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1968 "Polka Tulk" Tour
|
Date |
City |
Venue |
Opening Acts |
Notes |
|
Aug 24 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
Creeque |
|
|
Aug 27 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Aug 31 |
|
POLKA TULK loses 2
members (Phillips and Clark are dismissed) |
|
After only 2 shows, the
band decide to continue as just a 4-piece. |
1968-69 "Earth" Tour
|
Date |
City |
Venue |
Opening Acts |
Notes |
|
Sep
1 |
|
POLKA TULK becomes EARTH |
|
|
|
Sep
15 |
London |
The
Underground - Blackfriars Road - Southwark |
|
|
|
Sep
16 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
|
|
|
Sep
17 |
London |
The
Macabre |
|
|
|
Sep
18 |
Lichfield |
Pokey Hole Blues Club - Bore Street |
|
|
|
Sep
23 |
Carlisle |
Gretna Hall Tavern |
|
|
|
Sep
25 |
Beckenham Junction |
The
Mistral Club |
|
|
|
Sep
30 |
Brownhills |
Opening of Henry's Blueshouse - Station Hotel on High Street |
Bakerloo (HL) |
|
|
Oct
1 |
Dumfries |
Loreburn Hall |
Universe (or Weight?) |
|
|
Nov
22 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At Erdlington - High Street |
Ten
Years After (HL) |
|
|
Nov
24 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At Erdlington - High Street |
Jethro Tull (HL) |
|
|
Nov
26 |
Stafford |
|
|
|
|
Dec
14 |
|
Tony
Iommi comes back to EARTH |
|
Tony
briefly ventured away from the band for a brief collaboration
with Jethro Tull. |
|
Dec
21 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
Smokey Blue (Neil Marshall's band) |
|
|
Dec
22 |
Birmingham |
|
|
|
|
Dec
24 |
Cumbria |
School Hall? |
|
|
|
Dec
27 |
Langholm |
Buccleuch Hall |
|
|
|
Jan
1 1969 |
Birmingham |
The
Railway |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan
3 |
London |
The
Marquee |
Jon
Hiseman's Colosseum (HL) |
|
|
Jan
11 |
|
The
Polytechnic |
John
Mayall's Bluesbreakers (HL) |
|
|
Jan
20 |
Carlisle |
Gretna Hall Tavern |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Jan
21 |
Dumfries |
Drill Hall |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Jan
25 |
London? |
The
Polytechnic - Little Tichfield Street |
John
Mayall's Bluesbreakers (HL) |
|
|
Jan
26 |
|
School Hall gigs |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan
30 |
Birmingham |
Opposite Lock |
Locomotive, Bakerloo Blues Band, Tea & Symphony |
The
band is billed as "EARTH" during this period |
|
Feb
6 |
London |
The
Marquee |
Locomotive, Bakerloo Blues Band, Roy Everett, Tea & Symphony |
|
|
Feb
15 |
Brøndby |
Brøndby Pop Klub - Nørregårdsskolen |
|
|
|
Feb
15 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Feb
16 |
København (Copenhagen) |
Gladsaxe-Teen Club |
|
Cancelled |
|
Feb
17 |
København (Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb
18 |
København (Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb
19 |
København (Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb
28 |
London |
The
Marquee |
Bakerloo Blues Band |
|
|
Mar
3 |
Sunderland |
The
Bay Hotel |
Van
Der Graaf Generator, DJ John Peel |
|
|
Mar
11 |
London |
The
Marquee |
Bakerloo Blues Band, Locomotive, Roy Everett |
|
|
Mar
13 |
London |
The
Marquee |
Terry Reid |
|
|
Mar
14 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
|
|
|
Mar
15 |
|
Danish tour |
|
Exact dates under investigation |
|
Mar
21 |
Lichfield |
The
Pokey Hole - Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Mar
28 |
Cumbria |
Wigton Market Hall |
|
Last
gig before departing on European tour - as 'Earth'. |
|
Apr
1 |
|
Belgian tour |
The
