Broadcasted Live Performances
Even though very few official live recordings were officially released, some of Nik Kershaw's live performances were broadcasted on radio, TV, and, much later The Internet.
Here is a list of some of them...
Note that both fan-made bootleg recordings and miming ("fake live") TV performances are not listed on this web page.
1/ From 1984 to 1997
H02.1.01 Live At Goffert, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Human Racing Tour
Monday 18th June 1984 - Radio Broadcast
Incomplete
01 (Introduction and technical problems)
02 Shame On You
03 Cloak And Dagger
04 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
05 Faces
06 Bogart (Long introduction with additional lyrics)
07 Gone To Pieces
08 Wouldn't It Be Good
H02.1.02 Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Riddle Tour
February 19th 1985 - Radio Broadcast
01 Roses
02 Know How
03 Dancing Girls
04 Bogart
05 City Of Angels
06 Cloak And Dagger [MOST OF THE SONG IS MISSING]
07 Wild Horses
08 Gone To Pieces [MOST OF THE SONG IS MISSING]
09 Save The Whale
10 The Riddle
11 Shame On You [MOST OF THE SONG IS MISSING]
12 Wide Boy
13 Human Racing
14 Drum Talk
15 Wouldn't It Be Good
16 You Might [MOST OF THE SONG IS MISSING]
17 Faces
18 Don Quixote [MOST OF THE SONG IS MISSING]
19 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
[Listen to parts of it HERE]
H02.1.03 Live At The Ritz, New York, NY, USA
April 13th 1985 - TV Broadcast
Incomplete
01 Cloak And Dagger
02 The Riddle
03 Wide Boy
04 Human Racing
05 Wouldn't It Be Good
06 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
[Watch it HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
Note that a bootleg audio recording of the full concert can be found on the Internet.
H02.1.04 Live At The Town And Country Club, London, England
Radio Musicola Tour
February 8th 1987 - In Concert BBC Broadcast
Incomplete
01 BBC Introduction
02 Wide Boy
03 Don't Let Me Out Of Cage
04 When A Heart Beats
05 Radio Musicola
06 James Cagney
07 The Riddle
08 Bogart
09 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
10 What The Papers Say
11 Nobody Knows
12 Wouldn't It Be Good
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.1.05 Meltdown Concert, England
Radio Musicola Tour
1987 - UK TV Broadcast
Incomplete
01 Running Scared
02 Don Quixote
03 Wide Boy [Watch it HERE]
04 The Riddle
05 Radio Musicola [Watch it HERE]
06 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
07 Wouldn't It Be Good [LAST NOTES MISSING]
[Watch all HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
2/ From 1998 to 2008
H02.2.01 Live At Club 1, Ascot, England
15 Minutes Tour
June 9th 1998 - Radio Broadcast
Incomplete
01 Radio Musicola
02 Have A Nice Life
03 Bogart
04 God Bless
05 Somebody Loves You
06 Oxygen (Acoustic)
07 Billy
08 Don Quixote
09 Your Brave Face
10 15 Minutes
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
Note that a bootleg audio recording of the full concert can be found on the Internet.
H02.2.02 Live At Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany
15 Minutes Tour
April 9th 1999 - Radio Broadcast
Incomplete
01 Radio Musicola
02 What Do You Think Of It So Far?
03 Wide Boy
04 Stick Around
05 Bogart
06 Somebody Loves You
07 The Riddle
08 Wouldn't It Be Good
09 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.2.03 Live In Germany
15 Minutes Tour
May 4th 1999 - NDR2 Radio Broadcast
Incomplete
It is unclear where and when this concert was truly performed.
01 Radio Musicola
02 What Do You Think Of It So Far?
03 Wide Boy
04 Have A Nice Life
05 Stick Around
06 Bogart
07 Dancing Girls
08 Somebody Loves You
09 Cowboys And Indians
10 The Riddle
11 Made In Heaven (FINAL NOTES MISSING)
12 When A Heart Beats (BEGINNING OF THE SONG & FINAL NOTES MISSING)
14 15 Minutes
15 Wouldn't It Be Good
[Listen to them HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.2.04 Live At MCM Cafe, Paris, France
15 Minutes Tour
May 20th 1999 - MCM TV Broadcast
Incomplete
01 What Do You Think Of It So Far? [Watch it HERE]
02 Wide Boy [Watch it HERE]
03 Have A Nice Life
04 Stick Around (with Bogart intro at the end, though the song is missing)
05 Somebody Loves You [Watch it HERE]
06 The Riddle [Watch it HERE]
07 Billy
08 Don Quixote [Watch it HERE]
09 Wouldn't It Be Good
10 15 Minutes
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.2.05 Live At Radio 2
17:27 interview including two live acoustic tracks :
01 Wounded [Listen to it HERE - Starts at 2:47]
02 Show Them What You're Made Of [Listen to it HERE - Starts at 11:50]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.2.06 Liverpool Live And Intimate, England
June 22nd 2005 - Magic Radio 1548 Broadcast
01 The Riddle (Acoustic)
02 Dancing Girls (Acoustic)
03 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Acoustic)
04 Wide Boy (Acoustic)
05 Wouldn't It Be Good (Acoustic)
[Listen to them HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.2.07 Radio 2 Gulf
2006 - Radio 2 Gulf Broadcast
01 Oh, You Beautiful Thing (Acoustic)
02 The Riddle (Acoustic)
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.2.08 NRK1 TV, Norway (2008 March 01st)
Mars 1st 2008 - Norway TV show "Den store klassefesten" (The big reunion) Broadcast
01 Wouldn't It Be Good [Watch it HERE]
02 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
3/ From 2009 to 2019
H02.3.01 Live At Stars@NRD2, Büsum, Germany
August 21st 2010 - TV Broadcast
01 The Riddle
02 Wouldn't It Be Good
03 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
[Watch them all HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.02 All sang på Grensen, Norway
July 6th 2011 - TV2 Norge Broadcast
01 The Riddle
02 Wouldn't It Be Good
[Watch them HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.03 Live On The Weekend Wogan Show, BBC2 Radio, London, England
Guest Nik Kershaw performed two live acoustic tracks:
01 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (*) [Listen to it HERE]
02 The Sky's The Limit
(*) "Goodbye Yellow Brick" co-written by Bernie Taupin (Lyrics) and Elton John (Music).
