Clouds, Coasters, or The New 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.

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


1977  10th July The Jam, support bands The Jolt & The Rezillos (The Jam earlier signing copies of All Around The World at Hot Licks Cockburn Street)                         1977  19th August Generation X, support band Johnny & The Self Abusers                 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                                1977  18th December The Ramones, support band The Rezillos

                           

1978  23rd January Ultravox with John Fox

 

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)

The Stranglers backstage at Clouds, thank you to Alan for the pic.

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  16th & 18th June "Farewell To The Roxy Tour", featuring Blitz, The UK Subs, XL5, Red Lights, The Bears, Jets, Open Sore, Goats, & Acme Sewage Co                1978  15th July The Movers                                                                                                 1978  22nd July The Movers
1978  28th July The Rich Kids, support band 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 Sham69, support band Local Heroes & The Valves

 

 

1978  16th September The Movers                                                                                    1978  1st December The Lurkers, support band TheValves, & Switch                          1978  2nd December Screwdriver                                                                                      1978  15th December The Damned, billed as The Doomned


1978  17th December Ultravox with John Fox                                                                   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
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
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.  This is where all the bands who played this venue used as a dressing room,  they had to exit the venue, walk round then up the stairs to this club).    

       

                                                                                                         

 1983  28th November Cabaret Voltaire

1983  15th December Killing Joke

                                                                                    

1984  5th March The Smiths                                                                                                1984  19th March Julian Cope

 

1984  7th June Paul Haig                                                                                                     1984  27th August The Armoury Show                                                                              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"                                                                        1985  13th June The Redskins

1985  25th June REM   

1985  7th August Win, support Lip Machine(R.King Scars)
1985  5th September The Jesus & Mary Chain

1985  7th October The Fall                                                                                                  1985  28th November Simply Red
1986  6th May Simply Red                                                                                                    1986  14th October New Model Army

                                                                                

 1990  6th December The Fall