Banshees - Diary 1977

This is the Diary page and is therefore information only for tour dates and corresponding recordings.

= SOUNDfile (MP3/Real Audio/WAV...) right click and 'save as target' to download and save or double left click to just play  = PHOTO (*) = MEANS AUDIO DEFINITELY AVAILABLE, (**) = AUDIO KNOWN TO EXIST (V) = MEANS VIDEO EXISTS (VB) = MEANS I OWN A COPY OF THE AUDIO - For trades, click button @ the bottom of page

MY GRADING IS OUT OF ++++ (I.E. ++ out of ++++) AND THE GENERATION OF MY COPY AND SOURCE ARE ALSO NOTED, ALL MY GRADINGS AND PERSONAL COMMENTS ARE IN PINK. OTHER RELEVANT DATES / INFO ARE IN YELLOW

(LINE UP - SUZI, STEVE SPUNKA, MARCO PIRRONI, SID VICIOUS)

.. .. 20.AUG.76 SIOUX AND THE GANG ARE SNAPPED AT A PISTOLS GIG AT THE SCREEN ON THE GREEN, IN ISLINGTON, LONDON. SIOUX GETTING NOTICED THE MOST FOR HER CUPLESS BRA, NON-MATCHING STOCKINGS AND SWASTIKA ARMBAND! SHE THEN WORE THE SAME OUTFIT TO PARIS TO SEE THE PISTOLS PERFORM TOO DATES AND GOT PUNCHED BY A GIRL WHO TOOK OFFENCE AT THE OUTFIT!

*
VB

20.SEPT.76

LONDON 100 CLUB THE LORDS PRAYER WITH VARIOUS OTHER SONGS THROWN IN. APPROX 26 MINS (AS ‘SUZI & THE BANSHEES’) (QUALITY IS APPALLING, R.W.) (I DON’T AGREE WITH THIS GRADING, ALTHOUGH IT IS POOR IT’S +/++ 3rd gen V.B.)       SIOUX OPTS FOR A LIGHTLY LESS CONTROVERSIAL OUTFIT FOR HER STAGE DEBUT, A MANS STYLE SUIT BUT STILL HAS THE SWASTIKA ARMBAND WHICH WOULD PROVE DIFFICULT TO SHRUG OFF OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SID VICIOUS IS ON DRUMS AND SIOUX IS QUOTED AS SAYING 'HE MADE A BETTER DRUMMER THAN A BASS PLAYER' JOHHNY ROTTEN IS AT THE FRONT OF THE CROWD WATCHING.

.. .. OCT - DEC. 76
(VARYING LINE UPS, REHEARSALS AND NAME CHANGES! - SUZI BECAME SIOUXSIE SIOUX (BLONDE IN NOV & DEC) & STEVE HAVOC SETTLED FOR SEVERIN.
* NILS STEVENSON PLAYED GUITAR FOR A WHILE,  (BEFORE BECOMING THE MANAGER) UNTIL PETE (P.T. )FENTON JOINED IN NOV, THIS WAS AROUND THE TIME THEIR FIRST SONG WAS WRITTEN 'LOVE IN A VOID'.
* SIMONE THOMAS (VIOLINIST) REHEARSED A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE GROUP BUT THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WEREN'T READY FOR STRINGS YET AND NEEDED A DRUMMER MORE IMPORTANTLY!
* DIXON (DRUMMER AND ROCKABILLY LOOK-A-LIKE) ALSO ONLY LASTED A COUPLE OF REHEARSALS BUT APPARENTLY COULDNT PLAY!!

