WHAT WE’VE LEARNT

● Will Sergeant saw his first gig on May 13, 1972, at Liverpool Stadium. Along with mates Dave and Steve Mazenko and Steve’s girlfriend Pauline (“head to toe in cheesecloth and denim”), they see Status Quo supporting Slade. Other key Stadium gigs include Dr Feelgood and Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

● The Bunnymen’s music press debut was an early 1979 Sounds writers’ chart, where Andy Courtney cited a “private tape” song called World Shut Your Mouth. The Bunnymen had no such song and had recorded no such tape. Years later, Julian Cope used the title for a song of his own.

● Arriving for a gig in Leeds to find a Mini blocking the club’s load-in entrance, the Bunnymen bounce the car down the street. They later discover it belongs to Annie Lennox, lead singer of gig headliners The Tourists. “Annie Lennox in full kill-the-Sassenachs mode is best avoided,” says Will.