Gods, Bakerloo |
Exact dates under investigation |
|
Apr
15 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
|
|
|
Apr
21 |
Walsall |
Caves Club |
|
|
|
Apr
25 |
Zurich |
Residency in Switzerland? |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Apr
28 |
London |
The
Speakeasy Club |
|
|
|
Apr
29 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
May
11 |
Brownhills |
Pennycliffe Club |
|
|
|
May
23 |
Lichfield |
Pokey Hole Blues Club - Robin Hood Public House - Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jun
5 |
Workington |
Westfield Welfare Centre |
|
|
|
Jun
7 |
Low
Hesket |
Village Hall |
|
R.S.P.C.A. Charity Beat Dance |
|
Jun
20 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
|
Played at least 6 gigs at this legendary club where The Beatles
got started. |
|
Jun
29 |
Brownhills |
Pennycliffe Club - Coppice Lane |
|
Cancelled |
|
Jul
5 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
Tambourine |
|
|
Jul
8 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Jul
11 |
Lichfield |
The
Pokey Hole - Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jul
12 |
Carlisle |
Carlisle Grammar School |
|
|
|
Jul
25 |
Wigton |
Market Hall |
Weight |
|
|
Aug
1 |
Lichfield |
The
Pokey Hole - Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Aug
3 |
Manchester |
|
|
|
|
Aug
10 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
11 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
12 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
13 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
14 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
15 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
16 |
Hamburg |
The
Star Club |
Junior's Eyes, Tremors |
|
|
Aug
23 |
Kirkcaldy |
Y.M.C.A. |
|
|
1970 "Black Sabbath" Tour
|
Date |
City |
Venue |
Opening Acts |
Notes |
|
Jan 1 |
Birmingham |
The Railway |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan 3 |
London |
The Marquee |
Jon Hiseman's
Colosseum (HL) |
|
|
Jan 11 |
|
The Polytechnic |
John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers (HL) |
|
|
Jan 20 |
Carlisle |
Gretna Hall Tavern |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Jan 21 |
Dumfries |
Drill Hall |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Jan 25 |
London? |
The Polytechnic -
Little Tichfield Street |
John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers (HL) |
|
|
Jan 26 |
|
School Hall gigs |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan 30 |
Birmingham |
Opposite Lock |
Locomotive, Bakerloo
Blues Band, Tea & Symphony |
The band is billed
as "EARTH" during this period |
|
Feb 6 |
London |
The Marquee |
Locomotive, Bakerloo
Blues Band, Roy Everett, Tea & Symphony |
|
|
Feb 15 |
Brøndby |
Brøndby Pop Klub -
Nørregårdsskolen |
|
|
|
Feb 15 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Feb 16 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Gladsaxe-Teen Club |
|
Cancelled |
|
Feb 17 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb 18 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb 19 |
København
(Copenhagen) |
Revolution |
|
Cancelled? |
|
Feb 28 |
London |
The Marquee |
Bakerloo Blues Band |
|
|
Mar 3 |
Sunderland |
The Bay Hotel |
Van Der Graaf
Generator, DJ John Peel |
|
|
Mar 11 |
London |
The Marquee |
Bakerloo Blues Band,
Locomotive, Roy Everett |
|
|
Mar 13 |
London |
The Marquee |
Terry Reid |
|
|
Mar 14 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
|
|
|
Mar 15 |
|
Danish tour |
|
Exact dates under
