1981
Last Updated
11.06.07
Key: record releases in pink, gigs in blue, other in yellow.
Gig dates taken from press cuttings, ticket stubs and fan club sheets and may have been subject to change. Those marked as 'Confirmed' are known to be correct.
Items
marked
were added or amended on the last page update.
| Date | Event | Misc Info |
| 3 Jan 1981 | Colston Hall, Bristol | |
| 4 Jan 1981 | Civic Hall, Corby | |
| 5 Jan 1981 | City Hall, Newcastle | |
| 9 Jan 1981 | Blazer's, Windsor | |
| 10 Jan 1981 | Blazer's, Windsor | |
| 11 Jan 1981 | Deeside Leisure Centre | |
| 12 Jan 1981 | Civic Hall, Oldham | |
| 23 Jan 1981 | Commodore, Nottingham | |
| 24 Jan 1981 | Commodore, Nottingham | |
| 25 Jan 1981 | Commodore, Nottingham | |
| 28 Jan 1981 | Wakefield Theatre Club, Wakefield | |
| 29 Jan 1981 | Wakefield Theatre Club, Wakefield | |
| 30 Jan 1981 | Wakefield Theatre Club, Wakefield | |
| 31 Jan 1981 | Wakefield Theatre Club, Wakefield | |
| 12 Feb 1981 | 'Doo Wah Diddy' released | |
| 21 Feb 1981 | Market Hall, Carlisle | |
| 22 Feb 1981 | Southport Theatre, Southport | |
| 23 Feb 1981 | Middlesbrough Centre | |
| 24 Feb 1981 | Presentation dinner for the 1980 British Rock & Pop Awards | Awards run by BBC TV's Nationwide, BBC Radio 1 & The Daily Mirror |
| 25 Feb 1981 | Winter Gardens, Malvern | Believed cancelled |
| 26 Feb 1981 | Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke | Confirmed |
| 27 Feb 1981 | Coventry Theatre | Confirmed |
| 28 Feb 1981 | Oasis, Swindon | |
| 5 Mar 1981 | Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead | |
| 6 Mar 1981 | Cliff's Pavilion, Southend | |
| 7 Mar 1981 | ABC, Great Yarmouth | |
| 8 Mar 1981 | Pavilion, Skegness | Confirmed |
| 12 Mar 1981 | Civic Hall, Guildford | |
| 13 Mar 1981 | Central Hall, Chatham | |
| 21 Mar 1981 | Kings Country Club, Eastbourne | |
| 23 Mar 1981 | Night Out Birmingham | |
| 24 Mar 1981 | Night Out Birmingham | |
| 25 Mar 1981 | Night Out Birmingham | |
| 26 Mar 1981 | Night Out Birmingham | |
| 27 Mar 1981 | Night Out Birmingham | |
| 28 Mar 1981 | Night Out Birmingham | |
| 3 Apr 1981 | Blighty's, Farnworth | Confirmed |
| 4 Apr 1981 | Blighty's, Farnworth | |
| 9 Apr 1981 | Capital Theatre, Aberdeen | |
| 10 Apr 1981 | Odeon, Edinburgh | Confirmed |
| 11 Apr 1981 | Empire, Sunderland | |
| 23 Apr 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 24 Apr 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 25 Apr 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 1 May 1981 | Commodore, Nottingham | |
| 2 May 1981 | Commodore, Nottingham | |
| 3 May 1981 | Commodore, Nottingham | |
| 6 May 1981 | Circus Tavern, Purfleet, Essex | |
| 7 May 1981 | Circus Tavern, Purfleet, Essex | |
| 8 May 1981 | Circus Tavern, Purfleet, Essex | |
| 9 May 1981 | Circus Tavern, Purfleet, Essex | |
| 15 May 1981 | Recording at Pebble Mill | |
| 16 May 1981 | Ice House, Grimsby | |
| 17 May 1981 | Royal Court, Liverpool | |
| 21 May 1981 | Blazer's, Windsor | |
| 22 May 1981 | Blazer's, Windsor | |
| 23 May 1981 | Blazer's, Windsor | |
| 28 May 1981 | Parr Hall, Warrington | |
| 30 May 1981 | Milton Keynes | |
| 4 Jun 1981 | Leisure Centre, Gloucester | |
| 5 Jun 1981 | 'Multiplication' released | |
| 5 Jun 1981 | Goldigger Club, Chippenham | |
| 6 Jun 1981 | Hexagon, Reading | |
| 7 Jun 1981 | Pavilion Theatre, Weymouth | |
| 8 Jun 1981 | Festival Theatre, Paignton | |
| 13 Jun 1981 | Wimbledon Theatre, London | |
| 14 Jun 1981 | Wimbledon Theatre, London | |
| 22 Jun 1981 | Double Diamond, Caerphilly | |
| 23 Jun 1981 | Double Diamond, Caerphilly | |
| 24 Jun 1981 | Double Diamond, Caerphilly | |
| 25 Jun 1981 | Double Diamond, Caerphilly | |
