Gigography 1977

Jan
06 Marquee, London: Racing Cars 
09 Bingley Hall, Stafford (Daily Mirror Pop Club): Status Quo 
29 Roxy, London: Generation X, Penetration Ken Garner, The Peel Sessions, p. 93 - Peel's first punk gig
30 Hammersmith Odeon, London: Ry Cooder 
Feb
07 (or 08 or 09) Royal Albert Hall: Brian Ferry 
April
19 Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts: XTC Peel mentions going to the gig in the first show of the first series of John Peel's Classic Sessions on 24 June 1996. He says that after seeing them live, he promptly booked the band for a session.
26 Dingwall’s, London: Eater 
27 Hammersmith Odeon, London: Eric Clapton 
May
9 Rainbow Theatre: Clash, Buzzcocks, Jam, Subway Sect, Prefects (the latter opened the show with a song called "VD," which had the briefest of lyrics, as Peel would later relate on various occasions) 
June
18 University of East Anglia, Norwich: John Peel (& Astro Disco) 
July
24 Belle Vue Manchester: Beach Boys, Barclay James Harvest, Dave Edmunds Rockpile, Ricci Martin, Dr. Feelgood 
Aug 
15 Vortex, London: Slits Ken Garner, The Peel Sessions, p. 93
16 Vortex, London: Adverts, Steel Pulse 
26, 27, 29 Reading Festival: Staa Marx, Salt, Five Hand Reel, Uriah Heep, Eddie & The Hotrods, Ultravox, Little River, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Quartz, Motors, Electric Chairs, Hawkwind, Doobie Brothers, Frankie Miller, Alex Harvey Peel also wrote at length about his weekend at the festival for Sounds, in a piece that was republished in The Olivetti Chronicles (pg. 245-50).
29 Vortex, London: Chelsea 
Sept
(unknown date) Speakeasy, London: New Hearts 
12 Vortex, London: Penetration 
17 Chelmsford City Punk Festival: Slaughter & The Dogs, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Doctors Of Madness, Chelsea, Aswad (Damned didn't show up) Peel mentions the event in his end of year write-up for The Listener in a piece later republished in The Olivetti Chronicles (pg. 182).
24 Preston Polytechnic, Radio Doom: John Peel Roadshow Gig dated by LFC v Derby match on same day, as mentioned by Peel in Sounds column of 24 Sept 1977.
Oct
1 West Midlands College Of Education, Walsall: John Peel RoadshowGig dated from LFC match v ManU match mentioned in Peel's description of the event in Sounds. See also Sounds column, 1977-11-05, republished in The Olivetti Chronicles (p. 80-3) and Sounds column 1977-10-08. In the first of these, Peel also mentions a recent Roadshow gig in Norwich, presumably also in October, and "three remaining dates on my pre-Yule British tour", presumably in November or December.
8 Southampton University, Pleasers 
15 Chelmsford College Of Further Education, John Peel Roadshow 
Nov
5 Loughborough Students Union, John Peel Roadshow 
6 Bolton, Institute Of Technology: Mantis 
19 Leicester Polytechnic, John Peel Roadshow 
26 Hatfield Polytechnic: John Peel Roadshow 
Dec
3 Durham University: John Peel Roadshow 
13 Vortex, London: Eater 13 December 1977
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