The Edinburgh Gig Archive - Clouds/Coasters

Clouds, Coasters, or The Cavendish Ballroom in Tollcross, was the venue for many concerts throughout the seventies and into the eighties, having been a popular dancehall since the forties. In it's time also known as Outer Limits and The Network.

Coasters circa 1979. Picture by Simon Clegg.

Simon Clegg writes "The Roller disco picture of everybody leaving after a gig; Although it's not a very good picture technically a lot of people seem to like it."

1969 26th February Pink Floyd (benefit for Shelter)
1977 25th March The Rezillos, Street Noise, and Ignatz

1977 15th July The Jam, support bands The Rezillos & The Jolt (The Jam earlier that day signing copies of All Around The World at Hot Licks Cockburn Street. They were paid for the instore signing with 24 cans of lager!)

Thank you to Ian Dunipace for this rare badge.

1977 19th August Generation X, support band Johnny & The Self Abusers (moved to Pantiles Hotel, West Linton after the venue temporarily lost it's license).
1977 14th October The Heartbreakers
1977 26th October The Clash, support bands Richard Hell & The Voidoids, & The Lous
1977 28th October The Adverts & The Saints

1977 4th November Buzzcocks, support bands The Prefects, The Skids
1977 26th November The Clash
1977 9th December The Damned, support band The Dead Boys

Debbie Woods who has sent various items to this site, spot the very same Damned flyer on her bedroom wall. Thank you to Debbie for this photo.

1977 18th December The Ramones, & The Rezillos

1978 23rd January Ultravox with John Foxx

1978 10th February The Stranglers(secret gig) support band The Skids (at this gig JJ Burnell was so impressed with the Skids, he got their London booking agency to arrange a London tour for them)
1978 24th February Stiff/Chiswick challenge, with The Skids,The Scars,Freeze, Mono's, Subs, Cuban Heels, Berlin Blondes, and Groper
1978 3rd March The Vibrators, support band The Skids
1978 24th April Slaughter And The Dogs, Eater, & Blitzkreigbop

1978 2nd June Steve Gibbons Band
1978 16th & 18th June "Farewell To The Roxy Tour", featuring Blitz, The UK Subs, XL5, Red Lights, The Bears, Jets, Open Sores, Goats, & Acme Sewage Co

1978 15th July The Movers
1978 22nd July The Movers
1978 28th July The Rich Kids, support bands The Slits & The Deleted

1978 18th August Siouxsie & The Banshees, support band Spizz Oil

1978 25th August The Rezillos, support band The Mekons

1978 1st September Sham 69, support band Local Heroes & The Valves

1978 16th September The Movers
1978 25th October Be Stiff Route 78 Tour with Wreckless Eric, Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Mickey Jupp, & Rachel Sweet

Thank you to Oddfellow for this rare pass.

Pass for the train that famously was used for this tour. Thank you to Oddfellow for this rare pass.

1978 1st December The Lurkers, support band TheValves, & Switch
1978 2nd December Screwdriver
1978 15th December The Doomned/The Damned (Gary Holton vocals), support band The Freeze

1978 17th December Ultravox with John Foxx
1979 27th March Stiff Little Fingers, support bands Mekons & Freeze
1979 20th April Magazine, support band Simple Minds

1979 25th May The Dickies
1979 20th July Adam & The Ants, support band Josef K, their first gig under this name(the poster below was printed with the wrong date)

1979 17th August The Ruts, support Linton kwesi Johnson

1981 20th March Scars
1981 17th August Dexy's Midnight Runners, support Projected Passion Revue
1981 24th August Joe Jackson's Jumpin Jive
1981 31st August U2, support band Boots For Dancing
1981 2nd November Depeche Mode, & Blancmange

Thank you to Trevor Thomson for the advert above.

1981 21st December Altered Images

A review of the Altered Images gig from Cranked Up Fanzine. Thank you to Gordon for this item.

