22nd March 1986 - The Cherry Bombz + The Baby Sitters + Dogs D'amour - Birmingham Portland Club

This was an evening of rock'n'roll writ large. Dogs D'amour were a Faces influenced bunch from the North-East of England led by the indefatigueable Tyla. I believe they're still going in some form today. The Babysitters had previously supported Hanoi Rocks on tour so their place on the bill was well deserved, as The Cherry Bombz were Andy McCoy's post Hanoi Rocks band. Their singer was the very lovely Anita Chellemah who had previously been a backing singer for Billy Idol. If you think of The Cherry Bombz as a female fronted Hanoi Rocks then you're not very far off course, and they were every bit as good and enjoyable as that comparison suggests.