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My very firstest gig book! Most recent gigs first…

DATE	ARTIST	VENUE/STAGE	NOTES
9/12/88	Jonathon Richman Pacific	London, The Town and Country Club
8/12/88	The House of Love Pacific	Birmingham, Irish Centre ?
7/12/88	The House of Love Pacific	Brighton ?
6/12/88	The House of Love Pacific	Portsmouth Poly ?
23/10/88	How Many Beans Make 5	Brighton, the Old Vic
11/10/88	Pacific	London, The Limelight
5/9/88	Great Scott	Brighton, The Old Vic
3/9/88	Summerhill Lush [How Many Beans make 5]	London, Camden Falcon
7/8/88	Doing it for the Kids- Creation Records event. My Bloody Valentine The House of Love The Jazz Butcher Momus Jasmine Minks Heidi Berry Pacific Biff Bang Pow	London, The Town and Country Club
10/7/88	Bradford North of Cornwallis	Brighton, The Escape Club
3/7/88	How Many Beans Make 5 Great Scott	Crawley, The Apple Tree
15/6/88	Blow Up How Many Beans Make 5	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
2/6/88	The Darling Buds Great Scott Orange	Brighton, The Richmond
31/5/88	Strawberry Switchblade	Brighton, The Escape Club
30/5/88	How Many Beans Make 5 Whisky Priests [The Pop Guns]	Brighton, The Old Vic
6/5/88	Ever Bobby Scarlet	Crawley, The Hawth
3/5/88	The Chesterfields Bobby Scarlet	Horsham, Champagnes
24/2/88	The Brilliant Corners	Brighton, The Basement
19/2/88	Random Engine Pot The Curtain Twitchers [Jane Fox & John Cunningham]	Brighton, Brighthelm Centre
17/2/88	How Many Beans Make 5	Brighton, Sussex University, The Crypt
16/2/88	Robyn Hitchcock	Brighton, Zap Club
5/2/88	Talulah Gosh The Sea Urchins	London, LSE
16/1/88	The Wolfhounds Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes	Brighton, The Basement
1987
21/12/87	The Communards	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
18/12/87	The Wedding Present The Grooveyard	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
12/12/87	Tune a Day How Many Beans Make 5 The Pictures	Brighton, The Basement
29/11/87	How Many Beans Make 5 Jellymen Pikers The Pop Guns	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
21/11/87	14 Iced Bears The Pop Guns	Brighton, Sussex University, The Crypt
17/11/87	The Rain Jason Smart	Brighton, The Concorde
5/11/87	The Wolfhounds	Brighton, The Zap Club
31/10/87	Echo and the Bunnymen The Primitives	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
24/10/87	McCarthy Martyn Bates The Doris Days	Brighton, The Basement
20/10/87	14 Iced Bears	Horsham, Champagnes
7/10/87	The Chills	Brighton, The Basement
12/9/87	The Friendly Fires The Grooveyard	Brighton, The Concorde
24/8/87	Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes This Poison How Many Beans Make 5	Brighton, The Concorde
11/8/87	The Fizzbombs The Pop Guns Bobby Scarlet	Brighton, The Concorde
27/7/87	Talulah Gosh The Househunters Paul Groovy and the Pop Art Experience	Brighton, The Basement
14/7/87	14 Iced Bears The Bachelor Pad The Pop Guns	Brighton, The Escape Club
7/7/87	Blow Up Stair Party	Horsham, Champagnes
22/6/87	Primal Scream Loop Electric Cowboy	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
18/6/87- 21/6/87	GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 1987	Pilton, Somerset
21/6/87	The Communards Trouble Funk Michelle Shocked The Proclaimers	Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 1
20/6/87	The Flatmates The Triffids That Petrol Emotion	Cinema Tent Stage 2 Stage 1
