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
Dec 23
THE MOTORS
DATE: December 23, 1977
PLACE: Marquee
PRICE: £1.50
Bring In The Morning Light/Freeze/Cold Love/You Beat The Hell Outta Me/Be What You Gotta Be/Emergency/Dancing The Night Away/Phoney Heaven/Whisky And Wine/Sweet Little Rock n’ Roller
Bazoomi’s
Summertime Blues/Bundle/Pusher/Hot Stations/Rabies
Dec 17
BOOMTOWN RATS
DATE: December 17, 1977
PLACE: Rainbow, Finsbury Park
PRICE: £2.00
Neon Heart, Don’t believe what you read, Joey, Do the Rat, Mary of the 4th Form, Looking after no.1, Born to burn, Close as you’ll ever be, Never bite the hand that feeds, Feel so strange, kicks, She’s so modern, Barefootin’
The Yachts
Hypnotising lies, Secret Agent, Mantovani’s Music
Blast Furnace and the Heatwave
Numbers included: Ready for you, going through the motions, Don’t worry ‘bout that, Shame Shame Shame, Don’t start me talking, Keep on Dancing
Dec 09
STRAY/STRIFE
DATE: December 9, 1977
PLACE: Brunel University, Uxbridge
PRICE: 80p
Smile, One night In Texas, Livewire, Take A Life, Houdini, Stone Free, Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before, Percy the Pimp, How Could I Forget You?
Support: Strife
Shockproof, School, Feels so good, You don’t know, Number one, Back streets of heaven, Indian Dream
Nov 16
SEX PISTOLS
DATE: December 16, 1977
PLACE: Brunel University, Uxbridge
PRICE: £1.75
God Save The Queen/I Wanna Be Me/New York/Seventeen/EMI/Holidays In The Sun/Bodies/Belsen Is A Gas/Submission/Pretty Vacant/No Feelings/Problems/Anarchy In The UK/No Fun/Liar, God Save The Queen
Blistering, snarling first tour. A roadie played Sid’s bass lines from behind a curtain. Best gig ever – see Top Ten.
Steve Jones on stage that night.
Archive shot of gig at Queensway Hall, Dunstable, Oct ’76. Who knew he played a Flying V?
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Nov 03
STEVE HILLAGE
DATE: November 3, 1977
PLACE: Rainbow, Finsbury Park
PRICE: £2.50
Octave Doctors, All Too Much, Radio, Aftaglid, Solar Musick Suite, Light In The Sky, Electric Gypsies, Salmon Song, Motivation, Saucer Surfing, Searching for the Spark
Support: Glen Phillips
Nov 03
STEVE HILLAGE
DATE: March 26, 1977
PLACE: Rainbow, Finsbury Park
PRICE: £2.50
Salmon Song, Hurdy Gurdy Glissando, Solar Musick Suite, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Lunar Musick Suite, Echo Improvisation, It’s all too much, Electrick Gypsies, Not fade away
Support: Paul Brett (12-string guitarist)
Jun 04
RUSH/STRAY
DATE: June 4, 1977
PLACE: Hammersmith Odeon
PRICE: £2.00
Bastille Day/Anthem/Lakeside Park/2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx/Presentation/Soliloquy/Grand Finale/Something For Nothing/By-Tor And The Snow Dog/The Necromaniac/Zanadu/Working Man/Finding My way/Fly By Night/In The Mood/What You’re Doing/The Best That I Can
STRAY
Live Wire/Take A Life/One Night In Texas/Stone Free
May 20
THE STRANGLERS
DATE: May 20, 1977
PLACE: Brunel University, Uxbridge
PRICE: 80p
(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)/Sometimes/Feel Like A Wog/Dagenham Dave/Something Better Change/Peaches/No More Heroes/Hanging Around/London Lady/Down In The Sewer/Peasant In The Big Shitty/Straighten Out
London
Young/Everyone’s A Winner/Fashionable/Speed Speed/Need A Reaction/Summer Of Love/Sex Appeal/Friday On My Mind/Out On The Skids/Come Come It’ll Be Alright Now/Handcuffed/Everyone’s A Winner (Take 2)
Gained possession of Hugh Cornwell’s plectrum
Jul 11
THIN LIZZY/GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR
DATE: July 11, 1976
PLACE: Hammersmith Odeon
PRICE: £2.00
Jailbreak/It’s only money, Emerald, Warriors, Still in love with you, The boys are back in town, Rosalie/Cowboy Song, Suicide, Sha-la-la, Baby-baby, Me and the boys
Graham Parker and the Rumour:
White Honey, Soul Shoes, Chains, Don’t ask no questions, That’s what they all say, Gypsy Blood, Howlin’ wind, Back to school days, Nothing’s gonna pull us apart
Kevin Duncan
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