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Marshall, Newcastle was always one of Mott's favourite gigs. It is, however, mainly City Hall that I remember. I remember doing one gig up there (it might have been the Mayfair), and it got a bit crazy and Alsatian dogs appeared on the stage. The dogs were scared and to this day I think that was about the stupidest thing I've ever seen a ballroom manager do. Fortunately, they got them off the stage without anybody getting hurt. Kids were wild in Newcastle. They'd have the tour bus two feet from the stage door entrance and still they'd get you. Shades smashed, hair pulled, clothes ripped. Ah the good old days! Got booed off city hall stage by 2000 kids one night when the drummer turned up legless. I was the mug who had to tell them the show was off. Not a pretty sight or sound. Great audience. I remember they loved Free. Best of luck with the book mate."

Ian Hunter Mott The Hoople

1970s
1970

Jan 9th White Trash + The Windmill + The Sect
Jan 16th Fat Mattress + Man
Feb 27th Crazy World of Arthur Brown
March 19th Free + Juicy Lucy + Junco Partners + Raw Spirit
April 16th Yes + Graham Bond
April 23rd Taste + Black Sabbath
April 30th Edgar Broughton + Terry Reid
May 7th Tyrannosaurus Rex + The Sect + Dave The Rave
May 15th Jon Hienman and Colliseum
May 22nd Radha Krishna Temple
May 29th Savoy Brown + Juicy Lucy
June 12th Edgar Broughton + Quintessence
June 19th Terry Reid + Fat Mattress with Noel Redding
June 26th Rare Bird + Hard Meat
July 3rd Roy Harper + Pretty Things + Brinsley Schwartz
July 10th Chicken Shack + Mathew’s Southern Comfort + Man
July 17th If + Lord Sutch and his Heavy Friends
July 23rd Atomic Rooster + Van Der Graaf Generator
July 31st Deep Purple
Aug 7th Derek & The Dominoes
Aug14th Humble Pie
Aug 21st Quintessence + Mott The Hoople + Supertramp
Aug 28th Tyrannoraurus Rex
Sept 11th Blodwyn Pig
Oct 2nd Keef Hartley + Strawbs + Pink Fairies
Oct 9th Fleetwood Mac
Nov 19th Chicken Shack
Nov 26th The Who + Curved Air
Dec 22nd Edgar Broughton Band
Dec 30th Lindisfarne

1971

Feb 5th Family + Dada
Feb 18th T. Rex
March 18th Led Zeppelin
March 26th John Peel introduces Mott The Hoople + Medicine Head
April 8th Skid Row
April 30th Quintessence + Stone The Crows
May 14th Buddy Miles, also Robin Ayers
May 28th The Faces, featuring Rod Stewart
June 18th Curved Air
June 25th Deep Purple + Quiver
July 3rd Procul Harum + Stone The Crows + Chicken Shack
July 9th Groundhogs
July 16th Wishbone Ash
July 23rd Coloseum + Osibisa
July 30th Rory Gallagher + The James Gang
Aug 4th Curved Air + Medicine Head
Aug 13th Mott The Hoople
Aug 20th Quintessence + East of Eden
Sept 17th Curved Air
Oct 8th Wishbone Ash
Oct 22nd Quintessence + East of Eden
Oct 29th Stone The Crows
Nov 18th Edgar Broughton Band + Stray
Dec 17th Juicy Lucy + Fat Grapple

1972

Jan 7th Rory Gallagher + Nazareth
Jan 13th Atomc Rooster
Feb 24th Price & Fame
March 3rd Quintessence + Fat Grapple
March 9th Procul Harum + Fat Grapple
March 23rd Groundhogs + Chicken Shack
March 24th David Bowie + Armada + Patch
March 30th Slade
April 7th Edgar Broughton
April 14th ‘The Mayfair Group Scene’
April 19th East of Eden
April 28th Brinsley Schwartz + Sandgate
May 5th Steeleye Span + Amazing Blondel
May 12th Stone The Crows + Vinegar Joe
May 19th If + Genesis
May 26th Gypsy + Morgan
June 2nd Hookfoot + Flash
June 9th Sha Na Na + Ashton, Gardener & Dyke
June 16th Argent + The Sutherland Brothers
June 23rd Family + Audience
June 30th Stone The Crows
July 7th Stray
July 14th Atomic Rooster
July 21st Alexis + Flying Hat
July 28th Mott The Hoople + Beckett
Aug 11th Brinsley Schwartz + Amazing Blondel + Fat Grapple
Aug 18th Vinegar Joe + Chicken Shack + Brass Alley
Aug 25th Glencoe + Curved Air
Aug 27th UFO + Sandgate

