Optimism's Flames XTC Gig List 1976-78

Every known gig XTC played... unquestionably accurate during the Dave Gregory years, as he compiled and provided the data. Many thanks also to John Relph, and all the fans who helped compile the early gig dates (prior to the first appearance of Dave) that appeared on the site. You guys created a fantastic foundation for me! BIG Thanks to the fans who've contributed to this list since 1/1/02!

December 8, 1976 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

January 19, 1977 (The Corn Dolly, Oxford, UK)

January 24, 1977 (Bogart's Club, Birmingham, UK)

February 2, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

February 5, 1977 (Target Club, Reading, UK)

February 6, 1977 (Barbarellas, Birmingham, UK)

February 8, 1977 (Brunel Rooms, Swindon, UK)

February 19, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

March 3, 1977 (London, UK)

March 21, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

March 25, 1977 (Target Club, Reading, UK)

March 28, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

March 30, 1977 (Friar's, Aylesbury, UK)

April 1, 1977 (Bedford, UK)

April 2, 1977 (The Naval Club, Tonypandy, UK)

April 6, 1977 (Electric Circus, Manchester, UK)

April 14, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

1967 (She's So Square); Star Park; Refrigeration Blues; Science Friction; Neon Shuffle.

April 19, 1977 (Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, London, UK)

April 26, 1977 (Brunel Rooms, Swindon, UK)

April 29, 1977 (The Marquee, London, UK)

April 30, 1977 (The Roxy Club, London, UK)

Also on stage: The Buzzcocks.

May 5, 1977 (The Granary, Bristol, UK)

May 6, 1977 (JB's, Dudley, UK)

May 7, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

May 13, 1977 (Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK)

May 14, 1977 (Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK)

 

May 15, 1977 (Electric Circus, Manchester, UK)

May 16, 1977 (The Nags Head, High Wycombe, UK)

May 17, 1977 (Greaty Harry, Hemel Hempstead, UK)

May 18, 1977 (The Lafayette, Wolverhampton, UK)

May 20, 1977 (The Rock Garden, London, UK)

Also on stage: Ray Phillips Woman.

May 21, 1977 (The Fulham Greyhound, London, UK)

May 22, 1977 (The Kings Head, Aylesbury, UK)

May 28, 1977 (The Roxy Club, London, UK)

Also on stage: Sahara Farm.

June 2, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

June 4, 1977 (Target Club, Reading, UK)

June 6, 1977 (Nags Head, High Wycombe, UK)

June 9, 1977 (Polytechnic, Wolverhampton, UK)

June 10, 1977 (Eric's, Liverpool, UK)

June 11, 1977 (Frenchmans Hotel, Fishguard, UK)

June 13, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

June 14, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

June 15, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

June 17, 1977 (Bossard Hall, Leighton Buzzard, UK)

June 25, 1977 (Grand Pavillion, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales, UK)

June 27, 1977 (The Rock Garden, London, UK)

June 28, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

June 30, 1977 (The Hope & Anchor, London, UK)

July 1977 (The Music Machine, London, UK)

July 5, 1977 (The Marquee, London, UK)

Also on stage: The Boys; Rikka & The Last Days On Earth.

July 7, 1977 (Tony Panda Pioneer Club, London, UK)

July 8, 1977 (The Red Cow, London, UK)

July 12, 1977 (Rochester Castle, Newington, Stoke, UK)

July 13, 1977 (Fulham Greyhound, London, UK)

July 14, 1977 (Rebecca's, Birmingham, UK)

July 19, 1977 (Rochester Castle, Newington, Stoke, UK)

July 20, 1977 (The Fulham Greyhound, London, UK)

July 26, 1977 (Cardiff, UK)

July 27, 1977 (The Fulham Greyhound, London, UK)

July 28, 1977 (Polytechnic, Leeds, UK)

July 29, 1977 (Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK)

July 30, 1977 (Hopwood Waterside Club, Birmingham, UK)

August 4, 1977 (Music Machine, London, UK)

August 5, 1977 (Trewalter Farm, near Brecon, Powys, Wales, UK)

August 9, 1977 (The Music Machine, London, UK)

Also on stage: Wasps.

