Found it on https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/the-borderline and claiming it.
Looks like Adam And The Ants played a few days before this.
I was at this one, more from this year in my gigography for 1997. I saw David Devant probably 31 times; Phoenix Festival @ Avon Park Raceway ('96), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ O'Neills ('96), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Camden Falcon ('96), David Devant + his Spirit Wife @ Southampton Joiners (1996), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ New Cross Venue ('96), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Tunbridge Wells Forum ('96), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ The Garage ('97), David Devant + his Spirit Wife @ venue undefined (1997), Dingwalls ('97), David Devant + his Spirit Wife @ University of Surrey Students Union ('97), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Mean Fiddler ('97), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (1997), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ Dingwalls (1997), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ venue undefined (1998), David Devant + his Spirit Wife @ University of Surrey Students Union (1998), David Devant + his Spirit Wife @ Mean Fiddler ('99), David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ Camden Falcon ('99), The Garage (2000), Borders Bookstore ('00), O'Neills ('00), Borders Bookstore (2000), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ HQ Club ('00), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Goldsmiths College ('01), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Kings Cross Water Rats ('01), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Mean Fiddler ('01), David Devant + his Spirit Wife @ Kings Cross Water Rats (2002), Dingwalls ('04), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Islington Academy (2004), David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Islington Academy (2006), Kings Cross Water Rats (2022), + David Devant and his Spirit Wife @ Kings Cross Water Rats (2025). Part of every gig I was at from 1987 to 2026. A natural step from my Best Gigs Ever weblog post. Yeah I know very nerdy, let's let that go though, I'm having fun reminiscing about these things.
Mon May 19 1997
Other gigs at I was at are Bob Slayer's HoHo Theatre (2015), Al Murray Pub Quiz (2012), Richard Herring: Talking Cock (2012), Just A Minute (2012), Fascinating Aida ('12), QI TV recording (2007), and David Devant + His Spirit Wife (1998).
Other gigs at include ().
⬅️ David Devant and his Spirit Wife :: Placebo ➡️
🏷 david devant 🏷 borderline 🏷 london 🏷 1997
Yep, deliberately unstyled.