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.

THE ANIMALS:

Eric Burdon (lead vocals)

Alan Price (keyboards/vocals)

Hilton Valentine (lead guitar)

Chas Chandler (bass)

John Steele (drums)

1963

15 December 1963 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research) This is possibly The Animals’ first southern gig

21 December 1963 – Star Hotel, Croydon, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

1964

10 January 1964 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)

12 January 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)

The Animals started playing regularly on Wednesdays at the Cellar Club

5 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

8 February 1964 – Ricky Tick, Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Bucks Free Press)

12 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

19 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

23 February 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire with Manfred Mann (Bucks Free Press)

26 February 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

4 March 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

8 March 1964 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (David Else’s research)

11 March 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

18 March 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

30 March 1964 – Night Scene Club, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)

1 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

8 April 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

15 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

22 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

30 April 1964 – (Jazz) Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Kim Chester’s research)

2 May 1964 – Continental Dancing Club, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

9 May 1964 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, London with Chuck Berry, The Swinging Blue Jeans and Kingsize Taylor & The Dominoes (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

21 May 1964 – ABC Croydon, Croydon, Surrey with Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

25 May 1964 – Granada, Greenwich, London with Chuck Berry, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Carl Perkins and Kingsize Taylor (Kentish Mercury)

30 May 1964 – Continental Dancing Club, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

6 June 1964 – Club Noreik, Tottenham, London with John Lee Hooker (Tottenham Weekly Herald)

11 June 1964 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, Sussex with The Yardbirds and The T-Bones (Evening Argus)

17 June 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Ace-Boaters (Aldershot News)

27 June 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Delcounts (Lynn News)

28 June 1964 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Ricky Lee & The Hucklebucks (North Norfolk News)

29 June 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath with support (Western Scene)

1 July 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

3 July 1964 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with The Demons and The Trojans (Streatham News)

4 July 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with The Skyways (Bletchley District Gazette)

19 July 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

20 July 1964 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Monthly)

24 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Steve Marriott’s Moments (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

25 July 1964 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Beat Monthly)

26 July 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

30 July 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Zabres (Worthing Gazette)

31 July 1964 – Palace, Maryport (Beat Monthly)

1 August 1964 – Pavilion, Buxton (Beat Monthly)

2 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

3 August 1964 – Commodore Theatre, Ryde, Isle of Wight with Freddy Earle, The Diplomats, Brian Howard & The Silhouttes, Mark Wynter,  The Cherokees and Barry St John (Lois Valvona’s programme)

5 August 1964 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Plebs (Harrow Weekly Post/David Else research)

7 August 1964 – Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Beat Monthly)

9 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

12 August 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

15 August 1964 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

16 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

17 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Spencer Davis Group (Essex County Standard)

18 August 1964 – Aylesbury Bluesville, Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser)

20-21 August 1964 – Gigs in Ireland (Beat Monthly)

22 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Downsiders and Johnny Kaye & The Kossacks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 August 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

27 August 1964 – Le Disque, Peckham, southeast London (Clapham Advertiser)

28 August 1964 –  Gig in Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

29 August 1964 – Theatre Royal, Tyldsley (Beat Monthly)

30 August 1964 –  North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

31 August 1964 –  Tour of Scotland (Beat Monthly)

1-5 September 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Monthly)

6 September 1964 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

10 September 1964 – Cavern, Manchester (Beat Monthly)

20 October 1964 – Royal Edmonton, Edmonton, Middlesex with Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, The Quotations, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks and Ray Cameron (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian)

25 October 1964 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)

26 October 1964 – Gig in Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

27 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)

28 October 1964 – Gig in Edinburgh, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

29 October 1964 – Gig in Dumfries, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)

31 October 1964 – Gig in Bradford (Beat Instrumental)

1 November 1964 – Gig in Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

2 November 1964 – Gig in Kilburn, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

3 November 1964 – Gig in Guildford, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

4 November 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Nashville Teens, Carl Perkins, Elkie Brooks, Tommy Tucker, The Quotations and Ray Cameron (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

5 November 1964 – Gig in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

6 November 1964 – Gig in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

7 November 1964 – Gig in Derby (Beat Instrumental)

8 November 1964 – Gig in Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

9 November 1964 – Gig in Rochester, Kent (Beat Instrumental)

10 November 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Carl Perkins, The Nashville Teens, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks, The Quotations and Ray Cameron (South East London Mercury)

11 November 1964 – Gig in Cardiff, south Wales (Beat Instrumental)

12 November 1964 – Gig in Bristol (Beat Instrumental)

13 November 1964 – Gig in Waterford (Republic of Ireland?) (Beat Instrumental)

14 November 1964 – Gig in Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

15 November 1964 – Gig in Bournemouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)

20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Pretty Things, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)

21 November 1964 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Dawn & The Dee-Jays (Lincolnshire Standard)

23 November 1964 – Bluesville, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)

24 November 1964 – Aylesbury Bluesville, Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser)

1965

6 January 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

7 January 1965 – Ricky Tick, Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire with The Stormsville Shakers (David Else’s research)

8 January 1965 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford (Gloucester Citizen)

11 January 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath with support (Western Scene)

14 January 1965 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex with The Herd (Worthing Herald/Worthing Gazette)

16 January 1965 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Deacons (Eastern Evening News)

13 February 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Stormsville Shakers (Essex Chronicle)

14 February 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)

21 February 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

25 February 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Group Four with Steve Law (Western Gazette)

6 March 1965 – Winter Gardens, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with Ken Birch Band (Weston Mercury)

7 March 1965 – Silver Beat Club, Stephenson Place, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

19 March 1965 – Big Beat Nite Out, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Caravelles, Dodie West and Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