August 11, 1977 (Rafters, Manchester, UK)

August 13, 1977 (Eric's, Liverpool, UK)

August 14, 1977 (Naval Volunteer, UK)

August 15, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

August 16, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

August 17, 1977 (The Hope & Anchor, London, UK)

August 18, 1977 (The Rafters, Manchester, UK)

August 20, 1977 (Tracey's, Glouchester, UK)

August 22, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

August 23, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

August 24, 1977 (Hope & Anchor, London, UK)

August 25, 1977 (The Red Cow, London, UK)

August 27, 1977 (Tracey's, Redditch, UK)

August 29, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

August 30, 1977 (The Nashville, London, UK)

Also on stage: The Models.

August 31, 1977 (The Hope & Anchor, London, UK)

September 1, 1977 (The Red Cow, London, UK)

September 2, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

September 3, 1977 (The Oasis, Swindon, UK)

September 8, 1977 (The Red Cow, London, UK)

September 13, 1977 (The Castaway Club, Plymouth, UK)

This show was cancelled.

September 15, 1977 (The Red Cow, London, UK)

September 16, 1977 (Grand Pavillion, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales, UK)

September 17, 1977 (Leescliff Hotel, Folkestone, UK)

September 20, 1977 (The 100 club, London, UK)

Also on stage: Dole Q.

September 26, 1977 (The Rock Garden, London, UK)

Also on stage: Screens, Violators.

September 27, 1977 (The Rock Garden, London, UK)

September 30, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

October 1, 1977 (Rochester Castle, London, UK)

October 4, 1977 (Katie's, Nottingham, UK)

October 5, 1977 (Middletown Civic Hall, Manchester, UK)

October 7, 1977 (City Polytechnic, London, UK)

This show was cancelled.

October 9, 1977 (The Roundhouse, London, UK)

This show was cancelled.

October 10, 1977 (Polytechnic, Huttersfield, UK)

This show was cancelled.

October 13, 1977 (Great Harrry, Hemel Hempstead, UK)

This show was cancelled.

October 31, 1977 (The Castaways, Plymouth, UK)

November 1, 1977 (Music Machine, London, UK)

Also on stage: Wasps, Wire.

November 3, 1977 (Bloobos, Leicester, UK)

November 4, 1977 (College of Further Education, Stafford, UK)

November 5, 1977 (Mr Georges, Coventry, UK)

November 7, 1977 (Picwick Club, Leeds, UK)

November 8, 1977 (Ivanhoe's, Huddersfield, UK)

November 9, 1977 (Cartrefle College, Wrexham, UK)

November 10, 1977 (The Windmill, Rotherham, UK)

November 11, 1977 (Central Hall, Kettering, UK)

November 12, 1977 (Friar's at the Vale Hall, Aylesbury, UK)

November 13, 1977 (The Roundhouse, London, UK)

This show was cancelled.

November 14, 1977 (Tiffanys, Coventry, UK)

Also on stage: Blondie.

November 15, 1977 (The Rainbow, London, UK)

November 16, 1977 (Stowaways, Newport, UK)

November 17, 1977(Rebecca's, Birmingham, UK)

(New Music Express conflicts ~ gigs for Rebecca's & Stowaways shown for this date)?

November 18, 1977 (Grand Pavillion, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales, UK)

November 19, 1977 (Kensington Imperial College, London, UK)

Also on stage: Rumble Strips.

November 23, 1977 (The Marquee, London, UK)

Also on stage: Jerry Floyd.

