gigography of the passage live


the passage live incomplete gigography, compiled by nick blakey
* indicates that a recording of the gig exists

1978


30.01   Manchester, UK Band On The Wall The Elite
17.03   Manchester, UK The Squat Exodus, The Elite
02.04   Manchester, UK Band On The Wall The Elite
23.04   Manchester, UK Band On the Wall The (Manchester) Mekon, Cheap And Nasty
13.05   London, UK Goldsmiths SU The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, Patrik Fitzgerald
??.08   Manchester, UK Band On The Wall The Elite, Spherical Objects
21.10   Manchester, UK Manchester Polytechnic (“Leveller” Benefit) The Fall, Distractions, Crass, Agony Column
26.11   Manchester, UK New Electric Circus (Osborne Club) Warsaw
         

1979


12 or 18.04   Altrincham, UK Bowden Vale Youth Club  
20.04   Middleton, UK Civic Hall  
21.04   Manchester, UK The Squat (anti-nuclear benefit)  
03.05   Liverpool, UK Eric's Joy Division, The Fireplace
??.??   Chorley, UK (Old) Library Section 25
06.10   Liverpool, UK Walton Park Hall Moderattes, Dark Hearts, The Profundos, Activity Minimal
13.10   Manchester, UK The Funhouse Mediators, Grow Up
27.10   London, UK YMCA Cabaret Voltaire*, The Tiller Boys
         

1980


14.01   Blackpool, UK Jenk's Bar  
17.01   Manchester, UK Manchester Polytechnic  
05.03   Bristol, UK Trinity Hall Joy Division
06.03   Manchester, UK Elizabeth Gaskell College Crispy Ambulance
21.05   Liverpool, UK Mr. Pickwick's The Fall, Crispy Ambulance
25.05   Manchester, UK Cyprus Tavern Viper, Victor Dragos Volunteers
03.12   Manchester, UK Beach Club Glass Animals
21.12   Liverpool, UK Liberty Hall, The Everyman Systems
26.12   Manchester, UK Cyprus Tavern Renegades, Liggers
         

1981


01.01 * London, UK ICA Crispy Ambulance*, Biting Tongues
03.04 * London, UK Royal College of Art This Heat, Glass Animals
11.04 * Chorley, UK Tatton Community Centre PR5
08.06   London, UK Heaven Red Beat, The Colors, The Event Group
09.07   Bath, UK Nero's Dolls House
15.07   London, UK Moonlight Club The French
23.07   Manchester, UK Anderton's  
31.07   Liverpool, UK Bluecoat Hall  
10.12   London, UK Boulevard Theatre The Inevitable
         

1982


14.01   Manchester, UK Manchester Polytechnic  
21.01   Derby, UK Blue Note  
25.01   Manchester, UK Eden Bar  
29.01   London, UK Euston Golf Club  
30.01   Portsmouth, UK Portsmouth Polytechnic  
05.02   Birmingham, UK Birmingham Polytechnic  
06.02   Cambridge, UK Sound Cellar  
10.02   Huddersfield, UK huddersfield Polytechnic  
13.02   London, UK School of Economics Birds With Ears, The Beat Roots, The 45s, Pookiesnackenburger
20.02 * London, UK Thames Polytechnic  
26.02 * Stoke, UK North Staffs Polytechnic  
14.04 * Amsterdam, NL Melkweg (partially broadcast on FM, possibly on 25.06)  
??.?? * Munich, DE Alabamahalle (partially broadcast on either TV or FM)  
04.05 * London, UK The Venue The Nightingales, Five or Six
07.05   Birmingham, UK Birmingham Polytechnic  
13.05   Manchester, UK Manchester Polytechnic  
14.05   Aberdeen, UK Aberdeen University  
15.05   Edinburgh, UK Valentino's  
16.05 * Glasgow, UK Maestro's  
21.05   Colchester, UK Institute of Higher Education  
27.05   Leeds, UK the Warehouse  
29.05   Cambridge, UK College of Art & Technology  
30.05   Brighton, UK Jenkinson's  
31.05   Oxford, UK Scamps  
01.06   Swindon, UK Brunel Rooms  
02.06   Bournemouth, UK Midnight Express  
03.06   London, UK Zig Zag  
05.06   Liverpool, UK Warehouse  
         
    north america:   Cabaret Futura (Richard Strange)
FIRST 2 nights   New York City, NY Danceteria  
25.06   Boston, MA The Channel  
30.06   Ottawa, ON The Roxy  
02.07   Detroit, MI Clutch Cargo's  
07.07   Minneapolis, MN First Avenue  
15.07 * Austin, TX Club Foot  
17.07 * New Orleans, LA Tupelo's Tavern  
31.07   Philadelphia, PA East Side Club  
??.??   Toronto, ON The Edge / Larry's Hideaway(?)  
??.??   Chicago, IL Tut's(?)  
??.??   Madison, WI Merlyn's(?)  
??.??   Norman, Ok    
??.??   Dallas, TX Hot Klub / Nick's(?)  
??.??   Houston, TX The Island(?)  
??.??   Memphis, TN Antenna  
??.??   Atlanta, GA 688(?)  
??.??   Washington DC 9:30 Club(?)  
last night   New York City, NY Peppermint Lounge  
         
04.10   London, UK Imperial College The Nightingales, S/Z
08.10   Kingston-upon-Thames, UK Kingston Polytechnic Eyeless In Gaza, Attila The Stockbroker
10.10   London, UK Hammersmith Odeon The Psychedelic Furs
11.10 * Manchester, UK The Ritz (partially broadcast on BBC) The Nightingales
19.10   Liverpool, UK Mr. Pickwick's The Room
23.10   Keele, uk Keele University The Nightingales
26.10
01.11
  London, UK The Venue The Nightingales
28.10   Brighton, UK Brighton Polytechnic  
29.10   Canterbury, UK Kent University The Nightingales
30.10   Slough, uk Slough College The Nightingales(?)
02.11   Sheffield, uk Sheffield Art College  
27.11   Athens, GR Sporting The Monochrome Set
 

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, j lianna ness, richard strange, robert lloyd, the fall online, tony ashford