Paul Lewis - Wycombe Gigs

#OTD Tuesday 26th October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock Sex Pistols 100 Club, London You don't see this gig on #SexPistols gigographies. I suspect promoter Ron Watts got around the 'punk' ban at the venue by calling this a 'Rock Special'? Ad from Melody Maker #50YearsOfPunk

#OTD Tuesday 26th October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock Sex Pistols 100 Club, London You don't see this gig on #SexPistols gigographies. I suspect promoter Ron Watts got around the 'punk' ban at the venue by calling this a 'Rock Special'? Ad from Melody Maker #50YearsOfPunk

#OTD Wednesday 24th October 1979 Psychedelic Furs Nag’s Head, High Wycombe The Furs first tour since they signed for Epic records. Debut single ‘We Love You’ released same week. 📷 Tom Sheehan - official #PsychedelicFurs Epic Records signing at Nag’s Head

🎂Bill Wyman Born #OTD 24th October 1936 9️⃣0️⃣ today 🥳 English musician, record producer, songwriter, singer, photographer Best known as bassist for The Rolling Stones 1962-1993. #RollingStones played High Wycombe three times, all in 1963. 📷 George Wilkes

#OTD Saturday 23rd October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The Clash ICA, London Shane MacGowan in the audience had his ear bitten. Patti Smith joined #TheClash on stage after her performance at Hammersmith Palais with The Stranglers support 📷 Ray Stevenson #50YearsOfPunk

#OTD Sunday 23rd October 2005 The Fall Zodiac, Oxford Perfect venue to see the Mighty Fall 📷 #TheFall #MarkESmith me #FallFriday

🌹 New Rose - The Damned Released #OTD Friday 22nd October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago Recognised as 1st #punk single by a British band. Recorded and produced in a day for Stiff Records by Nick Lowe. #TheDamned "Young Hot, Loud and Stiff" #50YearsOfPunk

#OTD Thursday 21st October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock Sex Pistols Queensway Hall, Dunstable Oh!, and The Jam were support! Attendance, less than 100 📷 Chris Morphet #Punk #SexPistols #TheJam #50YearsOfPunk

Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little Fingers Single released #OTD 17th October 1978 Follow up to debut ‘Suspect Device’ Two of the greatest #punk singles ever Intro to Alternative Ulster 🔥🔥🔥 "Alter your native land"

#OTD Saturday 16th October 1982 Bauhaus + Brilliant Friars, Aylesbury Return to Friars for #Bauhaus after first show in June 1981. Youth also back with new band Brilliant after two gigs at same venue with Killing Joke - 1980 and 1981. Preview from Bucks Herald. #PostPunk

#OTD Saturday 16th October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The Jam play an impromptu performance in Soho Market, London 🎯 #TheJam 📷 Caroline Coon 📰 Jonh Ingham, Sounds

#OTD Thursday 14th October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The Damned Nag’s Head, High Wycombe AKA village of The Damned👻 First headlining gig for #TheDamned ✍️Review by Jonh Ingham in Sounds 📰Ads. Melody Maker & Sounds #50YearsOfPunk

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight – The Jam Released #OTD Friday 13th October 1978 Cover shot at Bond Street station Band history and the poetic genius lyrics of #PaulWeller via Smash Hits “They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right-wing meetings” 🔥 #TheJam

Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods b/w Anthrax & Armalite Rifle Released #OTD Friday 13th October 1978 Debut 7" from #GangOfFour Fresh, stark, sound that has left a trail of influences on the way. They would play Aylesbury, 25th November 1978, support to Penetration 🖤 #PostPunk

#OTD Tuesday 12th October 1965 The Hollies Town Hall, High Wycombe At the time of this gig they had already claimed seven top ten hits in the UK, with their first No.1 "I'm Alive" coming in May 1965. The Salford band were up with most successful in the UK during the 1960s #TheHollies

#OTD Thursday 12th October 1978 Tom Robinson Band + Stiff Little Fingers Friars, Aylesbury 'Out of the Darkness' tour featuring the very raw SLF support in place of Third World 🔥 Full list of tour dates from the famous TRB newsletters sent out free via snail mail 📷 Bucks Herald

