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 and, where possible, I have added the sources used, whether they are newspapers or websites. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
THE NASHVILLE TEENS:
Ray Philips – lead vocals (b. 16 January 1939, Tiger Bay, Cardiff)
Art Sharp – lead vocals (b. 26 May 1941, Woking, Surrey)
John Hawken – keyboards (b. 9 May 1940, Bournemouth, Dorset)
Mick Dunford – lead guitar (b. 8 July 1944, Addlestone, Surrey)
Pete Shannon (Harris) – bass (b. Peter Shannon Harris, 23 August 1941, Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
Dave Maine – drums
1962
Sometime in 1962, Roger Groom (b. Woking, Surrey) replaces Dave Maine.
14 July 1962 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
21 July 1962 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
28 July 1962 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
22 September 1962 – Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
1963
12 January 1963 – Coronation Hall, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey with The Corvettes
19 January 1963 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with Gerry Brown’s Jazzmen
30 January 1963 – Hi-Fi Hop, Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
14 February 1963 – St Valentine’s Ball, Surbiton Assembly Rooms, Surbiton, Surrey with The Avengers
2 March 1963 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Avengers
9 March 1963 – Co-op Hall, Tolworth, Surrey
14 March 1963 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Barron Knights
18 May 1963 – Co-op Hall, Tolworth, Surrey
5 June 1963 – Co-op Hall, Tolworth, Surrey
Terry Crowe joins as a third vocalist for the band’s trip to Hamburg in July.
The Surrey Comet has a great story on the band going professional in its 6 July 1963 issue, page 10
Back in the Britain after the German dates, Mick Dunford becomes ill on the eve of a Scottish tour in July/August and is forced to leave. John Allen (b. 23 April 1945, St Albans, Hertfordshire) takes over lead guitar.
8 October 1963 – British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Direct from Germany)
Also, this year Peter Jones temporarily replaces Roger Groom who leaves to join The End before Barry Jenkins (b. 22 December 1944, Leicester, Leicestershire) takes over full-time on drums. Terry Crowe departs too and reunites with Mick Dunford in The Plebs in March 1964.
10 December 1963 – British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with The Saracens (Direct from Germany)
11 December 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Johnny Milton & The Condors (Stevenage Gazette) Says direct from Germany
1964
15 January 1964 – Golders Green Refectory, Golders Green, north London
25 January 1964 – Top Ten Club, Corn Exchange, Bedford with The Three Ways
16 February 1964 – Co-op Hall, Addlestone, Surrey
23 February 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
8 March 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
15 March 1964 – Co-Op, Addlestone, Surrey
26 March 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (backing Jerry Lee Lewis) with The Original Checkmates
31 March 1964 – Colston Hall, Bristol (backing Jerry Lee Lewis) with Pete Pete & The Original All Stars, The Redcaps, Troy Dante & The Infernos, The Chants, The Harlems and Jackie Lynton
2 April 1964 – British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with Jerry Lee Lewis and The Falcons
19 April 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
4 June 1964 – New Haw Community Centre, New Haw, Surrey
27 June 1964 – Birkhead’s, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
11 July 1964 – Hi Fi Hop, Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
17 July 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Buddy Britten & The Regents
24 July 1964 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Venders
1 August 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Orbit 4
1 August 1964 – Club Noreik, Tottenham, north London with The Wild Ones
8 August 1964 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Cutaways
9 August 1964 – Brighton Hippodrome, Brighton, Sussex with Gerry & The Pacemakers, Elkie Brooks & The Quotations and The High Numbers
12 August 1964 – Cellar Club, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
16 August 1964 – Queen’s, Blackpool, Lancashire
17 August 1964 – Pavilion, Bath
18 August 1964 – St Mary’s Hall, Putney, Surrey
19 August 1964 – Gig in Stourbridge
20 August 1964 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex with The Judos
21 August 1964 – Majestic, Wellington
22 August 1964 – Gig in Manchester
23 August 1964 – ABC Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The Fourmost, The Remo Four and Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers (Beat Monthly has Winter Gardens, Morecambe on this date and lists the Great Yarmouth gig as 30th)
26 August 1964 – Gig in Nottingham
27 August 1964 – Gig in Kidderminster
28 August 1964 – Gig in Southsea, Hants
29 August 1964 – Oasis, Manchester
31 August 1964 – Majestic, Reading, Berkshire
2 September 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol
3 September 1964 – Gig in Ipswich, Suffolk
4 September 1964 – Gig in Morecambe, Lancashire
10 September 1964 – Cavern, Manchester
