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Set List: Plastic Surgery; Bathroom Function; Il Duce; Physical (You’re So); Weekend Swingers; Song for Ruth Ellis; Cleopatra; B-Side Baby; Friends; Never Trust a Man (With Egg On His Face); Catholic Day; Deutscher Girls; Lady; Puerto Rican; Fall In; It Doesn't Matter.

This was the show where a group of local bikers invaded the college and started laying into the local punks and travelling Antpeople. A very dodgy audience recording of the show exists.

Tom Vague: 'On the Friday of the first week of term. The first Salisbury anti-punk bikers’ riot. Tim Aylet, who organised the gig, wrote in his Channel 4 fanzine ‘Sanctuary at Salisbury’ review: While Mr Thorpe walks freely with a murder charge above his head, people die from smallpox and salmon-poisoning, we at Salisbury are here to see Adam and the Ants. The Ants have a long sound-check and doors open at 8. The disco plays traditional punk rock and most people go to the bar. Both support bands are behind time and have to play short sets as there is no time for a sound- check. At 9 enter the Screens of whom I only see ten minutes, but will hopefully never see again. They are a 5-piece band and play a mixture of rhythm’n’blues and powerpop. Next enter Glaxo Babies, a 4-piece band from Bristol. They have a weird atmosphere. They are in a class of their own and play fast rock with stops and starts and very individual vocals. The drummer is brilliant but I think they lack any visual appeal except the bassist who looks great. Unfortunately they only have time to play for half an hour so leave out half of their songs.

Later on came Adam and the Ants, 2 guitars, drums and Adam. They start with ‘Plastic Surgery’ and are met with a mixed reaction. They all look great and immediately create an atmosphere. The Salisbury people are obviously not used to good music and some leave after feeling alien to something disturbingly real. Adam Ant looked like a human gargoyle and sings with a clear-cut very sexual voice. Most of the songs are based around the bass lines and are Stooges/Velvet Underground influenced. I feel that there is a barrier between the group and the audience which is the fault of both parties, although is probably intentional by the Ants. About halfway through the Ants, the Salisbury bikers and smoothies turn up and cowardly drag individual people outside to beat them up. If that was all that happened it would have been just a pathetic punch-up, but when people get stabbed it becomes serious. And when Adam Ant used the situation to prove how disturbed people were wherever the Ants play - even though the situation would have occurred had any group been playing - I was sickened. But misfortune apart, I thought it was one of the best gigs I have been to this year. Adam Ant told me that they have a year contract with Decca and will be releasing their first single in November, ‘Young Parisians’ and ‘Lady’. The album should be out in January. If you are into ‘rock’ I strongly advise you to see them.

In Vague 12, I recalled the gig in a post-pop Adam and the Ants retrospective: Christine was off being a young Parisian, much to her annoyance, so I was driving and like a good citizen I only had one drink then went into the hall to see the support bands, the Screens and Glaxo Babies. Salisbury had never seen anything like it. I was used to having exams in the hall, but there we were waiting to see Adam and the Ants; students dressed up punky for the night, everybody from Southampton and Bournemouth, a large contingent from London – some of whom boasted of seeing the Ants 40 times already; most of the London lot looked really young and they had their own style, consisting of cardigans, Ants or Seditionaries T-shirts, studded belts, bondage trousers and kung fu slippers – and there was rather a lot of bikers. At the time nobody knew what was going on, even when it was actually going on, but I later pieced together roughly what happened. A couple of bikers went into the Star, which was full of punks including the London contingent, generally taking the piss, and one of them came off worse in an incident involving Duncan, the drummer of Martian Dance - and later Chiefs of Relief. However, there was a United Bikers rally on, and after a few phone calls bikers started infiltrating the Ants gig. When there were sufficient numbers amassed, they began picking punks at random and dragging them out to the foyer for a kicking.

