Shakin' Stevens 1980 UK Spring Tour

NEMS Press Advert	FEB	KNOWN VENUES
	27th	NORWICH East Anglia University
	28th	LONDON University
	29th	SOUTHSEA Gaiety Showbar
	MAR
	1st	BOGNOR REGIS Church Farm
	2nd	POOLE Arts Centre
	8th	HATFIELD Forum Theatre
	9th	HORSHAM Capital Theatre
	10th	HULL Romeo & Juliet's
	11th	BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
	14th	OXFORD Polytechnic
	15th	LEEDS University - Riley Smith Hall
	16th	LONDON Astoria Theatre
	18th	COLCHESTER Essex University

KNOWN MUSICIANS	Shaky's Manager
Albert Lee - Lead Guitar	Freya Miller
Other musicians may have included those featured on the album "Take One".

In 1980 Freya Miller, Shaky's new manager, put Shaky's live interests in the hands of an agency - NEMS, who had once handled the affairs of Elton John and the Beatles - to try and get a proper tour together. But it was an uphill struggle, even with the minor record success that Shaky had enjoyed. David Betteridge at NEMS, once sat alongside Shaky's former manager Paul Barrett at a small Cardiff Agency called Odeon Associates.

David managed to string a few dates together, but the money wasn't up to Freya's expecting standards. She wanted more, and when David told her that he couldn't get it, Shaky was taken abruptly off their books. Terry Parsons re-scheduled the dates, reducing their number but getting a little more money, mainly with the venues where he had strong connections. When they ran out, so did the date-sheet. It was all a bit schizophrenic in the end - old Shaky fans turned up to the gigs but were shocked to see the long-haired Albert Lee using a wah-wah pedal on stage, while the Elvis fans or kids culled from the success of the singles couldn't quite get to grips with Shaky's stage act. It was a bemused time.

Extracts from Paul Barrett's book
(seems to suggest some of these dates may've been dropped from the scheduled).