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STEVE GIBBONS BAND

DATE: June 26, 1981 PLACE: Corpus Christi, Oxford Mr. Jones, A to Z, Git it, Gave his life to rock n’ roll, Jamaica

JOE JACKSON’S JUMPIN’ JIVE

DATE: June 20, 1981 PLACE: St. Edmund Hall, Oxford What’s the use in getting sober, San Francisco fan, Is you is or is you ain’t my baby? You run your mouth & I’ll run my business, Jumpin’ jive, Tuxedo junction, Jack, you dead, Five guys named Mo, You’re my meat

GIRLSCHOOL

Girlschool

DATE: May 21, 1981 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £2.50 C’mon lets go, The hunter, Midnight ride, (I’m you) victim, Kick it down, Tonight, Tush, Yeah right, Take it all away, Nothing to lose, Future flash, Watch your step, Breakdown, Hit & run, Demolition boys, Race with the devil, Emergency Support: A II Z Walk …

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HOLLY AND THE ITALIANS

DATE: April 27, 1981 PLACE: Scamps, Oxford PRICE: £1.50 Just for tonight, I wanna go home, Do you say love, Tell that girl to shut up, Miles away, Chapel of love, Youth coup, Means to a den, Rock against romance, Baby gets it all

THE CURE

the cure

DATE: April 23, 1981 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £3.25 Film “Carnage Visers” The Cure: Other voices/Holy hour/Accuracy/Funeral Parties/10.15 On A Saturday Night/Grinding Halt/Fire In Cairo/Three Imaginary Boys/Play For Today/Primary/Forest/17 Seconds/In My House/Faith/Jumping On Someone Else’s Train/Killing An Arab/Drowning Man

IRON MAIDEN

Iron Maiden

DATE: February 19, 1981 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £3.50 The Ides of March, Wrathchild, Sanctuary, Another life, Innocent exile, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Remember tomorrow, Phantom of the opera, Purgatory, Genghis Khan, Killers, Iron Maiden, Running free, Transylvania twilight zone, Drifter Support: Trust Pick me up put me down, Paris is still burning, …

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LIONHEART

DATE: January 10, 1981 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: £1.50 Piece Of The Action/Bad Time Girls/Stayin’ Mean/Thunder And Lightning/Fallen Hero/Lionheart/Devils In You/Rockin’ For You/Sweet Little Rock n’ Roller/Burning Fingers Sirus Story Of Lust/Back Street Woman/Mainliner/Losing Time

SAXON

Saxon

DATE: December 6, 1980 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £3.25 Heavy Metal Thunder/See The Light Shining/Backs To The Wall/Hungry Years/Rainbow Theme/Frozen Rainbow/Strong Arm Of The Law/747 (Strangers In The Night)/20,000 Feet/Freeway Mad/Dallas 1pm/Stand Up And Be Counted/Stallions Of The Highway/Wheels Of Steel/Motorcycle Man/Machine Gun Support: Limelight

MOTORHEAD

DATE: November 20, 1980 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £3.75 Ace Of Spades/Shoot You In The Back/Metropolis/Leaving Here/Over The Top/We Are The Road Crew/No Class/The Hammer/Motorhead/Bomber/Overkill Support: Weapon Had interviewed the band earlier for Blitz magazine so got in round the back. Missed Weapon because was in the dressing room backstage.

TROUBLESHOOTER

DATE: December 17, 1980 PLACE: Watersmeet Civic Centre, Rickmansworth PRICE: £2.00 Easy money, Seven horsemen, Journey, Wrong way down a one way street, Troubleshooter, Hotline to your heart, Cruisin’ Support: Hazzard No thanks, Time for leaving, Beach party, Tear down the walls, Dirty school kids