V VB 22 NOV.76 LWT PUNK REPORT, SIOUX INT. (TV) +++/++++ VB

V VB 02.DEC.76 BILL GRUNDY, SIOUX & SEX PISTOLS, (TV)

NOV.76 (LINE UP - SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVE SEVERIN, PETE FENTON, KENNY MORRIS)

. . 10.DEC.76 CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, KINGSWAY (GENRATION X'S FIRST GIG, AND SATB WERE SECOND ON THE BILL BETWEEN GX AND EATER, THEIR NAME WAS ON THE POSTER FOR THR GIG BUT THEY DIDN'T PLAY. THE STORY THAT WENT AROUND WAS THAT SIOUXSIE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE WELL ENOUGH REHEARSED)

.. .. 24.FEB.77
CROYDON, RED DEER PUB

.. .. 03.MAR.77 HIGH WYCOMBE, HAGS HEAD PUB

LP 7"

VB

12.MAR .77

TRACK STUDIO (REHEARSALS) scrapheap, psychic, 20th century boy, badshape, captian scarlet, love ina void, the lords prayer. APPROX 20 MINS (EP's quality = +++ THE E.P. ONLY CONTAINS FIVE OF THESE TRACKS, V.B .) 7 TRACK AUDIO VERSION = ++++ clone from 1st gen from Pete Fentons MASTER copy VB - * rare trades only *.

... .. 13.MAR .77 WORCESTER, BANK HOUSE

* VB 26.MAR .77 LONDON ROXY CLUB captain scarlet, scrapheap, psychic, 20th century boy, badshape, love ina void, the lords prayer APPROX 30 MINS) GOOD SOUND FOR SO OLD! +++/++++ 1st gen –VB   *RARE TRADES ONLY*

.. .. 27.MAR.77 DAVE WOODS BECOMES AGENT

V VB 23.APR .77 LONDON ROXY CLUB BAD SHAPE (FROM THE DON LETTS PUNK MOVIE)(++/+++ from MASTER video V.B.)

.. .. 05.MAY.77 HIGH WYCOMBE, NAGS HEAD PUB

.. .. 10.MAY.77 ENFIELD, POLYTECHNIC

.. .. 14.MAY.77 LIVERPOOL, ERIC’S

.. .. 17.MAY.77 MANCHESTER, OAKS

.. ..
19.MAY.77

LONDON, DINGWALLS - SIOUXSIE DRAGGED KENNY OUT OF BED CALLING HIM A WIMP COS HE HAD FLU AND SUBSEQUENTLY FELL OFF HIS STOOL LATER IN THE PERFORMANCE . PETE FENTON BEHAVES DREADFULLY BY DOING GUITAR SOLOS AND SINGING AFTER SIOUX AND THE REST OF THE GROUP HAD LEFT THE STAGE DUE TO HIS BEHAVIOR HE WAS LATER SACKED FOR THIS. ALL THIS AND IN FRONT OF RECORD COMPANY REPS.

CD LP
VB

12.JUN .77

RIVERSIDE STUDIO DEMOS (FINANCED BY TRACK RECORDS) MAKE UP TO BREAK UP, CARCASS, LOVE IN A VOID (++++ ALL BOOTLEG VERSIONS ARE TOO FAST, MINE ARE SPEED CORRECTED V.B.) PETE FENTON IS THE GUITARIST ON THESE DEMOS

.. .. 02.JUL.77 PETE FENTON IS REPLACED BY JOHN McKAY

(LINE UP - SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVE SEVERIN, KENNY MORRIS, JOHN McKAY)

*

VB

11.JUL.77

(SEE 5TH SEPT BELOW)
LONDON, VORTEX (JOHN MCKAYS FIRST GIG)   (KNOWN AS 11.JUL .77 BUT AUDIO IS INFACT 05.SEPT .77) SEE THAT DATE FOR TRACKLISTING . THERE IS A TAPE OF THE REAL 11. JUL.77 BUT ONLY ONE SONG FROM THAT IS IN CIRCULATION AND THAT IS 'SCRAPHEAP' ++ 3rd gen VB  ( ?)

V VB 21.JUL .77 LONDON ROXY CLUBCARCASS (FROM THE DON LETTS PUNK MOVIE) (++ from MASTER video V.B.) THE ROXY'S FINAL GIG.

