DATES | 1970 - 1971 | |||||||
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1970 | |||||||
11th February | “Soul Together Tour” with Sam &
Dave, Joe Tex, Arthur Conley, Clarence Carter |
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Sam & Dave complete tour on notoriously bad terms with each other and split up for solo careers | ||||||||
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20th March | Gene Pitney, Badfinger, Marmalade, Satisfaction Johnny Hackett |
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Clodagh Rogers was ill so for this date she was replaced by Marmalade. | ||||||||
2nd May | The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies,
Mark Wynter, The Tremeloes, The Mojos |
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? May | Chuck Berry, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Manfred Mann | |||||||
11th June | The Woody Herman Orchestra | |||||||
29th October | David Frost Variety Spectacular with Louis Arnstrong, Tony Bennett, Jake Thackrey, Sandie Shaw, Ronnie Baker |
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8th November | The theatre is renamed “The Odeon” Finsbury Park | |||||||
11th December | The Beach Boys, The Flame | ![]() |
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14th August | The Byrds, Rita Coolidge | ![]() |
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18th September | Closed as a cinema by Rank cinema organisation | |||||||
The last films shown were “Gorgo” and “Twisted Nerve” | ||||||||
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Taken over by “Sundancer” consortium managed by John Morris | ||||||||
The theatre is renamed “THE RAINBOW THEATRE” |
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November | The Who, Quiver | ![]() |
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The Who open the new Rainbow Theatre. A chorus
line of dancers precedes the show and Keith goes into the audience to yell
for The Who to come on. Pete wears a silver lamé jump suit with the
Rainbow Theatre logo on the back. At the end of the show the chorus line
comes back out and The Who join them for a few high kicks. |
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7th November | Alice Cooper, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Roger Rustin Spear |
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11th November | Barclay James Harvest, Chicago Climax, East of Eden, Marc-Almond |
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A Free Concert | ||||||||
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12th /13th | Mountain, Wishbone Ash, Gordon Haskell | ![]() |
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14th November | Mott the Hoople, Stoneground, Peace | ![]() |
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15th November | Argent, Climax Chicago, Duffy Power | ![]() |
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19th November | Osibisa, Gong | ![]() |
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20th November | Glastonbury Festival Benefit concert with Bronco, Gypsy, Bridget St John, Mick Greenwood, Formerly Fat Harry, Fanny |
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A benefit show to pay off the debts incurred by the Glastonbury Fayre, now of course, better known as... The Glastonbury Festival. It was in 1971 (the second Festival to be held at Worthy Farm) that the first pyramid stage was constructed out of scaffolding and expanded metal covered with plastic sheeting and built on a site above the Glastonbury -Stonehenge ley line. The musicians who performed - including Hawkwind, Traffic, Melanie, David Bowie, Joan Baez and Fairport Convention - were recorded on a now exceedingly rare triple album while the festival was filmed by a crew that included Nick Roeg and David Puttnam. Approximately 12,000 attended - for free... hence the benefit show at The Rainbow. | ![]() |
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24th November | Theodorakis conducts Theodorakis | |||||||
26th November | Family, | ![]() |
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Terry Reid, America | ||||||||
27th November | “Saturday Morning Pictures” featuring Stray | ![]() |
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a 10:00am concert | ||||||||
and in the evening
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Fairport Convention | ||||||||
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2nd - 4th December | Freddie King, The Grease Band,
Leon Russell, Beggars Opera |
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Bill Thorndycraft, Vocalist and Harp player
from Killing Floor recalls, “A couple of years later when Freddie King was touring with Leon Russell’s Shelter artistes, he was playing a few nights at the Rainbow theatre Finsbury park where our ex-roadie Big Pete Walters was the sound engineer. Freddie had spoke to Pete and had asked after me and said he wanted me to go to the Rainbow on the last night to play some blues Harp with him. Unfortunately my mental health was poor at the time and the next day Pete said Freddie had wanted me to jam with him at the end of the show with Leon Russell, Eric Clapton and a few other interesting people. This remains, one of my biggest regrets in life |
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5th December | Al Green, Rufus Thomas, Tami Lynn | |||||||
8th/9th December
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Melanie David Boldinger “a fan” recalls |
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10th /11th | ||||||||
December | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention , Linda Lewis | |||||||
The show on the 11th was cancelled due
to Trevor Howell, the jealous boyfriend of an ardentfemale Zappa fan, pushed
Zappa off stage into the orchestra pit. He breaks leg and ankle in several
places and suffers a fractured scull. Recuperation will involve nine months
in a wheelchair and three more in a surgical brace |
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15th December | Doris Troy, The Roy Young Band, Rufus Thomas | ![]() |
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17th /18th | ||||||||
December | Joan Baez, Mimi Farina | ![]() |
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19th December | Centipede, Patto, B.B.Blunder, Zoot Money | |||||||
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20th December | Joan Baez, Mimi Farina | ![]() |
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22nd December | Lindisfarne | |||||||
23rd December | Curved Air, Skid Row, The National Head Band, Nick Pickett | |||||||
26th December | Tyrannosaurus Rex | |||||||
27th/28th - 3 shows, 2pm,5pm & 8pm 29th/30th - 2 shows, 5pm & 8pm |
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December | Chipperfield’s Circus | |||||||
31st December | Jim Watson Tribute Night…* | ![]() |
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*John Morris recently confirmed to me that this New Years Eve show, which was to feature an all star band did not take place. | ||||||||
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