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Listed below are some of the gigs and venues that I have played in my long, long career . An amazing array of stages from many countries all over the world. There’s a few anecdotes thrown in too. If you have memories or recollections of any of these times and places, I would love to hear from you . There’s some I have forgotten too I’m sure, so please remind me !
1962 , ‘63 , ‘64 - Denny Laine & the Diplomats
Springfield Ballroom, Sparkhill
Plaza Ballroom , Handsworth
Brum Beat Cavern
Billesley Arms , Kings Heath
Bournbrook Hotel , Selly Oak
Coronation Youth Club , Shirley
Bulls Head , Sheldon
Gary Owen Club
The Harp , Sparkbrook
Carlton Club , Erdington
Tyburn House , Erdington
Silver Blades Ice Rink
Masons Arms , Solihull
Moat House Club
Solihull Civic Hall
Birmingham University ( with The Spencer David Group )
Edgbaston reservoir ( playing on a raft ! )
Birmingham Town Hall ( our final gig as Denny Laine & the Diplomats, opening for The Rolling Stones )
( all above venues in Birmingham )
Avion Cinema, Aldridge
Adelphi , West Bromwich
Woolpack Restaurant , Wolverhampton
Frank Freeman Club , Kidderminster
Playhouse Theatre, Kidderminster
Hen & Chickens , Langley
Old Hill Plaza ( where we opened for both Little Stevie Wonder and The Beatles )
Scunthorpe Baths
Twisted Wheel, Manchester
Ovendon Youth Centre , Halifax
plus venues whose names I can’t remember in
Oxford
Bournemouth
Weymouth
Aberystwyth
1964 - The Diplomats
Station Hotel , Selly Oak , B’ham
Carlton Club , Erdington, B’ham (sharing the bill with the newly formed Moody Blues 5 )
Solihull Civic Hall (with The Applejacks )
Birmingham Town Hall (opening for Little Richard and Gene Vincent )
Walsall Town Hall (The Diplomats last ever show on New Year’s Eve 1964 ).
1965 - Carl Wayne & the Vikings
Many of the Birmingham venues already listed above - plus
Storyville Club , Duisburg, Germany and Storyville Club , Munich , Germany ( my first ever trip overseas)
1966 - 1972 - The Move
The Belfry , Sutton Coldfield & Club Cedar , Birmingham ( a double header and our first ever shows as The Move)
The Swan , Yardley , B’ham ( our last ever appearance as The Move - a private party for Birmingham City football club )
Whiskey A Go Go , B’ham
Water Orton youth club , B’ham
Dudley Hippodrome ( with The Manfred Mann Show , which included Engelbert Humperdink when he was still known as Gerry Dorsey )
Marquee Club, London ( where we attained a Thursday night residency )
Durham University
Guildford School Of Art
Spade School Of Art
Cellar Club , Norwich
Civic Hall, Grays
Royal Garden Hotel , London
Adam & Eve Club , Southampton
Bristol Corn Exchange
Guildford School Of Art
Blue Moon Club, Cheltenham
Cellar Club, Norwich
Watford Trade Union Hall
New Barn Club, Brighton
London School Of Economics
Loughborough University
London University
Lyceum , London
Dreamland, Margate
The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm , London ( with The Who )
Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival ( the same day as England won the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley )
Birdcage , Portsmouth
Mojo Club , Sheffield
Ill Rondo Club , Leicester
Streatham Locarno
Hyde Park , London
Isle of Wight Festival ( the first ever one , with Jefferson Airplane topping the bill )
Wembley Arena ( along with Cream , The Kinks , Lulu , Chris Farlowe , Gene Pitney , The Troggs , etc )
Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth ( with Billy Fury )
Royal Albert Hall , London ( start of a tour with The Move co-headlining along with The Jimi Hendrix Experience plus Pink Floyd , Amen Corner , The Nice , The Outer Limits and Eire Apparent )
Queens Hall , Leeds ( with The Herd ,
Chuck Berry , Edwin Starr , Julie Driscoll & the Brian Auger Trinity )
Royal Albert Hall again ( topping the bill over The Byrds , Alan Bown Set , Grapefruit , Bobby Goldsboro , Joe Cocker, Easybeats and The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band )
