For the dedicated anorak - (nearly) every June Brides gig

Date

Venue

Other bands playing

6/8/83 Spotted Cow, Hither Green, London
None
14/10/83 George & Dragon, Lewisham, London
Larger copy of picB B, Bliss, Your Heterosexual Violence
21/10/83 George & Dragon, Lewisham, London
Boys Brigade
24/10/83 Anarchy Centre, Islington, London
The Mob, Boys Brigade, New Puritans
6/11/83 Lewisham Centre, London
10 other local bands
22/11/83 Mitre, Greenwich, London
Boys Brigade, Massive Retaliation
23/11/83 Recession Studios, Hackney, London
Unkommuniti, Boys Brigade
10/12/83 Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London
The Apostles, Pus, Boys Brigade
7/1/84 Adams Arms, London (Living Room)
X Men, Surfadelics
26/1/84 Old Tiger's Head, Lee Green, London
Alternative TV
3/2/84 Adams Arms, London (Living Room)
Jasmine Minks
10/2/84 Youth Centre, Kentish Town, London
Max Headroom and the Car Parks
18/2/84 Goldsmith's Tavern, New Cross, London
Foreign Flags
1/3/84 Union Tavern, WC1, London (Living Room)
TV Personalities
10/3/84 Goldsmith's Tavern, New Cross, London
Alternative TV
21/3/84 Union Tavern, WC1, London (Living Room)
The Kevin Staples
22/3/84 Three Johns, London (Living Room)
The Nightingales, 5 Go Down To The Sea
6/4/84 Three Johns, London (Living Room)
The Times, 5 Go Down To The Sea
20/4/84 Three Johns, London (Living Room)
Easterhouse, Die Sauberen Drie
5/5/84 Darwin Centre, Shrewsbury
N/A
6/5/84 Pindar of Wakefield, London (Living Room)
After This
12/5/84 Three Johns, London (Living Room)
Ut, 5 Go Down To The Sea
22/5/84 Oxford Arms, Camden, London
The Jazz Butcher
13/6/84 Bridge House, Elephant & Castle, London
Microdisney
4/7/84 Bridge House, Elephant & Castle, London
The Pastels, Biff Bang Pow
21/7/84 Goat Show, Shrewsbury
7 local bands
26/7/84 Crown and Castle, Dalston, London
The Ringing
27/7/84 Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London
Crocodile Tears
12/8/84 Open air festival, Deptford, London
Local bands
12/10/84 Thames Polytehnic, London
The Pastels, The Palookas, The Legend
20/10/84 London School of Economics
Flesh for Lulu, Fire on Ice
24/10/84 Royal Academy, London
N/A
27/10/84 Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London
Large version of pic Television Personalites, Scatter
9/11/84 Kings College, London
Microdisney, The Jazz Butcher
21/11/84 Old Tigers Head, Lee Green, London
The Ringing, The Deadly Lampshades (Benefit for striking miners)
19/11/84 The Mayfair, Southampton
Dive
23/11/84 Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Revolving Paint Dream, The Ringing
30/11/84 New Moon Studios, Catford, London
State Hate, The Deadly Lampshades, Psycho Psycho
6/12/84 Middlesex Plytechnic
N/A
28/12/84 The Fridge, Shrewsbury
N/A
11/1/85 Three Johns, London (Living Room)
The Ringing, The Trees
19/1/85 Thames Polytehnic, London
The Bodines, The High Five
5/2/85 Reading University
Microdisney, Hurrah
22/2/85 Imperial Hotel, Leicester
Three Sharp Pins
5/3/85 Queen Mary College, London
The Love Act
7/3/85 Ziggy's , Plymouth
N/A
8/3/85 Central London Polytehnic
The Trees
10/3/85 The Mean Fiddler, London
That Petrol Emotion
14/3/85 The Wilde Club, Manchester
N/A
25/3/85 Technical College, St. Albans
Grab Grab the Haddock
28/3/85 Brixton
5 Go Down To The Sea, The Legend
31/3/85 Pindar of Wakefield, Kings Cross, London
The Cabinet
5/4/85 Indian Queen, Boston, Lincolnshire
The Bodines
19/4/85 Thames Polytehnic, London
The Ringing, The Love Act
27/4/85 Enterprise, Chalk Farm, London
The Wolfhounds
2/5/85 Thekla, Bristol
N/A
7/5/85 The Marquee, London
Del Amitri
16/5/85 Ziggy's, Plymouth
Larger version Big Flame
17/5/85 Falmouth
Big Flame
22/5/85 Bridge House, Borough, London
1000 Violins
25/5/85 Clarendon, Hammersmith, London
The Go Betweens, The Jazz Butcher
31/5/85 Thames Polytechnic, London
X-Men, The Love Act
8/6/85 Manchester Polytechnic
Big Flame
22/6/85 Private Party at a fans house in Harrow
N/A
4/7/85 Ravensbourne Art College
N/A
6/7/85 Enterprise, Haverstock Hill, London
Go! Service
10/7/85 Old Tigers Head, Lee Green, London
Raw Ho, The Spotted Cowboys
17/7/85 Caribbean Club, Preston
N/A
18/7/85 The Venue, Glasgow
The Close Lobsters, Defiant Pose
19/7/85 Paradise Club, Liverpool
English Scheme
26/7/85 New Merlin's Cave, Kings Cross, London
The Close Lobsters, The Love Act
27/7/85 George and Dragon, Bedford
Larger version The Age of Chance
31/8/85 Pindar of Wakefield, Kings Cross, London
The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Cabinet
14/9/85 Rough Trade Shop, London
N/A
16/9/85 Riverside Club, Newcastle
The Daintees, The Great Outdoors
18/9/85 The Place, Edinburgh
Rote Kapelle
20/9/85 Stars and Stripes, Carlisle
Jamie Wednesday
22/9/85 Splash One Club, Glasgow
Larger version of pic. The Soup Dragons
24/9/85 Manchester Polytechnic
N/A
27/9/85 Moles Club, Bath
N/A
28/9/85 Hope Centre, Bristol
The Brilliant Corners (Benefit for Eritrea)
5/10/85 University College, London
N/A
8/10/85 Escape Club, Brighton
Jasmine Minks, The Milk Sisters
10/10/85 Wilde Club, Manchester
N/A
11/10/85 Brixton Town Hall, London
Larger version of pic The Mekons + 3 other bands
18/10/85 The Indian Queen, Boston, Lincolnshire
The Bodines
19/10/85 Whites, Norwich
N/A
26/10/85 Riverside, Hammersmith
The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Stir
27/10/85 Harp Club, New Cross, London
That Petrol Emotion, The Wolfhounds
28/10/85 Boston Club, Tuffnell Park, London
Larger version of picThe Woodentops, Miaow
29/10/85 Chester
The Folk Devils, Laugh, Western Promise
1/11/85 Wolverhampton Polytechnic
N/A
2/11/85 Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London
The Wedding Present, The Wolfhounds
5/11/85 Clarendon Ballroom, Hammersmith
N/A
6/11/85 Mean Fiddler, London
That Petrol Emotion
7/11/85 Birmingham
N/A
9/11/85 Well Head Inn, Andover
N/A
13/11/85 Twang Club, Preston
N/A
15/11/85 International, Manchester
The Brothers Kirk
16/11/85 Leadmill, Sheffield
N/A
25/11/85 Cricketers, Kennington, London
Kaloo Kalay
28/11/85 Underground, Croydon
The Moonbats
30/11/85 Adelphi, Hull
Vee V V
1/12/85 Heaven, Charing Cross, London
Erasure, Ann Clark
4/12/85 Warwick University
Mud, The Rubettes, The Strolling Bones
7/12/85 West End Centre, Aldershot
Go! Service
8/12/85 Riverside, Fetcham
N/A
11/12/85 Dingwalls, London
The Scientists
15/12/85 Mystery Tour, SW England
The Shop Assistants
9/1/86 George Robey, London
N/A
10/1/86 Dovecot Arts Centre, Stockton
Indian Summer
11/1/86 Manchester Polytechnic
Marc Riley and the Creepers, Big Flame
13/1/86 Riverside, Southampton
N/A
15/1/86 Eindhoven, Holland
The Janitors
16/1/86 Deventer, Holland
The Janitors
17/1/86 Milky Way, Amsterdam, Holland
The Janitors
18/1/86 Zoetermeer, Holland
The Janitors
20/1/86 Cooky's, Frankfurt, Germany
N/A
22/1/86 The Loft, Berlin, Germany
The Hudson
23/1/86 The Kir, Hamburg, Germany
N/A
10/2/86 Stadium, Dublin
The Smiths
11/2/86 Fairways, Dundalk
The Smiths
12/2/86 Queen's University, Belfast