17 September 1964 – Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich, Suffolk with Jimmy Pilgrim & The Classics
18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, north London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Dakotas and Tim Connor
20 September 1964 – Lewisham Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds and Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
25 September 1964 – Ready Steady Go TV show
26 September 1964 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London with Manfred Mann, Bill Haley & His Comets, The Rockin’ Berries, The Untamed Four and The Bobby Patrick Big Six (start of tour with Manfred Mann)
13 October 1964 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and Bill Black’s Combo
17 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Bill Black’s Combo and Tim Connor
20 October 1964 – Royal Edmonton, Edmonton, Middlesex with The Animals, Carl Perkins, The Quotations, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks and Ray Cameron (tour with Animals which began on 18th October)
25 October 1964 – Gig in Newcastle
26 October 1964 – Gig in Birmingham
27 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees
28 October 1964 – Gig in Edinburgh, Scotland
29 October 1964 – Gig in Dumfries, Scotland
30 October 1964 – Gig in Stockton-on-Tees
31 October 1964 – Gig in Bradford
1 November 1964 – Gig in Coventry
2 November 1964 – Gig in Kilburn, northwest London
3 November 1964 – Gig in Guildford, Surrey
4 November 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Animals, Carl Perkins, Elkie Brooks, Tommy Tucker, The Quotations and Ray Cameron
5 November 1964 – Gig in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
6 November 1964 – Gig in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
7 November 1964 – Gig in Derby
8 November 1964 – Gig in Portsmouth, Hants
9 November 1964 – Gig in Rochester, Kent
10 November 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Carl Perkins, The Animals, Tommy Tucker, Elkie Brooks, The Quotations and Ray Cameron
11 November 1964 – Gig in Cardiff, Wales
12 November 1964 – Gig in Bristol
13 November 1964 – Gig in Waterford (Republic of Ireland?)
14 November 1964 – Gig in Manchester
15 November 1964 – Gig in Bournemouth, Dorset
25-27 November 1964 – Gigs in Manchester
28 November 1964 – Gig in Northwich, Cheshire
29 November 1964 – Gig in Wembley, west London
2-4 December 1964 – Tour of Scotland
5 December 1964 – Gig in March, Cambridgeshire (probably Marcam Hall)
6 December 1964 – Gig in Golders Green, north London (probably the Refectory)
8 December 1964 – Gig in Launceston
11 December 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Sonics and The Hustlers
13 December 1964 – Gig in Abergavenny, Wales
16 December 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol
22 December 1964 – Band leaves for the United States for American tour
1965
23 January 1965 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire
25 January 1965 – Gig in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Tees
26 January 1965 – Gig in Salisbury, Wiltshire
28-29 January 1965 – Gigs in Birmingham, West Midlands
1 February 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Saphenas
2 February 1965 – Gig in Grays, Essex
4 February 1965 – Gig in Birmingham, West Midlands
5 February 1965 – Leyton Baths, Leyton, Essex
6 February 1965 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge with Hedgehoppers
7 February 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Mo Henry’s
8 February 1965 – YOR Club, Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire
11 February 1965 – Gig in Swindon, Wiltshire
13 February 1965 – Redhill Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental lists Peterborough on this day)
16 February 1965 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks
18 February 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Riots with Paul Vernon
19 February 1965 – Gig in Glamorgan, Wales
20 February 1965 – Gig in Exeter, Devon
22 February 1965 – Gig in Abergaveny, Wales
24 February 1965 – Gig in Preston, Lancashire
26 February 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, southwest London
27 February 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Otis Men
28 February 1965 – Pigalle, central London
1 March 1965 – Gig in Widnes
4 March 1965 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton
5 March 1965 – Lydney Town Hall, Lydney, Gloucestershire
6 March 1965 – Gig in Rawtenstall, Lancashire
7 March 1965 – Gig in Manchester
8 March 1965 – Gig in Willenhall
11 March 1965 – Gig in Stevenage, Herts
13 March 1965 – Brum Kavern Club, Small Heath, West Midlands
14 March 1965 – Gig in Southall, Middlesex (probably Community Centre)
20 March 1965 – Gig in Prestayn, Wales
21 March 1965 – Gig in Wembley, Middlesex (possibly Starlight Ballroom in Greenford)
25 March 1965 – Gig in Reading, Berkshire
27 March 1965 – The Gaiety, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Fernando’s Hideaways and The Pythons
28 March 1965 – Gig in Luton
29 March 1965 – Bath Pavilion, Bath with The Sherridans
31 March 1965 – Stoney Lea Hotel, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
1 April 1965 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
