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THE LOOK

the look

DATE: April 18, 1978 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: 50p Joan, Little book, Superman, Radio Ronnie, I saw her standing there, Cherry runaway, Laugh, Take me for what I am, Cashier craze, On the beat, Identikit, I spy, Nothing on you, She won’t respond, It’ll be me, Spanish holiday, Chemical depression Support: The Press One night stand, …

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DIRE STRAITS

DATE: April 11, 1978 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: 65p Down To The Waterline/Six Blade Knife/In The Gallery/Eastbound Train/Easy Easy/Water Of Love/Lions/Real Girl/Setting Me Up/Sultans Of Swing/Me And My Friends/Wild West End/Something Else To Do Charlie Aden Band Jungle Rock/Walk/I’m Angry/In Trouble With The Law/New York New York/Blow Baby Blow/In The Heat Of The Night

RADIO STARS/SKIDS

radio stars

DATE: April 8, 1978 PLACE: Nashville PRICE: £1.00 Good personality, Is it really necessary, Eric, Talkin’ bout you, Nervous Wreck, Dirty Pictures, From a rabbit, Johnny Mekon, Beast of Barnsley, No Russians in Russia, Macaroni n’ Mice, Elvis is dead boring (let’s rot), Box 29 Support: The Skids Reasons, Charles, Test tube babies, TV stars, …

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THE SAINTS

the saints

DATE: March 26, 1978 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: £1.00 Run down, This perfect day, Stranded, Messin’ with the kid, No time, Demolition girl, Nights in Venice, Know your product, Do the robot, Orstralia, River Deep Mountain High, Stranded Support: Coventry Automatics It’s Up To You, Day Walker, Blank Expression Coventry Automatics later became The Specials

EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS/SQUEEZE/RADIO STARS

eddie and the hotrods

DATE: February 18, 1978 PLACE: Friars, Aylesbury PRICE: £1.95 EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS That’s What I Want/Telephone Girl/What’s Really Going On/Quit This Town/Ignore Them/Life On The Line/96 Tears/Do Anything You Wanna Do/Beginning Of The End/Get Out Of Denver/Gimme Money/Schoolgirl SQUEEZE Sex Master/Bang Bang/Strong In Reason/She’s So Ugly/The Call/Backtrack RADIO STARS Good Personality/Talkin’ ‘Bout You/The …

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JUDAS PRIEST

judas priest

DATE: January 21, 1978 PLACE: Dunstable Civic Hall PRICE: £1.50 Exciter, White heat, Red hot, The Ripper, Sinner, Savage, Better by you, better than me, Diamonds and rust, Victim of changes, Beyond the realms of death, Genocide, Starbreaker, Tyrant Support: The English Assassin Back in the slam, Wildfire, Roadskid, Get crazy, Honky Tonk Women, Last …

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THE PIRATES

DATE: January 21, 1978 PLACE: Friars, Aylesbury PRICE: £1.45 I Can Tell/ Don’t Munchen It/Drinkin’ Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee/Sweet Love On My Mind/Gibson Martin Fender Support: No Dice Till You Do What They Say/You Can’t Help Yourself/Murder In The Rain/In The Jailhouse/Angel/Why Sugar/Someone Else’s Girl/Happy In The Skoolyard/Down and Dry/Shadows

NO DICE

no dice

DATE: January 6, 1978 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: 60p Why Sugar, People that make the music, You can’t help yourself, Happy in the skoolyard, Fooling, So why I, Murder in the rain, In the Jailhouse, Someone else’s girl, Angel, Slow Down, Down and Dry Support: Checkmate Breaking through, Cry for me, Avant Garde Hero, Figures

THE BOYS

the boys

DATE: January 2, 1978 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: £1.00 Cop Cars, Tonight, Box Number, Tenement Kids, Tumble With Me, Soda Pressing, No Money, TCP, Do the Contract Hustle, I Don’t Care, First Time, Not Ready, Sick On You, Living In The City, The Worm Song

THE MOTORS

the motors

DATE: December 23, 1977 PLACE: Marquee PRICE: £1.50 Bring in the morning light, Freeze, Cold love, You beat the hell out of me, Be what you gotta be, Emergency, Dancing the night away, Phoney heaven, Encore: Whisky and Wine, Sweet Little Rock n’Roller Support: Bazoomi’s Summertime Blues, Bundle, Pusher, Hot Stations, Rabies