UK Decay's 1981 Concert History

After a brief stint as The Resistors, the Luton based UK Decay was formed in the winter of 1978. Nearly everyone was named Steve, so they all took on other monikers (Abbo = Steve Abbot). From there they became a well known outfit that has played with many of the original London punk bands, and even having made it to the US thanks to Jello Biafra after the sacking of their bassist in 1980. They got a 16 year old American bass replacement (Jason Creeton from Social Unrest). ...

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UK Decay had 21 concerts in 1981

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 06, 1981
UK Decay / Vertical Hold 100 Club London, England, United Kingdom
Dec 03, 1981
UK Decay The Warehouse Preston, England, United Kingdom
Nov 30, 1981
Tenpole Tudor / UK Crusade / UK Decay Top Rank Suite Reading, England, United Kingdom
Nov 09, 1981
UK Decay Hammersmith Palais London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 29, 1981
UK Decay
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100 Club London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 06, 1981
Futurama 3 1981
Simple Minds / Bow Wow Wow / B-Movie / Virgin Prunes / Blue Orchids / Higsons / Eyeless In Gaza / UK Decay / The Cry / Ludus / Vena Cava / Modern Eon / Diagram Brothers / Doll By Doll / Tee-Set / Richard Strange / Martian Dance / Everest the Hard Way / Havana Let's Go Show all bands
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Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Aug 01, 1981
Theatre of Hate / UK Decay
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Central London Polytechnic London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 27, 1981
UK Decay John Peel Sessions Maida Vale Studios, London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 25, 1981
Killing Joke / The Passions / UK Decay
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Aylesbury Civic Centre (Friars) Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom
May 21, 1981
UK Decay The Warehouse Preston, England, United Kingdom
May 19, 1981
UK Decay The Venue London, England, United Kingdom
May 18, 1981
UK Decay Granary Club Bristol, England, United Kingdom
May 14, 1981
UK Decay The Warehouse Leeds, England, United Kingdom
May 12, 1981
UK Decay 100 Club London, England, United Kingdom
May 09, 1981
UK Decay Roadmender Northampton, England, United Kingdom
May 03, 1981
999 / Anti Pasti / UK Decay The Lyceum Theatre London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 14, 1981
7Seconds / UK Decay / Social Unrest
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Galactica 2000 Sacramento, California, United States
Mar 11, 1981
UK Decay The Warehouse Preston, England, United Kingdom
Feb 27, 1981
UK Decay
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The Basement Bar London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 22, 1981
Spizzles / Subway sect / Martian Dance / UK Decay / Blah Blah Blah / Medium Medium
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The Lyceum Theatre London, England, United Kingdom

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7Seconds / UK Decay / Social Unrest on Apr 14, 1981 [526-small]

7Seconds / UK Decay / Social Unrest
Apr 14, 1981
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