1982 3rd May Nick Lowe
1982 10th May Steel Pulse
1982 14th June Gang Of Four
1982 3rd August Bauhaus(rescheduled to the 16th August?)
1982 8th, 9th & 10th September Simple Minds, support band Hey Elastica!

1982 15th October Big Country

The late Stuart Adamson at Coasters 15th October 1982. Thank you to Duncan McLean for this photo. ©Bruno Beloff 1982.

1982 19th October Culture Club (this gig took place the day "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" went to number one).

A diary entry by C.D. relating to the Culture Club gig. Thank you very much to C.D. for this item.

A review of the Culture Club gig from Cranked Up fanzine. Thank you to Gordon for this item.

1982 15th November Bow Wow Wow

Annabella Lwin at Coasters 15th November 1982. Thank you to Duncan Mclean for the photo. ©Bruno Beloff 1982.

1982 22nd November The Birthday Party, support band The Laughing Clowns
1982 29th November Orange Juice
1983 14th February Nazareth

1983 11th April New Order

1983 23rd May China Crisis

1983 11th July Soft Cell (Marc Almond meeting fans upstairs in "The Hoochie Coochie Club" after gig.

Soft Cell, Coasters July 1983. © H.O. 1983.

1983 28th November Cabaret Voltaire

1983 15th December Killing Joke

1984 30th January The Alarm

1984 5th March The Smiths, support band The Red Guitars

The above three pictures are The Smiths photographed by Graham MacIndoe at Coasters 5th March 1984. Thank you to Graham for these. ©Graham MacIndoe1984.

1984 19th March Julian Cope

Julian Cope outside Coasters March 1984. © H.O. 1984.

1984 26th March The Icicle Works

1984 7th June Paul Haig, & The Screaming Nobodies

Paul Haig at Coasters 7th June 1984. Thank you to Graham MacIndoe for the two pictures above. ©Graham MacIndoe 1984.

Alan Rankine formerly of The Associates playing with Paul Haig at Coasters 7th June 1984. Thank you to Graham MacIndoe for this photo. ©Graham MacIndoe 1984.

The Screaming Nobodies at Coasters 7th June 1984. Thank you to Graham MacIndoe for the two photos above. ©Graham MacIndoe 1984.

1984 27th August The Armoury Show

Scan of a live tape from this show. Thank you to Graham for this item.

1984 17th September Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
1985 30th January Microdisney
1985 16th April Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1985 14th May The Clash "Busking Tour"

The six pictures above are The Clash at Coasters 14th May 1985 during the "busking tour". ©Neil Aitken 1985.

1985 16th May China Crisis

1985 13th June The Redskins

1985 25th June REM

The six pictures above are REM at Coasters 25th June 1985. ©Neil Aitken 1985.

1985 7th August Win, support Lip Machine(R.King Scars)

1985 5th September The Jesus & Mary Chain

1985 7th October The Fall
1985 10th October The Armoury Show

Scan of a live tape from this show. Thank you to Graham for this item.

1985 28th November Simply Red
1986 6th May Simply Red
1986 23rd May Half Man, Half Biscuit

Thank you to Gerry Mulvenna for this ticket.

1986 14th October New Model Army

1986 6th November The Mission

1987 30th April Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, support band The Batfish Boys

Thank you to Jan for this photo of The Batfish Boys, the support band at Zodiac Mindwarp Coasters 30th April 1987.

1988 11th August Joe Strummer

1989 9th March Fields Of The Nephilim

1990 29th January Faith No More

1990 12th February Birdland

Thank you to Alan McGregor for this ticket.

1990 1st October Janes Adiction

1990 6th December The Fall

1991 28th January Killing Joke

1991 9th April Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Thank you to Alan McGregor for this ticket.

The cover shot of this single by the band Bee Bee Cee was shot in Clouds 1977

Trash (The Ettes), Chris, John, and Anne (The Ettes) at Clouds 1979. Thank you to Trash for this photo.

Membership cards for the northern soul clubs at cloude circa 1975. Thank you to George at www.scottishsoul.com for allowing me to reproduce these rare items.

"For better dancing always". From the 1968 Edinburgh telephone directory.

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