1977

The original gig poster

January 9 - Baggot Inn, Dublin (support to Arthur Phybes Band)

16 - Asgard House, Howth Co. Dublin. Entire audience walks out. Band plays its set anyway. Twice.

23 - Baggot Inn, Dublin

Holidai and Chevron in Trend Studios

February 16 - Trend Studios, Dublin: recording of debut single Television Screen and Love Detective

Chevron, Holidai and Rapid record backing vocals on Television Screen

20 - Baggot Inn, Dublin

March 5 - With media interest extending to the National newspapers, the band play a sell-out show at the now legendary Moran's Hotel, Dublin.

"Sounds" magazine proclaims "The Radiators are playing FIVE STAR ROCK 'N' ROLL PETROL"

12 - University College Dublin (with Roogalator)

April 7 - Public support from Phil Lynott who expresses his wish to work with the band

22 - Television Screen single released

"Both Television Screen and Love Detective outdistance most of the competition. the drumming is a powerful slice of rock 'n' roll, the bass is neat and modest and the guitars don't get carried away in their distorted frenzy. Maybe best of all, the engineering concentrates on the higher frequencies, giving the song real bite"

Charlie Walters/ Rolling Stone, Oct 6

click here to see th radiators TV Screen badge collection

24 - Baggot Inn, Dublin (support is The Undertones, playing their first gig outside Derry)

29 - Stardust Club, Cork. A crowd of 2000

May 7 - Single of the week in "Sounds"

9 - Esplanade, Bray, Co Wicklow

14 - Radiatormania at sensational gig at Moran's, Dublin

21 - Single is #1 in UK Alternative chart

27 - El Ruedo Club, Carlow

28 - Television Screen is released in Ireland by CBS

"The Radiators have their own category - Dublin's best"

Pete Silverton/ Sounds

June 11 - Moran's Hotel, Dublin

19 - "The ultimate in bad taste" Sunday People

23 - "The Rads will probably be the easy-listening of the nineties" Larry Gogan/ Starlight magazine

25 - Punk Festival at UCD, Dublin. The Radiators, The Undertones, Revolver, The Gamblers and The Vipers. At this concert Patrick Coultry (18) from Cabra, Dublin, was stabbed to death.

27 - Television Screen is at #17 in the Irish top twenty (this is its highest position)

CBS poster for TV Screen

July - The band spends the month recording with producer Roger Armstrong at Lombard Studios, Dublin. Promoters cancel gigs in the wake of the UCD tragedy.

August 5 - Kilcullen, Co Kildare

6 - Moran's Hotel, Dublin "A complete triumph on as many levels as you'd care to mention" Liam Mackey: Hot Press/ Aug 9

21 - Dalymount Park, Dublin. Ireland's first ever major outdoor rock event. Thin Lizzy, Graham Parker and The Rumour, The Boomtown Rats, Fairport Convention, Stepaside, The Radiators and Stagalee.

This is Stephen Rapid's last gig with the band.He chooses to stay behind in Dublin with his family while the band prepares to move to London. He will remain an important guiding light

September 9 - Enemies single is released by Chiswick

"No wall to wall sneers here, and after all living the other side of the Irish Sea would justify them alot more than those who insist on adopting such a stance just to be chic. A hit, I hope"

Steve Clarke/ NME Oct 8

First gig as a four- piece

17 - Moran's Hotel, Dublin

18 - Bagnelstown, Co Carlow

20 - Recording first TV appearance "Our Times" at RTE, Dublin

21 - Jordanstown Polytechnic, N. Ireland

25 - RADIATORS LEAVE HOME - Sunday World single released by CBS Ireland

"Destined to be justly recognised as one of the major Irish releases of the last few years" Hot Press Oct 3

U.K. Tour poster

27 - Vortex, London

Thunders, Chevron and Holidai (on floor)

28 - Music Machine, London

(Johnny Thunders guests on guitar)

29 - Roxy, London

30 - Roxy, London

October 1 - Red Cow, Hammersmith (Holidai gets mugged by Teddy Boys before gig- He plays gig with rapidly swelling eye)

4 - Hope and Anchor, London

5 - Rock Garden, London

7 - North London Poly, London

7- TV Tube Heart album released

(Scroll image to see back cover)

** Note that the album cover features the original five-piece line up

"A collection of 13 spirited rock 'n' roll performances"

Pete Silverton/ Sounds Oct 8

"A Dublin band with treblin talent"

Barry Cain/ Record Mirror Oct 15

"Each song comes across as a classic... the album as an album is stunning. The Radiators have come up with the best new-wave album next to The Clash because they've simply sung and played their truth." Mark Taylor (Perry) Zigzag Nov

" The Radiators play an inventive brand of scratchy punk...constantly adorned with unexpected chords and textures" Phil McNeil/ NME Oct 15

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TV Tube Heart poster (30 x 40) UK Chiswick

TV Tube Heart poster CBS Ireland

9 - (Afternoon) Roundhouse, London (with Ultravox), (Evening) Rochester Castle, London

10 - Nashville, London

12 - Rebecca's, Birmingham

14 - Peterborough Poly

15 - Marquee, London

16 - Roundhouse, London (with The Vibrators, 999)

17 - Dingwalls, London

21 - Kasseler Kunsthockschule, Kassel, Germany (Afternoon / Evening)

Poster: reads-From the Ruins of Belfast; The Radiators from Space

22 - Kasseler Kunsthockschule, Kassel, Germany (Afternoon / Evening)

?? - Affair Club, Swindon

?? - Stowaway Club, Newport

November 9 - Top of the World, Stafford

The Radiators first UK tour opening for Thin Lizzy

(Bad Reputation 1977)

11 - City Hall, Newcastle.

12 - Apollo, Glasgow

13 - Apollo, Glasgow

14 - Odeon - Edinburgh

16 - Empire, Liverpool

17 - Empire, Liverpool

18 - Spa, Bridlington

19 - New Theatre, Oxford

21 - Colston Hall , Bristol

22 - Colston Hall, Bristol

23 - City Hall, Sheffield

24 - St George's Hall, Bradford

25 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester

26 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester

28 - Dome Brighton

29 - Guildhall , Portsmouth

Holidai on stage at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth

30 - Winter Gardens, Bournemouth

December 2 - Odeon, Birmingham

3 - Odeon, Birmingham

4 - Civic Hall, Wolverhamton

5 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester

6 - Nashville, London (Not part of ThinLizzy tour)

7 - Gaumont, Southampton- resumption of Thin Lizzy tour

8 -Capitol, Cardiff

10 - Hammersmith Odeon (now Apollo), London.

First meeting with producer Tony Visconti who provisionally agrees the next single, with an option on an album

11 - Hammersmith Odeon, London

13 - Odeon, Lewisham

14 - Odeon, Lewisham

17 - Kursaal, Southend (Final date on Thin Lizzy tour)

Hear Electric Shares recorded live from this actual gig

18 - Recording demos for second album in London

23 - Arcadia, Cork

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