.. .. 04.AUG.77 BIRMINGHAM, REBECCA’S

V
09.AUG 77
LONDON, VORTEX (THREE SONGS WERE FILMED FOR ITV'S 'YEAR OF THE PUNK' AIRED ON 31.DEC 77 MAKE UP TO BREAK UP, LORDS PRAYER (cut) & LOVE IN A VOID (cut) (ONLY THE LAST TWO WERE USED) (VB-AUDIO ONLY)++/+++

** 22.AUG .77 LONDON, VORTEX (AUDIO KNOWN TO EXIST) ( ?)

.. .. 25.AUG.77 TIVERTON, MOTEL, DEVON (MIRAGE PREMIERED HERE)

.. .. 28.AUG.77 LONDON SUNDOWN CLUB (CANCELLED)

.. .. 30.AUG.77 PLYMOUTH METRO

.. ..
? SEPT.77- ( LISTED AS 5TH  IN TOUR PROGS, BOOKS ETC)
BIRMINGHAM, BOARS HEAD (I DONT KNOW WHAT DATE THEY PLAYED THIS VENUE AS ON THE 5TH THEY PLAYED THE VORTEX. THIS IS ALWAYS LISTED WRONG AS THE 7TH, BUT THE FILE SAYS THEY PLAYED VORTEX ON THE 5TH AND THE 6TH THEY WERE AT THE RIVERSIDE STUDIOS)

* VB
05 SEPT.77     known as '11th july' / 'Vortex 77'    (confused also for the 7th)

LONDON, VORTEX (THIS IS THE SHOW THAT HAS GOTTEN CIRCULATED AS THE 11TH JULY 77) make up to break up, helter skelter, mirage (cut), scarpaheap, psychic, 20th centuary boy, carcass, love in a void, the lords prayer, captain scarlet.  APPROX 30 MINS (GOOD SOUND WITH DOLBY R.W.) (+++ / ++++ low gen (2 versions V.B.) AS ABOVE, THE FILE STATES THEY PLAYED THE VORTEX ON THE 5TH AND THE NEXT DAY RECORDED OVERDUBS AT THE RIVERSIDE, THERE IS ALSO GIGI REVIEWS TO BACK THIS UP.   ( ?)

* VB 06.SEPT.77 RIVERSIDE STUDIOS 'MIRAGE' (DEMO) WAS RECORDED WHILST THEY WERE SUPOOSED TO BE DOING THE OVERDUBS FOR 'THE YEAR OF THE PUNK'! 30 SECS OF THIS DEMO ARE HEARD OVER PUNK FOOTAGE AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM (++/+++ full song VB)

.. .. 08.SEPT77 LONDON, NASHVILLE ROOMS

** 13.SEPT .77 BIRMINGHAM BARBARELLAS (AUDIO KNOWN TO EXIST, BUT WHETHER THE DATE IS CORRECT, I DONT KNOW)

.. .. 14.SEPT 77 MANCHESTER, ELECTRIC CIRCUS

.. .. 15.SEPT.77 LEICESTER BLOO BLOOS

FIRST GIGS ABROAD

.. .. 20.SEPT77 PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB ( ONLY AROUND 40 PEOPLE TURNED UP)

.. .. 21.SEPT77 PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB

.. .. 22.SEPT77 PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB

.. .. 23.SEPT.77 PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB

.. .. 24SEPT.77 PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB

*

VB

26.SEPT .77
AMSTERDAM PARADISO(WITH THE CLASH) helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, scrapheap, 20th century boy, carcass, love in a void, the lords prayer, bad shape. APPROX 31 MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT ALSO HAS DISTORTION R.W.) 2 versions ++ / +++ 3rd gen VB (DURING 'MAKE UP...' SIOUX HITS A STAGE HOPPER FULL IN THE FACE WITH THE BASE OF HER MIC STAND!)

.. .. 09.OCT 77 CROYDON, GREYHOUND

.. .. 11.OCT .77 SHEFFIELD, TOP RANK

.. .. 13.OCT .77 MIDDLESBOROUGH, TOWN HALL

... ..... 14.OCT 77 EDINBURGH, CLOUDS

... ... 15.OCT.77 MANCHESTER

.... .... 17.OCT 77 STAFFORD, TOP OF THE WORLD

..... ...... 18.OCT 77 CARDIFF, TOP RANK

..... ...... 20.OCT 77 LONDON, RAINBOW THEATRE (FIRST MAJOR GIG AS SUPPORT FOR THE HEARTBREAKERS WITH 999) (SIOUXSIE & KENNY ARRESTED FOR ‘LOITERING’ I.E. GETTING A CAB ! )

... .... 21.OCT 77 SIOUXSIE CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION AND FINED £20. THE POLICE ALSO TOOK AWAY HER SHOES AS ‘OFFENSIVE WEAPONS’ AND LEFT SIOUX TO WALK HOME BARE FOOT IN THE RAIN!!

