You can also add to this list 1970's
band support date Led Zeppelin Add support act 16/01/1970 Nice Add support act 29/01/1970 Booker T And MGs Add support act 25/02/1970 Pink Floyd Add support act 09/03/1970 Fairport Convention Add support act 13/03/1970 Gene Pitney Clodagh Rodgers / Badfinger / Satisfaction / Johnny Hackett 04/04/1970 Tony Williams Lifetime Add support act 11/04/1970 Rory Gallagher Add support act 24/04/1970 Taste Idle Race 24/04/1970 John Mayall Duster Bennett 12/05/1970 Ten Years After Add support act 20/05/1970 Traffic If 22/05/1970 Soft Machine Add support act 09/06/1970 Four Tops Edwin Starr 23/08/1970 Manfred Mann Chapter III East of Eden 05/09/1970 Four Tops Add support act 19/09/1970 Jethro Tull Procol Harum / Tir Na Nog 23/09/1970 Canned Heat Groundhogs 24/09/1970 Barclay James Harvest Add support act 28/09/1970 T Rex Add support act 15/10/1970 Fairport Convention Add support act 16/10/1970 ELP Add support act 27/10/1970 Family no support 24/11/1970 Pink Floyd Add support act 22/12/1970 T Rex Add support act 02/01/1971 Black Sabbath Freedom / Curved Air 14/01/1971 Stevie Wonder Martha Reeves and The Vandellas 23/01/1971 Van Der Graaf Generator Lindisfarne / Genesis 27/01/1971 Lindisfarne Van Der Graaf Generator 27/01/1971 Mott the Hoople Wishbone Ash / Red Dirt 29/01/1971 Deep Purple Ashton Gardner & Dyke 06/02/1971 Jackson Heights Every Which Way / Audience 25/02/1971 Free Amazing Blondel 26/02/1971 Quintessence Add support act 06/03/1971 Incredible String Band Keith Christmas 20/03/1971 ELP no support 24/03/1971 Curved Air Nick Pickett / Gary Moore Band 10/04/1971 New Seekers Add support act 13/04/1971 Caravan Barclay James Harvest / Gringo 24/04/1971 Byrds Rita Coolidge 09/05/1971 T Rex Add support act 17/05/1971 King Crimson Roger Ruskin Spear 29/05/1971 Edgar Broughton Pink Fairies 11/06/1971 Rory Gallagher Jellybread 12/06/1971 Byzantium Add support act 12/06/1971 Curved Air Chicken Shack / Marc Ellington 16/06/1971 Lindisfarne Bell + Arc / Halfbreed 17/06/1971 Groundhogs Add support act 21/06/1971 Wishbone Ash Mogul Thrash / Stackridge 22/06/1971 The Who Keith Christmas 03/07/1971 Audience Rennaissance / Gordon Giltrap 31/07/1971 Renaissance Gordon Giltrap 31/07/1971 If / Million 19/08/1971 Steamhammer If / Andy Fernbach 19/08/1971 Cat Stevens Mimi Farina & Tom Jans 09/09/1971 Sutherland Brothers Add support act 09/09/1971 Ten Years After Supertramp / Keith Christmas 28/09/1971 John Mayall Eggs Over Easy 30/09/1971 Eggs Over Easy Add support act 30/09/1971 Deep Purple Bullet 05/10/1971 Mott the Hoople Peace 07/10/1971 Incredible String Band Add support act 09/10/1971 Yes Jonathan Swift 13/10/1971 Terry Reid Keith Christmas 15/10/1971 Canned Heat Terry Reid 15/10/1971 Steeleye Span Andy Roberts 18/10/1971 King Crimson Keith Christmas 19/10/1971 T Rex DJ Bob Harris 23/10/1971 Buffy St. Marie Loudon Wainright 29/10/1971 Family America 02/11/1971 Fairport Convention Add support act 16/11/1971 Mungo Jerry March Hare / Paul Brett's Saga / Bitter Suite 22/11/1971 Alan Bown Add support act 27/11/1971 Groundhogs Egg / Quicksand 29/11/1971 Soft Machine Loudon Wainwright III 29/11/1971 ELP Mike Chapman 09/12/1971 Elton John England