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.04 Live on I Migliaori Anni VI Show, RAI TV, Italy
March 9th 2013 - RAI TV Broadcast
01 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me & The Riddle (Medley) [Watch them HERE]
02 Wouldn't It Be Good
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.05 All sang på Grensen, TV2, Norway
2014 - Norway TV2 Broadcast
01 The Riddle
02 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.06 Mandoki Soulmates Legendary Friendship
2015 TV Broadcast
Though the full concert was filmed, parts were not broadcasted.
This is NOT a Nik Kershaw concert but he performs guitars and vocals on some songs:
01 Look Up To The Sky
02 On and On
03 The Riddle
04 Daydream
05 Imagine
Nik Kershaw also performed "Wouldn't It Be Good" and "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" but both songs were not broadcasted.
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.07 Live On The Weekend Wogan Show, BBC2 Radio, London, England
Guest Nik Kershaw performed two live acoustic tracks:
01 Dancing Girls
02 The Riddle
[Listen to the interview and live performances HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.08 Live On BBC2 Radio, London, England
Guests Nik Kershaw & Go West performed two live acoustic tracks:
01 Hold Back The River [Listen to it HERE]
02 Wouldn't It Be Good
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.09 Let's Rock Christmas
2017 Youtube Broadcast
01 The Riddle
02 Wouldn't It Be Good
03 The One and Only
04 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.10 Night Grooves
January 2018 - Two different German TV Broadcasts.
01 Wouldn't It Be Good
02 The Riddle [Shortened version]
03 Dancing Girls
and
04 The Riddle [Full version]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.11 Live in Germany - Der WDR4 Konzertherbst
2018 - WDR4 Radio Broadcast
Though the full concert was filmed, parts were not broadcasted.
01 Wide Boy
02 Dancing Girls
03 When A Heart Beats
04 Have A Nice Life
05 The Riddle
06 Ashes To Ashes [David Bowie Cover]
07 Radio Musicola
08 The One and Only
09 Human Racing
10 Don Quixote
11 Wouldn't It Be Good
12 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.12 Live at Veranstaltungsgelände, Bad Gögging, Germany
July 30th 2018 - TV Broadcast
01 These Tears
02 Wide Boy
03 Can't Get Arrested
04 Dancing Girls
05 When A Heart Beats
06 Have A Nice Life
07 The Riddle
08 Bogart
09 Ashes To Ashes [David Bowie Cover]
10 Radio Musicola
11 Human Racing
12 The One and Only
13 Cowboys and Indians
14 Don Quixote
15 The Sky's The Limit
16 Wouldn't It Be Good
17 You Might
18 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
19 Roses
20 Human [The Killers Cover]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
This concert video recording was released on VOD format by MFP concert in late 2021.
The VOD version is NOT the complete concert but has an interview with Nik Kershaw with it.
H02.3.13 80's Classical, BBC Radio-2, London
2019 - BBC Radio-2 Broadcast
01 The Riddle
02 Human Racing
03 Wouldn't It Be Good
04 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.14 Bayern 1 Wohnzimmerkonzert, Landsberg am Lech, Germany
May 21st - Bayern 1 Broadcast
01 [Intro]
02 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
03 The Sky's The Limit
04 Oh You Beautiful Thing
05 The Boxer [Simon & Garfunkel Cover]
06 Ashes To Ashes [David Bowie Cover]
07The Riddle
08 Dancing Girls
09 Wide Boy
10 Wouldn't It Be Good
11 The One and Only
12 Have A Nice Life
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.15 Lounge In Concert
July 22nd 2019 - HR1 Video Livestream, and later Radio Broadcast
01 Wide Boy
02 Can't Get Arrested
03 Dancing Girls
04 When A Heart Beats
05 Have A Nice Life
06 The Riddle
07 Don Quixote
08 Cowboys and Indians
09 Ashes To Ashes [David Bowie Cover]
10 Radio Musicola
11 Wouldn't It Be Good
12 Human Racing
13 The One and Only
14 The Sky's The Limit
15 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
16 Human [The Killers Cover]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
H02.3.16 Gottschalksgroße 80er Show
October 26th 2019 - TV Broadcast
01 Wouldn't It Be Good
02 The Riddle [Chorus only sang in duet with Thomas Gottschalks]
[Watch to it HERE]
NOT AVAILABLE on any official CD
4/ From 2020 to 2024
H02.4.01 Arena Suzuki '60 '70 '80 e... '90
2022 - Rai1 Broadcast
01 The Riddle