Hamilton Hotel – Whitley Bay
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 I’ve updated the anecdotes page to include my memories of the aborted gig at the above venue.
Leigh Festival ( My Memory of it – SP)
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 This is the text of a posting I made here. Angst in East Lancs Wasteland This was the banner headline in Melody Maker, I think, for the gig at the Leigh Festival. 8th September 1979 it says on this paywalled site. Two things stick in my mind about the…
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Pineapple, Manchester
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 Pineapple, Manchester On the Manchester tour there was one gig at the above pub where Fatso forgot his drums. So we just miked up beer trays and mats for him as he had his sticks… A bit of a twiddle with the tone controls and actually, it wasn’t that…
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The Moonlight Club, West Hampstead, London
Last Updated on January 1, 2021 The gig at the Moonlight Club that led to the ridiculous slagging off by Adam Sweeting (can he play anything at all?)…. It was the one at which the live recording was made of Joy Division on that white LP. My (SP) recollection is of it being really dismal,…
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