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1972 | |||||||
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1st/3rd-8th |
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January | Chipperfield's Circus | |||||||
1st - 3 shows, 2pm, 5pm & 8pm 3rd-7th - 2 shows, 5pm & 8pm 8th - 3 shows, 2pm, 5pm & 8pm |
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15th January | Yes, Heads Hands & Feet, Shawn Philips | |||||||
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17th January | The Byrds, Tranquility | ![]() |
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20th January | The Kinks | ![]() |
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22nd January | Film ”Jimi plays Berkley” "live Jimmy & Vella, Cat Mother | |||||||
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23rd January | Curtis Mayfield, Bloodstone | |||||||
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28th January | Isaac Hayes | |||||||
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30th January | Mountain, The Jimmy McCullough Band | |||||||
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5th February | Poco, Billy Preston, Gallagher & Lyle | ![]() |
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6th February | The Edgar Broughton Band, Dave Ellis | |||||||
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12th February | The Faces, Aston, Gardner & Dyke, Byzantium | |||||||
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20th February | Pink Floyd | ![]() |
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Premier of “Eclipse” which became “Dark Side of the Moon” | ||||||||
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20th February | Jack Bruce Band, Rahsaan Roland Kirk & the Vibration Society - Cancelled | |||||||
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26th February | The Steve Miller Band, Tim Hardin, Young & Renshaw | |||||||
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27th February | Chicken Shack, The Savoy Brown Blues Band | ![]() |
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1st March | The Kinks | |||||||
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2nd March | Soft Machine Rehearsals | |||||||
3rd March | Desmond Decker & The Aces, The Pioneers, Bruce Ruffin, Nicky Thomas | |||||||
4th March | Osibisa, Fella Ransome Kuti, Afro 70 with Ginger Baker | |||||||
5th March | Roy Harper, Helen Reddy | ![]() |
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7th March | Al Stewart | |||||||
Three hour solo concert | ||||||||
Tony Kingsbury recalls in My Al Stewart Chronicles: | ||||||||
“One of the concerts that sticks in my memory was at the huge Rainbow in Finsbury Park, north London. Whether it was the best of Al's concerts I'd seen is difficult to judge all these years on but it feels like it was. Huge audience, very long show with Al solo and with the first band. Didn't promote that one though- bugger! “ Graham Tidd also recalls "I remember seeing Al Stewart for just 50p for that 3 hour concert (a bargain even then). He did an acoustic set with stuff like A Small Fruit Song and probably Love Chronicles then came back with a full band doing stuff like Zero She Flies." |
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11th March | Humble Pie, Hookfoot, Trapeze | |||||||
12th March | Theatre closes | |||||||
Soft Machine were due to play a concert that night, it was cancelled. | ![]() |
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Alice Cooper & Freddie King had a concert cancelled to be held on 18th March. | ||||||||
The Grateful Dead had four concerts cancelled, due to be held from 3rd - 6th April | ||||||||
Steve Miller Band had a concert cancelled due to be held on 7th April. | ||||||||
ELO had a concert cancelled due to be held on 18th April | ||||||||
The Allman Bros & J.Giles Band had a concert cancelled due to be held on 28th April | ||||||||
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29th May | National Rock/Folk Contest | ![]() |
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NME-May 27, 1972: Front page headlines: | ||||||||
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The Rainbow Theatre in London's Finsbury Park - acclaimed, as Britain's leading rock centre during its brief four-month span until it closed down in early March - is to re-open shortly. The lease on the premises has been acquired by a specially formed company called Biffo run by Chris Wright and Terry Ellis, who are also the bosses of the Chrysalis organisation. Artists and groups recording for the Chrysalis label, or handled for management or agency by Chrysalis, will be among the first attractions featured at the re-born Rainbow. These include Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Procol Harum, Cat Stevens, Black Sabbath and Edgar Broughton. | ![]() |
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30th June - | Re-Opening Shows | |||||||
1st July | Deep Purple, Silverhead | |||||||
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22nd July | Joe Cocker & The Chris Stanton Band, Patto, Gerry Lockran | ![]() |
