Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
AMEN CORNER
Formed in Cardiff, south Wales in 1966, the band comprises:
Andy Fairweather Low (Lead vocals)
Neil Jones (Lead guitar)
Blue Weaver (Keyboards)
Allan Jones (Saxophone)
Mike Smith (Saxophone)
Clive Taylor (Bass)
Dennis Byron (Drums)
1966
25 November 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
4 December 1966 – Kensington Discotheque, Newport, Wales (South Wales Echo)
13 December 1966 – St Benedict’s Club, Sketty, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)
20 December 1966 – St Benedict’s Club, Sketty, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)
22 December 1966 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)
24 December 1966 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue and Lott 13 (South Wales Evening Post)
26 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Brian Auger Trinity (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
31 December 1966 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue, The Fleetwoods and The King Bees (South Wales Evening Post)
1967
1 January 1967 – Kensington Discotheque, Newport, Wales (South Wales Echo)
19 January 1967 – Social Club, Neath, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)
22 January 1967 – The Basement Discotheque, Burton Buildings, Pontypridd, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)
3 February 1967 – Kookoo-Byrd Discotheque, Cardiff, Wales (South Wales Echo)
12 February 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
19 February 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
22 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
6 March 1967 – Poole College, Poole, Dorset with The Graham Bond Organisation and Nite People (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
22 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
27 March 1967 – The Thing, Oldham (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
31 March 1967 – New Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
15 April 1967 – Majestic, Wellington, Shropshire with Index (Shropshire Star)
23 April 1967 – New Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
3 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
5 May 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
6 May 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Tiles Big Band (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
10 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
12 May 1967 – Speakeasy, Margarget Street, central London (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies) Disc & Music Echo reports that Jimi Hendrix sits in. Guests include John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Eric Burdon, The Bee Gees and Brian Jones
15 May 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
17 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
26 May 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
27 May 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
31 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
1 June 1967 – Ritz, Skewen, Wales (Melody Maker)
2 June 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Melody Maker/Glamorgan County Times)
3 June 1967 – Iron Curtain, Birmingham (Melody Maker)
4 June 1967 – Links, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (Melody Maker)
5 June 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Melody Maker)
6 June 1967 – Beachcomber, Luton, Bedfordshire (Melody Maker)
7 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
8 June 1967 – Speakeasy, Margaret Street, central London (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)
9 June 1967 – Electric Garden, Covent Garden, central London (Melody Maker)
10 June 1967 – Wykeham Hall, Romford, Essex (Melody Maker)
11 June 1967 – Thing, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Melody Maker)
13 June 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
14 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
15 June 1967 – Civic, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Melody Maker)
16-17 June 1967 – Maryland, Glasgow, Scotland (Melody Maker)
18 June 1967 – Top of Town, Manchester (Melody Maker)
19 June 1967 – McIllroys, Swindon, Wiltshire (Melody Maker)
20 June 1967 – Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire (Melody Maker)
21 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
22 June 1967 – Nutty! Leytonstone, Essex (Melody Maker)
23 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)
24 June 1967 – Luton College of Technology, Luton, Bedfordshire (Melody Maker)
25 June 1967 – Aquarium, Yarmouth, Norfolk (Melody Maker)
26 June 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales (Melody Maker)
27 June 1967 – Derek’s birthday (no other details) (Melody Maker)
28 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
29 June 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Melody Maker)
30 June 1967 – Carousel, Farnborough, Hampshire (Melody Maker)
5 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
6 July 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Goode Time Review (Port Talbot Guardian) Billed as Amen Corner Show
8 July 1967 – Cesar’s, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Times)
10 July 1967 – McIlroys Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
12 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
14 July 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)
17 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Californians and Agency (Express & Star)
18 July 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)
19 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
20 July 1967 – Speakeasy, Margaret Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with John Evans Smash (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 July 1967 – Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208) Took over Sunday residency from The Move
24 July 1967 – Supreme Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
26 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Amen Corner Show
29 July 1967 – Londesborough Street Barracks, Hull with That Feeling (Hull Daily Mail)
