Gigography 1970s

1970
Unknown dates (1970 or 1971)

Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich: John Peel Roadshow

Talk Of The Town, London: Jackson 5 media showcase

Unknown venue (Polytechnic in Hamstead): Loudon Wainwright III

Jan

9 Mothers, Birmingham: John Peel (no listed band) [148]

23 Mothers, Birmingham: Medicine Head [149]

25 Coventry, Lanchester Festival: Ron Geesin, Bridget St John, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (Others appearing at the ten-day included Jack Bruce, Yes, Free, Roland Kirk, Chicken Shack, Roy Harper, Duster Bennett, the Strawbs )

Feb

6 Mothers, Birmingham: Black Sabbath [152]

13 Locarno, Sunderland: Blodwyn Pig, Audience

20 Mothers, Birmingham: Siren [153]

Mar

6 Mothers, Birmingham: Medicine Head [154]

20 Mothers, Birmingham: Forest [155]

April

3 Mothers, Birmingham: Asgard [156]

17 Mothers, Birmingham: David Symonds, Stackwaddy, Vision Workshop Lights [157] - clashes with date below

17 Royal Albert Hall, CBS Records' "Sounds of the 70s" concert:Steamhammer, Flock, Johnny Winter

18 Royal Albert Hall, CBS Records' "Sounds of the 70s" concert: It's A Beautiful Day, Taj Mahal, Santana

20 Roundhouse, "Pop Proms": Traffic, Mott The Hoople, Bronco, If

21 Roundhouse, "Pop Proms": Tyrannosaurus Rex, Brinsley Schwartz, Elton John, Curved Air

22 Roundhouse, "Pop Proms": Johnny Winter, Juicy Lucy, Quintessence

23 BBC Sunday Concert recording: Mike Cooper, Mott The Hoople

24 Roundhouse, "Pop Proms": Fleetwood Mac, Mighty Baby, Hookfoot (Peel went home early and missed Fleetwood Mac)

May

1 Mothers, Birmingham: Conchise [169]

15 Mothers, Birmingham: John Peel (no listed band)

29 Mothers, Birmingham: John Peel (no listed band) [171]

June

1 Royal Festival Hall: Van de Graff Generator, Audience, East of Eden

27-29 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music: Formerly Fat Harry, ,Maynard Ferguson Big Band, Keef Hartley Band, Donovan, Joe Jammer, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Its A Beautiful Day, Steppenwolf; Johnny Winter, Pink Floyd, John Mayall, Canned Heat, Frank Zappa, Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin, Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Dr John (Peel advertised as one of two continuity announcers but was apparently prevented from getting to the stage by Hell's Angels security for at least part of the event). 

Sept

20 Blisworth, Helenors Club (Blisworth Hotel): "John Peel invites Van der Graaf Generator and Medicen light show (bar) 8/-"



Nov

29 Blisworth Hotel, Northants: Hawkwind

Dec

13 Blisworth Hotel, Northants: Delivery

17 Tamworth, Polesworth Memorial Hall: Medicine Head

1971
Jan

1 Blisworth, Blissworth Hotel: Audience

March

6 43 King Street, Covent Garden (The Old Middle Earth), "Oz Police Ball - A Gala Benefit For The Oz Obscenity Trial": "A star-studded all nighter starting at 8.30 with: Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come/Viv Stanshall's Seanhead Showband/Gene Vincent's Houseshakers/Pink Fairies/Egg/Third World War/Gnidrolog and John Peel holding it together." 

26 Locarno, Sunderland: Mott The Hoople, Medicine Head

30 Portsmouth, Tricorn Club: Audience

May

9 Roundhouse, BIT Benefit: Funkadelic, Little Free Rock, National Head Band, Good Habit, Zoo, Zoot Money

June

1 (or 23 Aug. 1971) Talk Of The Town, London: Lovelace Watkins

22-28 Glastonbury Fayre: Melanie, Quintessence, Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies, Terry Reid with David Lyndley and Linda Lewis, Gong, David Bowie, Hawkwind, Arthur Brown, Brinsley Schwarz, Fairport Convention, Family, Traffic

July

(exact date unknown) Royal Albert Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

1972
Mar

23 Royal Albert Hall: Leonard Cohen

27 Royal Albert Hall: Captain Beefheart &amp; His Magic Band

May

26-29 "Great Western Express" festival, Bardney, Lincolnshire: Rory Gallagher, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music, Strawbs, Stone The Crows, Faces, Genesis, Status Quo, Don McLean, Humble Pie, Sha Na Na Joe Cocker, Lindisfarne, Average White Band, Slade, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Beach Boys and others

Oct

4 Bumpers all-night club, W.1, benefit concert for Release: Quintessence, Quiver, Global Village Trucking Company, Lol Coxhill, John Peel, Bishop Big Boppers, Smith, Perkins and Smith, Bitch, The White Panther Street Band, Bridget St. John, Pisces, Tir na Nog and others

Dec

3 Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Benefit for the Spastic Society: Soft Machine, Medicine Head, Ron Geesin, Ivor Cutler

1973
April

6 Hull Arts Centre: John Peel Roadshow with Jo'burg Hawk

7 Cleethorpes, Dreamland: John Peel Roadshow

13 Sunderland, Locarno: Faces (often cited as among Peel's favourite gigs; for example, Margrave pg. 225) )

27 Sunderland, Locarno: Status Quo, Good Habit

28 Hull, John Peel Roadshow

June

25 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London: Mike Oldfield

July

15 Great Western Express at White City. Edgar Winter Band, Sly and the Family Stone, Barclay James Harvest, Canned Heat, Lindisfarne, JSD Band; Special guest stars The Kinks. Your Hosts: John Peel, Jerry Floyd, Bill Barclay. 

