Rock of Ages (June 9-15) (From Bournemouth Echo)

Rock of Ages (June 9-15)

6:00am Tuesday 9th June 2009 in

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Who played here in history

5 years ago:

Heart – BIC (9.6.04).

Elaine Paige – BIC (10.6.04).

Rory Ellis – Mr Kyps, Ashley Cross (10.6.04): Aussie singer songwriter in the Poole outback!

Nex + Return To Zero – Mr Smiths, Bournemouth (10.6.04): Goth rock shock on Poole Hill!

The Shadows – BIC (11.6.04).

10 years ago:

All Saints – BIC (9.6.99): On the road at the tail end of their first flush of success.

Gordon Haskell – Thomas Tripp, Christchurch (9.6.99).

The Hoax – Mr Smiths, Bournemouth (11.6.99): Great little Brit-blues band whose sound was comapred to that of the early Stones.

Zoot Money – Poole Arts Centre (11.6.99).

15 years ago:

The Village People (11.6.94).

20 years ago:

The Shadows – BIC (10.6.89).

25 years ago:

Barbara Dickson – Poole Arts Centre (11.6.84).

Bucks Fizz – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (12.6.84).

30 years ago:

The Cilla Black Show – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (9.6.79): Summer season.

Vera Lynn – Poole Arts Centre (10.6.79): We’ll meet again, eh?

35 years ago:

The Lulu Show – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (8.6.74): Summer season.

Captain Thunderflash – Badger Bars, Bournemouth (12.6.74): One of the town’s more salubrious venues.

40 years ago:

The Room – Crown Hotel (8.6.69).

John Lee Hooker – The Ritz, Bournemouth (13.6.69): The great American bluesman’s second visit of the year to The Ritz, a hotel ballroom where the BIC now stands.

Shy Limbs – The Ritz, Bournemouth (14.6.69): Greg Lake’s band before he teamed up with Robert Fripp in King Crimson.

45 years ago:

The Soul Agents – Cellar Club, Poole (8.6.64).

Matt Monro + The Dallas Boys + Sheila Buxton – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.

Tony Alton – Ritz, Bournemouth (13.6.64).

Presented in association with The Bournebeat music-themed hotel, bar and restaurant at 12 Priory Road, Bournemouth.

Share your memories of these and other local gigs at bournebeat@hotmail.co.uk