Stewart's Ballroom was situated at Abbeymount Edinburgh, and was originally owned by Councillor John F Stewart, who apparently lived in the large house you can see just beyond the Astoria entrance in the picture below. Later it would become the Astoria and play host to many punk and new wave acts. Now demolished.
1978 27th July The Valves, support band Ignatz 1978 10th August Generation X 1978 24th September The Slits, Don Cherry & Happy House, Prince Hammer, & Creation Rebel
1978 21st November Charlie Browne 1978 21st December Simple Minds, support band Mowgli & The D'onuts 1979 28th March Simple Minds, support band The Cheetahs 1979 18th Aptil The Valves, support band The Cheetahs 1979 24th May The Monos 1979 14th June The Human League 1980 23rd April Crass, support bands Poison Girls & Spiked Copy 1980 8th May Joy Division (Cancelled)
1980 9th December Shake 1981 18th March Arthur 2-Stroke 1981 19th March The Mudsharks, support band Those French Girls 1981 25th March The Twinsets,support bands First Priority & Little Red Dufflecoats 1981 1st May Musical Youth 1981 30th June Aswad plus The Sound System with I' Man Slygo
Picture of the Astoria, near the top of the road. The entrance foyer can be seen with canopy. Thank you to Alan for the photo

1978 16th November The Jolt, support bands Simple Minds & The Dirty Dossers
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1979 30th June Another Pretty Face 1979 12th July Nightshift, support band Mowgli & The Do'nuts 1979 26th July The Cheetahs, support band The Headboys 1979 13th September The Headboys, support band TheVenigmas 1979 27th September Shake, support band The Scars 1979 25th October The Jags, support band Deaf Aids 1980 21st February The Headboys, support band Everest The Hard Way 1980 28th February The Visitors, TV21, & The Androids
1980 13th March The Cramps, support band The Fall 1980 3rd April Freeze, support band Random Factor 1980 9th April The Cockney Rejects, support band The Exploited
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