4 August 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with The Shevelles (Kentish Express)
5 August 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with Bubbles & Co (Maidstone Gazette)
6 August 1967 – Royal Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Melody Maker)
11 August 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
12 August 1967 – Windsor Festival, Windsor, Berkshire with many others (Melody Maker)
13 August 1967 – Royal Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Melody Maker)
18 August 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
19 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 August 1967 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford, Herefordshire (Fabulous 208)
25 August 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)
26 August 1967 – Wykeham Hall, Romford, London (Fabulous 208)
27 August 1967 – Aquarium Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
28 August 1967 – Caesar’s Palace, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
29 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Timebox (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 September 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Disc & Music Echo/Cityweek)
1 September 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Ardglass, Northern Ireland (Disc & Music Echo/Cityweek)
2 September 1967 – Dublin Banbridge Castle Ballroom, Dublin, Eire (Disc & Music Echo/Cityweek)
3 September 1967 – Cork Acadia Ballroom, Cork, Eire (Disc & Music Echo/Cityweek)
5 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
9 September 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Bearwood, West Midlands (Express & Star)
9 September 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 September 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
10 September 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
14 September 1967 – Worthing Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
15 September 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
17 September 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with DD Watson & the Big Crowd (Fabulous 208/The Star)
18 September 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
18 September 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with The Cedar Cet (Birmingham Evening Mail)
19 September 1967 – Shenley Green Community Centre, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
20 September 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1967 – Top West Club, Abertillery, Wales (Fabulous 208)
22 September 1967 – Royal Hall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire with Do-Dahs and Hepworth’s Good Impression (Tadcaster News)
23 September 1967 – Top West Club, Abertillery, Wales (Disc & Music Echo)
26 September 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
29 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The All Night Workers and Jo Jo Gunne (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
30 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Attack (Leicester Mercury)
1 October 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
2 October 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Disc & Music Echo)
3 October 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Disc & Music Echo)
4 October 1967 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
8 October 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
13 October 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)
15 October 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
20 October 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
21 October 1967 – Wykeham Hall, Romford, east London (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The West Coast Union (Gloucester Citizen)
28 October 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with support (North Norfolk News)
3 November 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1967 – Welsh College of Technology, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
21 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Love Affair (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
22 November 1967 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice and Eire Apparent (Portsmouth News)
23 November 1967 – Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, Wales with The Move, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Nice and Eire Apparent (South Wales Echo)
25 November 1967 – Blackpool Opera House, Blackpool, Lancashire with Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice and Eire Apparent (Lancashire Evening Post)
30 November 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with The Nashville Teens (Birmingham Evening Mail)
8 December 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1967 – Fifth Dimension, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
10 December 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
11 December 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bath (Fabulous 208)
12 December 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
14 December 1967 – Manchester College of Art, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1967 – Nottingham Technical College, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
16 December 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
17 December 1967 – Links, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (Melody Maker)
19 December 1967 – Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1967 – Savoy Ballroom, South Parade, Southsea, Hampshire with The Action and The St Louis Checks (Portsmouth News)
22 December 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
26 December 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Narbeth, Wales (Disc & Music Echo)
27 December 1967 – Stevenage Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (Evening Post Hemel Hempstead)
28 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Streatham, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
29 December 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Narbeth, Wales (Fabulous 208)
