Concert Venues by County

DEVON
Torbay ( Torquay, Preston, Paignton, Babbacombe)

 

Date

Headline Artist

Other Artists on the Bill

Venue

21st July 1961 Danny Collins Paul Destiny, Gary Kane, Bob Westbrook Jazzmen Town Hall
17th February 1962 Tommy Bruce   400 Ballroom
24th February 1962 Michael Cox   400 Ballroom
3rd March 1962 The Echoes   400 Ballroom
10th March 1962 Ricky Valance   400 Ballroom
21st March 1962 Rolly Daniels   400 Ballroom
24th March 1962 The Fleerekkers   400 Ballroom
31st March 1962 Rolly Daniels   400 Ballroom
7th April 1962 Nelson Keene   400 Ballroom
14th April 1962 Bert Weedon   400 Ballroom
24th April 1962 Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Roousers The Twist with the Pepperminties 400 Ballroom
10th November 1962 Nero & the Gladiators Paul Keen, Mel Fear & the Phantoms Town Hall
27th October 1962 Screamin' Lord Sutch Danny Collins, Angela Delaney Town Hall
29th December 1962 Tanya Day Strangers, Hunters, Gary & Lee, Barrie James, Frank Kelly Town Hall
16th February 1963 Julie Grant & the Bachelors Checkmates, Rockin Henri, The Hayseeds Town Hall
19th February 1963 Mel Fear & the Phantoms   400 Ballroom
25th February 1963 The Flintstones   400 Ballroom
1st May 1963 Vernons Girls Gary Kane, Dean Hunter, The Tornadoes Esplanade Ballroom, Paignton
15th June 1963 Big Three Rockin' Rebels, Mel Fear & the Fantastics, Fhantoms Town Hall
21st June 1963 Jeff (Wild Bill) Cody The Citizens, Mel Turner & the Mohicans, Dusty Yard Town Hall
28th June 1963 Alan Bown Indiana Highway, Sleepy Dog Town Hall
15th July 1963 Empty Vessels   Town Hall
12th July 1963 Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen Gary Kane & the Fabulous Toenadoes Town Hall
19th July 1963 Sounds Incorporated Joe E. Martin & the Crescendoes Town Hall

24th July 1963

Freddie & the Dreamers

Mel Fear & the Fantastic Fhantoms and The Barracudas

Town Hall

26th & 27th July 1963 Billie Davis & the Hi-Fi's Baron Grave & the Vampires, The Telstars Town Hall
14th August 1963 Jess Conrad & the Debonaires Cougars, Black Shadows Town Hall
18th August 1963 The Beatles The Fourmost, The Kestrels, Lynne Perri, Barry Barnett, Danny Williams Princess Theatre
30th August 1963 Mike Berry & the Innocents The Beatnics, The Barracudas Town Hall

27th September 1963

John Leyton

The Hi-Fi's, Don Spencer and the Fireballs

Town Hall

19th October 1963 Screaming Lord Sutch The Fantastic Fantoms, The Starfires Town Hall
9th November 1963 Nelson Keene & the Flee-Rekkers Hepcats, Kenny & the Starfires Town Hall
21st December 1963 Jetblacks Gary Kane & the Tornadoes, Clive Richie, Johnny Mason Town Hall
7th February 1964 Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers Sandy & the Beachboys Town Hall
1st May 1964 Staggerlees    

