atf gig chronology
atf gig chronology
| Jun 72 | |||||
| Harold Park | Baptist Church | ATF's public debut, taped | |||
| set begins: | Dawn | ||||
| Nov 74 | |||||
| 16th | London | The New Gallery, Regent's Street | West One | with Garth Hewitt | |
| Aug 75 | |||||
| Odell | Castle Estate | Greenbelt Festival | |||
| set included: | Dance Of The Marionette / Now That I've Found / Choice | ||||
| Aug 76 | |||||
| 28th | Odell | Castle Estate | Greenbelt Festival | backing Ishmael | |
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| 29th | Odell | Castle Estate | Greenbelt Festival | ||
| Nov 76 | |||||
| 1st | Uxbridge | Brunel University | |||
| 3rd | Retford | The Porterhouse | |||
| 5th | Basildon | Double Six | |||
| 6th | Sidcup | & Chislehurst School | |||
| 7th | New Barnet | The Duke of Lancaster | |||
| 10th | London | Thames Polytechnic | |||
| 11th | Reading | The Target | |||
| 12th | Oxford | The Corn Dolly | |||
| 13th | Dartford | YMCA | with Fish Co | ||
| 15th | Fulham | The Greyhound | |||
| 18th | London | Queen Mary's College | |||
| 19th | High Wycombe | College | |||
| 21st | Bracknell | The Arts Centre | |||
| 27th | Leeds | Fford Green | |||
| Jan 77 | |||||
| 20th | Lincoln | Drill Hall | taped through desk | ||
| set list: | Hallelujah / Back To The Light / Pilgrim / Choice / Dreamaway / Dance Of The Marionette / Back To The Light / Samaritan Woman | ||||
| 22nd | Luton | Technical College | |||
| 23rd | Framlington | Youth Centre | |||
| 27th | Bradford | The Principle | |||
| 31st | Chepstow | Woodford Christian Centre | |||
| Feb 77 | |||||
| 5th | Luton | College | with Snatchback | ||
| 28th | London | The Marquee | |||
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| Mar 77 | |||||
| 12th | Birmingham | The Jesus Centre | |||
| 17th | London | The Rock Garden | |||
| 18th | London | The Royal College of Art | |||
| 19th | Hoddesdon | St. Catherine & St. Paul's Church | |||
| 25th | Newcastle | Polytechnic | with The Damned | ||
| Apr 77 | |||||
| 2nd | Suffolk | Koinonia Club | |||
| 13th | Margate | The Harbour | |||
| 14th | Bath | The Viaduct | |||
| 15th | Plymouth | Woods | |||
| 29th | London | Dingwalls | |||
| May 77 | |||||
| 1st | Accrington | Lakeland Lounge | |||
| 2nd | Warrington | The Lion Hotel | |||
| 4th | Bradford | University | |||
| 5th | Bradford | The Princeville | |||
| 6th | Gosport | The John Peel | |||
| 7th | London | Dingwalls | |||
| 13th | Matlock | The Pavilion | |||
| 14th | Grantham | Kesteven College | |||
| 17th | Swindon | Brunel Rooms | |||
| 19th | Plymouth | Woods | |||
| 23rd | London | The Lord Nelson | |||
| Jun 77 | |||||
| 2nd | Blackburn | The Lodestar | |||
| 3rd | Ulverton | Penny Farthing | |||
| 4th | Egremont | Tow Bar Inn | |||
| 5th | Carlisle | Twisted Wheel | |||
| 6th | Bradford | Princeville | |||
| 12th | London | Wormwood Scrubs Prison | lunchtime gig | ||
| Southend | Queen's Hotel | evening gig | |||
| 13th | London | The Lord Nelson | |||
| 17th | Nottingham | Dutch House | |||
| 18th | Sussex | The Bluebell Railway | |||
| 19th | Accrington | Lakeland Lounge | |||
| 20th | Warrington | The Lion Hotell | |||
| 21st | Grantham | Kesteven | |||
| 23rd | London | The Marquee | with MacKenzie / Cooke | ||
| 24th | Matlock | Pavilion | |||
