[Music] Birmingham Odeon, 1980 - who are you going to see play live?

[BN9 BHA]

Brighton Centre was Numan Sept’80, the others were at the brilliant Suite I think (2,000 punters going berserk every time, great acoustics). As Ultravox grew on popularity, they then did the Brighton Centre lots.

I definitely remember seeing Gary Numan at the Centre, double decker stage and he came out on a small car for Cars
Did he also play The Dome or the Centre the previous year? I’m sure I’ve seen him twice.

 

[sams dad]

The Specials
UB40
Madness

 

[METALMICKY]

Thin Lizzy
Iron Maiden
The Stranglers

Reserve choice - Saxon

 

[Bob!]

Also going for 3 I didn't see back then.

Blondie
Ramones
Iggy Pop

 

[Seagull58]

Tom Petty, Roxy Music, The Damned

 

[Weststander]

I definitely remember seeing Gary Numan at the Centre, double decker stage and he came out on a small car for Cars
Did he also play The Dome or the Centre the previous year? I’m sure I’ve seen him twice.

I missed Tubeway Army, I was too young. You’re right, according to the net, Oct’79 The Dome.

Numan 1980 was my first gig with mates.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Weather Report
Tangerine Dream
Peter Gabriel.

Maybe 10cc in place of Tangerine Dream

I saw Santana there in 1973. That was possibly the best gig I’ve ever been to - soon after Caravanserai was released.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Peter Gabriel
Ultraviolet
OMD

 

[ditchy]

blondie, Ultravox. and Duran Duran.
what a fantastic line up for the year ,. Would love to see what was on in Brighton that year .

 

[Lower West Stander]

Blondie
Ramones
Judge Tzuke - who was fit as....


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[Brighthelmstone]

Dire Straits, Iron Maiden and Genesis

 

[Fozzyboy]

What a great post. Slightly out of my date range as I was 3 but if someone could do one for the Brighton Centre in the 90's, that would be fun

 

[Guinness Boy]

Great thread.

If I was to stay the age I am now then The Specials and The Stranglers.

If I was to go back to the age I was then I will add Adam and the Ants, just to be ahead of almost everyone at my school who saw them later at the Brighton Centre (plus the current age me would find it interesting to see if they were doing any Dirk Wears White Sox stuff as well or if this was, as I suspect, a Kings of the Wild Frontier preview show with those songs possibly a bit rawer)

 

[Nitram]

Ramones, Undertones and Stranglers. If 7 years earlier would have substituted Hawkwind (Lemmy) and Sabbath (Ozzie) for first two. Hard to leave out Madness.
Just re-read line up and Undertones and Ramones would have to move over for Rory Gallagher and AC/DC.

 

[Gabbafella]

Ghost Town was released in 81 so you didn't get to see it

Oh, bugger.
Well let's stick with the Specials anyway. Ska is about as close to drum n bass and I can get in the 80's so I'd bounce around to that for a while.

 

[veuve]

Ub40
Specials
Undertones
Saw them all, Brighton & Worthing.

 

[Live by the sea]

Great thread.

If I was to stay the age I am now then The Specials and The Stranglers.

If I was to go back to the age I was then I will add Adam and the Ants, just to be ahead of almost everyone at my school who saw them later at the Brighton Centre (plus the current age me would find it interesting to see if they were doing any Dirk Wears White Sox stuff as well or if this was, as I suspect, a Kings of the Wild Frontier preview show with those songs possibly a bit rawer)

Yes Adam & the Ants were very cool in 1980

 

[Gwylan]

Captain Beefheart for sure - never saw him
Iggy Pop/Psychedelic Furs (I saw the Pop but never PF)

As for the others, it's a toss-up between The Specials, Buzzcocks and The Ramones. I'd seen all three before but I think I'd plump for The Ramones

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Everyone has a shortlist of 10 or so. Play the game!

Ah yes forgive me.
I have read it properly now.
I was wondering why people were only choosing three lol.
In that case I would go.

Blondie
Black Sabbath
The specials.

This is a great idea for a thread,even better than I realises first time around

 

[Dave the OAP]

Alex Harvey band
Gabriel
Genesis

The best thing about that list is that I saw many of them in the 70’s80’s in Brighton