30th May 1964

Ezz Reco & the Launchers Micky Finn & the Blue Men, The Blue Sounds

Town Hall

6th June Interns Buddy Britten & the Regents, Conways Town Hall
13th June 1964 The Four Pennies Barry Safari & the Hunters, The Shandells Town Hall
20th June 1964 Rochin' Rockardoes Sandy Shaw  
20th June 1964 The Undertakers Gary Kane & the Tornadoes Town Hall
27th June 1964 Chick Graham & the Coasters Polly Perkins, Barracudas Town Hall
10th July 1964 Millie & the Five Embers Collin, Bruce & the De Tours, The Telstars Town Hall
17th July 1964 The Dennisons Mike Cotton Sound, The Torenos Town Hall
18th July 1964 Wayne Fontana & the Mind Benders The Barracudas, The Blue Sounds Town Hall
19th July 1964 Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas The Kinks Princess Theatre
22nd July 1964 The Barracudas   Moor Tor, Marldon
4th August 1964 Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas   Princess Theatre
16th August 1964 Swinging Blue Jeans Kestrals, Barry St.John Princess Theatre
30th August 1964 Cilla Black   Princess Theatre
3rd October 1964 The Applejacks The Blue Sounds, The Torinoes Town Hall
6th October 1964 Little Eva Danny Storm and the Strollers Empire Ballroom
25th November 1964 The Rolling Stones Rolling Stones Nite where records of the Rolling Stones will be played. Empire Ballroom
24th December 1964 The Trendsetters Garry Kane and the Tornadoes Town Hall
26th December 1964 Christians Crusaders The Cyclones, The Rockin' Rockardoes Town Hall
25th February 1965 The Flintstones   400 Ballroom
17th April 1965 Cheetahs Tennessee Teens, Johnny Cordell & the Variations Town Hall
28th May 1965 Rustiks Johnny Cordell & the Variations, Travellers, Telstars, Torinos Town Hall
12th June 1965 Merseybeats Johnny Cordell & the Variations, Four Steps Beyond Town Hall
3rd July 1965 Beau Brummell & his Noblemen Orchestra Johnny Carr & the Cadillacs, The Vicarage Five  
21st July 1965 Unit Four Plus Two Pentad, Jimmy Nicol & the Cyclones Town Hall
13th August 1965 Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers The Torinoes Empire Ballroom
20th August 1965 Mark Roman & the Javalins   Empire Ballroom
27th August 1965 Trendsetters Ltd   Empire Ballroom
27th August 1965 The Who   Town Hall
9th April 1966 Them (with Van Morrison) The Hunters, Mark Roman and the Javelins Town Hall
23rd April 1966 Brian Poole & the Tremeloes Travellers, Dicers, Town Hall
18th June 1966 Unit Four Plus Two   Town Hall
2nd July 1966 The She Trinity The Hunters and The Package Deal Town Hall
9th July 1966 The Nashville Teens The Harlequins, The Reaction Town Hall
16th July 1966 The Truth The Guild Set, The Last Tic Band Town Hall
22nd July 1966 The Merseys   Town Hall
23rd July 1966 The Pretty Things   Town Hall
29th July 1966 Crispian St. Peters   Town Hall
31st July/1st August 1966 Jimmy Nicol & the Shubdubs The Telstars, The Hunters Town Hall
13th August 1966 Brian Poole & the Tremeloes Mark Roman and the Javelins, The Spartans Town Hall
16th August 1966 The Kinks   Town Hall
20th August 1966 The Who The Stagerlees, The Hunters, The Empty Vessels Town Hall
9th September 1966 Package Deal   Paignton Parish Hall

15th July 1967

The Jeff Beck Group

The Sabres, The Insexts Town Hall

18th July 1967

Manfred Mann

  Town Hall

22nd July 1967

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

  Town Hall
29th July 1967 The Pretty Things Trend 67, The Phycho Mind Town Hall
7th August 1967 Zoot Money Root & Jenny Jackson Town Hall
8th August 1967 The Kinks   Town Hall
12th August 1967 Skatelites Mopeds, Soul Sounds Town Hall
14th August 1967 P.P. Arnold The Nice, Jimmy Powell & the Dimensions Town Hall

15th August 1967

Cream

Buttercup, Hellfields, The Phaze, The In-Sect Town Hall
7th Ocober 1967 Package Deal Band   Jason's Club
30th December 1967 Lulu Synkopaters, Anglo Stax Band, St. Valentines Day Massacre Town Hall

29th June 1968

Pink Floyd

Phydeaux Lime, Phaze Middle Earth, Town Hall

6th July 1968

The Symbols

Ungrateful Dead, Graded Grains Middle Earth, Town Hall

9th July 1968

Amen Corner

Indiana Highway, Graded Grains, Howard Stephen Shape Middle Earth, Town Hall
13th July 1968 Honey Bus Hunters, Doric Factor Middle Earth, Town Hall
15th July 1968 Empty Vessels Mr. Kazoon Middle Earth, Town Hall
16th July 1968 Love Affair Drifters, Phaze, Enterprise Big Band Middle Earth, Town Hall
20th July 1968 Coloured Raisins King Ossie Show, Doric Factor Middle Earth, Town Hall
23rd July 1968 Traffic   Middle Earth, Town Hall
27th July 1968 Cupids Inspiration   Middle Earth, Town Hall
13th August 1968 The Move   Middle Earth, Town Hall
20th August 1968 Spencer Davis   Middle Earth, Town Hall
24th August 1968 The Fantastics   Middle Earth, Town Hall
31st August 1968 U.S. Flat Top Hot Stuff, The Empty Vessels (Martin Turner - Wishbone Ash) Middle Earth, Town Hall
12th September 1968 Val Doonican   Princess Theatre
3rd October 1968 Fantastics   Scotch Club
31st January 1969 U.S. Flat Top Indiana Highway Palace Hotel

