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MIRROR, FEBRUARY r, d REFORD & POPSWOP Suzi's first headline tour Lindisfarne bow out stood to have made h LINDISFARNEat plans, which leaves ARE splitting up three others, R J RAK ON THE ROAD the end of their son, Charlie Hareq UK Tommy Duffy m SUM Quatro The tour dates are: current forming a new sets out feel bar on Apollo. Glasgow (Febru- because they Alan her first head ary 23); City Hall, they Hull's soloNa lining Inn that musically based mi the theme tour of Britain Newcastle (24); Hard the later In have reached BBC -2 play, ill February Rock. Manchester (25): released In and Guildhall, Preston (26); of the road with April a will be sup- end t. single taken from ported Stadium, Liverpool current sjrortly. The by Cozy (March 3); City Hall, the new byes Powell's Hammer Alan Hull be formed, hope to Sheffield (4): Town Hall, a solo an album and Arrows. Birmingham (6); Gate out ao records followed by a most. Ipswich (6); and album Squire which UK lot The tour, known London's Rainbow be the the spring. is likely to It is the second as the Rak Road - Theatre (8). a solo show, Suzi's new single. Your basis for final split of Undid will have all i drum- the first split while ev tickets priced at Mama Won't Like It goes career, - on sale this Friday, and mer Paul Nichols Is Jack the Lad _ sad £1.50, and they will the Arrow's latest My be climaxed by a fare reported to gig in their go on sale at box Last Night With You, is Aerial Bend- natl. offices and already in the shops. joining Newcastle with foe the usual band. members of Umtata; ticket agencies at 10 Cozy Powell is due to er's new am on release an instrumental Keyboard player Ken- now in Jack the L Saturday, single, as yet untitled, on Craddock Is under Joining in. February 8. ny February 14. - THE television stu- dios were mobbed Sailor choose tour by fans as a SAILOR have scrapped Other confirmed gigs cancel their last proposed glittering array of all plans for club and are: Croydon. Fairfield tour, when Mott The stars turned up to' college one-nighters over Hall (16); Stoke. Heavy Hoople split, headline see themselves on a RSTART the next two months in Steam Machine (17); their own gig at Liverpool run through of fadnur of nationwide Birmingham Town Hall University on February 4 tours with Kiki Dee and (19): Brighton Dome 28 and begin a nationwide London Weekend's Cockney Rebel. (21); Bristol Colston Hall tour with Cockney Rebel new Supersonic pro- (22); Strathclyde Coiner. in mid -March (dates still gramme. Following five days of slty (27); Manchester to be confirmed). Rod Stewart was with concerts in Norway and Free Trade Hall (28); Gary Glitter - for the Sweden between Febru- Cardiff University They also plan a new second time this week - are 5 and 9, Sailor open (March 1) and Drury single for early spring and as you can see we the Kiki Dee tour at Lane Theatre Royal, release followed by a managed to capture that Portsmouth Guildhall on London (2). second album In late great combination of February 15. Sailor, who had to May. Alvin Stardust and Maggie Bell, with Sonny also getting her head in. nf Birmingham Town Hall features two track» with ELO (24). Jeff Baxter on lead guitar SIZED UP Alice's nightmare ELO's album Eldorado and two with bass player is released In this country Waiter Becker on lead, is RUFUS, who are din h ALICE COOPER, the TOUR on January 31, but there due for British release In tour Britain at the Pad el Queen of bad taste, is ELO, WHOSE album are no plans as yet for a February. February, have aere bringing his lavish Eldorado has just gone single. single rut shortly mile radshoe to Britain this gold in America,'are to Stop On By, taken tram saurner for at least five rolls in begin a UK Tour in mid- FINAL their new album, lain major Concert dates. February. STEEL sired. The entire company the band that recorded his America - Anchor's first They will be supported The disc will be le from his acclaimed Alice soon -to -be -released solo American signing. by a . five -piece band HOUSE shops on February H, Cooper