19/6/87	New Order Robyn Hitchcock The Soup Dragons	Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 2
18/6/87	The Flatmates	Stage 2
13/6/87	The Doris Days John & Jane [Cunningham and Fox]	Brighton, Stamford Arms
9/6/87	Blow Up The Grooveyard	Brighton, The Basement
3/5/87	The Friendly Fires Bobby Scarlet	Crawley, The Appletree
18/5/87	The Wishing Stones Celibrate Texas The Friendly Fires	Brighton, Escape Club
18/5/87	Talulah Gosh The Pictures	Brighton, The Basement
8/5/87	The Mighty Lemon Drops Stars of Heaven	Brighton, Sussex University
27/4/87	Mighty Mighty	Brighton, The Escape Club
23/4/87	McTells Honey The Legend ! Emil	Brighton, The Concorde
10/4/87	Miaow Whirl	Brighton, The Zap Club
8/4/87	Julian Cope	Brighton, The Top Rank
31/3/87	Television Personalities The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Whirl	Brighton, The Escape Club
10/3/87	The Chesterfields The Clouds The Friendly Fires	Brighton, The Richmond
7/3/87	The Primitives	Brighton, Cockcroft Hall
6/3/87	The Flatmates The Rosehips No Geraniums Open Book	Brighton, The Richmond
3/3/87	The Weather Prophets Blow Up	Brighton, The Basement
28/2/87	The Soup Dragons My Bloody Valentine	Brighton, Cockcroft Hall
23/2/87	The Brilliant Corners Drive Dragnet	Brighton, The Basement
17/2/87	The Psychedelic Furs	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
13/2/87	The Pastels BMX Bandits Spacemen 3 The Dentists	London, Clarendon Hotel Ballroom
10/2/87	Felt Blow up Unlucky Sons [HMBM5]	Brighton, The Escape Club
29/1/87	McCarthy The Friendly Fires Holler	Brighton, The Richmond
23/1/87	Julian Cope Biff Bang Pow	London, Westminster Central Hall
1986
15/12/86	14 Iced Bears The Sound Asleep Okapi Fever	Brighton, The Savannah Club
8/12/86	Gary Glitter	Brighton, The Top Rank
6/12/86	The Jasmine Minks How Many Beans Make 5	Brighton, The Basement
4/12/86	Robyn Hitchcock	Brighton, The Basement
27/11/86	14 Iced Bears The Friendly Fires [Charles Cold] Whirl Holler	Brighton, The Basement
25/11/86	Razorcuts The Chesterfields The Flatmates The Clouds	London, Bay 63
24/11/86	The Fall The Beloved Walking Seeds	Brighton, Coasters
11/11/86	14 Iced Bears Milk Sisters	Horsham, Champagnes
8/11/86	James The Wishing Stones	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
7/11/86	Pete Shelley	Brighton, The Zap Club
4/11/86	The Stranglers Xmal Deutschland	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
2/10/86	The Soup Dragons All the Daughters	Brighton, The Escape Club
1/11/86	Julian Cope Primal Scream	London, The Astoria
28/10/86	Close Lobsters	Brighton, The Richmond
9/10/86	The Weather Prophets Phil Wilson The Candie Maids	Bighton, The Escape Club
8/10/86	The Housemartins The Proclaimers	Brighton, The Top Rank
2/10/86	The Bodines Pop Will Eat Itself Whirl	Brighton, Sallis Benney Theatre
26/9/86	Robyn Hitchcock	Brighton, The Zap Club
22/9/86	Xmal Deutschland The Unbelievables	Brighton, Coasters
6/9/86	Brighton Urban Free Festival- One Drop	Brighton, Preston Park
26/8/86	The Mighty Lemon Drops Charles Cold Holler	Brighton, The Escape Club
24/4/86	The Chesterfields Pop Parker	Brighton, The Escape Club
12/8/86	Julian Cope Whirl 14 Iced Bears	Brighton, The Escape Club
16/7/86	The Pastels BMX Bandits Milk Sisters	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
23/7/86	The Wedding Present Age of Chance Holler	Brighton, Escape Club	David still owes me £1.50!
