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.

Formed in September 1963, The Pretty Things’ original line up comprised:

 Phil May (lead vocals)

Dick Taylor (lead guitar)

Brian Pendelton (rhythm guitar)

John Stax (bass/harmonica)

Pete Kirtley (drums)

Around November 1963, Viv Andrews (aka Viv Broughton), who’d been working with David Bowie in The Hooker Brothers replaced Kirtley.

1964

3 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Mike Cotton Band (Rieks Korte’s research)

7 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Acker Bilk, Kenny Walsh & Walsh Band (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Mike Cotton Band (Rieks Korte’s research)

14 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Douggie Richford’s London Jazzmen (Rieks Korte’s research)

16 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Bob Wallis’ Storeyville Jazzmen (Rieks Korte’s research)

21 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Monty Sunshine’s Jazz Band (Rieks Korte’s research)

23 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Animals and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Rieks Korte’s research)

28 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Manfred Mann, Alexis Korner, Jimmy Powell, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Zoot Money, Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men, The Animals, The Yardbirds and others (Rieks Korte’s research) Cyril Davies benefit concert

30 January 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions and The Wes Minster 5 (Rieks Korte’s research)

4 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Graham Bond’s R&B Quartet and The Art Wood Combo (Rieks Korte’s research)

6 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Alex Harvey’s Soul Band and John Lee & The Groundhogs (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London Graham Bond’s R&B Quartet and The Art Wood Combo (Rieks Korte’s research)

13 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions and The Wes Minster 5 (Rieks Korte’s research)

18 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Animals and The Wes Minster 5 (Rieks Korte’s research)

20 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions and John Lee & The Groundhogs (Rieks Korte’s research)

21 February 1964 – Ricky Tick, Star & Garter, Windsor, Berkshire (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

25 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Animals and The Art Wood Combo (Rieks Korte’s research)

27 February 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions and John Lee & The Groundhogs (Record Mirror)

28 February 1964 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

3 March 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Animals and John Lee & The Groundhogs (Rieks Korte’s research)

5 March 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Alex Harvey Soul Band and The Wes Minster Five (Rieks Korte’s research)

12 March 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Graham Bond’s R&B Quartet and Gene Latter & The Cousins (Record Mirror)

17 March 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Animals and John Lee & The Groundhogs (Rieks Korte’s research)

24 March 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with John Lee and The Groundhogs (Record Mirror/Clapham News)

30 March 1964 – Starlite Club, Penge, Kent (Clapham Advertiser)

31 March 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Animals and John Lee & The Groundhogs (Record Mirror)

7 April 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Falling Leaves (Record Mirror)

13 April 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire Express)

14 April 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Mark Leeman Five and The Tridents (Record Mirror)

15 April 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Record Mirror)

17 April 1964 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

19 April 1964 – Phoenix Blues Club, Staines, Middlesex (Record Mirror)

Record Mirror’s 18 April issue, page 8 has a picture of the Viv Andrews’ line up

21 April 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Art Wood Combo and The Impacts (Record Mirror)

24 April 1964 – Ricky Ticky, Star & Garter, Windsor, Berkshire (Record Mirror)

25 April 1964 – Gig in Ruislip, Middlesex (Record Mirror)

26 April 1964 – Phoenix Blues Club, Staines, Middlesex (Record Mirror)

Record Mirror reported that The Pretty Things played at the 100 Club every Tuesday from 28 April to 16 June

Towards the end of April 1964, Viv Prince took over from Viv Andrews on drums

28 April 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Art Wood Combo and The Muleskinners (Rieks Korte’s research)

29 April 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Record Mirror)

30 April 1964 – ABC Croydon, Croydon, Surrey with Billy Fury, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, The John Barry 7 and The Zephyrs (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

1 May 1964 – Gig in Crawley, West Sussex (possibly Starlight Ballroom) (Record Mirror)

Record Mirror reported in its 2 May issue that Viv Prince was on drums but the picture shows Viv Andrews

2 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berks (Record Mirror/Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

3 May 1964 – Chertsey, Surrey (most likely the  Riverside Club, Cricketer’s Hotel) (Record Mirror)

4 May 1964 – Northampton R&B Club, Embassy Ballroom, Northampton (Record Mirror)

5 May 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brian Knight’s Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

6 May 1964 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Record Mirror)

7 May 1964 – Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Record Mirror)

8 May 1964 – Golders Green Refectory, Golders Green, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 May 1964 – Stamford Hall, Altrincham, Greater Manchester (Record Mirror)

10 May 1964 – Phoenix Blues Club, Staines, Middlesex (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 May 1964 – Gig in Slough, Berkshire (Record Mirror)

12 May 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Harps (Rieks Korte’s research)

13 May 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Record Mirror)

14 May 1964 – British Legion Hall (Jaybee Hall), South Harrow, Middlesex (Record Mirror/Rieks Korte’s research)

16 May 1964 – Rendevous, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Beat Monthly)

16 May 1964 – Embers Ballroom, Harlow, Herts (Rieks Korte’s research) This seems very unlikely and is missing from Beat Monthly listing

17 May 1964 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Record Mirror)

18 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, St John’s Hall, Reading, Berkshire (Record Mirror/Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

19 May 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Harps (Record Mirror)

20 May 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Record Mirror)

21 May 1964 – Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Record Mirror)

22 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News/Guildford Advertiser)

22 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

23 May 1964 – Bure Club, Mudeford, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

24 May 1964 – Olympia, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Monthly)

25 May 1964 – Northampton R&B Club, Embassy Ballroom, Northampton (Record Mirror)

26 May 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Harps (Rieks Korte’s research)

27 May 1964 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham (Beat Monthly)

28 May 1964 – Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)

29 May 1964 – Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

30 May 1964 – Rivieria, St Austell, Cornwall (Beat Monthly) This seems implausible considering the geographical distance from Coventry and then to Bexley the next day

