The Stranglers - 04.04.1980 London - Rainbow Theatre (England)

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The Stranglers
04.04.1980 London - Rainbow Theatre (England)

get a grip
hanging around
tank
threatened
toiler
the raven
dead loss angeles
nice 'n' sleazy
bring on the nubiles
peaches
bear cage
duchess
no more heroes
five minutes
something better change
down in the sewer

Robert Smith played guitar during '(get a) grip (on yourself)' & 'hanging around'; Matthieu Hartley played keyboards during 'peaches' & 'bear cage'.
both also played on 'down in the sewer'

Stranglers temporary line-up:
Vocals:
Toyah Wilcox - 'Peaches', 'Duchess', 'Bear Cage' and 'Something Better Change'
Hazel O'Connor - 'Get A Grip', 'Hanging Around', 'Peaches' and 'Bear Cage'
Nicky Tesco (The Members) - 'Nice 'N' Sleazy'
Phil Daniels - 'Toiler' and 'Dead Loss Angeles'
Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator) - 'Tank' and 'The Raven'
Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers) - 'Down In The Sewer'
Ian Dury (Blockheads) - 'Peaches' and 'Bear Cage'
Richard Jobson (The Skids) - 'Bring On The Nubiles'
Guitar:
Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)
Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Robert Smith (Cure & The Banshees)
Steve Hillage
Basil Gabbidon (Steel Pulse)
Larry Wallace
John Turnball (Blockheads)
Keyboards:
Matthieu Hartley (The Cure)
Sax:
Nick Turner (Hawkwind)
Davey Payne (Blockheads)
Rhythms:
Steel Pulse

thanks to Pietro for the scan

from 'Ten Imaginary Years':

Robert was doing ... ... LP. On 3 and 4 of April, he also played guitar at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park as a member of The Stranglers. Their singer, Hugh Cornwell, had been busted and imprisoned and an all-star band was assembled to play in protest.
Robert: "I was in the studio with Bill Mackenzie and I arrived at the Rainbow late. I did some keyboards but what I distinctly remember was being in a room backstage having a bizarre conversation with JJ Burnell and Steve Hillage about European cabbages. The whole thing was very naive in a way, but very nice.

from 'A Visual Documentary':

3 APRIL 1980
Robert guests onstage with The Stranglers at the Finsbury Park Rainbow, playing guitar in an allstar line-up protesting at the imprisonment of Stranglers Hugh Cornwell on a drugs charge.