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the Pale 

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Procol Harum's gig-list for 1974

Provided by PH's tour manager, Barry Sinclair 


Does this 80-odd-date schedule jog your memory of any gigs you were at? If so please mail us: we welcome all reminiscences, set-lists, scanned photos and ticket-stubs! The dates for the last part of the year, after Barry took a road-sabbatical, were kindly supplied by Procol historian Frans Steensma, and added to Barry's schedule, with occasional other notes, in this sort of type. Claes Valentin Jensen sends yet further additions, in this sort of type.

Date

Town

Venue

Support

 

740228

Exeter

University

(memoir here)

 

740302

Bradford

University

 

 

740309

Colchester

Essex University

 

 

740312

Radio Show BBC

John Peel Show
(song list)

 

 

740314

Southampton

University

 

 

740315

Reading (review)

University

 Ruby (Dave Knights's band!)

 

740316

Norwich

University of East Anglia

 

 

740322

In Concert
Radio Show (setlist)

Golders Green, Hippodrome

 

 

740324

Birmingham

Town Hall

 

 

740329

Newcastle

Mecca: this could have been cancelled (I have no review)

 

 

740403

Barcelona
(click graphic to enlarge)

Teatro Victoria, Paralelo Street

thanks, Martin Awsop

740404

Valencia

 

 

 

740405

Barcelona

Theatre Monumental

 

 

740423

Boston (setlist)

Music Hall
(review, ticket)

King Crimson & Maggie Bell

 

740424

Lewiston, Maine

Armoury

Aerosmith (some accounts say The Womblers)

 

740425

Buffalo, NY

Kleinhan's

Maggie Bell
(thanks, Martin Stassen)

 

740426

New Paltz, NY

'This gig was at SUNY New Paltz about 50 miles north of New York City. I was the bass player in The Womblers, and we opened up for PH in the Elting Gymnasium on the campus. It was a great gig, despite the lack of a sound check for us, and we considered it to be an honor to be on the same stage as Brooker & company,' writes Albee.

 

740427

Hamilton, NY

Colgate University (picture)

The Sharks

 

740428

Philadelphia

Shubert Theatre

Maggie Bell

2 Shows

740429

Washington, D.C

Kennedy Centre

Maggie Bell

 

740501

Passaic, N.J.

Capitol Theater

Maggie Bell

 

740502

Hempstead, Long Island

Hofstra University (second show cancelled)

Chad (of Chad & Jeremy Fame)

2 Shows?

740503

Hamden, Conn.

Quinnipiac State College

Maggie Bell

 

740504

Rochester, NY

Auditorium Theater (setlist)

Black Sheep (thanks, Martin Stassen)

 

740505

Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Kutztown State College

Chad & Livingstone Taylor

 

740507

Cincinatti

University

Billy Joel & Golden Earring

(See here)

740508

Atlanta

Municipal Auditorium

Renaissance

Ticket

740510

Miami

Jai Alai

Renaissance & Dave Mason

 

740511

Tampa

Curtis Hixon Hall

Renaissance & Dave Mason

 

740514

New York

Felt Forum

Leo Kottke

 

740515

New York

Felt Forum

Leo Kottke

 

740516

Pittsburgh

Syria Mosque

'The opening act was Steeleye Span. I must say that the combination of acts was one of the most intelligent I have ever seen,' writes Richard Lacy

 

740517

Chicago

Auditorium Theater (photos)

Leo Kottke

 

740518

Cleveland

Allen Theater

 

 

740519

Detroit

Masonic Auditorium

 

 

740604

London in Concert

The Rainbow

Watch on
YouTube: As Strong as Samson, Beyond the Pale, Simple Sister, Nothing but the Truth

Jim Stafford, Foghat, Alex Harvey Band

 Aired 5 July on US TV, hosted by Jim Stafford

740611

Reykjavik

University Theatre

 

 

740612

Reykjavik

University Theatre

 

