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).

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