Frankie Goes To Hollywood -1987-01-12 Wembley arena, London BBC Radio Broadcast

[@shauncrambie2275]

"The battle cry don't mess with me, I'll travel this world for Eternity", as will F.G.T.H. & Holly Johnson's sublime vocals, cassette and vinyl was how we savoured the sound circa mid '80s, 2024 & beyond, fresh as day one...Respect 'n Love all day long ✌🙏😎

[@ruudvandiermen8747]

The power of love,..forever to Lola my lady st Bernard, born 11_10-2017, died of kidney infection 4-10-2022, she was beautifull, and my biggest love i ever had ,the best friend in my whole life,im 65 years now,thank you FGTH for this beautiful anthem for Lola❤again thank you,rest in heavenly eternal love and peace, proud to had you in my live for almost 5 years girly, miss you 😢❤❤❤ Ruud from the Netherlands

[@JAMESJACKSON-s9p]

i saw frankie at their 3 christmas gigs in liverpool royal court theatre in 84, all 3 too. the band stayed in the then holliday inn in liverpool for the duration, met them all 3 nights and got complimentary tickets for all 3 gigs. also used to go to nashers mums house and marks mums home too. mark had a frankie sticker on his bedroom window. i also had a bacon sandwich at hollys parents home off smithdown road. fantastic exciting times. that's what the eghties was for me. greetings from kirkby, liverpool, u.k.

[@shauncrambie2275]

Great insight good Man, shareage appreciated, I'm near 55 & F.G.T.H. still fresh & exciting as ever, Respect 'n Love ✌🙏😎

[@corradottmk1]

probably one of the best live band of the 80's new wave..awesome bass player..

[@SidBish1]

Mark O'Toole vastly under-rated but immensely talented ......... shame he never emerged in another good band (not sure Trapped by Mormons counts !)

[@MrPrice2U]

@@SidBish1 You mean Trevor Horn?

[@SidBish1]

Trevor Horn is also a great bass player - but no, I did mean Mark O'Toole, he played bass in FGTH

[@stevem-h3562]

@@MrPrice2U Horn is also a bloody good session basssist, but he didnt play bass at all on either Frankie album. It was either O'Toole or a Normal Watt Roy sample or a DX7.

[@briannash4556]

Happy days.

[@EricBugsySiegel]

+Brian Nash great times for many people....listening to Lad's opening more wonderful memories! Thanks to all of Frankie goes to Hollywood...

[@darrennorthfield1778]

Brian Nash sounds immense through the headphones nasher, god knows what it must have been like to be caught up in the storm

[@tomstickland]

I'm reading your book. Loving it. I've not put it down since I started a few hours ago.

[@dallexandro]

the best eighties. awesome band!

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

Alright Nasher, I used to knock at your mums And Marks Mums in Norris green back in the day , The lad from Kirkby. Still got pics in yours with all the gold discs up the staircase, Sure were great days, When music was really exciting and varied. Long live the 80's, The best decade ever. Thanks Nasher.

[@jasonjay6130]

I was at this gig. We loved it so much we went the next night too & bought tickets from touts. Thanks for posting it.

[@Frankenbear1]

I saw them Live in February 1987 in Wuerzburg Germany at the Carl-Diem Venue....Absolutley Perfect ;-)....

[@yutubcida]

1985 was the first time I heard FGTH and amazed me to the very hell. Their so different sound and lyrics made a forever fan.

[@natheria4933]

welcome to the age of neon vices. Existential crisis, and youthful embrace. This my friend is the 80s, and it is beautiful.

[@PERRYCHINOTTO]

I saw Frankie in concert in Milan...wowwwww...i was a kid but that day remains in my memory so clearly

[@corradottmk1]

Una delle migliori live band di sempre

[@ozzymusic5072]

You know there is one FGTH show I would love to listen to, Leeds Warehouse July 22 1982. I know its out there somewhere but cannot seem to get my hands on a copy. I love those early shows like Jodies Bar and Sefton Park. So raw and full of energy.i

[@garysalisbury8949]

If this was broadcast on the BBC, there must surely be a decent recording somewhere. Imagine it all mixed and mastered properly- I'd buy it!

[@tomstickland]

Awesome. I'm listening to this whilst reading Nasher's book.

[@TheAstradyne]

Amazing performance, amazing quality.

[@AdnamsDrinker]

Was a huge FGTH fan back in the day - still am - and I was in the crowd at this particular gig. It was the first live concert I’d ever been to and it blew my mind. Sadly, this was the gig that pretty much marked the end of the band - if I remember rightly from Nasher’s biography it was backstage here that Mark O’Toole had a massive bust-up with Holly Johnson, ending in him kicking Holly up the arse ...

[@odarquehunnett200]

Hi Dave...I'm a long-time fan as well; saw them at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in the spring of my senior year ('85). I chose to see them on the same day as my Prom, and I was not disappointed. Of course, I don't remember how many songs they did eventually ended up on "Liverpool", B-sides or tracks that ended up in their vault for re-release. I'd have to say "War" and "Two Tribes" were the absolute faves then and in this concert too. Hate that they had to split up, but good to see that Holly had "Europa", Paul had "Get Real" and a CD in 2011, and Nasher's doing his thing, so most of the band had some later success!

[@robsutton3092]

o'darque hunnett I was at that show, too! It was my first real concert.

[@erixoff]

I read the Nasher's bio too, and I remember this "end" well too. Very sad. And it's sad how it ends, yes. Still one of my favourite band ever.

[@erixoff]

It looks like swan's song; with this beautiful rendition of Two Tribes that closes the show with a bitter taste... They split too soon; this was so amazing, so great, the dream was too big.

