1978-10-06 London - City of London Polytechnic (England)

 

Due to problems with the car they were using, The Cure arrived late for the concert, which is why their performance as support act for Wire had to be cancelled.

Day of the week: Friday

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We were due to support Wire again at the next gig they had in London. We decided we should go in something else rather than the murderous Crow-mobile and got another friend to drive us to London. Unfortunately, his van broke down and we missed playing the gig entirely.
Parry was furious, and told us in no uncertain terms, "You have to be more professional."

Support     | The Cure
Headliner | Wire

102, 105 Whitechapel High St
London E1 7RA

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The upper floors, known after the war as Fairholt House, housed shipping and freight agencies, though by 1970 the former drapers’ assistants’ floors had become the students’ union of City of London Polytechnic;

1978-10-06 City of London Polytechnic (cancelled)