Gigography 1969

January
10 Plymouth, Van Dyke Club: Principal Edwards Magic Theatre

12 Mothers, Birmingham: Pink Floyd [77]

13 Queen Elizabeth Hall: Tyrannosaurus Rex (According to Rob Young's book Electric Eden (2010, p.468), one advertisement for this concert promised "John Peel proving the existence of fairies")

17 Royal Albert Hall: Georgie Fame, Ten Years After, Family, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre

19 Mothers, Birmingham: Who [80]

24-Feb 1 Coventry, various venues, Lanchester College Arts Festival: Music includes Peel, Pentangle, Jeff Beck, Eclection, Family, Duster Bennett, Champion Jack Dupree, Liverpool Scene, Jo-Ann Kelly, Simon &amp; Steve, Sydney Carter, Davy Graham, Ron Geesin. 

26 Mothers, Birmingham: Nice [82]

February
5 Bradford University: Fairport Convention, Bridget St. John, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre 

8 Mothers, Birmingham: Moby Grape. Group Therapy, Giant (US all-nighter) [84

13 Swindon, Locarno Ballroom, attended disastrous "dance" (roadshow?). Same city, same evening, different venue: saw Fairport Convention in McIlroy’s Ballroom in the department Store.,

14 Acton Town Hall: Judges beauty contest for Ealing Technical College. Bands: Maddening Crowd, Steve Miller's Delivery. 

Tyrannosaurus Rex tour, with Vytas Serelis (sitar), John Peel ("catalyst"). Bowie supports "with mime act about a boy's escape from the Chinese invasion of Tibet"
 * 15 Birmingham Town Hall (Peel talks about this concert on the following day's Top Gear)
 * 16 Croydon Fairfield Hall
 * 22 Manchester Free Trade Hall
 * 23 Bristol Colston Hall

18 UMIST, Edgar Broughton, Liverpool Scene, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre

20 Durham University: Dr K's Blues Band and Andromeda, and Big George

23 Mothers, Birmingham: Fleetwood Mac [89 - note, clashes with final Tyrannosaurus Rex tour date

March
Tyrannosaurus Rex tour continues
 * 1 Liverpool Philharmonic
 * 8 Brighton Dome

2 Mothers, Birmingham: Chicken Shack 

3 Sunderland, Whitburn, The Bay Hotel: Van de Graff Generator, Earth (Black Sabbath)

9 Mothers, Birmingham: Spooky Tooth

10 Sunderland, Bay Hotel: Spirit Of John Morgan & The Music Of Jan Dukes De Grey

20 West Ham College, E.15, Release Benefit (“Folk evening presented by John Peel”): Occasional Word Ensemble, Mike Hart, Dr. Strangely Strange &amp; Bridget St. John 

21 ICA: Principal Edwards Magic Theatre + lantern lecture by John Peel ("if he can find his way there") 

23 Mothers, Birmingham: Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

24 Royal Festival Hall “Folk Meets Pop”: Fairport Convention, Pat Sky, Sallyangie, Al Stewart 

28 Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London: Country Joe and the Fish, Roy Harper, Yes, Van Der Graaf Generator, Junior's Eyes, Andromeda, Turnstyle, Hard Meat and DJ John Peel

30 Mothers, Birmingham: Country Joe &amp; the Fish  

April
6 Roundhouse, YCND benefit night: Artists to include Alexis Korner, Pete Brown and his Battered Ornaments, The Straw, The Egg, Mike Stevens and Gary Farr, Deviants, Amber Cat, The Screw, The Exploding Galaxy Light Show, Dennis Gould. 

6 Mothers, Birmingham: Fairport Convention, Eclection [104] - clashes with above date

11 Lyceum “John Peel's Midnight Court”: Tyrannosaurus Rex – Peel’s name used but apparently he wasn’t there in person. Friday night gigs at Lyceum continued under the “Midnight Court” banner (JP name dropped) 

13 Mothers, Birmingham: Fleetwood Mac

20 Mothers, Birmingham: Blodwyn Pig, Doctor K

21 Bay Hotel, Sunderland: Liverpool Scene, Bridget St John

26 St. Pancras Town Hall: The Liverpool Scene  

27 Mothers, Birmingham: Pink Floyd [110]

May
2 Manchester College of Commerce: Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Chicken Shack, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre

4 Mothers, Birmingham: Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Blonde On Blonde [113]

9 Bristol Colston Hall: Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Clouds

10 Nottingham, Notts County Football Ground, 1969 Pop and Blues Festival: Fleetwood Mac, The Tremeloes, Marmalade, Georgie Fame, Love Sculpture, The Move, Pink Floyd, Keef Hartley, Status Quo, Duster Bennett, Dream Police, Van der Graaf Generator

12 Hornsey Town Hall "In the Cool of the Evening": Liverpool Scene, John Fahey and others 

18 Mothers, Birmingham: Steppenwolf [118]

25 Roundhouse, benefit for Fairport Convention after their motorway crash: Blossom Toes, Deviants, Eclection, Family, Mick Fleetwood, Mimi + Mouse, Jack Moore, Pink Floyd, Pretty Things. 

25 Mothers, Birmingham: Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum, Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments [120] - clashes with above date

31 Mothers, Birmingham: John Fahey [122]

June
5 Royal Albert Hall: Richie Havens, Caravan, Eclection, The Poet &amp; The Man Band 

7 Mothers, Birmingham: Procol Harum

8-11 Cambridge Midsummer Pop Festival. Series of open-air free concerts organised by Cambridge Arts Lab, Cambridge Corporation and Cambridge Musicians' Co-Operative. Bill includes Henry Cow, Tuesday's Children, Deviants, Edgar Broughton Band, Toby Jug and Washboard Band, Dawn, Mighty Baby, Blossom Toes and others. Peel is listed as MC for the event but it is not known on which days, if any, he attended. 

14 Mothers, Birmingham: Deep Purple, Group Therapy

28 Bath Festival Of Blues: Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, Nice, Chicken Shack, Jon Hiseman's Colesseum, Mick Abraham's Bloodwn Pig, Keef Hartley, Group Therapy, Liverpool Scene, Taste, Savoy Brown's Blues Band, Champion Jack Dupree, Clouds, Babylon, Principal Edward's Magic Theatre, Deep Blues Band, Just Before Dawn

29 Houldsworth Hall, Manchester, Glass Eye magazine benefit: Barclay James Harvest, Edgar Broughton Band, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Greasy Bear, Catalyst

29 Mothers, Birmingham: Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum [130] - clashes with above date

July
2 "Pop Proms", Royal Albert Hall: Incredible String Band, Family (Fairport Convention)

5 Mothers, Birmingham: Liverpool Scene, Keef Harley [133]

12 Nottingham Racecourse, "12 Hour Happiness": The Nice, Eclection, Yes, King Crimson, Juniors Eyes, Edgar Broughton Band, Idle Race,Status Quo, Caravan, Streets Of Sadness. J.P definitely at Nottingham from noon to midnight so could not have compered 'Mothers'. 

12 Mothers, Birmingham: Marsha Hunt [135] - clashes with above date

19 Mothers, Birmingham: Who [136]

August
16 Beckenham Recreation Ground, Beckenham Arts Lab free concert: Juniors Eyes, Bridget St. John, John Peel, Amory Kane - Peel isn't mentioned in this report on the event

16 Beach House Gardens, Worthing, free concert: "The performers include Steamhammer, John Peel and the Entire Sioux Nation" – appears to clash with event above

29 29 August 1969: All Saints Hall, Notting Hill: High Tide, Skin Alley, Group X (precursor of Hawkwind)

September
4 Lafayette Club, Wolverhampton: Black Sabbath (possibly supported by Medicine Head)

8 Friars, Aylesbury ("the only progressive rock club in the country...where John Peel tells the truth"): Quintessence with John Peel

15 Friars, Aylesbury: Atomic Rooster

20 Queen Elizabeth Hall: Third Ear Band, Bridget St John, Sam Hutt

26 Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshre: Fleetwood Mac, Family, East Of Eden, Edgar Broughton, Glass Menagerie, Spirit Of John Morgan

October
24 Locarno, Sunderland: Pink Floyd, Stone The Crows ((day of release of "Atomic Heart Mother")

November
8 Mothers, Birmingham: John Dummer Band, Cressida [145]

28 Locarno, Sunderland: Tryannosaurus Rex, Spirit Of John Morgan

December
19 Royal Albert Hall, charity concert for Shelter: Family, Graham Bond, Sam Apple Pie 

26 Mothers, Birmingham: Groundhogs [147]