Fact #140938
When:
Short story:
When Wire play at London Polytechnic, London, England, UK, support band The Cure turn up too late to play.
Full article:
Robert Smith (The Cure) : We got a lift from this bloke Phil, who lived in Horley and had a van. But the van broke down and we had to wait for someone to come and fix it so we arrived at the gig at about eight-thirty, much too late, and Wire had just gone onstage. We asked if we could play after them but they thought it was a ploy and said no.
Chris Parry (A+R man, Polydor Records) : I wasn’t very happy. We went across the road to this pub, and they started on about wanting to turn professional, wanting to get paid for it, so I agreed to put them on £25 a week or something.
I thought, ‘Fuck it, why not?’
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Chris Parry (A+R man, Polydor Records) : I wasn’t very happy. We went across the road to this pub, and they started on about wanting to turn professional, wanting to get paid for it, so I agreed to put them on £25 a week or something.
I thought, ‘Fuck it, why not?’