irr. app. (ext.) at Budokan, Tokyo 1981

A clip from the the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo during the first of irr.’s ’comeback’ tours during the 80s. The supporting act was the Michael Schenker Group, who received a substantial career boost as a result of their association with the irr. worldwide tour that was launched by this show. Even all these years later, few people are aware that during the MSG set a flu-riddled Cozy Powell was secretly replaced by Karen Carpenter. Lucy (the Chihuahua) is still alive and well, despite having already been fully g