Solid Waste — Chancellor Hall, 9 April 1978
This one has now moved from a tentative lead to an established gig record. Independent gig research places Chelmsford's Solid Waste on the Chancellor Hall bill with Siouxsie & The Banshees on Sunday 9 April 1978.
Sunday 9 April 1978
Siouxsie & The Banshees & Solid Waste — Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford
The detailed Bored Teenagers gig chronology records Siouxsie & The Banshees & Solid Waste at Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford on Sunday 9 April 1978. This is stronger than the earlier generic venue listing because it names Solid Waste specifically on the bill.
Punk Music Catalogue's Solid Waste gigography independently lists 09/04/78 — Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford. Its separate City Tavern entry for the same date carries an asterisk and is the uncertain/cancelled/moved entry; that uncertainty should not be transferred onto the Chancellor Hall listing.
Evidence assessment
| Record | Current status |
|---|---|
| 9 Apr 1978 — Siouxsie & The Banshees & Solid Waste, Chancellor Hall | Established secondary record — supported independently by Bored Teenagers and Punk Music Catalogue. |
| 9 Apr 1978 — Solid Waste, City Tavern | Not counted; the Solid Waste source marks this separate entry with an asterisk and explains that such entries can represent a booking that did not happen, a cancellation or a moved date. |
Why the distinction matters
The earlier version of this page treated the Chancellor Hall entry too cautiously because it was easy to confuse it with the uncertain City Tavern entry on the same date. The fuller gig chronology clears up that distinction: the Chancellor Hall bill is specifically recorded as Siouxsie & The Banshees & Solid Waste.
This is still a secondary-source-established record rather than a ticket-backed one. If a Chelmsford ticket, poster, newspaper advert or first-hand recollection turns up, it can be added later as primary evidence.
Sources checked
- Bored Teenagers — Punk Gigs — lists Sunday 9 April 1978: Siouxsie & The Banshees & Solid Waste, Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford.
- Punk Music Catalogue — Solid Waste — lists 09/04/78 Chancellor Hall and separately marks the City Tavern entry as uncertain.
- Southend Punk Rock History — 1978 Gigs Timeline — independently lists Siouxsie & The Banshees at Chancellor Hall on 9 April 1978.
Next evidence target: a surviving Solid Waste / Siouxsie ticket, poster, local-paper advert, photograph with date/venue context, or first-person recollection of the 9 April 1978 Chancellor Hall night.