The Damned/UK Subs/The Specials: The Lyceum, London
Peter Silverton, Sounds, 21 April 1979
WITH ENOUGH police grouped manacingly outside in coaches, in squad cars and standing around to supervise a couple of Manchester United away fixtures, I suppose some kind of security check at the door was inevitable.
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