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• On the subject of the capacity at Eric's I believe it was 600. Being a student in Newcastle I saw a lot of those bands on your list up there Paul, my last one being The Clash in 1982 the night before I failed my final Law exam! I'm sure I saw Eurythmics in Eric's, I know I saw X-Ray Specs and can be seen in the crowd in the documentary. A great night was had by all when I saw (don't laugh) Slade there in 1979. I'd seen them a couple of weeks before at a 3,000 capacity Newcastle City hall and there was no atmosphere but in Eric's the whole crowd was bouncing the whole gig....
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• I didn't see the pistols at Eric's, not a lot of people did, there where only reported around 50 in attendance but if you ask you will get thousands saying they were there. I had a ticket for The Stadium gig but that got cancelled by the police for fear of trouble, the idiots, I did see them in Manchester but not at the infamous only 20 people in the crowd gig. The Stadium put some great bands on and I saw The Sensational Alex Harvey Band there, they were magnificent....
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• Interesting that Fulham are signing Bobb who plays in Harry Wilsons position, that makes me think Wilson will be gone in Jan so they recoup some money, and to Everton would be my guess with family up here. If the Wesley transfer is not correct, it wont give the ESPN reporter and kudos if it doesnt come off after a statement like that. And yes there must be a decent right back out there somewhere before the window closes. ...
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• 96 times! I'll try to remember and see if I can trace the set list Neil....
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