2 April 1965 – Gig in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
3 April 1965 – Gig in Scunthorpe
9 April 1965 – Gig in Gravesend, Kent
15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Fenmen and The Nightshades
16 April 1965 – Gig in Bolton, Lancashire
17 April 1965 – Gig in Dudley, West Midlands
18 April 1965 – Gig in Blackpool, Lancashire
19 April 1965 – Bure Club, Mudeford, Hants
21 April 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol with AJ & The Others
22 April 1965 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex
23 April 1965 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford with The Tyrants
24 April 1965 – Gig in Coventry
25 April 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London
26 April 1965 – Gig in Reading, Berkshire
27 April 1965 – Gig in Evesham, Worcestershire
28-30 April 1965 – Tour of Scotland
1-3 May 1965 – Tour of Scotland
3 May 1965 – Ayr Dam Park Hall, Ayr, Scotland with The Poets, The Golden Crusaders, Rab & The Clansmen, The Senate and The Honey Men
5 May 1965 – Gig in Erdington, West Midlands (most likely Carlton Ballroom)
6 May 1965 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester with The Rangers
8 May 1965 – Gig in Leeds, West Yorkshire
9 May 1965 – Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent with Them, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders and The Fourmost
10 May 1965 – YOR Club, Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire with The Clique
11 May 1965 – Gig in Altrincham, Greater Manchester
12 May 1965 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks
13 May 1965 – Gig in Portsmouth, Hants
15 May 1965 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
18 May 1965 – Gig in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (most likely Floral Hall)
20 May 1965 – Silver Beat Club, Birmingham
20 May 1965 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands with Mark Stuart & The John Bull Breed and The Four Ways
21 May 1965 – Gig in Nottingham
22 May 1965 – Church Hall, Sherborne, Dorset with The Misfits
24 May 1965 – Gig in Newport, south Wales
26 May 1965 – Gig in Plymouth, Devon
27 May 1965 – Gig in Gosport, Hants
28 May 1965 – Gig in Ilkley
29 May 1965 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
30 May 1965 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey
31 May 1965 – Gig in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (most likely the Blue Moon)
1 June 1965 – Gig in Basingstoke, Hants
2 June 1965 – Gig in Tadcaster
4 June 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Lonely Ones (Beat Instrumental has a gig in Cleethorpes on this same date)
5 June 1965 – Cavern, Leicester Square, central London
6 June 1965 – Gig in Manchester
7 June 1965 – Gig in Harlow, Herts
9 June 1965 – Gig in Gorleston-on-Sea (most likely Floral Hall)
11 June 1965 – Gig in Exeter, Devon
12 June 1965 – Gig in Grantham, Lincolnshire
13 June 1965 – Gig in Bromley, southeast London (most likely Bromley Court Hotel)
15 June 1965 – Gig in Pontefract
17 June 1965 – York University, York, North Yorkshire
18 June 1965 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
19 June 1965 – Gig in Bridlington
20 June 1965 – Gig in Manchester
21 June 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands
21 June 1965 – Gig in Nottingham
25 June 1965 – Gig in Morecambe, Lancashire
26 June 1965 – Gig in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
27 June 1965 – Gig in Kettering, Northamptonshire
1 July 1965 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Kingpins and The Iveys (Beat Instrumental has College of Technology in Birmingham on this date)
2 July 1965 – Mayfair Club, Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with Danny King & The Mayfair Set
3 July 1965 – Community Centre, Corsham
4 July 1965 – Margate Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent with The Pretty Things and support
5 July 1965 – Hillside, Hereford
9 July 1965 – Silver Ring, Ascot, Berkshire
11 July 1965 – Odeon Southend, Southend, Essex with Tom Jones & The Squires, Jalacy Hawkins, The Clayton Squares, The Emeralds and Ray Cameron
12 July 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales
13 July 1965 – Queen’s Ballroom, Cleveleys, Lancashire plus two supporting groups
15 July 1965 – Gig in St Athans, Wales
17 July 1965 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire
18 July 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London
5 August 1965 – Gig in Oldham, Lancashire
6 August 1965 – Beachcomber, Bolton, Greater Manchester
7 August 1965 – Gig in Leigh
10 August 1965 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks
11 August 1965 – Gig in Ebbw Vale
12 August 1965 – Gig in Kidderminster, Worcestershire
13 August 1965 – Town Hall, Haverhill, Cambridge
13 August 1965 – Gig in Harlesden, northwest London (may not have happened)
14 August 1965 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Fernando & The Hideaways and The Trends
16 August 1965 – Gig in Shrewsbury
18 August 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire
20 August 1965 – Gig in Bath
21 August 1965 – Malborough Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental has a gig in Hull on this date)
23 August 1965 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
