Past Tours, 1969-1973


Supershow with Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Steve Stills and others

  03/25/69 -  lino factory, Staines, Middlesex, England
  03/26/69 -  lino factory, Staines, Middlesex, England


Mike Gibbs Orchestra with Jack Bruce, John Marshall, Phil Lee, Frank
Ricotti,
              Kenny Wheeler, Henry Lowther, Alan Skidmore, John Surman,
              Dick Hart, Bob Cornford, Mike Osborne, Chris Pyne, Mike Pyne

  04/11/69 - 'Jazz Workshop' London, England (BBC Radio broadcast)
              (broadcast 04/30/69)


Dave Gelly Sextet - A Tribute To Mike Taylor with Dave Gelly, Jack Bruce,
              Jon Hiseman, Barbara Thompson, Howard Riley, Frank Ricotti

  05/17/69 - 'Jazz Workshop' London, England (BBC Radio broadcast)
              (broadcast 06/04/69)


Jack Bruce, Larry Coryell, Mike Mandel and others

  07/11/69 - 'Slugs' NYC
  07/12/69 - 'Slugs' NYC


Mike Gibbs Orchestra with Jack Bruce, John Marshall, Chris Spedding,
              Ray Russell, Kenny Wheeler, Alan Skidmore, Henry Lowther,
              Chris Pyne and others

  10/  /69 - 'Lanchester University' Coventry, England
  01/15/70 - 'London School of Economics' London, England


Jack Bruce & Friends with Larry Coryell, Mitch Mitchell, Mike Mandel

  01/24/70 - 'Lanchester Arts Festival' Coventry, England (2 shows)
              (with Colosseum and the New Jazz Orchestra)
  01/25/70 - 'Lyceum' Strand, England
  01/30/70 - 'Fillmore East' New York, New York (2 shows with Mountain)
  01/31/70 - 'Fillmore East' New York, New York (2 shows with Mountain)
  02/13/70 - 'Eastman Theatre' Detroit, Michigan
              (with Savage Grace, The Tea, Steve Booker)
  02/14/70 - 'Eastman Theatre' Detroit, Michigan
              (with Teegarden & Van Winkle, The Tea, Steve Booker)
  02/20/70 - 'Aragon Ballroom' Chicago, Illinois (with Mountain)
  02/  /70 - 'Electric Factory' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
              (2 shows with the Albert King Blues Band)
  02/25/70 - 'Music Hall' Houston, Texas (with Mountain)
  02/26/70 - 'Fillmore West' San Francisco, California
  02/27/70 - 'Winterland' San Francisco, California
  02/28/70 - 'Winterland' San Francisco, California
  03/01/70 - 'Fillmore West' San Francisco, California
              (opening acts for the Fillmore West and Winterland shows
              included Johnny Winter, Mountain, Eric Mercury and Birthrite)


Lifetime with Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Larry Young

  04/12/70 - 'Colonial Tavern' Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  04/17/70 - 'Capitol Theatre' Port Chester, New York
  04/18/70 - 'Capitol Theatre' Port Chester, New York
  04/19/70 - 'Tufts University' Medford, Massachusetts (with Mountain)
  04/  /70 -  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  04/24/70 - 'The Birmingham Palladium' Detroit, Michigan (with The Rationals)
  04/25/70 - 'The Birmingham Palladium' Detroit, Michigan (with The Rationals)
  04/26/70 -  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  05/01/70 - 'Ludlow's Garage' Cincinnati, Ohio
  05/02/70 - 'Ludlow's Garage' Cincinnati, Ohio
  05/06/70 -  Stores, Connecticut
  05/08/70 - 'Action House' Island Park, Long Island, New York
  05/09/70 - 'Action House' Island Park, Long Island, New York
  05/15/70 -  Chicago, Illinois
  05/31/70 -  Atlanta, Georgia
  06/13/70 -  San Francisco, California
  06/19/70 -  Portland, Oregon
  06/25/70 -  Los Angeles, California
  06/26/70 -  Los Angeles, California
  06/27/70 -  Los Angeles, California
  06/28/70 -  Los Angeles, California
  07/07/70 -  New York, New York
  07/11/70 - 'Newport Jazz Festival' Newport, Rhode Island
  07/14/70 - 'Olmstead Sound Studios' NYC ('One Word'/'Two Worlds' session)
  07/18/70 - 'New York Pop' Randall's Island, New York (cancelled)
  07/28/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  07/29/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  07/30/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  07/31/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/01/70 -  Middlefield, Connecticut (cancelled)
  08/04/70 -  Harmonyville, New Jersey
  08/07/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/08/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/09/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/10/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/11/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/12/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/13/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/14/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/15/70 - 'Ungano's' NYC (2 shows)
  08/16/70 - 'Ohio Valley Jazz Festivial' Crosley Field, Ohio
  08/28/70 - 'Action House' Island Park, Long Island, New York