7/7/86	Fuzzbox Ted Chippington The Nightingales	Brighton, Coasters
19/6/86-22/6/86	GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 1986	Pilton, Somerset
22/6/86	The Housemartins Microdisney Robyn Hitchcock Billy Bragg The Mighty Lemon Drops The Woodentops	Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2
21/6/86	Half Man Half Biscuit Fuzzbox Ted Chippington The Nightingales Phranc Frank Chickens Andy White The Brilliant Corners	Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2 Stage 2
20/6/86	The Psychedelic Furs That Petrol Emotion The June Brides Howard Hughes	Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 1
19/6/86	The Jazz Butcher	Stage 2
10/6/86	The Primitives The Bridge	Brighton, Escape Club
3/6/86	The Soup Dragons The Rain	Brighton, Escape Club
20/5/86	Primal Scream The Weather Prophets Whirl	Brighton, The Escape Club
19/5/86	The Cramps	Brighton, The Top Rank
12/5/86	The Housemartins Surreal Estate The Bliffs	Brighton, Coasters
7/5/86	Ramones The Prisoners	Brighton, The Top Rank
5/5/86	That Petrol Emotion	Brighton Beach
29/4/86	The Bodines The Chesterfields 14 Iced Bears	Brighton, The Escape Club
15/4/86	The Go Betweens The Servants Fifteen Looks	Brighton, The Escape Club
28/3/86	New Order The Fifteenth	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
18/3/86	The June Brides McCarthy	Brighton, The Escape Club
16/3/86	The Housemartins Panic Bros Fifteen Looks Porky the Poet	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
6/3/86	The Long Tall Texans	Brighton, The Richmond
5/3/86	Red Lorry Yellow Lorry	Brighton, The Richmond
1/3/86	Primal Scream The Jasmine Minks	Brighton, The Basement
18/2/86	Felt The Servants 14 Iced Bears Martyn Bates	Brighton, The Escape Club
1985
17/12/85	Television Personalities The Shop Assistants	Brighton, The Escape Club
7/12/85	Elton John	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
26/11/85	The Bodines The Mighty Lemon Drops Milk Sisters	Brighton, The Escape Club
24/11/85	The Hoodoo Gurus Ring of Roses	Brighton, The Escape Club
20/11/85	The Weather Prophets Meat Whiplash Primal Scream	Croydon, The Underground
10/11/85	New Order A Certain Ratio	London, Hammersmith Palais
4/11/85	Xmal Deutschland Restless The Bolshoi	London, The Electric Ballroom
31/10/85	Clan of Xymox The Wolfgang Press Dif Juz	Croydon, The Underground
30/10/85	The Cult Cactus World News	Brighton, The Top Rank
30/10/85	Robyn Hitchcock	Brighton, The Richmond
25/10/85	The Fall	Sussex Uni, Mandela Hall
18/10/85	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
16/10/85	The Rain Parade	Brighton, The Richmond
13/10/85	Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Tea House Camp	Croydon, The Underground
10/10/85	Spear of Destiny	Brighton, The Dome
7/10/85	The Pogues	Brighton, The Top Rank
2/10/85	The Triffids	Brighton, The Savannah Club
23/9/85	Venus in Furs	Brighton, The Savannah Club
20/9/85	Danielle Dax	Brighton, The Zap Club
14/9/85	The Cure Hard Corps	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
12/9/85	The Jazz Butcher The Orchids	Brighton, The Richmond
2/9/85	Liquid Faeries The Fifteenth The Barrel	Brighton, The Richmond
11/8/85	Sonic Youth	Brighton Beach
8/8/85	The Chameleons Play Dead Colenso Parade	London, Camden Electric Ballroom	Rescheduled gig.
3/7/85	The Chameleons Balaam and the Angel Easterhouse	London, Camden Electric Ballroom	Mark had no voice- The Chameleons did 2 songs!
2/7/85	The Chameleons	Brighton, The Escape Club	Date??
