Stewart’s Ballroom was situated near the top of Abbeymount Edinburgh, and was originally owned by councillor John F Stewart, who apparently lived in the large house you can see just beyond the Astoria entrance in the black and white picture below. Later it would become the Astoria and play host to many punk and new wave acts. The final guise of the Astoria was “The Good Time Emporium” pub/restaurant.
Abbeymount, the site of The Astoria 20th April 2009. © S.S. 2009.
- 1977 7th December The Rezillos, & The Dirty Reds
- 1978 27th April The Skids, Brodie, & DS
- 1978 27th July The Valves, & Ignatz
- 1978 10th August Generation X
- 1978 5th October The Only Ones, & Simple Minds
- 1978 10th October Ultravox with John Foxx
- 1978 16th November The Jolt, Simple Minds & The Dirty Dossers
- 1978 21st November Charlie Browne
- 1978 21st December Simple Minds, & Mowgli & The Donuts
- 1979 15th March The Only Ones, Lonesome No More & T.P.I.
- 1979 28th March Simple Minds, & The Cheetahs
- 1979 18th Aptil The Valves, & The Cheetahs (not the Cuban Heels as on the ticket)
- 1979 3rd May Dr Feelgood
- 1979 3rd May The Big Cats, Switch, & The Unclean (downstairs hall)
- 1979 10th May The Fall, & Trax
- 1979 24th May The Monos
- 1979 5th June Cafe Jacques, T.P.I. & Dirty Reds
- 1979 14th June The Human League
- 1979 27th June Yachts, & The Edge
- 1979 30th June Another Pretty Face
- 1979 12th July Nightshift, & Mowgli & The Donuts
- 1979 26th July The Cheetahs, & The Headboys
- 1979 13th September The Headboys, & Venigmas
- 1979 24th September The Slits, Don Cherry & Happy House, Prince Hammer, & Creation Rebel
- 1979 27th September Shake, & The Scars
- 1979 11th October The Adverts
- 1979 25th October The Jags, & Deaf Aids
- 1979 29th November Landscape
- 1980 17th January The Beat, and The Dominators
- 1980 21st February The Headboys, & Everest The Hard Way
- 1980 28th February The Visitors, TV21, & The Androids
- 1980 13th March The Cramps, & The Fall
- 1980 3rd April Freeze, & Random Factor
- 1980 9th April The Cockney Rejects, & The Exploited
- 1980 15th April The Pop Group, & The Slits
- 1980 23rd April Crass, & Poison Girls & Spiked Copy
- 1980 28th April Magazine, & Bauhaus & Josef K
- 1980 8th May Joy Division (Cancelled)
- 1980 15th May The Solos, & Phonies
- 1980 25th May The Revillos
- 1980 10th June Johnny And The Roccos, & Ducktail
- 1980 19th June Fast Breeder, & Loose Ends
- 1980 9th December Shake
- 1981 18th March Arthur 2-Stroke
- 1981 19th March The Mudsharks, & Those French Girls
- 1981 25th March First Priority, The Little Red Dufflecoats, & The Twinsets
- 1981 1st May Musical Youth
- 1981 30th June Aswad plus The Sound System with I’ Man Slygo
- 1982 20th February Pallas
