The Ritz / Hive

The Ritz / The Hive – West Cliff, Bournemouth

The original Southcliffe Hotel prior to the demolition of the west wing for holiday cottages (Photograph Flickr).

Publicity flyer for the Southcliffe Hotel (Photograph Flickr).

The west cliff circa 1950, the Southcliffe Hotel with the bay windows to the left of the photograph (Photograph Flickr).

The Ritz and apartments on the west cliff; note the Wallen owned Starleys Hotel to the left and rear (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

On the west cliff, a couple of hundred yards from the pier, stood the Southcliffe Hotel. Originally dating back to the late 1860s when it was called South Cliff Villa, the hotel boasted sixty bedrooms, twenty bathrooms, hot and cold running water, central heating, an electric lift and commanding uninterrupted views over the bay, it would have been a desirable place to stay in its heyday. In the fifties, a large part of the hotel was demolished to make way for holiday cottages and the remaining rooms were converted into apartments. Adjoining the apartments was a smallish ballroom with two bay windows and a garden area. In the early sixties it was christened The Ritz by the then owner, Mr. Starley, who hosted local jazz bands and small combos for dancing such as Tony Alton and his Music, The Malcolm John Five, Ronnie Horler and His Music and The Kordet Combo from Dorchester. Behind the Ritz and over the South Cliff Road was another hotel originally called the Beechcliffe Hall, which he also owned and renamed Starleys Hotel. It was this package of properties that Len Wallen purchased in late 1965.

Before The Ritz became a rock club, it was a popular jazz hangout. Here’s The Tubby Hayes Quartet in 1966. Note: Danny Thompson on double bass went on to work extensively with Julie Felix, Pentangle and John Martyn (Photograph Chris Bolton-Levin).

Left to Right: Pip Wallen, local socialite Ken Baily and Len Wallen in the entrance to the Ritz (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

Left: Entry fee 5 bob, a bargain! Right: Hilary Wallen works the ticket booth (Photographs Hilary Goodinge).

Len Wallen standing outside the newly refurbished Ritz ballroom early 1966 (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

Len Wallen was born in Portsmouth in 1926, but moved to Oxford with his family when he was in his teens. He initially worked for Pearl Insurance, becoming their most successful salesman, for which he won an award. He then changed tack and started up his own business selling tyres, eventually opening six shops around the Oxfordshire and Berkshire area. In 1965, he tired of tyres, sold his business and moved to Bournemouth where the family had enjoyed holidays in the past. At a loose end and bored with retirement, Len moved into the hospitality industry and bought the Starleys Hotel, which included the apartments across the road and the Ritz ballroom. From the very beginning, the family pitched in, working at the hotel during the day and helping out at the Ritz nightclub in the evenings. Len’s wife Pip, managed the cloakroom with assistance from Jean Beaumont. A woman called Patsy took care of the ticket office and the bar was managed by Brian with support from Len’s niece Kathleen, who moved down from York to help out. In case of trouble, two gentle giants, Eddie and Ray, were on hand to break up any altercations and throw out troublemakers, while the whole operation was managed by Paul Clarke. Len’s teenage daughters, Hilary and Jackie, collected classes and would fill in when needed. 

It’s not until you see the club devoid of people, that it becomes apparent how small the Ritz actually was (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

The band takes a break allowing the crowd to spill out into the garden for a breath of fresh sea air (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

Before re-opening on 19^th February 1966 with The Trackmarks, Len oversaw a make-over, laying new carpets, erecting a new stage and stone cladding the front facade. Initially he booked local groups such as The South Coast 5ive, The Dictators, The Bossmen and The Nite People but soon brought in bigger groups, starting with Adam Faith’s former backing band The Roulettes followed by The Paramounts and The Fourmost. As he settled into his new line of work, Len expanded his empire by procuring the Romantica Hotel at Cemetery Junction (now the Dean Court Inn) and the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis. In tandem with a young local promoter finding his feet in the murky world of the music business, Mel Bush, and input from his daughter Hilary who got the inside track on who was hot from the head of the Student Union at Poole College, Nigel Armstrong, he brought the cream of the London rock, soul and blues scene to the south coast. With two venues just over fifty miles apart and a couple of hotels in Bournemouth where the groups could bed down for the night instead of driving back to London in the early hours of the morning, it was an easy sell to entice bands to the Ritz.    

Busy nights in the smoky Ritz, above The Dictators and below The Trackmarks (Photographs Hilary Goodinge).

On a good night, it was almost impossible for the musicians to battle their way through the tightly packed crowd from the dressing room sited behind the bar, to the stage at the far end of the club. In the days before the smoking ban, the air would be thick with the fug of acrid smoke from cheap fags, making your eyes sting and stream with tears, while the heat generated by the proximity of numerous tightly packed bodies ensured a very sticky experience. It would be a blessed relief when the doors to the beer garden were thrown open in the interval to ease the pressure and allow a much-needed blast of fresh sea air. In those pre-Health and Safety days, The Ritz could legally hold up to a thousand patrons. In the event of a fire, the fire brigade deemed it safe for people to exit through the two doors on either side of the stage into the small garden and jump over the fence onto the path leading down the cliffs. In hindsight, that would have been a recipe for disaster, as the fence was a lot higher than most people could jump. That advice certainly wouldn’t hold today.

The Trackmarks with Lee Kerslake on drums (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

The South Coast 5ive (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

The Dictators (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

In the golden age of nascent progressive rock and the blues boom, John Mayall, Taste, Colosseum, Yes, Chicken Shack, The Groundhogs, Blodwyn Pig, Black Cat Bones, Ten Years After, Traffic, Family, Steamhammer, Stone The Crows, Spooky Tooth plus the bluesmen Otis Spann, John Lee Hooker and Freddie King all appeared in front of an appreciative, if somewhat cramped audience. On one memorable evening late in 1968, Fleetwood Mac honoured a long-standing booking and gave an electrifying performance to a sell-out crowd while their single “Albatross” steadily climbed the charts, eventually reaching the top spot. In February 1969 they were back with brand-new Orange amplifiers. Usually, they turned up with a hodgepodge of battered and mismatched gear, but now they looked like a successful professional band. Obviously, the money from a number one single had reaped dividends. However, it made no difference to the Mac as they were the same down-to-earth, blistering blues band as before and the hottest ticket in town.

