gigography of the passage live

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the passage (incomplete) gigography, compiled by nick blakey and simon dell
* indicates that a recording of the gig exists

date	adv	rev	town	venue	line-up
1977
30.10			Manchester	Band On The Wall	Bob & His Dick at the mmc, with Dominic Rivron, The Elite, On the Rocks
1978
30.01			Manchester	Band On The Wall	The Elite
10.02			Stockport	Edgeley Methodist Church
17.03			Manchester	The Squat	Exodus, The Elite
02.04			Manchester	Band On The Wall	The Elite
23.04			Manchester	Band On the Wall	The (Manchester) Mekon, Cheap And Nasty
13.05			London	Goldsmiths SU	The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, Patrik Fitzgerald
21.05			Manchester	Royal Exchange Theatre	Supporting 'The Media Band' at 'New Music Exchange IV'
30.07			Manchester	Band On The Wall	The Elite, Spherical Objects
05.09			Manchester	Band on the Wall	Sister Ray, A Certain Ratio
21.10			Manchester	Manchester Polytechnic	“Leveller” Benefit: The Fall, Distractions, Crass, Agony Column
07.11			manchester	band on the wall	A Certain Ratio, Kevin & Co
26.11			Manchester	Venue, Collyhurst St	Joy Division
1979
12.04			Altrincham	Bowden Vale Club
20.04			Middleton	Civic Hall
21.04			Manchester	The Squat	anti-nuclear benefit
03.05			Liverpool	Eric's	Joy Division, The Fireplace
??.??			Chorley	(Old) Library	Section 25
06.08			Manchester	Band on the Wall
06.10			Liverpool	Walton Park Hall	Moderattes, Dark Hearts, The Profundos, Activity Minimal
13.10			Manchester	The Funhouse	Mediators, Grow Up
27.10			London	YMCA	Cabaret Voltaire*, The Tiller Boys
10.12			Blackpool	Jenks
1980
14.01			Blackpool	Jenk's Bar
17.01			Manchester	Manchester Polytechnic
05.03			Bristol	Trinity Hall	Joy Division
06.03			Manchester	Elizabeth Gaskell College	Crispy Ambulance
21.05			Liverpool	Mr. Pickwick's	The Fall, Felt, Crispy Ambulance
25.05			Manchester	Cyprus Tavern	Viper, Victor Dragos Volunteers
03.12			Manchester	Beach Club	Glass Animals
16.11 21.12			Liverpool	Everyman Bistro	Systems (Liberty Hall benefit)
26.12			Manchester	Can Club Cyprus Tavern	Renegades, Liggers
1981
03.01 *01.01			London	ICA	Crispy Ambulance*, Biting Tongues
24.01			Stockport	Hazel Grove School	Playground
19.03			Manchester	Rafter's	unconfirmed
*03.04			London	Royal College of Art	This Heat, Glass Animals
*11.04			Chorley	Tatton Community Centre	PR5
08.06			London	Heaven	Red Beat, The Colors, The Event Group
09.07			Bath	Nero's	Dolls House, The Phantoms of the Underground
*15.07			London	Moonlight Club	The French
23.07			Manchester	Anderton's
31.07			Liverpool	Bluecoat Hall	royal wedding special (as duo): Eddie & Sunshine, Glass ANimals
22.08			Brighton
30.11			London
10.12			London	Boulevard Theatre	The Inevitable
1982
14.01			Manchester	Manchester Polytechnic
21.01			Derby	Blue Note
24.01			Manchester	Eden (Fagin's)
29.01			London	Euston Golf Club
30.01			Portsmouth	Portsmouth Polytechnic
05.02			Birmingham	Birmingham Polytechnic
06.02			Cambridge	Sound Cellar
10.02			Huddersfield	huddersfield Polytechnic
13.02			London	School of Economics	Birds With Ears, The Beat Roots, The 45s, Pookiesnackenburger
*20.02			London	Thames Polytechnic
*26.02			Stoke	North Staffs Polytechnic
			Northern Europe
*14.04			Amsterdam, NL	Melkweg	Partial broadcast on FM, poss on 25.06
19.04			Oslo, NO	Rock CLub, Venstres Hus
			UK
01.05			Manchester	The 666 Club
*04.05			London	The Venue	The Nightingales, Five or Six
07.05			Birmingham	Birmingham Polytechnic
13.05			Manchester	Manchester Polytechnic
14.05			Aberdeen	Aberdeen University
*15.05			Edinburgh	Valentino's
*16.05			Glasgow	Maestro's
21.05			Colchester	Institute of Higher Education
27.05			Leeds	the Warehouse
29.05			Cambridge	College of Art & Technology
30.05			Brighton	Jenkinson's
31.05			Oxford	Scamps
01.06			Swindon	Brunel Rooms
02.06			Bournemouth	Midnight Express
03.06			London	Zig Zag	The Blue Orchids, Vane
05.06			Liverpool	Warehouse
			north america		Cabaret Futura (Richard Strange)
23.06			new york city	danceteria
25.06			Boston, MA	The Channel
30.06			Ottawa, ON	The Roxy
01.07			Toronto, ON	Larry's Hideaway
02.07			Detroit, MI	Clutch Cargo's
??.??			Chicago, IL	Tut's(?)
*05.07			Madison, WI	Merlyn's
07.07			Minneapolis, MN	First Avenue
??.??			Norman, OK
14.07			dallas, tx	hot klub
*15.07			Austin, TX	Club Foot
16.07			Houston, TX	The Island(?)
*17.07			New Orleans, LA	Tupelo's Tavern
21.07			Atlanta, GA	688
23.07			Washington, DC	9:30 Club
24.07			Trenton, NJ	City Gardens
28.07			new york city	peppermint lounge
27.07 29.07			new york city	peppermint lounge
31.07			Philadelphia, PA	East Side Club
			Belgium
18.09			Waregem	De Hoop
			Sweden
25.09			Eskilstuna	Old Eskil
27.09 26.09			Stockholm	Gladjehuset	Changed from The Garage
			UK
04.10			London	Imperial College	The Nightingales, S/Z
08.10			Kingston-upon-Thames	Kingston Polytechnic	Eyeless In Gaza, Attila The Stockbroker
10.10			London	Hammersmith Odeon	The Psychedelic Furs
*11.10			Manchester	The Ritz	The Nightingales (partial broadcast on BBC)
19.10			Liverpool	Mr. Pickwick's	The Room
*22.10?			Munich, DE	Alabamahalle	Partial broadcast on TV or FM
23.10			Keele	Keele University	The Nightingales
28.10			Brighton	Brighton Polytechnic
29.10			Canterbury	Kent University	The Nightingales
30.10			Slough	Slough College	The Nightingales(?)
26.10 01.11			London	The Venue	The Nightingales
02.11			Sheffield	Sheffield Art College
			Greece
27.11			Athens	Sporting	The Monochrome Set
1983
			UK
05.03			Manchester	Manchester Polytechnic

An extra-special thanks to Simon Dell, for sharing his tireless research

sources and thanks: Andy Wilson, Cabaret Voltaire Yahoo newsgroup, Dick Witts, Jim Manniello, Joe McKechnie, Joy Division Central, MDMA, Mark Buckwalter, Mark Price, Minnesota Historical Society, Motor City Music Archives, L Lianna Ness, Richard Strange, Robert Lloyd, The Fall Online, Tony Ashford, David Marty, Neil Cooper