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On this day, 23 July 1990, Scottish rock band Aztec Camera played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on the band’s Stray tour.
The band had just released their fourth studio album Stray a few weeks earlier on Sire Records and was praised for its diversity of songs and styles, and for the assured nature of leader Roddy Frame’s lyrics.
Stray peaked at No. 22 in the UK Albums Chart, whilst the single "Good Morning Britain", a collaboration with Mick Jones, formerly of The Clash, reached No. 19 in the UK Singles Chart.
In a 1990 interview, recorded during a tour of Japan, Frame explained that he wrote "Good Morning Britain" in 45 minutes after a two- to three-hour conversation with Jones in the canteen of a London rehearsal studio that both Big Audio Dynamite and Aztec Camera were using.
Frame elaborated further, stating that at the time he wrote the song, Jones lived near his London home; Frame visited Jones after recording the song and said to the Clash guitarist, "You'll either sing on it, or you'll want to sue me", as Frame believed the song was so similar to Jones' previous work.
Stray Tour Band (1990)
Roddy Frame – guitar, vocals
Eddie Kulak – keyboards
Gary Sanford – guitars
Clare Kenny – bass guitars
Frank Tontoh – drums
