the band undertook a low-key tour in small venues between 14 june and 3 july 1989, before further recording sessions in sydney, australia. during these sessions tin machine contributed to a surfing compilation album, "beyond the beach", with a new instrumental song titled "needles on the beach". a partial recording of their show from this tour recorded at la cigale in paris on 25 june 1989 was released digitally in august 2019.