5 years ago:
The Beat – Jumpin’ Jaks, Bournemouth (5.5.04).
Carl Palmer – Mr Kyps, Ashley Cross (6.5.04).
Alvin Lee + Edgar Winter + Tony McPhee – Pavilion, Bournemouth (6.5.04).
Dominic Kirwan – Pavilion, Bournemouth (9.5.04).
10 years ago:
ELO Pt 2 – BIC (8.5.99).
20 years ago: Ed Bruce – BIC (9.5.89).
25 years ago:
Alan Price – Poole Arts Centre (4.5.84).
Amazulu – Upstairs At Eric’s, Bournemouth (4.5.84): Too Good To Be Forgotten hitmakers in early club date.
Don McClean – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (4.5.84).
Bruce Foxton + Black Roots + Shoot Dispute – Bournemouth Town Hall (6.5.84): Ex-Jam bassist in short solo tour memorable mainly for a large skinhead contingent.
Cabaret Voltaire + A Certain Ratio – Bournemouth Town Hall (7.5.84): Factory Records’ outing to the seaside.
The Paul Squires Show – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (7.5.84).
Howard Keel – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (9.5.84).
Simple Minds – Poole Arts Centre (10.5.84).
Skeletal Family – Upstaits at Eric’s, Bournemouth (10.5.84).
30 years ago:
The Spinners – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (5.5.79).
Burl Ives – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (7.5.79).
35 years ago:
Nana Mouskouri & the Athenians – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (6.5.74).
The Strawbs – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (6.5.74).
Bill Haley & the Comets – Maison Royale, Bournemouth (10.5.74): Rock ‘n’ roll legend in clubland.
Status Quo + Montrose – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (10.5.74): Blimey, the Quo toured in the spring in those days!
40 years ago:
Shy Limbs – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (4.5.69).
Chicken Shack – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth (9.5.69): Stan Webb’s Brit-blues institution in one of its last gigs before Christine Perfect flew the coup to marry Mac’s John McVie.
Desmond Dekker – The Ritz, Bournemouth (10.5.69): Ska superstar at the peak of his powers.
45 years ago:
Trendsetters Inc – The Wheelhouse (4.5.64).
Brian Fisher & the Raiders – Woodlands Hall, Parkstone (4.5.64).
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth (6.5.64).
Lynn Starr & the Saturns + The Sandstorms – YMCA Cavern Club, Bournemouth (6.5.64).
The Sheffields – Le Disque A Go Go, Bournemouth (9.5.64).
Presented in association with The Bournebeat music-themed hotel, bar and restaurant at 12 Priory Road, Bournemouth.
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