28th June 1969

The Alan Bown

Total Mania, Birds of Paradise, Indiana Highway, Sleepy Dog

Town Hall

29th June 1969 Pink Floyd   Middle Earth, Town Hall

5th July 1969

The Bedrocks

Hip Hooray, Good Times Band, Honey Dew Melon Town Hall

12th July 1969

The Troggs

Ulysses, Why

Town Hall

18th July 1969 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon Sonny Charles Soul Sound Band Town Hall
19th July 1969 Grapefruit   Town Hall
23rd July 1969 The Herd   Town Hall
25th July 1969 Family   Town Hall
8th August 1969 Chicken Shack   Town Hall
18th August 1969 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon Sonny Charles Soul Band, Hip HoorayGood Times Band Town Hall
23rd August 1969 The Herd Blow Up, Davey Jones, Hip Hooray Band Town Hall
25th August 1969 Sad People   Hot Spot Club
21st May 1970 Goodship Lollipop   Victoria Hotel
19th June 1970 Tommy Cooper   Princess Theatre
15th July 1970 Chicken Shack   Marquay Club, Town Hall
21st July 1970 Wild Angels   Marquay Club, Town Hall
31st July 1970 Keef Hartley Band Torbay Blues Festival Marquay Club, Town Hall
1st August 1970 Wishbone Ash Torbay Blues Festival  Atomic Rooster, Adolphus Rebirth Marquay Club, Town Hall
5th August 1970 Free   Marquay Club, Town Hall
7th August 1970 Colosseum   Marquay Club, Town Hall
10th August 1970 Desmond Decker   Marquay Club, Town Hall
11th August 1970 Edgar Broughton Band   Marquay Club, Town Hall
12th August 1970 Taste (with Rory Gallagher) Heaven, Bare Harvest Marquay Club, Town Hall
14th August 1970 Family Relation, Howitzer Marquay Club, Town Hall
18th August 1970 Canned Heat Lindisfarne Marquay Club, Town Hall

