[ originally published 05/12/2014 ]
Chumbawamba
The Anchor Inn, Westward Ho! – 1st August 1992
Support: Papa Brittle
A show on home territory! Westward Ho! is an unremarkable seaside town in North Devon, but for a few years had the best live music venue in the area - upstairs at The Anchor Inn. This show filled the place to absolute bursting point. You couldn't move in there.
I saw Papa Brittle a few times around this period and remember them with great fondness. Chumba was, I think, the biggest band the Anchor ever hosted so they were undoubtedly the main draw, but Papa Brittle made a lot of friends that night. The energy and intent in their performance fuelled the capacity crowd through one of the sweatiest gigs I’ve ever experienced. They returned for a headline show a little while later, and on another occasion in Exeter gave a shout out to Westward Ho! after spotting us in the crowd.
This was the second time I saw Chumbawamba, the previous time was just a few months earlier. I would see them four times in total during 1992. They really were at their live peak during this period.
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