Past live music gigsLive music: 1970 to 1979

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October 1970 to June 1971

6 October – Deep Purple
10 October – Derek and the Dominoes
16 October – Homesick James; The Dusters
17 October – Chicken Shack; Writing on the Wall
24 October – Free; Aquila
30 October – The Hollies; Fotheringay; Cat Stevens; Daddy Longlegs; The Strawbs
31 October – Stone the Crows
7 November – Edgar Broughton; Supertramp
12 November – Larry Johnson
13 November – Jimmy James and the Vagabonds
14 November – Family; Howl
21 November – The Who
27 November – Cow; Kaboss
28 November – Colosseum; Patto
3 December – Muddy Waters; Errol Discou
5 December – Donovan; Mott the Hoople
12 December – Emerson, Lake and Palmer
23 January – Pink Floyd
30 January – Traffic
6 February – Elton John
13 February – Leon Russell and Friends
19 February – Yes; East of Eden
20 February – Legend
27 February – If
6 March – John Mayall
9 March – Led Zeppelin
13 March – Rolling Stones
20 March – Curved Air; Mott the Hoople
24 April – Roy Harper; Chicken Shack
1 May – Amazing Blondell
8 May – Rory Gallagher
15 May – Wild Angels
22 May – Mark Almond
18 June – Status Quo; Bronco
19 June – Gary Wright’s Extraction
25 June – Alan Bown; Legend
26 June – Soft Machine

October 1971 to June 1972

October 6 – Deep Purple
October 9 – Curved Air; America
October 16 – Rod Stewart and the Faces
October 22 – Yes, Jonathan Swift
October 23 – Heads Hands and Feet
October 29 – Lindisfarne; Osibisa
November 13 – Moody Blues
November 20 – Mark Almond
November 27 – If; Terry Reid
December 4 – Groundhogs; Mick Abrahams
December 11 – Family; Patto
January 15 – Gary Wright’s Wonderwheel
January 22 – Ten Years After; Spyro Gyra
January 29 – Plainsong
February 5 – Jet Black
February 12 – Mountain; Robert Lee Band
February 16 – Paul McCartney and Wings
February 26 – Barclay James Harvest
March 4 – Procul Harem; Vinegar Joe
March 11 – Jeff Beck and Heaven
March 18 – Jethro Tull, Tir–Na–Nog
March 21 – Leonard Cohen
April 22 – Argent; Claire Hamill
April 29 – Edgar Broughton Band; Sunshine
May 6 – Amazing Blondel; Shakin’ Stevens
May 13 – Egg
May 27 – Donovan
June 17 – Richie Havens and Linda Lewis

October 1972 to June 1973

October 7 – Cottonwood and Lloyd Watson
October 11 – Rare Bird and Al Matthews
October 14 – Steeleye Span; Amazing Blondel
October 20 – The Kinks; Mungo Jerry
October 21 – Focus
October 25 – Al Stewart; Dando Shaft; John St. Field
October 28 – Home; Mike d’Abo Band
November 4 – Genesis; Stackridge; Man
November 11 – Barclay James Harvest and Full Orchestra; Christopher Neil
November 18 – Hawkwind
November 25 – Status Quo; Crowbar
November 29 – Sandy Denny and John Martyn
December 2 – Osibisa and Mile Maran
December 9 – Groundhogs and Badger
January 20 – Bronco and Mike McLintock
January 24 – Darryl Way’s Wolf; Gnidrolog
January 27 – Roy Wood’s Wizzard; Silverhead
February 10 – Beck, Bogert and Appice plus Flash
March 7 – Family and J.S.D. Band
March 10 – Elton John
March 11 – Elton John
March 17 – Procol Harum and Atlantis
April 26 – West, Bruce and Laing
May 2 – Captain Beefheart
May 6 – Blood Sweat and Tears
May 12 – Ralph McTell
May 19 – Wings
June 15 – Slade
June 16 – Wishbone Ash; Average White Band
June 23 – Lindisfarne