Martin Butler - who helped to organise the gig - heard about the trouble in the students’ union office and went down to try and calm things down; he was only just saved from a kicking by the Ants roadie Robbo from Liverpool dragging him into the hall. Then a biker girl was stabbed in the toilets and all hell broke loose. In the hall things were still relatively calm, although there was a generally uneasy atmosphere and the word soon got round. The Weekend Swingers - Salisbury was the only place the Ants ever played this song - realised it wasn’t such fun after all and started frantically flattening their hair and wiping off their make-up – they really did. But I missed out on most of this because, for once, I was more interested in what was going on on stage. The converted were apprehensively paying homage. Most everybody else had either gone home or were outside getting beaten up, apart from me and mate Howler. The Ants were really stunning, tight and intense. And everyone who stayed was bonded together as they did a defiantly long set. You just couldn’t leave till the end; and it was just as well we didn’t, as the early departees were being picked off one by one outside. I still only just got out in one piece, as a bouncer stopped me walking right into the middle of a gang of chain wielding hairies, then Howler and me eventually sneaked off into the night in my Mini. I was one of the few lucky ones, everyone I’ve met who was at the gig got beaten up to varying degrees, apart from the Scouse rockabilly Ants roadie Boxhead, who talked his way out of it, and Terry Watley who recalled fighting back with a money bag.

Rob Chapman, the singer of Glaxo Babies - of ‘Christine Keeler’ and ‘Who Killed Bruce Lee?’ fame, now of Mojo magazine, has recently told me that he doesn’t remember the biker aggro as they left early. Pete Scott wrote retrospectively in Vague 12 of the original Ants experience: When I first saw Adam and the Ants I felt as if I’d walked straight into one of those weird paintings where watch faces hang limply over tree limbs. The Ants were like nothing I’d ever experienced before – 4 figments of make-believe carefully superimposed on a real setting. Both musically and visually, they were quite unique. Their songs were not just your ordinary, run of the mill rock’n’roll clap-trap – by turns they were gross, violent and beautiful. Maybe best of all, they were also very funny. If you’re a regular Vague reader, then you don’t need me to tell you how good the Ants were back then. Nevertheless they had their faults.....'

ALABAMA 3

7 October 2005 - City Hall

THE ALLISONS

2 April 1961 – Gaumont

With Mike Preston, Ronnie Carroll, Rhet Stoller, The Krew Kats, The Hunters, Michael Hill, Dave Reed, Dave Sampson.

2 December 1961 – Gaumont

Supporting Billy Fury.

MARC ALMOND

31 May 1999 - City Hall

The story goes that following a warm up gig she had played at the Arts Centre, Marianne Faithfull was raving to Marc about the venue and heartily recommended he should use it for a warm up for one of his own tours. He got his manager on the case and was promptly booked into the City Hall instead! Still pretty good though by all accounts.

ALTERNATIVE TV

25 November 1978 - Either the College of Technology or the Theological College

This gig was possibly cancelled.

IAN ANDERSON

16 December 2011 - St Marys Cathedral

Supported by Greg Lake.

Proceeds to the cathedral repair fund. This show featured a selection of reworked carols, music, seasonal readings and prayers. Time Team’s Phil Harding, who lives in Salisbury, gave one of the seasonal readings – presumably ending it with ‘Oh God Aaa’

THE ANIMALS

21 August 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The Mob.

ANIMALS AND MEN

25 April 1980 - College of Technology Common Room

Supported by Moskow

Promoted by Vague, but cancelled.

ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE

2005 – The Mill

ASH

25 June 1999 – Arts Centre

THE APPLEJACKS

11 June 1964 - City Hall

Supported by John Damon and Johnny Fortune and The Soundsmen.

10 March 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Time Checks.

PP ARNOLD

16 November 1968 - Alex Disco

29 March 1969 - Alex Disco

THE ARTWOODS

18 March 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Bohemians and The Bourbon Street Six.

10 March 1967 - City Hall

Supported by Five Alive and Just Us.

ATOMIC ROOSTER

25 October 1969 - Alex Disco

14 January 1972 - City Hall

Supported by Nazareth

BABYBIRD

28 September 1998 - Arts Centre.

BAD MANNERS

18 December 1980 - College Of Technology

Supported by The Snacks

Review from issue 2 of Point of View: 'After realising that the Toyah documentary was to be screened on ITV the same night, I was debating whether or not to go to this gig. But as I already had the tickets and it was the first name band that neared any decency to visit Salisbury for nearly two years - the last being XTC in October 1978 - I decided to venture out. It was cold that evening and it wasn’t made warmer by having to stand outside until gone 8.30. The doors were supposed to have been open at 8. As expected the gig was sold out and the large crowd waiting outside included a large skinhead gathering. They had obviously travelled all over this. On entering the hall the disco was playing, so Ian, Doss and myself made our way to the bar.

