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<center><h3> El gigs into '79 </h3></center> | <center><h3> El gigs into '79 </h3></center> | ||
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions start a lengthy series of concert appearances just before Christmas which run well into the New Year. The series starts with seven nights at the Dominion Theatre in London, from December | Elvis Costello & The Attractions start a lengthy series of concert appearances just before Christmas which run well into the New Year. The series starts with seven nights at the Dominion Theatre in London, from December 18th to 24th. | ||
Elvis & Attractions then get just Christmas Day and Boxing Day to play with their presents before going to Brighton on the | Elvis & Attractions then get just Christmas Day and Boxing Day to play with their presents before going to Brighton on the 27th to start their tour at the Top Rank. | ||
They then gig almost every night up until Jan 29th, visiting Portsmouth, Bath, Canterbury, Oxford, Hemel Hempstead, Ipswich, Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Preston, Sheffield, Hanley, Leeds, Coventry, Leicester, Oldham, Taunton, Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol and (phew) Southampton. | They then gig almost every night up until Jan 29th, visiting Portsmouth, Bath, Canterbury, Oxford, Hemel Hempstead, Ipswich, Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Preston, Sheffield, Hanley, Leeds, Coventry, Leicester, Oldham, Taunton, Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol and (phew) Southampton. | ||
Support acts will be American band Richard Hell & The Void-Oids, and Manchester's new wave poet | Support acts will be American band Richard Hell & The <!-- Void-Oids --> Voidoids, and Manchester's new wave poet John Cooper Clarke. Costello and Cooper Clarke are close friends, having recently struck up a mutual admiration society. | ||
John Cooper Clarke. Costello and Cooper Clarke are close friends, having recently struck up a mutual | |||
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Elvis' new album, ''Armed Forces'', is due on January 5. It includes a free, live EP featuring "Watching The Detectives," "Accidents Will Happen" and the magnificent "Alison." | Elvis' new album, ''Armed Forces'', is due on January 5. It includes a free, live EP featuring "Watching The Detectives," "Accidents Will Happen" and the magnificent "Alison." | ||
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{{tags}}[[:Category:1978-79 Winter UK Tour|1978-79 Winter UK Tour]] {{-}} [[Dominion Theatre]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-12-18 London|London]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-12-27 Brighton|Brighton]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-12-28 Portsmouth|Portsmouth]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-12-29 Bath|Bath]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-12-30 Canterbury|Canterbury]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-12-31 Oxford|Oxford]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-02 Hemel Hempstead|Hemel Hempstead]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-04 Ipswich|Ipswich]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-05 Birmingham|Birmingham]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-06 Derby|Derby]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-08 Manchester|Manchester]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-07 Liverpool|Liverpool]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-09 Bradford|Bradford]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-11 Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-12 Glasgow|Glasgow]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-13 Aberdeen|Aberdeen]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-15 Edinburgh|Edinburgh]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-14 Dundee|Dundee]] {{-}} [[Canceled appearances|Carlisle]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-17 Preston|Preston]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-18 Sheffield|Sheffield]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-19 Hanley|Hanley]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-20 Leeds|Leeds]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-22 Leicester|Leicester]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-21 Coventry|Coventry]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-23 Oldham|Oldham]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-25 Taunton|Taunton]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-26 Exeter|Exeter]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-27 Cardiff|Cardiff]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-28 Bristol|Bristol]] {{-}} [[Concert 1979-01-29 Southampton|Southampton]] {{-}} [[Armed Forces]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[John Cooper Clarke]] {{-}} [[Richard Hell]] [[The Voidoids|& The Voidoids]] {{-}} [[Live At Hollywood High]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives]] {{-}} [[Accidents Will Happen]] {{-}} [[Alison]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[Top Of The Pops]] {{-}} [[American Squirm]] | |||
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This pic's an old one, taken when suave Nick Lowe (impersonating The Riddler) met grizzled Andy Williams (impersonating Val Doonican) at a ''Top Of The Pops'' session. We thought it was apt in the light of Nick's new single, "I Made An American Squirm." The reason Andy's squirming is that his mum knitted him a woolly two sizes too small. Nick Lowe is advising him to use Dreft. Ha ha. | |||
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[[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits | [[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits photo 01 km.jpg|x300px|Photo by Keith Morris (Late 1978, Liverpool).]] | ||
<br><small> | <br><small>Photo by [[Keith Morris]].</small> | ||
[[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits photo | <small>Photo by [[Chalkie Davies]].</small><br> | ||
[[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits photo 02 cd.jpg|280px|Nick Lowe and Andy Williams, Top Of The Pops, March 1978; photo by Chalkie Davies.]] | |||
[[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits cover.jpg|x120px]] | <small>Cover and page scan.</small><br> | ||
[[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits page 25.jpg|x120px]] | [[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits cover.jpg|x120px|Cover.]] | ||
[[image:1979-01-00 Smash Hits page 25.jpg|x120px|Page 25.]] | |||
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