> The confusion around the Lesser Free Trade Hall gig is that it was
> repeated, they played twice over the summer of 76. Some people went to
> both, others the first or second. That's why a lot of people ( mainly who
> went to the second - more attended this ) dispute who was and wasn't in
> attendance.
> Morrissey attended the first for sure.
Correct on all counts, ordsall.
The second one was when The Buzzcocks made their live debut, supporting the Pistols. There was a crowd of 167,000 at that one. In a hall that held about 300. At a squeeze.
This was a couple of months before the legendary two-day Punkfest at London's 100 Club, which was 20th and 21st of September, 1976.
The lesser free trade hall gigs? One in May and one in July? Something like that.