November 24, 1977 (Maniqui, Falkirk, UK)

November 25, 1977 (Clouds, Edinburgh, UK)

November 26, 1977 (Eric's, Liverpool, UK)

November 27, 1977 (Katies, Nottingham, UK)

November 28, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

November 29, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

November 30, 1977 (The Affair, Swindon, UK)

December 1, 1977 (Teeside Polytechnic, Middlesbrough, UK)

December 2, 1977 (North Staffs Polytechnic, Stoke-on-Trent, UK)

December 3, 1977 (The Hope & Anchor, London, UK)

December 6, 1977 (Bel Vue, Manchester, UK)

December 9, 1977 (The Community Center, Southall, UK)

December 10, 1977 (Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK)

December 13, 1977 (Nikkers Club, Keighley, UK)

Also on stage: Accellerators.

December 14, 1977 (The Music Machine, London, UK)

Also on stage: The Members.

December 23, 1977 (Foxes, Brighton, UK)

Also on stage: The Molesters

January 13, 1978 (Markthalle, Hamburg, WG)

Radios in Motion; Cross Wires; Statue of Liberty; I'll Set Myself On Fire; I'm Bugged; New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage; Into The Atom Age; All Along the Watchtower; She's So Square; Do What You Do; Dance Band; Science Friction; Neon Shuffle.

January 18, 1978 (Bataclan, Paris, FR)

Radios in Motion; Cross Wires; Statue Of Liberty; I'll Set Myself On Fire; I'm Bugged; New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage; Into The Atom Age; All Along the Watchtower; She's So Square; Do What You Do; Dance Band; Science Friction; Neon Shuffle; Hang On To The Night.

January 20, 1978 (Middlesex Polytechnic, Enfield, UK)

Also on stage: The Secret.

January 21, 1978 (College Of Education, Hitchin, UK)

January 22, 1978 (Greyhound, Croydon, UK)

Radios in Motion; Cross Wires; Statue of Liberty; I'll Set Myself On Fire; I'm Bugged; New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage; Into The Atom Age; All Along the Watchtower; She's So Square; Do What You Do; Dance Band; Hang On to the Night; Dance Band.

January 25, 1978 (The Lafayette, Wolverhampton, UK)

January 26, 1978 (The Outlook, Doncaster, UK)

January 27, 1978 (Technical College, Dundee, UK)

January 28, 1978 (Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, UK)

Also on stage: The Secret.

February 1, 1978 (Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK)

February 2, 1978 (Polytechnic, Leeds, UK)

February 3, 1978 (The University, Edinburgh, UK)

Also on stage: The Secret.

February 4, 1978 (The University, Newcastle, UK)

February 7, 1978 (The Locarno, Bristol, UK)

February 8, 1978 (Boen's - formerly Brian's - Reading, UK)

(Have two ads for this date ~ one for Boen's & one for Castaways)?

February 9, 1978 (Chequers, Barstaple, UK)

February 10, 1978 (The University, Nottingham, UK)

February 11, 1978 (Eric's, Liverpool, UK)

February 15, 1978 (The University, Bradford, UK)

February 16, 1978 (Middletown Town Hall, Manchester, UK)

February 17, 1978 (Polytechnic, Preston, UK)

February 18, 1978 (Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK)

Also on stage: The Secret.

February 19, 1978 (Memorial Hall, Newbridge, UK)

February 20, 1978 (Town Hall, Cheltenham, UK)

February 21, 1978 (Top Rank, Cardiff, UK)

February 22, 1978 (The Lyceum, London, UK)

February 24, 1978 (Pavillion, West Runton, UK)

February 25, 1978 (City Hall, St. Albans, UK)

Also on stage: The Secret.