October 1973 to June 1974

October 6 – Moody Blues; Nicky James Band
October 13 – John Martyn
October 20 – Tom Paxton
October 27 – Stackridge; Fumble
November 3 – Grimm
November 10 – Sandy Denny and Lamplight
November 17 – The Soft Machine
November 24 – The New York Dolls; Moonstone
December 1 – Steeleye Span; Planxty
December 8 – Richie Havens
January 12 – Beck, Bogert and Appice
January 19 – Kiki Dee and Be Bop Deluxe
January 26 – Greenslade; Halcyon
February 2 – The Doobie Brothers; Snaith
February 9 – Hawkwind’s Ridiculous Roadshow
February 16 – Roy Harper and Jaki Whitren
March 2 – The Kinks; Bill Haley and the Comets
March 9 – Golden Earring; Alcuin
March 16 – Chick Corea and Leo Kottke
April 23 – Traffic and Sour Grapes
April 27 – Blue
May 4 – Caravan and Sandgate
May 8 – Planxty; Mike Harding; Barbara Dixon
May 11 – The Hollies; Snafu
May 18 – Steely Dan
May 25 – Love and Casablanca
June 1 – Captain Beefheart and Henry Cow
June 8 – Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Cousin Joe Pleasant
June 12 – Alcuin and Blue
June 15 – Stomu Yamash’ta
June 16 – Bridget St. John
June 19 – Nucleus and Harry Beckett and Tinkle Joe
June 22 – Sparks

October 1974 to June 1975

October 6 – Wishbone Ash; The Winkies
October 12 – 10cc; Vineyard
October 19 – Roxy Music
October 26 – Herbie Hancock and Janis Ian
October 30 – Dana Gillespie
November 2 – Queen
November 8 – Humble Pie; McGuinness Flint
November 9 – Ralph McTell and Jack the Lad
November 16 – Tom Paxton
November 23 – Fairport Convention
November 30 – Leo Sayer
December 4 – Be Bop Deluxe; Strife
December 7 – Status Quo
January 11 – John Entwistle’s Ox
January 25 – Ace and Tim Rose
February 1 – Hawkwind
February 8 – Ginger Baker and his Baker Gurvitz Army
February 15 – Robin Trower
February 19 – Black Oak Arkansas
February 22 – Electric Light Orchestra
March 1 – Curved Air; Hustler; Trace
March 5 – 10cc; Fancy
March 8 – Ralph McTell
March 13 – John Martyn
March 15 – Stackridge
April 24 – Rory Gallagher
May 10 – Sensational Alex Harvey Band
May 17 – Man
May 24 – Be Bop Deluxe
May 30 – The Kinks

October 1975 to June 1976

October 4 – Roxy Music
October 5 – Roxy Music
October 8 – Fairport Convention
October 11 – Dr Feelgood
October 18 – Leo Sayer
October 21 – The Chieftains
October 28 – Baker Gurvitz Army
November 1 – Sparks
November 8 – Hot Chocolate; D’Dancer; Joan Armatrading
November 10 – Nils Lofgren
November 15 – Supertramp
November 22 – Camel
November 26 – John Martyn; Hedgehog Pie
November 29 – Justin Hayward and John Lodge
November 30 – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
December 6 – Gentle Giant
January 10 – Wishbone Ash
January 17 – Thin Lizzy
January 24 – Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance
January 31 – Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
February 7 – Mike Harding
February 11 – Kursaal Flyers
February 14 – Lynyrd Skynyrd; Steve Gibbons Band
February 21 – Sailor
February 29 – Be Bop Deluxe
March 3 – Boxer
March 6 – Toots and the Maytals
March 13 – Focus
May 1 – Rick Wakeman
May 8 – Alex Harvey
May 29 – Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
June 26 – Bob Marley and the Wailers

