High Band

1 9 8 4 (UK)
12 x 60 minute episodes

This Channel 4 series of hour-long recorded concerts was a spring/summer replacement for The Tube.

The concerts were of varying vintage, with artists including the Thompson Twins (recorded live at the Royal Court in Liverpool), Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, Tina Turner (in concert in 1982), Duran Duran (recorded live in Toronto, Canada), Blondie (performing their Eat to the Beat album), Thomas Dolby, Phil Collins (on stage at the Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California), UB40, ABC, Kate Bush (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon), Siouxsie and the Banshees (at the Royal Albert Hall in London), Kool & The Gang (live in New Orleans),

The series debuted on Friday 27 April at 6.00 pm and ran for 12 weeks.

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