| 25th | Middlesborough | Rock Garden | |||
| 26th | Chesterfield | Blue Bell | |||
| 29th | Ashford | Wye College | |||
| 30th | Bath | The Viaduct | |||
| Jul 77 | |||||
| 5th | Cardiff | Top Rank | |||
| 16th | Dunstable | Queenway Hall | |||
| 18th | London | Halfmoon Theatre | |||
| Aug 77 | |||||
| 18th | Cardiff | St. David's Cathedral | Dayspring Festival | ||
| 20th | Scunthorpe | The Priory | |||
| 26th | Odell | Castle Estate | Greenbelt Festival | taped | |
| set included: | Dreamaway | ||||
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| 27th | Odell | Castle Estate | Greenbelt Festival | backing Ishmael - taped | |
| Jan 78 | |||||
| 14th | Danbury | ||||
| 19th | Bradford | Princeville | |||
| 20th | Leeds | University | with Ishmael | ||
| 27th | Huddersfield | Polytechnic | |||
| 28th | Sheffield | Polytechnic | |||
| 30th | London | The Marquee | |||
| Feb 78 | |||||
| 1st | Birmingham | Town Hall | |||
| 3rd | Egham | Royal Holloway College | |||
| 4th | Hemel Hempstead | Heath Barn | |||
| 6th | London | The Marquee | |||
| 8th | Glasgow | Strathclyde University | |||
| 9th | Newcastle | ||||
| 10th | Newcastle | ||||
| 18th | Clacton | ||||
| 20th | London | The Marquee | taped | ||
| set list: | Psalm / Dreamaway / Back To The Light / Dance Of The Marionette / Signs Of Change / Now That I've Found / Pilgrim / Signs Of Change (encore) | ||||
| 24th | Hull | College | |||
| 25th | Rochdale | ||||
| 27th | Bolton | ||||
| Mar 78 | |||||
| 4th | Taunton | Brewhouse | |||
| 10th | Putney | Whitelands | |||
| Apr 78 | |||||
| 21st | Cambridge | YMCA | taped | ||
| set list: | Joy / Listen To Me / Dreamaway / Back To The Light / Your Love Is Alive / Suspended Animation / Psalm / One Rule For You / Check It Out / Signs Of Change / Check It Out (encore) | ||||
| 22nd | Birmingham | Digbeth Civic Hall | with Fish Co | ||
| May 78 | |||||
| 5th | Norwich | City College | |||
| 6th | Richmond | College | |||
| 12th | Huddersfield | Polytechnic | |||
| 13th | Sheffield | Polytechnic | |||
| 18th | London | The Marquee | |||
| 19th | Chelmsford | City Tavern | |||
| 26th | London | South Bank Polytechnic | |||
| 27th | London | Jackson Lane Community Centre | |||
| Jun 78 | |||||
| 2nd | Twickenham | ||||
| 3rd | Oxford | ||||
| 13th | London | Woolwich Tramshed | support: Crooks, taped | ||
| set list: | Joy / Listen To Me / Can You Face It? / Like The Power Of A Jet / Your Love Is Alive / Suspended Animation / Beatles Medley: (And Your Bird Can Sing - If I Needed Someone - Help!) / One Rule For You / A Little Sun, A Little Rain / Check It Out / Signs Of Change / A Little Sun, A Little Rain | ||||
| 16th | London | The Marquee | |||
| ? | London | The Music Machine, Camden | |||
| 24th | St. Helens | YFC Midsummer's Day Barny | with Bill Mason Band | ||
| Aug 78 | |||||
| Reading | Festival | first band Sun pm | |||
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| Sept 78 | |||||
| 15th | London | Acklam Hall | |||
| 16th | Folkestone | Leascliffe Hall | |||
| 20th | London | The Marquee | |||
| 22nd | Corsham | Bath Acadamy of Arts | |||
| 23rd | Oxford | Polytechnic | |||
| 24th | Bracknell | Arts Centre | |||
| 25th | see 9th Oct | ||||
| 26th | Leicester | University | |||
