Futurama Festival

[1][2][3] The lineup included A Certain Ratio, Cabaret Voltaire, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Fall, Joy Division, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Public Image Ltd and The Teardrop Explodes.

Keyboardist Dave Ball from Soft Cell saw John Peel in the audience and gave him a copy of their first EP, Mutant Moments.

[6] The following year, Futurama 3 was held at the Bingley Hall, Stafford, with Bauhaus, Theatre of Hate, UK Decay and The Sisters of Mercy playing.

It hosted Danse Society, Dead or Alive, March Violets, Gene Loves Jezebel, Sex Gang Children and Southern Death Cult.

[6] Futurama 5 ended the run of events in 1983 back at the Queens Hall, with a lineup of goth and punk bands including the New Model Army.