21 March 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

22 March 1965 – Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham with The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Screaming Lord Sutch, Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs and Dodie West (Birmingham Evening Mail)

24 March 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

25 March 1965 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Sole Savages (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

26 March 1965 – Gig in Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

27 March 1965 – Gig in London (Beat Instrumental)

3 April 1965 – Technical College, Westminster, central London (Beat Instrumental)

4 April 1965 – Pigalle, central London (Beat Instrumental)

7 April 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol with The Fanatics (Western Scene)

10 April 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Cascades and The Amazons (Cambridgeshire Times)

11 April 1965 – NME Concert, Wembley, west London with many others (Beat Instrumental)

17 April 1965 – Galaxy Club, St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hants with The Troggs (Southern Echo)

24 April 1965 – Gig in Rawenstall (Beat Instrumental)

25 April 1965 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

25 April 1965 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

27 April 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Troggs (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

28-30 April 1965 – Tour of Sweden (Beat Instrumental)

10 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Walthamstow Guardian)

14 May 1965 – Marconi Basildon Locarno, Basildon, Essex with The Soul Agents and The Felders Orioles (Poster)

16 May 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Pitmen (Sussex Evening Express)

29 June 1965 – St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

5 July 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

17 July 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Apex Group and The Yensons Trolls (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

18 July 1965 – Palace Theatre, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex with The Lively Set and The Flowerpots (Essex Chronicle)

20 July 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

21 July 1965 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

25 July 1965 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

26 July 1965 – Top Rank, Doncaster (Beat Instrumental)

27 July 1965 – Tyne Tees TV (Beat Instrumental)

28 July 1965 – Scottish TV (Beat Instrumental)

29 July 1965 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)

30 July 1965 – Festival Jazz, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)

31 July 1965 – Pavilion Gardens, Buxton (Beat Instrumental)

1 August 1965 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

2 August 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

4 August 1965 – Top Rank, Hanley, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

5 August 1965 – Palace Ballroom (most likely Douglas), Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)

6 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Morecambe, Southport (more likely Southport) (Beat Instrumental)

7 August 1965 – Spa Ballroom, Bridlington (Beat Instrumental)

8 August 1965 – Red Skeleton TV show and Richmond Festival, Richmond upon Thames, west London (Beat Instrumental)

9 August 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

11 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)

12 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Don Riddell and Four Plus Two (East Kent Times)

13 August 1965 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)

14 August 1965 – Astoria Ballroom, Rawtenstall (Beat Instrumental)

15 August 1965 – ABC Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

18 August 1965 – Gig in Redruth, Cornwall (Beat Instrumental)

19 August 1965 – Civic Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

20 August 1965 – Plymouth Forum, Plymouth, Devon with three beat groups (Herald Express)

21 August 1965 – Civic Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

22 August 1965 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with Billie Davis and Platform Six and supporting acts (Herald Express)

23 August 1965 – Savoy Ballroom, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

25 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

30 August 1965 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex (Essex County Standard)

25 September 1965 – Group leaves for the United States for an American tour (Beat Instrumental)

22 October 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

26 October 1965 – 5 O’Clock Club (Beat Instrumental)

27 October 1965 – Disc A Go Go (Beat Instrumental)

28 October 1965 – Crawley Civic Centre, Crawley, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1965 – Easybeat (Beat Instrumental)

31 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

3 November 1965 – Saturday Club (Beat Instrumental)

5 November 1965 – Joe Loss’s Pop Show (Beat Instrumental)

7 November 1965 – Odeon Colchester, Colchester, Essex with The Small Faces, Tommy Quickly, The Soul Mates, The Rustics and Beryl Marsden and The Crewcats (Essex Chronicle)

10 November 1965 – Cracker Jack (Beat Instrumental)

11 November 1965 – Tour of Poland (Beat Instrumental)

24 November 1965 – Stevenage Mecca, Locarno, Stevenage, Herts (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm) Looks like first UK gig back in the country

26 November 1965 – Ready Steady Go (Beat Instrumental)

27 November 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Dave and The Strollers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

30 November 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

2 December 1965 – Gig in Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)

3 December 1965 – Starlite, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

4 December 1965 – Polytechnic, Regent Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

6-11 December 1965 – Tour of Spain (Beat Instrumental)

17 December 1965 – Ready Steady Go (Beat Instrumental/Boyfriend magazine)

18 December 1965 – London College Dance, Seymour Hall, central London (Beat Instrumental/Boyfriend magazine)

1966

22 January 1966 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Boyfriend magazine)

13 February 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

17 February 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Opening night

28 February 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

2 March 1966 – Bristol University, Bristol (Beat Instrumental)

4 March 1966 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

5 March 1966 – Birmingham University, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental) This date may be incorrect

6 March 1966 – University of Aston Rag Ball, Bingley Hall, Aston, West Midlands with Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy Fury & The Gamblers and Craig (Birmingham Evening Mail) Barry Jenkins was on drums by now

15 March 1966 – Gig in Paris, France (Beat Instrumental)

18 March 1966 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

19 March 1966 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

20 March 1966 – Top Ten Club, Belle Vue, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

24 March 1966 – Hilton Hotel, Hyde Park Corner, central London (Beat Instrumental)

26 March 1966 – Central School of Arts, central London (Beat Instrumental)

1968

22 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Animals, Grapefruit, Happy Magazine, Barry St John, Long John Baldy, Kim Davis & The Beginning, Noble Forde and The Tempo Set (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

This was the original Animals reunion gig/Geno Washington was billed but cancelled

Many thanks to Rolf Hannet in Germany for helping with some of the Beat Instrumental and Beat Monthly gigs

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