#OTD Saturday 22nd November 1980 Adam & The Ants + God's Toys + Ant Disco [DJ set] Friars, Aylesbury “The Frontier Tour - An Ant Music Review” a week after Adam had appeared on front-page of Sounds. Ant Disco included tracks selected by Jordan [see @friarsaylesbury newsletter] 💙

🎂Martina Michèle Weymouth Musician, singer, songwriter Born #OTD 22nd November 1950 7️⃣5️⃣ years old 'Tina' is best known as bassist with Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club. #TalkingHeads played Friars, Aylesbury in 1977 (with The Ramones) and 1978 (with Dire Straits) 📷 Kevin Cummins

#OTD Friday 21st November 1980 4️⃣5️⃣ years ago The Fall + The Au Pairs North London Poly 'Grotesque' and 'Slates' on tour #TheFall #FallFriday 📸 Mark Osborne

#OTD Monday 21st November 1977 Wayne County & Electric Chairs + Alternative TV + The Ruts (unbilled) Town Hall, High Wycombe This was the first gig for the classic @rutsdc line-up that would record 'In A Rut' the following year. Gig sometimes reported as being January 1978.

Steppin' out Gig Guide in Sounds 20th, November 1976 including The Flamin' Groovies plus The Damned at Friars, Vale hall, Aylesbury. @thedamned @wycombegigs

#OTD Saturday 19th November 1977 "The Album will last, the sleeve may not" Sex Pistols NMTB album advert - Record Mirror #punk #SexPistols

#OTD Saturday 19th November 1983 Public Image Limited Friars, Aylesbury John Lydon makes his only Aylesbury appearance. His band consists mainly of session musicians! They play 'Anarchy in the UK' 😬 "Ever get the feeling..." #PIL #JohnLydon 📸 @DonSton37420445 + 🎨

#OTD Thursday 18th November 1976 The Clash Nag's Head, High Wycombe Journo Kris Needs had seen #TheClash the previous month in Leighton Buzzard and wrote a review of their appearance at the 'provincial nightmare of Wycombe' for Sounds. Flyer discovered in 2022 👇

Released #OTD 17th November 1980 4️⃣5️⃣ years ago Grotesque - The Fall Press reviews from Sounds and NME "Wireless enthusiast intercepts government secret radio band and uncovers secrets and scandals of deceitful type proportions New Face In Hell" 😈 #TheFall

#OTD Saturday 17th November 1979 The Jam + The Vapors Friars, Aylesbury Low key, sold-out, pre-opening night of The Settings Son tour. 3rd visit to Friars for #TheJam 📷Paul Weller by Mike Searle #punk #mod 🤝🎯

#OTD Tuesday 16th November 1965 6️⃣0️⃣ years ago Wilson Pickett 🇺🇸 Town Hall, High Wycombe His classic single 'In the Midnight Hour' hit a high of No.12 in the UK charts a few weeks before this show. #TheJam cover for the final track of their 1977 album 'This is the Modern World'

🎂Anna Mae Bullock (known as 'Tina Turner') Singer, songwriter, actress Born #OTD 16th November 1939 Ike and Tina Turner played Town Hall, High Wycombe 11th October 1966 with 15 piece showband 🎷 Ad from Bucks Free Press #TinaTurner

#OTD Saturday 15th November 1980 4️⃣5️⃣ years ago Ian Dury & The Blockheads + Basement 5 + Theatre of Hate Friars, Aylesbury High Wycombe educated Dury returns with the Blockheads for the 4th time to Friars. Warm up date for tour promoting new single and album

#OTD Monday 15th November 1976 Sex Pistols - on stage!! at last! Notre Dame Hall, Leicester Square London Flyer for gig inspired Jon Savage to publish his fanzine "London's Outrage" the following month. Gig filmed by London Weekend Show. #punk #fanzines #SexPistols

Exciting news for #Buckinghamshire historians and those wishing to search the archives of the Bucks Free Press online. Digitised versions now available back to 1856 with a small subscription cost . Options 👇 https://t.co/G66UtAHWga #HighWycombe @bucksfreepress @BucksArchives

#OTD Saturday 14th November 1981 The Fall front page NME 'The rise of Citizen Smith' Inside #TheFall and friends 📷 Anton Corbijn #FallFriday

Remembering Ron Watts 💙 Born #OTD 13th November 1942 Music promoter - most famously at Nag's Head, High Wycombe and 100 Club, London, including early punk gigs for Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash. Passed away in June 2016 💔 #TheGodFatherOfPunk

#OTD Sunday 13th November 1977 The day after Blondie had played Aylesbury, Debbie Harry features in The Observer Sunday supplement. 📷 Photo of Debbie in Patti Smith t-shirt taken by Duffy An icon is born ❤️ #Blondie #DebbieHarry

The Scream👻 Siouxsie & The Banshees Released #OTD 13th November 1978 Turning #punk into #PostPunk in the space of 40 minutes. "Shuffle lives Into wrong categories Cross the wires And fuse humanities Watch the muscles twitch For a brand new switch..." 🔥

This event taking place near The White, Acton where #TheSkids played in June 1978 supporting Tubeway Army, with Gary Numan. #TheStoryofSkids