Sept 15th Free
Sept 22nd Juicy Lucy + Bullfrog
Oct 6th Steppenwolf
Oct 20th Free + Beckett
Oct 27th Quiver + Nazareth
Nov 3rd Argent + Babe Ruth
Nov 10th Blackfoot Sue + Arthur Brown’s Kingdon Come
Dec 8th The Velvet Underground + Goldie

1973

Jan 25th Roy Wood’s Wizzard + Stealer’s Wheel
Feb 16th The Electric Light Orchestra + Sandgate + Steve Gibbons Band
March 32nd The Sensational Alex Harvey Band + J.S.D. Band + Glencoe
March 9th Geordie + Shark with Andy Fraser & Chris Spedding
March 23rd Daryl Way’s Wolf + Jackson Heights
April 6th SpencerDavis Group
April 11th Brass Alley + Lucus Tyson
April 22nd Blackfoot Sue + Babe Ruth + Suzi Quatro

May 4th The Sensational Alex Harvey Band + Kingdom Come with Arthur Brown
May 11th Curved Air + Gary Moore Band
May 18th Geordie
May 25th Groundhogs + Backdoor

June 1st Barclay James Harvest + Longdancer +Bridget St. John
June 19th Canned Heat
June 22nd Stealer’s Wheel + Warhorse
July 5th Stackridge + Average White Band
July 13th Suzi Quatro + U.F.O.
July 27th Medicine Head + Tir Na Nog
Aug 24th Jack The Lad + Beckett
Aug 26th East of Eden
Aug 31st Nazareth + Gary Moore Band
Sept 7th Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Sept 28th Edgar Broughton + Sandgate
Oct 5th Ten Years After + Ruby
Oct 12th East of Eden + Brass Alley + Circus
Oct 26th Suzi Quatro
Nov 2nd Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Nov 9th Thin Lizzy
Nov 30th Wild Angels + McGuinness Flint
Dec 7th Man

1974

Jan 3 Iron Claw + Arbre + Fogg
Jan 11th 10cc + John Miles Set
Jan 25th Bedlam featuring Cozy Powell
Jan 31st Kiki Dee
Feb 7th Geordie
March 2nd ‘Rock of the North’: Mungo Jerry
March 14th Alvin Stardust
March 22nd Golden Earring
March 29th Stackridge
April 5th Edgar Broughton Band + Hackensack
April 11th Mud
April 12th Fumble + Principal Edwards
April 26th Blackfoot Sue + Strife
May 10th J.S.D. Band + Fruupp
May 17th The Sensational Alex Harvey Band + Strider
May 23rd Hudson Ford + Sundance
May 31st Barclay James Harvest + Rare Bird
June 7th Groundhogs + Witches Brew
June 14th Cockney Rebel + Be Bop Deluxe
June 21st Thin Lizzy + Judas Priest
June 27th Beckett + Highway
July 5th Budgie + Rocky Rhodes
July 12th Medicine Head + String Driven Thing
July 27th Cozy Powell Band + Strife
July 31st Bay City Rollers (Wed)
Aug 2nd The Rubettes
Aug 9th Camel + Wally
Aug 16th Gong
Aug 22nd Caravan
Aug 30th Wizzard
Sept 6th Lindisfarne + Fusion Orchestra + Trapeze
Sept 13th Sutherland Bros. & Quiver + Sassafrass
Sept 20th Glitter Band + Nutz
Sept 27th Procul Harum + Zzebra
Oct 4th Leo Sayer + 100% Pure Poison
Oct 11th Sandgate + Bullfrog
Oct 18th The Sensational Alex Harvey Band + Slack Alice
Oct 25th Strawbs
Nov 7th Ken Boothe
Nov 22nd ‘The original’ Curved Air
Dec 6th Wizzard

1975

Feb 12th Kenny
March 21st Groundhogs + Stray
March 27th Alvin Lee & Co.
April 4th Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance
April 11th Jet
April 18th Medicine Head
May 2nd Can
May 9th The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
May 16th Nazareth
May 23rd Be Bop Deluxe
May 30th Paul Kossoff
June 6th Sutherland Bros. & Quiver
June13th Curved Air
June 20th Judas Priest
June 27th Caravan
July 4th Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
July 10th Babe Ruth
July 17th Isotope
July 5th Hawkwind
Aug 1st Osibisa
Aug 8th Thin Lizzy
Aug 15th Heavy Metal Kids
Aug 21st Kenny
Aug 22nd Hamilton Bohannen + Edwin Starr
Aug 29th Climax Blues Band
Sept 5th Kraftwerk
Sept 12th U.F.O + Fogg
Sept 19th Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers
Sept 26th Mott
Oct 3rd George McRae
Oct 10th Argent
Oct 17th B.T. Express + The Foundations
Oct 24th Baker Gurvitz Army
Oct 31st Jack The Lad
Nov 14th The Drifters
Nov 21st Dr Hook & The Medicine Show
Dec 23rd Nazareth + Snafu

