Banshees - Diary 1979

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

= SOUND file (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

Releases: The Staircase (Mystery) 7", Playground Twist 7", Mittageisen 7" and Join Hands album.

1ST FOREIGN TOUR (05.JAN.79-13.FEB.79)

V VB 05.JAN.79 ‘LIVE CHORUS’ FRENCH T.V. SHOW (PARIS EMPIRE THEATRE) pure, the lords prayer, switch, hong kong garden (APPROX 15MINS +++/++++ 2nd gen video V.B.)

* .. 06.JAN.79 PARIS EMPIRE helter skelter. staircase (mystery), mirage, metal postcard, jigsaw feeling, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, pure, the lords prayer, APPROX 45MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED R.W.)

V .. 25.JAN.79 MUNICH ROCK POP TV SHOW

.. .. 27.JAN.79 BRUSSELS, GRAND PLACE (travelling)

* VB 03.FEB.79
HAMBURG MARKTHALLE jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase (mystery), placebo effect, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, overground, pure, the lords prayer, helter skelter. APPROX 58 MINS (SOUND IS FAIR BUT DOES PICK UP AS TAPE ROLLS ON R.W.) +++/++++ low gen, speed corrected VB

.. .. 04.FEB.79 BERLIN KANT KINO

.. .. 06.FEB.79 AMSTERDAM PARADISO

.. .. 08.FEB.79 SITTARD, SCHOUBURG

*

VB

09.FEB.79

BRUSSELS ANCIENNE BELGIQUE jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase )mystery), placebo effect, premature burial, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, (Overground - Pure - The lord's prayer - Helter Skelter). APPROX 42MINS (THIS WAS MADE INTO THE ‘LIVE IN STOCKHOLM’ LP ) (VERY GOOD SOUND BUT ALSO HAS DISTORTION R.W.) ( IT WASNT MADE INTO 'STOCKHOLM'. ‘LIVE IN STOCKHOLM’ IS A REPRESS OF ‘SKETCHES IN PARIS’ V.B.) ++ 2nd gen, incomplete VB tix

V .. 10.FEB.79 ‘ROCK POP’ BERLIN TV

LP

VB

11.FEB.79

PARIS LE PALACE jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase )mystery), placebo effect. premature burial, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, APPROX 45MINS (THIS WAS MADE INTO THE ‘SKETCHES OF PARIS’ , ‘STOCKHOLM 1981’, ‘LIVE TOUR ALBUM 1980’ LPS ) (VERY GOOD SOUND BUT ALSO DISTORTION R.W.) (I DONT AGREE WITH THIS AS I THINK ITS A LITTLE DULL IN SOUND ++/+++ mine is EQ-ed from the LP-V.B.)

V VB 13.FEB.79 FOLLIES BELGIUM TV metal postcard, placebo effect, hong kong garden, suburban relapse. APPROX 20 MINS ++++ video V.B)

V .. 13.FEB.79 CHANSONE TV SHOW LIEGE BELGIUM

23.MAR.79 THE STAIRCASE (MYSTERY)

*

VB

07.APR.79

LONDON RAINBOW THEATRE (DURING THE SHOW, WHICH WAS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, A 100 OR SO SEATS WERE DAMAGED, Ł2.000 OF THE SHOWS PROCEEDS ARE HANDED OVER FOR THE COST OF THE DAMAGE) jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase (mystery), placebo effect, regal zone, switch, hong kong garden, premature burial, suburban relapse, overground, icon, pure, The lord's prayer, helter skelter APPROX 65MINS HEAVY BASSY SOUND, SOMETIMES MUFFLED, TWO SOURCES IN CIRCULATION ++/+++ clone from MASTER VB

BBC Session Masters / Demos / Pre Release mixes.... only for other similar rare trades

* VB 16.APR.79 PEEL SESSIONS playground twist, regal zone, placebo effect, poppy day, (USUALLY EXCELLENT SOUND DUE FM RECORDING OR BBC MASTER ++++ 1st gen FM (cut), 2nd gen from BBC MASTER = RARE TRADES ONLY V.B.)