When the disco stopped we made our way to the hall. The Snacks were supporting. I can’t remember much about these apart from the odd looking line-up, which consisted of a front man who was trying to disguise the fact that he was going bald, plus a short fat bass player dressed in bright Hawaiian style clothes who must have been at least 40. After the Snacks the disco played some more Ska hits, the Stray Cats’ ‘Runaway Boys’ and Killing Joke’s ‘Requiem’. Bad Manners came on at 10.45 to a deafening roar from the crowd. Immediately the hordes of skins at the front realised Fatty wasn’t on stage and burst into cries of “Fatty, Fatty.” But they had to wait a whole song before he appeared. Dressed in a boiler suit, he immediately set about showing everyone his tongue, flicking it in and out in time to the music. Everyone was stomping and jumping by now to the energetic fun music which Bad Manners played. The Hulk on stage led his band through such notable tracks as ‘Ivor the Engine’, ‘Here Comes the Major’, as well as all the singles and tracks off the new album. Halfway through the set the power was turned off as Fatty decided to let everyone have a view of his buttocks, much to the delight of the skins at the front. But after much shouting the power was on again and the music was churning out. The band left the stage at 11.50 but came back 3 times before finally switching off and ending a very enjoyable gig. This gig was trouble free, and it proves that the majority of skinheads are just like the rest of us – out for a good time. I’m glad I went, especially as most people said the programme on Toyah was crap.

28 August 2005 - The Chapel

JOAN BAEZ

11 November 2009 - City Hall

Anne Morris, writing in the Salisbury Journal on 19 November 2009: The sold out signs said it all, what promised to be a very special event in Salisbury, proved to be just that.
Famed for her protest songs and civil rights activism in the 1960s, American singer/songwriter Joan Baez’s beautifully distinctive vocals remain in a class of their own, from the opener Lily of the West to her moving finale, Blowin’ in the Wind. And while her voice may have sounded tired by the end of the near two-hour set, nobody minded, for the 68-year-old singer had reached the end of her UK tour.
Backed by a four-piece band, superb musicians in their own right and with obvious camaraderie and warmth for their star performer, there were just too many highlights from the evening to mention.
With a huge back catalogue to choose from, as well as the release of her most recent, and 24th, studio album, there was no shortage of material.
Tributes to Bob Dylan were well received and her imitation of the fellow American singer on Don’t think Twice, It’s All Right, caused a ripple of warm humour and wry smiles around the auditorium.
Multi-instrumentalist Dirk has written a beautiful song, she said. And he had. With Dirk on piano, Baez sang Just the Way You Are, and that just about sums the singer up as she commended everyone to stay Forever Young with the Bob Dylan number. It didn’t matter that she forgot some of the words on The Band’s song, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, because by then, everyone was joining in the chorus.
Thanks for coming to Salisbury, said an audience member, a much applauded sentiment, and what a coup for the City Hall to host someone as classy as Joan Baez. The standing ovation was spontaneous and well deserved and there was an awful lot rapport to share around.

BALLS

1969 - Fordingbridge

Balls were a tentative Birmingham supergroup including Denny Laine, Steve Gibbons, Trevor Burton and Richard Tandy among others. They all moved to a cottage in Fordingbridge in 1969 to ‘get it together’ (as pop groups used to do in those days) and rumour has it that their only live performance was at a ‘village hop’ (anyone know where – or where the cottage was?)

CHRIS BARBER

25 October 1963 – City Hall

Supported by Curtis Jones.

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST

22 January 1975 – City Hall

Supported by Julian Brook

Set List: Medicine Man; Negative Earth; Crazy City; After The Day; Galadriel; She Said; Paper Wings; The Great 1974 Mining Disaster; For No One; Child Of The Universe; Mockingbird

BARK PSYCHOSIS

7 December 1990 - Arts Centre

THE BARRON KNIGHTS

10 May 1963 - City Hall

Supported by The Crescendos.

28 November 1963 - City Hall

Supported by The Crescendos.

THE BEATLES

15 June 1963 - City Hall

Supported by Dale Stevens, Mike Shayne, Group Five and The Deltas.

This show was arranged in April 1963 for a £300 fee. Brian Epstein offered the promoter Jaybee Clubs £200 to cancel the agreement because of his concern for the groups' safety at this venue. The offer was turned down and the group performed in front of a crowd of more than 1500 people.

THE JEFF BECK GROUP

30 November 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Change.

THE BEE GEES

16 November 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Life.

24 April 1968 – Odeon

Supported by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, The Foundations and Grapefruit.

BELL AND ARC

7 August 1971 - Alex Disco

CLIFF BENNETT AND THE REBEL ROUSERS

5 September 1964 - City Hall

Supported by Steve Law and The Group Four and The Skyliners Dance Band.

