Sunday, February 16, 2020

Eyes of Blue Gigs 1965-1970

1965

16th March 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys, The Wild Ones & The Jets (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

23rd March 1965 - Patti Pavilion, Swansea - South Wales Beat Competition 1965 with Echoretz, Iveys, Meteorites, Mystics, Stingrays  (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

1st April 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

8th July 1965 - Rag-A-Tag Club, Clydach

8th July 1965 - Glen Ballroom, Llanelli - Big Beat Parade with The Buccaneers

15th July 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Who & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

29th July 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

11th September 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

23rd September 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys & The Honeycombs (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

28th October 1965 - Glen Ballroom, Llanelli - with The Kinks and Wheel of Fortune

30th November 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen - Club Charity Dance in aid of Skewen Old Age Pensioners with The Iveys, The Smokestacks & The Kingpins (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

2nd December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Steam Package Show featuring Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Rod Stewart & Brian Auger Trinity

9th December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys & Wayne Fontana (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

10th December 1965 - Regal Ballroom, Ammanford with The Iveys & Wayne Fontana (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

16th December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

23rd December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

27th December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

31st December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Blues Organisation & The Echoretz (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

31st December 1965 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Cheating Hearts

1966

27th January 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Moody Blues & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website/Herald of Wales Beaterama)

10th February 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Merseybeats & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

12th February 1966 - Avon Lido, Port Talbot with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

9th March 1966 - Charlton Ballroom, Kidwelly with The Mojos

14th March 1966 (The Iveys replaced Eyes of Blue) - The Glen Ballroom, Llanelli (Herald of Wales/Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

18th March 1966 - The Regal Ballroom, Ammanford with The Fortunes & The Blues Organisation (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

21st March 1966 - The Glen Ballroom, Llanelli with Lott13 & Swansea Drifters (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

25th March 1966 - The Regal Ballroom, Ammanford - S.W.A.G. Charity Ball with The Iveys, The King Bees & The Blues Organisation (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

31st March 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with Spencer Davis Group & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

16th April 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

29th April 1966 - The Regal Ballroom, Ammanford - ‘Miss Wales’ Competition with The Merseybeats & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

12th May 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The Yardbirds & The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

6th August 1966 - Tiles Club, London (www.setlist.fm)

22nd September 1966 - The Ramjam Club, 390 Brixton Road, London (Melody Maker)

24th September 1966 - The All-Nighter Club, 33-37 Wardour Street, London with The Gass (Melody Maker)

The Georgie Fame Tour, Autumn 1966 (NME October 1966/Radio London Website)

Running order:

First half - Eyes of Blue, Butterfield Blues Band, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band

Second half - Thunderbirds, Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds, Eric Burden and The New Animals, Georgie Fame with the Georgie Fame Band

20th October 1966 - Astoria, Finsbury Park (Tour commences)

21st October 1966 - Odeon, Birmingham

22nd October 1966 - Odeon, Leeds

23rd October 1966 - Gaumont, Doncaster

25th October 1966 - Odeon, Manchester

26th October 1966 - Odeon, Liverpool

27th October 1966 - Gaumont, Sheffield

28th October 1966 - Colston Hall, Bristol

29th October 1966 - Odeon, Cheltenham

31st October 1966 - Gaumont, Southampton

1st November 1966 - Odeon, Bolton

2nd November 1966 - ABC, Carlisle

3rd November 1966 - Odeon, Glasgow

4th November 1966 - Odeon, Newcastle

5th November 1966 - Gaumont, Hanley

6th November 1966 - Odeon, Leicester (Tour ends)

17th November 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with Paul Butterfield’s Blues Band (Concert Poster)

26th November 1966 - The New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon (Reading Evening Post)

2nd December 1966 - Mister McCoy’s, Middlesbrough (www.setlist.fm)

20th December 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with Lott 13 (Herald of Wales - Beaterama)

24th December 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with Lott 13 & The King Bees (Herald of Wales - Beaterama)

31st December 1966 - Ritz Entertainment Club, Skewen with The King Bees & The Fleetwoods (Herald of Wales - Beaterama)

1967

5th January 1967 - Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London with Pink Floyd (Club Flyer/Melody Maker)

