Rainbow Theatre London 8th July 1980

 

Here's the second of two consecutive nights at the Rainbow in London that opened the 'Who Wants The World?' tour. A listenable recording of the time. It's a cracking set, drawing heavily on material from 'The Raven' and introducing tracks that would appear on the 'The Gospel According To The Meninblack' album, yet to be released. I am still intrigued how it was that the band's sets back in that period were so short, not that I would turn my nose up at the chance to be at this one.

WAV: https://we.tl/t-3uFmINiFIw

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-iiNYUnhvct

This gig even provoked one of those events that rarely befell The Stranglers... a positive review in the music press. NME no less.

New Musical Express (19th July 1980)