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

2 comments

    • David Zwirek on April 6, 2024 at 1:15 pm
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    I was on the College Ball committee in 1980. I paid the manager that night for the band. £2850+ top up of £150.

    1. Thanks David. What a brilliant piece of trivia.

      I remember on the first track, Accidents Will Happen, Bruce Thomas’s bass wasn’t working at all. He was furious. Great bassist, but better when you can hear him.

      I was playing bass in a jazz funk band called Straight No Chaser the same night. That’s how we got in. 🙂

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