31 December 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Silverstone Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
1968
6 January 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with The Section (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
17 January 1968 – Dundee College of Art, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
18 January 1968 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
19 January 1968 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
20 January 1968 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
22 January 1968 – Park Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
23 January 1968 – Kings Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales, (Fabulous 208
26 January 1968 – Highbury Tech College, Portsmouth (Fabulous 208)
3 February 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Couriers (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
6 February 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208/Bournemouth Evening Echo)
9 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with The Jay tree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
10 February 1968 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire with Chicken Shack (Fabulous 208/Reading Evening Post)
13 February 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
16 February 1968 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford, Herefordshire (Fabulous 208)
18 February 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)
19 February 1968 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
According to Melody Maker, Amen Corner started a 22-day tour of Australia, starting in Melbourne on 19 February 1968 but this does not seem plausible considering the following gigs
23 February 1968 – Princess Club, Chortlon, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1968 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1968 – Plaza, Old Hill, Bearwood, West Midlands with Sylvie and The Image (Express & Star)
24 February 1968 – Plaza, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
25 February 1968 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1968 – Top Rank, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
28 February 1968 – Cricketers Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard/Fabulous 208)
29 February 1968 – Locarno, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
1 March 1968 – Royal Ballroom, Tottenham, London (Fabulous 208)
2 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Raynes (Crewe Chronicle)
3 March 1968 – Cat-Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Melody Maker/Grantham Journal)
4 March 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Probe (Express & Star)
6 March 1968 – Cavendish Ballroom, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
7 March 1968 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
9 March 1968 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
9 March 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) This seems unlikely given the Scottish dates
10 March 1968 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
11 March 1968 – Locarno, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
12 March 1968 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
13 March 1968 – Cavendish Ballroom, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
14 March 1968 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
15 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Soul Pack (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
16 March 1968 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland with The Merry Macs and Systems Go (Fabulous 208/Kilmarnock Standard)
17 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1968 – Top Ten Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
19 March 1968 – Southport Casino, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1968 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (Hertfordshire Express)
21 March 1968 – Worthing Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
26 March 1968 – Ice Rink, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
29 March 1968 – Basildon Locarno, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
1 April 1968 – St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk with The Western Union (Essex County Standard/Ipswich Evening Star)
3 April 1968 – Poole College Rag Ball, Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Lemon Tree and Renaissance Fair (Bournemouth Evening Echo/Fabulous 208)
4 April 1968 – Airmen’s corner, RAF Coltishall, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
5 April 1968 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound and Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (South East London Mercury) Amen Corner were special guests
14 April 1968 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
20 April 1968 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound (Dorset Evening Echo)
23 April 1968 – ABC Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound and Tony Brandon (Gloucester Citizen/Stroud News)
30 April 1968 – Granada, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound (Bedfordshire Times)
1 May 1968 – ABC Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Lucas and Mike Cotton Sound (Cambridgeshire Times)
7 May 1968 – Granada, Walthamstow, London (Fabulous 208)
8 May 1968 – Top Rank, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
10 May 1968 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with Herman’s Hermits, The Paper Dolls, Dave Berry and John Rowles (Birmingham Evening Mail)
12 May 1968 – Wembley Pool, Wembley, London (Fabulous 208)
13 May 1968 – Granada, Maidstone, Kent with Herman’s Hermits, Paper Dolls, Dave Berry and John Rowles (Maidstone Gazette)
14 May 1968 – Gaumont, Worcester, Worcestershire with Herman’s Hermits, Paper Dolls, Dave Berry and John Rowles (Malvern Gazette)
15 May 1968 – Odeon Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Herman’s Hermits, Paper Dolls, Dave Berry and John Rowles (Doncaster Evening Post)