1976

Jan 23rd Strife
Feb 27th Be Bop Deluxe
March 5th Ray Jackson
March 12th The Drifters
March 23rd Gong
March 25th Focus
March 26th Sweet Sensation
April 2nd Groundhogs
April 7th Solomon King
April 8th The Miracles
April 9th Andy Fairweather Lowe
April 15th U.F.O. + Blitz
April 22nd Bilbo Baggins
April 30th Judas Priest
May 7th Frupp
May 14th Alvin Lee
May 21st Stretch
May 28th Soho Jets
May 30th Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
June 4th Chapman Whitney Streetwalker
June 11th Curved Air + Druid
June 18th Back Street Crawler (Cancelled)
June 18th Sassafras
June 25th Disco Tex & The Sexolettes
July 2nd Sassafras
July 9th A Band Called ‘O’
July 16th Doctors of Madness
July 23rd Pink Fairies
July 30th The Real Thing
Aug 6th Michael Chapman Band
Aug 13th Medicine Head + The Enid
Aug 20th Johnny Wakelin
Aug 27th Heavy Metal Kids
Aug 29th Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
Sept 3rd Captain Beefheart’s Original Magic Band
Sept 10th Andy Fairweather Low
Sept 17th Glen Hughs & Trapeze
Oct 15th Gong
Oct 22nd Sassafras
Oct 29th Eric Burdon Band
Nov 5th Jess Roden Band
Nov 12th Mott + Lone Star
Nov 19th The Chi-Lites

1977

Jan 7th Babe Ruth
Jan 14th Pink Fairies
Jan 21st John Miles
Jan 28th Climax Blues Band
Feb 18th Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Without Alex)
March 4th AC/DC
March 11th Michael Chapman Band
April 1st The Real Thing
April 7th Deaf School
April 15th Widowmaker
April 29th Sassafras
May 19th Judas Priest
May 27th Junior Walker & The Allstars
June 3rd Ian Hunter’s Overnight Angels + The Vibrators
June 10th U.F.O. + No Dice
June 17th Archie Bell & The Drells
June 24th Mr Big
July 1st The Jam
July 8th Soul Spectacular
July 15th Mohammed Ali + Frankie Vaughan
July 29th Jack The Lad
Aug 6th Doctors of Madness + Penetration
Aug 12th Trapeze
Sept 2nd A Band Called ‘O’
Sept 9th Boomtown Rats
Spet 23rd Climax Blues Band
Oct 14th AC/DC
Oct 21st Chris Spedding
Nov 2nd Phil Manzanera
Nov 4th Pat Travers Band
Nov 11th Count Bishops
Nov 18th The Jam + The New Hearts

1978

Jan 5th Northern Soul Spectacular with Alex Lawe
Jan 20th Ultravox
Feb 23rd Rich Kids
March 3rd Soul Fever Tour 1978
March 22nd Buzzcocks + The Slits
March 31st Cheap Trick + Bethnal
April 14th Real Thing
May 5th AC/DC
May 11th The Motors
June 2nd Sonja Kristina
June 9th Ian Gillan Band
June 16th Showbiz Kids
July 7th The Pirates
July 14th Hot Snax
July 21st The Motors
July 28th Steve Brown Band + Warbeck
Aug 4th Southbound + The Squad
Aug 11th Son of a Bitch
Aug 18th Ponders End
Sept 1st England + Shooter
Sept 8th Radio Stars
Sept 22nd Jack Thighs + Rocky
Oct 6th Climax Blues Band
Oct 13th Axe
Oct 30th Preacher + White Spirit
Nov 2nd AC/DC
Nov 3rd AC/DC
Nov 10th Frankie Miller
Nov 16th The Lurkers

1979

Jan 5th Steve Brown Band + The Squad
Jan 26th Nazareth
Feb 22nd Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Feb 23rd Cheap Trick

March 9th England + Hawkmoon + Tyson Dog
March 23rd Journey + Pat Travers Band
May 11th Iggy Pop
May 24th The Dickies
May 25th Violinski
June 1st No Dice
June 8th Stiff Litle Fingers
June 14th The Police + The Cramps
June 15th Southbound + Raven
June 22nd The Real Thing
July 6th White Heat + Tygers of Pan Pang
July 13th White Spirit
July 20th Saxon + Lucas Tyson
June 27th Stu Burns Band
Aug 3rd The Pretenders
Aug 10th Def Leppard
Aug 17th England
Aug 24th Molly Hatchett
Aug 30th The Ramones
Aug 31st Secret Affair + Purple Hearts
Sept 7th Budgie
Sept 13 Sammy Hagar + Def Leppard
Sept 21st XTC
Oct 5th Ian Gillan Band
Oct 12th The Ruts
Oct 14th Fischer Z
Oct 19th Goldie
Oct 26th AC/DC
Nov 9th The Specials + Madness + The Selector
Nov 15th John Miles


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