[@cameron_fairchild]

Creatively ZTT was best label for them, and contractually the worst as it only exacerbated the ego problems in the band with Holly. ZTT showed Holly he could work separate from them and make great music with the right producer cutting the tracks in a big time studio. Their chemistry was never the same again after signing with ZTT. Even leaving ZTT couldn't save them after that experience.

[@theflystrip498]

Yes vitoguitar bratta, I saw the guys in Frankfurt, best concert in my life

[@diabolixfb]

Great quality of sound, amazing !

[@beatz04]

What a magnificient intro.

[@toekneeray6088]

Play VERY LOUDLY!

[@TheSimodaz]

absolutely buzzing listening to this just picturing the scene all them years ago on the front row in leicester demontfort hall

[@wolfgangbauer9843]

awesome, just great, unique. thanks so much for uploading this treasure.

[@leckerwirtz]

I saw F.g.t.H. 1985 in Philipshalle in Düsseldorf (Germany) "Welcome to the pleasurdome" Tour. GREAT!

[@Retro_Tommy]

Superb. But why no Rage Hard, their best single from the album they were promoting, Liverpool?

[@quantumofhate]

SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! REALLY GREAT TO HEAR,SUCH QUALITY AND YOU'LL NEVER GET TAHT THESE DAYS!

[@thierry3www809]

quel son ! la bass surtout extraordinaire

[@quantumofhate]

DEFIFINITELY HAPPY DAYS/HAPPIER DAYS!

[@thomasserge7563]

Manque la vidéo, snif. Mon groupe préféré. J'aime (I love)

[@Scooter38440]

Every track is a pleasure and a class of its own ... but the best track for me is the anthem of the cold war --> Two Tribes ;)

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

You can hear PED counting in on Lunar Bay! 1..2..3..4..!

[@toekneeray6088]

Raw and heavy.....

[@antoniocapurso4702]

Very originale style,originál music...very differenti for music,language,style,for Now !!! Now,in the Age no music

[@nestorlopez6983]

Una de mis bandas pop favoritas , infaltables en bares y disco gay de Argentina

[@richardharrison9973]

I’m sure they did Rage Hard, it doesn’t seem to appear here

[@CatastrophicG]

I was wondering lol

[@andreassteiner283]

❤️

[@frankpfeifle5860]

I Worte in my Notebooks at school frankie goes to Hollywood my teatcher in red or to sing sing

[@graham2sexy955]

I did the same sir

[@jamesdawson3110]

Always have wondered this (and I've posted the question several places, without ever getting a good answer): What is Holly saying at the 1:05:22 mark at the end of "Relax?" (Actually, it may be different than whatever he says at the end of the studio version of the song...but both are unintelligible.)

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

"Now's the time, it's party time" I think

[@rvanheukelum]

... and the day after Holly and Mark got caught up in a fight, the end of Frankie.

[@CarlCustardMusic]

I was lucky enough to have seen them in rehearsals a few days earlier - kzbin.info/www/bejne/enbNgHiaeJqeqpo We also met the band afterwards. A memorable day!

[@Rideoak]

Lucky One!

[@imnotavingthat6813]

The biggest and best band of the 80s imo

[@michaelhohn5711]

IS THIS THE "" WARRIOR OF THE WASTELAND"" TOUR.....💥❓ I SAW "FGTH" IN DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY...BUT I THINK THE CONCERT WAS LONGER THAN 70 MINUTES.....‼️🕺💃✌️‼️

[@martinmcginn8266]

Yes - this is not the full set. Disneyland, Rage Hard, Born to Run missing from this.

[@PerChristianFrankplads]

​@@martinmcginn8266: Do you know if the full set is available anywhere? And do you also know if all these tracks are from the same concert? Sounds like e.g. "Two Tribes" is recorded at a different gig than e.g. "Krisco Kisses"?

[@joybiebermunzberg1956]

⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@martyngallogly5212]

I’m sure i saw them on this tour - was the supporting act Berlin (Take my breath away)?

[@timofejharcenko63]

😊👍👍

[@petecross3685]

this is not completely live unless they have 4 more musicians for the earlier hits

[@NOWtheband]

They did have additional musicians for their concerts after 1983, yes.

[@garethhughes6739]

Jed O’Toole on guitar, Peter Oxendale on keys.

[@markusbonten2739]

Ozzy is there any mpre live material from frankie ? I heard there would be a live recording of the dortmund german gig in 1987 ?

[@palanicgn]

Stimmt , die gib es auf Vinyl vom Freitag den 13.02.87 Concert in Dortmund, ich war auf dem Concert.

[@Riviera660]

Weird, Rage Hard isn't on here? Huh.

[@Endzeitstille]

where there plns for a 3rd lp?

[@Riviera660]

Yes. They were going to release a 3rd album in 1988, but the whole court case between holly and ztt went down and so it never happened.

[@Endzeitstille]

@@Riviera660 too bad, they were one of the best

[@yank196101]

Does anyone remember the black shinny shoes everyone had to have? Copying Holly methinks. He lives in Islington on the top floor of a victornia house so he is classy . Posh part of London .

[@neilstorton146]

Where's rage hard?

[@odarquehunnett200]

As much as I love FGTH, this recording of their performance isn't mixed very well at all. Vocals got drowned out all over the place and piano/synth parts you heard in the album version are also too low. A shame because Wembley is a great arena and the band is as solid as they've ever been...but the engineers should be shot and strung up for how this came out overall.

[@Neil1969-b9x]

did they start fighting here

[@Riviera660]

Sure did. Mark kicked Holly up the arse backstage.

[@ГаздаМилутин]

Слушало се и код нас, били први на Диском еру Студија Београд више од два месеца, феноменални, цареви 😈😈😈