Smash It Up - The Damned Released #OTD 12th October 1979 On the day Dave Vanian was 23-years-old "Smash it up, you can keep your Krishna burgers Smash it up, and your Glastonbury hippies Smash it up, you can stick your frothy lager Smash it up, and your blow wave hairstyles" 🔥 #TheDamned #PunkRock

#OTD Tuesday 11th October 1966 6️⃣0️⃣ years ago Ike & Tina Turner + The Glamorous Ikettes & 15 piece band Town Hall, High Wycombe "Direct from The Rolling Stones Tour". Hit single 'River Deep, Mountain High' had been released in May 1966, produced by Phil Spector. #TinaTurner 💙

#OTD Wednesday 11th October 1978 Siouxsie & The Banshees Spizz Oil + Special Guest, Nico Hemel Hempstead Pavilion Tour promoting forthcoming debut Banshees album 'The Scream', starts in Hertfordshire 📷 The Poser fanzine #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees

🎂 Midge Ure Singer-songwriter, producer Born #OTD 10th October 1953 Best known as frontman of Ultravox & co-writer of "Do They Know It's Christmas?” His music career started in the 1970’s with Slik & Rich Kids (with Glen Matlock). #RichKids played High Wycombe in 1978

Saturday 8th October 1988 Michael Clarke & Co.🆚The Fall I Am Curious, Orange🍊 Sadler's Well Theatre, London Final night of this epic show 🩰 📷me #TheFall #FallFriday

#OTD Saturday 9th October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The Clash play their 7th gig Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, Leighton Buzzard Kris Needs see #TheClash for the first time: "It was like an injection of electricity into the smoky air" 📷Harald Inhulsen #50YearsOfPunk

2-4-6-8 Motorway Tom Robinson Band Released #OTD Friday 7th October 1977 Debut single from the band formed by Tom Robinson in late 1976 and signed to EMI in the summer of 1977. Original ‘B’ side was planned to be ‘Glad To Be Gay’ but changed to Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’

#OTD Thursday 7th October 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The Stranglers + The Maniacs Nag's Head, High Wycombe Just 60p to see #TheStranglers!. The band had played the same venue 10th June 1976. Ad from local press. Colourised photo, Red Cow, Hammersmith (Spring 1976) by Garry Coward-Williams

Thursday 3rd October 1996 3️⃣0️⃣ years ago The Fall – Aylesbury Civic Centre A rare visit to Buckinghamshire for at a venue better known for hosting Friars gigs. Stephen Hanley recalls Mark E Smith locked in the loo in his indispensable ‘The Big Midweek’ book 😬 My ticket for #FallFriday 👇

💙Remembering Marc Bolan Born Mark Feld 30th September 1947 The Glam King & The Groover 🌈 My single collection ❤️ #MarcBolan #TRex

#OTD Friday 29th September 1978 Motörhead Town Hall, High Wycombe Gig promoted under Ron Watts' short lived Peppers club. Review from Record Mirror #Motorhead #Lemmy ♠️

The Crack - The Ruts LP released #OTD 29th September 1979 Never a dull moment debut from #TheRuts including the singles 'Babylon's Burning' & 'Something That I Said' plus the brilliant and still socially aware 'S.U.S.' & 'It Was Cold'🔥 Spot the celebrities on the front cover 🔍

#OTD Saturday 29th September 1979 Siouxsie snd the Banshees + The Cure Hemel Hempstead Pavilion Just a month after playing nearby Aylesbury, a new look SATB return to the area with Robert Smith sharing his talents with the headliners. My poster with #TheCure autographs🖤

#OTD Tuesday 28th September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock On the same evening that Hawkwind play The Civic Hall in Guildford, Sex Pistols play the little known 'Place' venue. Not much known about this #SexPistols appearance. Ad from Record Mirror #50YearsOfPunk

🎂Bryan Ferry - singer, songwriter Born #OTD 26th September 1945 8️⃣1️⃣ today Famous for his time with Roxy Music and then a solo career. The pioneering sound and image of #RoxyMusic were a huge influence on the #punk and #PostPunk scene that followed from 1976 onwards. #BryanFerry

#OTD 26th September 2004 The Fall play the first of two nights at London’s Carling Academy in Islington. The second night is partially filmed for inclusion in the BBC Documentary - “The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith” 📷 me #TheFall #MarkESmith

#OTD Friday 24th September 1965 "Hear Ye!, Hear Ye!" Screaming Lord Sutch advertising a petrol station in High Wycombe 😍 #ScreamingLordSutch 📰 Bucks Free Press

