05-05	Mayan Theatre	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Listen here
26	2004-05-04	Empire Events Center	Sacramento, CA, USA
25	2004-05-03	Brick by Brick	San Diego, CA, USA
24	2004-04-29	Club Sound	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
23	2004-04-23	Metro	Chicago, IL, USA
22	2004-04-22	Shelter	Detroit, MI, USA
21	2004-04-19	Mod Club Theatre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Listen here [B]
20	2004-04-18	Le Cabaret	Montréal, QC, Canada
19	2004-04-16	The Call	Providence, RI, USA
18	2004-04-15	Axis	Boston, MA, USA
17	2004-03-25	Mazda Palace	Turin, TO, Italy
16	2004-03-24	Le Summum	Grenoble, France
15	2004-03-22	Le Zénith	Toulouse, France	Listen here [B]
14	2004-03-20	Velódromo de Anoeta	Donostia-San Sebastián, SS, Spain
13	2004-03-19	Palacio Vistalegre	Madrid, Spain	Watch here (Incomplete)
12	2004-03-18	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada	Granada, GR, Spain
11	2004-03-16	Le Zénith	Clermont-Ferrand, France
10	2004-03-15	Zénith d'Orléans	Orléans, France	Listen here [B]
9	2004-03-14	Le Zénith	Rouen, France	Listen here [B]
8	2004-02-21	Ulster Hall	Belfast, UK
7	2004-02-14	Club Quattro	Hiroshima, Japan	Listen here [B]
6	2004-02-13	Zepp Fukuoka	Fukuoka, Japan
5	2004-02-12	Club Quattro	Osaka, Japan
4	2004-02-11	Namba Hach	Osaka, Japan
3	2004-02-09	Diamond Hall	Nagoya, Japan
2	2004-02-08	Shibuya AX	Tokyo, Japan	Listen here [B]
1	2004-02-07	Bay NK Hall	Tokyo, Japan	Watch here [B]

2003

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
27	2003-12-04	Brighton Centre	Brighton, UK
26	2003-12-03	NEC Arena	Birmingham, UK
25	2003-12-01	International Arena	Cardiff, UK	Listen here [B]
24	2003-11-29	Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester, UK	Listen here [B]
23	2003-11-28	National Ice Centre Arena	Nottingham, UK	Listen here [B]
22	2003-11-20	Sportzcentrum Tagerhard	Wettingen, Switzerland
21	2003-11-13	Razzmatazz	Barcelona, Spain
20	2003-11-08	Amphitheatre	Angers, France	Listen here [B]
19	2003-11-07	Forest National	Brussels, Belgium	Listen here
18	2003-11-06	Ahoy	Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands	Listen here [B]
17	2003-11-04	Zénith	Lille, France	Listen here
16	2003-11-03	Zénith	Nancy, France	Listen here
15	2003-11-02	Geneva Arena	Geneva, GE, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
14	2003-10-31	Sport Hall	Pordenone, PN, Italy
13	2003-10-30	Sporthall Piazza Azzarita	Bologna, BO, Italy	Listen here
12	2003-10-28	Sashall	Florence, FI, Italy
11	2003-10-27	Mazda Palace	Milan, MI, Italy
10	2003-10-25	Vienna Gasometer	Vienna, Austria	Listen here [B]
9	2003-10-24	Zenith	Munich, BY, Germany
8	2003-10-21	Columbiahalle	Berlin, BE, Germany
7	2003-10-19	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, HH, Germany
6	2003-10-14	Stockholm Cirkus	Stockholm, Sweden
5	2003-10-11	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland	Listen here [B]
4	2003-09-22	Carling Academy	London, UK	Watch here [B]
3	2003-09-18	Maida Vale Studios (BBC Radio 1)	London, UK	Listen here [B]
2	2003-09-07	Cologne	Cologne, NW, Germany
1	2003-09-05	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Belgium

NOTE: this is a recording from the Absolution sessions ^[B].

Origin of Symmetry era

2002

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
20	2002-08-24	Little John's Farm (Carling Weekend)	Reading, UK
19	2002-08-18	Hohenfelden Reservoir (Highfield Festival)	Hohenfelden, Germany
18	2002-08-16	Murifestival	Muri, Switzerland
17	2002-08-15	Arène d'Avenches (Rock Oz' Arènes)	Avenches, Switzerland	Listen here [B]
16	2002-08-06	Óbudai-Sziget (Sziget Fesztivál)	Budapest, BU, Hungary	Listen here [B]
15	2002-08-04	Herdade da Casa Branca (Festival Sudoeste)	Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal	Watch here [B]
14	2002-08-02	Festival Internacional de Benicàssim	Benicàssim, VC, Spain	Listen here [B]
13	2002-07-26	Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)	Yuzawa-machi, Japan	Watch here
12	2002-07-14	Laulurinne (Ilosaarirock)	Joensuu, IS, Finland
11	2002-07-12	Folkets Park (Arvikafestivalen)	Arvika, Sweden
10	2002-07-08	Miles Davis Hall (Montreux Jazz Festival)	Montreux, Switzerland	Watch here [B]
9	2002-07-07	Malsaucy (Eurockéennes)	Belfort, France	Watch here [B]
8	2002-07-06	Hippodrome Wellington (Seat Beach Rock)	Ostend, Belgium	Watch here [B]
7	2002-07-04	Midtfyns Festival[venue?]	Ringe, Denmark	Listen here
6	2002-07-02	Quart Festival[venue?]	Kristiansand, Norway
5	2002-06-30	H2000 Music Festival[venue?]	İstanbul, Turkey
4	2002-06-23	Steelworks Festival[venue?]	Luxembourg
3	2002-06-15	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Heineken Jammin' Festival)	Imola, BO, Italy	Listen here [B]
2	2002-05-28	Leningrad Youth Palace	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Listen here [B]
1	2002-05-26	Krylatskoye Sports Complex (Stunt Festival)	Moscow, Russia	Watch here [B]

See also

This is a table of Absolution-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Intro	Absolution	0	40	89	21	20	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	269
Apocalypse Please	Absolution	18	40	89	21	24	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	287
Time Is Running Out	Absolution	0	53	131	23	90	101	17	48	94	15	29	91	3	59	81	32	13	61	20	54	1016
Sing for Absolution	Absolution	0	41	76	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	137
Stockholm Syndrome	Absolution	0	49	129	22	90	101	17	34	86	15	17	52	3	28	22	21	10	57	10	10	773
Falling Away With You	Absolution	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interlude	Absolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	95	10	16	33	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	507
Hysteria	Absolution	17	51	133	23	89	97	17	49	95	12	16	60	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	964
Blackout	Absolution	0	45	36	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	103
Butterflies & Hurricanes	Absolution	0	47	126	22	71	89	16	1	7	4	0	6	2	0	5	6	0	0	0	3	405
The Small Print	Absolution	20	27	89	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
Fury	Absolution	3	0	11	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	34
Endlessly	Absolution	0	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist	Absolution	0	46	47	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
Ruled by Secrecy	Absolution	0	0	73	11	0	6	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
The Groove	Time Is Running Out	0	7	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	24
Eternally Missed	Hysteria	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

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