The Move turn down BBC B'Ham Cathedral appearance Feb 1967

[williammcgregor]

Don't know if this is common knowledge? but after trawling through my collection of 1967 Melody Makers there is a small article in the 4th Feb 1967 issue about The Move turning down an offer from the BBC to appear at Birmingham Cathedral for a BBC church service with Ernie Wise and The Three Monarchs.

When producer Barry edge asked the Move to appear they asked if it would be all right to chop up an effigy of the Devil in the church. Edge referred this to the Bishop of Aston who said: "No thank you very much." The Move declined the offer to appear.

[johnpoole]

Difficult to believe that anyone in February 1967 who knew anything about the Move (then recently banned from Top Rank ballrooms) would have considered them suitable to appear in a cathedral or on Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday on BBC1
genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1967-02-26

Presumably the fevered imagination of the group's publicist or manager?

[Richard Marple]

The Move's manager did a few publicity stunts on their behalf that backfired on them by getting them banned from venues or losing royalties.