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WORKING HARD AROUND THE BATH CLUB CIRCUIT GRADUATE GAINED NATIONAL EXPOSURE WHEN THEY TOURED AS SUPPORT TO JUDIE TZUKE (WHO WAS RIDING HIGH IN THE CHARTS WITH HER ‘SPORTS CAR’ ALBUM). THE SPORTS CAR TOUR PROGRAMME MAKES NO MENTION OF GRADUATE ALTHOUGH ONE JUDIE TZUKE FAN REMARKED THAT "MY ONLY RECOLLECTION IS THAT GRADUATE WEREN’T VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I WAS STUNNED WHEN THEY BECAME TFF."

ANDY HAS LOADS OF GOSSIP FROM THE TOUR AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO HEAR MORE IN THE FUTURE. "I ALSO HAVE A TOUR ITINERY AND SOME OTHER BITS AND PIECES SOMEWHERE," RECALLS ANDY.

I BELIEVE THAT CURT MET HIS FIRST WIFE AT A GRADUATE GIG. SHE WAS IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE AUDIENCE AND SHE STUCK HER TONGUE OUT AT HIM!! THEY MET AFTER THE SHOW AND OBVIOUSLY GOT ON A LITTLE BETTER.

GRADUATE SUPPORTED JUDIE ON ALL OF THE ‘SPORTS CAR’ TOUR. THE DATES WERE AS FOLLOWS:

DATE VENUE TOWN/CITY
13TH APRIL 1980 DRURY LANE LONDON
14TH APRIL 1980 BRIGHTON DOME BRIGHTON
15TH APRIL 1980 GUILDHALL PORTSMOUTH
16TH APRIL 1980 WINTER GARDENS BOURNEMOUTH
18TH APRIL 1980 PRINCESS THEATRE TORQUAY
20TH APRIL 1980 COLSTON HALL BRISTOL
21ST APRIL 1980 NEW THEATRE OXFORD
22ND APRIL 1980 APOLLO MANCHESTER
23RD APRIL 1980 APOLLO GLASGOW
24TH APRIL 1980 ODEON EDINBURGH
25TH APRIL 1980 CITY HALL NEWCASTLE
26TH APRIL 1980 TOWN HALL MIDDLESBOROUGH
27TH APRIL 1980 GRAND THEATRE LEEDS
29TH APRIL 1980 CITY HALL SHEFFIELD
30TH APRIL 1980 EMPIRE LIVERPOOL
01ST MAY 1980 DE MONTFORT HALL LEICESTER
02ND MAY 1980 ASSEMBLEY ROOMS DERBY
03RD MAY 1980 CIVIC HALL WOLVERHAMPTON
04TH MAY 1980 ODEON BIRMINGHAM
06TH MAY 1980 FAIRFIELD HALLS CROYDON
07TH MAY 1980 GAUMONT IPSWICH
09TH MAY 1980 DRURY LANE LONDON
17TH MAY 1980 POLYTECHNIC SHEFFIELD

A PRESS REVIEW OF THE LONDON SHOW PRESENTED GRADUATE IN A POSITIVE LIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF A COVER VERSION OF THE WHO’S ‘SUBSTITUTE’ IN WHICH THE REVIEWER STATED THAT THEY SOUNDED LIKE "A YOUTH CLUB BAND".

IRONICALLY ENOUGH, CURT SMITH WOULD REKINDLE HIS ASSOCIATION WITH JUDIE TZUKE ON THE ROCK AGAINST REPATRIATION CHITY SINGLE ‘SAILING’ (YES, THE ‘ONE’ ASSOCIATED WITH ROD STEWART) WHICH WAS RELEASED ON IRS RECORDS ON 19/02/90. CURT AND JUDIE WERE AMONGST A NUMBER OF ‘GUEST’ VOCALISTS. BIOG CONTINUED

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