Two-Tone-Pinks Gigs 1979 to1980

18/8/79 Russell Club (The Factory) in Hulme Manchester  with 2 Tone band The Selecter

30/8/79 The Snooty Fox, Manchester

04/9/79 Band on the Wall Manchester with Spurtz and John Bidet

28/9/79 The Albion Huddersfield West Yorks

07/10/79 The Pit Exeter University

21/10/79 The Osborne Club Manchester at Mod all day event 

29/10/79 Pips in Fennel St Manchester with The Killermeters

03/11/79 Erics in Liverpool with the Merton Parkas

20/12/79 The Osborne Club Manchester with The Beat

21/12/79 Prestwich Social Club Manchester

02/01/80 The Zodiac Club Coventry

05/01/80 Pete Bates leaves and eventually joins Fast Cars, Phil Rathbone joins as new drummer

25/01/80 The Londonder Barnsley South Yorks

01/02/80 Salford Polytechnic Salford

02/02/80 The Moonraker Pub Salford

08/02/80 The Broadfield Sheffield

19/02/80 Manchester Polytechnic Manchester supporting The Vapours

21/02/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford

26/02/80 Derby Hall Bury Lancs with Victor Drago (The band not the person)

02/03/80 The Coach House Huddersfield West Yorks

12/03/80 Gatsby's Bradford West Yorks

22/03/80 Hollywell Assembly Hall Hollywell North Wales with Run 229 and Fast Cars

17/04/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford

24 /04/80 Winsford Civic Centre Winsford Cheshire

15/05/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford

04/06/80 Duke of Wellington Pendlebury with Salford Jets

05/06/80 Lancastrian Hall Swinton with Salford Jets

06/06/80 The Masons Arms Bollington Cheshire

10/6/80 Derby Hall Bury Lancs

12/06/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford with Salford Jets

13/06/80 The Millstone Pub Manchester city centre

20/06/80 Buelah Youth Club Oldham, (cancelled) A TV appearance was made to promote this on Granada TV although  no video recordings of this still exist

22/06/80 The Bridge Inn Bury Lancs

23/06/80 Duke of Wellington Pedlebury

01/07/80 Sid's Club in Stalybridge Cheshire

17/07/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford

18/07/80 Buelah Hall Oldham

24/07/80 The Aquarius Club Bolton with Salford Jets

31/07/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford with The Images

04/08/80 Duke of Wellington Pendlebury

14/08/80 Pinkys Place Hilton St Salford with Salford Jets

17/08/80 The Bridge Inn Bury Lancs

22/08/80 The Mason Arms Whitefield Bury Lancs

13/09/80 The Hustler in Chadderton  Oldham

18/09/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford

25/09/80 Middleton Civic Hall Middleton Manchester with The Circles

28/09/80 The Masons Arms in Whitefield Bury Lancs

29/09/80 Nailors Green Pub Bury Lancs

02/10/80 The Bulls Head Walkden near Bolton Lancs

03/10/80 Salford Tech Salford

11/10/80 Manchester Polytechnic Manchester with Salford Jets

12/10/80 The Bridge Inn Bury

16/10/80 Pinky's Place Hilton St Salford

26/10/80 Portland Bars in Manchester city centre

5/11/80 Manchester Polytechnic Manchester with The UK Subs

15/11/80 Portland Bars in Manchester city centre

19/11/80 The Albert Inn Whitefield Bury Lancs

20/11/80 The Carousel Club Cheadle Hulme Manchester with The Ruts

21/12/80 The Bridge Inn Bury Lancs,  The Two-Tone-Pinks final gig or so we thought !

Band on The Wall in the mid 70's. Then known as The George and Dragon. Picture from The Band on the Wall website.

The Osborne Club Oldham Rd Manchester, looking derelict and ready for demolition.

The Factory in Hulme Manchester

M/C Poly flyer of the UK Subs gig. Notice The Cure and Johnny Mars on the flyer. Excellent value for money at £1.25 !

Holywell Ticket !

Real value for money @ 75p !

Site of Hilton St rehearsal rooms.

A very distressed poster !

TTP's favourite pub, The Dover

The Two Tone Pinks last gig!

Due to the lack of commercial success the Two-Tone-Pinks split in Dec 1980, but the story doesn't end here as the band played a reunion gig at The Pendlebury (formally The Butchers Arms) in Feb 2002 with Fast Cars.