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Tickets for the gigs - including a meal in the glamorous West London shop - were priced at £2.50, and teenager David Lett, later better known to the world as Dave Vanian, frontman of The Damned ...

English punk group The Damned, 1989. Left to right: drummer Rat Scabies, singer Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James and guitarist Captain Sensible. (Photo by Estate Of Keith Morris/Redferns/Getty ...

Last year, Dave Vanian admitted to Uncut that a reformation of the classic Damned line-up was unlikely, describing the relationship between fellow original members Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies ...

Even more of a treat for fans was that it featured the band’s classic 1980s line-up of founding members Dave Vanian on vocals ...