
29th May 1977: Electric Circus, Manchester
Supporting the Buzzcocks and Penetration
Warsaw featured Tony Tabac on drums..
The flyer and adverts mistakenly called the band Stiff Kittens. They never used this name.


Flyer - thanks to Neil Woodvine
Gary Chaplin from Penetration tells us: "As far as the Electric Circus gig is concern my memories
are fairly clear. I remember it was well attended but the venue was in a rough part of Machester. It was a bit
of an adventure for us and we were fairly attentive. We arrived mid afternoon to soundcheck and met with Buzzcocks,
spent a lot of time discussing 2nd hand clothes with Shelly and Diggle. The venue was a converted cinema and dressing
rooms were upstairs in the area where the projection room would have been.
I recall Warsaw playing pretty much the same set that they did in Newcastle a week later but as it was all new the overall impression is greater than the individual songs. Many Manchester
luminaries were in attendance - Both Paul Morley and Tony Wilson were there and I distinctly remember them both
being most encouraging to Warsaw and congratulating them for getting it together, there was an atmosphere of nurturing
from them even this early!"
Paul Morley wrote: "I like them and will like them even more in 6 months' time." in the NME