25/6/85	King Kurt The Long Tall Texans	Brighton, The Richmond
21/6/85	Poison Girls	Brighton, The Zap Club
19/6/85	The Higsons	Brighton, The Savannah
12/6/85	The Damned The Fuzztones	Brighton, The Top Rank
12/6/85	The Triffids	Brighton, The Richmond
11/6/85	Hard Corps	Brighton, The Savannah
9/6/85	10,000 Maniacs Ever	Brighton, The Escape Club
5/6/85	The Cult March Violets	Brighton, The Top Rank	[Cleo on Vox]
1/6/85	Play Dead	Brighton, Cockcroft Hall
30/5/85	Betrayed	Brighton, The Electric Grape
28/5/85	The Jazz Butcher Eat the Rich	Brighton, The Escape Club
11/5/85	The Chameleons Judge Happiness	London, The Marquee
10/5/85	The Chameleons Judge Happiness	London, The Marquee
3/5/85	Xmal Deutschland Gene Loves Jezebel The Folk Devils	London, The Lyceum	Last Lyceum Gig
2/5/85	10,000 Maniacs	London, The Marquee
1/5/85	Xmal Deutschland Living in Texas	Sussex Uni, Mandela Hall
30/4/85	Balaam and the Angel Swing the Heartache	Brighton, The Richmond
21/4/85	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds True West	Brighton, The Escape Club
18/4/85	Marc Riley & the Creepers Strumpet City Swing the Heartache	Brighton, The Cage
3/4/85	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
3/4/85	Talking Drums	Brighton, The Old Vic
10/3/85	The Monochrome Set	Brighton, The Escape Club
6/3/85	The Smiths	Brighton, The Dome
24/2/85	Ramones Gene Loves Jezebel Restless	London, The Lyceum
3/2/85	Killing Joke The Pale Fountains	London, Hammersmith Palais
2/2/85	The Jesus and Mary Chain The Jungle	Brighton, The Pavillion Theatre
31/1/85	The Jazz Butcher State of Siege	Brighton, The Richmond
29/1/85	The Scientists Liquid Faeries Gremlin on Acid	Brighton, The Escape Club
17/1/85	Meatloaf Terraplane	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
18/1/85	Terry & Gerry	Brighton, The Electric Grape
16/1/85	Betrayed	Brighton, The Old Vic
8/1/85	The Men They Couldn’t Hang Betrayed Dumdum Boys	Brighton, The Escape Club
1984
21/12/84	Gary Glitter Guana Batz One by One	Brighton, The Top Rank
18/12/84	Cocteau Twins Dif Juz	Brighton, The Dome
11/12/84	The Cult	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
8/12/84	The Three Johns	Brighton, The Richmond
6/12/84	Microdisney Never Say Never	Brighton, The Richmond
28/11/84	David Essex	Brighton, The Dome
28/11/84	Helen & the Horns	Brighton, The Richmond
21/11/84	Alien Sex Fiend Liquid Faeries	Worthing Carioca, Xtacy Club
18/11/84	March Violets First Priority Gug & Julie	Brighton, The Pavillion Theatre
16/11/84	New Model Army Joolz	Brighton, Cockcroft Hall
14/11/84	Betrayed	Brighton, The Old Vic
12/11/84	Peter and the Test Tube Babies	Brighton, The Old Vic
3/11/84	The Fall	Brighton, Cockcroft Hall
1/11/84	Yip Yip Coyote The Cacaphonics	Brighton, The Richmond
3/10/84	Betrayed	Brighton, The Old Vic
22/10/84	The Sisters of Mercy Skeletal Family	Brighton, The Top Rank
7/10/84	Peter and the Test Tube Babies Betrayed	Brighton, The Richmond
20/9/84	Echo and the Bunnymen	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
16/9/84	Xmal Deutschland New Model Army	London, Hammersmith Palais
3/9/84	The Long Tall Texans	Brighton, The Old Vic
2/9/84	UK Subs Energy OD Way of the West	Brighton, The Richmond
31/7/84	March Violets Gug & Julie	Brighton, The Escape club
2/7/84	The Psychedelic Furs	London, Hammersmith Odeon
29/6/84	The Psychedelic Furs The Armoury Show	Brighton, The Dome
23/6/84	Neil Diamond	London, Earls Court
22/6/84	Siouxsie and the Banshees The Flowerpot Men	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
30/5/84	Tones on Tail The Lucy Show	Worthing Carioca, Xtacy Club
8/5/84	The Psychedelic Furs Gobs of Colour [Tim Pope] Passion Puppets	London, Hammersmith Odeon
2/5/84	Spear of Destiny Shillelagh Sisters	Brighton, The Top Rank
4/4/84	Xmal Deutschland Flesh for Lulu Guana Batz	London, The Lyceum
2/4/84	The Chameleons Blue in Heaven	London, The Venue
