Oingo Boingo at Irvine Meadows

For those of us living in Southern California in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Halloween meant one thing: Oingo Boingo’s epic “Dia de los Muertos” concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego. We’ve posted this 1990 show before, but now we’ve got two full sets from 1987 — Oct. 30 and 31 at Irivne Meadows — all courtesy of YouTuber

Danny Elfman and Co.’s run of multi-night Halloween stands at Irivne Meadows from 1986 to 1991 were the stuff of legend (after taking 1992 off, the band returned to the venue for its ’93 concerts, but switched to the smaller Universal Amphitheatre in ’94 and played both venues for the band’s final concerts in ’95, memorialized on the Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre album and concert film).

So go back in time to 1987 and 1990 and relieve a very Boingo Halloween:

 

Setlist: Oingo Boingo, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA, 10/30/87

1. “Dead Man’s Party”
2. “Home Again”
3. “Dead Or Alive”
4. “Who Do You Want To Be”
5. “Private Life”
6. “Help Me”
7. “We Close Our Eyes”
8. “My Life”
9. “Sweat”
10. “Grey Matter”
11. “Gratitude”
12. “Stay”
13. “It Only Makes Me Laugh”
14. “No One Lives Forever”
15. “Just Another Day”
16. “New Generation”
17. “Not My Slave”
18. “Insects”
19. “Elevator Man”
20. “Wild Sex”
21. “Capitalism”
22. “Nothing To Fear”
23. “On The Outside”
24. “Goodbye, Goodbye”
25. “Weird Science”
26. “Little Girls”
27. “Violent Love”
28. “Nasty Habits”
29. “No Spill Blood”
30. “Only A Lad”
31. “Ain’t This The Life”

 

Setlist: Oingo Boingo, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA, 10/31/87

1. “Dead Man’s Party”
2. “Home Again”
3. “Dead Or Alive”
4. “Who Do You Want To Be”
5. “Private Life”
6. “Help Me”
7. “We Close Our Eyes”
8. “My Life”
9. “Sweat”
10. “Grey Matter”
11. “Gratitude”
12. “Stay”
13. “Winning Side”
14. “It Only Makes Me Laugh”
15. “Pain”
16. “No One Lives Forever”
17. “Just Another Day”
18. “New Generation”
19. “Not My Slave”
20. “Insects”
21. “Elevator Man”
22. “Wild Sex”
23. “Capitalism”
24. “Nothing To Fear”
25. “On The Outside”
26. “Goodbye, Goodbye”

 

Setlist: Oingo Boingo, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA, 10/25/90

1. “Cry of the Vatos”
2. “Dean Man’s Party”
3. “When the Lights Go Out”
4. “Dead or Alive”
5. “Home Again”
6. “Skin”
7. “Glory Be”
8. “Cinderella Undercover”
9. “Help Me”
10. “Sweat”
11. “Out of Control”
12. “Flesh ‘N Blood”
13. “Grey Matter”
14. “Long Breakdown”
15. “Good For Your Soul”
16. “Elevator Man”
17. “No One Lives Forever”
18. “We Close Our Eyes”
19. “Mama”
20. “Minnie the Moocher”
21. “Dream Somehow”
22. “Not My Slave”
23. “Stay”
24. “Who Do You Want to Be?”
25. “Wild Sex”
26. “Try to Believe”
27. “Just Another Day”
28. “Gratitude”
29. “Private Life”
30. “Violent Love”
31. “No Spill Blood”
32. “You Really Got Me”
33. “Little Girls”
34. “Only a Lad”
35. “Goodbye, Goodbye”

 

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