February 28, 1978 (The Locarno, Coventry, UK)

March 1, 1978 (The Rafters, Manchester, UK)

March 2, 1978 (The Troubador, Port Talbot, UK)

March 4, 1978 (The Cricket Ground, Northampton, UK)

March 6, 1978 (The Village Bowl, Bournemouth, UK)

March 9, 1978 (London Hippodrome, London, UK)

Radios In Motion; Cross Wires; Statue Of Liberty; Set Myself On Fire; New Town Animal; All Along The Watchtower; This Is Pop?; Dance Band; Neon Shuffle. (This was broadcast on BBC Sight & Sound In Concert)

May 27, 1978 (Barbarella's, Birmingham, UK)

May 29, 1978 (Rafters, Manchester, UK)

May 30, 1978 (The Marquee, London, UK)

(Early show for under 18's - priced cheaper)

Also on stage: Joe Lung.

May 30, 1978 (The Marquee, London, UK)

(Main session - for adults)

May 31, 1978 (The Marquee, London, UK)

June 2, 1978 (Top Rank, Sheffield, UK)

June 3, 1978 (Eric's, Liverpool, UK)

(Early show for under 18's - priced cheaper)

June 3, 1978 (Eric's, Liverpool, UK)

(Main session - for adults)

July 19, 1978 (Affair Club, Swindon, UK)

Also on stage: Urban Disturbance, Heroes & Lulu.

(Was to be the start of a 3 day Swindon band festival, recorded for release by Virgin - I don't think it came off)

September 11, 1978 (Apollo, Manchester, UK)

September 12, 1978 (Top Rank, Sheffield, UK)

September 17, 1978 (Rainbow, London, UK)

September 20, 1978 (The Odeon, Edinburgh, UK)

September 28, 1978 (Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, UK)

September 29, 1978 (The Pound, Belfast, UK)

September 30, 1978 (Arcadia Ballroom, Cork, IE)

October 1, 1978 (McGonagles, Dublin, IE)

October 2, 1978 (McGonagles, Dublin, IE)

October 3, 1978 (McGonagles, Dublin, IE)

October 4, 1978 (New Arcadia Ballroom, Port Rush, UK)

October 5, 1978 (The Pound Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)

October 20, 1978 (Polytechnic, Huddersfield, UK)

October 21, 1978 (The University, Manchester, UK)

October 23, 1978 (Odeon, Canterbury, UK)

October 24, 1978 (City Hall, Salisbury, UK)

October 25, 1978 (Top Rank, Reading, UK)

October 26, 1978 (Locarno, Portsmouth, UK)

October 28, 1978 (Student Union, Essex University, Colchester, UK)

Also on stage: The Push.

October 29, 1978 (The Pavillion, Hemel Hempstead, UK)

October 30, 1978 (Circles, Swansea, UK)

October 31, 1978 (Top Rank, Cardiff, UK)

November 1, 1978 (Mountford Hall, Liverpool, UK)

November 2, 1978 (Polytechnic, Leeds, UK)

November 3, 1978 (The University, Sheffield, UK)

November 4, 1978 (University, Newcastle, UK)

 

November 5, 1978 (Cotham Bowl, Redcar, UK)

November 7, 1978 (Locarno, Bristol, UK)

Science Friction; Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!); The Rhythm; Battery Brides; Cross Wires; Crowded Room; She's So Square; Super-Tuff; This is Pop?; Red; New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage; I Am The Audience; Beatown; Do What You Do; Dance Band; Radios in Motion; I'll Set Myself on Fire; Are You Receiving Me?; Statue of Liberty; Hang On to the Night; Fireball XL-5.

November 8, 1978 (Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham, UK)

November 9, 1978 (Tiffany's, Blackpool, UK)

November 10, 1978 (Town Hall, Birmingham, UK)

November 11, 1978 (Friar's, Aylesbury, UK)

Also on stage: N.W 10, Push.

November 12, 1978 (The Electric Ballroom, London, UK)

(Show one)

November 12, 1978 (The Electric Ballroom, London, UK)

(Show two)

November 14, 1978 (Tiffany's, Glouchester, UK)

November 15, 1978 (Top Rank, Brighton, UK)

November 17, 1978 (The Electric Ballroom, London, UK)

 

December 31, 1978 (The Beacon Theater, New York, NY, US)

Also on stage: Talking Heads.