31 May 1964 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Record Mirror)

1 June 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire Express)

2 June 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Art Wood Combo (Rieks Korte’s research)

3 June 1964 – Forum, Oxford (Beat Monthly)

4 June 1964 – Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)

5 June 1964 – Ricky Ticky, High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press/Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

6 June 1964 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Johnny & The Starliners (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

8 June 1964 – Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, north London (Beat Monthly)

9 June 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Art Wood Combo (Rieks Korte’s research)

10 June 1964 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Record Mirror)

11 June 1964 – Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)

14 June 1964 – Ricky Tick, Clewer Mead, Windsor, Berkshire (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

16 June 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with Them (aka Themselves) (Dave Gale research/Kingston & Malden Borough News)

18 June 1964 – Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)

19 June 1964 – Gig in Brighton, Sussex (Beat Monthly)

20 June 1964 – Gig in Southampton, Hants (Beat Monthly)

Record Mirror and Beat Monthly reported that The Pretty Things were on a Manchester area tour from 21-27 June 1964

28 June 1964 – Scala, Dartford, Kent (Beat Monthly)

29 June 1964 – Gig in Bridgwater, Somerset (Beat Monthly) This gig seems unlikely

30 June 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)

1 July 1964 – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

3 July 1964 – Hoveton, Wroxham, Norfolk with Rod Harvey & The Drifting Strangers (Eastern Evening News) Beat Monthly has a gig in Wrexham, north Wales on this date

4 July 1964 –  Gig in Rawtenstall (Beat Monthly)

5 July 1964 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Record Mirror)

6 July 1964 –  Gig in Harrow, Middlesex (most likely Big Beat Club) (Beat Monthly)

7 July 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Farinas (Rieks Korte’s research)

8 July 1964 – Gig in Norwich, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)

9 July 1964 – Gig in Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

10 July 1964 – Gig in Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

11 July 1964 – Berkeley Grill Crawdaddy Club, Coventry with The Sorrows (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

16 July 1964 – Majestic, Hanley, Staffordshire (Beat Monthly)

17 July 1964 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with The Missing Links (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

18 July 1964 – Assembly, Manchester (Beat Monthly)

19 July 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Beat Monthly)

20 July 1964 – Big Beat Club, Harrow, Middlesex (Beat Monthly)

21 July 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Farinas (Rieks Korte’s research)

22 July 1964 – Gig in Nottingham (Beat Monthly)

23 July 1964 – McIlroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

24 July 1964 – Majestic, Crewe, Cheshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

25 July 1964 – Caribbean Club, Radcaster, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

26 July 1964 – Belle Vue, Manchester (Rieks Korte’s research) Beat Monthly has the band playing at the Bromley Court Hotel in Bromley, Kent on this date

27 July 1964 – Mod Ball, Waverley Market, Edinburgh, Scotland with The Animals, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers and nine local bands (William Nisbeth recollections/poster) Nisbeth, who was a member of one of the support groups says The Animals didn’t turn up for the show and that the crowd tried to storm the stage when The Pretty Things were playing

28 July 1964 – Public Hall, Wallington, Surrey (Rieks Korte’s research)

30 July 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Rockin Henri & The Hayseeds (East Kent Times & Mail)

31 July 1964 – Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with Reg Bassett & His Orchestra and Singers (Crewe Chronicle)

31 July 1964 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Rieks Korte’s research)

1 August 1964 – Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

2 August 1964 – Gig in Ryde, Isle of Wight (probably Disco Blue) (Rieks Korte’s research)

3 August 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Rieks Korte’s research)

6 August 1964 – El Toro, Swiss Cottage, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)

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

8 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Federals (Essex County Standard)

9 August 1964 – Gig in Manchester (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 August 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brian Knight’s Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

12 August 1964 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Bluesounds and Mel Fear & The Fantastic Phantoms (Torbay Express and South Devon Echo)

13 August 1964 – Gig in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

14 August 1964 – Gig in Bradford, West Yorkshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

15 August 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks (Bletchley District Gazette)

16 August 1964 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Beat Monthly) Viv Andrews returned for a one-off gig covering for Viv Prince at this venue but it may not have been on this date

18 August 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London with Brian Knight’s Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

19 August 1964 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) First visit to Newcastle

21 August 1964 – Town Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

22 August 1964 – Town Hall, Chippenham, Wiltshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

23 August 1964 – Cavern, Manchester (Beat Monthly)

25 August 1964 – Orford Jazz Cellar, St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, Norfolk with The Bluebottles (with Mike Patto) (Eastern Evening News) Beat Monthly has the band playing in Southampton on this date

26 August 1964 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Beat Monthly)

27 August 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Detours (Worthing Gazette)

28 August 1964 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Monthly)

29 August 1964 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire with The Blobs (Cambridgeshire Times)

30 August 1964 – The Scene, Florida Room, Brighton, Sussex with The Beat Merchants (Evening Argus)

31 August 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Rocking Berries, The Pickwicks, The Continentals, The Tea Time Four, The Delcounts, The Doones and Beats Limited (Lynn News)

1 September 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brian Knight’s Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

4 September 1964 – Floral Hall, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Monthly) Thanks to John Warburg and a picture taken from the Morecambe Visitor newspaper, this is confirmed

7 September 1964 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

8 September 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brian Knight’s Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 September 1964 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

10 September 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon (Cornish Guardian)

11 September 1964 – Top Ten Club, Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with Shaun & The Shondells (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

12 September 1964 – Top Ten Club, New Cornish Riveria Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Shaun & The Shondells (Cornish Guardian)

13 September 1964 – Gig in Clacton, Essex (Beat Monthly)

14 September 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

18 September 1964 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, Surrey with Mike Rabin & The Demons and The UKs (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

26 September 1964 – Gig in Lincoln (Beat Instrumental)

27 September 1964 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Rieks Korte’s research)

29 September 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

30 September 1964 – Gig in Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

1 October 1964 –Beat City, central London (Beat Instrumental)

2 October 1964 – Queen’s, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

3 October 1964 – Gig in Hinckley, Leicestershire (Beat Instrumental)

5 October 1964 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London with The Bo Street Runners (Clapham Advertiser)

6 October 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Blues by Six (Record Mirror)

13 October 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

15-19 October 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

23 October 1964 – Gig in Milford Haven, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

27 October 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Blues by Six (Rieks Korte’s research)

29 October 1964 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire with Bracer Ball (Luton News)

30 October 1964 – Co-op Hall, Peckham, south London (Rieks Korte’s research)

31 October 1964 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge with The Freemen (Beat Instrumental/Cambridge News)

3 November 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brian Knight’s Blues by Six (Record Mirror)

6 November 1964 – Regal, Edmonton, Middlesex with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Tottenham Weekly Herald) (cancelled)

Chuck Berry replaced P J Proby who cancelled according to Rieks Korte. However, Julien Brice Mansencal says the entire tour was subsequently cancelled as Berry couldn’t get out of existing commitments.

6 November 1964 – Tower Ballroom, New Brighton (Beat Instrumental)

7 November 1964 – Granada, Slough, Berkshire with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

7 November 1964 – Palais, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)

8 November 1964 – Hippodrome, Birmingham Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

9 November 1964 – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, central London (Beat Instrumental)

10 November 1964 – Odeon, Leicester with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

11 November 1964 – Rialto York, North Yorkshire with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

12 November 1964 – Odeon Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

13 November 1964 – Odeon Newcaste, Newcastle upon Tyne with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

13 November 1964 – Wimbledon Palais, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

15 November 1964 – Palace, Manchester with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

16 November 1964 – Granada, Rugby, Warwickshire with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

17 November 1964 – Gaumont, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

18 November 1964 – Odeon, Liverpool with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

19 November 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Hell-Raisers (Rieks Korte’s research) Beat Instrumental lists Olympia, Reading, Berkshire on this date

20 November 1964 – Gaumont, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Animals, 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 – Town Hall, Loughborough (Beat Instrumental)

22 November 1964 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

23 November 1964 – Brixton Granada, Brixton, south London with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knights, Tea Time 4, Don Spencer, The Leroys, Kim Weston and Earl Van Dyke Quartet (South East London Mercury) (cancelled)

24 November 1964 – Gauount, Bournmouth, Dorset with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

24 November 1964 – Floral Hall, Gorleston, Norfolk with The Magic Moments (Yarmouth Mercury)

25 November 1964 – Gaumont State, Kilburn, north London with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

27 November 1964 – Odeon, Romford, Essex with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

28 November 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

29 November 1964 – Hippodrome, Brighton, Sussex with Chuck Berry, The Barron Knight’s featuring Duke D’Mond, Kim Weston with The Earl Van Dyke Quartet, Teatime Four and The Leroys (Rieks Korte’s research) (cancelled)

1 December 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brothers Grimm (Rieks Korte’s research)

2-7 December 1964 – Tour of Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

10 December 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Westsiders (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 December 1964 – Leicester University (Beat Instrumental)

14 December 1964 – The Tower Ballroom, New Brighton with The Others (Liverpool Echo)

15 December 1964 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne with The Rockin’ Berries, Julie Rodgers and The Poets (Newcastle Evening Echo)

17 December 1964 – Olympia, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

18 December 1964 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford with The Ups ‘N’ Downs (Gloucester Citizen)

19 December 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Westsiders (Record Mirror)

22 December 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Blues by Knight (Record Mirror)

29 December 1964 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Blues by Knight (Record Mirror)

31 December 1964 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Record Mirror)

1965

5 January 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brothers Grimm (Record Mirror)

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

8 January 1965 – Co-operative Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Evening Tribune)

9 January 1965 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with Woody Allen & The Challengers and Maniax (Grantham Journal)

12 January 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Brothers Grimm (Record Mirror)

16 January 1965 – Leyton Baths, Leyton, Essex (Walthamstow Guardian)

19 January 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Crescents (Record Mirror)

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

21 January 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

26 January 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

27 January 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

29 January 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with Mike Fayne & The Fontains (https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

30 January 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Spooks (Sussex Evening Express)

31 January 1965 – Granada Woolwich, Woolwich, southeast London with The Rockin Berries, The Merseybeats and Julie Rogers (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)

1 February 1965 – Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

2 February 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Loose Ends (Melody Maker)

3 February 1965 – Majestic Hull, Hull (Record Mirror) According to Beat Instrumental, the band toured Ireland from 3-7 February but this seems unlikely

5 February 1965 – Bolton Boneyard, Bolton, Greater Manchester (Record Mirror)

6 February 1965 – New Century Hall, Manchester with Black Velvets (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

7 February 1965 – Wembley Starlite, Wembley, west London (Record Mirror)

8 February 1965 – Newcastle Majestic, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Record Mirror)

9 February 1965 – Stamford Hall, Altrincham, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

11 February 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Beat Traders (Western Gazette)

11 February 1965 – Gig in Dunstable, Bedfordshire (may not be California Ballroom) (Beat Instrumental) This seems unlikely

13 February 1965 – Gig in Scarborough (Beat Instrumental)

19 February 1965 – Gig in Tiverley, the Mumbles, south Wales (Beat Instrumental)

20 February 1965 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Blackhawks (Evening Tribune)

22 February 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Berkshire with The Troggs (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette) Beat Instrumental has the Baths, Eltham, Kent but this is very unlikely with these two gigs

22 February 1965 – Ricky Tick, Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berks (Buck Free Press/Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

23 February 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston, Norfolk with The Seafarers (Yarmouth Mercury)

26 February 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Dean Prince & The Dukes (Gloucester Citizen)

1 March 1965 – Galaxy Club, Community Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Troggs (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

2 March 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

3 March 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newport, south Wales (South Wales Echo)

6 March 1965 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, Sussex with The Who, The-Bones and Johnny B Great (Evening Argus)

6 March 1965 – Mersey View Ballroom, Frodsham, Cheshire with The Spidermen, The Squad and Rita (Cheshire Observer/Warrington Guardian)

11 March 1965 – Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey with The James Crow Group (Farnham Herald)

18 March 1965 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

18 March 1965 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands with The Couriers (Birmingham Evening Mail)

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

21 March 1965 – Empire Pool, Wembley, northwest London with Dave Berry & The Cruisers, The Searchers, Kenny Lynch, Elkie Brooks, The Four Pennies, Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men, Them, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, The Fourmost, Lulu & The Luvvers, The Merseybeats, PJ Proby, The Zombies and Kenny Ball (Rieks Korte’s research)

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

2 April 1965 – Heaven & Hell, Manchester (Rieks Korte’s research)

3 April 1965 – Corn Exchnage, Cambridge (Rieks Korte’s research)

4 April 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)

7 April 1965 – Gig in Rochdale, Greater Manchester (Rieks Korte’s research)

8 April 1965 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester with Just Four Men (Stockport County Express)

10 April 1965 – Cubiklub, St Patrick’s Hall, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with The Motown Set (Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian)

10 April 1965 – Gig in Wigan, Greater Manchester (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 April 1965 – New Theatre, Oxford with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Artwoods, The Ivy League, Elkie Brooks, Syd & George, The Chapters and The Guards (Oxford Mail) This looks like a tour so the other artists may also have been on the rest of the tour with The Pretty Things and Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

17 April 1965 – Spalding Ballroom, Spalding, Lincolnshire with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (Rieks Korte’s research)

18 April 1965 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with The Kinks and six other acts (Northampton Chronicle)

19 April 1965 – Gig in Scarborough, North Yorkshire with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (Rieks Korte’s research) Unlikely this took place as they were in the Netherlands

19 April 1965 – Blokker Festival, the Netherlands, broadcasted on Dutch Television (Robert Gerretsen research)

24 April 1965 – Gig in Gloucester, Gloucestershire with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage)

25 April 1965 – ABC Northampton, Northampton with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage)

27 April 1965 – ABC Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage)

28 April 1965 – Savoy, Exeter, Devon with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage)

29 April 1965 – ABC Southampton, Southampton Hampshire with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage/Southern Echo)

30 April 1965 – ABC Croydon, Croydon, south London with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage)

1 May 1965 – ABC Dover, Dover, Kent with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, John Barry Seven, The Kestrels and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research/The Stage)

2 May 1965 – ABC Harrow, Harrow, west London with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research)

4 May 1965 – ABC Hull, Hull with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research)

5 May 1965 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research)

6 May 1965 – ABC Carlisle, Carlisle, Cumbria with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research)

8 May 1965 – Theatre Royal, Norwich, Norfolk with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 May 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Billy Fury & The Gamblers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Zephyrs (Rieks Korte’s research)

13 May 1965 – Marquee, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester (Rieks Korte’s research)

14 May 1965 – Top Ten Club, Town Hall, Liskeard, Cornwall with The Blue Beats and People (Cornish Guardian)

15 May 1965 – Top Ten Club, New Cornish Riveria Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with The Blue Beats and People (Cornish Guardian)

17 May 1965 – Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

18 May 1965 – Majestic, Newport, Wales (Rieks Korte’s research)

19 May 1965 – Gig in Porthcawl, Wales (Rieks Korte’s research)

20 May 1965 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Donovan (Rieks Korte’s research) Donovan’s drummer was Skip Alan who would replace Viv Prince in November. The 23 May date suggests there were other artists on the tour

21 May 1965 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Donovan (Rieks Korte’s research)

23 May 1965 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Donovan, The New Faces, Unit 4 Plus 2, John L Watson & The Hummelflugs and Chris Carlson (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/) Western Gazette just has Donovan and Unit 4 Plus 2

23 May 1965 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Donovan (Rieks Korte’s research)

24 May 1965 – YOR Club, Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire with The Notions (Warrington Guardian)

25 May 1965 – Stamford Hall, Altrincham, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

26 May 1965 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

27 May 1965 – McKilroys, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

29 May 1965 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

30 May 1965 – Granaada, Brixton, south London (Beat Instrumental)

3 June 1965 – Gig in Munich, West Germany (Rieks Korte’s research)

4 June 1965 – Gig in Munich, West Germany (Rieks Korte’s research)

5 June 1965 – Gig in Hamburg, West Germany (possibly Star Club) (Rieks Korte’s research)

6 June 1965 – Gig in Hamburg, West Germany (possibly Star Club) (Rieks Korte’s research)

7 June 1965 – Gig in Hamburg, West Germany (possibly Star Club) (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 June 1965 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Blues Syndicate (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

12 June 1965 – Probably gig in Stamford Hill, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)

18 June 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

19 June 1965 – Drill Hall, Scunthorpe (Beat Instrumental)

20 June 1965 – HMS Daffodil, Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

21 June 1965 – Oxford University, Oxford (Beat Instrumental)

25 June 1965 – New Restaurant, Aere Harwell, Oxfordshire with Candy ‘N’ Cookies, Ricky & The Gamblers and The Outcrowd (Oxford Mail) Rieks Korte has the band performing at Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment on this date and looks like same venue

27 June 1965 – Embassy, Burslem (Beat Instrumental)

28 June 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

3 July 1965 – Cavern, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)

4 July 1965 – Margate Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent with The Nashville Teens and support (East Kent Times & Mail) Rieks Korte also has Screaming Jay Hawkins and The Clayton Squares

9 July 1965 – Embassy, Burslem (Beat Instrumental)

10 July 1965 –  Town Hall, Leek (Beat Instrumental)

11-17 July 1965 – Scottish tour (Beat Instrumental)

18 July 1965 – Gig in Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

23 July 1965 – 32 Club, Harlesden, north London (Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette)

24 July 1965 – Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with Cops ‘N’ Robbers and The Senates (Essex County Standard)

28 July 1965 – Pool Ballroom, Rhos-on-Sea, Wales with The Motown Sect and The Panzies (North Wales Weekly News)

31 July 1965 – Cavern, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

1 August 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with The In Crowd (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

2 August 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with support (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)

3 August 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

4 August 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol with support (Western Scene)

7 August 1965 – Winter Gardens, Ventnor, Isle of Wight with Jugs O’Henry and Neil Anderson and Davy Jones & The Lower Third (Poster) This is the gig that Billy Harrison, formerly of Them, covers for Dick Taylor

7 August 1965 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Neil Anderson (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

The Daily Mirror’s 16 August edition noted that The Pretty Things flew off for their New Zealand tour on Sunday, 15 August after a farewell gig in London (the Ad-Lib Club)

19-30 August 1965 – New Zealand tour with Sandie Shaw, Eden Kane, Tommy Adderley, The Chicks and The Mike Perjanik Showband (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1965-2/)

31 August-1 September 1965 – Top 20 Club, Auckland, New Zealand with Larry’s Rebels and The Dark Ages (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1965-2/)

5 September 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with De Noyzle (Sussex Evening Express)

6 September 1965 – Astoria Ballroom, Middlesbrough with The Caveman Capers (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

10 September 1965 – Lucky Stars Club, Staines, Middlesex (Staines and Egham News)

11 September 1965 – Bure Club, Mudeford, Dorset with Clive Shane & The Avengers (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

15 September 1965 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)

16 September 1965 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Stockport County Express)

There’s an article on Viv Prince with a pic in Staines and Egham News 17/9/65, page 13

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

22 September 1965 – Stevenage Mecca, Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

25 September 1965 – Palais, Peterborough, Cambridgshire (Beat Instrumental)

26 September 1965 – King Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

27 September 1965 – Dates in south Wales (Beat Instrumental)

30 September 1965 – Astoria Ballroom, Oldham, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

1 October 1965 – Floral Hall, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental) This would have been Southport

2 October 1965 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)

3 October 1965 – Rainbow Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

4 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle (but which one?) (Beat Instrumental)

Beat Instrumental reports that the band played Danish dates from 7-11 October

9 October 1965 – KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1965-2/)

14 October 1965 – Gig in Chesterfield (Beat Instrumental)

15 October 1965 – Gig in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)

16 October 1965 – Astoria Ballroom, Rawtenstall, Lancashire with The Mustangs and The Saracens (Burnley Express and News)

17 October 1965 – Gig in Doncaster (Beat Instrumental)

18-19 October 1965 – Scottish dates (Beat Instrumental)

21 October 1965 – Empire Social Club, Neath, south Wales with The Fleetwoods (South Wales Evening Post) This was cancelled when two members fell ill

21 October 1965 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelly, south Wales with The Smokestacks and The Eyes of Blue (South Wales Evening Post) This was cancelled when two members fell ill

23 October 1965 – Gig in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)

24 October 1965 – Gig in Southall, west London (most likely Community Centre) (Beat Instrumental)

28 October 1965 – Zars Club, York (Beat Instrumental)

29 October 1965 – Students’ Union, Oxford University (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1965 – Bury Palais de Danse, Bury, Greater Manchester plus two supporting groups (Bolton Evening News)

31 October 1965 – Top Ten Club, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

1 November 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

3 November 1965 – Bruce Grove Ballroom, Tottenham, north London (Beat Instrumental)

4 November 1965 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

5 November 1965 – Gig in Gravesend, Kent (Beat Instrumental)

6 November 1965 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, East Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)

7 November 1965 – Oasis, Manchester with The Motown Set (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

Skip Alan subbed for Viv Prince on a Scottish tour in November so this seems the most likely date when he took over unless it was the Brighton gig above

8 November 1965 – Town Hall, Iveraray, Scotland (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 November 1965 – Bobby Jones, Ayr, Scotland (Rieks Korte’s research)

10 November 1965 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Rieks Korte’s research)

12 November 1965 – Town Hall, Falkirk, Scotland (Rieks Korte’s research)

13 November 1965 – Baths Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

14 November 1965 – Jungfrau, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

20 November 1965 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with Wynder K Frog and The Fendermen (Bolton Evening News)

22 November 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

23 November 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Artwoods (Melody Maker)

Beat Instrumental reports that the band starts a Welsh tour on 25 November

New Musical Express’ 26 November issue reported that Viv Prince had told the music paper that he’d been asked to leave the group. The Pretty Things were on a Scottish tour with a deputy drummer (Skip Alan)

27 November 1965 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Rieks Korte’s research) East Kent Times & Mail reports that this was rescheduled

New Musical Express’ 3 December issue reported that Viv Prince had agreed to leave. Skip Alan (ex-Them) who had subbed on the recent Scottish tour, was now a permanent member and on tour with the band in Scandinavia.

Billy Harrison, formerly of Them, covered for Dick Taylor when The Pretty Things played in Scandinavia, which may have been this same tour as he flew into Copenhagen.

Belfast paper, Cityweek, ran an article on former Them guitarist Billy Harrison in its 9 December 1965 issue, page 17 and notes that he has joined The Pretty Things. It adds that he’s currently on tour with them in Holland.

4 December 1965 – British Legion Hall, Coleford, Somerset with David & Jonathan (Somerset Guardian/Western Scene) Six miles from Frome

5 December 1965 – Mr Smith’s, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

11 December 1965 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The System (East Kent Times & Mail)

14 December 1965 – Hen & Chickens, Langley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

17 December 1965 – Farnborough Technical College, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Carnaby and The Generation (Aldershot News)

20 December 1965 – Coed Eva Community College, Cwmbran, south Wales with The Marauders and Four of a Kind (South Wales Argus)

21 December 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Artwoods (Melody Maker)

22 December 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

31 December 1965 – Matrix Hall, Coventry with The Fairies and The Playboys (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

1966

1 January 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Evening Tribune)

3 January 1966 – Chatham Town Hall, Chatham, Kent with Blues Syndicate (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

20 January 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)

21 January 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury)

22 January 1966 – Esquire Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Micky Finn’s and Motown Sect (The Star)

25 January 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

28 January 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

29 January 1966 – Locomotive de Pigalle, Paris, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

4 February 1966 – Barking Assembly Hall, Barking, Essex with The Clayton Squares (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

5 February 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)

6 February 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (John Warburg, probably from Manchester Evening News)

9 February 1966 – Dorchester Court Hotel, Eastbourne, East Sussex (John Warburg)

12-13 February 1966 – Dutch dates (for more information, visit Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

16 February 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

18-19 February 1966 – Danish dates (for more information, visit Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/) The Pretty Things played with The Red Squares and Them (the McAuley brothers’ rival version) on 19 February, so it’s possible that this was when Billy Harrison subbed for Dick Taylor (unless it was late 1965)

21 February 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Melody Maker)

23 February 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

4 March 1966 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire (Andover Advertiser/Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/)

4 March 1966 – Carfax Ballroom, Oxford (North Berks Herald)

5 March 1966 – Connaught Hall, Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire with The Confederates (Poster from John Warburg)

6 March 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

9 March 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The John Lofty Sounds (Yarmouth Mercury)

11 March 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath with Chet & The Triumphs (Western Scene)

13 March 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Buxton, Derbyshire with Hickory Stix (North Cheshire Standard)

27 March 1966 – Raven Hall, Corby Hotel, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Veldens (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

8 April 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury)

12 April 1966 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Jo Jo Gunne (Melody Maker)

16-17 April 1966 – Star Club, Hamburg, West Germany (Star Club book by Manfred Weissleder and Siegfried E Loch)

21 April 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Junco Partners, The Jazz Board and Hilton K’s (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

6 May 1966 – Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, southeast London (Melody Maker)

7 May 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

13 May 1966 – Ready Steady Go Club, Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)

14 May 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Prowlers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

21 May 1966 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire with The Cryin Shames and The Saracens (Burnley Express & News)

30 May 1966 – Waterside Orchard Club, Hopwood, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

1 June 1966 – Target’s Paul Row, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

8 June 1966 – Stevenage Mecca, Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)

9 June 1966 – Liberal Hall Beat Club, Yeovil, Somerset with Degrees Set and surprise group (Western Gazette)

18 June 1966 – New Cornish Riveria Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with The Missfits and Don Carroll Big Blues Band (Cornish Guardian)

30 June 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with The Image (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

6 July 1966 – Top Rank Hanley Suite, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

8 July 1966 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 July 1966 – Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth, Cornwall with Little John & The Giants and Rikki and The Layabouts (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)

10 July 1966 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset with The Germs (Somerset County Gazette)

13 July 1966 – Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands (Rieks Korte’s research)

14 July 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Kimbells, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)

15 July 1966 – Town Hall, Welshpool, Wales (Rieks Korte’s research)

16 July 1966 – Haggers Cinema, Pembroke, Wales (Rieks Korte’s research)

19 July 1966 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)

20 July 1966 – Hedeland Pavilion, Bude, Cornwall (Rieks Korte’s research)

21 July 1966 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Rieks Korte’s research)

22 July 1966 – Seven Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire with The Astronauts (Express & Star)

23 July 1966 – RAF Association, Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Dicers and The Buccaneers (Express & Echo)

24 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

25 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

26 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

27 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

28 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

29 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

30 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

31 July 1966 – Club Valbonne, Cannes, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

2 August 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Mad Lads and Just Five (Belfast Telegraph/Cityweek) The Pretty Things’ first appearance in Belfast

6-7 August 1966 – Danish dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

13 August 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Cyclones (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

18 August 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Nite People (East Kent Times & Mail)

19 August 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Streatham News)

23 August 1966 – 2+2 Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Music Heritage Trail website)

28 August 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, west London with Sands (Melody Maker)

9 September 1966 – Floral Hall, Hornsea, East Yorkshire (Yorkshire Gazette)

17 September 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Nemkons (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)

23 September 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

24 September 1966 – Alhambra, Paris, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

4 October 1966 – BCSU Fresher’s Ball, Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Spectres and Syd Fay (Poster)

5 October 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Peeps (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

7 October 1966 – New Addington Hotel, New Addington, south London with Odds-On (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)

8 October 1966 – Dutch dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

6 November 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

11 November 1966 – Bishop, Stoke, Staffordshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

12 November 1966 – 2+2 Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian) This might be the gig below

12 November 1966 – Malborough Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Music Heritage Trail website)

13 November 1966 – Gig in Southsea, Hampshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

15 November 1966 – Chinese R&B Jazz Club, Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)

16 November 1966 – Gig in Stroud, Gloucestershire (possibly Church Hall) (Rieks Korte’s research)

18 November 1966 – Floral Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Express Showband (Belfast Telegraph/Cityweek)

19 November 1966 – Gig in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (Rieks Korte’s research)

24 November 1966 – Hull College of Commerce Students’ Union, Skyline Ballroom, Hull with Birds Groove and Union Course (Hull Daily Mail)

28 November 1966 – Gig in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Rieks Korte’s research)

At some point in December Brian Pendelton dropped out but wasn’t replaced.

4 December 1966 – Roskilde Fjordvilla, Denmark with The Javelins and The Rocking Ghosts (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1966-2/)

16 December 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

23 December 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, west London (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury)

26 December 1966 – The Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Mack Sound (Melody Maker/Newham, East and West Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)

29 December 1966-2 January 1967 – The band undertakes gigs in Ireland (Disc & Music Echo)

1967

4 January 1967 – Benefit gig at Kensington Town Hall, Kensington, west London with David Garrick (Disc & Music Echo)

5 January 1967 – The band flies to West Germany (Disc & Music Echo)

14 January 1967 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

22 January 1967 – Danish dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

26 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Lonely Ones (Melody Maker)

27 January 1967 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with The Liberty Takers (Yorkshire Evening Post)

28 January 1967 – Crystal Bowl Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with The Liberty Takers (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)

4-5 February 1967 – French dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

14 February 1967 – Speakeasy, Mayfair, central London with Valentine’s Day Massacre (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)

25 February 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Fancy Bred (Surrey Advertiser) Unlikely this gig took place

25 February 1967 – Weekend Club, Paris, France with The Moody Blues, Ronnie Bird and Vigon (Website: http://www.webwriter.f2s.com/moody/tourbooks/1967tour.htm)

2 March 1967 – Club Radio Caroline, France (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

4 March 1967 – Law Faculty of Assas, Paris, France with The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

26-27 March 1967 – Dutch dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

27 March 1967 – Casino, Scheveningen, the Netherlands (Robert Gerretsen research)

At some point in March, John Stax also departed. He was replaced by two members from The Fenmen after Easter.

15 April 1967 – Ram Jam Club, Brixton, south London with The All Night Workers (Melody Maker)

29 April 1967 – Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with The Target, St John’s Wood and The Zanes (Sussex Express)

29 April 1967 – 14-Hour Technicolor Dream Festival, Alexandra Palace, north London with Pink Floyd, Sam Gopal, Soft Machine and others (Melody Maker)

Melody Maker’s 29 April issue reported that Jon Povey and Alan “Wally” Waller from The Fenmen had joined The Pretty Things. 

13, 14 and 15 May 1967 – Grand Casino, Les Sables-d’Olonne, France (Newspaper clipping confirmation provided by Robert Gerretsen)

19 May 1967 – Oriel Ball, Oxford with The Mickey Finn, Nightgales, The Artwoods and The Burlington Sound (Cherwell)

10 June 1967 – Dartmouth Guildhall, Dartmouth, Devon with support (Torbay Express and South Devon Echo)

16 June 1967 – Diss Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk with Ian and Danny Eves and The Reformation (North Norfolk News)

24 June 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with Len Marshall Show (East Kent Times & Mail)

22 July 1967 – Alexandria Palace, north London with The Move and others (Rieks Korte’s research)

26 July 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The Phaze (Somerset County Gazette)

29 July 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

19 August 1967 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with Acoustics (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

30 September 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk with The Kinsmen (Eastern Evening News)

6 October 1967 – Regal, Ardglass, Northern Ireland with The Kings (Belfast Evening Telegraph)

6 October 1967 – Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Belfast Evening Telegraph/Cityweek)

13 October 1967 – King’s Hall, Stoke, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

30 October 1967 – Neue Welt, West Berlin, West Germany (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

9 November 1967 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

11 November 1967 – Stadthalle, Wuppertal, West Germany (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/tag/1967/page/3/)

24 November 1967 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The Eyes of Blue and T-Rex (Melody Maker)

1 December 1967 – Queen’s Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)

16 December 1967 – Assembly Rooms, Framlingham, Suffolk with The Wildoats (Fabulous 208/Ipswich Star)

20 December 1967 – Stockton Tech College, Stockton-on-Tees (Fabulous 208)

22 December 1967 – Purple Fez, Devonport, Devon (Fabulous 208)

23 December 1967 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

1968

9 February 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Winston G and Crystal Ship (Melody Maker)

17 February 1968 – Ewell Tech, Ewell, Surrey with Dantalion’s Chariot (Melody Maker)

18 February 1968 – Danish dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/)

13 March 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The Action, Fairport Convention, Blossom Toes and The Track (Melody Maker)

24 March 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Machine (Brighton Evening Argus)

28 March 1968 – Grafton Club, RAF Marham with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Lynn News)

11-13 April 1968 – Piper Club, Rome, Italy (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/) These may have been Twink’s debut shows with the band

Melody Maker‘s 13 April issue reported that Twink had taken over from Skip Alan on drums.

18 April 1968 – Dundee Students’ Charities Campaign, Palais, Dundee, Scotland with The Californians (Dundee Evening Telegraph & Post)

27 April 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Coconut Mushroom (Melody Maker)

11 May 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire with The Luddy Sammes Soul Packet (Derbyshire Times/Derbyshire Evening Telegraph)

1 June 1968 – Whit Spectacular, Seagull Ballrooms, Ryde Pier Head, Ryde, Isle of Wight with The Action, Blossom Toes, Helcyon Order and Johnny Farlow (Isle of Wight County Press)

21 June 1968 – Punch Bowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

21 June 1968 – The First Holiness Kitschgarden for the Liberation of Love & Peace in Colors, Houtrusthallen, La Hague, the Netherlands (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/) Robert Gerretsen says that The Pretty Things didn’t appear in the end

22 June 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with July and Juniors Eyes (Melody Maker)

4 July 1968 – West of England College of Art, Ashton, Avon with Fairport Convention (Bristol Evening Post)

6 July 1968 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex with Pinkerton’s Colours (Essex Chronicle)

11 July 1968 – Ravensbourne College, Bromley, southeast London with The Mojos (South East London Mercury)

27 July 1968 – The Cockpit, Hyde Park, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)

1 August 1968 – Tetbury Show Carnival Week, Marquee, Recreation Ground, Tetbury, Gloucestershire with Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs (Stroud News)

