Dexy’s Midnight Runners, March 1983

“A masterpiece of simulated spontaneity”

Photo © Gary Lornie. Not actually taken at this gig but in Southport.

I was a bit cross about Radio 1 coming to Liverpool and patronising the locals, as you can tell from my review of another show in this series, featuring Pete Wylie.

My slightly snarky comment about “simulated spontaneity” is interesting in retrospect. Although it was meant to be a criti…