Past live music gigs Live music: 1980 to 1989

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October 1980 to June 1981

October 1 – The Son of Stiff Tour
October 4 – Rory Gallagher
October 17 – The Tourists
October 18 – Rockpile
October 24 – UB40
October 27 – Loudon Wainwright III
October 29 – John Martyn
November 8 – Darts
November 15 – Steel Pulse
November 22 – Iron Maiden
November 29 – Killing Joke
December 3 – Hazel O’Connor
December 6 – Gang of Four
December 13 – Dire Straits
December 14 – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
January 17 – UFO
January 31 – Blues Band
February 25 – Siouxsie and the Banshees
February 28 – The Stranglers
March 7 – Ents Beano featuring The Only Ones
March 14 – Stray Cats
May 2 – The Undertones
May 9 – The Cure
May 16 – The Beat
May 27 – Wild Horses
June 23 – Elvis Costello
July 2 – Iggy Pop

October 1981 to June 1982

October 5 – Level 42
October 7 – Blues Band
October 10 – Lindisfarne
October 17 – Gregory Isaacs
October 23 – Neil Innes; Ivor Cutler
October 31 – Gillan
November 14 – Bow Wow Wow
November 19 – ZZ Top
November 25 – Lynx
November 26 – Robert Plant
December 3 – Bert Jansch and John Renbourn
December 5 – The Pretenders
December 7 – Imagination
December 11 – Echo and the Bunnymen
December 18 – Stray Cats
February 5 – The Teardrop Explodes
February 19 – Depeche Mode
March 10 – John Cooper Clarke; Linton Kwesi Johnson; Little Brother
March 13 – Haircut 100
March 24 – Judie Tzuke
April 30 – The Boomtown Rats
May 15 – Kid Creole and the Coconuts
May 22 – Rory Gallagher
June 19 – Black Uhuru
June 26 – The Clash

October 1982 to June 1983

October 6 – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
October 9 – John Martyn
October 16 – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
October 30 – Bauhaus; Joy Division
November 6 – Yazoo
November 20 – Gillan
November 27 – Simple Minds
December 2 – Kid Creole and the Coconuts
December 7 – The Fall
December 11 – Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
December 17 – Echo and The Bunnymen
February 7 – The Stranglers
February 15 – Mendes Prey
March 5 – Fun Boy Three
March 18 – U2
March 19 – Tears for Fears
March 23 – Mari Wilson with The Wilsations
May 7 – Thompson Twins
May 11 – Kajagoogoo
May 14 – The Alarm; The March Violets; Three Johns
May 24 – Robert Palmer
May 25 – Motörhead
June 25 – Motörhead

October 1983 to June 1984

October 5 – Level 42
October 25 – Paul Young
October 28 – Steve Hackett
November 12 – Ozzy Osbourne
November 18 – Public Image Ltd
November 19 – ZZ Top
November 25 – Wham!
November 26 – Robert Plant
December 7 – Imagination
December 9 – Lindisfarne Christmas Show
January 21 – Pretenders
February 11 – Marillion
February 24 – Steeleye Span
February 29 – The Smiths
March 3 – Quiet Riot; Stryper
March 7 – Simple Minds
March 17 – Howard Jones
March 22 – Alexei Sayle
March 24 – Snowy White
March 28 – Linton Kwesi Johnson plus Dennis Bovell Dub Band
May 5 – Sisters of Mercy
May 14 – The Alarm
May 15 – Bad Karma in the UK
May 16 – The Psychedelic Furs
May 18 – Blancmange
May 22 – The Cramps
June 2 – OMD
June 5 – Aswad
June 27 – Pete Shelley

October 1984 to June 1985

October 3 – Gary Glitter; Hanoi Rocks; Johnny Thunders
October 12 – Everything But The Girl
October 13 – Aswad
October 19 – Marc Almond
October 20 – Hanoi Rocks; Johnny Thunders; The Babysitters
October 23 – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
October 26 – The Sisters of Mercy
November 1 – Alison Moyet
November 3 – Level 42
November 23 – The Kane Gang
December 1 – Lindisfarne
December 4 – The Mighty Wah
December 8 – The Lenny Henry Roadshow
December 10 – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
December 12 – The Cocteau Twins
February 11 – The Boomtown Rats
February 19 – Killing Joke
February 23 – The John Peel Road Show
February 26 – Immaculate Fools
March 5 – The Pogues
March 6 – Incapables; Deadpan Tractor; 1st International
March 12 – Boothill Foot Tappers
March 16 – The Sisters of Mercy
March 19 – Sid Presley Experience
April 27 – King
April 30 – 999
May 1 – Spear of Destiny
May 4 – Chameleons; Getting the Fear; Party Day
May 7 – Alarm; Folk Devils
May 10 – East to West; Watch My Mother
May 11 – The Colourfield
May 14 – Twelfth Night; Sid Presley Experience
May 15 – Monochrome Set
May 18 – John Martyn
May 22 – The Prowlers
May 25 – The Cult
May 30 – The Damned
June 14 – The Pogues; The Men They Couldn’t Hang
June 15 – Redskins