15 May 1968 – Gaumont, Worcester, Worcestershire with Herman’s Hermits, Paper Dolls, Dave Berry, The Echoes and John Rowles (Redditch Indicator)
19 May 1968 – Royal Nottingham, Nottingham with Herman’s Hermits, The Paper Dolls, Dave Berry and John Rowles (Derby Evening Telegraph)
22 May 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with John Drevars Expression (Fabulous 208/Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
24 May 1968 – Subscriptions Room, Stroud, Gloucestershire with Pattisons Express (Stroud News)
25 May 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)
3 June 1968 – Barn Barbecue, Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Fleetwood Mac, The Move, James & Bobby Purify and Pesky Gee (Cambridge News)
8 June 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Plague (East Kent Times & Mail)
13 June 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Mirage (Western Gazette)
15 June 1968 – Elms Court Ballroom, Botley, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
16 June 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
17 June 1968 – Silver Blades Ice Rink, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 June 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Plague (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
18 June 1968 – Ritz Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208) This is most likely 19 June
20 June 1968 – Spinning Disc, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
21 June 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
22 June 1968 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire with Whisky Mac (Malvern Gazette)
29 June 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Tuesday’s Outcome (Cambridgeshire Times)
5 July 1968 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)
6 July 1968 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1968 – Middle Earth, Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
12 July 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales with Robbie and Ray and The Jaguar Showband and Ronnie Keene and His Music (South Wales Evening Post)
13 July 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
17 July 1968 – Top Rank, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
18 July 1968 – Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
19 July 1968 – Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Groovy Kind and The Fusion (Bournemouth Evening Echo/Fabulous 208)
21 July 1968 – Empire, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
1 August 1968 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Jack Hawkins and The Jacobites (Portsmouth Evening News)
17 August 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Section and The Shades of Black (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
23 August 1968 – Newark Rugby FC, Newark, Nottinghamshire with Sons & Lovers (Nottingham Evening Post)
24 August 1968 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, North Yorkshire with The Exodus Showband and The Matchbox (Scarborough Evening News)
1 September 1968 – Nottingham Regional College of Technology, Nottingham with Woody Kern (Nottingham Evening Post)
11 September 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Leicester with The John Lees Show (Leicester Mercury)
13 September 1968 – Tabernacle Club, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
14 September 1968 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
17 September 1968 – Domino Club, Bedlington, Northumberland (Fabulous 208)
18 September 1968 – Croydon Top Rank, Croydon, London (Fabulous 208/Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)
19 September 1968 – Palais, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
20 September 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset with The Boston Souls and Dave the Rave (Fabulous 208/Somerset County Gazette/Western Gazette) Western Gazette has Vicki Marauder & The Mirrors as support
21 September 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Yes (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
25 September 1968 – Top Rank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
28 September 1968 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
29 September 1968 – Carnival on the waves, Music Showboat Dover to Boulogne with Johnnie Walker, Cupid’s Inspiration, East of Eden, Spread and Blue Horizon Blues Band (Kent Herald/Maidstone Gazette)
30 September 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Fabulous 208)
17 October 1968 – Locarno, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
18 October 1968 – Civic Hall, St Albans, Herts with Simon K & The Meantimes (Fabulous 208/Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
21 October 1968 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
22 October 1968 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
25 October 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
26 October 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Village Green (Cambridgeshire Times)
27 October 1968 – Top Rank, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
31 October 1968 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1968 – Central Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
12 November 1968 – Top Rank, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
14 November 1968 – Guild Hall, Thetford, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
15 November 1968 – Pavilion, Newton, Shropshire (Fabulous 208)
16 November 1968 – Shrewsbury Music Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Melody Maker)
16 November 1968 – Pavilion, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
21 November 1968 – Civic Hall, Ellesmere Port, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)
22 November 1968 – White Lion, Edgware, London (Fabulous 208)
23 November 1968 – Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
25 November 1968 – Ipswich Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
28 November 1968 – Ice Rink, Paisley, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
29 November 1968 – Scene Two, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Scarborough Evening News)