29 May 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The Prophets.

3 February 1968 - Alex Disco

BIG COUNTRY

15 July 1983 – City Hall

Tony Clayden: 'After Big Country played at the City Hall they all came to a party that was being held at my brother (Vincent)'s shared house in Kingsland Road. During the course of the night there were about 100+ party goers - invited and uninvited - and the usual visit by the Police to tell us to keep the noise down etc.!'

ACKER BILK AND HIS PARAMOUNT JAZZ BAND

14 May 1964 - City Hall

Supported by The Soundcasters.

THE BIRDS

9 January 1965 - City Hall

Supported by Ricky Vernon and The Pathfinders and The Strollers.

20 March 1965 - City Hall

21 April 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Time.

24 July 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The Troggs and The Other Versions

2 June 1966 - City Hall

Supported by Robb Chance and The Chances-R

30 December 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Ides Of March.

THE BISHOPS

20 December 1978 - College of Technology

This gig was cancelled

CILLA BLACK

12 March 1964 – Gaumont

Supporting Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas.

BLACKFOOT SUE

26 January 1973 - City Hall

16 June 1973 - Alex Disco

BLACK ROOTS

Early 80s - Arts Centre

BLACK SABBATH

16 May 1970 - Alex Disco

BLOSSOM TOES

7 December 1968 - Alex Disco

12 June 1969 - Alex Disco

BLOW UP

16 September 1988 – City Hall Foyer

Supported by Jane From Occupied Europe

One of a series of gigs put on by Dave Todd with Marty and Alan from Bubblegum Splash!

BLUE AEROPLANES

17 June 1988 - Arts Centre

THE BLUES BAND

27 February 2009 - City Hall

THE BLUETONES

14 November 2005 - Arts Centre

This show was cancelled due to illness within the group

BLYTH POWER

10 April 1987 - Fisherton Arms

5 May 1988 - Arts Centre

15 February 1990 - Arts Centre

3 July 1993 - Arts Centre

27 September 1997 - Arts Centre

Headlining 'All Folked Up' an ell day folk event organised by Gary Richards and featuring Souls Of Fire, Christine Collister and many more.

25 January 1998 - Old Ale House

B- MOVIE

15 October 1982 – College Of Technology

THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION

24 February 1968 - Alex Disco

THE BOOTHILL FOOT TAPPERS

College Of Technology

THE BO STREET RUNNERS

20 February 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The King Bees.

DAVID BOWIE

14 June 1973 – City Hall

Set List: Intro; Hang On To Yourself; Ziggy Stardust; Watch That Man; The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud; All The Young Dudes; Oh! You Pretty Things; Moonage Daydream; Changes; White Light/White Heat; Around And Around.

This performance was part of one of Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ tours and either all or part of the set is available with other material on bootleg CDs such as ‘A Ladd In Edinburgh’ and ‘Quaaludes and Red Wine’.

Find out more in the book Endless Beat (Voices Of The New Sarum Sound 1970-1999) (Timezone Publishing 2010)

THE ALAN BOWN SET

13 July 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Promise.

THE BOYFRIENDS

5 March 1978 - College Of Technology

Supported by Advertising

This show was possibly cancelled?

BILLY BRAGG

20 April 1997 - Arts Centre

Supported by The Mutton Birds

Billy was on a pre- election ‘Vote Labour’ type tour. He got his wish and I have often wondered whether he wasn’t ultimately disappointed.

13 March 2002 – City Hall

As Billy Bragg and The Blokes, including Ian McLagan and Lu (ex- Damned).

1 June 2006 - City Hall

Accompanied by 'Sir' Ian McLagan and supported by Seth Lakeman.

You can now download some of the songs from this show at www.billybragg.com

Set list (possibly incomplete): World Turned Upside Down; Levi Stubbs' Tears; Greetings To The New Brunette; A Lover Sings; Green Onions; Debris; Tank Park Salute; St Monday (with a snippet of 'Itchycoo Park'); I Keep Faith; All You Fascists Bound To Lose (with 'Stay With Me' intro); Pinball Wizard (one verse only in the style of Johnny Cash); Old Clash Fan Fight Song; Walk Away Renee (Version); Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards; The Saturday Boy; A New England.

