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.
Reg Presley – lead vocals
Chris Britton – guitar
Pete Staples – bass
Ronnie Bond – drums
1964
There is a great article on the early Troggs in the Andover Advertiser, 29 May 1964, page 7
2 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
9 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
16 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser) This may not have happened
20 June 1964 – Guildhall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
23 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser) Mentions band’s apology for previous week in advert
30 June 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
3 July 1964 – Guildhall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
7 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Classics (who did not appear) (Andover Advertiser)
10 July 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
14 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
22 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
28 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Classics (Andover Advertiser)
31 July 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
1 August 1964 – Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Mike Patto & The Bluebottles (Hampshire and Berkshire Gazette)
7 August 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
14 August 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
16 August 1964 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with The Daises (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
21 August 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
22 August 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
29 August 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
25 September 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
2 October 1964 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Falling Leaves and The Juleps (Newbury Weekly News)
3 October 1964 – Tasker’s Sports & Social Club (Andover Advertiser)
13 October 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
17 October 1964 – Ticky Rick and Rang-a-Tang Club, Carnival Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Men Friday (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
21 October 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
30 October 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
6 November 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
7 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with The Tribe (Bletchley District Gazette)
18 November 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
28 November 1964 – Andover & District Young Farmers’ Club, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
1 December 1964 – Copper Kettle, Andover, Hampshire with The Shamrocks (Andover Advertiser)
11 December 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
24 December 1964 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
28 December 1964 – Galaxy Club, Town Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Sonny Boy Williamson and The Muleskinners (Hampshire and Berkshire Gazette)
1965
13 February 1965 – P.A.C Hall, Laverstoke, Whitchurch, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
27 February 1965 – Moore Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
1 March 1965 – Carnival Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Pretty Things (Hampshire and Berkshire Gazette)
6 March 1965 – Park Ballroom, Southampton, Hants with The Senators (Southern Echo) Billed as The Trogs
13 March 1965 – Secondary Modern, Stockbridge, Hampshire with Les Spanner’s Band (Andover Advertiser)
14 March 1965 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire (Andover Advertiser)
27 March 1965 – Imperial Club, Eastleigh, Hants (Southern Echo)
10 April 1965 – Moore Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
17 April 1965 – Galaxy Club, St Joseph’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hants with The Animals (Southern Echo)
27 April 1965 – St Jo’s Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with The Animals (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
20 May 1965 – Victoria Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
3 June 1965 – Victoria Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
11 September 1965 – P.A.C Hall, Laverstoke, Whitchurch, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
16 September 1965 – Ticky Rick and Rang-a-Tang Club, Carnival Hall, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Ale Harvey’s Soul Band (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
15 October 1965 – Kiviss Country Club, Newlands Holiday Camp, Canvey Island (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
16 October 1965 – Kursaal Estuary Rooms, Kursaal, Essex with Flowerpots (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
23 October 1965 – Moore Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
26 December 1965 – Moore Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
1966
20 January 1966 – Gun Inn, Pittsea, Essex (Southend Standard) Advert says they play every Thursday
26 February 1966 – Cricketer’s Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
26 March 1966 – Cricketer’s Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
26 March 1966 – Moore Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
30 April 1966 – Cricketer’s Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
6 May 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)
8 May 1966 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)
27 May 1966 – Cliff’s Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Force 5 and Chequers Incorporated (Southend Standard)
28 May 1966 – Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Bridport News)
29 May 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Bumble Bees (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
1 June 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Disc & Music Echo)
4 June 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with The Saracens (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)
5 June 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
6 June 1966 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Fabulous 208)
7 June 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Original Dyaks (Cambridge News/Fabulous 208)
8 June 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
9 June 1966 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
10 June 1966 – City Hall, Perth, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
11 June 1966 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
11 June 1966 – Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland with The Dolls (Dumfries & Galloway Standard)
13 June 1966 – Mr Magoo’s, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
15 June 1966 – Ice Rink, Ayr, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
