Steve Harley at the Hammersmith Odeon
Max Bell, NME, 19 April 1975
INSIDE THE HALL you could tell it would be one of those nights. Row upon row of bowler-hatted disciples clutched onto their Harley scarves in an orgy of expectation that Hammersmith Odeon hadn't witnessed since Bowie's farewell (sic) in 1973.
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