This was part of the Braggster's 'Hope Not Hate' tour and the Salisbury International Arts Festival. The flyers for the gig also featured the following logos: 'Stop The BNP'; 'Unite Against Fascism'; 'Love Music Hate Racism'; 'Unison'; 'Amicus'; 'RMT'; 'GM B' and 'Left Field'.

On stage for around an hour and forty minutes, Billy still played a fine set, still amused with his rambling between song raps and still railed against the BNP, the lack of funding for education/NHS/pensions and the dullness of Coldplay. All laudable sentiments and interspersed with a few self deprecating cracks about his age, weight and dog-show attending lifestyle.

25 May 2007 - City Hall

A truncated version of the following appeared in 'Record Collector': 'It has long been a feature of The Bard's gigs that he talks almost as much as he sings and here, on the opening night of the Salisbury Arts Festival, he concentrated exclusively on the former to tell us about the ideas behind his book 'The Progressive Patriot'. The 'cabaret table' layout on the main floor seemed a bit incongruous, and there was certainly a different crowd to the last time Billy appeared here, but as a natural raconteur and debater he held the attention and answered questions well. The main thrusts were how he became politicised by Rock Against Racism - stressing it was not the bands but the crowd that had the greatest impact - and how there is a need for a British/English bill of rights. Not everybody agreed with him, but it was an interesting evening - there was still the odd joke ('I once gave a talk as long as this between two songs at a gig in Yeovil') - I did sort of miss the love songs though.'

JOE BROWN

28 February 1962 – Gaumont

Supporting John Leyton.

1 November 1962 – Gaumont

Supporting Billy Fury.

14 March 1963 – Gaumont

With The Tornados, Susan Maughan, Jess Conrad, Eden Kane, Rolf Harris, Shane Fenton, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers and Al Paige.

BRUTAL DELUXE

16 July 2000 - Churchill Gardens, Skate n Mosh

2 June 2001 - Black Pig

BUDGIE

Arts Centre

BUZZCOCKS

18 December 1999 – Arts Centre

I remember that it was snowing like heck outside – and how strange it seemed to see a ‘Buzzcocks’ mug for sale.

29 April 2003 - City Hall

CAFFEINE

20 May 2000 - Arts Centre

CANNED HEAT

13 December 2001 - City Hall.

Supported by Dr Feelgood, John Otway and the Kursaal Flyers.

CAPABILITY BROWN

17 June 1972 - Alex Disco

CAPDOWN

18 May 2002 - Arts Centre

CARAVAN

11 April 1970 – Alex Disco

25 September 1970 – City Hall

Supported by Jackson Heights

THE CARDIACS

Arts Centre

This show was filmed for a video

CARTER USM (THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE)

25 October 1990 – Arts Centre.

Supported by Dennis.

Dave Todd: This was a night of severe gales with weather warnings for people to stay at home. About 40 people saw an absolutely storming gig by the little known at the time Carter.

14 June 1990 – Arts Centre.

Supported by Jane From Occupied Europe.

17 May 1997 – Arts Centre.

Supported by Groop Dog Drill.

THE CATHERINE WHEEL

26 March 1992 - Arts Centre

24 January 1998 - Arts Centre

Supported by Feline and Radiator

JAMES CHADWICK

17 November 2005 - Old Ale House

CHELSEA

25 April 1983 – College Of Technology

Supported by Last Orders

CHICKEN SHACK

29 June 1968 - Alex Disco

17 August 1968 - Alex Disco

24 August 1968 - Alex Disco

15 February 1969 - Alex Disco

1 May 1969 - Alex Disco

CHROME MOLLY

February 1988 - Arts Centre

Supported by Nobody's Fools

'The Rambler' magazine: 'Thanks for the angst Molly, your singer's a dude but your music's a dungheap'.

CHUMBAWUMBA

Arts Centre

CLOSE LOBSTERS

23 March 1989 - Arts Centre

Supported by Jane From Occupied Europe

SHIRLEY COLLINS

5 April 1967 – City Hall

Supporting Adge Cutler and The Wurzels!

JESS CONRAD

19 September 1963 - City Hall

Supported by Rod and The Cortinas.

18 to 23 January 1965 – Odeon

In the Christmas Pantomime with Millie, Jimmy Wheeler and Des Lane.

JOHN COOPER CLARKE

Early 80s - Arts Centre

13 October 2007 - Arts Centre

Supported by Michelle Harris and Elvis McGonagle.

Johnny Clarke's almost two hour long set included 'Beasley Street', 'Evidently Chickentown', a limerick that didn't rhyme and a refreshing disregard for political correctness.

COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE

Black Pig

JULIAN COPE

13 October 2000 – City Hall

20 October 2004 - Salisbury Museum.

Copey gave a talk about his book ‘The Megalithic European’.

HUGH CORNWELL

16 July 1999 - Old Ale House

A solo show by the former Strangler.

CRASS

16-24 June 1980 - Stonehenge Festival

Also featured Poison Girls, Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit, the Mob, Epileptics - who later became Flux of Pink Indians, Eggheads, Androids of Mu, Thursday’s Children, Asphmatics, Suicide Victims, Snipers, Crimmos, White Bird on Red Rice, etc.

Tom Vague: ' I remember wandering round, drunk rather than stoned or speeding, with flattened hair, wrapped in a blanket, as bikers chased punks about, in protest at the anarcho-punk bill. In the 28/6/80 NME ‘Bikers Riot at Stonehenge’ report by news editor Derek Johnson: A night of violence all but wrecked the weekend’s Stonehenge Festival. The trouble erupted late on Saturday night when a group of middle- aged bikers went on the rampage, attacking every punk they could lay hands on, and effectively preventing Crass and Poison Girls from playing their sets. The evening began peaceably with music from Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit, the Mob and the Snipers, but when punk band the Epileptics took the stage they were greeted with a hail of flour-bombs, cans and bottles. Their lead singer was knocked to the ground by a bottle. The bikers then set fire to the Epileptics’ banner, attacked members of Crass and Poison Girls, damaged the generator and took over the stage. Crass and Poison Girls decided not to play “to avoid a blood bath”, and spent the rest of the night trying to break up fights and ferrying their punk fans to the safety of the nearest railway station.

Crass drummer Penny Rimbaud said it was “a 4 hour nightmare”, with punks being hunted down by bikers in “the most savage attacks I’ve ever seen.” Gurts DeFreyne, from Inner City Unit, described the scenes as “horrible – the bikers were pulling punks out of their sleeping bags to beat them up; it was really disgusting.” At least two people complained to the police but one of them, John Loder, a sound- man at the festival, claimed that the police were “totally uninterested” and refused to take any action. At Salisbury Police Station, a Superintendent Maddock told NME he had no knowledge of the violence or the complaints. He did say that 67 arrests had been made, mostly for drug offences or stealing wood, and added that in the police view “the entire festival was illegal” as it was held on squatted land. Penny Rimbaud, who was one of the people who started the Stonehenge Festival in the early 70s, was particularly bitter at the bikers’ attitude. “They said they didn’t want punks taking over their festival, they only wanted to hear ‘real’ music. This is supposedly an open festival, of peace and freedom. After this, I don’t think Crass will play there again, we won’t expose our fans to these experiences and these risks.” Gurts DeFreyne was even more pessimistic: “Maybe this is the end of Stonehenge.” A former Cabinet minister, Lord Peter Melchett, is planning to raise in the House of Lords claims that 300 people were strip-searched by police in view of passers-by.'

1 October 1981 - The Grange

Supported by Dirt, Annie Anxiety and possibly Donna And The Kebabs.

Tony Clayden: 'My brother, Vince Clayden, organised some gigs around Salisbury in the late 70s early 80s. He had something to do with the Crass gig at the Grange. I was there and remember that there were 4-5 bands from the Crass stable - Honey Bane (Donna and the Kebabs) was one, Annie Anxiety was another and also Dirt.'

Extracts from 'Revolting Style' by Tom Vague (from 'Vague' 12, January 1982 and 'ZigZag' 122, February 1982): 'One day I got back to Vague Mansions and me mam tells me that Andy from Crass has called. My immediate reaction is 'Who's taking the piss?' But a few days later, lo and behold, Andy N.A. Palmer B.A.Nana calls again enquiring about us promoting them. I decline at first because of my previous promoting experience with Martian Dance. Then I thought 'Why not? Crass can't rip me off, it would ruin their image, and it'll make change from working for Classix Nouveaux'. So I eventually suss out a seemingly ideal venue - The Grange in Salisbury - and get it advertised and everything.

The big day arrives and Vagrants from all over the country join the Crass faithful in the tranquil setting of the Grange Hotel. All memories of Martian Dance are soon forgotten, like the band, as the jovial merry makers swarm in to the sound of the Crass newsreel. The trouble is they don't stop swarming in. We're just getting near to break even point and they're still coming in, then the manageress says 'Stop' and informs us that she's not letting any more in because of fire regulations. No amount of begging and pleading by us and Crass will persuade her to let the remaining twenty or so in.

