The following list of Newcastle City Hall concert dates was compiled from several sources including advertisements in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and various band gig diaries.
1971
| Date | Performer(s): – | |
| Thu | 14/01/71 | Iron Butterfly, Yes, Dada |
| Fri | 15/01/71 | Chicken Shack, Blodwin Pig, Black Widow |
| Sun | 17/01/71 | Ralph McTell, Lindisfarne |
| Mon | 18/01/71 | Black Sabbath, Freedom, Curved Air |
| Wed | 20/01/71 | The Faces, Doris Henderson’s Eclection |
| Sat | 23/01/71 | Julie Felix CANCELLED |
| Thu | 28/01/71 | Mott The Hoople, Wishbone Ash, Nothingeverhappens |
| Sat | 30/01/71 | The Spinners |
| Sun | 31/01/71 | Van Der Graaf Generator, Lindisfarne, Genesis |
| Thu | 04/02/71 | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Fri | 05/02/71 | Dorothy Squires |
| Thu | 11/02/71 | Northern Sinfonia – International Celebrity Concert |
| Fri | 12/02/71 | Eric Burdon & War |
| Fri | 19/02/71 | Tom Paxton |
| Tue | 23/02/71 | Every Whichway, Jackson Heights |
| Fri | 26/02/71 | Leon Russell |
| Sun | 28/02/71 | Jackie and Bridie |
| Wed | 03/03/71 | Munich Philharmonic |
| Thu | 04/03/71 | Rolling Stones |
| Fri | 05/03/71 | Band of the Scots Guards |
| Sat | 06/03/71 | St Patrick’s Concert – Anna McGoldrick |
| Sun | 07/03/71 | St Patrick’s Concert – John Roche |
| Thu | 11/03/71 | John Mayall, Randall’s Island |
| Fri | 12/03/71 | The Corries |
| Sun | 14/03/71 | Quintessence |
| Thu | 18/03/71 | Stone The Crows, Beggars Opera, Arc |
| Wed | 24/03/71 | Festival of Light Music |
| Thu | 25/03/71 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Fri | 26/03/71 | Emmerson, Lake & Palmer |
| Wed | 31/03/71 | The White Heather Show with Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor |
| Sat | 03/04/71 | Glasgow Phoenix Choir |
| Fri | 16/04/71 | The Spinners |
| Sat | 17/04/71 | Caravan, Bell & Arc, Gringo |
| Thu | 22/04/71 | Groundhogs, Chicken Shack |
| Sun | 25/04/71 | The Strawbs |
| Mon | 26/04/71 | Nana Mouskouri, the Athenians |
| Tue | 04/05/71 | Red Army Ensemble |
| Wed | 05/05/71 | Julian Bream |
| Thu | 06/05/71 | Northern Sinfonia – Wolfgang Schneiderhan |
| Fri | 07/05/71 | The Byrds, Rita Coolidge |
| Sat | 08/05/71 | Mahmud Mirza and Fayaz Khan |
| Sun | 09/05/71 | The Dubliners |
| Tue | 11/05/71 | Ground Hogs, Brigitte St John, Gypo |
| Fri | 14/05/71 | Soft Machine |
| Sat | 15/05/71 | Children’s Concert with Johnny Morris (am), King Crimson (pm) |
| Sun | 16/05/71 | Rod McKuen |
| Wed | 19/05/71 | Steffan Grossman & Unicorn |
| Thu | 20/05/71 | T Rex |
| Sat | 22/05/71 | Cyril Smith & Phyllis Sellick |
| Wed | 26/05/71 | BBC Symphony Orchestra |
| Thu | 27/05/71 | Miriam Makeba |
| Tue | 01/06/71 | Osibisa, Budgie |
| Fri | 11/06/71 | Rory Gallagher, Jellybread |
| Sun | 13/06/71 | Edgar Broughton, Pink Fairies |
| Sat | 19/06/71 | Wishbone Ash |
| Sun | 20/06/71 | Lindisfarne, Bell & Arc, Half Breed, Maiden Law |
| Thu | 24/06/71 | Labi Siffre, Brass Alley, John Miles Set |
| Sat | 03/07/71 | Bergen Symphony Orchestra |
| Fri | 16/07/71 | Mungo Jerry, Flying Fortress |
| Sat | 24/07/71 | Northern Junior Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Thu | 29/07/71 | Audience, Renaissance, Gordon Giltrap |
| Sun | 15/08/71 | If, Steam Hammer, Million |
| Fri | 10/09/71 | Cat Stevens, Mimi Farina, Tom Jans |
| Sun | 12/09/71 | The Spinners |
| Thu | 16/09/71 | Ten Years After, Supertramp, Keith Christmas |
| Fri | 17/09/71 | Leningrad Philharmonic |
| Wed | 22/09/71 | Magna Carta, Gillian McPherson |
| Sat | 25/09/71 | Brass Band Concert with Phyllis Sellick and Cyril Smith |