investigation |
|
Mar 21 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Mar 28 |
Cumbria |
Wigton Market Hall |
|
Last gig before
departing on European tour - as 'Earth'. |
|
Apr 1 |
|
Belgian tour |
The Gods, Bakerloo |
Exact dates under
investigation |
|
Apr 15 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
|
|
|
Apr 21 |
Walsall |
Caves Club |
|
|
|
Apr 25 |
Zurich |
Residency in
Switzerland? |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Apr 28 |
London |
The Speakeasy Club |
|
|
|
Apr 29 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
May 11 |
Brownhills |
Pennycliffe Club |
|
|
|
May 23 |
Lichfield |
Pokey Hole Blues
Club - Robin Hood Public House - Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jun 5 |
Workington |
Westfield Welfare
Centre |
|
|
|
Jun 7 |
Low Hesket |
Village Hall |
|
R.S.P.C.A. Charity
Beat Dance |
|
Jun 20 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
|
Played at least 6
gigs at this legendary club where The Beatles got started. |
|
Jun 29 |
Brownhills |
Pennycliffe Club -
Coppice Lane |
|
Cancelled |
|
Jul 5 |
Carlisle |
County Ballroom |
Tambourine |
|
|
Jul 8 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Jul 11 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jul 12 |
Carlisle |
Carlisle Grammar
School |
|
|
|
Jul 25 |
Wigton |
Market Hall |
Weight |
|
|
Aug 1 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Aug 3 |
Manchester |
|
|
|
|
Aug 10 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 11 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 12 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 13 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 14 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 15 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 16 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
Junior's Eyes,
Tremors |
|
|
Aug 23 |
Kirkcaldy |
Y.M.C.A. |
|
|
|
Aug 26 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Aug 30 |
Malvern |
Malvern Winter
Gardens |
|
|
|
Sep 1 |
Birmingham |
Midlands Art Centre
(Cannon Hill Park?) |
Tea & Symphony,
Locomotive, |
|
|
Sep 4 |
Wolverhampton |
Lafayette Club |
|
|
|
Sep 9 |
Cheapside |
Top Rank Hanley
Suite |
|
|
|
Sep 12 |
|
Signed handbill |
|
|
|
Sep 22 |
London |
Pied Bull -
Islington |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 22 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 24 |
Edinburgh |
The Oasis |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 25 |
Edinburgh |
Cavendish |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Sep 27 |
Dumfries |
Drill Hall |
Timothy Pink |
Billed as BLACK
SABBATH |
|
Oct 1 |
Hamburg |
The Star Club |
|
Exact date unknown |
|
Oct 7 |
Birmingham |
"When I Came Down" -
Birmingham Arts Lab |
|
Session date for
this early Sabbath demo. |
|
Oct 10 |
Sheffield |
Sheffield Ballroom |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Oct 11 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Oct 12 |
London |
Regent Sound Studios
[Recording sessions for BLACK SABBATH] |
|
Sabbath recorded
their debut album in just 2 days! |
|
Oct 18 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
Ten Years After (HL) |
|
|
Oct 29 |
Birmingham |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Nov 1 |
Nethertown |
Tow Bar Inn |
Society's Child |
Billed as 'Black
Sabbath' |
|
Nov 11 |
London |
Maida Vale Studios
[John Peel's TOP GEAR radio session] |
|
Recorded for John
Peel's TOP GEAR, which was broadcast on 11/21/69 and 3/21/70. |