Dan & John Ford Coley 17/12/1971 Frank Zappa cancelled due to accident 21/12/1971 East of Eden Troggs / Gravy Train 29/12/1971 Troggs Sunrise 29/12/1971 Free Add support act 01/01/1972 Procol Harum Add support act 25/01/1972 Audience Stackridge 02/02/1972 Free Sutherland Brothers 03/02/1972 Nazareth Add support act 03/02/1972 Wishbone Ash Glencoe 10/02/1972 Pink Floyd Add support act 12/02/1972 Roy Harper Add support act 16/02/1972 Black Sabbath Wild Turkey 21/02/1972 Jethro Tull Tir Na Nog 11/03/1972 Heads, Hand and Feet Patto / Claire Hamill 17/03/1972 Rory Gallagher Byzantium 23/03/1972 Byzantium Add support act 23/03/1972 Mott the Hoople Hackensack / Max Wall 17/04/1972 Festival of Light Campaign The real Mary Whitehouse Experience 24/04/1972 Gentle Giant Add support act 25/04/1972 Jimi Hendrix Plays Berkley film Gentle Giant 25/04/1972 ELO Colin Blunstone 10/05/1972 Slade Status Quo 12/05/1972 Arthur Brown & Kingdom Come Add support act 25/05/1972 David Bowie Add support act 05/06/1972 David Bowie JSD Band 07/06/1972 Uriah Heep Add support act 13/06/1972 Edgar Broughton Add support act 29/07/1972 ELO Fusion Orchestra 12/09/1972 Stray Pretty Things 25/09/1972 Deep Purple Glencoe 28/09/1972 Stone the Crows Tennant & Morrison 30/09/1972 Lindisfarne Genesis / Rab Noakes 03/10/1972 Jackson Heights Magna Carta 14/10/1972 Steeleye Span Amazing Blondel 23/10/1972 Humble Pie Frampton's Camel 07/11/1972 Slade Suzi Quattro / Thin Lizzy 09/11/1972 ELP Add support act 25/11/1972 Rory Gallagher Andy Andrews 26/11/1972 Cat Stevens Add support act 27/11/1972 Wishbone Ash Curtiss Maldoon 01/12/1972 King Crimson Keith Christmas 04/12/1972 Hawkwind Help Yourself 05/12/1972 Blackfoot Sue Medicine Head 07/12/1972 Camel Add support act 14/12/1972 Groundhogs Gentle Giant / Stray 15/12/1972 Faces Vigrass & Osborne 22/12/1972 Geordie Add support act 28/12/1972 Led Zeppelin no support 02/01/1973 Uriah Heep Mike Maran 17/01/1973 Hawkwind Add support act 20/01/1973 Focus Harvey Andrews 22/01/1973 Wizzard Add support act 23/01/1973 Family Linda Lewis 01/02/1973 Al Stewart Brinkley Schwarz 08/02/1973 Rory Gallagher Greenslade 14/02/1973 Genesis String Driven Thing 17/02/1973 Deep Purple Nazareth 20/02/1973 Average White Band Add support act 24/02/1973 Elton John Add support act 09/03/1973 Kiki Dee Longdancer 09/03/1973 Status Quo Byzantium 14/03/1973 Byzantium Add support act 14/03/1973 King Crimson Claire Hamill 17/03/1973 Geordie Add support act 21/03/1973 Strawbs Add support act 23/03/1973 Byzantium (unsure) Add support act 23/03/1973 Roxy Music Sharks 28/03/1973 Curved Air The Wag's Band 02/04/1973 Spirit Searchers 05/04/1973 Ten Years After Supertramp 06/04/1973 Captain Beefheart Beckett 12/04/1973 Average White Band Add support act 26/04/1973 Bert Jansch Add support act 28/04/1973 Focus Add support act 07/05/1973 Fleetwood Mac Add support act 17/05/1973 Sweet Harpoon 21/05/1973 Stackridge Camel 27/05/1973 Black Sabbath Black Oak Arkansas 30/05/1973 Esperanto Sha Na Na 04/06/1973 David Bowie Bowie played 2 sets 06/06/1973 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Henry Cow 07/06/1973 Slade Sensational Alex Harvey Band 12/06/1973 Wishbone Ash Average White