| Wed | 29/09/71 | Alan Hull, JSD Band, Prelude, Pete Scott, Andy Andrews, The Callies, Hedgehog Pie |
| Thu | 30/09/71 | Son of Geordie with Felling Male Voice Choir |
| Wed | 13/10/71 | Georgie Fame & Alan Price |
| Fri | 15/10/71 | Felling Male Voice Choir |
| Sat | 16/10/71 | Yes |
| Mon | 18/10/71 | Medicine Head, Andy Frazer’s Toby, David Elliot |
| Thu | 21/10/71 | Steeleye Span, Amazing Blondel |
| Fri | 22/10/71 | Quintessence, East of Eden |
| Sat | 23/10/71 | Pink Fairies, Vinegar Joe, Nothingeverhappens |
| Sun | 24/10/71 | King Crimson |
| Mon | 25/10/71 | Vienna Boys Choir |
| Tue | 26/10/71 | Argent, Climax Chicago, Duffy Power |
| Thu | 28/10/71 | Southern Comfort, Audience, Genesis |
| Fri | 29/10/71 | Pentangle |
| Sun | 31/10/71 | T Rex |
| Mon | 01/11/71 | Music To Remember with Max Jaffa, Jack Byfield, Dorita Y’Pepe |
| Wed | 03/11/71 | Atomic Rooster, Nazareth |
| Fri | 05/11/71 | Mott The Hoople, Peace |
| Thu | 11/11/71 | Led Zeppelin |
| Sat | 13/11/71 | Family, America |
| Sun | 14/11/71 | Van Der Graaf Generator, Bell & Arc |
| Fri | 19/11/71 | Black Sabbath, Wild Turkey – CANCELLED |
| Sat | 20/11/71 | Gus Footwear Band |
| Sun | 21/11/71 | Fairport Convention |
| Thu | 25/11/71 | Soft Machine, Louden Wainwright III |
| Fri | 26/11/71 | Manitas De Plata |
| Sat | 27/11/71 | This is Scotland – Jimmy Shand and his Band |
| Sun | 28/11/71 | The Corries |
| Tue | 30/11/71 | Supergeordie with Mike Neville & George Hoiuse |
| Wed | 01/12/71 | Groundhogs |
| Fri | 03/12/71 | The Spinners |
| Tue | 07/12/71 | Amazing Blondel, Sutherland Brothers, Clair Hamill |
| Wed | 08/12/71 | Emerson Lake & Palmer |
| Fri | 10/12/71 | Elton John |
| Sat | 11/12/71 | Newcastle & Gateshead Choral Society – Elijah |
| Fri | 17/12/71 | Uriah Heep, Bullet |
| Sat | 18/12/71 | Christmas Carol Concert |
| Sun | 19/12/71 | Curved air, Skid Row,Nick Pickett |
| Tue | 21/12/71 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| Sun | 26/12/71 | Alexander Brothers Show |
| Thu | 30/12/71 | East of Eden, Troggs, Gravy Train, Brownsville |
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1972
| Date | Performer(s): – | |
| Fri | 21/01/72 | Black Dyke Mills Band & Felling Male Voice Choir |
| Sun | 23/01/72 | Ralph McTell, Cob, Pete Scott |
| Wed | 26/01/72 | Syd Lawrence Orchestra |
| Thu | 27/01/72 | Pink Floyd |
| Fri | 28/01/72 | Peter Pears (sings Britten Nocturn) |
| Tue | 01/02/72 | Free, Junkyard Angel |
| Wed | 02/02/72 | Mountain, Jimmy McCulloch Band |
| Sat | 05/02/72 | Black Sabbath, Wild Turkey |
| Wed | 09/02/72 | Lindisfarne Christmas Party |
| Sat | 12/02/72 | Wishbone Ash |
| Mon | 21/02/72 | Free, Amazing Blondel CANCELLED |
| Tue | 22/02/72 | Free, Amazing Blondel |
| Thu | 24/02/72 | The Strawbs |
| Sat | 26/02/72 | Free – CANCELLED |
| Thu | 02/03/72 | Roy Harper |
| Sun | 05/03/72 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
| Tue | 07/03/72 | Jethro Tull, Tir Na Nog |
| Fri | 10/03/72 | Peter Pears – St John’s Passion by Bach |
| Sat | 11/03/72 | Felling Male Voice Choir with Stuart Burrows |
| Thu | 3/03/72 | Barclay James Harvest, Trees |
| Fri | 24/03/72 | Northern Sinfonia – Denis Matthews |
| Sat | 25/03/72 | Head Hand & Feet, Patto, Claire Hammil |
| Tue | 28/03/72 | Alex Welsh and his band with George Chisholm & George Melly |
| Thu | 06/04/72 | Spinners |
| Sat | 08/04/72 | Free Church Choir Union |
| Sun | 09/04/72 | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra |
| Mon | 10/04/72 | Tony Bennett |
| Tue | 11/04/72 | Grateful Dead |