|
Nov 14 |
London |
The Marquee |
Hardin & York (HL) |
|
|
Nov 16 |
Dumfries |
Rugman's Youth Club
- Whitesands |
Amplified Heat |
|
|
Nov 26 |
Carlisle |
|
|
|
|
Nov 29 |
Birmingham |
University |
|
|
|
Dec 1 |
Zurich |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Dec 18 |
Birmingham |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Dec 26 |
Lichfield |
The Pokey Hole -
Frog Lane |
|
|
|
Jan 7 |
Hull |
|
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Jan 9 |
|
Sabbath releases 1st
single - "Evil Woman" |
|
1st single released! |
|
Jan 13 |
Birmingham |
Henry's Blues House |
Climax Chicago,
Duster Bennett, Graham Bond |
|
|
Jan 24 |
Poleworth |
Polesworth Memorial
Hall |
The Dave Harris
Disc-K-Tek Show (DJ) |
|
|
Feb 5 |
Cardiff |
'Cardiff Arts Centre
Project' - Sophia Gardens Pavilion |
Pink Floyd,
Quintessence, Daddy Longlegs, Gary Farr, Heaven, Tea & Symphony,
Ron Geesin |
Official beginning
of the tour to support their BLACK SABBATH album. Benefit show. |
|
Feb 6 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
John Peel |
|
|
Feb 10 |
Banklands |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Feb 13 |
Workington |
Workington College
Of Further Education - Exhibition Hall |
Confucius [formerly
Hideaway's from Liverpool] |
Sabbath performed at
a ‘Valentine Dance’ in this Cumberland county town. It was this
in region (which included towns like Carlisle) where Sabbath had
earned much of its initial grassroots support. |
|
Feb 13 |
|
BLACK SABBATH - the
debut album, is released |
|
Their debut album is
released! |
|
Mar 4 |
Koln (Cologne) |
Kouzenthans |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Mar 8 |
Bletchley |
Bletchley Youth
Centre - Derwent Dr. (Bucks) |
Writing On The Wall |
|
|
Mar 9 |
London |
'Atomic Sunrise'
Festival - The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm |
Monday, March 9th:
Quintessence, Gypsy, Black Sabbath. Tuesday March 10th: Marsha
Hunt, Audience, Alexis Korner. Wednesday March 11th: David Bowie
(with ‘The Hype’), Genesis Thursday March 12th: Graham Bond,
Clark Hutchinson Band, Juicy Lucy. Friday March 13th: Brian
Auger, Formerly Fat Harry, Hawkwind. Saturday March 14th: Third
Ear Band, Liverpool Scene, Kevin Ayers & The Whole World. Sunday
March 15th: Arthur Brown, Mighty Baby, Jackie Lomax & Heavy
Jelly, Peter Straker & Hair Band, Principal Edwards Magic
Theater. |
7-night festival;
Sabbath played the 1st night. |
|
Mar 11 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
|
|
|
Mar 13 |
London |
The Marquee |
|
|
|
Mar 14 |
Manchester |
University |
Stack Waddy |
|
|
Mar 15 |
Bradford |
St. George's Hall |
Blodwyn Pig (HL) |
|
|
Mar 16 |
London |
The Marquee |
Grisby Dyke &
Straight Lace |
|
|
Mar 18 |
|
Oxfam Dance - The
Cosmo |
Andromeda (HL) |
Charity gig |
|
Mar 19 |
London |
Hounds - Duke's
Head, East Ham |
|
|
|
Mar 22 |
Birmingham |
Holy Child School |
|
|
|
Mar 25 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
Grisby Dyke &
Straight Lace |
|
|
Mar 28 |
London |
The Temple |
Gypsy, Sour Milk Sea |
Billed as "All
Nighter" show from 9 PM to 6 AM. |
|
Mar 29 |
London |
Free Easter Festival
- Victoria Park, Bethnal Green |
Original scheduled
lineup: John Lennon and Yoko Ono (HL), Amazing Grace, The Crazy
World Of Arthur Brown, Agula (?), Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's
Dilemma, Alan Rushton, The Scratch Orchestra, Shy Limbs,
Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band, Toe Fat, Bruce
Turner.
