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Thursday October 12th 1978
Saturday February 3rd 1979
Saturday June 2nd 1979
Friday July 25th 1980
Saturday January 30th 1982
Friday November 5th 1982
 Jake Burns Ali McMordie Henry Cluney
Jim Reilly
Pete Bell,
Friars fan from Weston Turville, writing for the Friars Aylesbury website
in 2008 said:
"Can't
remember which visit it was - they must have played there 8 or 9 times -
but Stiff Little Fingers were once awarded 'The FA Cup' live on stage,
after one of their gigs. Basically, I think it
was a thank you from FA to Jake Burns and the boys for always including FA
in their touring schedule and for recording the 'Hanx' Album there and
giving the place great publicity.
Think it was the gig where 'The Wall' supported them. I say
this because I remember hanging around the stage door to get SLF's
autographs and The Wall came out and informed us in rich Scottish tones
'You're all too f****g ugly for autographs' like it was them that were the
cock of the walk! I downloaded their 'hit' ('Hsi Nao') once upon a time,
which isn't half bad, but I can't remember them as anything other than
utter c***s I'm afraid"
If ever a band would be
welcome at Friars today, it must be this band and we were all thankful
they came back in 2009 for a blistering sold out gig. SLF split in 1983 and
reformed five years later. Although the line up has not always been stable
- Burns the only constant, they did feature Jam hero Bruce Foxton for 15
years. Ali McMordie rejoined the band in 2006 (when we saw them and they
were on cracking form as if it was this era all over again) and are still
making people of a certain age very happy in 2010.
It was no surprise that the
Hanx album was recorded at Friars given how much they felt about the
place.
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