| Wed | 12/04/72 | Middle Of The Road CANCELLED |
| Thu | 13/04/72 | Mott The Hoople’s Rock ‘n Roll Circus |
| Tue | 18/04/72 | Curved Air, Gary Moore Band, Nick Pickett |
| Sat | 22/04/72 | Glasgow Phoenix Choir |
| Sun | 23/04/72 | The Corries |
| Wed | 26/04/72 | The Dubliners |
| Thu | 27/04/72 | John Mayall, Matching Mole |
| Fri | 28/04/72 | Jack Jones with Ronnie Scott & his Orchestra, Tina Charles – CANCELLED |
| Sun | 30/04/72 | Denis Matthews (piano) |
| Sat | 06/05/72 | I Musici di Roma |
| Tue | 09/05/72 | Count Basie & His Orchestra |
| Wed | 10/05/72 | The Doors, Sandy Denny, Hawkwind |
| Thu | 11/05/72 | Nana Mouskouri and the Athenians |
| Fri | 12/05/72 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic |
| Mon | 15/05/72 | Peter Katin – Chopin Recital |
| Tue | 16/05/72 | The Beach Boys |
| Thu | 18/05/72 | Electric Light Orchestra, Colin Blunstone, FFZ |
| Sun | 21/05/72 | Neil Reid, Stephen Smith & Father |
| Mon | 22/05/72 | Uriah Heep |
| Fri | 26/05/72 | Dorothy Squires |
| Tue | 30/05/72 | Syd Lawrence Orchestra |
| Fri | 02/06/72 | David Bowie |
| Sat | 03/06/72 | The Kinks, John Miles Set, Brass Alley |
| Sat | 10/06/72 | Richie Havens, Linda Lewis |
| Sat | 24/06/72 | T Rex |
| Sat | 01/07/72 | Brass Alley, Ying Tong John |
| Sat | 08/07/72 | Flamin’ Groovies, |
| Sat | 15/07/72 | Northern Junior Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Sun | 16/07/72 | Roy Orbison |
| Fri | 21/07/72 | David McWilliams, Dando Shaft, Evensong |
| Thu | 01/08/72 | Elton John, Linda Lewis |
| Tue | 12/09/72 | Yes – CANCELLED |
| Wed | 13/09/72 | The Spinners |
| Mon | 18/09/72 | Stone The Crows, Tennent and Morrison |
| Tue | 19/09/72 | Victor Borge |
| Wed | 20/09/72 | Mott The Hoople, Home |
| Sat | 23/09/72 | Geordierama with John Woodvine |
| Mon | 25/09/72 | UFO, Beckett |
| Fri | 29/09/72 | Scottish National Orchestra |
| Sat | 30/09/72 | Lindisfarne, Stackridge |
| Tue | 03/10/72 | London Mozart Players |
| Sat | 07/10/72 | Everley Brothers, Dave Loggins |
| Tue | 10/10/72 | Jacques Loussier Trio |
| Thu | 12/10/72 | Jackson Heights, Magna Carter, Jefferson |
| Sat | 14/10/72 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Mon | 16/10/72 | Tom Paxton |
| Fri | 20/10/72 | High Level Ranters |
| Sat | 21/10/72 | Brass Band, Organ and Choir Concert |
| Wed | 25/10/72 | Electric Light Orchestra, Blackfoot Sue |
| Thu | 26/10/72 | Steeleye Span, Amazing Blondel |
| Sat | 28/10/72 | Felling Male Voice Choir, The Fairey Band |
| Sun | 29/10/72 | Ten Years After |
| Mon | 30/10/72 | Pentangle |
| Wed | 01/11/72 | Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John |
| Thu | 02/11/72 | Northern Sinfonia – Itzhak Perlman |
| Fri | 03/11/72 | Slade, Thin Lizzie |
| Sat | 11/11/72 | Roxy Music, East Of Eden |
| Sun | 12/11/72 | Four Tops, Thelma Houston |
| Mon | 13/11/72 | Ralph McTell |
| Fri | 17/11/72 | JSD Band and Bill Barclay |
| Wed | 22/11/72 | Santana |
| Sat | 25/11/72 | This is Scotland – with Angus Fitchet and his Band |
| Sun | 03/12/72 | The Corries |
| Wed | 06/12/72 | Sandy Denny & John Martyn, Quincey |
| Thu | 07/12/72 | Incredible String Band |
| Sun | 10/12/72 | The Alexander Brothers Show |
| Wed | 13/12/72 | Newcastle & Gateshead Choral Union perform Messiah |
| Thu | 14/12/72 | Gary Glitter & the Wild Angels |
| Sun | 17/12/72 | Family, Linda Lewis |
| Mon | 18/12/72 | Alan Price & Georgie Fame |
| Wed | 27/12/72 | Xmas Geordiemania with Mike Neville & George House |
Many thanks to John Jobling for supplying most of the ticket stubs featured in the Newcastle City Hall pages.
