Biggest name on here is clearly Dire Straits, shortly before they moved on from the Crossfields Estate to global stardom. Support Rubber Johnny were, I believe, the Combination house band. A week later (May 25th) Misty and The Ruts played there. The following Thursday's Rock Against Racism benefit featured reggae from Psalms, Patrick Fitzgerald (best known for 'I've got a safety pin stuck in my heart) and punk band Menace. Believe they are still going and released an album 'Live in Bermondsey'.
Note also there was a Brockley Boogie Band!
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I thought Patrick Fitzgerald was most famous for "You're too busy fighting your irrelevant battles to see what going on in your own back yard", but there you go...
Interestingly the lead singers of both the Brockley Boogie Band and Rubber Johnny still live locally and can be seen drinking every now and thenin the Talbot in Tyrwhitt Road.
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