* VB 23.APR.79 MADRID THEATRO BARCELLO
Jigsaw feeling Playground twist The staircase Placebo effect Regal zone Switch Hong Kong garden Suburban relapse Overground Icon ... (AUDIENCE RECORDING ON RADIO) QUITE POOR SOUND - +++/++++ apaarently a 1st gen although didn't sound like before it was EQ-ed VB

* VB 04.MAY.79 RADIO 1 ROUNDTABLE REVIEW (SIOUX IS BANNED FROM BEING LIVE ON THE BBC RADIO FROM THEN ON AFTER SWEARING!!!) QUITE POOR SOUND BUT A CLASSIC!!++/+++ VB

25.MAY.79 MITTAGEISEN SINGLE RELEASED (ALL BUT ONE SWASTIKA WERE BLACKENED OUT ON THE SLEEVE BEFORE RELEASE)

* VB 09.JUN.79
GERMANY BADEN AULA KANTONSSCHULE: mirage, staircase (mystery), mittageisen, switch, overground, icon, placebo effect, regal zone, jigsaw feeling, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, helter skelter, love in a void. APPROX 55MINS (V. GOOD SOUND, R.W.)++++ 2nd clone from 1st gen VB

V .. 13.JUN.79 ‘SZENE’ MUNICH TV MITTAGEISEN

29.JUN.79 PLAYGROUND TWIST SINGLE RELEASED (THE VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE WAS FILMED AT THE I.C.A. LONDON)

V VB 11.JUL.79 T.O.T.P.S PLAYGROUND TWIST (DIFFERENT VOCAL MIX RECORDED AT BBC STUDIOS)

3RD UK TOUR (29.AUG.79-18.OCT.79) (CURE SUPPORTING AND THE SCARS, REMA REMA BEGAN THE TOUR AS SUPPORT BUT THEY DROPPED OUT WHEN THE TOUR RESUMED ON SEPT. 18TH, AN EVENT THAT MAY OR NOT BE CONNECTED WITH THE FACT THAT REMA REMA MANAGER LINDA TRICKER WAS THE DEPARTED JOHN MCKAYS GIRLFRIEND.

LP

VB

29.AUG.79

BOURNEMOUTH STATESIDE (WARM UP) playground twist, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, placebo effect, icon, regal zone. Hong-Kong garden ... APPROX 30 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (THERE IS A RARE BOOTLEG LP OF THIS GIG, TITLE, ORIGINS AND INFO UNKNOWN) GOOD SOUND BUT LP IS A BAD PRSEEING – VB, COPY on TAPE ONLY, EQ-ed 1st from LP+++/++++ VB

*

VB

30.AUG.79

AYLESBURY FRIARS MAXWELL HALL (WARM UP) playground twist, metal postcard, staircase (mystery), Premature burial (poppy day), switch, overground, placebo effect, icon, regal zone, jigsaw feeling, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, love in a void APPROX 60MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND, DESPITE PROBLEMS WITH ‘JIGSAW FEELING’ AND 'HONG KONG GARDEN’ R.W.) +/++ VB (some versions seem ot have Poppy Day in the listing)

.. .. 05.SEPT.79 BELFAST, ULSTER HALL

07.SEPT.79 ‘JOIN HANDS’ LP RELEASED

.. .. 07.SEPT.79 ABERDEEN, CAPITAL THEATRE,(MCKAY & MORRIS LEFT HOURS BEFORE DURING A SIGNING SESSION AT ABERDEENS ‘OTHER RECORD STORE’. SIOUX & SEVERIN ANNOUNCED ON STAGE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THE CURE PLAYED THEIR SET AND THEN SIOUX AND STEVE CAME BACK FOR A RENDITION OF THE LORDS PRAYER )

.. .. 08.SEPT.79 GLASGOW APOLLO (CANCELLED)

.. .. 09.SEPT.79 DUNFERMLINE KINEMA THEATRE (CANCELLED)

.. .. 12.SEPT.79 BRADFORD, ST GEORGES HALL (CANCELLED AND MOVED THE 24TH)

.. .. 14.SEPT.79 OXFORD NEW THEATRE (CANCELLED AND MOVED TO 26TH )

.. .. 15.SEPT.79 LIVERPOOL EMPIRE (MOVED TO THE 30TH (LATER ALSO TO BE CANCELLED)

(SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVE SEVERIN, BUDGIE, STANDING IN TEMPORARILY~ROBERT SMITH)

* VB SEPT.79 'ROCK ON' INTERVIEW (+/++ VB)

*

VB

18.SEPT.79

LEICESTER DEMONTFORT HALL (1ST GIG AFTER SPLIT) poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, helter skelter, APPROX 50MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) +++ 2nd gen although missing 'Mirage', new clone from 1st gen version with Mirage ++++ VB

.. .. 19.SEPT.79 BIRMINGHAM ODEON,

* VB 21.SEPT.79
MANCHESTER APOLLO poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, mittagiesen, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, the lords prayer APPROX 61MINS (+++ 3rd gen V.B.)