| 27th | Nottingham | The Sandpiper | |||
| 28th | Bradford | Princeville | |||
| 29th | Leeds | Limit Club | |||
| 30th | York | Revolution Club | |||
| Oct 78 | |||||
| 2nd | London | Thames Polytechnic | |||
| 5th | Worcester | College of Education | |||
| 6th | Guildford | Surrey University | |||
| 7th | London | ||||
| 9th | Brentwood | Hermits Club | re-scheduled from 25th Sept | ||
| 10th | Swindon | Brunel Rooms | |||
| 11th | Oxford | Corn Dolly | |||
| 12th | London | King's College | |||
| 13th | London | ||||
| 20th | Dudley | JB's Club | |||
| 21st | London | City university | |||
| 27th | Bath | Brilling Arts Centre | |||
| Nov 78 | |||||
| 4th | Manchester | Polytechnic | |||
| May 79 | |||||
| ? | London | Paris Theatre | Radio 1 In Concert | taped & tx BBC R1 19/5/79 | |
| set list: | Joy / A Little Sun, A Little Rain / Laser Love / Time To Thinks / One Rule For You / Check It Out / Like The Power Of A Jet / Suspended Animation (not broadcast) | ||||
| Jul 79 | |||||
| ? | Barbarella's | cancelled | |||
| ? | Yeovil | cancelled | |||
| ? | Hounslow | cancelled | |||
| ? | Burton | 76 Club | cancelled | ||
| ? | Derby | problems with gig | |||
| 16th | Nashville | ||||
| Aug 79 | |||||
| 25th | Odell | Castle Estate | Greenbelt Festival | fireworks incident - taped & filmed | |
| set list: | Joy / Listen To Me / A Little Sun, A Little Rain / Your Love Is Alive / Take Me Higher / Some Time To Think / Timestar / Can You Face It? / One Rule For You / Life In The City / Laser Love / Check It Out / Like The Power Of A Jet / encore: Help (Beatles Medley)
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| Sep 79 | |||||
| 13th | London | Venue | |||
| 29th | Folkestone | Leascliffe Hall | |||
| 30th | Horsham | Capital Theatre | |||
| Oct 79 | |||||
| 2nd | Cardiff | South Glamorgan Institute | |||
| 3rd | Uxbridge | Brunel University | |||
| 4th | Hull | Institute of Higher Education | |||
| 5th | Durham | New College | |||
| 6th | Sunderland | Polytechnic | |||
| 7th | Southampton | University | |||
| 9th | London | BBC Studios | Old Grey Whistle Test session | filmed & tx: BBC2 9/10/79 | |
| 10th | Wolverhampton | Polytechnic | |||
| 11th | Oxford | Polytechnic | |||
| 12th | North Staffordshire Polytechnic | ||||
| 13th | Bristol | University - Hiatt Baker Hall | |||
| 16th | Glasgow | Strathclyde University | |||
| 17th | Dunoon | Queens Hall | |||
| 19th | Edinburgh | Astoria Cinema | Ivor collapses | ||
| 19th | Aberdeen | University | |||
| 20th | Dundee | Technical College | |||
| 21st | Arbroath | Condor Club | |||
| 23rd-28th | Ireland | with Nick Brotherwood | |||
| 30th | Norwich | Cromwell's | |||
| 31st | York | College of Ripon & York St. John | |||
| Nov 79 | |||||
| 2nd | Manchester | UMIST | |||
| 3rd | Keele | University | |||
| 6th | Portsmouth | Polytechnic | |||
| 7th | Bournemouth | Dorset Institute | |||
| 8th | Barry | Bindles | |||
| 9th | Lampeter | St. David's University | |||
| 10th | Sheffield | University | |||
| 17th | London | Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park | support: Passengers, taped for live releases | ||
| set included: | Listen To Me / Time To Think / Take Me Higher / Your Love Is Alive / One Rule For You / Laser Love / Like The Power Of A Jet / Life In The City / Check It Out | ||||