24 August 1965 – Gig in Norwich, Norfolk
31 August 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex with The Beat Merchants
1 September 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex
4 September 1965 – Royal Hotel Lowestoft, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Leader
6 September 1965 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire
9 September 1965 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with The Bunch
11 September 1965 – Town Hall, Loughborough
18 September 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Lincolnshire with The Objects and The Montanas
19 September 1965 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester
20 September 1965 – Coed Eva Community College, Cwmbran, south Wales with Four of a Kind
24 September 1965 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks
25 September 1965 – Carlisle Assembly Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria
30 September 1966 – Roundel Club, RAF Locking, Somerset with Denise Scott & The Soundsmen
10 October 1965 – Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire with The Just Men
17 October 1965 – Galaxy Club, Constitutional Hall, Chertsey, Surrey
18 October 1965 – Broadway Club, Queen Mary Ballroom, Dudley, West Midlands with The Concords
20 October 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol
16 November 1965 – St Benedict’s Club, Sketty, south Wales with Eyes of Blue
17 November 1965 – Crynant Social Club, Crynant, south Wales with The Wild Ones
25 November 1965 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex
26 November 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with two supporting groups
27 November 1965 – Liverpool University
30 November 1965 – Gig in Marylebone, central London
2 December 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Prowlers
2 December 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London
3 December 1965 – Mansfield College, Oxford
4 December 1965 – Baths Hall, Rawmarsh
8 December 1965 – Warwick University, Coventry
9 December 1965 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay
15 December 1965 – Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
16 December 1965 – Thorngate Hall, Gosport, Hants
17 December 1965 – College of Technology, Slough, Berkshire
18 December 1965 – Ready Steady Go, Aylesbury, Bucks
18 December 1965 – Town Hall, Loughborough
19 December 1965 – College Theatre Club, Manchester
20 December 1965 – Students’ Union Debating Hall, Birmingham University
22 December 1965 – Secondary school in Chepstow
27 December 1965 – Astoria Ballroom, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
30 December 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts
31 December 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Pentads
1966
1 January 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Lincolnshire with Jeff Curtis & The Flames and The Game
5 January 1966 – Graston Ballroom, Liverpool
8 January 1966 – Big Beat Club, Stratford (possibly east London)
10 January 1966 – Bath Pavilion, Bath
11-12 January 1966 – Gigs in Scotland
14 January 1966 – Gig in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
15 January 1966 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London
20 January 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
21 January 1966 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks Beat Instrumental has Commercial College, Bangor, Wales on this date
5 February 1966 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with The Nemkons and Sounds Force 5
10 February 1966 – Poor Man’s Ball, Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Mouldy Ways and Clayton Squares
26 February 1966 – Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey
27 February 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (probably one of Jenkins’ final gigs)
Barry Jenkins joins The Animals after John Steele played his final gig. Nick Hairs (see Animals entry comments) says Jenkins was on drums for the Newcastle band’s Leicester gig on 4 March. Former member Roger Groom from The End replaces Jenkins
3 March 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Worthing, West Sussex (possibly Roger Groom’s first gig back)
4 March 1966 – Bristol University, Bristol
5 March 1966 – Bromley Technical College, Bromley, southeast London (probably Jenkins’ final gig)
6 March 1966 – St Richard’s Hall, Northolt, west London
8 March 1966 – Gig in Newcastle
11 March 1966 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex with The Orioles
12 March 1966 – Faculty of Technology Union, Manchester
13 March 1966 – The Ultra Club Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with Gideon Collins Outfit
17 March 1966 – Durham University, Durham
18 March 1966 – Masonic Hall, Hornchurch, east London
19 March 1966 – Imperial College, London
25 March 1966 – Ross Group Sports Club, Gaitey Ballroom, Grimsby, Lincolnshire with The Fourmost and The She Trinity. Beat Instrumental also has Westend Club in Coleville on this date
1 April 1966 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Clayton Squares and Cops ‘N’ Robbers
2 April 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Warriors
11 April 1966 – Casino Club, Bolton, Greater Manchester with The Warriors
