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Firespitters

Contains 4 performances.
  • Everywhere Drums Tour (launch night) - Jayne Cortez

    Everywhere Drums Tour (launch night) - Jayne Cortez

    27 September 1990 at 
    Yaa Asantewaa Centre (London - Westminster) (2)
  • Everywhere Drums Tour (a Talking Loud event)

    Everywhere Drums Tour (a Talking Loud event)

    30 September 1990 at 
    Dingwalls (1)
    Talking Loud & Saying Something became a famous Sunday afternoon Jazz  club event run by Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge. This was a packed day of performances both day in London and infamous Camden Dingwalls then hotfoot over to Belfast for an evening performance.
  • Everywhere Drums Tour - Jayne Cortez

    Everywhere Drums Tour - Jayne Cortez

    06 October 1990 at 
    Lilian Baylis Theatre (2)
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters, Lemn Sissay, Brother Niyi

    Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters, Lemn Sissay, Brother Niyi

    28 February 1992 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
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