Be Stiff '78

On October 10, 1978, the second Stiff Records UK package tour ‘Be Stiff ‘78’, kicked off its 2-week run, featuring Wreckless Eric, Jona Lewie, Rachel Sweet, Lene Lovich and Mickey Jupp. The second UK tour was undertaken by specially chartered train, and then continued on to the USA, without Jupp, who was afraid of flying.

The tour was designed to build on the excitement of the 1977 Stiff promotional tour that had featured Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Wreckless Eric and Larry Wallis and His Psychedelic Rowdies, and successfully put Stiff Records on the map.MORE HERE