21st August 1970

Derek & the Dominos

Bram Stoker, Adoulphus Rebirth

Marquay Club, Town Hall

25th August 1970 The Black Widow   Marquay Club, Town Hall
30th June 1971 East of Eden   Marquay Club, Town Hall
7th July 1971 The Pink Faries   Middle Earth, Town Hall
9th July 1971 Hawkwind   Marquay Club, Town Hall
23rd July 1971 ELP Spontaneous Combustion Pavillion Ballroom
4th August 1971 Rory Gallagher   Town Hall
10th December 1971 Stone The Crows (with Maggie Bell) Quite a Bit a Lot, Flood Marquay Club, Town Hall
10th March 1972 Black Widow   Paradise Castle
16th March 1972 Stud IIIrd World War Palace Theatre, Babbacombe
3rd May 1972 Strawbs Colin Scott 'n Friends Festival Hall, Paignton
28th June 1972 Stray   Marquay Club, Town Hall
2nd July 1972 David Bowie   Rainbow Pavilion
5th July 1972 Marmalade   Marquay Club, Town Hall
9th July 1972 Lindisfarne Hackensack, Davy Jones Rainbow Pavilion
12th July 1972 Slade Holy Roller, Howitzer, Davy Jones Marquay Club, Town Hall
16th July 1972 Gary Glitter   Rainbow Pavilion
19th July 1972 Family   Marquay Club, Town Hall
23rd July 1972 Argent   Rainbow Pavilion
26th July 1972 Edgar Broughton   Marquay Club, Town Hall
30th July 1972 Atomic Rooster   RainbowPavilion
2nd August 1972 Barclays James Harvest   Marquay Club, Town Hall
6th August 1972 Fairport Convention   Rainbow Pavilion
9th August 1972 Status Quo   Marquay Club, Town Hall
13th August 1972 Incredible String Band John St. Field Rainbow Pavilion
16th August 1972 Hawkwind Sonic Assassins Marquay Club, Town Hall
20th August 1972 Electric Light Orchestra Stool Pigeon, Sounds, Davy Jones Rainbow Pavilion
23rd August 1972 Mungo Jerry Howitzer Marquay Club, Town Hall
27th August 1972 Curved Air Nick Pickett and Sounds Rainbow Pavilion
30th August 1972 East of Eden Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkley Marquay Club, Town Hall
30th August 1972 Mott the Hoople   Rainbow Pavilion
30th August 1972 Jimi Hendrix Live at Berkley, East of Eden Marquay Club, Town Hall
3rd September 1972 Roy Wood's Wizzard Gnidrolog Rainbow Pavilion
10th September 1972 Wishbone Ash Catiron Rainbow Pavilion
10th December 1972 Groundhogs Gentle Giant, Stray Festival Hall, Paignton
18th January 1973 Contraband   Paradise Castle
5th April 1973 Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come Kala, Ange Town Hall
13th April 1973 White Plains Maurice Price Showband Torbay Chalet Hotel
23rd April 1973 Geordie (with Brian Johnson) Fang Marquay Club, Town Hall
4th July 1973 Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come   Town Hall
11th July 1973 Lindisfarne   Marquay Club, Town Hall
17th July 1973 Radio 1 DJ Parties Dave Lee Dravis Town Hall
18th July 1973 Suzi Quatro   Marquay Club, Town Hall
24th July 1973 Radio 1 DJ Parties Simon Bates Town Hall
25th July 1973 Wizzard   Marquay Club, Town Hall
31st July 1973 Radio 1 DJ Parties Paul Burnett Town Hall
1st August 1973 Thin Lizzy Steamhammer Marquay Club, Town Hall
5th August 1973 Colin Blunstone   Pavillion Theatre
6th August 1973 Nazareth   Town Hall
7th August 1973 Radio 1 DJ Parties Noel Edmonds Town Hall
12th August 1973 Barclay James Harvest   Pavillion Theatre
19th August 1973 Edgar Broughton Band   Pavillion Theatre
22nd August 1973 Stealers Wheel   Marquay Club, Town Hall
26th August 1973 Stray   Pavillion Theatre
2nd September 1973 Fairport Convention   Pavilion Theatre
26th March 1974 Mott The Hoople Judy Pulver Festival Hall, Paignton
27th June 1974 Cockney Rebel   Town Hall
30th June 1974 Sparks David Ireland Pavilion
3rd July 1974 Cockney Rebel   Marquay Club, Town Hall
4th August 1974 Stackridge   Pavilion
7th August 1974 Gong   Marquay Club, Town Hall
20th August 1974 Limmie & the Family Cookin   Town Hall
21st August 1974 10cc   Marquay Club, Town Hall
25th November 1974 Sparks Pilot Princess Theatre,
11th March 1975 10cc Fancy Festival Hall
29th March 1975 The Rubettes   Town Hall
9th May 1975 Drifters   Tramps
1st August 1975 Hawkwind   Town Hall
17th September 1975 Babe Ruth   Tiffs Rock Club
24th September 1975 Cityboy   Tiffs Rock Club
1st October 1975 Slowbone   Tiffs Rock Band
8th October 1975 Eddie Riff   Tiffs Rock Band
17th December 1975 Supertramp Joan Armatrading Festival Hall
26h February 1976 Sutherland Brothers & Quiver   Town Hall
13th August 1976 Wally The Sounds Summer Rock Show Town Hall
15th August 1976 The Heavy Metal Kids   Pavilion
22nd August 1976 Andy Fairweather - Low   Pavilion
21st September 1976 Strife   400 Ballroom
28th September 1976 Eddie & the Hot Rods   400 Ballroom

5th October 1976

Sex Pistols

The Clash, The Damned, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers

400 Ballroom

12th October 1976 Casino   400 Ballroom

22nd December 1976

Sex Pistols

The Clash, The Damned, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers

400 Ballroom

27th July 1977 The Cortinas Chelsea Town Hall
10th August 1977 Motorhead Count Bishops Town Hall
12th May 1978 Dire Straits Climax Blues Band Town Hall
12th July 1978 Magazine   Town Hall
19th July 1978 Fairport Convention   Town Hall
25th July 1978 Lone Star   Town Hall
31st July 1978 The Jam   Town Hall
20th June 1979 The Lurkers Das Schnits Town Hall
8th August 1979 (cancelled) Eddie & the Hot Rods   Town Hall
8th August 1979 Eddie & the Hot Rods The States Town Hall
15th August 1979 The Secret Affair   Town Hall
25th June 1980 Budgie   Town Hall
22nd July 1980 Stiff Little Fingers Weapons of Peace Town Hall
6th August 1980 Ultravox   Town Hall
19th August 1980 Ultravox   Town Hall
24th May 1981 Girlschool A II Z Town Hall
19th June 1981 The Undertones   Town Hall

29th July 1981

Siouxsie & the Banshees,

John Cooper Clarke

Town Hall