30 November 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with Capitol Systems (Warrington Guardian)
11 December 1968 – Pavilion, Hampstead, London (Fabulous 208)
18 December 1968 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Epics (Berkhamsted Gazette)
21 December 1968 – Elms Court Ballroom, Botley, Oxford (Fabulous 208)
1969
18 January 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
23 January 1969 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
24 January 1969 – New Revolution, Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 February 1969 – Civic Hall, Haverfordwest, Wales (Fabulous 208)
15 February 1969 – Pavilion, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
19 February 1969 – Top Rank Suite, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
20 February 1969 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
22 February 1969 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1969 – Top Rank, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
28 February 1969 – George Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
1 March 1969 – Spa Ballroom, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
7 March 1969 – Royal Mecca, Tottenham, north London with Sugar (Melody Maker)
19 March 1969 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1969 – Locarno Ballroom, Blackburn, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
21 March 1969 – Corn Exchange, Devizes, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
22 March 1969 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
25 March 1969 – Top Rank Suite, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
26 March 1969 – Top Rank Suite, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
27 March 1969 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)
28 March 1969 – Casino Club, Bolton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
29 March 1969 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with Sad Soul (Warrington Guardian)
4 April 1969 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)
8 April 1969 – Old Picture House, Halesowen, West Midlands with Magic Roundabout (Birmingham Evening Mail)
5 May 1969 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Beckenham & Penge Advertiser)
24 May 1969 – Warwickshire Equestrian Centre, Balsall Common, near Coventry, Warwickshire with Jethro Tull (Melody Maker)
25 May 1969 – Skegness Teesside Soul Festival, Skegness Town FC, Lincolnshire with Inez and Charlie Foxx, The Fantastics, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)
12 July 1969 – Northcroft, Newbury, Berkshire with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Chicken Shack and J J Jackson (Melody Maker)
23 August 1969 – Marquee, Grays, Essex with The Who, Aardvark, Andromeda, The Classics, Bum, Evolution, Freedom and Ipsissimus (Melody Maker)
30 August 1969 – Royal Lancashire Showground, Blackpool, Lancashire with The Casuals, Vanity Fair, Bandwagon, The Expectations, Springfield Park, Sunshine, Shoo String Band and Gary Buchanan Caribbean Band (Melody Maker)
4 October 1969 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire Standard)
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They performed at the Market Hall Haverfordwest on 3rd May 1969.and on the 5th October 1968 of which I have the original poster.
Is this a gig that your band Caron Street Conspiracy supported Phillip?
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I saw them on 4th Oct 1969 at Boston, I also have the original poster, I saw Andy at a Blues festival 3 yrs ago , he was brilliant!!
Me too! Ran away from home in Southport when I was 16 and ‘jumped’ trains across the country. ‘Borrowed’ £5 from Mum’s purse! Grounded for a month when I returned home but so worth it!
I was on my way to school on the bus when the final gig was announced. I cried for weeks. I was in love with Andy and it felt like the end of the world. Hitch hiked to Boston with my friend. When we came out of the concert the police were waiting … “how are you getting home?”. My stupid friend said we were hitch hiking. Spent the night under police protection. In the morning the police called my parents and said they had to take the money for our train fare home to the local police station. Had a police escort to make sure we got on the train. Grounded for months. Would do it all over again !
If you told me the name of the printers at the bottom of the poster I would love to know if it was one of mine I HOPE SO Thanks.
Sorry for my curiosity but did you if English rock band FREE (internationally famous for their hit “All Right now” of 1970) played in Haverfordwest – Market Hall between April 1968 and October 1972 ? Thanks for your memories !
Wonderful resource for us Amen Corner fans. Jason has kindly posted this link to the Amen Corner Facebook Group and I have made as announcement so it is kept at the top of the page. Brilliant!
The band was named after The Amen Corner, a weekly disc spin at the Victoria Ballroom (later to become The Scene Club) in Cardiff, Wales, where every Sunday night Dr. Rock would play the best soul music from the United States.
There’s an ad in the Melody Maker 1 August 1969 indicating that Amen Corner were supporting The Who at The Marquee, Brentwood Road, Grays, Essex on Saturday 23 August.
Amen corner played in the ice rink, Kensington, Liverpool. It’s not there now. I was so in love with Andy and as a young girl played At fainting at the concert , was body lifted above crowd and put on stage by my idol… soon to be escorted off, but I touched him 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘. This would be around 1966-68
I did that too at the last gig in 1969 in Boston! I thought it was the end of the world that they were breaking up. Got arrested by the police for trying to hitch hike home to London as well!
On the 15th of May 1969 they were headliner on a festival in Doetinchem The Netherlands.
Sorry for my curiosity but did you saw in concert in Netherlands English Rock band FREE (internationally famous for their hit “All Right now” of 1970) between 1969 and 1970 ? Thanks for your memories !