22 April 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Syd Fay & His Orchestra
24 April 1966 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex
27 April 1966 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with Five X 5
29 April 1966 – Stratford Town Hall, Stratford, east London with support
30 May 1966 – Cricketers Inn, Westcliff, Southend, Essex with The Avengers
17-18 June 1966 – Birmingham University Carnival, Birmingham with Manfred Mann and The Uglys
28 June 1966 – Bournemouth Colleges Rag Appeal, Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with Wynder K Frog
2 July 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent
6 July 1966 – Headland Pavilion, Bude, Cornwall
8 July 1966 – Liskeard Public Hall, Liskeard, Cornwall with Package Deal and Jaguars
9 July 1966 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Harlequins and The Reaction
16 July 1966 – Butterley Grange, Swanage, Dorset
22 July 1966 – Corn Exchange, Diss, Norfolk with En-Devers
23 July 1966 – King’s Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales
24 July 1966 – Cavendish Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
24 July 1966 – Weatheralls, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
5 August 1966 – The 7 Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire with The Karakters
6 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester with The Blue Diamonds
12 August 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Dave Anthony’s Moods and The Pathfinders
13 August 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Quiet Five
22 August 1966 – Bath Pavilion, Bath, Somerset
27 August 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Section 5
28 August 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex
9 September 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire
16 September 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Stacey’s Circle
17 September 1966 – Teenbeat Rock Klub, Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey
18 September 1966 – Shakespere Hotel, Woolwich, south London
19 September 1966 – Black Cat, Woolwich, south London
23 September 1966 –Axminster Guidhall, Axminster, Devon with The Legends
25 September 1966 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with The Small Faces, Dave Berry and The Truth
28 September 1966 – Church Hall, Stroud, Gloucestershire
29 September 1966 – Rugby Club, Garndiffaith, Pontypool, Wales
30 September 1966 – Roundel Club, RAF Locking, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset with Denise Scott & The Soundsmen
1 October 1966 – Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands
2 October 1966 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset with The Germs
6 October 1966 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with The Meddy Evils
7 October 1966 – Wy-Key Club, Burnham Lane, Slough, Berkshire with Philip Goodhand-Tait & The Stormsville Shakers
13 October 1966 – Pier Pavilion, Worthing, West Sussex
15 October 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey
15 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers and Robb Storme & The Whispers
16 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Romford, Essex
18 October 1966 – Odeon Theatre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
19 October 1966 – Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales
20 October 1966 – Gaumont, Taunton, Somerset with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan and others
21 October 1966 – Gaumont Cinema, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
22 October 1966 – ABC Theatre, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
23 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
24 October 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk
26 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Northampton with The Hollies, Paul Jones, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers and Robb Storme & The Whispers
27 October 1966 – Regal Cinema, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
28 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
29 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Chester, Cheshire
30 October 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Coventry, West Midlands
1 November 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Worcester with The Hollies, Paul Jones, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan
2 November 1966 – ABC Cinema, Wigan, Lancashire
3 November 1966 – Odeon Theatre, Manchester, Greater Manchester
4 November 1966 – Odeon Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire
5 November 1966 – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
6 November 1966 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
10 November 1966 – Pier, Worthing, West Sussex
10 November 1966 – Quay Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
11 November 1966 – De Montfort, Leicester, Leicestershire
12 November 1966 – College of Technology, Luton, Bedfordshire
13 November 1966 – Wheatsheaf Club, Brandon, Norfolk with The Nightbeats
19 November 1966 – Faculty of Technology Union, Manchester, Greater Manchester with The Things
26 November 1966 – London College of Printing, Elephant and Castle, south London