16 June 1966 – Locarno, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1966 – Raith Ballroom, Kilkaldy, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
19 June 1966 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)
20 June 1966 – Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
21 June 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
22 June 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
23 June 1966 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Herald)
24 June 1966 – Public Hall, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
25 June 1966 – Guildhall, Chard, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)
26 June 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
27 June 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Southampton, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
29 June 1966 – Seven Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Beat Instrumental)
30 June 1966 – Public Hall, Barrow, Cumbria (Beat Instrumental)
1 July 1966 – Co-Operative Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
3 July 1966 – North Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire (Disc & Music Echo)
5 July 1966 – Palais, Ilford, Essex (Disc & Music Echo)
8 July 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London with Wild Uncertainty (NME/Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – St George’s Hall, Hinckley, Leicestershire with The Trendmen (Fabulous 208)
13 July 1966 – Stevenage Mecca, Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (website: http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/60’s_music_scene.htm)
14 July 1966 – City Hall, Grimsby, Humberside (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1966 – King’s Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with The Measles (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
16 July 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Hari Kari (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
17 July 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London with The Jimmy Brown Sound (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)
18 July 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Derrie Ryan Formation (Express & Star)
20 July 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1966 – Top of the World, Stafford, Staffordshire (Express & Star)
22 July 1966 – Training College, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
23 July 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Quiets (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
26 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Clayton Squares (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 July 1966 – Rank Ballroom, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
28 July 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
29 July 1966 – Dunoon Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Beat Instrumental)
30 July 1966 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott, Simon’s Triangles, Listen, Jerry Day Sect and Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
31 July 1966 – Princes Theatre, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)
2 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Beat Instrumental)
3 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
4 August 1966 – Astoria, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
5 August 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
6 August 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
7 August 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
8 August 1966 – Locarno, Blackburn, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
11 August 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
12 August 1966 – Galashiels and Selkirk, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
13 August 1966 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)
14 August 1966 – Opera House, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
18 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Princess and Domino Clubs, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
20 August 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Knight’s Errants (Cambridgeshire Times)
21 August 1966 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)
25 August 1966 – Palais, Ashton under Lyne, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
26 August 1966 – Southend Odeon, Southend, Essex with The Walker Brothers, The Creation, The Slade Brothers (from Canada), The Peddlers, The Quotations, The Centremen and Alan Field (Southend Standard)
27 August 1966 – Memorial Hall, Norwich, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
28 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)
29 August 1966 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire with Billy Fury, The Gamblers, The Peddlers, The Slade Brothers and Alan Field (Portsmouth News)
1 September 1966 – Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)
2 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Savoy Brown Blues Band (Melody Maker)
3 September 1966 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
5 September 1966 – Pavilion, Bath (Beat Instrumental)
6 September 1966 – Civic Hall, Camberley, Surrey (Camberley News/Fabulous 208)
7 September 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Avengers (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
8 September 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Evening Post)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Cornish Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
12 September 1966 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Town Hall, Stirling, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Town Hall, Larbert, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
17 September 1966 – City Hall, Perth, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
18 September 1966 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Montrose, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 September 1966 – Locarno, Glasgow, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1966 – Raith Ballroom, Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1966 – Community Centre, Whitburn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Olympia Ballroom, East Kilbride, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
1 October 1966 – Granada East Ham, East Ham, east London with The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee and supporting bill (Walthamstow Guardian)
2 October 1966 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and The Big All Star Show (Leicester Mercury)
27 October 1966 – ABC Gloucester, Gloucester with The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and All-star Company (Western Daily Press)
18 November 1966 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)
