On This Day 12/2/1984 Tina Turner

On this day, 12 Feb 1984, a resurgent Tina Turner played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall.

After the success with the single Let’s Stay Together, which charted at #6 at the end of 1983 in the UK, Tina started a sell out tour in England. Her newest single Help was also released just in time for this tour. The setlist includes some new songs like Prince’s ‘Let’s Pretend We’re Married’

Band: Kenny Moore – Piano and Vocals James Ralston – Guitar Jack Bruno – Drums Bob Feit – Bass Chuck O'Steen – Keyboards and Vocals Lejeune Richardson - Dancer and Vocals Annie Behringer - Dancer and Vocals

After February 1984 Tina started with the recording of her "Private Dancer" album. She rehearsed some new songs and in May 1984 she became the opening act for Lionel Richie’s "Can't Slow Down" tour. She performed her own set of approximately 40 minutes and later in the show she performed "Hot Legs" and the duet "Three Times A Lady" together with Lionel.

Setlist

Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Acid Queen
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
Hot Legs
Get Back
I'll Be Here Where The Heart Is
Nutbush City Limits
Givin’ It Up For Your Love
Night Life
River Deep, Mountain High
Let’s Stay Together
Help
Proud Mary
Hollywood Nights
Out Of Time

On This Day 11/2/1980 The Clash

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On this day, 11 Feb 1980, original Punk rockers The Clash played Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens on The 16 Tons Tour promoting the recently released London Calling album.

The band’s third album achieved great critical acclaim and considered by many to be the band’s finest work and has since been considered by many critics to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

Opening for The Clash that evening were Bristol punks The X-Certs. Whose pinnacle was undoubtedly when they were given the opportunity to open at Sophia Gardens.

The X-Certs arrived in their hired transit for their sound check, only to be told they would need to pay the Lighting Engineer £50 if they wanted any lights. A quick emptying of pockets and the money was scraped together, they took up their positions and the stage was illuminated with light. "You need to pay the Sound Engineer £50 too" came the sucker punch. Penniless and unable to pay, the biggest gig of their career so far was turning into a disaster an hour before the doors opened.Nicky "Topper" Headon (The Clash's drummer) appeared to ask what was going on and when told, in true punk camaraderie, he muttered "F**k that, I'll mix you meself!" So, with Topper's assistance, an hour later The X-Certs opened the gig; with The Clash watching the performance from the wings and 4500 in the audience dancing up and down, could it get any better?

On This Day 10/2/1978 Split Enz

On this day, 10 Feb 1978, New Zealand band rock band Split Enz played Cardiff’s Top Rank.

The band had released their third studio album Dizrythmia the previous Summer, the first Split Enz album without co-founding members Phil Judd and Mike Chunn.

Neil Finn, (who went on to form Crowded House) and Nigel Griggs, the first being the younger brother of band leader Tim Finn, replaced them respectively.

The album is regarded as the start of the band's breakthrough, and marked a shift from art rock to more pop-oriented songs.

The album's title comes from circadian dysrhythmia, more commonly known as jet lag.

Setlist

I'm So Up

Nice to Know

My Mistake

Betty

Best Friend

Play It Strange

So This Is Love

Home Comforts

Charlie

Bergen Aan Zee

True Colours (Let's Rock)

Encore:

Frenzy

Bold as Brass

Crosswords

On This Day 9/2/1972 Humble Pie

On this day, 9 Feb 1972, supergroup Humble Pie played Cardiff University featuring their soon to be released fifth album Smokin’.
The band no longer featured guitarist Peter Frampton who had been replaced by Clem Clempson, with Humble Pie moving towards a more harder sound emphasising leader Steve Marriott's blues and soul roots

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On This Day 8/2/2003 The Thrills

On this day, 8 Feb 2003, Irish pop band The Thrills, played Cardiff University promoting their debut album So Much For The City on the NME Awards Tour.
The tour included The Datsuns, Interpol and Polyphonic Spree.
After releasing their debut EP in November 2002, the band flew to Los Angeles in December 2002 to record their debut album So Much for the City. So Much for the City was released in 2003, debuting at No. 1 in Ireland, No. 3 in the UK and going platinum in both the UK and Irish Album Charts. The album was nominated for the 2003 Mercury Prize but lost to Dizzee Rascal's 'Boy in da Corner'. The album also won the 2003 Q Award for Best New Act, and Best New Act at the 2003 Irish Meteor Awards.

Setlist

Your Love Is Like Las Vegas
Big Sur
'Til the Tide Creeps In
Say It Ain't So
Old Friends, New Lovers
Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?
Don't Steal Our Sun
Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)
One Horse Town

On This Day 7/2/1981 The Fall

On this day, 7 Feb 1981, Manchester post-punk band The Fall played Cardiff University supported by local band the Skeleteens.
Formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line-up changes, with vocalist and founder Mark E. Smith as the only constant member. The Fall's long-term musicians included drummers Paul Hanley, Simon Wolstencroft and Karl Burns; guitarists Marc Riley, Craig Scanlon and Brix Smith; and bassist Steve Hanley, whose melodic, circular bass lines are widely credited with shaping the band's sound from early 1980s albums such as Hex Enduction Hour to the late 1990s.

On This Day 6/2/97 Placebo

On this day, 6 Feb 1997, rock band Placebo played Cardiff University’s Terminal 396, supported by Deus & Scarfo.
Formed in London in 1994 by vocalist–guitarist Brian Molko and bassist–guitarist Stefan Olsdal. Drummer Robert Schultzberg joined in late 1994, but left in 1996 shortly after the release of the band's eponymous debut album due to conflicts with Molko, and was replaced the same year by Steve Hewitt.
Placebo gained exposure in 1997 after the single "Nancy Boy" became popular in the UK, a song notorious at the time for its gender-bending content. The band stood out amongst the Britpop scene they were associated with at the time for their androgynous appearance and musical content, and lyrics which openly discussed sexuality, mental health, and drug use.

Setlist

Hug Bubble
Bionic
Brick Shithouse
36 Degrees
Allergic (to Thoughts of Mother Earth)
Kitsch Object
Without You I'm Nothing
Come Home
Bruise Pristine
Teenage Angst
The Crawl
Lady of the Flowers
Nancy Boy

Encore:
Burger Queen
Evil Dildo

On This Day 5/2/1980 The Pretenders

On this day, 5 Feb 1980, The Pretenders played Cardiff’s Top Rank,
promoting their debut album released the previous month.
The album debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in the week of its release and stayed there for four consecutive weeks.
Formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon in 1982 and 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; Hynde has been the band's only consistent member.
The band's first single, a cover of the Kinks song "Stop Your Sobbing" (produced by Nick Lowe and recorded at the July Regents Park sessions) was released in January 1979 and gained critical attention.[4] It was followed by "Kid" in June 1979. In January 1980, the band reached No. 1 in the UK with "Brass in Pocket"