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

DATE: May 21, 1981

PLACE: New Theatre Oxford

PRICE: £2.50

Girlschool

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 the distance, Ringside seat, Treason, Witch of Berkley, Rocker

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

DATE: April 23, 1981

PLACE: New Theatre Oxford

PRICE: £3.25

the cure

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

DATE: February 19, 1981

PLACE: New Theatre Oxford

PRICE: £3.50

Iron Maiden

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, The sects, Anti-social

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

DATE: December 6, 1980

PLACE: New Theatre Oxford

PRICE: £3.25

Saxon

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