I’ve posted about this gig before, because the bottom of the bill was…
From top of the bill down
Steel Pulse (then Britain’s biggest reggae band)
Wreckless Eric (alcoholic mess)
John Cooper Clarke (punk poet)
The Police (yes, them)
So you could view this as The Police opening for a poet; but I prefer to think of it as a poet supporting a reggae band.
I saw JCC open a couple of times, and it was always odd. Likewise, I saw Ivor Cuttler open a couple of times, and that was always extremely weird - an elderly Scottish retired teacher playing harmonium and singing inexplicable songs. Very brief sample:
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