Band 14/06/1973 Gary Glitter Hellraisers 29/06/1973 Paul McCartney and Wings Brinsley Schwarz 04/07/1973 Wings Add support act 04/07/1973 Brinsley Schwarz Add support act 04/07/1973 Man Deke Leonard\'s Iceberg / John St Field 30/07/1973 Henry Cow Gong (headliner Henry Cow pulled out) 08/08/1973 Argent Glencoe 25/09/1973 Family Phillip Goodhand-Tait 27/09/1973 Lou Reed Persuasions 29/09/1973 Status Quo Add support act 03/10/1973 Faust Gong (Henry Cow cancelled) 08/10/1973 Man Add support act 15/10/1973 Deke Leonard's Iceberg Add support act 15/10/1973 Wishbone Ash Home 16/10/1973 Roxy Music Leo Sayer 22/10/1973 Genesis Add support act 25/10/1973 Nazareth Heavy Metal Kids 27/10/1973 Incredible String Band Add support act 01/11/1973 Rory Gallagher Add support act 26/11/1973 Yes Add support act 27/11/1973 Rory Gallagher Strider 03/12/1973 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Add support act 12/12/1973 Elton John Kiki Dee 14/12/1973 Manfred Mann's Earthband Add support act 02/01/1974 BBA Add support act 22/01/1974 Beck, Bogart and Appice Upp 22/01/1974 T Rex Add support act 24/01/1974 Eno Winkies 15/02/1974 Electric Light Orchestra 20/02/1974 Mott The Hoople Judi Pulver 25/03/1974 Incredible String Band Add support act 27/03/1974 Ten Years After Strife 18/04/1974 Gong Hatfield & the North 26/04/1974 Mick Ronson Add support act 29/04/1974 Heavy Metal Kids Add support act 01/05/1974 Deep Purple Elf 06/05/1974 Greenslade Beckett 09/05/1974 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Add support act 10/05/1974 Gryphon Add support act 13/05/1974 Budgie Add support act 17/05/1974 Kiki Dee Add support act 25/05/1974 Black Sabbath Add support act 30/05/1974 Lou Reed Add support act 01/06/1974 Henry Cow Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band 07/06/1974 Brinsley Schwarz, Dave Edmunds Add support act 27/06/1974 Barclay James Harvest Add support act 28/06/1974 Charles Aznavour Add support act 20/08/1974 Greenslade Add support act 14/09/1974 Leonard Cohen Add support act 17/09/1974 Gong Isotope 24/09/1974 Procol Harum Add support act 26/09/1974 Roxy Music Add support act 03/10/1974 Wishbone Ash Add support act 05/10/1974 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Add support act 09/10/1974 Uriah Heep Frampton's Camel 23/10/1974 Tangerine Dream Add support act 29/10/1974 Lindisfarne Add support act 31/10/1974 Camel Add support act 02/11/1974 Queen Hustler 05/11/1974 Humble Pie McGuinness Flint 07/11/1974 Rory Gallagher Add support act 03/12/1974 Gentle Giant Add support act 05/12/1974 Clancy Add support act 10/12/1974 Argent Add support act 10/12/1974 John Entwhistle's Ox Mr Big 17/12/1974 Wishbone Ash Add support act 20/01/1975 Supertramp Gallagher & Lyle / Chris De Burgh 23/01/1975 Mahavishnu Orchestra no support 30/01/1975 Dr Feelgood Chilli Willie & The Red Hot Peppers / Kokomo 05/02/1975 Baker Gurvitz Army Tea 06/02/1975 Al Stewart Brinsley Schwarz 13/02/1975 ELO Choyn 20/02/1975 Arrows Add support act 04/03/1975 10cc Fancy 06/03/1975 Ralph McTell Add support act 11/03/1975 Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson Jet 20/03/1975 Jet Add support act 20/03/1975 Cockney Rebel Sailor 03/04/1975 Creation