1985 "You don't have to take this crap!"

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JANUARY 1985

In America TSC are named best new band

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Down In The Science & Whole Point 2 are recorded

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11/01/1985

Paul Weller interviewed by Jools Holland for The Tube (While in a Jacuzzi)

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12/01/1985

Channel 4's Saturday Night Live hosted by Lenny Henry

TSC perform live, You're The Best Thing (featuring Lenny on Vocals & Speak Like A Child

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31/01/1985

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is recorded

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05/02/1985

Photo Shoot for promo material

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The remainder of Feb & March is mainly studio work for the next LP

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01/03/1985

Internationalists & Spin Drifting are recorded

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Jamming magazine run a feature on PW, who is on the cover

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APRIL 1985

Tour dates released for forthcoming tour

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• 05/06/1985 Brixton Academy London

• 06/06/1985 Windsor Hall Bournemouth

• 07/06/1985 Guildhall Portsmouth

• 08/06/1985 The Centre Brighton

• 09/06/1985 Odeon Theatre Birmingham

• 10/06/1985 Odeon Theatre Birmingham

• 11/06/1985 City Hall Sheffield

• 13/06/1985 Royal Centre Nottingham

• 14/06/1985 Apollo Theatre Manchester

• 15/06/1985 Empire Liverpool

• 16/06/1985 Apollo Theatre Glasgow

• 22/06/1985 Glastonbury Festival 

• 28/06/1985 Roskilde Festival Denmark

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11/04/1985

Flights to Poland to film the video for Walls Come Tumbling Down.

4 days in total - Rumor has it, that there is 90 mins of unseen footage of the trip.

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17/04/1985

Gary Crowley interviews Paul & Mick at SSB

This can be heard on the Tape version of OFS

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24/04/1985

PW & MT appear on Capital Radio with Gary Crowley

They play their favorite records and talk about the new album

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25/04/1985

PW visits the House Of Commons to support Youth Trade Union Rights

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27/04/1985

PW & MT appear on kids tv show NO 73

Exclusive showing of the new video to Walls Come Tumbling Down

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02/05/1985

TSC8 Walls Come Tumbling Down is released

Peaks at No_6 and spends 8 weeks in the UK charts

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Italy

• 7" Netherlands

• 7" Japan

• 7" Australia

• 7" France

• 7" Germany

• 7" Portugal

• 7" New Zealand

• 7" Spain

• 7" Canada

• 12" Italy

• 12" Greece

• 12" Netherlands

• 12" Australasia

• 12" Spain

• 12" France

• 12" Germany

• 12" Japan

• 12" New Zealand

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??/05/1985

12" Promo Internationalists / Walls Come Tumbling down

Released in the USA

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03/05/1985

BBC studios for two sessions.

PW featured on The Round Table

Terry Wogan show performing Walls Come Tumbling Down

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07/05/1985

PW & MT appear on Whistle Test

Clips from the video shoot in Poland are shown with commentary by PW

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09/05/1985

TSC appear on TOTP

Walls Come Tumbling Down

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12/05/1985

Walls Come Tumbling Down enters the charts and peaks at No_6

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A trip to Italy to promote WCTD

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21/05/1985

Whistle Test 

TSC perform live - Homebreakers & Walls Come Tumbling Down

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26/05/1985

Worldwise BBC TV

Interview with Sarah Green and perform Bloodsports live

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31/05/1985

Soul Train BBC 2

TSC perform With Everything To Loose

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Lenny Henry show

TSC perform Internationalists 

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01/06/1985

International Musician & Recording World Magazine

Style Council feature with PW & MT on the cover

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NME TSC feature with PW on the cover

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05/06/1985

Brixton Academy London - 1st Night Of The Tour

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• 05/06/1985 Brixton Academy London

• 06/06/1985 Windsor Hall Bournemouth

• 07/06/1985 Guildhall Portsmouth

• 08/06/1985 The Centre Brighton

• 09/06/1985 Odeon Theatre Birmingham

• 10/06/1985 Odeon Theatre Birmingham

• 11/06/1985 City Hall Sheffield

• 13/06/1985 Royal Centre Nottingham

• 14/06/1985 Apollo Theatre Manchester

• 15/06/1985 Empire Liverpool

• 16/06/1985 Apollo Theatre Glasgow

• 22/06/1985 Glastonbury Festival 

• 28/06/1985 Roskilde Festival Denmark

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08/06/1985

TSCLP2 Our Favorite Shop is released 

Enters the UK charts at No_1 & spend 22 weeks in the charts

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• Retitled Internationalists in the following 3 countries
   

• Canada

• USA

• Brazil
   

• Also released in the following countries
   

• Canada - The LTD  International Edition

• Yugoslavia

• Portugal

• Philippines

• Brazil

• Australasia

• Germany

• New Zealand

• South Africa

• France

• Ireland

• Israel

• Italy

• Spain

• Greece

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21/06/1985

TSC9 Come To Milton Keynes is released

Peaks at No_ 23 and stays in the UK charts for 9 weeks

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Japan

• 7" Spain

• 7" Ireland

• 12" Spain

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21/06/1985

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is released IMPORT Only

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• Released in the following countries
   

• 7" Netherlands

• 7" Germany

• 7" Italy

• 7"Australasia

• 7" Japan

• 7" USA

• 7" New Zealand

• 12" Netherlands

• 12" New Zealand

• 12" Italy

• 12" Australasia

• 12" Japan

• 12 USA

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12/06/1985

Glastonbury Festival - TSC headline Drunk!

