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1984 Gigography

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DateGigSupportCountry
9 MarBradford Caesar’s Palace – 9th March 1984n/aUK
12 MarManchester Venue – 12th March 1984n/aUK
14 MarAshton-Under-Lyne The Witchwood – 14th March 1984n/aUK
3 MayManchester Devilles – 3rd May 1984n/aUK
14 AugLeeds Fforde Grene – 14th August 1984n/aUK
23 AugManchester Hacienda – 23rd August 1984n/aUK
29 AugBlackpool Gaiety Bar – 29th August 1984n/aUK
7 SepLondon The Roebuck – 7th September 1984n/aUK
8 NovPlymouth Ziggy’s – 8th November 1984n/aUK
12 NovWaterford The Savoy – 12th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
13 NovDublin SFX – 13th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
14 NovDublin SFX – 14th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
16 NovLimerick The Savoy – 16th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
17 NovGalway Leisureland – 17th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
18 NovCork The Savoy – 18th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
20 NovLetterkenny Leisure Centre – 20th November 1984(supporting) The SmithsIreland
21 NovUniversity of Coleraine – 21st November 1984(supporting) The SmithsUK
22 NovBelfast Ulster Hall – 22nd November 1984(supporting) The SmithsUK

London Brixton Academy – 1st December 1983

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Setlist

Hymn From A Village / What's The World / Chain Mail / Vulture / Fire So Close / Withdrawn / Leaking / Discipline

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(supporting) New Order

More Information & Reviews

Neil Taylor, NME

Thank God then for James, a Factory band with the sort of talent that most headliners would struggle to find in a month of Blue Mondays. If regulation guitar, drums, bass and vocals are back in style then add to your list of potential hitmakers this magnificent four-piece band.

Beginning a well-constructed, well-received set with the patting of a cow-bell in ‘Hymn From A Village’, James build their sound around flurries of cascading vocals tacked onto the janglies of a post-Postcard guitar. Skipping from a chugging, almost Latin beat in ‘Withdrawn’ to the up-and-down, fast-and-slow motions of ‘What’s The World’, James not only make enjoyable music but actually look as though they enjoy making it. Throwing himself into spasms, lead-singer Tim Booth amazes the audience by singing full pelt “I-I-I-I-I-I” then modestly bouncing backstage and almost throwing away the lines “I wear an armour plated suit / You put your lips to helmet slits / You try to suck me out the tin / I can’t get out, I’m welded in”

Manchester Hacienda – 24th November 1983

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Withdrawn / Chain Mail / Just Hip / Island Swing / Folklore / Vulture / Leaking / Discipline / Stutter

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Supporting The Smiths

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BBC Radio 1 John Peel – 17th October 1983

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Vulture / If Things Were Perfect / Discipline / Hymn From A Village

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  • Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK
  • Date: 17th October 1983

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Birmingham Edgbaston Tower Ballrooms – 9th May 1983

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supporting New Order

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Manchester Hacienda – 21st January 1983

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Discobolisk

Review

NME Review

The staunch antagonistic and ever so simply named James succeeded in blustering through their edgy rock dream with a good deal more dignity and composure than the preceding Diskobolisk. Ruefully lacking in melody, Diskobolisk opt for the topically introspective soul search, without ever looking more than faceless wooden dolls in Carmel hand me downs.

But where Diskobolisk were too clumsy to be plaintive and too miserable to be anything more, James confront, with a determined exhibition of hard handed noise and rock dramatics – hack and otherwise. Fronted by a scraggy youth twitching and trespassing further into art school exhibitionism than he would care to admit, the fourpiece nevertheless etch out a rugged individuality from taut rhythms and tart aggression.

On the evidence at hand, James deserve a fair amount, if not all, of the currently circulating gossip, but the truest test of their rousing revelry will not be before the dilettantes of the Hacienda.

 

 

 

1983 Gigography

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DateGigSupportCountry
21 JanManchester Hacienda – 21st January 1983DiscoboliskUK
23 MarLiverpool State Ballroom – 23rd March 1983(supporting) New OrderUK
9 MayBirmingham Edgbaston Tower Ballrooms – 9th May 1983(supporting) New OrderUK
10 MayHanley Victoria Halls, Stoke-on-Trent – 10th May 1983n/aUK
24 NovManchester Hacienda – 24th November 1983(supporting) The SmithsUK
1 DecLondon Brixton Academy – 1st December 1983(supporting) New OrderUK
2 DecBournemouth Town Hall – 2nd December 1983(supporting) New OrderUK
7 DecManchester Rafters – 7th December 1983Big FlameUK