*

VB

22.SEPT.79

WORCESTER, MALVERN WINTER GARDENS premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, helter skelter, poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard. APPROX 56MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT THERE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH A FEW TRACKS, DON’T THINK THEY WERE PLAYED IN THIS ORDER R.W.) THEY DEFINITELY WEREN'T!! SIDE B IS ON A AND SIDE A IS ON B, ITS REVERSED ORDER FOR SOME REASON, MINE IS CORRECT - ++/+++ 2nd gen VB

.. .. 23.SEPT.79 BRISTOL, HIPPODROME

*
24.SEPT.79

BRADFORD ST. GEORGE’S HALL poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, (Jigsaw feeling), mirage, hong kong garden, helter skelter, suburban relapse, APPROX 53MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED R.W) some versions are missing Jigsaw...)

.. .. 25.09.79 CARDIFF, SOPHIA GARDENS

* VB 26.SEPT.79
OXFORD NEW THEATRE poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage, helter skelter, hong kong garden, the lords prayer. APPROX 60MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (++++ 1st gen V.B.)

.. .. 27.SEPT.79 TAUNTON ODEON (CANCELLED)

**? .. 28.SEPT.79 SOUTHAMPTON GAUMONT (CANCELLED) strange how there's an audio of it then??

* .. 29.SEPT.79
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD PAVILLION (CANCELLED – CURIOUS??) poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, pure, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage (cut)APPROX 47MINS (RUMOUR HAS IT THAT THIS GIG WAS CANCELLED !!??!?!?!? SOUND HAS DISTORTION R.W.)

.. .. 30.SEPT.79 LIVERPOOL EMPIRE (CANCELLED DUE TO SIOUXSIE BEING ILL)

V VB 31.SEPT.79 ‘SOMETHING ELSE’ (TV) LOVE IN A VOID & REGAL ZONE LIVE (++++ from video VB)

* VB SEPT.79 (unknown venue) Mittageisen & Wild Thing Live

* .. 01.OCT.79 NOTTINGHAM SPORTS CENTRE

.. .. 03.OCT.79 SIOUX IS ADMITTED TO NEWCASTLE FREEMAN HOSPITAL WITH EXHAUSTION AND LARYNGITIS

.. .. 03.OCT.79 NEWCASTLE, POLYTECHNIC (CANCELLED)

.. .. 04.OCT.79 CARLISLE MARKET HALL (CANCELLED)

.. .. 05.OCT.79 LEEDS UNIVERSITY

.. .. 06.OCT.79 WEST RUNTON PAVILLION (CANCELLED)

.. .. 08.OCT.79 HULL CITY HALL

.. .. 09.OCT.79 IPSWICH GAUMONT (CANCELLED)

.. .. 10.OCT.79 BRIGHTON CONFERENCE CENTRE

.. .. 11.OCT.79 CHELMSFORD ODEON

* .. 13.OCT.79
LONDON, LEWISHAM ODEON overground, mirage, hong kong garden, (suburban relapse, the lords prayer) APPROX 20MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) some versions are missing the last two tracks VB

.. .. 15.OCT.79 BUDGIE BECOMES OFFICIAL MEMBER

* VB 15.OCT.79
LONDON HAMMERSMITH ODEON poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, icon, love in avoid, the lords prayer, helter skelter APPROX 55MINS (GOOD SOUND WITH DOLBY R.W.) (++/+++ speed corrected V.B.)

... .. 16.OCT.79 SIOUX IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE SHE IS DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATITIS AND ANCILLARY AILMENTS

* VB ? / ? 1979 'SHADOWS' (FAKE DEMO / MISTAKEN TRACK) THIS IS A SMALL SECTION OF A SONG (1:10) THAT HAPPENS TO SOUND A LITTLE BIT LIKE SIOUX AND HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AS A DEMO, BUT IS PROBABLY THE SINGER FROM 'THE VIOLATORS' (??) WHICH IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE, AND WAS FEATURED ON A 'GOTH' TAPE FREE WITH A MAGAZINE, A LOT OF THESE TAPES HAVE SIMILAR EXCERPTS. THE VOICE IS TOO DEEP TO BE A REAL SIOUX TRACK AND WHEN SPEED CORRECTED IT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE HER!