..... .... 21.OCT 77 COLCHESTER, INSTITUTE

LP VB 25.OCT .77 BIRMINGHAM BARBERELLAS scrapheap, psychic, 20th centuary boy, carcass, love in a void, lords prayers, suburban relapse, bad shape   (LP version= + AUDIO= ++ 3rd gen VB)BOTH INCOMPLETE. LP HAS NO DETAILS, COVER OR LABELS EXCEPT FOR BARB - 1 IN THE RUN OFF GROOVE

.. .. 26.OCT 77 LIVERPOOL, ERICS

.. .. 27.OCT .77 COVENTRY, LOCARNO

* VB 31.OCT 77 LONDON, VORTEX (3 SONGS ONLY AND LORDS PRAYER CUT +++ low gen VB)   *RARE TRADES ONLY*

.. .. 08.NOV 77 BIRKENHEAD, MR. DIGBY’S

* VB 10.NOV .77 LEEDS POLYTECHNIC helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, carcass, 20th cebtuary boy, suburban relapse, love in a void, the lords prayer, bad shape APPROX 30 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (++/+++ clone from 3rd gen V.B.)

.. .. 14.NOV 77 LONDON, MUSIC MACHINE (AFTER THE GIG MARC BOLAN INVITES THE BANSHEES TO APPEAR ON HIS T.V. SHOW BUT IT NEVER GOES AHEAD DUE TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH)

V VB 15.NOV .77 MANCHESTER, BELLVUE, ELIZABETHAN SUITE make up to break up, metal postcard, (FROM ‘PUNK’ VIDEO) (++++ from MASTER 'PUNK' video V.B.)

.. .. 17.NOV 77 NOTTINGHAM, KATIES

... .. 25.NOV 77 BRIGHTON, NEW REGENT

V VB
26.NOV 77
SO IT GOES (1ST LIVE TV APP. IN MANCHESTER 15.11.77) make up to break up, metal postcard, (FROM ‘PUNK’ VIDEO) (++++ V.B.)

.. .. 28.NOV 77 BUY AMPLIFIER

CD
VB 29.NOV .77 JOHN PEEL SESSION love ina void, mirage, metal postacrd, suburban relapse (EXCELLENT SOUND DUE TO FM CD ++++ V.B.)

.. .. 30.NOV 77 NEWPORT, STOWAWAY CLUB -DURING THE GIG THEIR  1ST AMPLIFIER BLOWS UP!!!

.. .. 05.DEC .77 DONCASTER, OUTLOOK

.. .. 06.DEC .77 LEEDS, F CLUB

.. .. 10.DEC 77 BUY DRUM KIT

*

VB

11.DEC .77

LONDON ROUNDHOUSE helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, metal postcard, carcass, 20th century boy, suburban relapse, love in a void, the lords prayer, bad shape. APPROX 40MINS (V. GOOD SOUND R.W.) MINES NOT QUITE AS GOOD-++ improved from apparently a 2nd gen, but I have one track that is 3rd gen elsewhere that is much better than this VB

* VB 18.DEC .77 (confused as 17th)
MANCHESTER, ELIZABETHAN SUITE, BELLEVUE, helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, metal postcard, carcass, 20th century boy, suburban relapse, love in a void, the lords prayer. (++/+++ clone from 2nd gen VB)

V .. 19.DEC .77 RECORDED YEAR OF THE PUNK T.V. INT. (VB - AUDIO ONLY) ++/+++

.. .. 22.DEC 77 COLWYN BAY, DIXIELAND SHOW BAR

.. .. 26.DEC 77
LONDON, MUSIC MACHINE"BOXING DAY RELAPSE"

V VB 1977
INTERVIEW (Sioux & Severin) from MASTER video 'Punk: The Early Years' / 'Raw Energy' also features on the USA CD compilation 'The Black Bible' ++++ VB

