Picture of the Astoria, near the top of the road.  The entrance door and foyer can be seen with canopy.  Thank you to Alan for the picture.
1978  27th July The Valves, & Ignatz                                                
1978  10th August Generation X                                                                             
1978  10th October Ultravox with John Foxx
1978  16th November The Jolt, Simple Minds & The Dirty Dossers
1978  21st November Charlie Browne                                                                         1978  21st December Simple Minds, & Mowgli & The Donuts
1979  15th March The Only Ones, Lonesome No More & T.P.I. 
 
1979  28th March Simple Minds, & The Cheetahs
1979  18th Aptil The Valves, & Cheetahs                                   
1979  10th May The Fall, & Trax
1979  24th May The Monos                                                                                      
1979  5th June Cafe Jacques, T.P.I. & Dirty Reds
1979  14th June The Human League
1979  27th June Yachts, & The Edge
1979  30th June Another Pretty Face                                                                 
1979  12th July Nightshift, & Mowgli & The Donuts                          
1979  26th July The Cheetahs, & The Headboys                              
1979  13th September The Headboys, & Venigmas
1979  24th September The Slits, Don Cherry & Happy House, Prince Hammer, & Creation Rebel
1979  27th September Shake, & The Scars                                      
1979  11th October The Adverts
 
1979  25th October The Jags, & Deaf Aids
1979  29th November Landscape
Beer mat signed by Landscape before their Astoria gig.  Thanks to Harry for this item.
 
1980  21st February The Headboys, & Everest The Hard Way       
1980  28th February The Visitors, TV21, & The Androids
1980  13th March The Cramps, & The Fall                                        
1980  3rd April Freeze, & Random Factor                                         
1980  9th April The Cockney Rejects, & The Exploited
 
1980  15th April The Pop Group, & The Slits
1980  23rd April Crass, & Poison Girls & Spiked Copy
1980  28th April Magazine, & Bauhaus & Josef K
 1980  8th May Joy Division (Cancelled)
 
1980  15th May The Solos, & Phonies                                        
1980  25th May The Revillos


Reverse of The Revillos ticket signed by Rocky Rhythm.  Thank you to Steve for the scans.
1980  9th December Shake                                                                                    
1981  18th March Arthur 2-Stroke                                                                           
1981  19th March The Mudsharks, & Those French Girls                
1981  25th March First Priority, The Little Red Dufflecoats, & The Twinsets
 
Review from this Astoria gig by the late Johnny Waller.  Sorry the scan text is not quite big enough to read, Harry who kindly sent the item is hopefully going to send a higher resolution scan soon.
 

Rachel from The Twinsets.  Thank you to  Simon Clegg for this picture.
1981  1st May Musical Youth                                                                                   
1981  30th June Aswad plus The Sound System with I' Man Slygo
1982  20th February Pallas


The above three pictures are The Androids live at The Astoria.  Thank you to Craig Herbertson for providing these rare pictures.


Northern Soul at Stewart's Ballroom circa 1975.  Thank you to George at www.scottishsoul.com for this rare photo.


Thank you to Martin for the badges.

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