The Factory, Russell Club, Manchester (w/ Joy Division. Part of Factory Opening Nights series. Gig is listed on the FAC 1 poster but The Durutti Column is not mentioned.)
Labels: 1978, gig, Joy_Division, Manchester, Russell_Club, The_Factory
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9 June 1978
The Factory, Manchester, 9 June 1978
The Factory, Russell Club, Manchester (w/ Joy Division. Part of Factory Opening Nights series. Gig is listed on the FAC 1 poster but The Durutti Column is not mentioned.)
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2 June 1978
The Factory, Manchester, 2 June 1978
The Factory, Russell Club, Manchester (w/ Cabaret Voltaire. Part of Factory Opening Nights series. Featured on the FAC 1 poster.)
See below review from the New Manchester Review:
The third evening of Tony (What's On) Wilson's Factory at the Russell Club, Hulme. The venue is great, but the sound system is crap and bands suffer for this.
After reading a review which raved about them, I was looking forward to seeing Cabaret Voltaire and band certainly were... different. However, after 20 minutes of distorted vocals and a very poor light show that started to become slightly monotonous.
The second band, FC Domestos were obliterated by the PA.
Next were three reggae toasters with their overdubbed dub who went down well with the mainly whiye punters. Meanwhile Tony Wilson walked around and generally enjoyed being the centre of attention.
The evening climaxed with the Durutti Column. The handbill claimed they were "the next music", and the group managed to live up to the reputation, notwithstanding Steve Forster's recent comments. Destined for great things as the latest Manchester band, they should have no trouble securing a record contract in the near future.
They play psychedelic punk with a strong reggae rhythm and their classy pedigree - the Alberto's, Nosebleeds and Fast Breeder - creates a lethal line-up, with strong songs that belt along at a cracking pace.
Paul Miller
Labels: 1978, Cabaret_Voltaire, gig, Manchester, Russell_Club, The_Factory
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Unknown Dates
Aug/Sep 1981 Melkweg, Amsterdam
?/??/1980 Trinity Hall, Bristol
Brighton, early '80s - David B. recalls that he saw The Durutti Column at the New Regent Hotel, West Street, Brighton, in 1981 or 1982. '(Vini) played at the end of a long room. There were no chairs and so the small audience stood in a kind of semi circle only a few feet away from him. The proximity of the audience didn't seem to affect him. To his left, slightly behind him was Bruce Mitchell - I can't remember if he had a full drum kit or a set of bongos. Vini played beautifully, mostly from LC. I was a huge fan at the time, so this was a very special and unusual gig." It appears this hotel no longer exists but did host shows from at least 1977-1982.
18 September 1982 supporting John Martyn at Guildford Civic Hall? - need confirmation
Late 1982 or 83 University of Essex, Colchester
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