Those were the days!
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Well done Roger for more invaluable Newcastle music history ….
..This is very important I would like to reach out to those Club Ago Ago members of the 1960’s
When ever there was a major gig at the City Hall particularly on a Saturday night the Artists who’d finished their gig At The Hall would sometimes head straight for the Club Ago Ago …….There is many many instances of a major band playing the Club Ago go and a major band playing The City Hall on the same night …….This is interesting because it meant these artists would Jam and play as a surprise unannounced guest at the Go Go later in The Jazz loung after midnight …….One particular example I witnessed was one the last gigs before the Go Go closed 1968 …..It was Jimmy Cliffs booked at Go Go on a Saturday night …And after midnight in the Jazz lounge on came this guy who’d just finished his gig at the City Hall ….To this day I can’t remember his name …Anyone out there who recalls these super Jamming Sessions at the Club Ago Ago…? …….If Roger is reading this could you also list this article on the Club Ago Ago comments page too and we might get a response ……Thanks Roger. ….keep up the good work and that Club Ago Ago book may be written sometime and deservedly published. Alan Brack ……email add …….. atemp49@aol.com
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brilliant
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The first concert I attended was at the City Hall, featuring The Gun, Family and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, some time in the late 60’s. Anyone have the actual date?
Having seen the Incredible String Band several times, and many other “name bands”, I discovered that some time in the 1940s, as a schoolgirl my mum had performed on the same stage,singing solo “how beautiful are the feet” from Handel’s Messiah.
Brilliant site, keep it up
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Hi, I was looking for Earth Wind and Fire, I have a vague recollection of them standing in for a band on a package tour that included Gentle Giant among others, noone had heard of them at the time but they took the lid of the place! Anyone else remember this?
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I have a ticket stub for the Faces at the City Hall on Friday, 8th December 1972, which isn’t on your list. And I remember it too. Was a student in the city at the time.
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The Electric Light Orchestra gig was cancelled (May 18th 72) – I had a ticket and found out on the day that it was off
The support for The Groundhogs (1st December 71) was Egg
The support for Mungo Jerry (16th July 71) was Dando Shaft (not Flying Fortress) – I was there
One gig that’s missing is Groundhogs,Stray,Gentle Giant – Sunday 26th November 1972 – I was there
3/11/72 – Slade/Thin Lizzy/Suzi Quatro
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The Electric Light Orchestra was Roy Wood’s band then Jeff Lynne took it in a different direction ..
saw Jeff Lynne 1968 at durham students Dunelm suite .
his band was Idle Race ..
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Those were the days Curved Air two or three times a year.
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‘If you remember the sixties, you really weren’t there’ is credited to Charles Fleischer Actor, Musician, Stand-up Comedian who said this off the cuff comment in 1982 he was born in 1950 so he was. As a teen I frequented the City Hall many times in the Sixties and the following decades these useful gig lists have helped me to pinpoint when I saw various artists during those decades. I worked during the Sixties & Seventies at Jeavon’s Percy Street, Disque Prudhoe Street and Oz Records Westgate Road and my wife worked at Alderson & Brentnall, J.G. Windows and also at Disque & Oz. Great times and memories.
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Not on your list…Shirley Bassey supported by Sons and Lovers Thursday April 28th 1971. I had the honour of being in the support act to her backed by her orchestra during her 1971 tour.
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One of the best gigs I ever saw at the City Hall, March 10th 1977, T.Rex, Bolan was absolutely brilliant that night, if only I had know what was going to happen just 6 months later……….seen loads of others UFO, MSG, Yes, Hawkwind, Status Quo we’re particularly memorable Queen also, but nobody comes close to the memory of Bolan and his superb band that night, pure energy!!!!!!!!
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8 December 1972
FACES supported by Vigrass & Osborne with Stumble
Missing from your list ?
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MONDAY 26 JAN 1969
Newcastle City Hall, Northumberland Road
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Family & Gun
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I was 15 years old and the 1st band I saw was Black Sabbath January 71 just blew me away. Curved air played a blinder , Sabbath came on and kicked of with Paranoid and then played it again! The place was jumping.
The next band i saw was Led Zepplin never realised I was watching legends.
Just discovered this great site. Thanks
But why stop at 1972?
Remember seeing James Taylor and Carol King sometime in the ’70s but can’t remember the date?
Thank you so much for a really wonderful site. I used to “live” in the City Hall and it brings back so many memories and thoughts on “how did I miss that gig?”
Years after 1972 would be priceless