19 November 1966 – Unknown venue, Twickenham, west London (Disc & Music Echo)
1967
3 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
4 February 1967 – The Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
10 February 1967 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Streatham News)
18 February 1967 – Birmingham Odeon with Normie Rowe & The Playboys, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick & The Vision and The Loot (Birmingham Evening Mail)
20 February 1967 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe, The Vision, The Loot and Bryan Burdon (Gloucester Citizen/Wiltshire Standard)
26 February 1967 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with Gene Pitney (Northampton Chronicle)
5 March 1967 – Odeon Leeds, West Yorkshire with Gene Pitney, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe and The Loot (Yorkshire Evening Post)
7 March 1967 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with Gene Pitney, Sounds Incorporated, David Garrick, Normie Rowe, The Loot, The Vision and Bryan Burdon (Bracknell News)
25 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Penny Blacks, The Army and The Zam Band (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
31 March 1967 – Manor Place, Baths, Woolwich, southeast London with Bobby King & The Sabres and Dave Cash (South East London Mercury)
7 April 1967 – Romanos, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
8 April 1967 – Milanos, Bangor, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
24 April 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 April 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, Humberside with The Mandrakes, The Syndicate Five and The Tennesions (Hull Daily Mail)
28 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, Hartlepool (Disc & Music Echo)
29 April 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull Daily Mail)
5 May 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions and Ray King Soul Band
6 May 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail/Express & Star)
13 May 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Mood Indigo (East Kent Times & Mail)
21 May 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, west London with The State Express (Melody Maker)
27 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)
16 July 1967 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
9 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Magic Lanterns and The Associates (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
22 September 1967 – Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Cousins (Cityweek)
30 September 1967 – Flamingo Ballroom, Redruth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
6 October 1967 – Kaleidoscope Discotheque, Saltcoats, Scotland (Kilmarnock Standard)
13 October 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Dipps (Gloucester Citizen)
18-22 October 1967 – Swedish tour (Melody Maker)
28 October 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Circuit and The Shades of Black (Kentish Express)
11 November 1967 – Flowerpot Club, Digbeth, West Midlands with support (Birmingham Evening Mail/Coventry Evening Telegraph)
13 November 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales (Disc & Music Echo)
18 November 1967 – Leyton Baths, Leyton, east London (Disc & Music Echo)
25 November 1967 – Imperial, Nelson, Lancashire with The Change Places Big Roll Band and The Kudos (Burnley Express & Burnley News)
26 November 1967 – Belle Vue, Manchester (Disc & Music Echo)
8 December 1967 – Ballerina, Nairn, Scotland with The Throb (Forres, Elgin & Nairn Gazette)
22 December 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with The Power Set, Boy Friends and Reflection (Fabulous 208/South Midlothian Advertiser)
23 December 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1968
19 January 1968 – Birmingham University Students’ Union, Edgbaston, West Midlands with Clouds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
20 January 1968 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales (South Wales Evening Post)
27 January 1968 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
10 February 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Mike Stuart Span (East Kent Times)
24 February 1968 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with The Circuit and The Supernatural (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
9 March 1968 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)
22 March 1968 – Drill Hall, Dumfries, Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway Standard)
23 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser) The Troggs cancelled due to illness and Wayne Fontana & The Opposition replaced them
24 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
20 May 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with Sight & Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 May 1968 – Kingfisher Country Club, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)
24 May 1968 – Starlite, Belfast, Northern Ireland (City Week)
24 May 1968 – Pop ‘N Folk Festival, Chambers Park Grounds, Portadown, Northern Ireland with College Boys, Emmet Spiceland and Danny Doyle (City Week)
28 June 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Kleen Machine (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
29 June 1968 – Auchinleck Community Association, Auchinleck, Scotland with The Merry Macs and System Go (Kilmarnock Standard)
5 July 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Unit 4 Plus 2 (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
9 September 1968 – Sloopy’s Club, Aurora Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Evening Post)
2 November 1968 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Apricot Brandi (Essex County Standard)
16 November 1968 – Plaza, Old Hill, West Midlands (Express & Star)
23 November 1968 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, North Yorkshire with The Coastal Erosion and The Sweet Sugar (Scarborough Evening News)
30 November 1968 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shoo String Band and Georgia Wood Convention (Essex County Standard)
1969
1 March 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Doughnut Ring (Southend Standard)
3 March 1969 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with Systems Five (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
8 March 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Chris McClure Section (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)
Tony Murray from Plastic Penny took over bass in late 1969
24 December 1969 – Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire (Steve Chapples research: www.lankybeat.com)
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Hi. Can you tell me if you are aware of a support band called The Unknowns, who supported you at the Bridlington Spa in 1967?
