Editing Jeff Buckley (section)

===Concert tours===
Buckley spent much of the next year and a half touring internationally to promote ''Grace''. Following Buckley's ''Peyote Radio Theater'' tour, the band began a European tour on August 23, 1994, starting with performances in the UK and Ireland. The tour continued in Scandinavia and, throughout September, numerous concerts in Germany were played. The tour ended on September 22 with a concert in Paris. A gig on September 24 in New York dovetailed with the end of the European tour and Buckley and band spent the next month relaxing and rehearsing.<ref name="PastTours">{{cite web|title=Past tour dates|website=jeffbuckley.com|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/news.asp?id=10|access-date=March 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409161821/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/news.asp?id=10|archive-date=April 9, 2008}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024}}

A tour of Canada and the U.S. began on October 19, 1994, at [[CBGB]]. The tour was far reaching with concerts held on both East and West Coasts of the U.S. and a number of performances in central and southern states. The tour ended two months later on December 18 at [[Maxwell's]] in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].<ref name="PastTours"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024}} After another month of rest and rehearsal, the band commenced a second European tour, this time mainly for promotion purposes. The band began the tour in [[Dublin]].<ref name="SoRealGrows">{{cite web|title=Jeff Buckley's ''So Real'' Grows Internationally |website=Legacy Recordings |date=June 12, 2007 |url=http://www.legacyrecordings.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsGuid=375c5bca-6900-44ee-872d-df5491f78e66 |access-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203343/http://www.legacyrecordings.com/News/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsGuid=375c5bca-6900-44ee-872d-df5491f78e66 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> The short tour largely consisted of promotional work in London and Paris.<ref name="PastTours"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024}}

In late January, the band did their first tour of Japan, playing concerts and appearing for promotion of the album and newly released Japanese single "Last Goodbye". The band returned to Europe on February 6. He toured various Western European countries before returning to the U.S. on March 6. Among the gigs performed during this period, Buckley and his band performed at a 19th-century-built French venue, the [[Bataclan (theatre)|Bataclan]], and material from the concert was recorded and later released in October of that year as a four track [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Live from the Bataclan]]''. Songs from a performance on February 25, at the venue Nighttown in [[Rotterdam]], were released as a promotional-only CD, ''[[The Grace EPs|So Real]]''.<ref name="PastTours"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024}}

Touring recommenced in April with dates across the U.S. and Canada. During this period, Buckley and the band notably played [[Metro Chicago|Metro]] in Chicago, which was recorded on video and later released as ''[[Live in Chicago (Jeff Buckley)|Live in Chicago]]'' on [[VHS]] and later on [[DVD]]. In addition, on June 4 they played at [[Sony Music Studios]] for the Sony Music radio hour. Following this was a month-long European tour between June 20 and July 18 in which they played many summer [[music festivals]], including the [[Glastonbury Festival]] and the 1995 [[Meltdown Festival]] (at which Buckley sang [[Henry Purcell]]'s "[[Dido's Lament]]"<ref>{{cite episode|title=Dido's Lament|series=Soul Music|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]|air-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref> at the invitation of [[Elvis Costello]]).{{sfn|Browne|2001|page=266}} During the tour, Buckley played two concerts at the [[Paris Olympia]], a venue made famous by the French vocalist [[Édith Piaf]]. Although he had failed to fill out smaller American venues at that point of his career, both nights at the large Paris Olympia venue were sold out.<ref>Liner notes, ''Live à L'Olympia''. Jeff Buckley (2001).</ref> Shortly after this Buckley attended the Festival de la Musique Sacrée (Festival of Sacred Music), also held in France, and performed "What Will You Say" as a duet with [[Alim Qasimov]], an [[Azerbaijan]]i [[mugham]] singer. [[Sony BMG]] has since released a live album, 2001's [[Live a L'Olympia|Live à L'Olympia]], which has a selection of songs from both Olympia performances and the collaboration with Qasimov.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shiel| first=Christopher|date=October 1, 2001|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/993-live-a-lolympia/ |title=Jeff Buckley – Live a L'Olympia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318053904/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/993-live-a-lolympia/ |archive-date=March 18, 2009|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>

Buckley's ''Mystery White Boy'' tour, playing concerts in both Sydney and [[Melbourne]], Australia, lasted between August 28 and September 6 and recordings of these performances were compiled and released on the live album ''[[Mystery White Boy]]''. Buckley was so well received during these concerts that his album ''Grace'' went [[Gold album|gold]] in Australia, selling over 35,000 copies, and taking this into account he decided a longer tour was needed and returned for a tour of [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]] in February the following year.<ref name=JBcomBio/>

Between the two [[Oceania]]n tours, Buckley and the band took a break from touring. Buckley played solo in the meantime with concerts at [[Sin-é]] and a New Year's Eve concert at [[Mercury Lounge]] in New York.<ref name="PastTours"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024}} After the break, the band spent the majority of February on the ''Hard Luck Tour'' in Australia and New Zealand, but tensions had risen between the group and drummer [[Matt Johnson (drummer)|Matt Johnson]]. The concert on March 1, 1996, was the last gig he played with Buckley and his band.<ref name=JBcomBio/>

Much of the material from the tours of 1995 and 1996 was recorded and released on either promotional EPs, such as the ''[[The Grace EPs|Grace EP]]'', or posthumously on albums, such as ''Mystery White Boy'' (a reference to Buckley not using his real name) and ''Live à L'Olympia''. Many of the other concerts Buckley played during this period have surfaced on [[bootleg recordings]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kane |first=Rebecca |title=The Jeff Buckley Discography: Bootlegs |website=jeffbuckley.com |url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/discography/bootlegs.html |access-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509154858/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/discography/bootlegs.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024}}

Following Johnson's departure, the band, now without a drummer, was put on hold and did not perform live again until February 12, 1997.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kane |first=Rebecca |title=Jeff Buckley Tourography |website=jeffbuckley.com |url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/tourography/kfaktourog6.html |access-date=June 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706131956/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/tourography/kfaktourog6.html |archive-date=July 6, 2008 }}</ref> Due to the pressure from extensive touring, Buckley spent the majority of the year away from the stage. However, from May 2 to 5, he played a short stint as bass guitarist with Mind Science of the Mind, with friend [[Nathan Larson (musician)|Nathan Larson]], then guitarist of [[Shudder to Think]].<ref name=JBcomBio/> Buckley returned to playing live concerts when he went on his "phantom solo tour" of cafés in the northeast U.S. in December 1996, appearing under a series of aliases: the Crackrobats, Possessed by Elves, Father Demo, Smackrobiotic, the Halfspeeds, Crit-Club, Topless America, Martha & the Nicotines, and A Puppet Show Named Julio.<ref name="PastTours"/> By way of justification, Buckley posted a note stating he missed the anonymity of playing in cafés and local bars:

{{blockquote|There was a time in my life not too long ago when I could show up in a café and simply do what I do, make music, learn from performing my music, explore what it means to me, i.e., have fun while I irritate and/or entertain an audience who don't know me or what I am about. In this situation I have that precious and irreplaceable luxury of failure, of risk, of surrender. I worked very hard to get this kind of thing together, this work forum. I loved it and then I missed it when it disappeared. All I am doing is reclaiming it.<ref>{{cite web|last=Van De Kamp|first=Bert|title=Jeff Buckley 1966–1997|website=[[OOR]]|date=June 14, 1997|url=http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/tributes/oor14jun97.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102024108/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/tributes/oor14jun97.html|archive-date=January 2, 2008|access-date=June 13, 2008|via=jeffbuckley.com}}</ref>}}