Remembering the time the late Dame Vera Lynn played an anti-heroin gig with Hawkwind and Lemmy
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nme.comVera Lynn, who sadly died today at the age of 103, played an anti-heroin gig at London’s Crystal Palace Bowl with space-rockers and famed psychedelics fans Hawkwind.
No, seriously.On August 24, 1985 Hawkwind were top of the bill at a show raising awareness for the Anti-Heroin Campaign, which was founded by The Who’s Pete Townshend.
Also on the line-up were Doctor and the Medics, Spear of Destiny and a bunch of other rock and prog leaning bands and, excitingly, a secret special guest.
Though a big hairy man – of which there were many knocking around the 1980s guitar scene – would have been the expected surprise star, forces sweetheart Vera Lynn, who was by then 68 years old, was almost certainly bottom of the list.So when former Hawkwind.
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