The Nice made three appearances, once with the guitarist David O’List and twice as a slimmed down trio. Their heady brew of rock and jazz mixed with classical influences went down a storm with the punters and Keith Emerson’s dazzling musicianship combined with his OTT theatrics which involved stabbing his keyboard with a pair of large knives given to him by the band’s roadie, ‘Lemmy’ Kilminster later of Motorhead fame, made for a memorable experience. Jethro Tull, on the other hand, only played the Ritz once in early January 1969. The gig sticks in the mind for a couple of reasons, one, the place was absolutely jam-packed and excessively hot, but Ian Anderson still kept on the long black coat that he wore on the cover of their debut album This Was for the duration of their set and secondly, it was only the second gig that Martin Barre played with the band after replacing the original guitarist Mick Abrahams just before Christmas. Not that anyone would have noticed.

Black Cat Bones at the Ritz in June 1969 (Photograph Joss Mullinger)

In the spring of 1969, local band The Room were booked as a support act to one of the bigger bands. However, on the night the headliners were a no show, giving the band plenty of opportunity to impress Len the owner with their full repertoire of progressive blues. He liked what he heard and made them the occasional house band for the rest of the year through to the spring of 1970. During their residency, they supported Juniors Eyes, The Third Ear Band, Pete Brown’s Piblokto, Gypsy, The Strawbs, Julian’s Treatment, Village, The Liverpool Scene, Clouds, The Edgar Broughton Band, Fleetwood Mac and Howlin’ Wolf amongst others.

Talking of Howlin’ Wolf, the aforementioned blues legend visited the club in May 1969 with the John Dummer Blues Band. The Wolf was a giant of a man, with a towering stage presence and bags of charisma, and despite being in his mid-sixties with health issues and missing his sidekick of many years guitarist Hubert Sumlin, he gave one hundred percent, blowing a mean blues harp and howling like a man possessed. When he finally departed the stage soaked with sweat and to rapturous applause ringing in his ears, the big man took the time to shake hands with mesmerised fans as he made his way back to the dressing room. An unforgettable experience.

One gig that failed to materialise was the eagerly anticipated homecoming of the original King Crimson. The band was booked to appear on 26^th September 1969, but on the night in question, the disappointed punters were told that they had pulled out at the last moment due to Ian McDonald being ill. An advert appeared in the Bournemouth Echo the following day apologising for the no-show and it was hoped that they would organise a new date, but it wasn’t to be. King Crimson didn’t return to Bournemouth until June 1971 when they played the much larger Winter Gardens, but by then it was a totally different line-up with local boys Greg Lake and Michael Giles long gone and Robert Fripp being the only original member left.

Eden Roc, a four piece band from Yorkshire were the support band for Freddie King and Killing Floor on 20^th June 1969 (Photograph zanywoodruff.com).

On Saturday 16^th August 1969, The Edgar Broughton Band played the same night as the ‘Bournemouth Regatta Beat Group Competition’. As The Ritz overlooked the area where the competition took place, Edgar thought it would be a good idea to take advantage of the makeshift stage and decamp to the beach after their show and put on a free gig. The Broughton’s had a reputation for playing rabble-rousing freebies from the back of lorries at festivals and benefits, which sometimes ended in cases of civil disobedience and the odd punch-up. True to form, later that evening the band and Edgar’s mum and dad (they were his roadies) humped the gear down to the beach west of the pier and proceeded to play. Unfortunately, Bournemouth being Bournemouth, the band only managed a couple of raucous anthems before the local residents were up in arms complaining about the unholy racket emanating from the beach and the boys in blue turned up and pulled the plug. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.  

The exterior of the newly refurbished Hive (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

(Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

At the turn of the decade, Len spent £5,000 on a revamp by adding arches, lowering the ceiling and brightening up the old oak panel walls with a lurid purple, red and yellow striped colour scheme (apparently he was colour blind). The club re-opened on Friday 15^th May 1970 with a new name, The Hive, and a new identity catering for a disco clientele with live music relegated to weekends. By then the up-and-coming bands of the last couple of years had become headliners in their own write, upped their fees accordingly and decamped half a mile down the road to the much larger Winter Gardens.

Now that the emphasis had changed to dancing around handbags and hiring pop groups such as White Plains, Edison’s Lighthouse, Pickettywitch, Middle of The Road and Cupid’s Inspiration, the hairy hoards recoiled in horror and took their custom elsewhere. Sure there was the odd blast of Satanic heavyocity from Black Sabbath and Black Widow and memorable gigs from Thin Lizzy, Wishbone Ash, Osibisa, Quiver and Stan Webb’s new slimmed down, heavier version of Chicken Shack, but it wasn’t the same. It felt to the old regulars that the new fancy decor and disco music blasting out over the speakers changed the dynamic of what had once been a favourite hangout, and with fewer band nights it just didn’t feel the same.

Despite what the advert says, Skid Row were from Ireland not America, the US heavy metal band Skid Row didn’t form until 1986

One evening in July 1970 was a case in point. An unknown Irish trio called Skid Row turned up and a near riot broke out as their power was cut after a short, exhilarating set. The group was an odd-looking bunch with the extrovert Brendan ‘Brush’ Sheils on bass, Noel Bridgeman on drums, and a seventeen-year-old prodigy on guitar called Gary Moore. As the small stunned crowd shouted for more, the DJ attempted to spin a couple of discs, but the newly won over fans were having none of it and demanded an encore. After much yelling and stamping, Bridgeman launched into an impromptu drum solo egged on by the punters. Seeing that resistance was futile, the club manager relented and allowed the band to play on to the crowd’s delight.

Despite the odd memorable gig, it wasn’t enough to sustain the interest, and the regulars from previous years gradually drifted away. In the spring of 1971 Len tried appealing to a biker crowd by introducing rock ‘n’ roll nights every Thursday, but The Wild Angels, The Houseshakers and bands of that ilk failed to pull in enough punters to make it viable. By 1972, live music was relegated to once a week in the summer months and for the rest of the time, the club operated as a discotheque.