3 December 1966 – Club Nevada, Redhill Market Hall, Redhill Surrey
11 December 1966 – Casino Club, Burnley, Lancashire with The Sinners
17 December 1966 – Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, Southend, Essex with The Fingers and Sounds Around
18 December 1966 – Cabaret Club, Rosegrove, Burnley, Lancashire with Carl Ames, Jack Rigby, Susan Kent, Carl Lawson and Gunga Din and Sapphire
18 December 1966 – New 77 Club, Brierfield, Lancashire with The Marionettes
30 December 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London
31 December 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Candy Choir
1967
7 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Mixed Feelings
8 January 1967 – Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands
28 January 1967 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
29 January 1967 – Psychedelic Sounds, General Gordon Hotel, Kings Farm Estate, Gravesend, Kent
6 February 1967 – Kingfisher Country Club, Kingswinford, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens
18 February 1967 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with The Raynes
26 February 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, The Koobas and Force Five
According to Disc & Music Echo, 4 March issue, future member Neil Korner left The New Vaudeville Band two weeks ago to form his own blues band
18 March 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Big Change and The Voice
22 March 1967 – Fountains Club, RAF Brampton, Cambridgeshire with The Chequers
25 March 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester
April 1967 – West German dates
9 May 1967 – South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk with Ray King Soul Band
According to Record Mirror, the band played in Hungary from 15-31 May 1967
28 May 1967 – Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary
9 June 1967 – Tiles, London, central London with The Downliners Sect
Disc & Music Echo‘s 10 June issue says that they are on a Hungarian tour
18 June 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with McGregors Engine
24 June 1967 – Lewes FC Beat Rave, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with The Attack and The Teen Team
28 June 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with Wynder K Frog
1 July 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Washington DC’s
8 July 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester with The Factotums
15 July 1967 – Rave Nite, Irchester near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire with The Symbols
Neil Korner from The New Vaudeville Band takes over from Pete Shannon around September 1967
9 September 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with The Sons of Witch and The Exodus
28 September 1967 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset
16 October 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset
21 October 1967 – KSL Club, Brackley Town Hall, Brackley, Northamptonshire
24 October 1967 – Manchester College of Commerce, Students Union October Ball with Cock-A-Hoop
3 November 1967 – Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
9 November 1967 – Bolton Institute of Technology & Bolton Technical College, Bolton, Greater Manchester with Spectrum and Skip Bifferty
11 November 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Lotion
21 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Gasboard and Tony King Sound
23 November 1967 – Cleveland Technical College Students’ Union, Astoria Ballroom, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire with The St Louis Union and The Crescendos
24 November 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Country Cousins
25 November 1967 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The Koo Koo Bird Bicycle Band
30 November 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Amen Corner
December 1967 – Osprey Club, Portland, Dorset with Bill Collins & His Orchestra (Christmas show)
5 December 1967 – Starlite Room, Liverpool
1968
3 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Bujjies (or The Travellers)
9 February 1968 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Glamorgan, Wales with Cliff Bennett, Union Pacific Showband, The Caribbean All Stars and The Stereos
10 February 1968 – Students’ Union, United of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk with support
2 March 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Skip Bifferty and Lemon Tree
8 March 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands
18-21 March 1968 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London
22 March 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts with The Cortinas
30 March 1968 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with support
22 April 1968 – Raven, Strechford, West Midlands
26 April 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Youngblood, Lionel Rubins and Don McLean
4 May 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands with Traction
Fabulous 208 says that in late May 1968 road manager Dick Philips takes over from Neil Korner on bass but this seems unlikely unless it was temporary as Korner left later in the year
15 June 1968 – Winsford Civic Hall, Winsford, Cheshire
28 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with support