This is the Diary page and is therefore information only for tour dates and corresponding recordings. = SOUND file (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
Releases: The Staircase (Mystery) 7", Playground Twist 7", Mittageisen 7" and Join Hands album.
1ST FOREIGN TOUR (05.JAN.79-13.FEB.79)
V	VB	05.JAN.79	‘LIVE CHORUS’ FRENCH T.V. SHOW (PARIS EMPIRE THEATRE) pure, the lords prayer, switch, hong kong garden (APPROX 15MINS +++/++++ 2nd gen video V.B.)
*	..	06.JAN.79	PARIS EMPIRE helter skelter. staircase (mystery), mirage, metal postcard, jigsaw feeling, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, pure, the lords prayer, APPROX 45MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED R.W.)
V	..	25.JAN.79	MUNICH ROCK POP TV SHOW
..	..	27.JAN.79	BRUSSELS, GRAND PLACE (travelling)
*	VB	03.FEB.79	HAMBURG MARKTHALLE jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase (mystery), placebo effect, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, overground, pure, the lords prayer, helter skelter. APPROX 58 MINS (SOUND IS FAIR BUT DOES PICK UP AS TAPE ROLLS ON R.W.) +++/++++ low gen, speed corrected VB
..	..	04.FEB.79	BERLIN KANT KINO
..	..	06.FEB.79	AMSTERDAM PARADISO
..	..	08.FEB.79	SITTARD, SCHOUBURG
*	VB	09.FEB.79	BRUSSELS ANCIENNE BELGIQUE jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase )mystery), placebo effect, premature burial, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, (Overground - Pure - The lord's prayer - Helter Skelter). APPROX 42MINS (THIS WAS MADE INTO THE ‘LIVE IN STOCKHOLM’ LP ) (VERY GOOD SOUND BUT ALSO HAS DISTORTION R.W.) ( IT WASNT MADE INTO 'STOCKHOLM'. ‘LIVE IN STOCKHOLM’ IS A REPRESS OF ‘SKETCHES IN PARIS’ V.B.) ++ 2nd gen, incomplete VB tix
V	..	10.FEB.79	‘ROCK POP’ BERLIN TV
LP	VB	11.FEB.79	PARIS LE PALACE jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase )mystery), placebo effect. premature burial, switch, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, APPROX 45MINS (THIS WAS MADE INTO THE ‘SKETCHES OF PARIS’ , ‘STOCKHOLM 1981’, ‘LIVE TOUR ALBUM 1980’ LPS ) (VERY GOOD SOUND BUT ALSO DISTORTION R.W.) (I DONT AGREE WITH THIS AS I THINK ITS A LITTLE DULL IN SOUND ++/+++ mine is EQ-ed from the LP-V.B.)
V	VB	13.FEB.79	FOLLIES BELGIUM TV metal postcard, placebo effect, hong kong garden, suburban relapse. APPROX 20 MINS ++++ video V.B)
V	..	13.FEB.79	CHANSONE TV SHOW LIEGE BELGIUM
23.MAR.79 THE STAIRCASE (MYSTERY)
*	VB	07.APR.79	LONDON RAINBOW THEATRE (DURING THE SHOW, WHICH WAS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, A 100 OR SO SEATS WERE DAMAGED, Ł2.000 OF THE SHOWS PROCEEDS ARE HANDED OVER FOR THE COST OF THE DAMAGE) jigsaw feeling, playground twist, metal postcard, staircase (mystery), placebo effect, regal zone, switch, hong kong garden, premature burial, suburban relapse, overground, icon, pure, The lord's prayer, helter skelter APPROX 65MINS HEAVY BASSY SOUND, SOMETIMES MUFFLED, TWO SOURCES IN CIRCULATION ++/+++ clone from MASTER VB
BBC Session Masters / Demos / Pre Release mixes.... only for other similar rare trades
*	VB	16.APR.79	PEEL SESSIONS playground twist, regal zone, placebo effect, poppy day, (USUALLY EXCELLENT SOUND DUE FM RECORDING OR BBC MASTER ++++ 1st gen FM (cut), 2nd gen from BBC MASTER = RARE TRADES ONLY V.B.)
*	VB	23.APR.79	MADRID THEATRO BARCELLO Jigsaw feeling Playground twist The staircase Placebo effect Regal zone Switch Hong Kong garden Suburban relapse Overground Icon ... (AUDIENCE RECORDING ON RADIO) QUITE POOR SOUND - +++/++++ apaarently a 1st gen although didn't sound like before it was EQ-ed VB