| 26 Jun 1981 | Double Diamond, Caerphilly | |
| 27 Jun 1981 | Double Diamond, Caerphilly | |
| 3 Aug 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 15 Aug 1981 | Brighton Dome | |
| 16 Aug 1981 | Brighton Dome | |
| 20 Aug 1981 | City Hall, Perth | Confirmed |
| 21 Aug 1981 | Magnum Leisure Centre | |
| 26 Aug 1981 | Fort Regent, Jersey | |
| 27 Aug 1981 | Fort Regent, Jersey | |
| 28 Aug 1981 | Beausejour, Guernsey | |
| 29 Aug 1981 | Beausejour, Guernsey | |
| 3 Sep 1981 | New Cornish Riviera, St Austell, Cornwall | |
| 4 Sep 1981 | Odeon, Taunton | |
| 11 Sep 1981 | Winter Gardens, Malvern | |
| 12 Sep 1981 | Leas Cliffe Hall, Folkestone | |
| 13 Sep 1981 | Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells | |
| 17 Sep 1981 | Salisbury | |
| 18 Sep 1981 | Lakeside Club, Camberley | |
| 19 Sep 1981 | Lakeside Club, Camberley | |
| 20 Sep 1981 | Fairfield Hall, Croydon | |
| 21 Sep 1981 | Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset | |
| 24 Sep 1981 | Corby Festival, Corby | |
| 26 Sep 1981 | Cambridge | |
| 27 Sep 1981 | Royal Hall, Harrogate | |
| 1 Oct 1981 | 'Greatest Hits' (K-Tel) released | Went Gold |
| 2 Oct 1981 | Assembly Hall, Derby | |
| 3 Oct 1981 | Royal Court, Liverpool | |
| 4 Oct 1981 | Leisure Centre, Mansfield | |
| 9 Oct 1981 | Fulcrum, Slough | |
| 10 Oct 1981 | Odeon, Chelmsford |
Confirmed
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| 11 Oct 1981 | Gaumont, Ipswich |
Confirmed
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| 12 Oct 1981 | Coventry Theatre, Coventry | Confirmed |
| 15 Oct 1981 | Goldigger Club, Chippenham | |
| 16 Oct 1981 | Goldigger Club, Chippenham | |
| 17 Oct 1981 | Goldigger Club, Chippenham | |
| 19 Oct 1981 | Bailey's, Watford | |
| 20 Oct 1981 | Bailey's, Watford | |
| 21 Oct 1981 | Bailey's, Watford | |
| 22 Oct 1981 | Bailey's, Watford | |
| 23 Oct 1981 | Bailey's, Watford | |
| 24 Oct 1981 | Bailey's, Watford | |
| 29 Oct 1981 | Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales | |
| 30 Oct 1981 | Winter Gardens, Bournemouth | Discrepancy as to which venue the band played on 30 Oct - see below |
| 30 Oct 1981 | Rhonnda Sports Centre, Wales | Discrepancy as to which venue the band played on 30 Oct - see above |
| 31 Oct 1981 | Ebbw Vale Sports Centre, Wales | Discrepancy as to which venue the band played on 31 Oct - see below |
| 31 Oct 1981 | Chichester Festival | Discrepancy as to which venue the band played on 31 Oct - see above |
| 1 Nov 1981 | Gaumont, Southampton | |
| 2 Nov 1981 | Colston Hall, Bristol | |
| 5 Nov 1981 | New Theatre, Oxford | Confirmed. Support act "The Idle Flowers". |
| 6 Nov 1981 | 'Footsteps' released | |
| 6 Nov 1981 | Ice House, Grimsby | Discrepancy as to which venue the band played on 6 Nov - see below |
| 6 Nov 1981 | Fulcrum, Slough | Discrepancy as to which venue the band played on 6 Nov - see above |
| 9 Nov 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 10 Nov 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 11 Nov 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 12 Nov 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 13 Nov 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 14 Nov 1981 | Golden Garter, Manchester | |
| 23 Nov 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 24 Nov 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 25 Nov 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 26 Nov 1981 | 'Good Times' released | |
| 26 Nov 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 27 Nov 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 28 Nov 1981 | Night Out, Birmingham | |
| 8 Dec 1981 | De Montfort Hall, Leicester | Confirmed |