7th January 1967 - The Ramjam Club, 390 Brixton Road, London (Melody Maker)

7th January 1967 - The All-Nighter Club, 33-37 Wardour Street, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)

11th January 1967 - Adam & Eve, Spa Road, Southampton (Southern Echo)

3rd February 1967 - Ricky Tick, Thames Hotel, Windsor

25th February 1967 - Ricky Tick, Thames Hotel, Windsor (www.setlist.fm)

4th March 1967 - Saturday Scene, Corn Exchange, Chelmsford (Melody Maker)

26th March 1967 - Tiles, 79-89 Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)

8th April 1967 - The Ramjam Club, 390 Brixton Road, London with Rupert’s Rick’n Beckers (Club Poster/Melody Maker)

5th May 1967 - Tiles, 79-89 Oxford Street, London with The Jackpots (Melody Maker)

14th June 1967 - Glanmor Jazz Club with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

16th June 1967 - Swansea University, Swansea with Simon Dupree and The Big Sound, Jug and Bottle Set, The Iveys & Cock-A-Hoop (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

26th July 1967 - Speakeasy, London (www.setlist.fm)

8th September 1967 - Pavilion Ballroom, Porthcawl with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

9th September 1967 - Town Hall, Oxford with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail)

29th September 1967 - 5th Dimension (5D) with the Ray King Soul Band, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

27th October 1967 - Middle Earth, 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London with The Nice, Limousine, West Indian Street Band, John Peel, Films & Poetry (The International Times #20)

31st October 1967 - Halloween Dance, Wootton Community Centre, Nr Abingdon (Oxford Mail)

12th November 1967 - Sunday Club at The Chequers, Bablockhythe Ferry (Oxford Mail)

24th November 1967 - Middle Earth, 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London (Melody Maker)

3rd December 1967 - Sunday Club, Hotel Ballroom, Wheatley Bridge with Dave Days Disc Machine (Oxford Mail)

22nd December 1967 - Middle Earth, 43 King Street, Covent Garden, London with The Nice, Limousine, West Indian Street Band, John Peel, Films & Poetry (The International Times #20)

31st December 1967 - The Speakeasy, Margaret Street, London (Ray Taff Williams)

1968

1st January 1968 - The Pavilion, Bath (Bath Pavilion Poster)

18th February 1968 - Cat Balou, Grantham, Lincs (Melody Maker)

23rd February 1968 - Rave Rag, Grandby Hall, Leicester with Traffic, Move, Kinks, Plastic Penny & Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

26th February 1968 - Speakeasy Club, London (www.setlist.fm)

18th March 1968 - The Glen Ballroom, Llanelli with The Iveys (2 sets performed) (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

29th July 1968 - Langland Bay Hotel, Swansea with The Iveys (Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website)

16th August 1968 - Black Sheep, 5 Whitehorse Street, Mayfair, London

31st December 1968 - Mr Chows, Knightbridge, London (Ray Taff Williams)

1969

4th February 1969 - Marquee Club, London (London Live)

14th February 1969 - Speakeasy Club, London (Melody Maker)

20th February 1969 - Marquee Club, London with Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (Melody Maker)

28th March 1969 - Marquee Club, London (London Live)

3rd April 1969 - Nuffield Works Clubhouse, Llanelli with The Topics (Concert poster)

11th April 1969 - Marquee Club, London with Chicken Shack (Melody Maker/Marquee Flyer)

19th April 1969 - Marquee Club, London with Pegasus (Melody Maker/Marquee Flyer)

25th April 1969 - Bedford College, London (Melody Maker)

30th April 1969 - Marquee Club, London with Van der Graaf Generator (Melody Maker/Marquee Flyer)

31st May 1969 - Marquee Club, London with Procession (Marquee Flyer)

23rd May 1969 - Croeso ‘69 Blues Festival, Grosmont Wood Barn, Abergavenny with Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Dave Symonds, Kimla Taz, Bob McClure, The Incredible Sun Dog (Concert Poster)

31st May 1969 - Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London (London Live)

25th October 1969 - Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London (London Live)

12th November 1969 - Rambling Jack’s Blues Club, Bishop Stortford (45world.com)

Sources:

Tom Brennan’s Badfinger Library website

Radio London - Georgie Fame Tour 1966