Amen Corner were on the Jimi Hendrix 2nd UK tour, along with Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice and support acts, November/December 1967 – for tour dates and venues, see here:
http://novdec1967.blogspot.com/
I attended my first open air concert with Amen Corner in Dunmore Greyhound Stadium in Belfast . I believe it was during 1969 but I cant find the exact date.
I was also there they drove on to the grounds in a white limo great night
I seen them in 1969 at Dunmore Stadium in Belfast too. I remember being chased down the Antrim Road as I was making my way home to the Shankill. Par for the course back then. Despite that it was a great night. Did Love Affair also play that night or did I just imagine it? It was the time I started smoking weed so I m not sure of all the details. I don’t remember the limo but that’s probably one of the details.
One of the first gigs I went to (15 years old at the time) was Amen Corner at Newark Rugby Club on 23/8/1968. Such a great band – big, ballsy sound with the twin saxophones, and highlighted by Andy F-L’s unique voice. Not sure why he didn’t play guitar in those days, as he is so highly regarded nowadays.
Sorry for my curiosity but did you attend other rock shows played in Newark Rugby Club in those years ? Such FREE (Internationally famous for their hit “All Right Now” of 1970) ? Also GENTLE GIANT and YES (both English progressive Rock bands) ? Thanks for your memories !
I was a member of a group in the mid sixties called The Pad. We were the support band that night for Amen Corner at the Greenwich Town Hall SE10. Cannot find any record of the performance at Greenwich Town Hall at all.
That does not surprise me as I was there manager and agent back then and I got Bend Me Shape Me a big HIT but they never mention me at all the groups back then had no class our gratitude in them.
6 July 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Goode Time Review (Port Talbot Guardian) Billed as Amen Corner Show…At last we are remembered (The Goode Time Review)…Singer-Greg Curran, Lead guitar-Dai James, Bass guitar-Alan fingers Jones, Drums- Anthony Stone…We only had Selmer 50 amps and were always borrowing the other bands equipment with grateful thanks..usually from The Eyes of Blue….Whenever I see Andy now with Eric Clapton I think of those early days…in the 60’s and 70’s……Dai James now 74.
My Name is Ron King and I was the Amen Corner manager and agent and I got the number Bend me Shape Me a Hit as nobody wanted them and I took them and I got it on Top Of The Pops that’s what got them there, if there is any doubt about what I have said I am still in touch with one of my past secretaries who still lives in England and is still involved with some of The Amen
That does not surprise me as I was there manager and agent back then and I got Bend Me Shape Me a big HIT but they never mention me at all the groups back then had no class our gratitude in them.
I went to see Amen Corner 1st May 1968 at Odeon in Manchester, the first band I went to see, I was about 14:and was in love with Andy Fairweather Low. Bend me Shape me was in the charts. Great times.
I saw them at the Golden Torch club in Stoke on Trent I’m sure it was 1969
I remember seeing Andy Fairweather Lowe in the main ballroom at The Dorothy in Cambridge on 25/03/69. Amen Corner we’re soooo big then.
I still love Wide Eyed And Legless.
English Progressive band GENTLE GIANT played at The Dorothy in Cambridge 24 June 1971. Did you attend also this show ? Thanks for your memories !
When Amen Corner played at The Sunday Club, Addlestone, on 12th February 1967, I was there, at my first live band gig and aged just thirteen. The Sunday Club (old Co-op building) was the hub on a Sunday night for playing blues, soul and Tamla Motown for hundreds of people who attended from miles around and the Amen Corner were fantastic!
I remember seeing them at the Winter Gardens, Weston S Mare approximately 1968/69.
Andy Fairweather Low held my hand briefly, I have never forgotten them. My son bought me there CD about 5 years ago.
AMEN CORNER GIGS 1966-1969 – “9 March 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) This seems unlikely given the Scottish dates”
I’ve just seen Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders supporting Eric Clapton at Resort World Arena Birmingham and was reminiscing about the time I bought tickets to see Amen Corner at Walsall Town Hall on the 9th March 1968. I turned up at the venue to be told the band had cancelled so your comment about this gig seeming highly unlikely is totally correct.