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!  colspan="2" | <big>1977-03-11</big>
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Concert_image.png]]
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH. ''Should be a photo taken at that concert, or a ticket stub scan, or something similarly identifying of the event.''
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!  colspan="2" | Performance summary
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| <b>Artist performing:</b>
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| Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
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| <b>Tour:</b>
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| [[1977 Cherry Vanilla Tour]]
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| <b>Venue:</b>
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| [[Birmingham University]]
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| <b>Location:</b>
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| Birmingham, England, UK
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| <b>Support acts:</b>
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| [[Cherry Vanilla]], [[The Police]]
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| <b>Ticket prices:</b>
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| TICKET PRICES
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On [[1977-03-11]], [[The Police]] performed at [[Birmingham University]] in Birmingham, England, UK.
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=Setlist=
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''This section needs more information.''
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=Recording information=
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As per the story below, apparently John Taylor of Duran Duran has a recording of this concert.
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=Trivia=
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[[John Taylor]] - future bass player of Duran Duran - was in attendance at this performance and in fact made a cassette recording of it.
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He describes the following incident in his autobiography, [[In The Pleasure Groove]], published in [[2012]]:
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  The first time I saw ... (Johnny) Thunders's magic was onstage
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at Birmingham University. The opening act was a band I had not heard
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of before, The Police. At that time I would sneak a cassette recorder
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into every gig I went to, and I set the machine to record when they
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began to play, even though I had no idea who they were. It was quite
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possible a band you had never heard of yesterday could become
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your favorite band tomorrow.
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  The singer with The Police also played bass, which struck me as
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quite clever and quite "un-punk." After the second number, he struck
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up a rapport with the audience of mostly students. A little too
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familiar, I remember thinking at the time, not knowing then that
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Sting had been a teacher and spoke "student" way better than he would
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ever speak "punk."
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'''Sting''': We've got the Heartbreakers coming on next.
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  ''(Cheer from me and one or two others)''
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'''Sting''': They can't play, you know.
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'''Me''': Fuck off!
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'''Sting''': Who said "Fuck off"?
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'''Me''': I did. ''(all of this going down onto the cassette tape)''
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'''Sting''': It's true. They're great guys but they can't play.
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'''Me''': Fuck off, you wanker!
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'''Sting''': You'll see. This next song is called "Fall Out"! 1 2 3 4...
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=See also=
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* [[1977-1978 Pre-Outlandos performances]]
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* [[Cherry Vanilla]]
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* [[John Taylor]]
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* [[In The Pleasure Groove]]
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=External links=
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''This section needs more information.''
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=References=
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sources:
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* [[Stewart Copeland]]'s diaries; NME February 26, [[1977]]; Sounds + NME ads March 12, [[1977]]
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* [[John Taylor]]'s book [[In The Pleasure Groove]]
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[[1977-03-12 | next entry ==>]]
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[[Category:1977]] [[Category:1977 Cherry Vanilla Tour]][[Category:1977-1978 Pre-Outlandos performances]]

Latest revision as of 09:43, 25 July 2021


<== previous entry

1977-03-11
Concert image.png
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH. Should be a photo taken at that concert, or a ticket stub scan, or something similarly identifying of the event.
Performance summary
Artist performing: Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Tour: 1977 Cherry Vanilla Tour
Venue: Birmingham University
Location: Birmingham, England, UK
Support acts: Cherry Vanilla, The Police
Ticket prices: TICKET PRICES


On 1977-03-11, The Police performed at Birmingham University in Birmingham, England, UK.

Setlist

This section needs more information.

Recording information

As per the story below, apparently John Taylor of Duran Duran has a recording of this concert.

Trivia

John Taylor - future bass player of Duran Duran - was in attendance at this performance and in fact made a cassette recording of it.

He describes the following incident in his autobiography, In The Pleasure Groove, published in 2012: 




  The first time I saw ... (Johnny) Thunders's magic was onstage 
at Birmingham University. The opening act was a band I had not heard
of before, The Police. At that time I would sneak a cassette recorder 
into every gig I went to, and I set the machine to record when they 
began to play, even though I had no idea who they were. It was quite
possible a band you had never heard of yesterday could become
your favorite band tomorrow.

  The singer with The Police also played bass, which struck me as
quite clever and quite "un-punk." After the second number, he struck
up a rapport with the audience of mostly students. A little too 
familiar, I remember thinking at the time, not knowing then that 
Sting had been a teacher and spoke "student" way better than he would
ever speak "punk."

Sting: We've got the Heartbreakers coming on next.
 (Cheer from me and one or two others)
Sting: They can't play, you know.
Me: Fuck off!
Sting: Who said "Fuck off"?
Me: I did. (all of this going down onto the cassette tape)
Sting: It's true. They're great guys but they can't play.
Me: Fuck off, you wanker!
Sting: You'll see. This next song is called "Fall Out"! 1 2 3 4...

See also

External links

This section needs more information.

References

sources:

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