Nucleus with Jack Bruce, Ian Carr, Tony Roberts, Keith Winter, Tony Levin,
              Karl Jenkins, Malcolm Griffiths, Ron Herman

  09/11/70 - 'Notre Dame Hall' London, England


Lifetime with Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Larry Young

  10/02/70 - 'Lancaster University' Lancaster, England
  10/03/70 - 'Dagenham Roadhouse' London, England
  10/06/70 - 'Marquee Club' London, England
  10/07/70 - 'Speakeasy' London, England
  10/09/70 - 'Chez Club' Leytonstone, England
  10/10/70 - 'Belfry' Sutton Coldfield, England
  10/16/70 - 'Sisters' Tottenham, London, England
  10/  /70 - 'Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club' London, England
  10/  /70 - 'Beat Club' Bremen, Germany (TV broadcast - cancelled)
  10/23/70 - 'Essen Festival' Essen, Germany
  10/25/70 - 'Hampstead Country Club' Haverstock Hill, England
  10/26/70 - 'Albert Hall' Nottingham, England
  10/29/70 -  Basel, Switzerland
  10/30/70 -  Zurich, Switzerland
  11/01/70 - 'Royal Court Theatre' London, England
  11/02/70 - 'Colston Hall' Bristol, Gloucester, England
  11/03/70 - 'Town Hall' Oxford, England
  11/04/70 - 'City Hall' Sheffield, England
  11/06/70 - 'City Hall' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
  11/07/70 - 'Hull University' Hull, England
  11/08/70 - 'Caley Cinema' Edinburgh, Scotland
  11/  /70 - 'Kinema' Dunfermline, Scotland
  11/  /70 - 'Maryland' Glasgow, Scotland
  11/10/70 - 'Town Hall' Birmingham, England
  11/12/70 - 'California' Dunstable, England
  11/13/70 - 'Chesford Grange' Kenilworth, England
  11/14/70 - 'Starlight Ballroom' Boston, England
  11/15/70 - 'Winter Gardens' Bournemouth, England
  11/20/70 - 'Knufflesplunk Community Center' Welwyn Garden City, England
  11/21/70 - 'Umist College' Manchester, England
  11/22/70 - 'Coatham Jazz Club' Redcar, England
  11/23/70 - 'Civic Hall' Wolverhampton, England (cancelled)
  11/26/70 - 'Revolution Club' London, England
  11/27/70 - 'Van Dyke Club' Davenport, Plymouth, England
  11/29/70 - 'Fairfield Hall' Croydon, England
  12/02/70 - 'The Dome' Brighton, England
  12/03/70 - 'St. Georges Hall' Liverpool, England
  12/05/70 - 'Chelsea College' Chelsea, England
  12/10/70 - 'Rebecca's' Birmingham, England (cancelled ?)
  12/18/70 - 'East Berks College' Windsor, England (cancelled ?)
    /  /70 -  Warrington, England
  02/19/71 - 'Rock Palace' Brooklyn, New York (cancelled)
  02/  /71 - 'Electric Banana' Brooklyn, New York (cancelled)
  02/  /71 - 'The Main Point' Ardmore, Pennsylvania (cancelled)


Nucleus with Jack Bruce, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Roberts, Keith Winter, Tony Levin and others

  04/24/71 - 'Torrington' London, England


Larry Coryell Band with Jack Bruce, Mitch Mitchell

  07/18/71 - 'Nice Festival' Nice, France (Radio broadcast)

Jack Bruce Trio with John Marshall, Chris Spedding

  07/20/71 - 'Sounds Of The Seventies' London, England (BBC Radio broadcast)
              (broadcast 08/06/71)


Jack Bruce & Friends with Larry Coryell, Graham Bond, John Marshall, Chris Spedding

  07/29/71 - 'Campus TV'/'Park Toorenvliet' Middelburg, Holland
              (TV and Radio broadcast and VPRO rebroadcast)


Jack Bruce & Friends with Larry Coryell, John Marshall

  08/05/71 - 'Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club' London, England (2 shows)
  08/06/71 - 'Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club' London, England (2 shows)
  08/07/71 - 'Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club' London, England (2 shows)


Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman, John Surman

  08/10/71 - 'Jazz In Britain' London, England (BBC Radio 3 broadcast)
              (Part 1 was broadcast on 08/31/71. Part 2 was broadcast on 02/23/72)


Nucleus with Jack Bruce

  08/  /71 - 'Summer Review' London, England (BBC 2 TV broadcast)
              (broadcast on 08/27/71)


