Talking Drums Concert & Tour History

Talking Drums Concert History

Formed in Glasgow in 1981 when Charlie and Dot lived above a pub and discovered their downstairs neighbor, Carol, was a sensational singer. They quickly recruited Stewart on bass and Derek on drums and started gigging. They recorded their debut album 'Fighting To The Finish' all in a week in March 1982 and released it on cassette. 'Courage' was their first vinyl released on Sticky Music in late 1982. The group added a horn section and congas extending the song to 8 sprawling minutes of dubby disco funk in the vein of ESG and William Onyeabor.

All Concerts Upcoming Only Past Only

Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Nov 29, 2024	Sarin / Virun (live) / Chernobyl Steve / Talking Drums Mutations Episode 5.0: Sarin	Aatma	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 31, 2023	Model Man / Talking Drums / ACID CHILD	Basement, YES	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Feb 25, 2022	Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Jacques Greene / Talking Drums	The Pink Room, YES	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
May 29, 2012	Talking Drums	Stadtgarten	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aug 21, 1986 – Aug 25, 1986	Greenbelt Festival 1986 Deniece Williams / T-Bone Burnett / David Grant / Charlie Peacock / Freda / Mike Peters / Steve Camp / Andy Pratt / Sam Hill / Bryn Haworth / Anno Domini / Talking Drums / Ben Okafor / Phil And John / Youth Choir / Split Level / Robin Lane / Garth Hewitt / The Mercy Seat / Rob Frazier / Geoff Mann / The Famous Potatoes / The Fat Band / Trade Secret / Rodney Cordner And Jean-pierre Rudolph / The Refuseniks / Barry Crompton / Shirley Novak / Brian McGlynn / Spirit Of Watts Show all bands Setlists	Greenbelt Festival 1986	Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 11, 1985	Talking Drums / Scary Thieves	Marquee Club - Wardour Street	London, England, United Kingdom

Feb 20, 1985	Bangles / Talking Drums Setlists	Marquee Club - Wardour Street	London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 07, 1985	THE BOOMERANG GANG / Talking Drums	Marquee Club - Wardour Street	London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 28, 1984	Virgin Dance / Talking Drums	Marquee Club - Wardour Street	London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 27, 1984	The Armoury Show / Talking Drums / King (UK)	Coaster's	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom