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.

Fabulous 208, February 1965. Back row, L-R: Roy Young, Cliff Bennett, Sid Phillips, Moss Groves and Dave Burt. Front row, L-R: Bobby Thompson and Dave Wendels

CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS:

1961

The band’s early gigs were billed to The Rebel Rousers

1 July 1961 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Danny Rivers (Lincolnshire Standard) Billed as Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers

8 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

15 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

22 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

12 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

19 August 1961 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)

26 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

9 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

23 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

30 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

11 November 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

2 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

24 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

31 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

1962

10 January 1962 – Constitutional Hall, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)

24 March 1962 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)

20 May 1962 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with Lord Sutch & The Savages (Uxbridge Post)

23 June 1962 – Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, the Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts with The Delphins (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

15 September 1962 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)

28 December 1962 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1963

3 February 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

20 February 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Just Six (Stevenage Gazette)

16 March 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Crestas (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

18 March 1963 – King George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey with Nero & The Gladiators and The Vibratones (Woking Herald)

5 April 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The New Imparlos (Surrey Comet)

11 April 1963 – St George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey (Woking Herald)

14 April 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

28 April 1963 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with full support show (Aldershot News)

17 May 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)

22 May 1963 – British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

2 June 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with Don Lenon Trio (Aldershot News)

4 June 1963 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

12 July 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Roy Star & The Cherokees (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

21 July 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

27 July 1963 – New ‘Konda’ Club, Windsor, Berkshire with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Windsor and Eton Express)

2 August 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)

4 August 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

25 August 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

8 September 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dominoes (Aldershot News)

20 October 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

29 October 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

2 November 1963 – New Rendezvous Club, Deane Park Hall, South Ruislip, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

17 November 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

22 November 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons and The Valiants (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

24 November 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

28 November 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)

3 December 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

29 December 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Linda Laine & The Sinners (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

1964

5 January 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Stormers (Aldershot News)

7 January 1964 – Upper Clatford Village Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

8 January 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

12 January 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)

24 January 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

2 February 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)

11 February 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with The Falcons (Harrow Observer)

22 February 1964 – West Cliff Cavern, Ramsgate, Kent with The Limelights (East Kent Times)

26 February 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

31 March 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

7 April 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

24 April 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Hustlers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

26 April 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with The Impacts (Dorothy Bullock list)

28 April 1964 – Fender Club, Kenton, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)

18 May 1964 – Clacton Pier, Blue Lagoon Ballroom, Clacton, Essex with Shane & The Shane Gang (Essex County Standard)

20 May 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with Kerry Rapid & The Seltones (Aldershot News)

21 June 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

26 June 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Travellers (Kingston & Malden Borough News)

16 July 1964 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

17 July 1964 – Penzance Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall with the Buccaneers (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

18 July 1964 – Cornish Riveria Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Shaun & The Shondells (Cornish Guardian)

25 July 1964 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Half Dozen (Luton News)

26 July 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

3 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Washington DCs (Essex County Standard)

6 August 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Untamed Four (Worthing Gazette)

9 August 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Cromwells (Aldershot News)

21 August 1964 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

6 September 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

11 September 1964 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, London with two supporting groups (South East London Mercury)

18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)

20 September 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)

13 October 1964 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, The Yardbirds and Bill Black’s Combo (Luton News)

17 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Bill Black’s Combo, The Nashville Teens and Tim Connor (Gloucester Citizen)

21 October 1964 – New Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Pamela Blue and Ray Russell Combo (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)

22 October 1964 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Blues Anonymous (Cambridge News)

26 October 1964 – 76 Club, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire (website: http://www.76club.org.uk/gigs.html)

27 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

31 October 1964 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Blue Beats (Eastern Evening News)

2 November 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)

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

21 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Nicky & The Pagens (Bletchley District Gazette)

25 November 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)

27 November 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

28 November 1964 – Baths, Leyton, east London (Beat Instrumental)

29 November 1964 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

1 December 1964 – Churchill Hall, Kenton, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

4 December 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Rolling Stones, The Worryin’ Kind, Twinkle, The Quiet Five and Sack O’ Woes (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)

6 December 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Jean & The Statesides (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

9 December 1964 – Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

11 December 1964 – Gig in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

18 December 1964 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

20 December 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental/Ruislip & Northcote Gazette)

23 December 1964 – Pacemakers’ Christmas Show, Liverpool (Beat Instrumental)

1965

30 January 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

31 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

6 February 1965 – Manchester University (Beat Instrumental)

7 February 1965 – Southall (probaby Community Centre), Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

13 February 1965 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

19 February 1965 – Granada, East Ham with Roy Orbison, The Rockin’ Berries, Marianne Faithful, Three Quarters and Frank Berry & The Untamed (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

27 March 1965 – Matrix, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

28 March 1965 – Celebrity, New Bond Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

3 April 1965 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with Romin Tribe and Maniax (Grantham Journal)

4 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)

18 April 1965 – Silver Blades, Birmingham, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)

24 April 1965 – Hull University, Hull (Beat Instrumental)

25 April 1965 – Starlite Ballrom, Greenford, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)

28 April 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

1 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

2 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London with Mike Dee & The Prophets (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

6 May 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with Kit & The Saracens (Hertfordshire Express)

7 May 1965 – Fender Club, Harrrow, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

9 May 1965 – Empire Pool, Wembley, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

15 May 1965 – Craven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Apollos (Oxford Mail)

21 May 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

24 May 1965 – Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

26 May 1965 – Song Contest at the Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

28 May 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)

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

30 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

4 June 1965 – Wood Farm, Grosmount (Beat Instrumental)

5 June 1965 – British Legion Hall, Calford (Beat Instrumental)

6 June 1965 – Town Hall, Stratford (probably east London) (Beat Instrumental)

8 June 1965 – Burton’s,  Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

10 June 1965 – The Palace, Douglas, Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)

12 June 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Motowns (East Kent Times & Mail)

13 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)

16 June 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

16 June 1965 – Town Hall, Farnborough, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Zoot Money, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)

21 June 1965 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northants (Beat Instrumental)

25 June 1965 – Plaza, Stirling, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)

26 June 1965 – Paladium, Greenwich, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)

27 June 1965 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)

28 June 1965 – Keele University, Keele (Beat Instrumental)

1 July 1965 – College of Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

3 July 1965 – Gig in March (most likely Marcam Hall), Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)

4 July 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)

16 July 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The In Crowd (Surrey Advertiser)

25 July 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

27 July 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette)

30 July 1965 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)

31 July 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

1 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)

2 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

4 August 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex (Littlehampton Post)

5 August 1965 – Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

6 August 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

7 August 1965 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Cygnets (East Kent Times)

8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

8 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

9 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)

12 August 1965 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)

13 August 1965 – Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland (Dumfries & Galloway Standard)

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

21 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)

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

28 August 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

3 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with St Louis Checks (Dave Allen research) Beat Instrumental has Kimbell’s, Southsea, Hants on this date which is also possible

4 September 1965 – Sherborne Carnival, TA Centre, Lenthay, Dorset with Four Hits & A Miss (Western Gazette)

6 September 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

9 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)

10 September 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Next of Kin (Gloucester Citizen)

11 September 1965 – British Legion Hall, Coleford, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)

12 September 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)

13 September 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands and Club Cedar, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)

15 September 1965 – Town Hall, Crewe, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

16 September 1965 – Assembly Hall, Flint, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

17 September 1965 – Fender Club, Kenton, west London (Beat Instrumental)

18 September 1965 – Trade Union Hall, Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)

19 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)

20 September 1965 – Savoy, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

2 October 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental) Says Cambridge but this is most likely a misprint

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

6 October 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

8 October 1965 – Royal College of Technology, Salford, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

10 October 1965 – Casino Club, Harraby (Beat Instrumental)

15 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Wellington (Beat Instrumental)

16 October 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Tom Jones & The Squires, The Gaylords and The Planets (Lincolnshire Standard)

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

20 October 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

22 October 1965 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

23 October 1965 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with The Voyds (Oxford Mail)

24 October 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

26 October 1965 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

29 October 1965 – Palace Ballroom, Maryport (Beat Instrumental)

30 October 1965 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)

31 October 1965 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)

3 November 1965 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershrie (Beat Instrumental)

4 November 1965 – Empire Ballroom, Wrath (Beat Instrumental)

5 November 1965 – Bath Pavilion and gig in Swansea, Wales (Beat Instrumental)

6 November 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Moggies (Surrey Advertiser)

7 November 1965 – Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Cheetham (Beat Instrumental)

9 November 1965 – Moreland Links Hotel, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)

12 November 1965 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)

14 November 1965 – Bure Country Club, Bure, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

19 November 1965 – King’s College, central London (Beat Instrumental)

20 November 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

21 November 1965 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Belle Vue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

4 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with support (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

5 December 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Five Aces (Mid Sussex Times)

12 December 1965 – Jungfrau Club, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

13 December 1965 – Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire (Boyfriend magazine)

14 December 1965 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Boyfriend magazine)

15 December 1965 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Boyfriend magazine)

17 December 1965 – King’s School, Macclesfield (Boyfriend magazine)

18 December 1965 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Half Dozen and The Tony Merrick Scene (Bolton Evening News)

19 December 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with The In Crowd (Nottingham Evening Post)

22 December 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Boyfriend magazine)

24 December 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Boyfriend magazine)

27 December 1965 – King’s Hall, Derby (Boyfriend magazine)

31 December 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Boyfriend magazine)

1966

2 January 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, London (Harrow Weekly Post)

3 January 1966 – Social Centre, South Oxhey, Herts (Harrow Observer & Gazette)

12 January 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

14 January 1966 – Lanchester School of Technology, Coventry (Boyfriend magazine)

15 January 1966 – Shaftsbury Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Boyfriend magazine)

16 January 1966 – White Lion Hotel, Edgware, north London (Boyfriend magazine)

21 January 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Triads and The Walker Show Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

22 January 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire and King’s Head, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Boyfriend magazine)

23 January 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with Tandi & The Overtones (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

28 January 1966 – Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd’s Bush, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

29 January 1966 – College of Technology, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

30 January 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

1 February 1966 – Co-op Hall, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

2 February 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

4 February 1966 –Ricky Tick, Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (David Else’s research)

5 February 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Donne Boys (Cambridgeshire Times)

6 February 1966 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with The Trends (North Norfolk News)

12 February 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Boyfriend magazine/Lynn News)

18 February 1966 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

19 February 1966 – Women’s Institute, Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Boyfriend magazine)

20 February 1966 – Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

21 February 1966 – Manchester University, Manchester (Boyfriend magazine)

26 February 1966 – Seven Club, Shrewsbury, Shrophshire (Boyfriend magazine)

5 March 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

6 March 1966 – Stainforth Miners Club, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Boyfriend magazine)

8-9 March 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Boyfriend magazine)

11 March 1966 – Rutherford College of Technology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Boyfriend magazine)

12 March 1966 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Boyfriend magazine)

16 March 1966 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Trend & Boyfriend)

18 March 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, east London (Trend & Boyfriend)

19 March 1966 – Bath Hall, Scunthorpe (Trend & Boyfriend)

24 March 1966 – HMS Collingwood, Fareham, West Sussex (Trend & Boyfriend)

25 March 1966 – Students’ Union, Goldsmith’s College, Lewisham, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/Trend & Boyfriend)

26 March 1966 – Malborough Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)

27 March 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Melody Maker)

1 April 1966 – College for Further Education, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)

2 April 1966 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire with Them and Sounds Incorporated (Burnley Express & News)

3 April 1966 – Cosmo Club, Harraby, Carlisle, Cumbria (Beat Instrumental)

8-9 April 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

10-16 April 1966 –Fiesta Club, Stockton-on-Tees (Beat Instrumental)

17 April 1966 – Beau Brummel Club, Nantwich, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

21 April 1966 – RAF Wittering, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)

22 April 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)

23 April 1966 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Executives and The SOS (Bolton Evening News)

24 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Bown Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

29 April 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath (Beat Instrumental)

30 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)

1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Pacifics (Andover Advertiser/North Berks Herald)

2 May 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

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

5 May 1966 – Starlight, Crawley, West Sussex with The Cadalucks (Caterham Weekly Press) This is missing from Beat Instrumental

6 May 1966 – Bellevue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

7 May 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)

8 May 1966 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)

11 May 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Clique (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

12-16 May 1966 – Scottish tour (Beat Instrumental)

18 May 1966 – Clarence Pier Pavilion, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)

19 May 1966 – Locarno, Burnley (Beat Instrumental)

20 May 1966 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)

21 May 1966 – Dumfries Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland with The Livewires (Dumfries & Galloway Standard)

21 May 1966 – Polytechnic, central London (Beat Instrumental)

22 May 1966 – Miners Welfare Club, Stainforth (Beat Instrumental)

25 May 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

29 May 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)

4 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with The Amboy Dukes (Melody Maker)

10 June 1966 – Christchurch College, Canterbury, Kent (Fabulous 208)

11 June 1966 – Student’s Union, Bristol University, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

12-19 June 1966 – Greasebrough Social Club, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

18 June 1966 – 21 Mod Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

21 June 1966 – Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford with The Searchers, The Fourmost, The Dudley Moore Trio, The Cougars with Samantha and Eddie King, Mark Roman & The Javelins, Caribbean Steel Band, Bill Savill and His Band and others (Cherwell)

28 June 1966 – Town Hall, Crayford, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/PACE magazine)

1 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph) This is missing from Beat Instrumental

2 July 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

3 July 1966 – USAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1966 – Grafton Rooms, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)

7 July 1966 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

9 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Robert Hirst and The Dickens Set (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 July 1966 – RAF Gaydon, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)

28 July 1966 – Gray’s Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1966 – Town Hall, Cullen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1966 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

30 July 1966 – Town Hall, Tain, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

31 July 1966 – Black Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Episode Six (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)

6 August 1966 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)

7 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulson & Purley Advertiser) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental

7 August 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

11 August 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, London (Fabulous 208)

11 August 1966 – In Crowd, Hackney, London (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1966 – Expresso Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)

14 August 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)

15 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)

17 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)

17-18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)

19 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)

20 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

21 August 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

24 August 1966 – Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

25 August 1966 – Locarno, Streatham, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)

26 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, The Troggs, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with The Fenmen and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)

11 September 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)

13 September 1966 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

13 September 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

14 September 1966 – Olympic Roller Rink, Birmingham (Express & Star)

15 September 1966 – Chiltern 100 Club, RAF Station, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1966 – Midnight City, Birmingham with The Moody Blues (Birmingham Evening Mail)

16 September 1966 – Harpenden Town Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

17 September 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Sounds (Cambridgeshire Times)

17 September 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with The Moody Blues and two feature groups (Birmingham Evening Mail)

18 September 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

22 September 1966 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (Grantham Journal)

23 September 1966 – Cardiff Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales with The Moody Blues, The Scaffold, The Fourmost and others (Melody Maker)

24 September 1966 – Coventry College of Further Education, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)

27 September 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

28 September 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

29 September 1966 – Ashton Palais, Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

30 September 1966 – Town Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)

1 October 1966 – Technical College, Southall, west London (Fabulous 208)

2 October 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

7 October 1966 – Royal College of Advanced Tech, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

8 October 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)

9 October 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Fabulous 208)

10 October 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

11 October 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

13 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

15 October 1966 – Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

16 October 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)

18 October 1966 – Silver Blades, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

20 October 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

21 October 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Easy Come Easy Go (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

22 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

23 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

24 October 1966 – East Ham Town Hall, East Ham, east London with The Fortunes (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)

25 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

28 October 1966 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Fabulous 208)

29 October 1966 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon with The Artwoods (Fabulous 208)

30 October 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

5 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Farinas (Nottingham Evening Post)

5 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)

6 November 1966 – Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Jerry Lee Lewis (Fabulous 208)

7 November 1966 –Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, southwest London with Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Dorsey, The Crying Shames and The Graham Bell Trend (Woking Herald)

12 November 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208/Lynn News)

15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

16 November 1966 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)

18 November 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

19 November 1966 – Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with The Ken Birch Band and The Bones (Weston Mercury)

26 November 1966 – Training College, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

1 December 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)

2 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)

3 December 1966 – Faculty of Technology Union, Manchester with The Senators (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

4 December 1966 – ABC, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (Fabulous 208)

8 December 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

9 December 1966 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

10 December 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

12 December 1966 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon with Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (Fabulous 208)

13 December 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

15 December 1966 – Helsinki, Finland (TV show one day) (Disc & Music Echo)

16 December 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)

17 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)

17 December 1966 – Riverside Dancing Club, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1966 – Palais de Danse, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Fenmen, Sounds Incorporated and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

23 December 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

24 December 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London with The Army (Melody Maker and Tony Tacon’s memories)

28 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

1967

7 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Beat Syndicate (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)

8 January 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)

9 January 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)

10 January 1967 – King’s Hall, University College, Gower Street, London (Fabulous 208)

13 January 1967 – City Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

14 January 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Deep Purple (Derby Evening Telegraph)

20 January 1967 – High Hall, Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

21 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with Mixed Feelings (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

1 February 1967 – Falcon Hotel, Falconwood, southeast London (PACE magazine)

2 February 1967 – St Giles Youth Club, Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Ensemble and Scarab (Express and Star)

3 February 1967 – Beddington Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, London (Fabulous 208)

10 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)

11 February 1967 – Ravern Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

23 February 1967 – Golden Dancing Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

24 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

26 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)

2 March 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Tremeloes and The Trend (Fabulous 208)

3 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)

4 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, Southeast London with supporting groups (South East London Mercury)

5 March 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

10 March 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)

16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and The Syn (Melody Maker)

17 March 1967 – Saint College, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

18 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)

19 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)

20 March 1967 – College of Education, Worcester, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)

23 March 1967 – Glow Ballroom, Llanelli, Wales (Fabulous 208)

26 March 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

27 March 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five and The Triple Vintage (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

31 March 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)

1 April 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg with The Fingers and The Committee (Southend Standard)

2 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

6 April 1967 – King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Greater Manchester with The Tremeloes, Sounds Incorporated, The Move and Mirage (Fabulous 208)

12 April 1967 – Whitehaven College, Whitehaven, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)

13 April 1967 – RAF Uxbridge, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)

14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Mike Stuart Span and others (Melody Maker)

15 April 1967 – Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

19 April 1967 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Fabulous 208)

20 April 1967 – College of Technology, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

20 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with The Alan Price Set (Nottingham Evening Post)

21 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

22 April 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)

27 April 1967 – Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208) This could be Newcastle under Lyme

29 April 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Tony & The Traders, Catch 22 and The Sindicate (South Midlothian Advertiser)

30 April 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Mooche (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

5 May 1967 – Bishop Grosset Estate College, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1967 – Royal Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)

7 May 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Notttingham Evening Post)

11 May 1967 – Kilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)

13 May 1967 – New Cornish, Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

16 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

19 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

20 May 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)

21 May 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

22 May 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)

26 May 1967 – Pavilion, Newton (possibly Cambridgeshire) (Fabulous 208)

27 May 1967 – Hertford Balls, Oxford with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Action and Hamilton & The Movement (Cherwell)

28 May 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Nite People (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

29 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Shades (Crewe Chronicle)

2 June 1967 – Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

3 June 1967 – College of Technology, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

4 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

5 June 1967 – Social Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

8 June 1967 – Waggon and Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)

11 June 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)

12 June 1967 – Trinity College, Cambridge with The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208)

17 June 1967 – Surf City Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Fabulous 208)

25 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)

29 June 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)

30 June 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)

1 July 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)

1 July 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Monopoly (Crewe Chronicle)

2 July 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

3 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Uglys and Choice (Express & Star)

7 July 1967 – Culham College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

9 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

12 July 1967 – Cavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

13 July 1967 – Club Franchi, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

14 July 1967 – Town Hall, Hawick, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

15 July 1967 – Corn Exchange, Kelso, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Courtells (Melody Maker)

22 July 1967 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail/Wiltshire Gazette/Newbury Weekly News)

26 July 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

29 July 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout and The Midniters (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

30 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

31 July 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)

12 August 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1967 – Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

23 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The West Coast Sound (Somerset County Gazette)

24 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)

26 August 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Jangless Gallery (Somerset County Gazette)

28 August 1967 – Pynkney Hall Blues Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk with The Move, Alan Bown, Family and The Workshop (Melody Maker)

1 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)

2 September 1967 – Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Fabulous 208)

3 September 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1967 – RAF Digby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

10 September 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Pleasure Machine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)

15 September 1967 – Windrush Club, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Flashbacks (Surrey Advertiser)

17 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Coventry Evening Telegraph)

22 September 1967 – Airmen’s Club, West Ruislip, London (Fabulous 208)

23 September 1967 – Keys Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)

24 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

29 September 1967 – Recreation Ground, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)

30 September 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Melody Maker)

7 October 1967 – Hatfield College of Tech, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)

8-14 October 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire with others (St Helens Newspaper)

8-14 October 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester with others (St Helens Newspaper)

15 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

16 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)

20 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)

27 October 1967 – Mildert College, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)

29 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)

29 October 1967 – Nicholas Youth Club, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)

31 October 1967 – Candlelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

1 November 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

3 November 1967 – Hairy Bob’s Cavern, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)

4 November 1967 – Nautlius, South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Eastern Evening News)

7 November 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

11 November 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

12 November 1967 – Newbury Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Newbury Weekly News)

12 November 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

17 November 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)

18 November 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)

19 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with All Night Workers (Crawley Advertiser)

21 November 1967 – Boys High School, Leek, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

24 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)

25 November 1967 – Pier Pavilion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

26 November 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)

1 December 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)

2 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)

3 December 1967 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)

5 December 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band/debut in Bournemouth

6 December 1967 – Scotch Club, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)

7 December 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)

9 December 1967 – The Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

17 December 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)

19 December 1967 – Chalet Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

20 December 1967 – Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)

21 December 1967 – Marimba Club, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

22 December 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

23 December 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire with support (Yorkshire Evening Post)

24 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)

26 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)

29 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Justins and The Cataracts (Fabulous 208/Rugby Advertiser)

31 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

1968

21 January 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)

22 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennet & His Band

3 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury & Winchester Journal)

4 February 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster) Billed as Cliff Bennett Show

6 February 1968 – Cheltenham Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Melody Maker)

9 February 1968 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Glamorgan, Wales with The Nashville Teens, Union Pacific Showband, The Caribbean All Stars and The Stereos (Glamorgan County Times)

10 February 1968 ­– Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)

16 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and The Tremeloes (Herald of Wales)

17 February 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

25 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

8 March 1968 – Goldsmith College Rag Ball, New Cross, southeast London with The Blossom and The London All-Star Band (formerly Brian Something & The Whatsits) (South East London Mercury)

14 March 1968 – Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, southeast London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band

15 March 1968 – Gig in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)

16 March 1968 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Precious Few (Melody Maker/Essex Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

19 March 1968 – Rasputin’s, New Bond Street, central London (Melody Maker)

19 March 1968 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)

29 March 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

31 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Traction (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

5 April 1968 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London (Melody Maker) Debut with Bennett’s new band after split with Rebel Rousers

12 April 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

13 April 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)

14 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)

15 April 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas (Express & Star)

19 April 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

1 May 1968 – Spa Lounge Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Stroud News)

17 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

19 May 1968 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire.

According to Crewe Chronicle, this is the first gig by The Rebel Rousers after their split with Cliff Bennett. I would welcome any insights from readers

CLIFF BENNETT BAND:

26 May-2 June 1968 – Garrick Club, Leigh, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

The Hillingdon Mirror ran an article about Cliff’s split from The Rebel Rousers in its 4 June 1968 issue, page 24

8 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

21 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Georgie Fame’s Band (Southend Standard)

6 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Pattersons Generation (Surrey Advertiser)

27 July 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)

22 August 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Sweetshop and The Fire Brigade (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)

22 September 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, London (Thames Valley Times) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band

26 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

10 October 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)

24 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London with Circus (Fabulous 208)

6 December 1968 – George Edwards Hall, Cefn Mawr, Wales with The Klubs (Wrexham Leader)

1969

13 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

Many thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing some of the Beat Instrumental entries

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