Sat, 05-Sep-1981
New Bingley Hall, Stafford, England
Futurama III Festival - 2-day Festival on 5./6. September 1981
Other acts on that day included the Gang of Four, Bauhaus, The Passions, and the Theatre of Hate
as well as on the following day the Simple Minds.
A Live Bootleg and some audience recording of this show do obviously exist
and are in circulation among the fanbase.
Setlist
Thanks to the lovely people at Heartland Forum ...
here's a reply from founding band member Gary Marx to a Ghost Dance fan regards The Sisters play at Futurama 3 Festival 1981:
Was it really '81 ? Yes we played the Futurama Festival in Stafford - as to whether we were a last minute addition I couldn't say.
times in the Sisters' story.
My memories are of playing the gig very early in the day and Andy walking onstage and yelling 'bring out your dead' to the few Bauhaus and Theatre of Hate fans scattered around the largely empty hall.
Now here's one for you trivia fans - the Sisters' line-up that day included a certain "Dave Humphries" on 2nd guitar (it was actually his last Sisters gig I think). Not a name I've seen mentioned too many
See also the the official Ghost Dance forum- although, as this site shut down in 2015, the link here goes to wayback machine ... :-((( ...
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