Maxwell Hall, Civic Centre, Market Square, Aylesbury

Friday May 29th 1981

Part of AVDC Arts Week 1981

John Cooper Clarke and the Invisible Girls

The Scars   Way of The West  Marillion   No Nonsense  Art Nouveau

The Mistakes pulled out due to injury

EXCLUSIVE FRIARS INTERVIEW WITH NICK BEGGS - SEE HERE

Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls Saturday October 11th 1980

Marillion Saturday August 1st 1981 Saturday October 31st 1981  Saturday June 19th 1982 Friday March 18th 1983 Thursday December 29th 1983 Saturday December 22nd 1984

No Nonsense Saturday February 20th 1982

Kajagoogoo (Art Nouveau) Saturday October 30th 1982 Saturday May 7th 1983

Nick Beggs, Art Nouveau, writing for the Friars Aylesbury website in 2008 said:

'Playing Friars was always a buzz. My earliest gig there was with Art Nouveau (Kajagoogoo before Limahl). We opened for the Scars and John Cooper Clark. AMAZING.It was the first big stage I ever played on and couldn't believe how different it felt to a club gig'

JCC is still going strong with his unique poetry. Art Nouveau (not advertised but did play) became Kajagoogoo and went on to headline Friars in 1983. Marillion became hugely successful and they were from Aylesbury ! They went on to play Friars many times.

John Cooper Clarke official site  Marillion official site