#hammersmith 1979

[freddie-mercuryy]

FREDDIE MERCURY

Don't Stop Me Now, Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 26th December 1979

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

Today - December 26th, 1979 - Queen Story!

London, UK, Hammersmith Odeon

'Crazy Tour'

📸 Photo taken by Dave King

[fortheturnstiles]

i want kate bush to hunt me for sport

[tryinginvaintobreathethefire]

Just some of my favorite 1970s Clarence moments

@billboard-hotties-tourney

Clips in order: Rosalita, Phoenix 1978 / She's the One, Hammersmith 1975 / Spirit in the Night, LA 1973 / She's the One, Passaic 1978 / The Promised Land, Phoenix 1978 / Rosalita, Houston 1978 / Sherry Darling, No Nukes 1979 / Detroit Medley, Houston 1978 / Jungleland, Houston 1978 / She's the One, Passaic 1978

[rushingheadlong]

Freddie Mercury & Brian May

Hammersmith Odeon - December 26, 1979

[gluttons-for-punishment]

Hammersmith Odeon, December 1979

Concert For Kampuchea

[legendarytragedynacho]

Kate Bush ~ Hammersmith 1979

📷 Pete Still

[starlightmay]

Queen performing at Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea, taking place at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

— December 26, 1979

©️ Watal Asanuma

[angelfirewalker]

Before my passion became all about Good Omens and a certain Demon , I had other interests...lol.

As a David Bowie and Kate Bush admirer , I was led down the path toward Lindsay Kemp, their mentor.... Lindsay is one of the reasons so much happened in the 70s creatively, as Bowie once said, none of this would of this would of been possible without Kemp.

And Lindsay Kemp really was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on Nitrous Oxide. He is part of Queer Theatrical History.

Once Upon a Time......

The first time I actually saw Lindsay Kemp in the flesh was at The World David Bowie Convention at a massive hotel complex in Hammersmith. I went with a friend who was a massive Bowie freak and as I liked adventures, it wasn't really my type of thing, was never good in big crowds but it was one of best decisions I ever made. It was over a weekend, and I spotted that Lindsay was being interviewed. His interview was very, very popular. There were no seats left, so I sat on the floor.

A photo I found years later. and I am not in it...lol

I knew about Lindsay from both David Bowie and Kate Bush. But at Art School I had been guided towards Textile Design & Print and not done Theatre Design as I originally had wanted to at 16 in my first year at Art School. Natasha Korniloff taught there and she was another part of Kemp co/ Bowie history. I later went back and did the Advanced Theatre course and got taught by her.

Lindsay with Kate Bush, 1993, Natasha Korniloff and David Bowie 1979/80. Lindsay and David Bowie 1970s.

(The Textile design was not wasted, I needed it for the printing of the Kimonos in Onnagata).

I was spellbound and mesmerised by Lindsay, he was effervescent ... my friend had gone to watch some Bowie video / film. Lindsay had captivated me, and I picked up flyers for the shows at Sadlers Wells later that month. I booked for Dream and the 2nd shows of Façade and Nijinsky.

Still have the ticket..

I saw Dream from the back row of the gods.. cheap seats.. they looked like tiny fairies from up there. I was a student with no grant, so my cleaning job paid for everything , including paints and paper. DREAM was AMAZING..... like a moving masterpiece painting.

Photos of Kemp Co, A Midsummer Nights Dream.

The programme.

They looked like tiny fairies from where I sat.... I was hooked, so much so my design work the next day changed over night. We were doing landscapes in Textiles... suddenly mine was Dream inspired... the tutor was like what happened to you?.. I told him I had seen Lindsay and co the night before...' that explains it!' he said. I saw Façade and Nijinsky the following week from the stalls. I was in LOVE.. I had come home.. Yes. that old cliché Lindsay Kemp had changed my life. ☺...most people say that.

But my passion grew and grew and years later, after my path ended up in theatre. After on Talk Lindsay did with David Haughton at the Baylis studio theatre at Sadlers Wells in 1989, I got very brave and offered my skills to help. I was working at a Costumiers in London for 2 years. I was a very shy, timid person (well I still am, I wear a mask/ put on a facade / act to deal with situations ). So, offering to help out was a massive deal.. I spoke to David Haughton (Associate Director / Performer ), I was far too nervous to approach Lindsay and I babbled so much that I made absolutely no sense whatever..... David H made me take a deep breath and repeat everything I had just said.

That was the day I first stepped into a Kemp Company world. And as you say, the rest is history.

If you are interested in learning more about The Lindsay Kemp Company, there is a link in my very 1st post. I am now a bit of a Kemp Co archivist, and there is a wonderful selection of photos about all the shows over the years.

Top Left, Me with Lindsay and his Mum Marie, Roma, Italy 1990, Top Right - Lindsay and I in Yolanda Sonnabends studio. London 1992. Bottom Left, Lindsay and Me, Worthing 2014. Bottom Right Me, Lindsay and Francọis Testory backstage during Flowers in Trieste Italy 1992.

I will write more about my life in the Kemp company another time.

I love how the first time my performance in the Kemp Co matches David Bowie's in the Kemp Co... I love things like that.♡ 35 years in between though.

[miamia-meow]

Live in London (Hammersmith Odeon)

December 26, 1979

Freddie just looks like a deer 🦌🥰

[rockandrollpicsandthings]

Judas Priest, Robert Halford onstage Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1979

[freddie-mercuryy]

FREDDIE MERCURY

Hammersmith Odeon, 26th December 1979

[punkrockhistory]

Siouxsie and the Banshees with Robert Smith at the Hammersmith Odeon, "The Story So Far" zine, 1979

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #siouxsiesioux #siouxsieandthebanshees #robertsmith #punkrockhistory

[fishklok]

Yearbook doodles

Charles Offdensen: 1981

Magnus Hammersmith: 1979

Amber: 1986

Abigail Remeltindtdrinc: 1983

[theclasharchives]

the clash playing (white man) in the hammersmith palais on their pearl harbour tour of 1979 at rex danforth theatre in toronto

[odk-2]

The Clash - I Fought the Law (1977) Sonny Curtis from: “I Fought the Law” / “(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais” (US Single) “The Cost of Living” (EP) "The Clash” (US LP)

Punk | UK Punk | Punk-Pop Crickets Cover | Bobby Fuller Four Cover

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Joe Strummer: Lead Vocals/ Rhythm Guitar Mick Jones: Lead Guitar / Backing Vocals Paul Simonon: bass / Backing Vocals Topper Headon: Drums

Produced by Bill Price / The Clash

Recorded: @ The Wessex Studios in London, England UK 1979

Single Released: on May 11, 1979 CBS Records

"The Clash" Album Released: on July 26, 1979 (US Version) Epic Records