*	VB	04.MAY.79	RADIO 1 ROUNDTABLE REVIEW (SIOUX IS BANNED FROM BEING LIVE ON THE BBC RADIO FROM THEN ON AFTER SWEARING!!!) QUITE POOR SOUND BUT A CLASSIC!!++/+++ VB
25.MAY.79 MITTAGEISEN SINGLE RELEASED (ALL BUT ONE SWASTIKA WERE BLACKENED OUT ON THE SLEEVE BEFORE RELEASE)
*	VB	09.JUN.79	GERMANY BADEN AULA KANTONSSCHULE: mirage, staircase (mystery), mittageisen, switch, overground, icon, placebo effect, regal zone, jigsaw feeling, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, helter skelter, love in a void. APPROX 55MINS (V. GOOD SOUND, R.W.)++++ 2nd clone from 1st gen VB
V	..	13.JUN.79	‘SZENE’ MUNICH TV MITTAGEISEN
29.JUN.79 PLAYGROUND TWIST SINGLE RELEASED (THE VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE WAS FILMED AT THE I.C.A. LONDON)
V	VB	11.JUL.79	T.O.T.P.S PLAYGROUND TWIST (DIFFERENT VOCAL MIX RECORDED AT BBC STUDIOS)
3RD UK TOUR (29.AUG.79-18.OCT.79) (CURE SUPPORTING AND THE SCARS, REMA REMA BEGAN THE TOUR AS SUPPORT BUT THEY DROPPED OUT WHEN THE TOUR RESUMED ON SEPT. 18TH, AN EVENT THAT MAY OR NOT BE CONNECTED WITH THE FACT THAT REMA REMA MANAGER LINDA TRICKER WAS THE DEPARTED JOHN MCKAYS GIRLFRIEND.
LP	VB	29.AUG.79	BOURNEMOUTH STATESIDE (WARM UP) playground twist, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, placebo effect, icon, regal zone. Hong-Kong garden ... APPROX 30 MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (THERE IS A RARE BOOTLEG LP OF THIS GIG, TITLE, ORIGINS AND INFO UNKNOWN) GOOD SOUND BUT LP IS A BAD PRSEEING – VB, COPY on TAPE ONLY, EQ-ed 1st from LP+++/++++ VB
*	VB	30.AUG.79	AYLESBURY FRIARS MAXWELL HALL (WARM UP) playground twist, metal postcard, staircase (mystery), Premature burial (poppy day), switch, overground, placebo effect, icon, regal zone, jigsaw feeling, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, love in a void APPROX 60MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND, DESPITE PROBLEMS WITH ‘JIGSAW FEELING’ AND 'HONG KONG GARDEN’ R.W.) +/++ VB (some versions seem ot have Poppy Day in the listing)
..	..	05.SEPT.79	BELFAST, ULSTER HALL
07.SEPT.79 ‘JOIN HANDS’ LP RELEASED
..	..	07.SEPT.79	ABERDEEN, CAPITAL THEATRE,(MCKAY & MORRIS LEFT HOURS BEFORE DURING A SIGNING SESSION AT ABERDEENS ‘OTHER RECORD STORE’. SIOUX & SEVERIN ANNOUNCED ON STAGE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THE CURE PLAYED THEIR SET AND THEN SIOUX AND STEVE CAME BACK FOR A RENDITION OF THE LORDS PRAYER )
..	..	08.SEPT.79	GLASGOW APOLLO (CANCELLED)
..	..	09.SEPT.79	DUNFERMLINE KINEMA THEATRE (CANCELLED)
..	..	12.SEPT.79	BRADFORD, ST GEORGES HALL (CANCELLED AND MOVED THE 24TH)
..	..	14.SEPT.79	OXFORD NEW THEATRE (CANCELLED AND MOVED TO 26TH )
..	..	15.SEPT.79	LIVERPOOL EMPIRE (MOVED TO THE 30TH (LATER ALSO TO BE CANCELLED)
(SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVE SEVERIN, BUDGIE, STANDING IN TEMPORARILY~ROBERT SMITH)
*	VB	SEPT.79	'ROCK ON' INTERVIEW (+/++ VB)
*	VB	18.SEPT.79	LEICESTER DEMONTFORT HALL (1ST GIG AFTER SPLIT) poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, helter skelter, APPROX 50MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) +++ 2nd gen although missing 'Mirage', new clone from 1st gen version with Mirage ++++ VB
..	..	19.SEPT.79	BIRMINGHAM ODEON,
*	VB	21.SEPT.79	MANCHESTER APOLLO poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, mittagiesen, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, the lords prayer APPROX 61MINS (+++ 3rd gen V.B.)