DJ booth and low stage to the right (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

The newly revamped interior of the Hive, note the lurid purple, red & yellow colour scheme (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

Seating area, the bar was to the left thought the arch (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

Early in 1974, Len was under pressure to sell Starley’s hotel, now named the Capri, and the Hive, as the site was designated for a brand-new all-purpose concert and conference centre with bars, restaurants and a swimming pool. Before that could take the place, the council slapped a compulsory purchase order on the Court Royal Hotel next door, which was owned by the National Coal Board and the National Mine Workers Union. Since 1947, the convalescent home had been a respite centre for Welsh miners sent to the coast to recuperate from chest problems caused by coal dust and injuries from mining accidents. As the case rumbled through the courts, the power of the unions proved too strong for the Tory council, and they won. The council appealed the verdict and took their fight to the Labour Secretary of State for the Environment and lost again. The building is still there, but now it’s a hotel run by the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. While all the wrangling and toing and froing was dragging on, Len leased the Hive back to the council in the spring of 1974, who converted it into the Anchor Bar, an emporium for dispensing warm, overpriced lager to sunburnt holidaymakers. Finally in 1983, the whole area was flattened, condemning the home of many unforgettable nights to a burial under a red brick mausoleum called the Bournemouth International Centre.

Flyer and tickets (Supplied by Hilary Goodinge).

Promotional flyers (Suppled by Joss Mullinger).

As for Len, he bought a further five hotels, including the Bay on the west cliff which also fell foul of the Bournemouth Council and was torn down in 1998 as the BIC supposedly needed another car park, to this day it is still a plot of waste ground. He finally retired in 2006, but sadly died in 2018 at the ripe old age of ninety-two. Unfortunately, there isn’t a building left to fix a blue plaque, just a car park and bin store, but for all the people that were regular Ritz goers, Len’s legacy is a head full of happy memories.

Aerial shot of the Hive circa 1972; note the holiday cottages to the left, the Court Royal miners retreat to the right and the newly named Hotel Capri (formerly Starleys Hotel) at the rear (Photograph Hilary Goodinge).

The Bournemouth Council owned Anchor Bar replaced the Hive in May 1974

The demolition begins in 1983. The Ritz and the Capri Hotel are still standing, while all around is cleared (Photograph Flickr).

Summer 1983; the site is completely cleared to make way for the Bournemouth International Centre (Photograph Flickr).

The view in January 2024, the Court Royal Hotel still standing but dwarfed by the Bournemouth International Centre (Photograph John Cherry).

Where the Ritz once stood; now a car park and bin store for the BIC, the Court Royal Hotel behind (Photograph John Cherry).

Special thanks go to Len’s daughter Hilary Goodinge for background information and the majority of the photographs.  

Below is a list of gigs at The Ritz and Hive from January 1966 when Len Wallen took over, to March 1973. Were you there? Have I missed out any name bands? Please let me know.

The dates below were collated from archived copies of the Bournemouth Evening Echo held at the Bournemouth Central Library.

1966

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Friday 14^th January: The Artwoods + The Cavaliers 

Saturday 19^th February: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks 

Friday 25^th February: The Just Men + The Committee

Saturday 26^th February: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Saturday 5^th March: The South Coast 5ive

Wednesday 9^th March: The Roulettes + Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Saturday 12^th March: The South Coast 5ive

Friday 18^th March: The Paramounts + Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks 

Saturday 19^th March: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Tuesday 22^nd March: The Polish Modern Jazz Quartet + The Oscar Rand Trio 

Wednesday 23^rd March: The Fourmost + Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks 

Saturday 26^th March: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks 

Thursday 31^st March: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks + The Orbits 

Friday 1^st April: Eric Galloway and His London Dance Band

Saturday 2^nd April: Pentad

Thursday 7^th April: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Friday 8^th April: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Saturday 9^th April: The Bunch

Monday 11^th April: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Friday 15^th April: Paul Daly

Saturday 16^th April: The Palmer James Group

Friday 22^nd April: The Tubby Hayes Quartet + The Oscar Rand Quartet

Saturday 23^rd April: The Conquerors

Friday 29^th April: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Saturday 30^th April: Simon Dupree and The Big Sound

Friday 6^th May: The Impacts

Saturday 7^th May: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Tuesday 10^th May: Tony, Howard and The Dictators

Friday 13^th May: Denise Scott and The Soundsmen

Saturday 14^th May: The Vic Allen Showband 

Friday 13^th May: Denise Scott and The Soundsmen 

Saturday 14^th May: Steve Darbishire and The Yum Yum Band 

Tuesday 17^th May: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Thursday 19^th May: The Dick Morrissey Quartet with Phil Seamen 

Friday 20^th May: Zuider Zee

Saturday 21^st May: Wanted 

Tuesday 24^th May: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Wednesday 25^th May: Tony, Howard and The Dictators + Four Shades of Blue 

Thursday 26^th May: The Bourbon Street Six

Friday 27^th May: Our Kind 

Sunday 29^th May: The Meantimers 

Monday 30^th May: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Friday 3^rd June: The Palmer James Group