This is the Diary page and is therefore information only for tour dates and corresponding recordings. = SOUNDfile (MP3/Real Audio/WAV...) right click and 'save as target' to download and save or double left click to just play = PHOTO () = MEANS AUDIO DEFINITELY AVAILABLE, (*) = AUDIO KNOWN TO EXIST (V) = MEANS VIDEO EXISTS (VB) = MEANS I OWN A COPY OF THE AUDIO - For trades, click button @ the bottom of page MY GRADING IS OUT OF ++++ (I.E. ++ out of ++++) AND THE GENERATION OF MY COPY AND SOURCE ARE ALSO NOTED, ALL MY GRADINGS AND PERSONAL COMMENTS ARE IN PINK. OTHER RELEVANT DATES / INFO ARE IN YELLOW

(LINE UP - SUZI, STEVE SPUNKA, MARCO PIRRONI, SID VICIOUS)
..	..	20.AUG.76	SIOUX AND THE GANG ARE SNAPPED AT A PISTOLS GIG AT THE SCREEN ON THE GREEN, IN ISLINGTON, LONDON. SIOUX GETTING NOTICED THE MOST FOR HER CUPLESS BRA, NON-MATCHING STOCKINGS AND SWASTIKA ARMBAND! SHE THEN WORE THE SAME OUTFIT TO PARIS TO SEE THE PISTOLS PERFORM TOO DATES AND GOT PUNCHED BY A GIRL WHO TOOK OFFENCE AT THE OUTFIT!
*	VB	20.SEPT.76	LONDON 100 CLUB THE LORDS PRAYER WITH VARIOUS OTHER SONGS THROWN IN. APPROX 26 MINS (AS ‘SUZI & THE BANSHEES’) (QUALITY IS APPALLING, R.W.) (I DON’T AGREE WITH THIS GRADING, ALTHOUGH IT IS POOR IT’S +/++ 3rd gen V.B.) SIOUX OPTS FOR A LIGHTLY LESS CONTROVERSIAL OUTFIT FOR HER STAGE DEBUT, A MANS STYLE SUIT BUT STILL HAS THE SWASTIKA ARMBAND WHICH WOULD PROVE DIFFICULT TO SHRUG OFF OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SID VICIOUS IS ON DRUMS AND SIOUX IS QUOTED AS SAYING 'HE MADE A BETTER DRUMMER THAN A BASS PLAYER' JOHHNY ROTTEN IS AT THE FRONT OF THE CROWD WATCHING.
..	..	OCT - DEC. 76	(VARYING LINE UPS, REHEARSALS AND NAME CHANGES! - SUZI BECAME SIOUXSIE SIOUX (BLONDE IN NOV & DEC) & STEVE HAVOC SETTLED FOR SEVERIN. * NILS STEVENSON PLAYED GUITAR FOR A WHILE, (BEFORE BECOMING THE MANAGER) UNTIL PETE (P.T. )FENTON JOINED IN NOV, THIS WAS AROUND THE TIME THEIR FIRST SONG WAS WRITTEN 'LOVE IN A VOID'. * SIMONE THOMAS (VIOLINIST) REHEARSED A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE GROUP BUT THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WEREN'T READY FOR STRINGS YET AND NEEDED A DRUMMER MORE IMPORTANTLY! * DIXON (DRUMMER AND ROCKABILLY LOOK-A-LIKE) ALSO ONLY LASTED A COUPLE OF REHEARSALS BUT APPARENTLY COULDNT PLAY!!
V	VB	22 NOV.76	LWT PUNK REPORT, SIOUX INT. (TV) +++/++++ VB
V	VB	02.DEC.76	BILL GRUNDY, SIOUX & SEX PISTOLS, (TV)
NOV.76 (LINE UP - SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVE SEVERIN, PETE FENTON, KENNY MORRIS)
.	.	10.DEC.76	CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, KINGSWAY (GENRATION X'S FIRST GIG, AND SATB WERE SECOND ON THE BILL BETWEEN GX AND EATER, THEIR NAME WAS ON THE POSTER FOR THR GIG BUT THEY DIDN'T PLAY. THE STORY THAT WENT AROUND WAS THAT SIOUXSIE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE WELL ENOUGH REHEARSED)