October 1976 to June 1977

October 6 – Jack the Lad
October 9 – The Runaways
October 16 – David Essex
October 20 – Renaissance
October 23 – Sutherland Bros. and Quiver
October 27 – The Chieftains
October 30 – George Melly
November 6 – Thin Lizzy
November 12 – Santana
November 13 – Tangerine Dream
November 19 – Kiki Dee and Blue
November 20 – Wishbone Ash
November 27 – Al Stewart
December 4 – Steve Hillage
January 21 – Supercharge; Ultravox
January 29 – Rory Gallagher
February 2 – Sensational Alex Harvey Band
February 12 – Lynyrd Skynyrd
February 13 – Ralph McTell
February 19 – The Damned
February 22 – John Martyn
February 23 – Shakin’ Stevens and the Sunsets
March 5 – Jack Bruce
March 9 – Procol Harum
March 12 – AC/DC
March 19 – Sutherland Bros. and Quiver
April 20 – The Commodores
April 23 – Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
April 30 – Sly and The Family Stone
May 1 – John Cale
May 2 – Cousin Joe
May 4 – Roger McGuinn’s Thunderbyrd; Chris Hillman; Gene Clark
May 18 – John Mayall
May 21 – Nils Lofgren; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
May 26 – Dory Previn
June 19 – Country Joe McDonald and David Bromberg

October 1977 to June 1978

October 4 – Ultravox
October 5 – Camel
October 8 – Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
October 12 – Chris Spedding and Krazy Kat
October 14 – Racing Cars
October 15 – Bunch of Stiffs
October 19 – Van der Graaf Generator
October 27 – The Clash
November 3 – Neil Ardley
November 6 – Horslips
November 9 – Klaus Schulze; Lasergraphics
November 12 – The Damned; Dead Boys
November 19 – The Jam
November 22 – The Rods
November 23 – Uriah Heep
November 26 – John Martyn
November 30 – Frankie Miller’s Full House
December 1 – Cousin Joe
December 3 – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
December 7 – Tom Robinson Band
December 11 – Boomtown Rats
January 21 – Judas Priest
February 1 – Bothy Band
February 11 – Jasper Carrott
February 22 – June Tabor
February 25 – Eddie and the Hot Rods; Radio Stars; Squeeze
March 4 – Hot Chocolate
March 18 – Buzzcocks; The Slits; Gang of Four
April 23 – Graham Parker and the Rumour
May 3 – Lindisfarne
May 6 – Radio Stars
June 7 – The Stranglers; The Inmates

October 1978 to June 1979

October 4 – The Ramones; Video Kings
October 7 – Steel Pulse
October 14 – Mike Harding
October 21 – Siouxsie and the Banshees; Spizz Oil; The Human League
October 28 – Wishbone Ash
November 1 – Third World
November 4 – Be Stiff Tour
November 8 – The Chieftains
November 12 – The Jam; The Dickies and Patrick Fitzgerald
November 18 – The Clash; The Slits; Innocense
November 25 – John Martyn
December 9 – Lindisfarne
January 20 – Stiff Tour: Elvis Costello; John Cooper–Clarke; Richard Hell and the Voidoids
January 27 – Nazareth
February 3 – UFO
February 17 – Darts
March 3 – Average White Band
March 11 – Graham Parker and The Rumour
March 17 – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
April 28 – Ralph McTell
May 1 – Lew Lewis
May 5 – Magazine
May 12 – Iggy Pop
May 25 – Gang of Four; Delta 5
June 15 – Rockpile
June 27 – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
June 28 – Ian Dury and the Blockheads

October 1979 to June 1980

October 3 – Buzzcocks
October 5 – Siouxsie and the Banshees; The Cure
October 13 – The Stranglers; The Curves
October 20 – Darts
October 24 – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
November 3 – Lene Lovich
November 5 – Blues Legend
November 8 – The Psychedelic Furs
November 10 – Steve Hillage
November 14 – Records
November 21 – John Martyn
November 28 – Gang of Four; Delta 5
November 30 – City Limits
December 1 – Motörhead; Saxon
December 8 – Lindisfarne
January 19 – UFO
January 26 – The Ramones
January 31 – The Clash
February 2 – Robin Trower
February 6 – Spyro Gyra
February 16 – Extravaganza with Selecter; The Ruts; Holly and the Italians
March 2 – The Pretenders; UB40
March 8 – Judas Priest
March 12 – Roy Harper
April 28 – The Only Ones
May 9 – Magazine
May 16 – Ivor Cutler
May 17 – Brand X
May 18 – Average White Band; Wild Horses
May 31 – Joe Jackson
June 8 – The Specials
June 13 – Rock, Jazz and Blues Bonanza featuring Slade