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29th July | Slade, Juicy Lucy, Max Merritt & The Meteors | ![]() |
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12th August | Free | |||||||
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13th August | Hawkwind, Man, Keith Christmas, Magic Muscle, | |||||||
Beryl Billabong & The Sheilas DJ Andy Dunkley | ||||||||
2,000 people without tickets storm the side door and get in free | ||||||||
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18th August | David Bowie Rehearsals | |||||||
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20th August | David Bowie, Roxy Music, Lloyd Watson | ![]() |
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Procol Harum's Matthew Fisher played a Steinway Grand piano at these gigs, but was behind a curtain so the audience couldn't see him, he was only introduced at the end of the second night to take a bow! | ||||||||
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On the 19th August Bowie films a promo film for "John, I'm only dancing" on the stage and in the auditorium. The film is directed by the photographer Mick Rock | ||||||||
30th August | David Bowie, JSD Band | ![]() |
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17th September | Stephen Stills/Manassas |
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22ndSeptember | Procol Harum, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Pro Art Singers |
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? September | Jackie Wilson & The Sweetest Feeling, Black Faith, The Marvels | ![]() |
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1st October | Jimmy Cliff | ![]() |
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7th October | Stone the Crows, Tennent and Morrison | ![]() |
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13th October | Chairmen of The Board, William Bell, Arthur Conley | ![]() |
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15th October | Mott The Hoople, Home | |||||||
21st October | The Kinks, The Mike Cotton Brass, Suzi Quatro, Birtha | ![]() |
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27th October | Ralph McTell, Natual Acoustic Band | ![]() |
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3rd November | Ten Years After, Frankie Miller and Brinsley Schwarz | ![]() |
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4th November | The Osmonds | ![]() |
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5th November | Ralph McTell | |||||||
8th/9th November | The Osmonds | ![]() |
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The Osmonds performed their 3rd concert at the Rainbow Theater in Finsbury Park. The following is a story from a British newspaper: “Pop star Donny Osmond arrived in an ambulance, under medical supervision, for his concert in London on Thursday night (Nov 9, 1972). A doctor advised 14-year old Donny’s family to cancel the show because he had influenza and temperature of 103. But Donny, idol of the weenybopper fans, insisted that the show must go on. Wrapped in sweaters he arrived at the Rainbow Theater in Finsbury Park to take the stage with his brothers before a capacity audience. Donny said, ‘I heard that 3,000 fans had come from all over Britain, and I just couldn’t let them down.’" | ![]() |
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11th November | Slade, Thin Lizzy, Suzi Quatro, | ![]() |
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Kid Jensen introduces Thin Lizzy | ||||||||
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17th/18th November | Wishbone Ash, Curtiss-Maldoon | ![]() |
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25th November | “Film” Pink Floyd at Pompeii (This screening was cancelled) | ![]() |
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2nd December | Duke Ellington | |||||||
3rd December | Barclay James Harvest with Orchestra, Camel, Spyrogyra | |||||||
8th December | “Tommy” show rehearsals | ![]() |
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9th December | Ron Reizer’s All star “Tommy” show featuring Rod Stewart, The Who, Ringo Starr, Peter Sellers, Steve Winwood , Maggie Bell, Bill Oddie, Elkie Brooks Richie Havens, and Richard Harris with the London Symphony Orchestra | |||||||
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13th December | King Crimson, Lloyd Watson | ![]() |
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16th December | Yes, Badger | ![]() |
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The 15th show is assumed to be the source for 'Close To The Edge" and "Starship Trooper" available on Yessongs & Yessongs film Ex Yes keyboard player Tony Kaye forms new band, Badger. The show was recorded and released as the album “One Live Badger” produced by Jon Anderson also from Yes |
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22nd December | Groundhogs, Stray, Gentle Giant | ![]() |
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24th December | David Bowie Special Christmas Eve concert. |
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