 

740616

Oslo

Holmenkollen Ski-Jump Ragnarock Open Air Festival (where Copping's organ broke down) Recorded for TV

Live tracks released in 2009
Pictures here

 

740622

Sheffield

University

 

 

740702

New Orleans

Warehouse

Poco

 

740703

Houston

Coliseum (review, impressions)

Poco & Golden Earring

 

740704

Dallas

Memorial Auditorium

Poco & Golden Earring

 

740705

Dallas

Radio Show KZEW-FM

(setlist, Reid interview)

 

740707

St. Louis

Ambassador Theatre

Golden Earring (review)

 

740708

Kansas City

Midland Theatre

Poco

 

740711

Seattle

 

 

 

740712

Portland

 

 

 

740714

Los Angeles

Santa Monica Civic

 

 

740727

London

Crystal Palace (review + review) Open Air

Headliner, Rick Wakeman; support: Winkies, Wally, Gryphon, Leo Sayer

 

740802

Croydon

Fairfield Hall (review)

BeBop DeLuxe

 

740810

Finland

Turku Music Festival
Ruisrock '74

Locomotiv GT, Strawbs & Nazareth

 

740825

Reading

Reading Festival

Too many acts to list!

 

740911

Birmingham (setlist etc)

Town Hall (review)

Strife

 

740912

Coventry

Coventry Theatre

Zzebra

 

After this I took a sabbatical from the road and worked on rebuilding Procol's PA:
I went back on tour in March 1975: remaining dates from Frans Steensma

740913

Portsmouth

Guildhall

Jess Roden's Band

 

740916

Manchester

Free Trade Hall

Strife

 

740919

Oxford

New Theatre
(memoir here)

Jess Roden's Band

 

740920

Bristol

Colston Hall

Jess Roden's Band

 

740921

Brighton

Dome (review)

Strife

 

740926

Sheffield

City Hall

 

 

740928

Hemel Hempstead

Pavilion (review)

Rod Crisp

 

741003 Leeds University (we surmise the existence of this gig on the basis of a poster
... no other info about it has come to light)

741024

Herning, Denmark

Herning Hallen (review)

Thanks to Claes Valentin Jensen for this information

 

741025

Copenhagen (setlist)

Tivolis Konsertsal

Some reports claimed this show was on 29 October

 

741026

Randers

Randershallen (interesting picture here)

Thanks to Claes Valentin Jensen for this information

 

741027

Odense

Fyens Forum

Thanks to Claes Valentin Jensen for this information

 

741029

Göteborg, Sweden (setlist here)

Konserthuset

 

 

741030

Oslo (setlist)

Njardhallen
(photo, others)

 

 

741103

Vejle, Denmark

Idrættens Hus

Thanks to Claes Valentin Jensen for this information

 

741105

TV Holland

Top Pop
(Beyond The Pale)

 

 

741109

London (see here)

Imperial College (setlist)

(autographed ticket here)

 

741110

Wimbledon (see here and here)

Theatre

 

 

741113

Dunstable (see here)

Queensway Hall

 

 

741115

Guildford (see here)

Surrey University

 

 

741118

TV Denmark

Plyds og papegoyer
Songlist

 

 

741122

Hamburg

Kongresszentrum

(ticket here)

 

741123

Kaiserslautern

Landwirtschaftschule

 

 

741124

Munich

Circus Krone

 

 

741125

Vienna

Stadthalle

(ticket here)

 

741126

Linz

 

(ticket here)

 

741127

Karlsruhe

Stadthalle

 

741128

Stuttgart

Killesberghalle

 

 

741129

Frankfurt

Kongresshalle

 

 

741130

Dusseldorf

Philipshalle

 

 

741204

Biel

Kongresshaus

Poster

 

741206

Zurich

 Volkshaus

Comment

 

741208

Amsterdam

Concertgebouw

 

 

 

 

 


Index of tour dates at BtP

 


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