21 Buxton "Pop" Festival at Booth Farm, near Buxton, Derbyshire. Chuck Berry, Wizzard, Groundhogs, Nazareth, Canned Heat, Medicine Head, Edgar Broughton Band. This may be the "unspeakable" festival, marked by Chuck Berry's non-appearance, that he describes on pp.55-58 of Margrave of the Marshes - although he believed it took place in 1969. 

Aug

Exact date(s) unknown: Alexandra Palace, London Music Festival: Appears to have been a series of gigs at the Ally Pally early in the month, with those appearing including Incredible String Band and Steeleye Span (both 1 Aug), Black Sabbath (2 Aug), Alvin Lee & Ten Years After (3 Aug), Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (5 Aug)l. The band Fumble played a ten-day residency. Peel seems to have been booked to compere, but whether this was for all or some of the gigs is currently unknown. 

25 Reading, 12th National Jazz, Blues and Rock Festival: JP hosts second day of three-day event, with The Faces, Jon Hiseman's Tempest, Caravan, Jack The Lad, Fumble, Andy Bown, Tasavallan Presidentii (Finland), Strider, Claire Hamill, Riff-Raff, Quadrille, Dave Ellis. Special guest stars Status Quo and Lindisfarne

1974
July

5 Knebworth Festival: Pink Floyd, Linda Lewis, Monty Python, Steve Miller, Captain Beefheart, Roy Harper

Sept

8 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: Robert Wyatt &amp; Friends

Oct

5 Southend Festival: JOHN PEEL comperes and introduces Nic Jones, Benfleet Hoymen, English Tapestry, Mervyn Clayton, Gymel, Journeymen, Thameside Mummers, Chingford Morris Men, Kiti Theobald, and lots more.. Workshops and children's events during the day and a five-hour finale at the Cliffs Pavilion make up 'Folkeast 74', organised by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Some events at the Queen's Hotel.

Nov 1 London City University: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, Marmalade, Gonzalez, Love Machine, Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias

1975
Feb

21 (or 22) Tiffany's, Newcastle(?): Jack The Lad, Snafu. Medicine Head

28 Hull University, John Peel Roadshow

29 Bolton Institute Of Technology: John Peel Roadshow

Mar

2 Coventry, Mr George's: John Peel Roadshow

16 Rainbow Theatre, London, last night at venue: Sassafras, Procol Harum, Frankie Miller, Richard & Linda Thompson, Hatfield & the North, John Martyn, Kevin Coyne

Apr

2 Royal Albert Hall: Tangerine Dream

10: Ronnie Scott's: Arthur Brown

July

5 Pink Floyd, Steve Miller Band, Captain Beefheart, Roy Harper, Linda Lewis (DJ's John Peel and Pete Drummond)

Oct

12 London, New Victoria Theatre: Thin Lizzy

20 York Minster: Tangerine Dream - Peel later recalled sitting between Sheila and Richard Branson at the gig

Nov

18 (or 24) Hammersmith Odeon, London: Bruce Springsteen

1977
April

19 Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts: XTC

May

9 Rainbow Theatre: Clash, Buzzcocks, Jam, Subway Sect, Prefects (the latter opened the show with a song called "VD," which had the briefest of lyrics, as Peel would later relate on various occasions)

Aug

26, 27, 29 Reading Festival: Staa Marx, Salt, Five Hand Reel, Uriah Heap, Eddie & The Hotrods, Ultravox, Little River, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Quartz, Motors, Electric Chairs, Hawkwind, Doobie Brothers, Frankie Miller, Alex Harvey

29 Vortex, London: Chelsea

Sept

17 Chelmsford City Punk Festival: Slaughter & The Dogs, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Doctors Of Madness, Chelsea, Aswad (Damned didn't show up)

Oct

8 Southampton University, Pleasers

(Exact date unknown): West Midlands College Of Education: John Peel Roadshow

1978
May

15 "Pinkpop", Burgemeester Damen sportpark, Geleen, Holland: Partner, Mothers Finest, Robert Gordon &amp; Link Wray, Jonathan Richman &amp; The Modern Lovers, Graham Parker &amp; The Rumour, Journey, Thin Lizzy

1979
Jan

28 Brighton, Alhambra: Piranhas, Chicane - exact date and Brighton venue not confirmed

June

4 "Pinkpop", Burgemeester Damen sportpark, Geleen, Holland: Massada, Average White Band, Dire Straits, Police, Elvis Costello, Rush, Peter Tosh

Oct

6 Aston University, Birmingham: The Beat  - appears to be the occasion when Peel gave his gig fee to the band

19 Huddersfield Polytechnic: Undertones ("Undertones in Huddersfield" often cited as among Peel's favourite gigs; for example, Margrave pg. 225, )

Nov

16 Guildford, Surrey University: The Beat, The Vapors, Tickets £1.50

18 Liverpool, unknown venue: John Peel Roadshow (bands not known)