..	..	24.FEB.77	CROYDON, RED DEER PUB
..	..	03.MAR.77	HIGH WYCOMBE, HAGS HEAD PUB
LP 7"	VB	12.MAR .77	TRACK STUDIO (REHEARSALS) scrapheap, psychic, 20th century boy, badshape, captian scarlet, love ina void, the lords prayer. APPROX 20 MINS (EP's quality = +++ THE E.P. ONLY CONTAINS FIVE OF THESE TRACKS, V.B .) 7 TRACK AUDIO VERSION = ++++ clone from 1st gen from Pete Fentons MASTER copy VB - * rare trades only *.
...	..	13.MAR .77	WORCESTER, BANK HOUSE
*	VB	26.MAR .77	LONDON ROXY CLUB captain scarlet, scrapheap, psychic, 20th century boy, badshape, love ina void, the lords prayer APPROX 30 MINS) GOOD SOUND FOR SO OLD! +++/++++ 1st gen –VB RARE TRADES ONLY
..	..	27.MAR.77	DAVE WOODS BECOMES AGENT
V	VB	23.APR .77	LONDON ROXY CLUB BAD SHAPE (FROM THE DON LETTS PUNK MOVIE)(++/+++ from MASTER video V.B.)
..	..	05.MAY.77	HIGH WYCOMBE, NAGS HEAD PUB
..	..	10.MAY.77	ENFIELD, POLYTECHNIC
..	..	14.MAY.77	LIVERPOOL, ERIC’S
..	..	17.MAY.77	MANCHESTER, OAKS
..	..	19.MAY.77	LONDON, DINGWALLS - SIOUXSIE DRAGGED KENNY OUT OF BED CALLING HIM A WIMP COS HE HAD FLU AND SUBSEQUENTLY FELL OFF HIS STOOL LATER IN THE PERFORMANCE . PETE FENTON BEHAVES DREADFULLY BY DOING GUITAR SOLOS AND SINGING AFTER SIOUX AND THE REST OF THE GROUP HAD LEFT THE STAGE DUE TO HIS BEHAVIOR HE WAS LATER SACKED FOR THIS. ALL THIS AND IN FRONT OF RECORD COMPANY REPS.
CD LP	VB	12.JUN .77	RIVERSIDE STUDIO DEMOS (FINANCED BY TRACK RECORDS) MAKE UP TO BREAK UP, CARCASS, LOVE IN A VOID (++++ ALL BOOTLEG VERSIONS ARE TOO FAST, MINE ARE SPEED CORRECTED V.B.) PETE FENTON IS THE GUITARIST ON THESE DEMOS
..	..	02.JUL.77	PETE FENTON IS REPLACED BY JOHN McKAY
(LINE UP - SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVE SEVERIN, KENNY MORRIS, JOHN McKAY)
*	VB	11.JUL.77 (SEE 5TH SEPT BELOW)	LONDON, VORTEX (JOHN MCKAYS FIRST GIG) (KNOWN AS 11.JUL .77 BUT AUDIO IS INFACT 05.SEPT .77) SEE THAT DATE FOR TRACKLISTING . THERE IS A TAPE OF THE REAL 11. JUL.77 BUT ONLY ONE SONG FROM THAT IS IN CIRCULATION AND THAT IS 'SCRAPHEAP' ++ 3rd gen VB ( ?)
V	VB	21.JUL .77	LONDON ROXY CLUBCARCASS (FROM THE DON LETTS PUNK MOVIE) (++ from MASTER video V.B.) THE ROXY'S FINAL GIG.
..	..	04.AUG.77	BIRMINGHAM, REBECCA’S
V		09.AUG 77	LONDON, VORTEX (THREE SONGS WERE FILMED FOR ITV'S 'YEAR OF THE PUNK' AIRED ON 31.DEC 77 MAKE UP TO BREAK UP, LORDS PRAYER (cut) & LOVE IN A VOID (cut) (ONLY THE LAST TWO WERE USED) (VB-AUDIO ONLY)++/+++
**		22.AUG .77	LONDON, VORTEX (AUDIO KNOWN TO EXIST) ( ?)
..	..	25.AUG.77	TIVERTON, MOTEL, DEVON (MIRAGE PREMIERED HERE)
..	..	28.AUG.77	LONDON SUNDOWN CLUB (CANCELLED)
..	..	30.AUG.77	PLYMOUTH METRO