2 August 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Bruce Channel and Dr Marigold’s Prescription (Bournemouth Evening Echo)

3 August 1968 – Torbay Blues and Beat Festival, Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Invisible Fish and Flavour (Herald Express)

23 August 1968 – Jazz Bilzen festival, Bilzen, Belgium with The Action, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Move and Simon Dupree Big Sound (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/)

24 August 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Terry Reid (Melody Maker/Poster from Rudolf Kaes)

31 August 1968 – Great South Coast Bank Holiday Pop Festivity All-nighter, Hall Field, Ford Farm, Isle of Wight with Jefferson Airplane, The Move, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Fairport Convention, T-Rex, Mirage, The Smile, The Cherokees and others (Portsmouth News)

7-8 September 1968 – Dutch dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/)

7 September 1968 – Sport Hotel Spiero, Nieuwkoop, the Netherlands (Robert Gerretsen research)

11 September 1968 – Ancien Stand, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland with The Warren Davis Monday Band and The Shakins (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/)

18 September 1968 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Melody Maker)

19 September 1968 – Cellar Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

27 September 1968 – Van Dike, Plymouth, Devon with The Fire Brigade (Jonathan Hill’s book Van Dike: The Life & Times of a Plymouth Club 1968-1972)

8 October 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, west London (Time Out)

18 October 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with T-Rex and Julian Hirsch (Coulson & Purley Advertiser/Poster)

26-27 October 1968 – Danish dates (Defecting Grey website: http://sfsorrow.fr/index.php/1968-2/)

8 November 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, west London (Richmond & Twickenham Times)

15 November 1968 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London with Downliners Sect (Melody Maker)

29 November 1968 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

30 November 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with Aurieal and The End (Melody Maker)

5 December 1968 – Somerset College of Art, Arts Ball, Country Ballroom, Taunton, Someset with Savoy Brown and Copper-Pot Band (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

12 December 1968 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Waltham Forest Tech College and School of Art with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Melody Maker)

15 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Pink Floyd, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Deviants and Gordon Smith (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

19 December 1968 – College of Technology, Maidstone, Kent (Rieks Korte’s research)

22 December 1968 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Melody Maker)

27 December 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, south London (Rieks Korte’s research)

29 December 1968 – Festival Flight to Lowlands II, Utrecht, the Netherlands with others (Robert Gerretsen research)

1969

25 January 1969 – Polytechnic, Little Titchfield, central London with Taste (Melody Maker)

25 January 1969 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, central London with The Egg, Melanie, Glass Menagerie and Dave Brock and Pete Judd (Melody Maker)

31 January 1969 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London with Jody Grind (Melody Maker/Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)

3 February 1969 – Bay Hotel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (www.45worlds.com/live)

7 February 1969 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with Ian Whitcombe with Turnstyle (Melody Maker)

8 February 1969 – Ewell Tech, Ewell, Surrey (Rieks Korte’s research)

14 February 1969 – Inner Circle, central London (Rieks Korte’s research)

23 February 1969 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Melody Maker)

24 February 1969 – Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Rieks Korte’s research)

2 March 1969 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Melody Maker)

4 March 1969 – Poole College, Poole, Dorset with Elmer Gantry (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

5 March 1969 – Rag Ball, Lanchester College, Coventry with Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity, The Deviants and Blossom Toes (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

8 March 1969 – Reading University Rag, Reading, Berkshire with Pink Floyd and The Gods (Melody Maker)

15 March 1969 – Chelsea College of Science and Technology, southwest London with Barclay James Harvest and Steamhammer (Melody Maker)

16 March 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)

29 March 1969 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Broadcasted by VPRO Radio (Robert Gerretsen research)

3 April 1969 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London with Deviants (Melody Maker)

26 April 1969 – Kee Club, Bridgend, Wales (Rieks Korte’s research)

9 May 1969 – Parliament Hill Fields, north London (Rieks Korte’s research)

11 May 1969 – Country Club, Belsize Park, north London (Time Out)

23 May 1969 – Fishmongers Arms, Wood Green, north London (Time Out)

31 May 1969 – Van Dike, Plymouth, Devon with The Fire Brigade (Jonathan Hill’s book Van Dike: The Life & Times of a Plymouth Club 1968-1972)

9 June 1969 – Friars, Aylesbury, Bucks with Lol Coxhill and Willy Barrett (Melody Maker)

13 June 1969 – North west Poly, Prince of Wales Road, northwest London (Time Out)

27 June 1969 – Avery Hill College Summer Ball, Avery Hill, Eltham, southeast London with The Kinks, Spencer Washboard Kings, The Coloured Raisins and The Derek Cross Dance Band (South East London Mercury)

1 August 1969 – Lyceum, Strand, central London with Marsha Hunt & White Trash and Hard Meat (Melody Maker)

22 August 1969 – Burton Constable Hall, Hull (Rieks Korte’s research)

23 August 1969 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands (Melody Maker)

30 August 1969 – Isle of Wight Pop Festival, Ryde, Isle of Wight with many others (Rieks Korte’s research)

3 October 1969 – Acton Town Hall, Acton, west London (Time Out)

4 October 1969 – Regional College, Barking, east London with Barclay James Harvest and Wild Mouth (Melody Maker)

18 October 1969 – Mothers, Erdington, West Midlands with Rare Bird (Melody Maker)

8 November 1969 – University College, Gower Street, central London with Indo-Jazz Fusion (Melody Maker)

24 January 1970 – Queen’s Hall, Narbeth, west Wales with Harveson Apricot (Pembroke & West Wales Guardian)

Many thanks to Mike Stax for passing on Rieks Korte’s incomplete gig list, which he shared with Stax in the early 2000s. Thanks to Rieks for getting in touch allowing his research. Also, thanks to Rolf Hannet in Germany for providing Beat Monthly and Beat Instrumental gigs.

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