#OTD Wednesday 24th September 1980 Rory Gallagher + U2 Friars, Aylesbury #U2 were added as a late replacement to advertised support ‘Rage’. Gig came as #U2 took a break from their small venue tour promoting debut album ‘Boy’. U2 were paid £25 for the Friars show! 📷 Don Stone

#OTD Thursday 23rd September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The Damned + The Vibrators Nag’s Head, High Wycombe Believed to be #TheDamned 8th ever gig. Then managed by local promoter Ron Watts. But that didn’t last long 🥊 #50YearsOfPunk

#OTD Tuesday 21st September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock Second day of #Punk Festival at 100 Club, London #TheDamned 🎧Rare audio of Ron Watts introducing The Damned. They would play Nag’s Head, High Wycombe two days later #50YearsOfPunk

5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock 19-year-old Siouxsie Sioux photographed on the little rail bridge by Steve [Severin], near his family home in Bromley, on their way to the 100 Club 20th September 1976 #50YearsOfPunk

#OTD Tuesday 21st September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock Day 2 of #Punk Festival at 100 Club, London #Buzzcocks #TheDamned #TheVibrators #StinkyToys Ron Watts has already seen enough of The Vibrators & The Damned to book them for the Nag’s Head, High Wycombe two days later

#OTD Saturday 20th September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock The #Punk Festival at 100 Club London would make the front page of the Melody Maker, while the detailed review by Caroline Coon tells it how it was (no myths) " #SexPistols: private party is over, they're public property now"

#OTD Monday 20th September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock 100 Club London #Punk Festival promoted by High Wycombe's Ron Watts 1st day featuring #SexPistols #TheClash #SubwaySect #SiouxsieandtheBanshees (first ever gig - Sid Vicious on drums) 📷Ray Stevenson & Michel Esteban

#OTD Saturday 13th September 1986 4️⃣0️⃣ years ago The Fall Derngate, Northampton "Oasis in the Desert!" #TheFall set was a body mover I went to this with a friend after seeing Hinckley Athletic v Kidderminster Harriers in the FA Cup (Wycombe had no game) Very modern venue My gig ticket survived 💙

#OTD Friday 15th September 2006 2️⃣0️⃣ years ago The Fall + John Cooper Clarke The Galtymore, Cricklewood Brilliant show from The Mighty Fall 🔥 📷 me #TheFall 💙

#OTD Saturday 18th September 1976 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago #PunkRock Advertising and preview for #Punk Festival at @100clubLondon Featuring, #SexPistols #TheClash #Buzzcocks #TheDamned #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees and Chris Spedding from The Wombles! "It must have been hot in those costumes!"

#OTD Sunday 16th September 1956 7️⃣0️⃣ years ago 'Rock Around The Clock' film first shown in High Wycombe at The Rex Cinema. The film attracted large numbers of teenagers and had been banned in several towns. It was the #punk movement of its time as #RocknRoll first hit the UK 🎸

"50 Years of Punk" new documentary film on limited general release from 18th September 2026. Said to centre on the #punk explosion around The King's Road, London. Only runs 1 hour 17 minutes but could be worth a watch #PunkRock 🇬🇧 www.odeon.co.uk/films/50-yea...

#OTD Saturday 15th September 1979 Joy Division Something Else - BBC TV An iconic #JoyDivision performance youtu.be/f6KZ4yUfzL8?...

#OTD Saturday 15th September 1979 #JoyDivision on Something Else TV Later that evening... The Ruts + The Piranhas + The Edge (not as billed) Friars, Aylesbury What turned out to be #TheRuts only appearance at Friars having played High Wycombe earlier in 1979 and originally, November 1977

The Fall - Sparta F.C. Cricklewood #OTD 15th September 2006 2️⃣0️⃣ years ago #TheFall youtu.be/NAzzP6pFdMA?...

#OTD Friday 15th September 2006 2️⃣0️⃣ years ago The Fall + John Cooper Clarke The Galtymore, Cricklewood Brilliant show from The Mighty Fall 🔥 📷 me #TheFall 💙

When you move to High Wycombe, will you have #WycombeWednesday and maybe #MarlowMonday 🙏 #Wycombe #Marlow #Buckinghamshire