October 1985 to June 1986

October 4 – The Triffids; The Lighthouse Keepers
October 8 – The Screaming Blue Messiahs; The Dead Vaynes; Bolshi
October 12 – Everything but the Girl
October 17 – Long Ryders
October 25 – Level 42
October 26 – Blancmange
October 29 – The Prowlers
October 31 – Propaganda
November 2 – Prefab Sprout
November 5 – The Folk Devils and Salvation
November 7 – The Cult
November 9 – Hawkwind
November 13 – Green On Red; Andy Kershaw
November 14 – Simply Red
November 15 – New Model Army
November 19 – Madness
November 27 – The Jesus and Mary Chain
December 3 – Adrian Legg
December 6 – Lindisfarne
December 9 – Nils Lofgren
December 10 – 3 Mustaphas 3
January 21 – Cactus World News; Children on Stun
February 4 – Alan Vega and Fatal Charm
February 7 – Feargal Sharkey
February 11 – Blubbery Hellbellies; Johnny Jumps The Bandwagon
February 13 – 3 Mustaphas 3; Grande Ensemble
February 19 – Misty in Roots
February 25 – Blue Oyster Cult
March 1 – The Enid
March 5 – Steel Pulse
March 15 – The Pogues
March 18 – Husker Du
March 19 – The Cramps

October 1986 to June 1987

October 4 – Ruby Turner
October 7 – Everything but the Girl
October 9 – Terry and Gerry; Pink Peg Slax Tom McEwan
October 10 – The Damned
October 17 – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
October 19 – Stan Ridgway
October 27 – Julian Cope
November 1 – Big Audio Dynamite
November 4 – The Mission
November 10 – Billy Bragg
November 15 – Owen Paul
November 21 – Hawkwind
November 22 – Suzanne Vega
November 28 – Killing Joke
November 29 – Lindisfarne
December 2 – Human League
December 4 – Sly and Robbie; Ini Kamoze; Yellowman; Half Pint
December 11 – The Pogues
January 20 – Lloyd Langton Group
January 24 – Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
January 27 – Zoot and the Roots
February 3 – Microdisney
February 10 – Hurrah; Pop Will Eat Itself
February 17 – The Bolshoi
February 24 – Age of Chance
March 3 – Peter Zenner
March 10 – The Godfathers; The Prowlers
March 11 – China Crisis
March 17 – Xmal Deutschland
March 19 – The Mission
May 1 – Julian Cope
May 5 – The Alarm
May 9 – Curiosity Killed the Cat
May 16 – Lenny Henry
May 23 – Zoot and the Roots
May 24 – Snapdragons
May 25 – Little Chief

October 1987 to June 1988

October 3 – Motörhead
October 10 – The Godfathers
October 13 – The Bolshoi
October 16 – Squeeze
October 17 – The Ramones
October 20 – Christians
October 26 – The Damned
October 27 – Gaye Bykers on Acid
October 30 – The Stupids
November 3 – Crazyhead
November 9 – Little Steven; Crazy Pink Revolvers
November 10 – Pop Will Eat Itself
November 11 – The Christians
November 14 – The Lorries
November 18 – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
November 21 – Soul 2 Soul
November 24 – 999
November 26 – Pacific
November 27 – Gary Glitter
December 4 – Yolocamba I Ta
December 6 – The Jones
December 8 – Ted Hawkins; Brendan Croker
December 10 – Then Jerico
December 17 – Aswad
January 29 – Age of Chance; Nightmare on Wax; Son of Sam
February 1 – Faith No More
February 5 – Dicemen
February 13 – Yargo
February 16 – The Godfathers
February 17 – Blue Aeroplanes
February 25 – The Pogues
February 29 – The Jazz Brothers
March 6 – Xero Slingsby and the Works
March 8 – T’Pau
March 9 – The Mission; Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
March 12 – The Prowlers
March 15 – The Fall; Shack
March 22 – Aswad
March 23 – John Martyn
June 7 – Helen Watson
June 16 – Aztec Camera
June 18 – Frankie Paul

October 1988 to June 1989

October 8 – Marc Almond
October 10 – The Wonderstuff
October 11 – High and Dry
October 15 – The Neighbourhood
October 17 – Julian Cope
October 21 – Deacon Blue
October 22 – Spear of Destiny
October 24 – In Tua Nua
October 29 – Henry Rollins Band
November 5 – Run DMC; Public Enemy; Derek B
November 14 – Ghostdance
November 16 – The La’s
November 18 – The Kennedy Pill
November 22 – Loop
December 1 – The Pogues
December 5 – Tanita Tikaram
December 9 – Hawkwind
December 10 – The Wedding Present
December 13 – Gary Glitter
January 24 – The Kennedy Pill
February 3 – Black
February 4 – Lords of the New Church; Dirty Strangers; Jellyfish
February 7 – Beat Crazy
February 21 – Pink Peg Slax; Brewster Bovis
February 28 – Waterboys; Shark Taboo
March 1 – Phil Cool
March 6 – Motörhead
March 9 – Zoot and the Roots
March 11 – Then Jerico
March 13 – Stray Cats
March 16 – BB King
May 13 – Hue and Cry
May 27 – Fields of the Nephilim
May 31 – The Shamen; MDMA
June 8 – Zoot and the Roots
June 15 – Bad Manners

October 1989 to June 1990

October 6 – The Ramones
October 7 – Danny Wilson
October 13 – Dogs D’Amour
October 16 – The Sugarcubes
October 20 – De La Soul
October 24 – Jesus Jones
October 26 – Fish
October 31 – The Jesus and Mary Chain
November 2 – Ian McCulloch
November 15 – Sam Brown
November 17 – Michelle Shocked
November 20 – FM
November 25 – Nanci Griffith
December 2 – Hawkwind
December 9 – Happy Days
February 1 – Faith No More
February 7 – The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
February 26 – Quireboys
March 13 – The Fall
March 16 – The House of Love
April 28 – Suzanne Vega
May 9 – Thee Hypnotics
May 31 – Hothouse Flowers