| Feb 80 | |||||
| 20th | Liverpool | Eric's | Fancy Dress Tour | ||
| 23rd | Retford | Poterhouse | |||
| 27th | Birmingham | Bogart's | |||
| 28th | ? | Notre Dame Hall | |||
| May 80 | |||||
| 31st | Slough | Fulcrum Centre | King's debut gig | ||
| Jun80 | |||||
| 6th | Durham | ||||
| 13th | London | Streatham | |||
| Oct 80 | |||||
| 17th | Sheffield | Polytechnic | |||
| 18th | Retford | Porterhouse | |||
| 20th | Aylesbury | Maxwell Halls | |||
| 21st | London | Dingwall's, Camden | 2 sets, 2nd set filmed on house camera | ||
| 23rd | Port Talbot | Troubadour | |||
| 25th | Southampton | University | |||
| 26th | Worthing | Assembly Rooms | |||
| 30th | Norwich | Cromwell's | |||
| 31st | York | College of Ripon & York St. John | |||
| Nov 80 | |||||
| 1st | Derby | Lonsdale College | |||
| 5th | Birmingham | Lordswood Boys School | Peter Powell Show, BBC R1 | am, live tx in am | |
| " | Newport | eve, with Stowaway | |||
| 6th | Manchester | University - UMIST | |||
| 7th | Birmingham | University | |||
| 8th | Torquay | 400 Ballroom | |||
| 11th | Bristol | Berkley Club | |||
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| 14th | London | Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park | with Fabulous Poodles & The Lasers, taped for live releases | ||
| 15th | Slough | Centre Ballroom | with The Lasers | ||
| 28th | Uxbridge | Brunel University | |||
| Dec 80 | |||||
| 2nd | Guildford | Civic Hall | |||
| 5th | Aberdeen | University | |||
| 9th | Cardiff | University | |||
| Jan 81 | |||||
| 8th | Nottingham | Rock City | |||
| Feb 81 | |||||
| 11th | Brighton | Sussex University | |||
| 13th | Guildford | Surrey University | |||
| 20th | Nottingham | Rock City | with The Lasers | ||
| 24th | Leicester | University | |||
| 25th | Loughborough | University | |||
| 27th | Sheffield | Limit Club | |||
| 28th | Retford | Porterhouse | |||
| Mar 81 | |||||
| 1st | Wakefield | Unity Hall | |||
| Apr 81 | |||||
| 22nd | Germany, Munich | Sugar Shack | midnight show, one encore | ||
| 23rd | Germany, Munich | Sugar Shack | midnight show, two encores | ||
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| 28th | Germany, Hamburg | Fabrique ? | |||
| May 81 | |||||
| 18th | Germany, Hamburg | ||||
| 23rd | Holland, Rotterdam | Festival | set 4-5pm, no encore, crowd: 2000+, meet Friends after | ||
| 24th | Germany, ? | very small crowd | |||
| 27th | Germany, Frankfurt | (transport museum) | |||
| 28th | Germany, Hanover | crowd: 350 | |||
| 29th | Germany, Berlin | Kurt Kino | |||
| 31st | Germany, Bremen | (civic offices foyer) | |||
| Jun 81 | |||||
| 19th | Reading | University | |||
| 27th | Borehamwood | Civic Hall | with Canis Major | ||
| Jul 81 | |||||
| 19th | Portsmouth | Tiffanys | Summer Hop (Bucket & Spade Tour) | with Q-Tips | |
| 21st | Poole | Arts Centre | |||
| 22nd | Southampton | Top Rank | |||
| 23rd | St. Austell | Colesium | |||
| 24th | Plymouth | Top Rank | |||
| 26th | Bristol | Locarno | Paul Young falls ill, tour cancelled | ||
| 27th | Swansea | Top Rank | cancelled | ||
| 28th | Cardiff | Top Rank | cancelled | ||
| 29th | Liverpool | Rotters | cancelled | ||
| 31st | Carlisle | Market Hall | cancelled | ||
| Aug 81 | |||||
| 1st | Middlesborough | Gaskins | cancelled | ||
