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“82”

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:17 pm
by jacknifejohnny
Pretty sure Big Country were the support band when I saw the concert at the Birmingham Odeon on that “82” tour, for the life of me I can’t remember who the support band at the Hammersmith Odeon was and I went to all 3 of them ? Sure a lot of you were there. Can only think we must’ve stayed in the boozer till the main act . Did look in the history, but couldn’t find it. This just goes back to a conversation I had with a mate about if we ever saw Big Country in their heyday.

Re: “82”

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:42 pm
by Si
jacknifejohnny wrote:
Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:17 pm
Did look in the history, but couldn’t find it.
How hard did you look haha
February 14th '82 London, England Hammersmith Odeon (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket] [Tour Itinerary]
February 15th '82 London, England Hammersmith Odeon (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket] [Tour Itinerary]
February 16th '82 London, England Hammersmith Odeon (w/ Shaphire) [Ticket] - Extra show added after the first two sold out.

Re: “82”

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:19 pm
by VinceRaven
I'll always remember the end of Shaphire's set at Glasgow. The singer said words to the effect of "I love you Glasgow. I love you so much I'm going to leave you my jacket" at which point he took off his patch-covered denim jacket and threw it into the audience near me. It landed directly on the lap of a fairly young kid who just stared down at it for a few moments as a longhaired bloke in the row behind reached over and grabbed it.

The cynic in me believes he was just after the patches.

Re: “82”

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:25 am
by jacknifejohnny
Cheers Si, not hard enough by the look of it mate

Re: “82”

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:29 am
by Si
It's been pointed out that for YEARS I've had the bands name misspelt!
It's "Sapphire".

Re: “82”

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:48 pm
by VinceRaven
Si wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:29 am
It's been pointed out that for YEARS I've had the bands name misspelt!
It's "Sapphire".
And here was me wondering where they got the odd name from.

Re: “82”

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:10 am
by Babysquid
I’ve just listened to the Glasgow 82 Lp ago finally got a copy. Loved it. Along with the original group this is my favourite Alice period. I’ve got a boot of the show too but this was well worth adding to my collection.

Re: “82”

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:24 pm
by dadascot
If I remember correctly the singer at the Glasgow gig said "don't worry Alice will be on soon" because he was getting so much grief from the audience.

Re: “82”

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:45 am
by VinceRaven
Those of us at the gigs in '82 can now relive the support act thanks to everything in history being somewhere on YouTube. Here's the A and B sides of their one and only single.

Jealousy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0-_dJ1nwU

Let It Burn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JuaX1MurP4