In all the excitement I miss Dirt, Annie Anxiety and most of Crass, but by means of fire exit and backstage door - with assistance from Bournemouth skins and Salisbury bikers - we get most of them in, leaving about half a dozen shivering outside. Finally, Perry, Iggy, The Kid and me go out and let the remaining kids in. So, we got everybody in that waited - but our takings on the door don't work out. We had covered our expenses and the extortionate fee the Grange charged but we were £50 short of the very reasonable £250 that Crass charged for the whole package. I approach Andy expecting a repeat of the episode with Martian Dance, but I'm virtually floored by his reaction - 'Oh, that's fine, but do you need any more to cover your expenses?' I later found out that two of my future girl friends forged copies of the quid ticket'

CREAM

9 February 1967 - City Hall

Supported by Just Us.

THE CREATURES

26 February 1999 - Arts Centre

CUD

20 October 1988 - Arts Centre

21 October 1988 - Old Sarum Car Park

Dave Todd: Quirky Leeds indie band Cud played the Arts Centre as part of their UK tour. While travelling down to Salisbury they stopped at Stonehenge for photo opportunities (see the back cover of their ‘Lola’ 7" single).

The following day was a day off on the tour and they hatched a vague idea of doing an impromptu gig at Stonehenge that night. We advised them that they'd never even get the van unpacked if they tried to play there and the alternative of doing Old Sarum was suggested.

A generator was quickly hired, and by word of mouth, the Salisbury indie community made their way to Old Sarum after closing time. I don't remember the sound being too special, but they definitely got through a few songs before the police arrived. Not that it was the rock and roll antics of a few indie kids that concerned the law too much, more so the hippy bus that had managed to get itself wedged over the edge of the castle moat!

CULTURE SHOCK

7 July 1988 - Arts Centre

CURVE

24 March 199? – Arts Centre

Supported by Adorable

ADGE CUTLER AND THE WURZELS

5 April 1967 - City Hall

Supported by Norman Beaton, Lindsay Dear, The Alligator Jug Thumpers, Bev and Rich Dewar, Fred Wedlock and Shirley Collins.

3 August 1967 - City Hall

Supported by Lindsay Dear, The Alligator Jug Thumpers, Bev and Rich Dewar and Derek Brimstone.

THE DAMNED

1 September 2002 – City Hall

Supported by The Inbreds; Diamond Dogz. Diamond Dogz members also performed backing vocals on The Damned’s ‘Smash It Up’.

Set List: Street of Dreams; Democracy; Song.com; New Rose; Wait For The Blackout; Would You Be So Hot; Disco Man; 13th Floor Vendetta; Plan 9 Channel 7; I Just Can't Be Happy Today; Amen; Ignite; She; Under The Floor Again; Neat Neat Neat. Encore: Happy Talk; Love Song; Eloise; Looking At You; Smash It Up.

10 December 2004 – City Hall

Supported by 4ft Fingers

Set List: Love Song; Machine Gun Etiquette; I Just Can't Be Happy Today; Anti Pope; New Rose; History of the World Part One; I Fall; Looking At You; Would You Be So Hot; Magic Potion; Absinthe; Ignite; Eloise; Melody Lee; Neat Neat Neat; Disco Man (Part only – the show was then abandoned due to beer glasses being thrown).

JOHNNY DANKWORTH

1 January 1956 – Gaumont

With Cleo Laine, Frank Holder and Tony Mansell, Edna Savage and Dennis Lotis.

18 September 1955 – Gaumont

With Cleo Laine, Frank Holder and Tony Mansell.

31 December 1963 - City Hall

Supported by The Chris Pope Combo.

DANTALION’S CHARIOT

9 March 1968 - Alex Disco

THE DARKSIDE

11 April 1991 - Arts Centre

DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH

11 March 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The Mundanes and The Soul Agents.

13 August 1965 - City Hall

Supported by Ricky and The Gamblers.

24 December 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Academy.

29 July 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Chances-R.

23 December 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Jigsaw.

24 April 1968 – Odeon

Supporting The Bee Gees.

5 May 1969 - City Hall

Supported by Aquarius and Tommy Kaye.

DEAD MEN WALKING

30 March 2001 - Black Pig.

This was a bit of a punky- postpunk supergroup featuring Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols/Rich Kids), Pete Wylie (Wah), Kirk Brandon (Theatre Of Hate/Spear Of Destiny) and Mike Peters (Alarm).