| 2nd | Aberdeen | Fusion Club | cancelled | ||
| 3rd | Dundee | Icerink | |||
| 4th | Glasgow | Tiffany's | ATF gig | ||
| 6th | Newcastle | Mayfair | cancelled | ||
| 7th | Sheffield | Top Rank | cancelled | ||
| 8th | Scunthorpe | Tiffany's | cancelled | ||
| 9th | Doncaster | Rotters | cancelled | ||
| 11th | London | Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park | switched from Battersea Park Big Top with Q-Tips which was cancelled | ||
| ? | Harlow | ? | with Q-Tips, after Paul Young recovered | ||
| Oct 81 | |||||
| 9th | Uxbridge | Brunel University | with support | ||
| 10th | London | Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park | matinee + eve, with Afraid of Mice + Top Secret | ||
| 31st | Retford | Porterhouse | |||
| Nov 81 | |||||
| 25th | London | Marquee | with Rob and the Rustlers | ||
| 26th | London | Marquee | with Rob and the Rustlers | ||
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| Dec 81 | |||||
| 7th | London | Half Moon, Putney | |||
| 8th | Borehamwood | Civic Hall | |||
| Jan 82 | |||||
| 8th | Nottingham | Rock City | |||
| 15th | Dundee | College of Technology | |||
| 16th | Strathclyde | University | |||
| 22nd | Sheffield | Polytechnic | |||
| Feb 82 | |||||
| 5th | Birmingham | Aston University | |||
| 6th | Derby | Lonsdale College | |||
| 10th | Holland, Rotterdam | Ahoyhalle | ELO European Tour | supporting ELO | |
| 11th | Belgium, Brussels | Forest National | supporting ELO | ||
| 13th | Germany, Franfurt-am-Main | Festhalle | supporting ELO | ||
| 14th | Germany, Franfurt-am-Main | Festhalle | supporting ELO | ||
| 15th | Germany, Strasbourg | Hall Rhenhus | supporting ELO | ||
| 16th | France, Paris | Parc des Expositions | supporting ELO | ||
| 18th | France, Lyon | Palais de Sports | supporting ELO | ||
| 19th | Switzerland, Zurich | Hallestadion | supporting ELO | ||
| 20th | Germany, Dortmund | Westfalenhalle | supporting ELO | ||
| 21st | Germany, Dortmund | Westfalenhalle | supporting ELO | ||
| 23rd | Sweden, Gotenborg | Scandanavium | supporting ELO | ||
| 25th | Germany, Bremen | Stadhalle | supporting ELO, King covering for Bev Beaven | ||
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| 26th | Germany, Wurzburg | Carl-Diem Halle | supporting ELO, King covering for Bev Beaven | ||
| set list: | Why Can't We Be Friends? / I Don't Understand Your Love / Frozen Rivers / 1980-F / Rich Boys / Suspended Animation / Take Me Higher / Sailing Ship / Billy Billy / Starflight | ||||
| 28th | Germany, Kessel | Eisspdorthalle | supporting ELO, King covering for Bev Beaven | ||
| Mar 82 | |||||
| 2nd | Germany, Cologne | Sporthalle | supporting ELO, King covering for Bev Beaven | ||
| 3rd | Germany, Cologne | Sporthalle | supporting ELO, King covering for Bev Beaven | ||
| 4th | Germany, Saarbrueken | Saarlandhalle | supporting ELO, King covering for Bev Beaven (last time) | ||
| 5th | Germany, Munich | Olympiahalle | supporting ELO (end of tour), ATF set filmed | ||
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| 7th | Germany, Regensburg | Sudhaus | ATF German Club tour | ||
| 8th | Germany, Hof | Alten Banhof | |||
| 9th | Germany, Munich | Domicil | |||
| 10th | Germany, Munich | Domicil | |||
| 11th | Germany, Munich | Domicil | |||