Lineup listed in 2nd ad: Black Sabbath, Liverpool Scene, Toe Fat
[featuring Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep] and The Crazy World Of
Arthur Brown |
Cancelled? Festival
organized by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. |
|
Mar 30 |
Hamburg |
'Pop & Blues
Festival' - Ernst Merck Halle |
Renaissance (HL),
Greatest Show On Earth, Warm Dust, Steamhammer, Groundhogs,
Flaming Youth, Killing Floor, Sphinx Tush, The Nice (featuring
Keith Emerson) and others. |
|
|
Mar 31 |
Workington |
Banklands Youth Club |
|
|
|
Apr 3 |
West Croydon |
The Happy Star Hotel
- Broad Green |
White Lightning |
|
|
Apr 5 |
London |
The Lyceum |
Steamhammer (HL},
Gin House, Flare, Anne Nightingale [Radio I DJ] |
|
|
Apr 8 |
Birmingham |
Mother's Club At
Erdlington - High Street |
|
Cancelled |
|
Apr 10 |
Stoke-On-Trent |
King's Hall |
Juicy Lucy |
|
|
Apr 11 |
Folkestone |
Tofts |
|
|
|
Apr 12 |
Epping |
Groovesville Wake
Arms |
No opening act
listed |
|
|
Apr 16 |
London |
Empire Rooms -
Tottenham Court Rd. (Warren St.) |
Hardin And York, Van
der Graaf Generator |
Kilburn Polytechnic
S.U. Charity Week Dance |
|
Apr 17 |
Plymouth |
Van Dike |
|
|
|
Apr 18 |
London |
The Pied Bull -
Islington |
|
|
|
Apr 19 |
Croydon |
Fox At Greyhound |
|
Cancelled |
|
Apr 19 |
Crawley |
Thomas Bennet School
- Tillgate |
Stray, Clark
Hutchinson, Dr. Strangely Strange, Boris and a few local bands |
Cancelled |
|
Apr 19 |
Darlington |
Civic Theater |
|
|
|
Apr 20 |
London |
The Pied Bull -
Islington |
|
|
|
Apr 21 |
Birmingham |
Town Hall |
The Egg |
|
|
Apr 22 |
Watford |
The Top Rank Suite |
Caravan |
|
|
Apr 23 |
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
Mayfair Ballroom |
Taste |
|
|
Apr 24 |
Crawley |
Arts Lab |
|
Unconfirmed |
|
Apr 25 |
Essen |
2nd Pop And Blues
Festival |
Renaissance, Keef
Hartley Band, Hardin And York, Marsha Hunt, Groundhogs, Flock,
Rhinoceros, Taj Mahal, Ten Wheel Drive |
2-day festival show |
|
Apr 26 |
London |
John Peel's 'Sunday
Show' (Radio Session) |
Medicine Head |
|
|
Apr 26 |
London |
Royal Albert Hall |
|
Cancelled |
|
Apr 27 |
Montreux |
Galas de la Rose
d'Or - Montreux Casino |
Antoine, Jeannie
Bennett, Nimo Ferrer, Flirtation, R.B. Greaves, Half-a-Crown,
Kathy Kovacs, Ashton Gardner & Dyke, New York Rock & Roll
Ensemble |
Unconfirmed |
|
May 2 |
Portsmouth |
Student's Union -
St. Paul's College |
Image [comedy act] |
|
|
May 2 |
High Wycombe |
Hellfire Cavern |
|
Allegedly taped for
German TV |
|
May 3 |
Richmond |
The Castle |
|
Cancelled |
|
May 3 |
Godalming |
Angel |
|
|
|
May 4 |
Paris |
Recording Session
for TV and Radio |
|
|
|
May 7 |
Scarborough |
Top Spot |
|
|
|
May 8 |
Leicester |
IL Rondo |
|
|
|
May 9 |
Bradford |
Bradford University |
|
|
|
May 10 |
Redcar |
Redcar Jazz Club |
|
|
|
May 13 |
Walsall |
Whiskey Villa Club -
Hatherton Hall, Freer Street |
No opening act
listed |
Possibly two sets |
|
May 14 |
London |
The Marquee |
Bakerloo |
|
|
May 15 |
Twickenham |
Eel Pie Island |
Tiny Clanger |
|
|
May 16 |
Salisbury |
Alexis Disco |
|
|
|
May 17 |
Leamington Spa |
Jephson Gardens
Pavilion |
Galliard |
|
|
May 18 |
Romford |
King's Head - Market
Place |
Ipsissimus |
|
|
May 19 |
Surbiton |
Surbiton Assembly
Rooms |
|
|
|
May 20 |
Tonypandy |
|
Unconfirmed |
Unconfirmed |
|
May 21 |
Bournemouth |
The Ritz |
|
|
|
May 22 |
Hilversum |
DOEBIDOE Dutch TV
Performance |
|
Although we know for
sure that this TV performance took place, no footage is known to
exist. |
|
May 22 |
Glamorgan |
Blackwood |
|
Cancelled? |
|
May 23 |
East Sussex |
Whitsun / 'Bank
Holiday' Festival - Plumpton Racecourse - Lewes |
Ginger Baker's Air
Force (HL), Richie Havens (HL), Julie Driscoll, Hard Meat, King
Crimson, Christine Perfect [aka Christine McVie of Fleetwood
Mac], Judas Jump, Keith Tippet Group, Fairfield Parlour, Chicken
Shack, Roy Harper, Savoy Brown, Warm Dust, Gracious, Audience,
Van Der Graff Generator, May Blitz, Maple Oak, Poppa Ben Hook,
Jan Dukes De Grey |
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May 23 |
