Siouxsie And The Banshees Summer Sonic Festival Tokyo 18th August 2002 DVD

 

Here's a little gem. Back in 2002 set aside any differences in order to do one more tour. This was called the 'Seven Year Itch' since the tour came seven years after the announcement of their split in 1995. As I remember, that second split was made public straight on the back of the Sex Pistols announcing that they were reforming and touring in 1996, with Siouxsie stating this to be a good reason to call it a day. It was the second split, the first having occurred amidst great animosity up in Scotland back in September 1979!

A live album was released of their Shepherds Bush gig in July of 2002 - for some unknown reason I did not go to that one. Later they took the show further afield including to Japan where their appearance at Tokyo's Summer Sonic Festival was filmed for TV and this is it.

Authored with menus and chapters.

DVD disc image: https://we.tl/t-h0KhfgKRIj

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-pdnX3pntcg

Hugh Cornwell The Booking Hall Dover 7th December 2025

 

Of the back of the 'Nosferatu tour' Hugh travelled down to The Booking Hall in Dover to deliver this set. Thanks to Chatts for the great sounding recording! Happy New Year to all. I trust that 2026 will do better than 2025. Enjoy!

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-9bICRfickq

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-m0GdCpgmcv

Civic Hall Guildford 10th November 1998

 

Here's the last one in my collection from 1998's 'Coup De Grace' tour, presented here as MP3. It was an extensive tour so if anyone has recordings of other dates that they are willing to share, drop me a note.

MP3: https://we.tl/t-bQ26OYRW8X

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-xUMAhKpj98

Ronnie Spector (with Joey Ramone) WNEW Idiot's Delight 7th November 1999

 

I posted a few weeks ago a gig by The Courettes after their support slot on Hugh's recent Nosferatu tour. A reviewer quite recently said of them when trying to pinpoint their sound for the writer's readership, 'imagine if the Ramones met The Ronnettes'... and well, if it didn't happen it got pretty close.

Joey was always big on Phil Spector's 'Wall of Sound' production, even if he wasn't so keen on Phil Spector himself. He liked all of that sixties girl group thing, a style exemplified by The Ronnettes. In 1999 Ronnie and Joey joined forces to the extent that Joey did some backing vocals for Ronnie's 'She Talks To Rainbows' E.P. and also got involved in the promotion of her new release, as was the case with this acoustic session that was broadcast of the long running and influential Vin Scelsa's 'Idiot's Delight' show broadcast on New York's WNEW-FM 102.7 station.

Before Noddy and Roy came along, the soundtrack to Christmas (for those going beyond 'The Coventry Carol' and 'Once In Royal David's City) was provided by Phil Spector and group's such as The Ronnettes.

This acoustic radio session features some of those classic Phil Spector 'Wall Of Sound' tracks as well as a number a covers, 'She Talks To Rainbows', 'Bye Bye Baby' (Ramones), 'Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory' (Johnny Thunders) and 'Don't Worry Baby' (The Beach Boys).

For a moment forget Shane and Kirsty... this is Joey and Ronnie, the real 'Fairytale of New York'!

Many thanks to Mark for sharing this session with me. Cheers!

Have a good one!

FLAC/MP3: https://we.tl/t-3X3UnFWtj6

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-vlZfTtWDyo

2 Tone Top of the Pops

 

Here's something that I was looking to put together for a long time. The 2 Tone flame burned brightly and intensely... but only for a short time. But in those months across 1979 to 1981 it seemed that the world had turned monochrome, at least for a significant section of record buying teenagers.

This collection of appearances from the UK's long running chart related TV show, Top of the Pops, is not entirely complete. There were more than one appearance of some of the tracks e.g. 'Gangsters', some songs went beyond 1981.... The Beat's 'Can't Get Used To Losing You' and of course Special A.K.A.s 'Nelson Mandela'. Nevertheless, it is a good representation of the 2 Tone genre.

'We don't need no British Movement

Nor the Ku Klux Klan

Nor the National Front

It makes me an angry man'

DVD image: https://we.tl/t-fNhZZsQRCD

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-tx2AR7s55R

Terry says 'Ho Ho Ho!'

The Clash Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan Hall Tokyo 30th January 1982

From the purveyor of pristine sounding gigs, DomP, this one is being posted tonight, one day ahead of the anniversary of the death of Comandante Joe. 23 years gone on 22nd December 2025. To mark it, here is particularly high energy performance by The Clash in Tokyo, their penultimate show in a week of dates in the Japanese capital.

Japanese audiences are famously restrained, but by the sounds of it The Clash managed to smash through that national reserve and some. Sandinista! may in the opinion in some had a side or two too many, but looking at this set covering their five year career to date, who on Earth could complain.

I never met Joe Strummer. I saw him a couple of times (the nearest that I got to The Clash). His band could (and can still) divide opinions, but from what I have read on balance, he was one of the good guys and well, couldn't he just deliver a tune!

This one then is for all of you and of course Joe!

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-Je9j1SrK6I

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-NYmdiMuscx

The Undertones Östdals Hage Katrineholm Sweden 22nd May 1983

 

Here's a Swedish recording from the Katrineholm Festival. European dates followed the UK 'Sin of Pride' tour gigs. A nice varied set and reasonable sound. Many thanks to the original Dime uploader (pata63).

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-ZKJ0yNs0v4

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-n2Rs3u9rRg

01. When Saturday Comes
02. I Don't Know
03. Love Parade
04. It's Going To Happen
05. Untouchable
06. Love Before Romance
07. Teenage Kicks
08. You've Got My Number
09. Julie Ocean
10. Bye Bye Baby Blue
11. Tearproof
12. Bittersweet
13. Beautiful Friend
14. Wednesday Week
15. Conscious
16. I Know A Girl
17. Get Over You
18. Let's Talk About Girls
19. I Ain't Got Nobody
20. Cher O'bowlies
21. Soundcheck