Nothing for me will ever beat the one where the bill was completely different every day, except for Toploader headlining both nights.
To paraphrase Charles de Gaulle, the only way anyone can govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese is if they are united by Toploader
Was this Slade in their post-punk phase?
A quick trivia question for Thursday morning:
Who was the support act at the Smiths first New York gig on New Years Eve 1983?
Hmm, bet it’s a big NY act like The Ramones or Blondie.
Or possibly somebody like Grandmaster Flash?
The One Pound Fish Man?
Definitely in the right territory, it was Madonna.
Ha ha, late 60s Slade!
Dave Hill definitely not pulling off the skinhead look there.
Looks like Lammo, today
Never see Noddy Holder and James Acaster in the same room do you
There’s a contemporary review although I’m afraid it’s by Gary Bushell.
http://www.sladeinengland.co.uk/Press/live%20reviews/slade_lyceum_ballroom_80.htm
Don’t know much about him but wouldn’t surprise me if he was Brendan O’Neill’s dad