The #ShirtOnSunday theme was started by 
In 1985 I was a student of electrical and electronic engineering at Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic. I had not been to a lot of gigs before starting there, but now I had several options each week for not much money. The first in freshers week was Lloyd Cole and the Commotions supported by The Blow Monkeys. I also saw Gary Glitter (oh dear), The Sweet, Boomtown Rats, Hanoi Rocks (Johnny Thunders supporting), The Explorers (Roxy Music guys) and a few others. I did not buy shirts for any of these. Money was tight as a student.
Please excuse the unironed shirt.
I was aware of Hawkwind through their hits such as Silver Machine, but was not really into them. Still, I was intrigued enough to buy a ticket for the gig.
The support was Dumpy's Rusty Nuts who are a fun classic rock band. I saw them some time later in a Bedford pub. I do like a band that can boogie. Their site says they were touring as late as 2007, but no updates since.
I only have vague memories of the gig, but obviously I bought the shirt and I think I had it tucked into my jeans during the gig. I do not think the hall was full. I think they had some stage dressing. It would have been something like the video below with a semi-naked guys posing around with the titular sword. Not sure if we had the women as well.
Classic fantasy concept stuff in a Conan the Barbarian theme. I am not sure if there were any songs I knew in the set, but I was up for giving it a go. 34 years later a version of the band is still performing.
I found one of these shirts on Etsy up for £59. I am not looking to sell mine.
I was discussing the value of old shirts with someone the other night and I looked up my one from a 1984 Queen gig. I found some on ebay for £150 and £250! Still not selling mine.
Anyway, here is some Dumpy.
I think somewhere I have one of their sew-on patches.
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