Gigography 1980s

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1980

Jan

5 Edinburgh, unknown venue: Fire Engines, Boots For Dancing [1] [2]

March

7 Leeds University: John Peel Roadshow, bands not known [3]

9 Manchester Polytechnic: John Peel Roadshow with Elti Fits, Diagram Brothers [4] [5]

21 unknown venue, Retford, Nottingham: Holly & The Italians [6]

April

2 Rock Garden: Undertones, A Certain Ratio (gig recorded for BBC In Concert programme, Peel pre-recorded his own show to attend; note, gig is not listed on www.theundertones.com) [7] [8] [9]

12 Middlesbrough Rock Garden, Newport Road, Middlesbrough John Peel Roadshow [10]

May

26 "Pinkpop", Burgemeester Damen sportpark, Geleen, Holland: Garland Jeffreys, Raymond van het Groenewoud, Joe Jackson, Specials, Van Halen, J. Geils Band, Jam [11]

July

7 Moonlight Club, Hampstead, London: Birthday Party [12]

Oct

3 Braintree College Of Further Education: Passions [13] [14]

1981

Unknown date (1981)

Olympia, East Kilbride: Orange Juice, Recognitions, John Peel Roadshow [15]

Jan

3 Edinburgh Playhouse, Nite Club: Boots For Dancing, The Fire Engines & John Peel [16]

31 Southampton University Students' Union: The Exploding Seagulls & John Peel Roadshow [17]

Feb

20 Leicester Polytechnic: Altered Images, Groundation & John Peel Roadshow

March

6 Lowestoft College, Suffolk: John Peel Roadshow, Nuclear Socketts, Needles [18]

7 Sheffield University: John Peel Roadshow and "local band" (entrance 1.00 advance or 1.20 on door) [19]

April

4 Unspecified charity event, Eye, Sufolk: John Peel Roadshow with John Gorman and Neil Innes [20]

June

8 "Pinkpop", Burgemeester Damen sportpark, Geleen, Holland: New Adventures, U2, Fischer Z, Madness, Michael Schenker Group, UB40, Ian Dury & The Blockheads [21]

Sept

5 Edinburgh Playhouse, Nite Club: The Twinsets, & The Dreamboys & John Peel [22]

Oct

10 Sheffield Polytechnic: John Peel Roadshow (Peel was given a Pulp demo tape by Jarvis, and soon after booked the band for their first session)

1982

Feb

19 Edinburgh (unidentified venue, possibly University, as below: John Peel Roadshow, Sophisticated Boom Boom,Strawberry Switchblade, Guests [23]

20 University Of Edinburgh: John Peel Roadshow, with Those Horrible Sexy Vampires and TV21 playing. John had a dodgy microphone and a migraine at the time. He also remembers somebody spitting on his car back window: "Isn't that a revolutionary gesture?" [195] [24] (I was there! I remember plucking up the courage to hand him a request but not quite enough courage to do anything more than chuck it at him and run away! When I listened to the show on 22 February 1982 earlier this year (2010) for the first time, I thought I might hear my request at last. Bizarrely I did not but instead to my astonishment heard him read out a request he had been handed by a current work colleague of mine who had unknown to me, been at the gig as well (incidentally, for the Scars one of my own local faves from the time who my colleague used to jam with). I recently played the request to my colleague, it was first time he knew it had been read out. He heard his Scars request 28 years late.... - User:Weatherman22)

Mar

6 Band On The Wall, The Venue, Manchester: John Peel Roadshow, Bee Vamp, Kabbala, Pick Of The Week [25]

Apr

22 Bradford University: Skeletal Family, with John Peel Roadshow [26]

May

31 "Pinkpop", Burgemeester Damen sportpark, Geleen, Holland: Doe Maar, Au Pairs, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Y&T, Saga, Mink Deville, ZZ Top [27]

July

23, 24 or 25, Norwich, unknown venue: John Peel Roadshow [28]

Sept

3 Sheffield, unknown venue, John Peel Roadshow [197]

21 Hammersmith Odeon, "Heroes & Villains": Charity concert celebrating 15 years of Radio One. Peel compered the event (with Tony Blackburn). "Many of the musical heroes of the 60s playing live on stage": Chris Andrews, Cliff Bennett, Dave Berry, Junior Campbell; Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich; Chris Farlowe, Wayne Fontana, Merseybeats, Nashville Teens, Pan's People, Malcolm Roberts, Rockin' Berries, Sandie Shaw, Swinging Blue Jeans, Troggs, Carl Wayne. Villains were Radio One DJs past and present. Broadcast 30 September 1982. [198] [199] [200]