Grandee Ballroom , Detroit ( with Iggy & The Stooges )
Whiskey A Go, Los Angeles
Fillmore West ( with Joe Cocker & Little Richard )
Paris Olympia ( opening for The Rolling Stones )
Star Club , Hamburg
Tivoli Gardens , Copenhagen
Springfield Ballroom, Sparkhill
Plaza Ballroom , Handsworth
Brum Beat Cavern
Billesley Arms , Kings Heath
Bournbrook Hotel , Selly Oak
Coronation Youth Club , Shirley
Bulls Head , Sheldon
Gary Owen Club
The Harp , Sparkbrook
Carlton Club , Erdington
Tyburn House , Erdington
Silver Blades Ice Rink
Masons Arms , Solihull
Moat House Club
Solihull Civic Hall
Birmingham University ( with The Spencer David Group )
Edgbaston reservoir ( playing on a raft ! )
Birmingham Town Hall ( our final gig as Denny Laine & the Diplomats, opening for The Rolling Stones )
( all above venues in Birmingham )
Avion Cinema, Aldridge
Adelphi , West Bromwich
Woolpack Restaurant , Wolverhampton
Frank Freeman Club , Kidderminster
Playhouse Theatre, Kidderminster
Hen & Chickens , Langley
Old Hill Plaza ( where we opened for both Little Stevie Wonder and The Beatles )
Scunthorpe Baths
Twisted Wheel, Manchester
Ovendon Youth Centre , Halifax
plus venues whose names I can’t remember in
Oxford
Bournemouth
Weymouth
Aberystwyth
1964 - The Diplomats
Station Hotel , Selly Oak , B’ham
Carlton Club , Erdington, B’ham (sharing the bill with the newly formed Moody Blues 5 )
Solihull Civic Hall (with The Applejacks )
Birmingham Town Hall (opening for Little Richard and Gene Vincent )
Walsall Town Hall (The Diplomats last ever show on New Year’s Eve 1964 ).
1965 - Carl Wayne & the Vikings
Many of the Birmingham venues already listed above - plus
Storyville Club , Duisburg, Germany and Storyville Club , Munich , Germany ( my first ever trip overseas)
1966 - 1972 - The Move
The Belfry , Sutton Coldfield & Club Cedar , Birmingham ( a double header and our first ever shows as The Move)
The Swan , Yardley , B’ham ( our last ever appearance as The Move - a private party for Birmingham City football club )
Whiskey A Go Go , B’ham
Water Orton youth club , B’ham
Dudley Hippodrome ( with The Manfred Mann Show , which included Engelbert Humperdink when he was still known as Gerry Dorsey )
Marquee Club, London ( where we attained a Thursday night residency )
Durham University
Guildford School Of Art
Spade School Of Art
Cellar Club , Norwich
Civic Hall, Grays
Royal Garden Hotel , London
Adam & Eve Club , Southampton
Bristol Corn Exchange
Guildford School Of Art
Blue Moon Club, Cheltenham
Cellar Club, Norwich
Watford Trade Union Hall
New Barn Club, Brighton
London School Of Economics
Loughborough University
London University
Lyceum , London
Dreamland, Margate
The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm , London ( with The Who )
Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival ( the same day as England won the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley )
Birdcage , Portsmouth
Mojo Club , Sheffield
Ill Rondo Club , Leicester
Streatham Locarno
Hyde Park , London
Isle of Wight Festival ( the first ever one , with Jefferson Airplane topping the bill )
Wembley Arena ( along with Cream , The Kinks , Lulu , Chris Farlowe , Gene Pitney , The Troggs , etc )
Winter Gardens, Great Yarmouth ( with Billy Fury )
Royal Albert Hall , London ( start of a tour with The Move co-headlining along with The Jimi Hendrix Experience plus Pink Floyd , Amen Corner , The Nice , The Outer Limits and Eire Apparent )
Queens Hall , Leeds ( with The Herd ,
Chuck Berry , Edwin Starr , Julie Driscoll & the Brian Auger Trinity )
Royal Albert Hall again ( topping the bill over The Byrds , Alan Bown Set , Grapefruit , Bobby Goldsboro , Joe Cocker, Easybeats and The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band )
Grandee Ballroom , Detroit ( with Iggy & The Stooges )
Whiskey A Go, Los Angeles
Fillmore West ( with Joe Cocker & Little Richard )
Paris Olympia ( opening for The Rolling Stones )
Star Club , Hamburg
Tivoli Gardens , Copenhagen