Eric's - February 15th - 28th 1979

Thursday 15th February   

Pink Military Stand Alone played at The Factory, Manchester, supported by the Dead Trout, it was billed as a Charity Concert. Reader, I was that Trout.  Well, a small part of it - but at the Factory that night I did my bit.  I was the Controller. It was my second performance as a Dead Trout.  It was Peter Alan Lloyd's first gig with Pink Military.  His account in Bombed Out is well worth reading.  Eric's sent Pink Military and Dead Trout to Manchester - in return, the next night the Factory sent Joy Division to Liverpool.

   

Fri 16th February         Joy Division
                                             + Cabaret Voltaire

Sat 17th February        Stiff Little Fingers
                                           + Essential Logic
                                           + The Normal

Fri 23rd February        National Health
                                            + Inside Out

Sat 24th February       Wire
                                         + pragVEC
                                         + Teardrop Explodes

Above: according to Julian Cope this was the Teardrop's third public appearance, on Granada's What's On slot.  The gig supporting Wire would have been their fourth public appearance as a band.

Wed 28th February     Roger Chapman