1981-04-30 The Pits, London, England, UK

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Notes

The support act was Uropa Lula. According to the 2023 book [https://walkingintheirshoes.info/ Walking In Their Shoes: A Depeche Mode Fan’s Unofficial Guide To London], Mute Records' executive Hilde Swendgaard had booked this gig, and had placed the band which she was managing as the support act. She is quoted as saying:

[...] The only thing I do remember is that Jazz Summers [later, one of Wham!'s managers and an owner of Big Life label] turned up. He was sniffing around to see if Depeche Mode or Uropa Lula would be interested in him managing them. Got to say he made my skin crawl, and both bands just ignored him. Not their kind of person."