Saturday 4^th June: The Four Just Men

Tuesday 7^th June: Denise Scott and The Soundsmen 

Wednesday 8^th June: The Gordon Riots 

Thursday 9^th June: The Gordon Riots

Friday 10^th June: The Outcasts

Saturday 11^th June: Tony Martyn and The Trackmarks

Tuesday 14^th June: The Voids 

Wednesday 15^th June: The Zags 

Thursday 16^th June: The Dyaks 

Friday 17^th June: Lavina and The Lavelles

Saturday 18^th June: Beaux Oddlot

Monday 20^th June: Our Kind

Tuesday 21^st June: Wynder K. Frog 

Wednesday 22nd June: The Ian Carr Quintet with Don Rendell

Thursday 23^rd June: Steve Darbishire and The Yum Yum Band

Friday 24^th June: The Klick 

Saturday 25^th June: George Bean and The Loopy Lot

Monday 27^th June: The Dictators

Wednesday 29^th June: The Mojo’s

Thursday 30^th June: The Dictators

Friday 1^st July: The Dictators

Saturday 2^nd July: The Dictators

Monday 4^th July: The South Coast 5ive

Tuesday 5^th July: The South Coast 5ive

Wednesday 6^th July: The South Coast 5ive

Friday 8^th July: The Dictators

Monday 11^th July: The Dictators

Tuesday12^th July: The Dictators

Wednesday 13^th July: The Dictators

Thursday 14^th July: The Dictators

Friday 15^th July: The South Coast 5ive

Friday 26^th August: The South Coast 5ive 

Friday 2^nd September: The Dictators 

Monday 5^th September: The Klick

Tuesday 6^th September: People’s People

Wednesday 7^th September: The Emotions 

Thursday 8^th September: The Trackmarks

Friday 9^th September: High Tension

Saturday 10^th September: George Bean and His Loopy

Wednesday 14^th September: The Pathfinders 

 Friday 16^th September: The Gates of Eden

Saturday 17^th September: The Dyaks

Monday 19^th September: The Pathfinders

Wednesday 21^st September: The Emotions

Friday23^rd September: The Meantimers

Saturday 24^th September: The Peeps 

Friday 30^th September: 1^st Lites 

Saturday 1^st October: The Four Just Men

Friday 7^th October: The Unchained 

Sunday 9^th October: Staceys Circle

Friday 14^th October: The Reasons 

Saturday 15^th October: High Tension

Monday 17^th October: The Dictators

Thursday 20^th October: The Dictators

Friday 21^st October: The Breed 

Saturday 22^nd October: The Next Move

Thursday 27^th October: The Nite People

Friday 28^th October: The Uniform 

Saturday 29^th October: The Beat Six 

Tuesday 1^st November: The Living Trust

Wednesday 2^nd November: The Nite People

Thursday 3^rd November: The Alan Bown Set

Friday 4^th November: The Living Trust

Saturday 5^th November: The Variations

Friday 11^th November: The Hush

Saturday 12^th November: The Gas Company 

Friday 18^th November: The Living Trust

Saturday 19^th November: Steampacket + The Niteshades

Friday 25^th November: Sounds Like Us

Saturday 26^th November: The Utopians

Friday 2^nd December: The Inspiration

Saturday 3^rd December: The Breed

Wednesday 7^th December: The Tubby Hayes Quartet

Friday 9^th December: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Saturday 10^th December: Peter Budd and The Rebels 

Friday 16^th December: The Frame 

Saturday 17^th December: The Force West

Saturday 24^th December: The Living Trust

Monday 26^th December: The Addix

Tuesday 27^th December: The Hunters 

Friday 30^th December: Mod Hammed Soule 

Saturday 31^st December: The Rage

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Monday 2^nd January: The Big Time Operators

Thursday 5^th January: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Saturday 7^th January: The Hush

Monday 9^th January: The Alan Bown Set + Soul Foundation

Friday 13^th January: The Next Move

Friday 14^th January: The Breed

Wednesday 18^th January: St. Louis Union + Soul Foundation + The Caxton

Friday 20^th January: The Inspiration

Saturday 21^st January: The Franklin Big Six

Tuesday 24^th January: Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band + The Bossmen

Friday 27^th January: The Soundsmen

Saturday 28^th January: The Klick

Wednesday 1^st February: The Riot Squad + Mozzletoff 

Friday 3^rd February: The Reasons

Saturday 4^th February: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs 

Tuesday 7^th February: The Big Time Operators

Friday 10^th February: The Gas Company

Saturday 11^th February: The Hunters

Tuesday 14^th February: Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band + The Living Trust 

Friday 17^th February: Systems Go

Friday 18^th February: The Cole Train Union

Tuesday 21^st February: Simon Dupree and The Big Sound + The Shame

Friday 24^th February: Abject Blues

Saturday 25^th February: Staceys Circle 

Tuesday 28^th February: The Action + The Bossmen

Friday 3^rd March: Mood Indigo

Saturday 4^th March: The Chasers

Tuesday 7^th March: Dave Anthony and The Plague

Thursday 9^th March: The Nite People + Nelson’s Column 

Friday 10^th March: The Reasons

Saturday 11^th March: The Iveys 

Tuesday 14^th March: The Alan Bown Set + The Bossmen

Friday 17^th March: Soul Foundation 

Saturday 18^th March: The Cheating Hearts 

Thursday 23^rd March: The Bunch 

Saturday 25^th March: Thursday’s Child

Monday 27^th March: The Rage

Tuesday 28^th March: Jimmy James and The Vagabonds + The Bossmen

Friday 31^st March: The Gas Company

Saturday 1^st April: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Tuesday 4^th April: The Gas

Friday 7^th April: Dave Anthony and The Plague

Saturday 8^th April: The Klick

Tuesday 11^th April: The Meantimers 

Friday 14^th April: The Shame 

Saturday 15^th April: The Minor Portion Roll Band + The J. J. Preston Sound 

Tuesday 18^th April: Herbie Goins and The Night-Timers + The Bossmen 

Friday 21^st April: The Palmer James Group 

Saturday 22^nd April: Traffic + The Bossmen 

Friday 28^th April: The ‘T’ Pots

Saturday 29^th April: Monday’s Children

Tuesday 2^nd May: Family

Friday 5^th May: Maggregor’s Engine 

Saturday 6^th May: Mud

Tuesday 9^th May: Jimmy James and The Vagabonds 

Saturday 13^th May: The Wages of Sin

Tuesday 16^th May: The Alan Bown Set 

Friday 19^th May: The Variations 

Saturday 20^th May: The Hush 

Thursday 25^th May: Simon Dupree and The Big Sound

Friday 26^th May: Just Us 

Saturday 27^th May: The Anzacs

Monday 29^th May: The Coloured Raisons

Tuesday 31^st  May: Dianne Ferraz and The Ferris Wheel + The J. J. Preston Sound

Friday 2^nd June: The Ray King Soul Band 

Saturday 3^rd June: One in a Million 

Thursday 8^th June: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Friday 9^th June: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Saturday 10^th June: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Monday 12^th June: The Reasons

