So this is where the last two Ultravox posts have been leading too... a Summer's afternoon and early evening in South London spent in the presence of one of the most mismatched all-dayer billing I have seen in a long time. It took an internet search to learn that Sponooch were a Hot Gossip spin off dance/music troupe... and with that the line up became yet more bizarre!
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-ZU0kiwSkLj
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-A23nUVqAWg
If these two gig reviews are anything to go by the event was not exactly a runnaway success!
New Musical Express (20th June 1981)
Record Mirror (20th June 1981)
Accounts of people in the lake reminded me of a gig that my mate went to see (since The March Violets were on the bill). It was an anti-heroin gig in August 1985, the same kind of all day event at the same venue. Once again the stage was separated from the punters by a moat of sorts that inevitably filled with people over the course of the day.
If you thought that the 'Summer In The City '81' line up made for an particularly ill-assorted collection of acts. Get this, the 'To Be Announced' special guest was none other than the 'Forces Sweetheart' Vera Lynn... imagine that Vera Lynne on the same bill as Hawkwind! And it did actually happen...
(Crystal Palace 24th August 1985)
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