5 July 1968 – Bell Hall, Warrington, Cheshire
6 July 1968 – Entertainments Centre Yate, Chipping Sodbury with The Sabres
13 July 1968 – Grafton Club, RAF Marham with The Alan Price Set and The Caste
26 July 1968 – Buckingham Town Hall, Buckingham, Bucks with support
9 August 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset with The Circles
10 August 1968 – Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, Essex
17 August 1968 – King’s Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales with Arnos Grove
4 October 1968 – John Dalton College, Manchester, Greater Manchester with The Stroll Band and The Kondours
5 October 1968 – Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands
17 October 1968 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Family, The Move, Dollyrocker Band and Peter’s People
24 October 1968 – Tall Trees Club, Newquay, Cornwall
25 October 1968 – Van Dike, Plymouth, Devon with Inner Circle
26 October 1968 – University College, central London with Grapefruit and Mustang Proteus (is this correct? See 26 November below)
15 November 1968 – Nottingham University, Nottingham with Marmalade and The Cortinas
16 November 1968 – White Buck Inn, Burley, Dorset with John Gary Group
26 November 1968 – University College, Gower Street, central London with Grapefruit, Mustang and Proteus
30 November 1968 – Chard Guildhall, Chard, Somerset with The Popees
John Hawken leaves around November initially to start a band with Chris Dreja and B J Cole. He subsequently forms Renaissance. Roger Groom also departs and is replaced briefly by Chris West
13 December 1968 – Brunel University, Uxbridge, west London with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Krisis
Neil Korner, Chris West and John Allen all leave around this time
Roger Deane (bass) and Len Tuckey (lead guitar) from The Chasers join with James Smith (drums), who’d previously worked with Hamilton & The Hamilton Movement among others
1969
7 February 1969 – West Kent College Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent with Spooky Tooth
20 February 1969 – Imperial College, Charity Concert, Royal Albert Hall, central London with The Spencer Davis Group, The Move, Status Quo and East of Eden
22 February 1969 – Ealing Town Hall, Ealing, west London
James Smith leaves in late February/early March to join House of Orange, who backed The Fantastics. His replacement is Lenny Butcher, another ex-Chaser
12 April 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers
1 September 1969 – Pop and Blues Festival, Pennycross Sports Stadium, Plymouth, Devon with Fleetwood Mac, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Move, Dave Amboy, Rod Mason Jass Band
23 November 1969 – London Palladium, central London with Gene Vincent and Wild Angels
1970
27 July 1970 – Telegraph, Brixton, south London
5 September 1970 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
Thanks to Rolf Hannet in Germany for helping with the Beat Instrumental and Beat Monthly gigs
Apart from the listings above, the gig sources include:
Aldershot News, Andover Advertiser, Banbury Guardian, Beat Instrumental, Beat Monthly, Birmingham Evening Mail, Bolton Evening News, Bucks Free Press (High Wycombe), Burnley Express and News, Cambrian Times, Cambridge News, Cornish Gazette, Cornish Guardian, Crawley Advertiser, Crewe Chronicle, Eastern Evening News, East Kent Times & Mail, Evening Argus, Express and Echo (Exeter), Fabulous 208 Magazine, Folkestone & Hythe Gazette, Glamorgan County Times, Harrow Observer & Gazette, Harrow Weekly Post, Hayes Gazette, Hull Daily Mail, Ipswich Evening News, Kilmarnock Standard, Kingston & Malden Borough News, Lancashire Evening Post, Lincolnshire Standard, Littlehampton Gazette, Liverpool Echo, Luton News, Lynn News, Manchester Evening News and Chronicle, Melody Maker, Mid Sussex Times, Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Newham, Barking and Stratford Express, Northampton Chronicle, Northwich Chronicle, Port Talbot Guardian, Somerset County Gazette, Southend Standard, South East London Mercury, Southern Evening Echo, South Wales Argus, South Wales Evening Post, St Neots Advertiser, Surrey Advertiser, Surrey Comet, Sussex Evening Express, Time out, Tottenham Weekly Herald, Warrington Guardian, Western Evening Herald, Western Scene, West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette, West Surrey Advertiser, Western Gazette, Weston Mercury, Windsor, Slough & Eton Express, Woking Herald, Wood Green and Southgate Weekly Herald, Worthing Gazette. Also Roger Bistow’s research on Dizzy Tiger Music website and the California Ballroom website.
Also the Bournemouth website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/
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The following month, on 11-12 March, the musicians found themselves on the campus of Essex University in Colchester where a number of bands, including the up and coming Pink Floyd were entertaining the students.
However, despite having supported The Who at Leeds University on 21 January and then making a notable appearance at the Saville Theatre opening for Chuck Berry and Del Shannon on 19 February, the single’s commercial failure prompted the backers to drastically reduce the group’s bookings.