Tuesday 13^th June: Whistling Jack Smith and The Quiet Five

Monday 19^th June: The Wages of Sin

Tuesday 20^th June: The Freddy Mack Show

Wednesday 21^st June: The Wages of Sin

Thursday 22^nd June: The Wages of Sin

Friday 23^rd June: The Wages of Sin

Saturday 24^th June: The Wages of Sin

Monday 26^th June: The Minor Portion Roll Band

Tuesday 27^th June: The Minor Portion Roll Band

Wednesday 28^th June: Wynder K. Frog + The Nashville Teens

Saturday 1^st July: Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band + The Minor Portion Roll Band 

Monday 3^rd July: Abject Blues

Wednesday 5^th July: Abject Blues

Thursday 6^th July: Abject Blues

Friday 7^th July: Abject Blues

Saturday 8^th July: Abject Blues

Friday 14^th July: The Gods 

Tuesday 18^th July: The Variations

Wednesday 19^th July: The Variations

Thursday 20^th July: The Variations

Friday 21^st July: The Variations

Monday 24^th July: The Bossmen

Tuesday 25^th July: The Bossmen

Wednesday 26^th July: The Bossmen

Thursday 27^th July: The Bossmen

Friday 28^th July: The Sweet and Sour + The Bossmen

Monday 31^st July: The Dictators

Tuesday 1^st August: The Dictators 

Wednesday 2^nd August: The Dictators 

Thursday 3^rd August: The Dictators 

Friday 4^th August: The Dictators 

Saturday 5^th August: The Dictators

Monday 7^th August: The Klick

Tuesday 8^th August: The Klick

Wednesday 9^th August: The Klick

Thursday 10^th August: The Klick

Friday 11^th August: The Klick

Saturday 12^th August: The Klick

Monday 14^th August: The Dictators

Tuesday 15^th August: The Dictators

Wednesday 16^th August: The Dictators

Thursday 17^th August: The Dictators

Friday 18^th August: The Dictators

Saturday 19^th August: The Dictators

Monday 21^st August: The Gas

Tuesday 22^nd August: Heart and Soul 

Wednesday 23^rd August: Heart and Soul

Thursday 24^th August: Heart and Soul

Friday 25^th August: Heart and Soul

Saturday 26^th August: The Fireballs 

Monday 28^th August: The Voyd Soul Band

Tuesday 29^th August: The Freddy Mack Show

Wednesday 30^th August: The Voyd Soul Band

Thursday 31^st August: The Voyd Soul Band

Friday 1^st September: The Voyd Soul Band

Tuesday 5^th September: Amen Corner 

Wednesday 6^th September: The Peddlers 

Friday 8^th September: The Skyliners + The Dictators

Saturday 9^th September: The Gods 

Monday 11^th September: Herbie Goins and The Night Timers 

Friday 15^th September: The Bee Gees

Saturday 16^th September: The Outer Limits 

Monday 18^th September: Wynder K. Frog

Wednesday 20^th September: Dantalion’s Chariot

Friday 22^nd September: The Dictators 

Monday 25^th September: The King Ossy Show + Coloured Raisons

Thursday 28^th September: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 

Friday 29^th September: The All Stars Show Band 

Saturday 30^th September: Soul Trinity 

Monday 2^nd October: Amen Corner

Saturday 6^th October: Brother Bung 

Sunday 7^th October: The Worrying Kind

Monday 8^th October: The Alan Bown

Thursday 12^th October: The Move

Friday 13^th October: Heart and Soul

Saturday 14^th October: The Dyaks

Monday 16^th October: Jimmy James and The Vagabonds 

Friday 20^th October: Amen Corner

Saturday 21^st October: The Lloyd Alexander Blues Band 

Monday 23^rd October: The Gas

Friday 27^th October: Oliver Norman and The Majestic Head

Saturday 28^th October: Simon K. and The Meantimers

Friday 3^rd November: Brother Bung

Saturday 4^th November: The Riot Squad

Tuesday 7^th November: Marmalade + The Shame 

Friday 10^th November: The Wages of Sin

Saturday 11^th November: The Gates of Eden

Tuesday 14^th November: The Freddy Mack Show

Saturday 18^th November: Sugar Simone + The Programme 

Friday 24^th November: Brother Bung

Saturday 25^th November: The New Jump Band

Saturday 2^nd December: Psychedelic In-Formation

Saturday 9^th December: The Syn 

Tuesday 12^th December: The Band of Joy 

Friday 15^th December: The Power

Saturday 16^th December: The Knack 

Tuesday 19^th December: The Alan Bown

Saturday 23^rd December: The Riot Squad + The Lotion 

Friday 29^th December: The Fireballs 

Sunday 31^st December: The Gods

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Friday 12^th January: The Healers

Saturday 13^th January: Jon, James and The Swamp

Tuesday 16^th January: The Herd

Friday 19^th January: The Delroy Williams Show 

Saturday 20^th January: The Loot 

Tuesday 23^rd January: Simon Dupree and The Big Sound

Friday 26^th January: Adge Cutler and The Wurzles + The Cavaliers 

Wednesday 31^st January: The Love Affair 

Saturday 3^rd February: Sugar Simone + The Programme

Tuesday 6^th February: Amen Corner 

Friday 9^th February: The Bossmen

Saturday 10^th February: The Army

Wednesday 14^th February: Max Bear and The Chicago Backs Set 

Friday 16^th February: The Cavaliers

Saturday 17^th February: Jon, James and The Swamp

Friday 23^rd February: The Age

Saturday 24^th February: Si’s Reaction 

Wednesday 28^th February: Marmalade

Friday 1^st March: Pete Kelly’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Solution 

 Saturday 2^nd March: The Rick ‘n’ Beckers

Wednesday 6^th March: The Plastic Penny 

Friday 8^th March: Fire

Saturday 9^th March: Big Soul Sound 

Tuesday 12^th March: Status Quo

Friday 15^th March: The Gods

Saturday 16^th March: The Stuart James Inspiration

Tuesday 19^th March: The Alan Bown 

Friday 22^nd March: The Emotions

Saturday 23^rd March: The Riot Squad

Wednesday 27^th March: The Gas 

Friday 29^th March: Archimedes Principle 

Saturday 30^th March: The Mojo’s  

Saturday 6^th April: Jason Eddie

Tuesday 9^th April: The Ray King Soul Band 

Thursday 11^th April: The Cavaliers

Saturday 13^th April: The Breakthru + The Lloyd Alexander Real Estate

Monday 15^th April: Pete Kelly’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Solution

