1986

### January

* A double vinyl edition of *Eskimo* is sent to mail order Ralph customers, *Miniatures* is released in Italy, George & James is re-released.
* 9th: The Residents perform at The 688 Club, Atlanta, Georgia
* 9th: The Residents perform at The 688 Club, Atlanta, Georgia
* 10th: The Residents perform at The Trenton Club, New Jersey
* 16th: The Residents perform at The Ritz Club, New York City, New York. This show was recorded and released as "*13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986*". *Andy Warhol* was at this show.
* 17th: The Residents perform at The Ritz Club, New York City, New York
* 20th: The Residents perform at The Channel Club, Boston, Massachusetts
* 22nd: The Residents perform at Le Spectrum Club, Montreal, Québec, Canada
* 24th: The Residents perform at The Toronto Music Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* 25th: The Residents perform at The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
* 27th: The Residents perform at Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio. This show was recorded and released as "*The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland - Featuring Snakefinger*"
* 28th: The Residents perform at Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio
* 29th: The Residents perform at The Graffiti, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* 31st: The Residents perform at The Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC

### February

* 7th: The Residents perform at The Vic Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
* 8th: The Residents perform at The Palms, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* 10th: The Residents perform at First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was recorded and released as "*Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour - Featuring Snakefinger*"
* 12th: The Residents perform at Cogburn's, Lawrence, Kansas
* 14th: The Residents perform at Arcadia, Dallas, Texas
* 16th: The Residents perform at The Cullen Auditorium, Houston, Texas
* 21st: *The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan)* is released in Japan*.*

### April

* *Buy Or Die #12* is released, the booklet announces the release of the *13th Anniversary Show* cassettes, Live in Japan and Live in the USA, the Kaw Liga / Stars & Stripes Forever single plus the Heaven / Hell CDs.
* *Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour - Featuring Snakefinger* is realeased as a double cassette. It would be The Residents' first double album.

### June

* 1st: The soundtrack to *Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers*is released, as well as "The Cryptic Guide to The Residents"
* 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan - Featuring Snakefinger is released in the US

### July

* 4th: Run-DMC release their cover of 'Walk This Way' perhaps due to the popularity of the single, Snakefinger to incorporates the riff into live versions of Kaw-Liga.

### August

* 3rd: 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan - Featuring Snakefinger is released in Australia, to promote the live show.
* 4th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 5th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 6th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 7th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 8th: The Residents perform at Easts, Brisbane, Australia
* 9th: The Residents perform at The Jet club, Brisbane, Australia
* 10th: The Residents perform at The Art Factory, Baron Bay, Australia. Whilst in the Baron Bay, The Residents & Snakefinger visit AIM headquarters, their Australian record label. Here they record the Jailhouse Rock single.
* 11th: The Residents perform at The Red Parrot, Perth, Australia
* 13th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Adelaide, Australia
* 14th: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Adelaide, Australia
* 15th: The Residents perform at Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
* 16th: The Residents perform at Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
* 17th: The Residents perform at Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
* 19th: The Residents perform at The Canberra labour club, Canberra, Australia
* 20th: The Residents perform at The Hills Inn, Sydney, Australia
* 21st: The Residents perform at Tivoli, Sydney, Australia
* 22nd: The Residents perform at The Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand
* 23rd: The Residents perform at Galaxy, Auckland, New Zealand
* 26th: The Residents perform at Wellington, New Zealand
* 28th: The Residents perform at Selinas, Sydney, Australia

### October

* 3rd: The Residents perform at The Ungdomens Hus, Tromsoe, Norway. This show is recorded and released as "*Tromsø, Inconvenienced, 1986*" on *Fingerprince* & *Duck Stab / Buster & Glen pREServed Editions.* The Residents equipment doesn't show up at this show, being left in a storage unit, resulting in the group having to quickly borrow and improvise Instruments and Disguises.

* 4th: The Residents perform at The Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
* 5th: The Residents perform at The Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway. This show is partially filmed for Television, and broadcast for Radio.

* 6th: The Residents perform at Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
* 8th: The Residents perform at Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
* 9th: The Residents perform at Zeche, Bochum, Germany
* 10th: The Residents perform at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
* 11th: The Residents perform at Theaterfabric, Munich, Germany
* 12th: The Residents perform at Posthof, Linz, Austria
* 13th: The Residents perform at Sofiensale, Vienna, Austria
* 15th: The Residents perform at Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
* 16th: The Residents perform at Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
* 17th: The Residents perform at Chapiteau de la Pepiniere, Nancy, France
* 20th: The Residents perform at Salle de la E.N.T.P.E, Lyon, France,
* 21st: *Stars & Hank Forever* is released worldwide, also The Residents perform at Geneva, Switzerland. *Line - Der Sampler 13,* a sampler which contains 'Kaw-Liga' is likely released around this time.
* 22nd: *Kaw-Liga (Dancemix)* is released in the Netherlands to promote the 13th Anniversary Show, along with the Torso pressing of 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan - Featuring Snakefinger, which is also released in Greece.
* 23rd: The Residents perform at Nighttown, Rotterdam, Netherlands
* 24th: The Residents perform at Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp, Belgium
* 25th: The Residents perform at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	+ This show was recorded and released as "13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland - Featuring Snakefinger" By this point the setlist of the 13th Anniversary Show was very different to that debuted in Japan.

* 26th: The Residents perform at Noorderligt, Tilburg, Netherlands
* 28th: The Residents perform at The Hammersmith Palais, London, England
* 29th: The Residents perform at The Hacienda Club, Manchester, England

## Releases

1. The Eyeball Show (Live In Japan) (Februray)
2. Heaven? (April)
3. Hell! (April)
4. Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour - Featuring Snakefinger (April)
5. Kaw-Liga (June)
6. Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (June)
7. Jailhouse Rock (September)
8. Stars & Hank Forever (October)
9. Kaw-Liga (Dancemix)

### Various Artists

* Line - Der Sampler 13
	+ Kaw-Liga

### Re-releases

* Eskimo (2xVinyl)
* Miniatures
* George & James