Ewell |
Ewell Technical
College |
Caravan (HL),
Mobius, Aural Plasma Lights and sounds from BC (DJ?) |
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May 23 |
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Tarx Club - Potters
Bar |
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Cancelled |
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May 24 |
Turnstall |
Golden Torch |
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Evening show |
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May 24 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
Hollywood Festival -
Madeley - Leycett, Finney Green |
Afternoon Show:
Colosseum (HL), Free, Quintessence, Wildmouth. [Sabbath were the
2nd act to play, according to the order shown in ad for the
show]
Other bands that performed at this festival included: Mungo
Jerry, Family, Ginger Baker's Airforce, Traffic, Jose Feliciano,
Grateful Dead, Screaming Lord Sutch, Black Widow, Trader Home,
Shag Rat, Alice Cooper, Demon Fuzz, The James Gang, The Flying
Burrito Brothers. |
Afternoon show |
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May 25 |
Bremen |
'Beat Club' - German
TV |
Rare Bird, Jody
Grind, Blodwyn Pig, Renaissance, Canned
Heat |
Filmed for German TV
- "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Black Sabbath" |
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May 28 |
Swindon |
McIlroy's |
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May 28 |
Spennymoor |
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Cancelled |
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May 29 |
Cambridge |
Corn Exchange |
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May 30 |
Malvern |
Malvern Winter
Gardens |
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May 31 |
Cleethorpes |
Cleethorpes Winter
Gardens |
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Jun 1 |
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BLACK SABBATH
released in the U.S. |
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BLACK SABBATH
released in the U.S. |
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Jun 2 |
London |
"Extravaganza '70" -
Olympia National Hall |
Afternoon Show:
Status Quo, Stuart Henry
Evening Show: Wild Angels, Black Sabbath |
Festival show |
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Jun 5 |
Glasgow |
Temple Of Peace |
Family, Chicken
Shack |
Beginning of short
tour with Family and Chicken Shack. |
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Jun 6 |
Edinburgh |
Usher Hall |
Family, Chicken
Shack |
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Jun 7 |
Epping |
Groovesville Wake
Arms |
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Jun 8 |
Aberdeen |
Music Hall |
Family, Chicken
Shack |
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Jun 10 |
London |
Fox On The Hill -
Denmark Hill, SE5 |
Bob Stevens, D.J. |
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Jun 12 |
Lancaster |
University Of
Lancaster |
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Jun 13 |
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
Mayfair Ballroom |
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Jun 14 |
Croydon |
Fox At Greyhound -
Park Lane |
Bob Stevens D.J. |
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Jun 15 |
Cambridge |
Churchill College |
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Jun 16 |
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PARANOID recording
sessions |
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Recording sessions
for Paranoid began on this day and concluded on the 21st |
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Jun 21 |
Frankfurt |
Open Air Rock Circus
- Radstadion |
Deep Purple (HL),
The Byrds, Family, Black Sabbath, Edgar Broughton Band,
Steamhammer, Badfinger, Chicken Shack, Jackie Lomax, Chuck
Berry, Nosferatu, Lord Sutch. |
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Jun 22 |
Essen |
Hamburg Big Gig
Festival - Klein Flottbek - Derby |
Colosseum, Family,
