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4 May 1984 - University, Manchester

was this the gig where they wore dresses?
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Quiff Boy wrote:was this the gig where they wore dresses?
Thought that was during the US-gigs before. :)
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was it? i was sure it was manchester :|
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I thought it was Manchester too.

Probably not the Haçienda gig, 28 Apr 83? Because wasn't Wayne in the band by the time they did the "dresses" gig?

So yeah, that Mc/r Uni gig. Maybe.
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Boss, is life so empty that it has come to this? :lol:

I will of course be interested in any documented evidence...... :innocent:
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weebleswobble wrote: documented evidence
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Aye, pics please... :)
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Hacienda 83 for definite; there's a bootleg from the following night where Von says something like "this is for everyone who tolerated us wearing dresses in the Hacienda last night" before Jolene.

Might have been others too.
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mh wrote:Hacienda 83 for definite; there's a bootleg from the following night where Von says something like "this is for everyone who tolerated us wearing dresses in the Hacienda last night" before Jolene.

Might have been others too.
aha! yes, that's the bugger. the haç in 83. ta :)
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that makes it this gig:

20-Apr-1983
http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6819

because the next night's gig in norwich has the remark about dresses from the night before

http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=8615

thanks to all involved in the hunt 8)
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Could be, could be?

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sure there's something on this (possibly a picture?) in the Black and Purple book, but yeah, the Hacienda
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But which gig did Andreas Bruhn wear that big Frankfurter Sausage suit?

And what show had Wayne on stiletto's with a purple light butt plug flashing?

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dinky daisy wrote:And what show had Wayne on stiletto's with a purple light butt plug flashing?
Every show! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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mh wrote:Could be, could be?

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Nah, i've mentioned that one before. He's just wearing bangles and baubles as bracelets. Did he have a beard in early 1983 :innocent:
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markfiend wrote:wasn't Wayne in the band by the time they did the "dresses" gig?
Well who else would be responsible?
Big Si wrote:Did he have a beard in early 1983 :innocent:
Did he perform live at all during the beard year? Is the photo from a TV appearance perhaps? Or was there an earlier beard that has escaped my notice?
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mh wrote:Could be, could be?

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couldn't see that at work. it's from 1984, first appeared in the NME 26May. Lack of interest forbids me to confirm it was actually taken at the fan club gig
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paint it black wrote:sure there's something on this (possibly a picture?) in the Black and Purple book, but yeah, the Hacienda
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Cliental at Manchester’s fashionable Hacienda niterie were aghast to find Leeds finest the Sisters of Mercy :notworthy: dressed in women clothing last Wednesday night. The Sisters who were there to support ya Gunne Clubbe, are well-known for their mastery of the black :innocent: arts and, indeed, rarely leave their northern lair until after dark. :)

“We decided someone had to lower the tone of the Hacienda, and why not us?� mussed by big sister Andrew Eldritch, who was only recently released from hospital after having a steak removed from his heart. And so it came to pass that the polite middle-class burghers who frequent the Hacienda were forced to to put down there Thomas Mann novels and witness the distressing spectacle of Andrew Eldritch wearing “a very slinky black dress� bassist Craig Adams sporting a filthy hippy wig, Steve Hillage bobble hat and banana spilt shades, and axe-murderer Benn Gunn modelling a short yellow dress, fishnets and suspenders, non of which was sufficient to hide his Y- Fronts.
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Benn Gunn modelling a short yellow dress, fishnets and suspenders, non of which was sufficient to hide his Y- Fronts.
What an appalling image.
a yellow dress for heavens sake :lol: .
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I think the beard photo is taken from the Birmingham Tin Can warm up show shortly before they toured America in 1984. Where later in that year, he and Wayne bought cowboy hats in Las Vegas and thus started a new trend amongst the band,fans and tribute bands alike ..and the Nephilim !! (but that's another story for another day)





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Ramone wrote:I think the beard photo is taken from the Birmingham Tin Can warm up show shortly before they toured America in 1984. Where later in that year, he and Wayne bought cowboy hats in Las Vegas
After the Gary Marx Vodka-Vomit incident :wink:
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