Roadshow epic in album, Welcome To My The first release will be called Chopyn who have a HERE FOLLOWING a week of and their Iret album - the States is expected to Nightmare. The show his solo album produced debut single In the PLANS for Steely Dan to confusion concerning Rufus - whlci, was 51ñtr tour with him in what also features special by Bob Eatin .and Midnight Hour released tour Britain in late spring their London concert released in this roaetr7, and costumes. Lou Reed 31 are currently amounts to a solo venute lighting featuring on January underway, debut, American guitarist will also ha as unable. for the star. sidekick, guitarist Steve Dates for the tour are: and dates and venues will Larry Coryell's Eleventh Negotiations are still Alice completes the solo Hunter. Cooper's own February:- Newcastle be announced soon. House, will definitely going on with his personal flight by signing a new group is also still together Poly (14); York Univer- Meanwhile, their long- wind up their record- February manager Shep Gordon record contract with and will continue sity (15); London, Drury awaited new album has tour of Britain at the with the aim of bringing a Anchor Records for the ing with him on the Lane (16); Bristol, undergone a title change. Rainbow Theatre. world save North Warners/ Reprise label. full orchestra here plus entire Colston Hall (17): Originally planned as The band will appear as Sheffield, City Hall (20); Katy Lies, it's now Katy special Lied. guests on a Salford University (21); concert topped by Leeds University (22); The album, Soft MPs which Machine on February 17. The weekly adventures CURVED AIR GO LIVE of THE BANG GANG Air coincide the release of their new album Curved Air CURVED HelloPkl?(,r}ikclods 7lt.1 sell 6e off ow- b96.eo1sl 411 90 EDITOR Live on February 28 with an extensive British tour. it kicks at ',area, A 5r,,1, fools o,r by .4.11, v,e.,ars! St'E Bt ROM Hall 20. <ar,2_1 o Ter ¡s of A(-M Watford Town on February dn.wP, ^j 11 be f'aok,no,d slsrs. The band made a "comeback" tour in November and December +tie,eº o ked ar decided b step ASSIST A\T I:lnl,, last year, after a lay-off of two years, the success of which Teter Haney the band to stay together on a permanent basis. Other dates are' City J) NEWS hHITOI1 Hall, Newcastle (21); Dave Hansk Glasgow University (22); KOKOMO SINGLE Manchester Free Trade EDITOR SI. Hall (24); Reading wend} (lode University (25); Guild- SIGN GEAR" Jan Ile.' ford Civic Hall (26); AFTER a number of MIKE McGEAR has a Peter Robin"n London. Southbank Poly contractual difficulties, double Aslded single 'Martin Th,.ry,.. (28); Leeds released on 7, University Kokomo have signed a February Date is right (March 1); Birmingham recording contract with both tracks taken from Town Hall (3); Hove CBS and have an album his McGear album. Town Hall (4); Brunel called Kokomo and a One track is Giving 1 IA\AL14 University, Uxbridge (7); single from the album Grease A Ride written by AV S,STeeaay .DIRFrroH Cambridge Corn Ex- rush released in the UK Mike McGear and his -lack Minim change (8); Chatham un February H. brother, Paul McCartney, 00000 Central Hall (9). The and the other track is Sea contract is a long SII Hull University (11); term. world wide deal and Breezes written by Bryan SOS r.It I 1,1 Leicester University comes in the middle of Ferry. UHtF( roa (13); Sheffield University Kokomo's involvement Prier St ilkur' e' (14 ; St Andrews Hall, with the 1975 Naughty Norwich (15). Rhythms tour. Two extra - slf ' H ranw yn Hall, Kokomo dates have been Steve's tlr4'ta(Tl.r .Swansea (17); Top Rank, added to that, M t to f.lt (18); Sussex Cardiff Liverpool University on tl.,n (19); February University Bristol 12 and Cambridge Message University (20); Heavy Corn Exchange on -February STEVE Steam Machine, Stoke Swindells. whose (26); Malvern 27. first album, Messages, Winter After that the band was out last summer, has Gardens (27); St Albans will be playing four dates In formed his own band to be City Hall (29); Croydon, New York Greyhound (30). and seven In called Steve Swindell's Los Angeles. Swallow, .