Rare Bird, Humble Pie, Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant |
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Jun 25 |
Kiel |
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Rescheduled for 7/5? |
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Jun 26 |
West Berlin |
Audimax der Freien
Universität - Henry-Ford-Bau |
Frumpy (ex-City
Preachers), Hairy Chapter |
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Jun 27 |
Langelsheim |
The Beat Club |
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Jun 28 |
Ciney |
Wallon |
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Jul 4 |
Southport |
Margate Dreamland |
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Jul 5 |
Kiel |
'Progressive Pop
Festival' - Ostseehalle (East Sea Hall) |
Hardin & York,
Groundhogs, Frumpy, Sphinx, Tush, Tomorrow's Gift, Beautique In
Corporation |
Progressive Pop
Festival. 2-day festival show. |
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Jul 8 |
London |
The Marquee |
Harry The Horse |
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Jul 10 |
München (Munich) |
Euro Pop A-Z Musik
Festival - Olympia Eisstadion am Oberwiesenfeld |
July 10th: Krokodil
[6-6:20 pm], Mighty Baby [6:30-7:30 pm], Status Quo [7:15-7:45
pm], Brinsley Schwarz [8:00-8:30 pm], Hard Meat [8:45-9:15 pm],
East Of Eden [9:30-10 pm], Black Sabbath [10:15-11 pm], Edgar
Broughton [11:15-12 am], Taste (featuring Rory Gallagher)
[12:15-1:15 am], Juicy Lucy [1:30-2:15 pm], Jody Grind [2:30-3
am].
July 11th: Out Of Focus [5:30-6 pm], Van der Graaf Generator
[6:15-6:45 pm], Amon Duul II [7-7:30 pm], Atomic Rooster
[7:45-8:15 pm], Savoy Brown [8:30-9 pm], Free [9:15-9:45 pm],
Steamhammer [10-10:30 pm], Traffic [10:45-11:45 pm], Deep Purple
[12-1 am], Black Widow [1-1:45 am], Bronco [2-2:30 am].
[Other bands that were advertised included Tyrannosaurus Rex
(a.k.a. T-Rex), Hardin And York, Keef Hartley, If, Champion Jack
Dupress, Quintessence, Caravan, Golden Earring and Kevin Ayres &
The Whole World] |
2-day festival show |
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Jul 11 |
Lincolnshire |
Baston Festival |
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Jul 16 |
San Francisco |
Fillmore West |
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Postponed |
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Jul 17 |
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"Paranoid" single
released |
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"Paranoid" is
released as a single in the U.K. |
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Jul 17 |
San Francisco |
Fillmore West |
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Postponed |
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Jul 17 |
London |
'Klooks At The
Lyceum' - The Lyceum Ballroom |
Yes (HL), Uriah
Heep, Clark Hutchinston, Big Lil, D.J. Andy Dunkley, First Light
Show |
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Jul 18 |
Dunstable |
Dunstable Civic |
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Jul 18 |
San Francisco |
Fillmore West |
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Postponed |
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Jul 19 |
San Francisco |
Fillmore West |
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Postponed |
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Jul 20 |
Los Angeles |
Whiskey A Go Go |
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Postponed |
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Jul 21 |
Los Angeles |
Whiskey A Go Go |
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Postponed |
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Jul 22 |
Los Angeles |
Whiskey A Go Go |
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Postponed |
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Jul 23 |
Los Angeles |
Whiskey A Go Go |
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Postponed |
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Jul 24 |
Los Angeles |
