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Added 5th June 2007 by jsz

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Advert
The Smiths
23rd March 1983

This advert (culled from the NME) features The Smiths playing their first gig outside of Manchester, and their 5th ever gig.

They were billed as follows:

"London debut of Mancunian 5-piece, whose sound though difficult to pigeon-hole, leans towards pop and the dance floor"
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“I remember Sounds at the time tried to create a genre/scene which it called the Handsome Bands. The Smiths faired rather better than Handsome rivals Bourgie Bourgie!”
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