7/3/84	The Armoury Show Frictions Groove	Brighton, Pavillion Theatre
13/2/83	The Alarm Jake Burns & the Big Wheel Lost Loved ones	Brighton, The Top Rank
9/2/84	Spear of Destiny Kingdoms	Sussex Uni, Mandela Hall
1983
2/11/83	Public Image Ltd First Priority	Brighton, The Top Rank
26/10/83	The Fall UT	Brighton, The Concorde
25/10/83	B Movie Persistent Gods	London, The Marquee
24/10/83	Xmal Deutschland The Wolfgang Press	London, The Venue
26/9/83	Paul Young & the Royal Family	Brighton, The Dome
17/6/83	John Peel Roadshow Carved to a Noise Rhythm Tendancy	Sussex University, Mandela Hall
23/4/83	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Cocteau Twins	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
5/4/83	Durutti Column Venus in Furs	Brighton, The New Regent, Xtreems
4/4/83	Tears for Fears Verba Verba	Brighton, The Top Rank
2/4/83	Tom Robinson C & H Productions	Brighton, The Zap Club
13/3/83	U2 The Nitecaps	Brighton, The Top Rank
27/1/83	Echo and the Bunnymen Now is the time to forget the whimpering child, become the warrior!	Brighton, The Dome
1982
5/11/82	Osibisa	Brighton, The Top Rank
1/11/82	The Thompson Twins Decent Assault	Brighton, The Top Rank
30/10/82	Atilla the Stockbroker	Brighton, The Zap Club
29/10/82	Seething Wells Anti-Social Workers	Brighton, The Basement
28/10/82	The Pasasage Carved to a Noise	Brighton, The Basement
9/10/82	Bauhaus Danse Society	Brighton, The Dome
4/10/82	The Psychedelic Furs The Sisters of Mercy	Brighton, Sherry’s
2/10/82	Carved to a Noise	Brighton, The Zap Club
11/9/82	A.B.A.	Brighton, The Zap Club
23/8/82	Lyrix	Brighton, The Zap Club
19/8/82	The Group	Brighton, The New Regent, Xtreems
23/7/82	Ray Charles	Brighton, The Dome
22/7/82	Southern Death Cult	Brighton, The New Regent, Extreems
15/7/82	Osibisa The Papers	Worthing, Assembly hall
6/6/82	Cabaret Voltaire Eric Random	Brighton, Jenkinsons
24/5/82	Altered Images Vic Goddard & Subway Sect	Brighton, The Top Rank
13/5/82	King Trigger Where’s the W?	Brighton, The New Regent, Extreems
2/5/82	The Fall Purrkur Pilnikk	Brighton, Jenkinsons
22/4/82	The Chameleons The Jungle	Brighton, The New Regent, Extreems
21/4/82	Meatloaf	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
3/4/82	Huang Chung Emma Sharpe	Brighton, The New Regent, Extreems
3/4/82	A Flock of Seagulls Carved to a Noise	Brighton, The New Regent, Extreems
18/3/82	Blancmange Decent Assault	Brighton, The New Regent, Extreems
5/3/82	John Cooper Clarke Linton Kwesi Johnson Emma Sharpe & the Features	Brighton, The Top Rank
27/2/82	Orange Juice China Crisis	Sussex University, Mandela Hall
24/2/82	Killing Joke Peter and the Test Tube Babies	Brighton, The Top Rank
21/2/82	The Thompson Twins King Trigger	Brighton, Jenkinsons
27/1/82	Barry Manilow	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
25/1/82	The Stranglers	Brighton, The Top Rank
1981
27/12/81	Adam and the Ants	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
17/12/81	Toyah Fad Gadget	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
2/12/81	Nine Below Zero O.K. Jive	Brighton, The Top Rank
1/12/81	The Cure Lydia Lunch And also the Trees	Brighton, The Dome
25/11/81	Altered Images The Chameleons	Sussex University, Mandela Hall
12/10/81	U2 The Comsat Angels	Brighton, The Top Rank
26/9/81	Hazel O’Connor Bumble and the Beez Kino Mundo	Brighton, The Dome
2/7/81	Depeche Mode	Brighton, Jenkinsons
1/7/81	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
26/5/81	Bruce Springsteen	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
25/5/81	Toyah	Brighton, The Top Rank
24/5/81	Tenpole Tudor	Brighton, Jenkinsons
3/2/81	The Stranglers	Brighton, The Top Rank
29/1/81	Hazel O’ Connor Prime Suspect	Worthing, Assembly Hall
1980
Dec 1980	Rod Stewart	Brighton, The Brighton Centre
1979
28/10/79	The Boomtown Rats	Brighton, The Brighton Centre	My firstest gig ever- GA GA GA GA !

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