Coventry Theatre, around 1980, I think. Gary Numan was No1 with Cars, and we went to see him. Brilliant stuff. I wouldn't say the support act blew him away, but they were also brilliant. Two blokes, one with a bass guitar, the other with a rack of synthesisers. And a big tape machine. They were OMD.
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Support band you saw that blew away the headliner
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Gareth Barry Conlon
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If I was putting on a gig I'd have the zutons on after Paul Heaton mainly as a tempo thing. I'd have the lightning seeds selling merch in the foyer.Going to see Paul Heaton tomorrow.
Zutons & The Lightening Seeds supporting.
Could turn out a fairly decent evening for the princely sum of £40 a ticket.
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I was just going to post the same, just substituting Hamms Odeon for Coventry. Going forward I was never a big fan of OMD's records but on that night they were superb.Coventry Theatre, around 1980, I think. Gary Numan was No1 with Cars, and we went to see him. Brilliant stuff. I wouldn't say the support act blew him away, but they were also brilliant. Two blokes, one with a bass guitar, the other with a rack of synthesisers. And a big tape machine. They were OMD.
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In my student days back in the mid-seventies I went to see Clive James & Pete Atkin at MMU Union. That's THE Clive James, and Atkin was a folk-ish singer who James was doing a collaboration with.
The actual support had been on and I have no idea who it was but after they'd finished and during the interval, this weird looking guy who'd been stood near us got up on stage. He was a tall, thin guy, dressed all in black, with a mop of frizzy black hair and wearing shades. He started reading out poems and everyone was shouting at him to fuck off.
He carried on though and people gradually realised how good he was, cheering him off after his 10 or 15 minute unofficial spot. He was, of course, John Cooper Clarke. And while I'm cheering him, I felt a tap on my shoulder so turned round to see Clive James, who quietly said "Excuse me, I need to get on the stage".
The actual support had been on and I have no idea who it was but after they'd finished and during the interval, this weird looking guy who'd been stood near us got up on stage. He was a tall, thin guy, dressed all in black, with a mop of frizzy black hair and wearing shades. He started reading out poems and everyone was shouting at him to fuck off.
He carried on though and people gradually realised how good he was, cheering him off after his 10 or 15 minute unofficial spot. He was, of course, John Cooper Clarke. And while I'm cheering him, I felt a tap on my shoulder so turned round to see Clive James, who quietly said "Excuse me, I need to get on the stage".
The Princess Club, mid sixties, PJ Proby, headliner, at least an hour late on stage, the crowd turning uglier, Brian Bookbinder the MC struggling to calm things and failing....Unannounced, a big bloke came from behind the curtain, grabbed the mic, a powerhouse tenor voice, had the place rocking. So much so, when Proby eventually came on he was booed to the rafters, with the punters demanding the tenor back....
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Oasis 1995. Support band was two djs who had just put an album out. The chemical brothers. Love there first album.
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The mighty Kraftwerk supporting fucking U2, fucking mentalBest support ever for me was Kraftwerk at GMEX supporting U2 ( plus Public Enemy who weren’t for me)
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The Lightening Seeds were poor, completely down to Ian Broudie's shocking singing.Going to see Paul Heaton tomorrow.
Zutons & The Lightening Seeds supporting.
Could turn out a fairly decent evening for the princely sum of £40 a ticket.
Yes a poor man’s Paul mccartneyThe Lightening Seeds were poor, completely down to Ian Broudie's shocking singing.