Friday 19^th April: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Show

Saturday 20^th April: Jon, James and The Swamp

Tuesday 23^rd April: Jimmy Cliff + Wynder K. Frogg

Saturday 27^th April: Keith Purdie and The Heavenly Bodies

Tuesday 30^th April: The Joyce Bond Revue

Saturday 4^th May: Simon K. and The Meantimers 

Tuesday 7^th May: The Alan Bown 

Saturday 11^th May: Pete Kelly’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Solution

Tuesday 14^th May: Joyce Bond Revue

Friday 17^th May: Tuesdays Children

Saturday 18^th May: Jon, James and The Swamp

Tuesday 21^st May: Jimmy Cliff + Wynder K. Frog

Friday 24^th May: The Gods 

Saturday 25^th May: La Pella Nera

Wednesday 29^th May: Spooky Tooth

Friday 31^st May: Simplicity Soul

Monday 3^rd June: The Information

Tuesday 4^th June: Marmalade

Friday 7^th June: The Magic Roundabout 

Saturday 8^th June: Soul Bucket

Monday 10^th June: The Hell Hal Shell Shock Show

Tuesday 11^th June: The Nite People + The Hell Hal Shell Shock Show

Wednesday 12^th June: The Hell Hal Shell Shock Show

Thursday 13^th June: The Hell Hal Shell Shock Show

Friday 14^th June: The Army 

Saturday 15^th June: The Lloyd Alexander Real Estate

Monday 17^th June: The Riot Squad 

Tuesday 18^th June: The Riot Squad

Thursday 20^th June: The Riot Squad

Friday 21^st June: The Riot Squad

Saturday 22^nd June: The Riot Squad

Monday 24^th June: The Cavaliers

Wednesday 26^th June: The Cavaliers

Friday 28^th June: The Cavaliers

Saturday 29^th June: Jon, James and The Swamp

Tuesday 2^nd July: The Blackout

Wednesday 3^rd July: The Blackout

Friday 5^th July: The Blackout

Saturday 6^th July: King Size Keen and His Rocking Machine

Monday 8^th July: Ozzie Lane and The Greatest Show on Earth

Tuesday 9^th July: Ozzie Lane and The Greatest Show on Earth

Wednesday 10^th July: Ozzie Lane and The Greatest Show on Earth

Friday 12^th July: Spice

Monday 15^th July: The Swamp

Tuesday 16^th July: The Swamp

Wednesday 17^th July: The Swamp

Thursday 18^th July:  The Swamp

Friday 19^th July: The Swamp

Saturday 20^th July: The Memphis Express

Monday 22^nd July: The Swamp

Tuesday 23^rd July: The Swamp

Wednesday 24^th July: Fleetwood Mac

Wednesday 7^th August: The Spencer Davis Group 

Wednesday 14^th August: The Tremeloes

Wednesday 21^st August: The Nice

Thursday 29^th August: Fleetwood Mac

Friday 30^th August: The Perishers

Saturday 31^st August: Soul Package

Tuesday 3^rd September: Archimedes Principle

Wednesday 4^th September: The Promise 

Friday 6^th September: Sebastian Lodge 

Thursday 12^th September: The Tubby Hayes Quartet

Saturday 14^th September: The Epics

Wednesday 18^th September: The Nice

Friday 20^th September: Ten Years After 

Saturday 21^st September: Pete Kelly’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Solution

Friday 27^th September: The Groovy Kind

Tuesday 1^st October: Fleetwood Mac

Friday 4^th October: Duster Bennett + Lord Maurice

Saturday 5^th October: Granny’s Intentions 

Saturday 12^th October: The Rape + Infantes Jubilate

Tuesday 15^th October: The Chris Barber Jazz Band

Friday 18^th October: Simon Dupree and The Big Sound

Saturday 19^th October: Harlem Speakeasy

Friday 25^th October: Granny’s Intentions 

Saturday 26^th October: The Manchester Playboys

Thursday 31^st October: Renaissance Faire 

Friday 1^st November: The Love Affair

Saturday 2^nd November: The Cat Road Show

Wednesday 6^th November: Chicken Shack 

Friday 8^th November: The Love Affair

Saturday 9^th November: Spice 

Monday 11^th November: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

Thursday 14^th November: Coconut Mushroom + Heaven 

Friday 15^th November: The Alan Bown 

Saturday 16^th November: Red Star

Wednesday 20^th November: Savoy Brown and His Shake Down Blues Band 

Friday 22^nd November: Soul Group

Saturday 23^rd November: Jimmy Parker Soul Band

Friday 29^th November: The Steve Miller Delivery 

Saturday 30^th November: Johnny Johnson and The Bandwagon 

Friday 6^th December: Earth 

Saturday 7^th December: The Sweet

Friday 13^th December: The Village Blues Band

Saturday 14^th December: The Trifle

Tuesday 17^th December: Savoy Brown and His Shake Down Blues Band + The Nice + Pete Lain

Friday 20^th December: Union Blues

Saturday 21^st December: The Rick ‘n’ Beckers 

Tuesday 24^th December: Fascination + The Bostons

Thursday 26^th December: Ozzie Lane and The Greatest Show on Earth + The Storm

Friday 27^th December: Killing Floor

Saturday 28^th December: Sebastian Lodge

Tuesday 31^st December: Spice 

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Saturday 4^th January: Young Blood 