The Smiths
(Morrissey, before "Hand In Glove": "This is for our dear friends The June Brides... sweet boys...")

7/3/86 Strutz, Glasgow
A lovely stage invasion! Unknown
8/3/86 The Venue, Aberdeen
Unknown
9/3/86 Dance Factory, Dundee
Unknown
10/3/86 Tiffany's, Newcastle
Unknown
12/3/86 Bergen University, Norway
Unknown
14/3/86 Oslo, Norway
Unknown
15/3/86 Oslo, Norway
Unknown
16/3/86 Harp Club, New Cross, London
The Janitors, 3 Action
18/3/86 Big Twang, Escape Club, Brighton
McCarthy, 10 Million Quentins
22/3/86 JBs, Dudley Unknown
?/86 Harp Club, New Cross, London
Marc Riley and the Creepers, The Janitors
13/4/86 Underground Club, Croydon Unknown
17/4/86 Nottingham, Garage Unknown
25/4/86 Princess Charlotte, Leicester Unknown
26/4/86 Sheffield, Leadmill Unknown
5/5/86 Manchester, Fagin's Unknown
6/5/86 Swindon Unknown
7/5/86 Liverpool, Polytechnic
Unknown
9/5/86 University of London (ULU) Unknown
10/5/86 Shrewsbury Unknown
24/5/86 Buzz Club, Aldershot West End Centre New Tennessee Waltz
25/5/86 Scruples, Birmingham
Unknown
5/86 Bay 63, London Stump
17/6/86 Warehouse, Leeds
Unknown
20/6/86 Glastonbury Festival
Too many to mention
21/6/86 Leicester University
Pauline Black
12/1/95 The Garage, Highbury, London
The Ankle Stars, Rooster
18/5/02 The Spitz, Spitalfields, London

Bigger version of picture Tender Trap, Bart Davenport

04/1/06 The Ivy House, Nunhead Several local singers
28/10/06 ICA C86 weekend (Phil Wilson gig) Roddy Frame, The Wolfhounds

Phew...I'm glad that's over. If you have details of any I missed, details of missing support bands or any posters/tickets to share, please contact me.

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