*	VB	22.SEPT.79	WORCESTER, MALVERN WINTER GARDENS premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage, hong kong garden, suburban relapse, helter skelter, poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard. APPROX 56MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT THERE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH A FEW TRACKS, DON’T THINK THEY WERE PLAYED IN THIS ORDER R.W.) THEY DEFINITELY WEREN'T!! SIDE B IS ON A AND SIDE A IS ON B, ITS REVERSED ORDER FOR SOME REASON, MINE IS CORRECT - ++/+++ 2nd gen VB
..	..	23.SEPT.79	BRISTOL, HIPPODROME
*		24.SEPT.79	BRADFORD ST. GEORGE’S HALL poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, (Jigsaw feeling), mirage, hong kong garden, helter skelter, suburban relapse, APPROX 53MINS (GOOD SOUND BUT LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED R.W) some versions are missing Jigsaw...)
..	..	25.09.79	CARDIFF, SOPHIA GARDENS
*	VB	26.SEPT.79	OXFORD NEW THEATRE poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage, helter skelter, hong kong garden, the lords prayer. APPROX 60MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) (++++ 1st gen V.B.)
..	..	27.SEPT.79	TAUNTON ODEON (CANCELLED)
**?	..	28.SEPT.79	SOUTHAMPTON GAUMONT (CANCELLED) strange how there's an audio of it then??
*	..	29.SEPT.79	HEMEL HEMPSTEAD PAVILLION (CANCELLED – CURIOUS??) poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, pure, switch, overground, icon, jigsaw feeling, mirage (cut)APPROX 47MINS (RUMOUR HAS IT THAT THIS GIG WAS CANCELLED !!??!?!?!? SOUND HAS DISTORTION R.W.)
..	..	30.SEPT.79	LIVERPOOL EMPIRE (CANCELLED DUE TO SIOUXSIE BEING ILL)
V	VB	31.SEPT.79	‘SOMETHING ELSE’ (TV) LOVE IN A VOID & REGAL ZONE LIVE (++++ from video VB)
*	VB	SEPT.79	(unknown venue) Mittageisen & Wild Thing Live
*	..	01.OCT.79	NOTTINGHAM SPORTS CENTRE
..	..	03.OCT.79	SIOUX IS ADMITTED TO NEWCASTLE FREEMAN HOSPITAL WITH EXHAUSTION AND LARYNGITIS
..	..	03.OCT.79	NEWCASTLE, POLYTECHNIC (CANCELLED)
..	..	04.OCT.79	CARLISLE MARKET HALL (CANCELLED)
..	..	05.OCT.79	LEEDS UNIVERSITY
..	..	06.OCT.79	WEST RUNTON PAVILLION (CANCELLED)
..	..	08.OCT.79	HULL CITY HALL
..	..	09.OCT.79	IPSWICH GAUMONT (CANCELLED)
..	..	10.OCT.79	BRIGHTON CONFERENCE CENTRE
..	..	11.OCT.79	CHELMSFORD ODEON
*	..	13.OCT.79	LONDON, LEWISHAM ODEON overground, mirage, hong kong garden, (suburban relapse, the lords prayer) APPROX 20MINS (VERY GOOD SOUND R.W.) some versions are missing the last two tracks VB
..	..	15.OCT.79	BUDGIE BECOMES OFFICIAL MEMBER
*	VB	15.OCT.79	LONDON HAMMERSMITH ODEON poppy day, playground twist, regal zone, staircase (mystery), metal postcard, premature burial, switch, icon, love in avoid, the lords prayer, helter skelter APPROX 55MINS (GOOD SOUND WITH DOLBY R.W.) (++/+++ speed corrected V.B.)
...	..	16.OCT.79	SIOUX IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE SHE IS DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATITIS AND ANCILLARY AILMENTS
*	VB	? / ? 1979	'SHADOWS' (FAKE DEMO / MISTAKEN TRACK) THIS IS A SMALL SECTION OF A SONG (1:10) THAT HAPPENS TO SOUND A LITTLE BIT LIKE SIOUX AND HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AS A DEMO, BUT IS PROBABLY THE SINGER FROM 'THE VIOLATORS' (??) WHICH IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE, AND WAS FEATURED ON A 'GOTH' TAPE FREE WITH A MAGAZINE, A LOT OF THESE TAPES HAVE SIMILAR EXCERPTS. THE VOICE IS TOO DEEP TO BE A REAL SIOUX TRACK AND WHEN SPEED CORRECTED IT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE HER!