Friday 10^th January: The Sound Casters

Saturday 11^th January: The Buttonhole Band

Saturday 18^th January: Stuart Henry

Monday 20^th January: Ten Years After 

Friday 24^th January: Glass Menagerie 

Saturday 25^th January: Young Blood

Monday 27^th January: The Village Blues Band

Friday 31^st January: Rainbow Ffolly

Saturday 1^st February: Yes 

Saturday 8^th February: Ram Buck Shush

Friday 14^th February: The Timebox

Saturday 15^th February: Ray Williams and The Grenades 

Friday 21^st February: Chicken Shack

Saturday 22^nd February: Johnny Carr and The Cadillacs

Tuesday 25^th February: Fleetwood Mac

Friday 28^th February: The Outsiders

Saturday 1^st March: John Lee Hooker + The Groundhogs

Friday 7^th March: The John Dummer Blues Band

Saturday 8^th March: The Flares

Friday 14^th March: Bakerloo Blues Line 

Saturday 15^th March: Orange Bicycle 

Thursday 20^th March: East of Eden

Friday 21^st March: Blodwyn Pig 

 Saturday 22^nd March: Spectrum

Friday 28^th March: Taste

Saturday 29^th March: The Sweet 

Thursday 3^rd April: State Organisation

Saturday 5^th April: Babylon

Monday 7^th April: The Flares 

Friday 11^th April: The McKenna Mendelson Mainline

Saturday 12^th April: The Nashville Teens + The Rick ‘n’ Beckers

Thursday 17^th April: The Yarra Yarra Jazz Band

Friday 18^th April: Earth

Saturday 19^th April: The Fortunes 

Tuesday 22^nd April: John Peel + Hard Meat 

Thursday 24^th April: The Bob Willis Storyville Jazz Band

Friday 25^th April: The Room

Saturday 26^th April: The Flares

Thursday 1^st May: The Ken Colyer Jazzmen

Friday 2^nd May: The Room

Saturday 3^rd May: Ray Williams and The Grenades

Tuesday 6^th May: Mary Wells 

Friday 9^th May: Terry Reid

Saturday 10^th May: Desmond Dekker and The Aces + The In-Formation

Tuesday 13^th May: Bob and Earl + The Storm

Thursday 15^th May: Terry Lightfoot and His Jazzmen

Friday 16^th May: Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum 

Saturday 17^th May: Girl Talk 

Friday 23^rd May: Dr. Browns Blues Band

Saturday 24^th May: The World of Oz

Monday 26^th May: The Sketch 

Friday 30^th June: Howlin’ Wolf + The John Dummer Blues Band + The Room

Saturday 31^st May: Marmaduke Maize 

Friday 6^th June: Black Cat Bones

Saturday 7^th June: Young Blood

Friday 13^th June: John Lee Hooker + The John Dummer Blues Band 

Saturday 14^th June: Shy Limbs 

Monday 16^th June: Eden Roc 

Tuesday 17^th June: Eden Roc 

Thursday 19^th June: Eden Roc + Emperor Rosko

Friday 20^th June: Freddie King + Killing Floor + Eden Roc

Saturday 21^st June: Eden Roc

Monday 23^rd June: Mystic Tangent 

Tuesday 24^th June: The Room 

Wednesday 25^th June: The Easybeats + The Room 

 Thursday 26^th June: Fleetwood Mac + The Room

Friday 27^th June: Otis Spann + Steamhammer

Saturday 28^th June: The Ritual

Monday 30^th June: Heatwave

Wednesday 2^nd July: Heatwave

Thursday 3^rd July: Heatwave

Saturday 5^th July: Heatwave + Prayer of Hades

Monday 7^th July: Dusk Soul

Thursday 10^th July: Emperor Rosko

Friday 11^th July: Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band 

Saturday 12^th July: Dusk Soul + The John Gary Group 

Monday 14^th July: Bumbly Hum

Tuesday 15^th July: The Equals

Thursday 17^th July: Bumbly Hum 

Friday 18^th July: Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum 

Saturday 19^th July: The Mindbenders 

Friday 25^th July: The Nice

Tuesday 29^th July: Emperor Rosko

Thursday 31^st July: The Alan Price Set

Wednesday 6^th August: Jimmy James and The Vagabonds

Friday 8^th August: Blodwyn Pig 

Sunday 10^th August: Johnny Silvo + Allan White Folk Night

Tuesday 12^th August: Emperor Rosko 

Thursday 14^th August: The Move

Saturday 16^th August: The Edgar Broughton Band

Sunday 17^th August: Dave Ward + Allan White Folk Night

Tuesday 19^th August: Max Romeo

Friday 22^nd August: The Groundhogs

Sunday 24^th August: Alex Campbell + Allan White Folk Night

Monday 25^th August: The Foundations

Thursday 28^th August: Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames

Friday 29^th August: Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments 

Saturday 30^th August: The Dandelions 

Monday 1^st September: The Globe Show 

Tuesday 2^nd September: Emperor Rosko 

Thursday 4^th September: Mystic Tangent

Friday 5^th September: The Liverpool Scene + Room

Saturday 6^th September: The Joyce Bond Revue

Friday 12^th September: Clouds + The Room

Saturday 13^th September: Poet and The One Man Band with Paul Williams

Sunday 14^th September: Gerry Lochran + Allan White Folk Night

Friday 19^th September: Hard Meat + The Room 

Saturday 20^th September: King Size Keen Show

Friday 26^th September: Village + The Room (Village replaced King Crimson who pulled out because of illness)

Saturday 27^th September: The Ray Williams Band

Thursday 2^nd October: Alabama Shoestring

Friday 3^rd October: Third Ear Band + The Room

Friday 10^th October: Pete Brown and Piblokto + Room

Saturday 11^th October: Simon K. and The Meantimers 

Sunday 12^th October: Shelagh McDonald + Allan White Folk Night

Friday 17^th October: Gypsy + The Room

Saturday 18^th October: Stone the Crows 

Friday 24^th October: Jody Grind + The Room

Saturday 25^th October: Senority

Friday 31^st October: Juniors Eyes + The Room

Saturday 1^st November: Dave Smith and the Pylots 

Friday 7^th November: The Strawbs + Room

Saturday 8^th November: Cool Combination 

Thursday 13^th November: Image + The Room 

Friday 14^th November: Griffin + The Room

Saturday 15^th November: The Flares

Friday 21^st November: The Edgar Broughton Band + The Room

Saturday 22^nd November: Orange Rainbow

Friday 28^th November: The Greatest Show on Earth + The Room

Saturday 29^th November: The Crew

Friday 5^th December: Van Der Graaf Generator

Saturday 6^th December: The Jamaican All Stars 

Wednesday 10^th December: ‘The Melody Maker Beat Contest’ The Room + The Feet + Coconut Mushroom + Wanted + Concrete Trousers + Long Grey Mare + Esta’s Tom Cat

