Saw Led Zeppelin in Birmingham in 1971- brilliant gig. At the Odeon in the 1960s I saw the Beatles, Dave Dee and the rest of them, Jimi Hendrix and The Kinks. At the Crown and Cushion in Perry Barr saw the Way of Life and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown who nearly set fire to the curtains!
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Groups We Have Seen Live
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Brummie a long time ago
master brummie
I have seen Pink Floyd. Julie has screamed for Cliff Richard. Both before we met. We have seen Sandie Shaw together.
We have had sheltered lives compared to others here.
Andrew.
We have had sheltered lives compared to others here.
Andrew.
peters2boys
proper brummie kid
Have seen many of them too.In the days, when music really was music.Happy days.Have many of them on my jukebox.
Does anyone know if there is an archive of all the gigs at Birmingham Town Hall. I am looking specifically for Free supported by The Sutherland Brothers in the early 70's? Many thanks.
A Sparks
master brummie
There is this website for bands although I'm sure it's only as complete as the information they have found/been given... this is the entry for Free, no mention of Birmingham Town Hall on the page...
Free
1968 Line-Up: (April 19, 1968 to May 9, 1971) Paul Rodgers - vocals Paul Kossoff - guitar Andy Fraser - bass Simon Kirke - drums April 19, 1968 Nags Head, Battersea, ENG (first rehearsal) June 21, 1968 Marquee, London, ENG July 15, 1968 BBC Studio 1 Piccadilly, London, ENG (UK Radio "Top Gear"...
Sutherland Brothers played there twice as a support act in late 71 / early 72 but not to Free.
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
Quiver 1970 May 8, 1970 Mothers, Birmingham, ENG (supporting Pete Drummond) May 10, 1970 Marquee, London, ENG (supporting Forevermore) June 6, 1970 Farx, Potters Bar, ENG (supporting Black Widow) June 11, 1970 Marquee, London, ENG (supporting Heavy Jelly & Jackie Lomax) August 7, 1970 Speakeasy...
There's this website too, which goes back to the 70's if you want to have a look through that!
Wow, I was at loads of those gigs, used to be at the Odeon practically every week. Great memories.A link to the bands who played the Odeon in 1980, some great names appeared that year .
New Street Odeon's fantastic 1980 gigs list that reads like the best ever
Before it became a multi-screen cinema, the New Street Odeon was a favourite gig venue for many with Duran Duran, UB40, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen and Black Sabbath all playing there in 1980www.birminghammail.co.uk
Source: Birmingham Live accessed 24/4/2023 @ 14:15 hrs
We went to Birmingham Town Hall yesterday evening to see Lindisfarne. The taxi driver dropped us on the corner of Margaret St and Edmund St and said he'd pick us up at the same place later. He could have said "Meet me on the Corner". Great show but how we miss Alan Hull.
Despite not being a local, my first experience of a proper stadium-scale gig was in Birmingham. My dad took me to see Page & Plant at the NEC. They'd recently released No Quarter, and did a mix of songs from that and the old Led Zeppelin standards, ably supported by a chap from the Cure and great variety of world music folk, including a very talented hurdy-gurdy player. Amazing experience. That first aftermath sensation of being able to do nothing but enjoy the residual buzz as your hearing slowly returns over the next few hours.
