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I put my anorak on now and then, and go rummaging off into the bowels of the library and the interweb.

In the course of things, I have turned up references to Ultravox! live shows that are earlier than listed in the archives.

January 28 1977 - Ultravox! supported Supercharge at Southampton University.

November ? 1976 - Ultravox! played at The Nashville, supported by Dust on The Needle.

I'm wondering if anyone has any memoirs of Ultravox! gigs, or any other references to similar that we might not all know about.

Sadly, I'm far too young to have seen them live

Apparently, Ultravox! supported Eddie and the Hot Rods at the Glasgow Apollo on Friday 19th December 1976.

Aaaah, now we know the secret who the guy from The Garden ( mentioned in the booklet) is!

Hi Scott! Nice you be here too!!

I believe that Ultravox visited my home town in 1978! They played a gig at the then "Top of the World" nightspot. The nightclub is still there, called Zanzibar now, but it has held various titles since 1978!

Like Birdsong, I am far too young to have been present at the gig!

Sarah

Thanks Sarah - they sure did.
6th February according to the archive:

http://www.metamatic.com/zLivedocs01/19780206.html

I've also just turned up a reference in a blog by someone claiming to have seen Ultravox! supporting BeBopDeluxe in 1976?

Any Bill Nelson fans cast any light on this?

I played a gig in Nov 76, supporting Ultravox, at the Nashville in London with my then band Radio. Band members were Ian North, guitar/vocals, Martin Gordon( Ex- Sparks) bass and myself on drums. In early 77 my brother Robin joined and the band eventually changed its name to Neo. I recently re-mastered some demos by the four piece Radio with the help of Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer. If anyone knows the exact date of this gig please let me know. Ultravox played a blinder, by the way.

Interesting. Thanks Paul!

The gig I referred to (above) was reviewed in Sounds by Chas de Whalley on 20 November, but that's not the date of the gig of course. Ultravox were headline - is this the date that you played with Radio as well on the same line-up?
I suspect its a different gig altogether - which suggests Ultravox played at the Nashville at least twice in November 1976.
They also went on the "Freeze Out" Tour with Eddie and the Hot Rods (and Aswad) 'at the end of the year.'
I've only found two dates so far, both December.

In terms of other dates you might find a use for :-
Neo's first appearance on the Marquee's archive is July 2, 1977 in support of Gloria Mundi (Eddie Maelov's band) and they (Neo) apparently supported Ultravox! there on July 14th.

Hope this helps

Not an early one, but Ultravox's gig at Grangemouth Town Hall on Monday 9th October 1978 isn't listed in the archive. My brother was there... lucky sod.

Yes Andreas, I couldn't keep it quiet any longer. My guilt at receiving all those royalties was eating me up! Good to see you too, mate!

(P.S. I think you meant Systems Of Romance.)

De Whalley mentions in the Sounds ("Clowns") article that the Ultravox!/Dust On The Needle gig took place on a Tuesday night. Tuesdays prior to the publication date of the 20th in November '76 were the 2nd, the 9th and the 16th...

Narrows it down a little, I suppose. Given that Sounds was published weekly, the 16th is probably the most likely date.

Scott