| 12th | Germany, Munich | Domicil | |||
| 13th | Germany, Munich | Domicil | |||
| 14th | Germany, Berlin | Metropol | |||
| 15th | Germany, Hamburg | Fabrique | |||
| 16th | Germany, Hanover | Leine Domicil | |||
| 18th | Germany, Hanover | Leine Domicil | |||
| Apr 82 | |||||
| ? | London | Collegiate Theatre, Bloomsbury | BBC R1 Easter Quiz | live tx | |
| ? | Great Yarmouth | Ladbrook's Holiday Centre, Caister | eve, same day as quiz | ||
| 13th | Spain, Madrid | Rock-ola | |||
| 14th | Spain, Madrid | Rock-ola | |||
| May 82 | |||||
| 3rd | France, Paris | Palais de Sport | Queen Tour | supporting Queen | |
| 5th | Germany, Hanover | Eilenreidhalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 6th | Germany, Cologne | Sporthalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 7th | Germany, Cologne | Sporthalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 9th | Germany, Wurzburg | Carl-Diem Halle | supporting Queen | ||
| set list: | Why Can't We Be Friends / I Don't Understand Your Love / Frozen Rivers / Life In The City / Sailing Ship / Billy Billy / 1980-F / Bright Lights / Starflight | ||||
| 10th | Germany, Stuttgart | Sporthalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 12th | Austria, Vienna | Stadhalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 13th | Austria, Vienna | Stadhalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 15th | Germany, Berlin | Waldbeuhne | supporting Queen | ||
| 16th | Germany, Hamburg | Ernst-Merke Halle | supporting Queen | ||
| 18th | Germany, Kassel | Eisspdorthalle | supporting Queen | ||
| 21st | Germany, Munich | Olymiahalle | |||
| 29th | Guildford | Surrey University | Surrey Free Arts Festival | free festival | |
| Jun 82 | |||||
| 17th | Swansea | University | |||
| 18th | York | College of Ripon & York St. John | |||
| 25th | Leeds | University | |||
| Aug 82 | |||||
| 4th | USA, Des Moines, IA | Veterans Memeorial Colisium | Van Halen Tour | supporting Van Halen | |
| 10th | USA, St. Paul, MN | St. Paul Civic Centre | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 14th | USA, Detroit, MI | Cobo Hall | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 16th | USA, Milwaukee, WI | The Mecca | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 19th | USA, Chicago, IL | The Pavilion | supporting Van Halen | ||
| Sept 82 | |||||
| 7th | USA, Phoenix, AZ | Veterans Memorial Colisium | supporting Van Halen, forced off stage after 4 songs due to audience participation | ||
| 10th | USA, Inglewood, CA | Fabulous Forum | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 15th | USA, San Francisco, CA | Cow Palace | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 21st | USA, Oklahoma City, OK | The Myriad | supporting Van Halen | ||
| Oct 82 | |||||
| 7th | USA, New Haven, CT | New Haven Coliseum | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 8th | USA, New York, NY | Madison Square Gardens | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 9th | USA, Syracuse, NY | Carrier Dome | |||
| 11th | USA, Largo, MD | Capitol Centre | supporting Van Halen | ||
| 12th | USA, Largo, MD | Capitol Centre | supporting Van Halen | ||
| Dec 82 | |||||
| 3rd | London | Dominion Theatre | Christmas Show | announcement of ATF's demise | |
