Another one of my old ticket stubs from the Caird Hall, this time it was Be Bop DeLuxe on stage, 32 years ago to the day.The band appeared in that transitional mid 70's period in music - after glam rock and before punk, so journalists were unsure how to categorise them as the band were too clean cut to be a full on rock outfit but not commercial enough to be a pop group, so they generally got classified as a college band or art rock band.
Mind you they did actually have a couple of chart successes, their most known one being "Ships in the night".
Having released around 4 albums at this point, the gig was mostly album track material rather than a show of their greatest hits.
The band split in 1978, but their prolific main man, Bill Nelson, is still involved in the music biz today with his various solo projects.
Incidentally, Bill later went on to collaborate with Billy Mackenzie for a one-off recording session. He ended up playing guitar on Associates single "Take Me To The Girl".