..	..	? SEPT.77- ( LISTED AS 5TH IN TOUR PROGS, BOOKS ETC)	BIRMINGHAM, BOARS HEAD (I DONT KNOW WHAT DATE THEY PLAYED THIS VENUE AS ON THE 5TH THEY PLAYED THE VORTEX. THIS IS ALWAYS LISTED WRONG AS THE 7TH, BUT THE FILE SAYS THEY PLAYED VORTEX ON THE 5TH AND THE 6TH THEY WERE AT THE RIVERSIDE STUDIOS)
*	VB	05 SEPT.77 known as '11th july' / 'Vortex 77' (confused also for the 7th)	LONDON, VORTEX (THIS IS THE SHOW THAT HAS GOTTEN CIRCULATED AS THE 11TH JULY 77) make up to break up, helter skelter, mirage (cut), scarpaheap, psychic, 20th centuary boy, carcass, love in a void, the lords prayer, captain scarlet. APPROX 30 MINS (GOOD SOUND WITH DOLBY R.W.) (+++ / ++++ low gen (2 versions V.B.) AS ABOVE, THE FILE STATES THEY PLAYED THE VORTEX ON THE 5TH AND THE NEXT DAY RECORDED OVERDUBS AT THE RIVERSIDE, THERE IS ALSO GIGI REVIEWS TO BACK THIS UP. ( ?)
*	VB	06.SEPT.77	RIVERSIDE STUDIOS 'MIRAGE' (DEMO) WAS RECORDED WHILST THEY WERE SUPOOSED TO BE DOING THE OVERDUBS FOR 'THE YEAR OF THE PUNK'! 30 SECS OF THIS DEMO ARE HEARD OVER PUNK FOOTAGE AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM (++/+++ full song VB)
..	..	08.SEPT77	LONDON, NASHVILLE ROOMS
**		13.SEPT .77	BIRMINGHAM BARBARELLAS (AUDIO KNOWN TO EXIST, BUT WHETHER THE DATE IS CORRECT, I DONT KNOW)
..	..	14.SEPT 77	MANCHESTER, ELECTRIC CIRCUS
..	..	15.SEPT.77	LEICESTER BLOO BLOOS
FIRST GIGS ABROAD
..	..	20.SEPT77	PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB ( ONLY AROUND 40 PEOPLE TURNED UP)
..	..	21.SEPT77	PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB
..	..	22.SEPT77	PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB
..	..	23.SEPT.77	PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB
..	..	24SEPT.77	PARIS, G.I. BUS CLUB
*	VB	26.SEPT .77	AMSTERDAM PARADISO(WITH THE CLASH) helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, scrapheap, 20th century boy, carcass, love in a void, the lords prayer, bad shape. APPROX 31 MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT ALSO HAS DISTORTION R.W.) 2 versions ++ / +++ 3rd gen VB (DURING 'MAKE UP...' SIOUX HITS A STAGE HOPPER FULL IN THE FACE WITH THE BASE OF HER MIC STAND!)
..	..	09.OCT 77	CROYDON, GREYHOUND
..	..	11.OCT .77	SHEFFIELD, TOP RANK
..	..	13.OCT .77	MIDDLESBOROUGH, TOWN HALL
...	.....	14.OCT 77	EDINBURGH, CLOUDS
...	...	15.OCT.77	MANCHESTER
....	....	17.OCT 77	STAFFORD, TOP OF THE WORLD
.....	......	18.OCT 77	CARDIFF, TOP RANK
.....	......	20.OCT 77	LONDON, RAINBOW THEATRE (FIRST MAJOR GIG AS SUPPORT FOR THE HEARTBREAKERS WITH 999) (SIOUXSIE & KENNY ARRESTED FOR ‘LOITERING’ I.E. GETTING A CAB ! )
...	....	21.OCT 77	SIOUXSIE CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION AND FINED £20. THE POLICE ALSO TOOK AWAY HER SHOES AS ‘OFFENSIVE WEAPONS’ AND LEFT SIOUX TO WALK HOME BARE FOOT IN THE RAIN!!