Olympic Theater |
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Postponed |
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Jul 25 |
Bishop's Stortford |
Rhodes Centre |
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Unconfirmed |
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Jul 25 |
Lt. Bardfield |
Barn Club |
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Jul 25 |
Los Angeles |
Olympic Theater |
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Postponed |
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Jul 27 |
Chicago |
Beavers |
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Postponed |
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Jul 28 |
Chicago |
Beavers |
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Postponed |
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Jul 29 |
Chicago |
Beavers |
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Postponed |
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Jul 30 |
Chicago |
Beavers |
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Postponed |
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Jul 31 |
NYC |
Fillmore East |
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Postponed |
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Aug 1 |
NYC |
Fillmore East |
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Postponed |
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Aug 3 |
NYC |
Fillmore East |
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Postponed |
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Aug 8 |
East Sussex |
Plumpton Race Track
- Lewes |
August 7th (Friday):
Village – D.J. Session (from noon til 3 PM)
Arena - Family (HL), Steamhammer, Groundhogs, Fat Mattress, Rare
Bird, D.J., Audience, Clark Hutchinson, Patto, Daddy Longlegs.
August 8th (Saturday):
Village – Chicago Climax Blues Band (HL), Quatermass, Wild
Angels, Brethren, T2.
Arena – Taste (HL), Hardin-York, Jackson Heights, Black Sabbath
[8-8:45 PM], Keef Hartley, Peter Green, East Of Eden, Granny’s
“New” Intentions, Magna Carta, Strawbs, Cat Stevens, Fotheringay,
Gracious, Made In Sweden.
August 9th (Sunday)
Village – Da Da (HL), Chris Barber Band, Wishbone Ash, Caravan.
Arean – Juicy Luicy (HL), Deep Purple, Yes, Hard Meat, Van Der
Graaf Generator, D.J., Colosseum, Every Which Way, Chris Barber
Band, Turley Richards, Incredible String Band, Trevor Billmuss,
Matthew’s Southern Comfort, Burnin’ Red Ivanhoe. |
The 10th National
Jazz And Blues Festival |
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Aug 12 |
Dortmund |
Fantasio Club |
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Unconfirmed.
Rescheduled from 8/26? |
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Aug 21 |
Vlaams |
Jazz Bilzen '70 &
Humo VIII (Bilzen Blues And Jazz Festival) |
Badfinger, Djengis
Khan, Burnin' Plague, The Dream, Bismark, Wild Angels, Arthur
Conley, The Kinks, Kate's Kennel Kate, Amazing Mistery, Doctor
Down Trip, May Blitz, Johny Dover Big Band, Kleptomania,
Humblebums, Eddy Boyd, Baba Robert Quintet, Willy Roggeman, Jan
Wroblinski, Kevin Ayers & The Whole World, Janos Gonda, Rare
Bird, Gunter Hampel Group, Annie Ross, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie
Hubbard, Cat Stevens, Screaming Lord Sutch |
Bilzen Jazz
Festival. 3-day festival (August 21-23). |
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Aug 22 |
Tiel |
Betuwse Popfestival |
Golden Earring
(around 11 pm), The Wild Angels [from U.K.], Arthur Brown and
The Gass (around 1:30 am), The Kinks, Cat Stevens, The Dream,
May Blitz (didn't play), Bismarck (didn't play) |
Outdoor festival
show |
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Aug 25 |
Bielefeld |
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Unconfirmed.
Rescheduled from 8/27? |
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Aug 31 |
Montreux |
Montreux Casino |
Taste (HL), The
Doors [cancelled], Cactus |
Rescheduled from
8/30 |
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