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(All venues are in the UK unless otherwise stated)

Date

Venue

Any other details

28th August 1977

Electric Circus, Collyhurst, Manchester

1st September 1977

Rafters, Manchester

supporting Buzzcocks

5th September 1977

The Ranch

1st October 1977

Electric Circus, Collyhurst, Manchester

27th May 1978

Mayflower Club, Gorton, Manchester

supporting V2

16th June 1978

Concorde Suite, Droylesden Town Hall

supporting The Fall

25th October 1978

Hazel Grove Youth Club

headlining, with Private Sector

3rd May 1979

Manchester Polytechnic

supporting X-O-Dus

14th May 1979

Band On The Wall, Manchester

headlining

15th June 1979

Hyde Town Hall, Manchester

headlining

28th July 1979

"Stuff The Superstars", Mayflower Club, Gorton, Manchester

supporting Joy Division, The Fall, etc. See our article on the event which is here.

18th August 1979

Mayflower Club, Gorton, Manchester

headlining, supported by Armed Force, Hamsters, Glass Animals, Shovel Robinson

27th August 1979

Zoo Meets Factory Halfway, Leigh Festival

with Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, OMD, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, X-O-Dus, Crawling Chaos, Lori & The Chameleons, Elti-Fits

22nd September 1979

Nashville Rooms, London

supporting Joy Division

26th October 1979

Electric Ballroom, Camden, London

supporting Joy Division, plus A Certain Ratio

16th November 1979

Stockport College

23rd November 1979

Eric's, Liverpool

headlining, supported by Art Failure

1st December 1979

Mayflower Club, Gorton, Manchester

headlining, supported by Arthur Kadmon and Glass Animals

31st December 1979

warehouse, Oldham Street, Manchester

supporting Joy Division

14th March 1980

Sheffield Uni Sorby Hall

headlining, supported by folk singer/comedian Bob Williamson

9th May 1980

The Nite Club, Edinburgh

headlining, supported by The Members

17th May 1980

Newcastle University, Newcastle

headlining, supported by The Members

19th June 1980

Finnegans Warehouse, Newcastle

supporting Delta 5

24th June 1980

Sheffield Limit Club

headlining, supported by R.I.P.

28th June 1980

Manchester Polytechnic

headlining, supported by Direct Hits and Not Sensibles

1st August 1980

UMIST

headlining, supported by Local Heroes

4th September 1980

Hurrah's, New York, USA

September 1980

Rafters

headlining, supported by Spectres

28th September 1980

Manchester Apollo

supporting The Skids/The Books

2nd October 1980

Manchester University Freshers Ball

supporting Gary Glitter, bill also included Glass Torpedoes

4th November 1980

Manchester Polytechnic

headlining, supported by Private Sector

5th December 1980

Manchester Comanche

headlining, supported by Illustration

22nd December 1980

Band on the Wall

headlining, supported by Dr Philth

12th February 1981

Grey Horse pub, Romiley

28th March 1981

Leicester Polytechnic

with The Hitmen, Zanathus and Stress.

8th April 1981

Beech Club

headlining, supported by Seething Wells

10th April 1981

Adlington British Legion

headlining, supported by Bu Boys

8th July 1981

Chorlton Lamplight Club

26th August 1981

M/cr Gallery

headlining, supported by Do Dos

24th December 1981

Rafters

headlining, supported by Things

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