• PW "It was so bad I had to put my guitar down, I was so drunk I couldn't play
  I Fell over on stage, The crowd loved it as we were more pissed than them"

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29/06/1985

Rosklide Festival Denmark - Filmed for TV

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30/06/1985

Come To Milton Keynes enters the charts and peaks at No_23

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JULY1985

Club Mix 12" Promo released

• Our Favourite Shop - Club Mix

• With Everything To Loose

• The Lodgers - Club mix

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04/07/1985 

TOTP - Come To Milton Keynes (video clip)

 

06/07/1985

Torhout Festival Belgium

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08/07/1985

Werchter Festival Belgium

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12/07/1985

BBC Breakfast Show 

PW & MT review the morning papers

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Rehearsals for Live Aid show

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13/07/1985

TSC perform 4 songs at Live Aid

You're The Best Thing, The Big Boss Groove, Internationalists & Walls.

 

After their slot TSC head off to a performance of Come To Milton Keynes

for a TV show called Kelly's Eye. They returned to Live Aid later that evening

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No_1  Magazine run a feature on TSC with PW on the cover
Melody Maker run a feature on TSC with PW & MT on the cover

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23/07/1985

PW & Billy Bragg attend a meeting at The Labour Party Headquarters

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28/07/1985

TSC fly to Japan for a handful of gigs 

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• 04/08/1985 Kokusai Center Fukuoka Japan

• 06/08/1985 Osaka Castle Hall Japan

• 08/08/1985 Kokusai Tenjijo Nagoya Japan

• 10/08/1985 Yokohama Stadium Yokohama Japan

• 11/08/1995 Yokohama Stadium Yokohama Japan

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03/08/1985

Australian music magazine JUKE run a feature on TSC 

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07/08/1985

RED WEDGE is formed at The Labour Pary Headquarters

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12/08/1985

Flights to Australia for The Tumbling Down Under Tour

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• 18/08/1985 Sports Centre Melbourne Australia

• 19/08/1985 The Venue Melbourne Australia

• 21/08/1985 The Hordern Pavilion Sydney Australia

• 22/08/1985 The Hordern Pavilion Sydney Australia

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The band enjoy a weeks holiday in Australia

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18/08/1985

Sports Centre Melbourne Australia - Recorded for Aussie Radio & TV

 

Countdown - Australian TV Show 

TSC record The Boy Who Cried Wolf Walls Come Tumbling Down

to be shown on two separate dates

 

Rock Arena - PW Interview

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24/08/1985

Flights back to the UK

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03/09/1985

Flights to Rome for the European leg of the tour

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• 08/09/1985 De Lunita Festival Ferrara Italy

• 10/09/1985 Tendra Theatre Rome Italy

• 11/09/1985 Palasport Florance Italy

• 12/09/1985 Modena Italy

• 13/09/1985 Teatro Tenda Milan Italy

• 14/09/1985 Parco Pellerina Torino Italy

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03/09/1985

Festival Bar TV Show

Walls Come Tumbling Down

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08/09/1985

the 1st Night - De Lunita Festival Ferrara

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13/09/1985

Bliss - Interview with Muriel Grey

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14/09/1985

TSC10 The Lodgers is released

Peaks at No_13 and stays in the UK charts for 6 weeks

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• Also released in the following countries
   

• 7" Australia

• 7" Spain

• 7" Germany

• 7" Ireland

• 12" Germany

• 12" Spain

• 12" Australia

• 12" Japan
   

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??/09/1985

A live version of Call Me / Internationalists is released in Australasia only

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14/09/1985

The Hit run a feature on PW, who appears on the Cover

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26/09/1985

TSC perform The Lodgers on TOTP

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The Lenny Henry Show performing Internationalists 

Pre recorded at an earlier date

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28/09/1985

Record Mirror run a feature on PW, who appears on the Cover

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09/10/1985

Flights to Germany to continue the European leg

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• 10/10/1985 Laeiszhalle Musikhalle, Hamburg Germany

• 11/10/1985 Tempodrom, Treugast, Berlin Germany

• 13/10/1985 Ludwigshafen, Pfalzbau Germany

• 16/10/1985 Alter Oper  Frankfurt Germany

• 17/10/1985 Philipshalle Dusseldorf Germany

• 19/10/1985 Deinze Brielpoort Brussels 

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10/10/1985

1st Night - Laeiszhalle Musikhalle, Hamburg

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29/10/1985

Hyde Park CND Benefit Gig

100,000 IN LONDON PROTEST ARMS RACE - New York Times

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21/11/1985

Red Wedge is officially launched at The Labour Party Headquarters

Tour dates also announced for January

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03/12/1985 

End of year gigs

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• 03/12/1985 De Montford Hall Leicester

• 04/12/1985 Leisure Centre Gloucester

• 05/12/1985 King Georges Hall Blackburn

• 06/12/1985 The Playhouse Edinburgh

• 08/12/1985 Wembley Arena London

• 09/12/1985 Wembley Arena London

• 10/12/1985 Wembley Arena London

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11/12/1985 

Piccadilly Radio Manchester with Timmy Mallet

TSC perform an unplugged version of The Lodgers

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12/12/1985 

Capital Radio - Red Hot Club with Gary Crowley

TSC preform live, Call Me, You're The Best Thing, The Lodgers,

Homebreakers, A Stones Throw Away & Headstart For Happiness​