On this day 42 years ago, 2 December 1982, Orange Juice and Strawberry Switchblade played the final date of their tour at the Lyceum in London. Orange Juice played 13 dates, Strawberry Switchblade joining them for the final 10.

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Strawberry Switchblade pictured in a Jackson Pollocky splattered room, around 1985

📸Paul Cox

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Night time Tokyo graffiti. Strawberry Switchblade's first trip to Japan, 1985.

(📸©️ Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)

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Strawberry Switchblade, photographed by Sheila Rock.

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