Many thanks Vicky
A few gigs in France to add to the above list:
26 January 1967 – Bobino theatre, Paris.
14 April 1967 – Omnibus, Colombes, near Paris
15/16 April 1967 – Two gigs:
– 00.15 am – L’Hermitage, Elisabethville
– 3.30 am – Aulnay-sous-Bois (can’t remember the name of the club, even though I was there)
01/06/67 – Palais des Sports, Paris. Two shows, each also with Cream, Jimmy Cliff, the VIPs (later Spooky Tooth), the Pretty Things, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich…
This excellent site has a missing gig:
https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/
1 July 1964 – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset
Couple more that I missed from this excellent site:
https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/
15 July 1964 – Oasis Club, Salisbury Hotel, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset
16 July 1965 – Centenary Hall, Poole, Dorset with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch
I know I saw theTroggs perform in West Springfield, Massachuetts outside at the Sears department store in 1968 or 1969. They were introduced by radio commentator named Sebastion. They played the song Wild Thing. There was a large crowd watching them including myself, Herb Davidson. I was interested to see them because I was in a band called The Bone Marrow from Connecticut.
Similar recollection – they played Wild Thing and a couple others from a portable platform in the parking lot of a shopping center in/near Mayport or Jacksonville, FL. I was 8 or 9, so I’m guessing it was 1967-68. Before they finished, mom dragged me away cuz she had important shopping to get to…
Hi
I saw the troggs live at The Blue Lagoon, Newquay , Cornwall, UK in either august or September of 1966 , 67 or 1968, yet I can’t seem to find any record of them appearing there .
Could you help confirm when it was.
Hi
Found another Troggs gig
18 December 1965 (Saturday) – The Astoria Ballroom, St. Mary’s Way, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, 7.30pm – 11.30pm with The Cymerons, Stag Party
Cheers
John
Did The Troggs ever appear in the main arena at either the Royal Agricultural Show at Stoneleigh or perhaps the Bath & West Show possibly 1965 or 1966? I’m sure I saw them there?
Hi Malcolm. Yep, you did see the Troggs circa 1966/7 at Stoneleigh Warwickshire on a red hot July day? I, and several thousand school kids were routinely shipped in annually for the show, for seemingly no specific reason other than to look at tractors and bulls! However, me and several friends crawled under the wooden bandstand to eat our packed lunches (by now warm salad sandwiches?) and about ten minutes in, banging and clonking footsteps could be heard above our heads and looking out through the slats of the base we were under, we could see a crowd gathering. A few minutes later whilst presuming an orchestra was just about to fire up, BOOM!!!!!!! Holy Moly it’s the Troggs playing live above our heads and I think opening up with “With a girl like you” Quickly scrambling out from under The bandstand the Troggs were just feet in front of us in if I recall (their striped suits?) and blazing away all their hits in a relatively short set. Hope this jogs your memory Malcolm, talk about a surreal treat for young teenagers? Regards Bob.
The troggs
performed in Halifax N.S I believe it was the summer of 1968 when I went to see them .They we’re at the Halifax Forum
WOW !! Thank you so much for this information Bob, it means a lot to me, I knew I hadn’t imagined it. I was only about 7 at the time and was, indeed, one of those thousands of children shipped in for an end of term day trip from primary school. I have vivid memories of screaming girls and a band in striped suits but could never confirm it. Thank you once again, kindest regards, Malcolm.
Hello Malcolm, yes, I remember seeing The Troggs at Stoneleigh, and yes it was on a school trip, maybe 1967? Can’t remember much about it, as we were secondary school kids, and a mate of mine had a bottle of Woodpecker cider which we were drinking!!
I definitely saw them at Stoneleigh, 67 or 68 I think. I was only 7 or 8 !
I saw them in concert with a friend in Halifax on May 19th 1968. It was at the Victoria Hall. Honeybus performed also. I was 14.
I remember seeing them at the South of England Showground at Ardingly in approx 1968. It was a really hot day and the group were brought out into the central arena on the back of a flatbed truck towed by a tractor . The teenagers went mad and loads of screaming girls went running towards them. I was lucky enough to get to the front and was able to pass my autograph book up which got signed twice!! A magical moment in time for a 12 year old.
Ditto – Primary School trip to Stoneleigh – I remember some of the girls going up to the Headmaster and asking if they could scream and him answering in a typical teacher’s way ” I am sure you can scream, but may you – No!”
Any details of the Troggs gigs in Europe?
I know they played two nights at a tennis stadium in Warsaw, Poland in 1972 because I was their booking agent and went with them!
Dave Woods ex of Circle Agency
I think I remember seeing the Troggs in Jackson, Mississippi in 1967 or thereabouts, with the People and another group. My first date as a 14-year-old boy.