On this day, 31 Jan 1979, Adam and the Ants played Newport’s Stowaway Club on their Young Parisians UK tour.
Signed to Decca, the band was let them go in early 1979, the group signed with independent label Do It Records and rerecorded and released their second single "Zerox" (with a changed B-side, "Whip In My Valise") before recording their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox.
On 26 January 1980, Malcolm McLaren, the former Sex Pistols manager, who Adam Ant had hired after being frustrated with their lack of success, convinced the rest of the band – then comprising guitarist Matthew Ashman, bassist Leigh Gorman (who had replaced Warren in November 1979) and drummer Dave Barbe – to leave Adam and the Ants and form Bow Wow Wow, fronted by Annabella Lwin.
Setlist
Nietzsche Baby
Day I Met God
Animals and Men
Cleopatra
Kick!
Never Trust a Man (With Egg on His Face)
Catholic Day
Boil in the Bag Man
Family of Noise
Press Darlings
Zerox
Lady
Puerto Rican
Fall-In
