In Concert 1981

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3rd January 1981 - The Kinks
10th January 1981 - Shakin' Stevens
17th January 1981 - Cheap Trick
24th January 1981 - Gen X / Bim
31st January 1981 - Ultravox
7th February 1981 - XTC
14th February 1981 - Tygers of Pan Tang / Chevy
21st February 1981 - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Modern Eon (mis-spelt 'Modern Ion' in Radio Times)
28th February 1981 - The Selecter
7th March 1981 - The Vapors / Private Lives
14th March 1981 - Madness
21st March 1981 - Spizzles / Modern Man
28th March 1981 - The Blues Band
4th April 1981 - Nine Below Zero / Split Rivitt
11th April 1981 - John Martyn / De Danann
18th April 1981 - Toyah and Huang Chung (the same band who became Wang Chung later, when they became American ;-) )
25th April 1981 - Stiff Little Fingers / TV 21
2nd May 1981 - Camel
9th May 1981 - Light of the World / Level 42
16th May 1981 - Live Wire / Snips (not in fact broadcast on this date; see below)
23rd May 1981 - Chas and Dave / Hank Wangford Band
25th May 1981 (Bank Holiday Monday) - Shakin' Stevens
30th May 1981 - Dexy's Midnight Runners / Outer Limits
6th June 1981 - Live Wire / Snips (postponed from 16th May)
13th June 1981 - UB40
20th June 1981 - Wild Horses / Export
27th June 1981 - Roy Sundholm / Belle Stars
4th July 1981 - Wishbone Ash
11th July 1981 - Supercharge / Pencils
18th July 1981 - Q-Tips / Marshall Doktors
25th July 1981 - Squeeze
1st August 1981 - Gillan (Radio Times on strike; details from the Guardian)
8th August 1981 - Climax Blues Band (repeat)
15th August 1981 - Ultravox and Fatal Charm (repeat)
22nd August 1981 - Madness (repeat)
29th August 1981 - The Blues Band (repeat)
5th September 1981 - Any Trouble / Sinceros (repeat)
12th September 1981 - Bad Manners
19th September 1981 - The Tubes
26th September 1981 - Hazel O'Connor
3rd October 1981 - U2 / After the Fire
10th October 1981 - Judie Tzuke
17th October 1981 - Wah! / Altered Images
24th October 1981 - Nine Below Zero
31st October 1981 - Thompson Twins / Cuban Heels
7th November 1981 - Telephone / Haircut 100
14th November 1981 - Donovan
21st November 1981 - Carlene Carter / The Sound
28th November 1981 - Gary Glitter
5th December 1981 - Nils Lofgren
12th December 1981 - Stray Cats / John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett (not listed in Radio Times; details from the Guardian)
19th December 1981 - Kool and the Gang
24th December 1981 - Toyah (BBC2 / Radio 1 stereo simulcast; 10 pm on Christmas Eve before Peel)
26th December 1981 - Eric Clapton (re-edited from his US tours)
28th December 1981 - Ry Cooder & Paul Simon (as above)

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