.....	....	21.OCT 77	COLCHESTER, INSTITUTE
LP	VB	25.OCT .77	BIRMINGHAM BARBERELLAS scrapheap, psychic, 20th centuary boy, carcass, love in a void, lords prayers, suburban relapse, bad shape (LP version= + AUDIO= ++ 3rd gen VB)BOTH INCOMPLETE. LP HAS NO DETAILS, COVER OR LABELS EXCEPT FOR BARB - 1 IN THE RUN OFF GROOVE
..	..	26.OCT 77	LIVERPOOL, ERICS
..	..	27.OCT .77	COVENTRY, LOCARNO
*	VB	31.OCT 77	LONDON, VORTEX (3 SONGS ONLY AND LORDS PRAYER CUT +++ low gen VB) RARE TRADES ONLY
..	..	08.NOV 77	BIRKENHEAD, MR. DIGBY’S
*	VB	10.NOV .77	LEEDS POLYTECHNIC helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, carcass, 20th cebtuary boy, suburban relapse, love in a void, the lords prayer, bad shape APPROX 30 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (++/+++ clone from 3rd gen V.B.)
..	..	14.NOV 77	LONDON, MUSIC MACHINE (AFTER THE GIG MARC BOLAN INVITES THE BANSHEES TO APPEAR ON HIS T.V. SHOW BUT IT NEVER GOES AHEAD DUE TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH)
V	VB	15.NOV .77	MANCHESTER, BELLVUE, ELIZABETHAN SUITE make up to break up, metal postcard, (FROM ‘PUNK’ VIDEO) (++++ from MASTER 'PUNK' video V.B.)
..	..	17.NOV 77	NOTTINGHAM, KATIES
...	..	25.NOV 77	BRIGHTON, NEW REGENT
V	VB	26.NOV 77	SO IT GOES (1ST LIVE TV APP. IN MANCHESTER 15.11.77) make up to break up, metal postcard, (FROM ‘PUNK’ VIDEO) (++++ V.B.)
..	..	28.NOV 77	BUY AMPLIFIER
CD	VB	29.NOV .77	JOHN PEEL SESSION love ina void, mirage, metal postacrd, suburban relapse (EXCELLENT SOUND DUE TO FM CD ++++ V.B.)
..	..	30.NOV 77	NEWPORT, STOWAWAY CLUB -DURING THE GIG THEIR 1ST AMPLIFIER BLOWS UP!!!
..	..	05.DEC .77	DONCASTER, OUTLOOK
..	..	06.DEC .77	LEEDS, F CLUB
..	..	10.DEC 77	BUY DRUM KIT
*	VB	11.DEC .77	LONDON ROUNDHOUSE helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, metal postcard, carcass, 20th century boy, suburban relapse, love in a void, the lords prayer, bad shape. APPROX 40MINS (V. GOOD SOUND R.W.) MINES NOT QUITE AS GOOD-++ improved from apparently a 2nd gen, but I have one track that is 3rd gen elsewhere that is much better than this VB
*	VB	18.DEC .77 (confused as 17th)	MANCHESTER, ELIZABETHAN SUITE, BELLEVUE, helter skelter, mirage, make up to break up, metal postcard, carcass, 20th century boy, suburban relapse, love in a void, the lords prayer. (++/+++ clone from 2nd gen VB)
V	..	19.DEC .77	RECORDED YEAR OF THE PUNK T.V. INT. (VB - AUDIO ONLY) ++/+++
..	..	22.DEC 77	COLWYN BAY, DIXIELAND SHOW BAR
..	..	26.DEC 77	LONDON, MUSIC MACHINE"BOXING DAY RELAPSE"
V	VB	1977	INTERVIEW (Sioux & Severin) from MASTER video 'Punk: The Early Years' / 'Raw Energy' also features on the USA CD compilation 'The Black Bible' ++++ VB