Pixies on that tour is certainly up there as one of my favs.. Saw them at the Town and Country Club and they came on before Throwing Muses and blew them off stage. Awesome live in those days. Saw them headline at the Bierkeller in Bristol probably a year later with My Bloody Valentine as...
There was a period in early and mid 80’s when he would tour at Christmas time with punk and psychobilly bands as support usually at the Top Rank and were great fun. Then the Christmas office party crowd got interested, the venues were bigger and the gigs were shit.