Rebel Add support act 03/04/1975 Glitter Band Add support act 15/04/1975 Gong Global Village Trucking Company 19/04/1975 The Drifters Add support act 22/04/1975 Pilot Add support act 03/05/1975 Bay City Rollers Add support act 05/05/1975 Greenslade Rab Noakes 09/05/1975 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Add support act 13/05/1975 Dr Feelgood Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranois (gig released on Stupidity album) 23/05/1975 10cc Add support act 03/06/1975 Creation Rebel Add support act 15/06/1975 Arrows Add support act 17/09/1975 Argent Clancy 03/10/1975 Tangerine Dream Add support act 09/10/1975 Baker Gurvitz Army Add support act 15/10/1975 Black Sabbath Add support act 16/10/1975 Leo Sayer Add support act 17/10/1975 Dr Feelgood Add support act 23/10/1975 Sparks Add support act 30/10/1975 Lynyrd Skynyrd Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 31/10/1975 Uriah Heep Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat 01/12/1975 Supertramp Joan Armatrading 04/12/1975 Camel Add support act 16/12/1975 Gentle Giant Add support act 17/12/1975 Rory Gallagher Alan Stivell 19/12/1975 ELO Add support act 20/12/1975 Slade Add support act 20/01/1976 10cc Add support act 02/02/1976 Be-Bop Deluxe The Doctors Of Madness 05/02/1976 Creation Rebel Add support act 24/02/1976 Cockney Rebel Add support act 24/02/1976 Steve Harley Add support act 24/02/1976 Man Add support act 22/03/1976 Steeleye Span Add support act 23/03/1976 Gong Wigwam 24/03/1976 Camel Add support act 05/04/1976 Leo Sayer Add support act 22/04/1976 Budgie Hobo 28/04/1976 Rick Wakeman Add support act 29/04/1976 Blaster Bates Add support act 30/04/1976 Gentle Giant Add support act 13/05/1976 Leonard Cohen Add support act 14/05/1976 Elton John Murray Head 18/05/1976 Nils Lofgren Add support act 20/05/1976 Don McLean Add support act 24/05/1976 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Pat Travers Band 26/05/1976 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Add support act 27/05/1976 Dr Hook Unicorn 12/06/1976 Bay City Rollers Bilbo Baggins 14/09/1976 Hawkwind Tiger 15/09/1976 Dr Feelgood George Hatcher Band 16/09/1976 Manfred Mann's Earthband Racing Cars 30/09/1976 Barclay James Harvest Add support act 07/10/1976 Sutherland Brothers & Quiver Moon 12/10/1976 Steve Hillage John Stevens' Away 14/10/1976 Canned Heat Add support act 15/10/1976 Hot Chocolate Add support act 15/10/1976 Wishbone Ash Supercharge 23/10/1976 Four Tops Add support act 27/10/1976 Thin Lizzy Clover 04/11/1976 Kiki Dee Blue 23/11/1976 Mike Harding Add support act 30/11/1976 Supertramp Add support act 04/12/1976 Hall and Oates Add support act 18/01/1977 Be-Bop Deluxe Steve Gibbons 20/01/1977 Rory Gallagher Jack O'Donnell 08/02/1977 Streetwalkers Add support act 14/02/1977 Rory Gallagher Add support act 17/02/1977 Ted Nugent Steve Gibbons Band 24/02/1977 Bryan Ferry Add support act 28/02/1977 Roxy Music Illusion 28/02/1977 Graham Parker Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes 02/03/1977 Procul Harum Heron 07/03/1977 Uriah Heep Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat 08/03/1977 Small Faces Cock Sparrer 13/04/1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd Clover 02/05/1977 Slade Liar 03/05/1977 The Shadows Add support act 16/05/1977 Nils Lofgren Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 20/05/1977 Television Blondie 24/05/1977 Rush Stray 01/06/1977 Crawler Boxer / Moon 09/07/1977 Peter Gabriel Nona Hendryx 17/09/1977 Sutherland Brothers Add support act 19/09/1977 Hawkwind Bethnal 23/09/1977 Barclay James Harvest Add support act 28/09/1977 Camel Andy Desmond 04/10/1977 Lone Star Add support act 11/10/1977 The Boomtown Rats Add support act 17/10/1977 Wishbone Ash The Motors 18/10/1977 Leo Sayer Add support act 25/10/1977 Steve Hillage Glenn Phillips 26/10/1977 Smokie Trickster 02/11/1977 Demis Roussos Add support act 21/11/1977 Thin Lizzy Radiators From Space 23/11/1977 Mike Harding Hedgehog Pie 07/12/1977 Judas Priest English Assassin 23/01/1978 Be-Bop Deluxe John Cooper Clarke 13/02/1978 Rush Tyla Gang 22/02/1978 Budgie Nutz 23/02/1978 Squeeze Add support act 08/03/1978 Eddie & The Hot Rods Squeeze / Radio Stars 08/03/1978 Manfred Mann's Earthband Add support act 11/04/1978 Rory Gallagher Add support act 12/04/1978 Black Sabbath Van Halen 16/05/1978 Darts Add support act 18/05/1978 Blue Oyster Cult Japan 05/06/1978 UFO Add support act 22/06/1978 Ian Dury Add support act 06/07/1978 Camel Michael Chapman 20/09/1978 Renaissance Dogger 21/09/1978 Barclay James Harvest Add support act 29/09/1978 Blaster Bates Add support act 02/10/1978 Dr Feelgood Mink DeVille 03/10/1978 Squeeze Add support act 10/10/1978 Dr Feelgood Squeeze 10/10/1978 Mike Harding Add support act 11/10/1978 Wishbone Ash Add support act 21/10/1978 Hawkwind Add support act 24/10/1978 Judas Priest Add support act 02/11/1978 Leo Sayer Add support act 05/11/1978 Gene Pitney Add support act 29/11/1978 Devo The Members 30/11/1978 Elvis Costello & The Attractions John Cooper Clarke 18/01/1979 Nazareth Blazer Blazer 23/01/1979 UFO Steve Hillage 24/01/1979 The Enid Wounded John Scott Cree 13/02/1979 Steve Hillage Telephone 24/02/1979 Average White Band Inner Circle 26/02/1979 Krokus Add support act 28/02/1979 Van Morrison Ivor Cutler 10/03/1979 Bill Nelson's Red Noise Fingerprintz 13/03/1979 Journey Pat Travers Band 24/03/1979 Bad Company Add support act 30/03/1979 Motorhead Add support act 04/04/1979 Thin Lizzy The Vipers 18/04/1979 Scorpions Add support act 12/05/1979 Judas Priest Iron Maiden 25/05/1979 Status Quo Add support act 06/06/1979 Devo Add support act 06/06/1979 Manfred Mann's Earthband Darling 21/06/1979 Steve Hackett Add support act 22/06/1979 Ian Dury Matumby / Whirlwind 19/07/1979 Ian Dury & the Blockheads Add support act 19/07/1979 Boney M Add support act 03/09/1979 Nils Lofgren Add support act 07/09/1979 Saxon Add support act 28/09/1979 Chic Add support act 30/09/1979 Sheffield Philharmonic Concert Add support act 06/10/1979 Gary Numan Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 08/10/1979 Camel Add support act 09/10/1979 Ian Gillan Add support act 13/10/1979 Whitesnake Add support act 23/10/1979 Steve Hillage Trevor Rabin 31/10/1979 Hawkwind Add support act 20/11/1979 Mike Harding Add support act 22/11/1979 Motorhead Saxon 25/11/1979
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