Bloody hell.
Possibly the best band I ever saw.
Definitely the best band I ever saw that I'd never heard of.
RIP min.
Fu ck me, this Grim Reaper **** is getting hooorin' close to me neighbourhood.
Bloody hell.
Possibly the best band I ever saw.
Definitely the best band I ever saw that I'd never heard of.
RIP min.
Last edited by 57vintage; 20-12-2022 at 08:46 AM.
I was at that one, but I meant Special AKA at Ruffles, a wee bit earlier.
Outstanding sound.
Last edited by 57vintage; 20-12-2022 at 09:52 AM.
It wasn't well attended.
We mostly went on a Tuesday, doing the leaning on the bar ready to criticise bit when WHAM, everyone was up dancing.
What a sound, Rico on trombone completed the evening.
I had the great pleasure to attend this gig also (along with half the Abmad board it seems) the three acts were mind blowing one of my best gigs ever, Ghost town was and remains a song of the times. Social commentary at its best.
Edit.. Sorry I was referring to the 2tone tour with the Specials, Selector, and Madness, at the old Palis in Diamond st.
Last edited by stewarty27; 20-12-2022 at 11:38 AM.
Didn't The Beat play that night as well?
Possibly a different gig.
Very sad to read about Terry Hall and only 63.
I liked the Specials a lot, but I also have a lot of time for his many other records he released, to me a very underrated songwriter.
No, just the three that stewarty mentioned. All were on top of their game. Next day they played at Ayr Pavilion, and the day after, Madness signed to Stiff and were replaced by Dexys Midnight Runners (top Red and Banffshire loon Jim Paterson on trombone) and they played the rest of the tour from Carlisle onwards.