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ANGEL WITCH

DATE: July 20, 1980 PLACE: Marquee Sweet Danger, Flight 19, Angel of Death, Confused, Guillotine, Angel witch, Baphomet, Atlantis, White witch, Hades paradise, The sorcerer, I noticed her eyes More: Road Rocket, Depression, Way of the World, Aromic Masters, Soldier, Lord of Twilight, Don’t turn your back

LIVEWIRE

  DATE: July 19, 1980 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: £1.75 No fright (2x), Competition, Hit & Run driver, Lone cat, Power, Don’t bite the hand, One more show, First night every night, Tagesschaw, Red light is on, Thinking of you, Castlenau, Break of day, Broken Glass

WITCHFYNDE

DATE: July 2, 1980 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: £1.25 Ready to roll, Gettin’ heavy, Unto the ages of the ages, The Divine victim, In the stars, Wakeup screaming, Give em’ hell (2x), Pay now, love later, Leaving Nadir Support: Vardis Destiny, Situation negative, Let’s go, If I were king, Out of the way

IRON MAIDEN

praying mantis

DATE: June 28, 1980 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £3.00 Sanctuary, Remember tomorrow, Prowler, Transylvania, Strange world, Running free, Another life, Phantom of the opera, Charlotte the harlot, Iron maiden, Drifter, Killers, I got the fire, Wrathchild Support: Praying Mantis High Roller, Lovers to the grave, Praying mantis, Captured city, Ripper, Rich city kids

ELVIS COSTELLO

DATE: June 21, 1980 PLACE: St. Edmund Hall, Oxford PRICE: free Accidents will happen, Alison, Temptation, The Beat, Green Shirt, King horse, Lipstick Vogue, High fidelity, Arms race, You belong to me, Chelsea, Watching the detectives, Oliver’s army, Pump it up Martin Belmont (The Rumour) played guitar

SAXON

Saxon

DATE: June 12, 1980 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £3.00 Motorcycle man/Still Fit To Boogie/747 (Strangers In The Night)/Freeway Mad,/Rainbow Theme & Frozen Rainbow/Backs To The Wall/Bupshuwup/Wheels Of Steel/See The Light Shining/Street Fighting Man/ Stallions Of The Highway/Stand Up And Be Counted/Machine Gun Tygers of Pan Tang Don’t Take Nothing/Rock n’ Roll Man/Wildcatz/Alright On The …

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ERIC CLAPTON

eric clapton

DATE: May 2, 1980 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £5.00 Tulsa Time/Early In The Morning/Lay Down Sally/Wonderful Tonight/Country Boy/Let The Candle Shine/Settin’ Me Up/Blues Power/Ramblin’ On My Mind/ Have You Ever Loved A Woman/All Our Past Times/Home Lovin’/After midnight/Key To The Highway/Cocaine/Further On Up The Road Support: Chas and Dave Edmonton Green/What A Miserable Saturday …

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DEF LEPPARD

def leppard

DATE: April 26, 1980 PLACE: New Theatre Oxford PRICE: £2.50 When The Walls Came Tumblin’ Down/It Could Be You/Rock Brigade/Satellite/Medicine Man/Answer To The Master/When The Rain Falls/Sorrow Is A Woman/Good Morning Freedom/It Don’t Matter/Overture/Lady Strange/Rocks off/Hello America/Wasted/Ride Into The Sun Magnum Reborn/If I Could Live forever/Invasion/So Cold The Night/All Of My Life/Changes/The Great Adventure/Kingdom Of …

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WHITESNAKE/SAXON

whitesnake

DATE: April 2, 1980 PLACE: Rainbow, Finsbury Park PRICE: £3.00 Sweet Talker, Me and you, Walkin’ in the shadow of the blues, Ready and willing, Lovehunter, Mistreated, Fool for your loving, Ain’t no love in the heart of the city, Don’t take A with you, Lying down Breakdown, Come on Support: Saxon Still fit to …

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NO DICE

DATE: February 1, 1980 PLACE: Birmingham University PRICE: £1.40 Bad Boys, Come dancing, Why sugar, Happy in the skoolyard, In the jailhouse, Memphis Tennessee Support: Electrotunes Go somewhere warm Had a long chat with the band