Nov

12 Liverpool Polytechnic: John Peel Roadshow, Icicle Works, The Conversation [29]

Dec

17 Warrington, unknown venue, John Peel Roadshow; Frankie Goes To Hollywood [30]

1983

(early 1983, exact date unknown): Oxford Polytechnic, John Peel Roadshow [31]

May

7 CND rally, Brockwell Park, Brixton: Hazel O'Connor, Clint Eastwood and General Saint, David Rappaport, Style Council, Madness [32] [33]

23 "Pinkpop", Burgemeester Damen sportpark, Geleen, Holland: Janse Bagge Bend, T.C. Matic, Fun Boy Three, Nena, Men At Work, Gary Moore, Simple Minds, Doe Maar [34]

June

12 St John's College, Cambridge: John Peel Roadshow [35]

1984

Oct

ICA Rock Week: "John Peel is putting the fun back into being pretentious." All bands chosen by JP, with performances recorded for broadcast on his or Janis Long's programmes. [202]

• 2 Yip Yip Coyote, Yeah Yeah Noh, Pink Peg Slax
• 3 Perfect Vision, (probably Chinese Gangster Element, see Garner p. 227), Hard Corps ("Peel and Walters were there, I saw them wandering about"... Ken)
• 4 Shoot Dispute, Big Flame, SPK [36]
• 5 Terry & Gerry, Woodentops, Nightingales (Peel unable to attend as had been booked for gig in Middlesborough [204])
• 6 The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Very Things, Helen & The Horns
• 7 Ellery Bop, Ut, Marc Riley & The Creepers

Nov

10 Dundee, Fat Sam's: John Peel Roadshow [37] [38]

Dec

13 Hull University, Attila The Stockbroker, Frank Chickens [205] [206]

14 Lancaster, unknown venue, John Peel Roadshow [207]

15 Cumbria, unknown venue, John Peel Roadshow [208]

1985

May

27 Pink Pop Festival, Holland: Gaga, Jason & The Scorchers, Chris Rea, China Crisis, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Stranglers, King, Steel Pulse [39] [40]

June

1 Oxford (unknown venue): John Peel Roadshow with 10,000 Maniacs [41]

8 or 9 Ipswich Gaumont: Roy Orbison [42] [43]

Aug

7 ICA, London: Champion Doug Veitch, Mathias Santing(??), Freiwillige Selbskontrolle [44]

1986

February

1 Edinburgh University: Styngrites-John Peel Roadshow [45]

14 Glasgow University, Queen Margaret Union, Friday night valentine's day disco. Before his set, Peel was taken for an Indian meal at the old Shish Mahal Indian restaurant in Gibson Street (building has been demolished, restaurant relocated round the corner to Park Street in early 90s) with Ken Garner, Sharon Fitzgerald and photographer Andrew Johnson. Garner's interview of the occasion - their first meeting - appeared in the Glasgow University Guardian newspaper, and is recounted in the preface to his book IN SESSION TONIGHT. Fitzgerald had written up an interview with Peel during a visit for a gig at the same venue the previous year for the fanzine Slow Dazzle.

July

5 Brecon Market Hall, "Red Wedge" event: Attila The Stockbroker, Big J, Mark Miwurdz, Yr Anhrefn, Datblygu [46] [47]

1987

May

28 Nottingham Garage: Gaye Bykers On Acid support Death Trash, Midnight Choir, The Janitors [48]

July

(unknown date) Wembley Arena, Billy Joel - Peel reviewed the gig in the Observer

16 1 in 12, Metropole, Bradford: Larm, Heibel, Heresy, Filthy Christians [49] [50] [51] [52]- Peel reviewed the gig in the Observer

1988

Jan

7 Birmingham NEC: Echo & The Bunnymen, Primitives [53] [54] [55]

Sept

15 Leicester, De Montford Hall: Siouxsie & The Banshees [167] [56]

1989

Aug

29 Subterranea, London, Peel's surprise 50th birthday party gig: House Of Love, Wedding Present, Fall [209]