HAZEL DEAN

1984 – High Post

JJ Buckett managed to sneak a kiss off the headlining disco babe.

DESMOND DEKKER

3 April 1969 - Alex Disco

1988 - Arts Centre

Nick Darbyshire: I remember it vividly as it was the night we all got our car and a couple of heads panned in in Salt Lane car park by a load of Salisbury Freedom Fighters (the glue sniffing skin-head- with- mullet crowd) on their way back from the gig. With the benefit of hindsight, we left The Pheasant at entirely the wrong time. It was like a scene from Mad Max. And we all ended up in Crown Court.

THE DELAYS

17 February 2005 – Old Ale House

The Delays previewed their forthcoming new album under the pseudonym of ‘Swimming Gala’ prior to a support slot on the Manic Street Preachers UK tour. We saw the opening date at Southampton Guildhall and both bands were on cracking form.

THE DELGADOES

12 October 1996 - Arts Centre

Supporting The Wedding Present

5 May 2000 - Arts Centre

KARL DENVER

2 December 1961 – Gaumont

Supporting Billy Fury.

28 February 1962 – Gaumont

Supporting John Leyton.

1 November 1962 – Gaumont

Supporting Billy Fury.

DIAMOND HEAD

26 February 1981 - City Hall

BO DIDDLEY

27 October 1963 – Gaumont

With The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, Julie Grant, The Flintstones, Mickie Most and Bob Bain.

CARA DILLON

2006 - Arts Centre

DIRTY STRANGERS

1990 - Arts Centre

THE DOCTORS OF MADNESS

Art College - Mid 70s

LISA DOMINIQUE

May 1989 - Arts Centre

LONNIE DONEGAN

18 May 1958 – Gaumont

With Betty Smith, Phil Fernando, The Red Peppers and The Four Jacks.

CRAIG DOUGLAS

6 September 1959 – Gaumont

With The Hi-Fi Rhythm Group, The Four Rays, Geoff and Ricky Brooks, Martin Roche, Brian Fisher, Billy Cunliffe and The Roller Coasters.

11 March 1960 – Gaumont

With The Mudlarks, The Avons, Johnnie Wiltshire and The Treble Tones, Roy Young, Bill Forbes and Alan Freeman.

4 May 1963 - City Hall

Supported by Colin and Bruce and The Detours and Steve Laws and The Astronauts.

This was the first pop or rock show at the City Hall.

THE DOWLANDS

10 August 1963 - City Hall

Supported by Barrie James, The Soundtracks, The Strangers and The Four Specs.

8 January 1964 - City Hall

Supporting Bern Elliott and The Fenmen.

18 June 1964 - City Hall

Supported by The Soundtracks and The Ivy Leaves.

DOWNLINERS SECT

19 March 1966 - City Hall

Supported by Four Hits And A Miss.

9 November 1968 - Alex Disco

DR AND THE MEDICS

1987 - City Hall

They were 'Groovy' according to 'The Second Coming' magazine.

DUMPY'S RUSTY NUTS

1987 - Fisherton Arms

Dumpy wore a pink dress and glitter eye shadow.

May 1988 - Arts Centre

October 1989 - Arts Centre

Supported by Don't Feed The Animals

21 February 1991 - Arts Centre

Set included 'Hot Love', 'I'm Only Happy When I'm Riding My Hog' and 'Run Run Run'.

AYNSLEY DUNBAR’S RETALIATION

20 January 1968 - Alex Disco.

16 March 1968 - Alex Disco

1 June 1968 - Alex Disco

SIMON DUPREE AND THE BIG SOUND

21 September 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Unruly Members.

25 May 1968 - City Hall

Supported by Mr Hip’s Soul Band.

'IAN DURY'

Alex Disco

See entry under Kilburn and The High Roads.

EAST OF EDEN

18 August 1972 - City Hall

EGG

7 March 1970 - Alex Disco

ELECTRIC SIX

5 March 2005 – City Hall

BERN ELLIOTT AND THE FENMEN

8 January 1964 - City Hall

Supported by The Dowlands and Pat Wayne and The Beachcombers>

THE EQUALS

22 August 1968 - Alex Disco

24 July 1969 - City Hall

THE EVERLY BROTHERS

27 October 1963 – Gaumont

With Bo Diddley (with The Duchess and Jerome), Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, Julie Grant, The Flintstones, Mickie Most and Bob Bain.