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Jan
06 Marquee, London: Racing Cars [2] [3]
09 Bingley Hall, Stafford (Daily Mirror Pop Club): Status Quo [4] [5]
29 Roxy, London: Generation X, Penetration [6][1] - Peel's first punk gig
30 Hammersmith Odeon, London: Ry Cooder [7]
Feb
07 (or 08 or 09) Royal Albert Hall: Bryan Ferry [8] [9]
April
19 Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts: XTC [10] [2]
26 Dingwall’s, London: Eater [11] [12]
27 Hammersmith Odeon, London: Eric Clapton [13] [14]
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) [15]
June
18 University of East Anglia, Norwich: John Peel (& Astro Disco) [16] [17]
July
24 Belle Vue Manchester: Beach Boys, Barclay James Harvest, Dave Edmunds Rockpile, Ricci Martin, Dr. Feelgood [18]
Aug
15 Vortex, London: Slits [19] [3]
16 Vortex, London: Adverts, Steel Pulse [20] [21] [22]
26, 27, 29 Reading Festival: Staa Marx, Salt, Five Hand Reel, Uriah Heep, Eddie & The Hotrods, Ultravox, Little River, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Quartz, Motors, Electric Chairs, Hawkwind, Doobie Brothers, Frankie Miller, Alex Harvey [23] [24] [4]
29 Vortex, London: Chelsea [25] [26]
Sept
(unknown date) Speakeasy, London: New Hearts [27]
12 Vortex, London: Penetration [28] [29]
17 Chelmsford City Punk Festival: Slaughter & The Dogs, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Doctors Of Madness, Chelsea, Aswad (Damned didn't show up) [30] [31][5]
24 Preston Polytechnic, Radio Doom: John Peel Roadshow [32] [33] [34] [6]
Oct
1 West Midlands College Of Education, Walsall: John Peel Roadshow[35][7]
8 Southampton University, Pleasers [36]
15 Chelmsford College Of Further Education, John Peel Roadshow [37]
Nov
5 Loughborough Students Union, John Peel Roadshow [38]
6 Bolton, Institute Of Technology: Mantis [39]
19 Leicester Polytechnic, John Peel Roadshow [40] [41]
26 Hatfield Polytechnic: John Peel Roadshow [42]
Dec
3 Durham University: John Peel Roadshow [43]
13 Vortex, London: Eater 13 December 1977
References[]
- ↑ Ken Garner, The Peel Sessions, p. 93
- ↑ Peel mentions going to the gig in the first show of the first series of John Peel's Classic Sessions on 24 June 1996. He says that after seeing them live, he promptly booked the band for a session.
- ↑ Ken Garner, The Peel Sessions, p. 93
- ↑ Peel also wrote at length about his weekend at the festival for Sounds, in a piece that was republished in The Olivetti Chronicles (pg. 245-50).
- ↑ Peel mentions the event in his end of year write-up for The Listener in a piece later republished in The Olivetti Chronicles (pg. 182).
- ↑ Gig dated by LFC v Derby match on same day, as mentioned by Peel in Sounds column of 24 Sept 1977.
- ↑ Gig dated from LFC match v ManU match mentioned in Peel's description of the event in Sounds.[1] See also Sounds column, 1977-11-05, republished in The Olivetti Chronicles (p. 80-3) and Sounds column 1977-10-08. In the first of these, Peel also mentions a recent Roadshow gig in Norwich, presumably also in October, and "three remaining dates on my pre-Yule British tour", presumably in November or December.