Friday 12^th December: Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum

Friday 19^th December: Manfred Mann Chapter Three 

Saturday 20^th December: The Pioneers

Friday 26^th December: Principal Edwards Magic Theatre

Saturday 27^th December: The Mojos

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Friday 9^th January: Andromeda (Cancelled due the band’s van breaking down)

Saturday 10^th January: Chicksagogo 

Friday 16^th January: The Spirit of John Morgan 

Wednesday 21^st January: Elias Hulk + Still Glade + Bram Stoker

Friday 23^rd January: The Edgar Broughton Band 

Saturday 24^th January: The Ray King Soul Band

Friday 30^th January: Estas Tom Cat + The Room

Saturday 31^st January: Newgate Calendar + Crimson Season

Friday 6^th February: Plough

Saturday 7^th February: Sound City + Ruby Spoon

Friday 13^th February: The Graham Bond Initiation

Sunday 15^th February: The Honey Bunch + Peace Full

The Ritz closed for refurbishment and a name change in February 1970 and reopened as The Hive on Friday 15^th May 1970.

Saturday 16^th May: Springfield Park

Sunday 17^th May: Gerry Lockran + Andy Bond + Scott Green + Fiona Gibson + Don Richardson + The Troubadour Players Folk Night

Thursday 21^st May: Black Sabbath

Friday 22^nd May: The Pebbles

Saturday 23^rd May: The Crew 

Friday 29^th May: The Sweet

Thursday 4^th June: Juicy Lucy + Upstairs Basement 

Saturday 6^th June: Springfield Park

Saturday 13^th June: Napoleon 

Thursday 18^th June: Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum

Friday 19^th June: Mankey Kat

Saturday 20^th June: The Bagge 

Friday 26^th June: Katch 22

Saturday 4^th July: Cupid’s Inspiration

Wednesday 8^th July: Christie

Saturday 11^th July: The Mowhawks

Wednesday 15^th July: Edison Lighthouse 

Friday 17^th July: Skid Row 

Saturday 18^th July: Reformation

Wednesday 22^nd July: Mr Bloe

Thursday 23^rd July: Principal Edwards Magic Theatre 

Wednesday 29^th July: Status Quo

Thursday 30^th July: Black Widow

Wednesday 5^th August: The Love Affair

Wednesday 12^th August: Picketty Witch 

Wednesday 19^th August: White Plains

Wednesday 26^th August: Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch 

Saturday 29^th August: Madrigal 

Saturday 5^th September: The Yellow Tricycle Road Show

Saturday 19^th September: The Information

Saturday 26^th September: Apricot Brandy

Saturday 3^rd October: The Information

Saturday 10^th October: Black Love 

Saturday 17^th October: Chancery Lane

Saturday 24^th October: Windmill 

Saturday 31^st October: Orange Hair

Saturday 7^th November: Katch 22 

Tuesday 8^th December: The Room + Taurus 

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Saturday 20^th March: Chicken Shack

Saturday 27^th March: Jackson Heights 

Saturday 3^rd April: Mick Abrahams Band

Saturday 10^th April: Green Steam

Saturday 17^th April: Origin

Saturday 24^th April: The Groundhogs

Thursday 29^th April: The Houseshakers

Saturday 1^st May: Black Sabbath 

Thursday 6^th May: The Magic Rock Band

Saturday 8^th May: Principle Edwards Magic Theatre

Thursday 13^th May: The Wild Angels

Friday 14^th May: Chicken Shack

Friday 21^st May: Uriah Heep 

Friday 28^th May: The Roy Young Band

Friday 4^th June: Thin Lizzy

Friday 18^th June: The Pink Fairies

Wednesday 23^rd June: Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band

Friday 25^th June: Van Der Graaf Generator 

Saturday 26^th June: Bethany

Wednesday 30^th June: Hot Chocolate

Wednesday 7^th July: Middle of The Road

Tuesday 13^th July: Desmond Dekker and The Aces

Wednesday 14^th July: Heaven

Friday 16^th July: Osibisa

Wednesday 21^st July: Medicine Head 

Thursday 22^nd July: The Sweet

Wednesday 28^th July: The Fantastics 

Friday 30^th July: East of Eden

Wednesday 4^th August: St Cecelia

Monday 9^th August: Slade

Wednesday 11^th August: The Foundations

Friday 13^th August: Quiver

Wednesday 18^th August: Johnny Johnson and The Bandwagon

Friday 20^th August: Heaven

Monday 23^rd August: The Pioneers 

 Wednesday 25^th August: The Sweet

Friday 27^th August: Tir Na Nog

Friday 3^rd September: Freedom

Friday 24^th September: Wishbone Ash

Friday 5^th November: Assagai

Sunday 14^th November: East of Eden

Saturday 4^th December: Bruce Ruffin and The Jab Jab Band

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Saturday 1^st April: K. J. Band

Tuesday 4^th July: Chicken Shack

Wednesday 5^th July: The Love Affair 

Wednesday 12^th July: The Pioneers 

Tuesday 18^th July: Tir Na Nog

Tuesday 25^th July: Juicy Lucy

Tuesday 1^st August: East of Eden

Tuesday 8^th August: Man

Tuesday 15^th August: Black Foot Sue 

Tuesday 22^nd August: UFO 

Wednesday 23^rd August: Chicory Tip

Tuesday 29^th August: The Pink Fairies 

Tuesday 5^th September: Supertramp

Tuesday 12^th September: Renaissance 

Tuesday 19^th September: Wild Turkey

Tuesday 26^th September: Smith-Perkins and Smith

Tuesday 3^rd October: Savoy Brown

Tuesday 10^th October: Thin Lizzy

Tuesday 17^th October: Fusion Orchestra

Friday 22^nd December: Jasper Dodd’s

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