John Cooper Clarke

Poster for January 12, 1979, Glasgow.

Co-songwriter (with Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins) and original performer on:

I Don't Want To Be Nice

Opening act (with Richard Hell & The Voidoids), December 1978 to January 1979:

1978-12-18, London, England 1978-12-19, London, England 1978-12-20, London, England 1978-12-21, London, England 1978-12-22, London, England 1978-12-23, London, England 1978-12-24, London, England 1978-12-27, Brighton, England 1978-12-28, Portsmouth, England 1978-12-29, Bath, England 1978-12-30, Canterbury, England 1978-12-31, Oxford, England 1979-01-02, Hemel Hempstead, England 1979-01-04, Ipswich, England 1979-01-05, Birmingham, England 1979-01-06, Derby, England 1979-01-07, Liverpool, England

1979-01-08, Manchester, England 1979-01-09, Bradford, England 1979-01-11, Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1979-01-12, Glasgow, Scotland 1979-01-14, Dundee, Scotland 1979-01-15, Edinburgh, Scotland 1979-01-16, Edinburgh, Scotland 1979-01-17, Preston, England 1979-01-18, Sheffield, England 1979-01-19, Hanley, England 1979-01-20, Leeds, England 1979-01-21, Coventry, England 1979-01-26, Exeter, England 1979-01-27, Cardiff, Wales 1979-01-28, Bristol, England 1979-01-29, Southampton, England 1979-01-30, London, England

This list is incomplete. Still to be confirmed: Aberdeen, Leicester and Oldham.

Opening act for Elvis Costello & the Attractions, August, 1979:

1979-08-28, Copenhagen, Denmark

1979-08-30, Lund, Sweden

Internal links

• New Musical Express, November 11, 1978
• Elvis talks about John Cooper Clarke
• Best Punk Anthems...Ever
• New Wave Greats 1976 - 1983
• New Wave Heroes

External links

• Allmusic  •  Wikipedia
• The Independent On Sunday, Nov.8 '09