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
Apr 23
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
Feb 19
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, The sects, Anti-social
Jan 10
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
Dec 06
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
Nov 20
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 in London when I was Music Editor for Blitz magazine so when they came to Oxford New Theatre we were invited backstage.
I missed Weapon because I was in the dressing room backstage. Being let into the auditorium from the wings was one of the loudest experiences ever.
Nov 17
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
Oct 10
UFO
DATE: October 10, 1980
PLACE: New Theatre Oxford
PRICE: £3.75
Alpha Centauri/Lettin’ Go/Long Gone/Cherry/Makin’ Moves/Only You Can Rock Me/Love To Love/Hot n’ Ready/No Place To Run/Mystery Train/Too Hot To Handle/Lights Out/Rock Bottom/Doctor Doctor/Shoot Shoot
Fist
Name Rank And Serial Number/Forever Amber/Axe Man/Terminus/One Percenters/You’ll Never Get Me Up In One Of Those/Hole In The Wall Gang
Oct 09
XTC
DATE: October 9, 1980
PLACE: New Theatre Oxford
PRICE: £2.50
Outside World/Life At The Hop/Respectable St/Living Through Another Cuba/Generals And Majors/Mecanik Dancing/No Language In Our Lungs/Battery Brides/This Is Pop/Towers Of London/Making Plans For Nigel/ Crowded Room/Are You Receiving Me/ Dance Band/Statue Of Liberty
Support: 3 minutes
Switchblades/3 minutes/Doom City/Fantastic Light/Automatic Kids/Time/Will You Dance With Me/I Hear War/Martian Summer/American Machines/Living In The Sad Age (Radio’s Active)/King Robot
Oct 01
OZZY OSBOURNE
DATE: October 1, 1980
PLACE: New Theatre Oxford
PRICE: £3.50
I Don’t Know/You Lookin’ At Me, Lookin’ At You/Crazy Train/Goodbye To Romance/No Bone Movies/Suicide Solution/Mr. Crowley/Revelation (Mother Earth)/Iron Man/Steal Away (The Night)/Paranoid
Budgie
Breaking The House Rules/Crime Against The World/Napoleon Bona Parts 1 & 2/Wildfire/Panzer Division Destroyed/Forearm Smash/Breadfan/In For The Kill
Kevin Duncan
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