Jack Bruce & Friends with Graham Bond, John Marshall, Chris Spedding, Art Themen

  08/  /71 - 'Out Front' Manchester, England (Granada TV broadcast)
  08/19/71 - 'Paris Theatre' London, England (BBC 'In Concert' Radio broadcast)
              (broadcast 08/29/71)
  08/26/71 - 'Country Club' Hampstead, England (UCS Benefit)
              (Dick Heckstall-Smith replaced Art Themen for this gig)
  09/04/71 - 'Hyde Park' London, England (with King Crimson and others)
  09/26/71 - 'Bumpers Club' London, England (UCS Benefit)
  09/27/71 - 'Swing In' (recorded for German TV)
              (interview and solo tracks played by Jack recorded on this date.
              The band rehearsal tracks were recorded on a different date)
  10/05/71 - 'Old Grey Whistle Test' London, England (BBC-2 TV broadcast)
  10/08/71 - 'Queens Hall' Leeds, England
  10/09/71 - 'Winter Gardens' Great Malvern, England
  10/23/71 - 'Polytechnic' Bristol, England
  10/28/71 - 'Music Hall' Aberdeen, England
  10/29/71 - 'University' Stirling, England
  10/30/71 - 'Queen Margaret's Union' Glasgow, Scotland
  10/31/71 - 'Kinema' Dunfermline, Scotland
  11/04/71 - 'Central London Polytechnic Festival' London, England
  11/06/71 - 'Essex University' Colchester, England
  11/07/71 - 'Greyhound' Croydon, England
  11/10/71 - 'Top Rank' Cardiff, England
  11/11/71 - 'Umist' Manchester, England
  11/12/71 - 'University' Newcastle, England
  11/13/71 - 'University' Sheffield, England
  11/19/71 - 'Goldsmiths College' London, England
  11/20/71 - 'University' Exeter, England
  11/  /71 -  Graham Bond leaves the band around this time
  11/22/71 - 'Watford Town Hall' Watford, England
  11/25/71 - 'University' Aberystwyth, England
  11/26/71 - 'University' Oxford, England
  11/27/71 - 'Polytechnic' Leicester, England (without Art Themen)
  12/03/71 - 'South Bank Polytechnic Student Union' London, England
  12/04/71 - 'Lads Club' Norwich, England
  12/05/71 - 'Chelsea College' London, England
  12/  /71 - 'The Stadium' Liverpool, England
  01/  /72 - 'Teatro Massimo' Milan, Italy (without Art Themen on Italian tour)
  01/  /72 - 'Teatro Broncaccio' (?) Roma, Italy (Graham leaves the band again)
  01/11/72 - 'Rheinhalle' Dusseldorf, Germany
  01/12/72 - 'Kongresshalle' Frankfurt, Germany
  01/  /72 - 'Deutschlandhalle' (?) Berlin, Germany
  01/  /72 - 'Cirkus Krone Halle' (?) Munich, Germany
  01/  /72 - 'Polytechnic Annual Ball' Wolverhampton, England
  01/29/72 - 'Borough Rd. College' Isleworth, England
  02/12/72 - 'Imperial College' London, England


West, Bruce and Laing (1st tour of USA)

  03/25/72 - 'The Warehouse' New Orleans, Louisiana
  03/29/72 - 'Sam Houston Coliseum' Houston, Texas
  03/30/72 - 'Berkeley Community Theatre' Berkeley, California
  03/31/72 - 'Community Concourse' San Diego, California
  04/02/72 - 'Winterland' San Francisco, California
  04/04/72 - 'Center Arena' Seattle, Washington
  04/07/72 - 'Hollywood Palladium' Hollywood, California (with Dr. Hook and Free)
  04/09/72 -  Boulder City, Colorado
  04/10/72 -  Fort Collins, Kentucky
  04/12/72 - 'Kiel Opera House' St. Louis, Missouri
  04/13/72 -  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  04/14/72 - 'State Fairgrounds' Springfield, Illinois
  04/15/72 -  Evanston, Illinois
  04/16/72 - 'Cinderella Ballroom' Detroit, Michigan
  04/18/72 -  Columbus, Ohio
  04/19/72 - 'Penn State University' Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  04/20/72 -  Athens, Ohio
  04/21/72 - 'Public Hall' Cleveland, Ohio (with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Procol Harum)
  04/23/72 - 'Stony Brook University Gymnasium' Stony Brook, New York
  04/24/72 - 'Carnegie Hall' New York, New York (2 shows)
  04/26/72 - 'Orpheum Theatre' Boston, Massachusetts
  04/28/72 - 'The Spectrum' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  04/29/72 -  Washington, DC
  04/30/72 - 'Tampa Stadium' Tampa, Florida (with Free)
  05/  /72 -  Key West, Florida


Jack Bruce, Jan Akkerman, Pierre van der Linden

  09/30/72 - 'Oval Festival' London, England ('Powerhouse Sod' jam)


West, Bruce and Laing (2nd tour of USA)

  10/22/72 - 'Ford Auditorium' Detroit, Michigan
  10/20/72 - 'Michigan State University' East Lansing, Michigan (with Country Joe McDonald)
  11/04/72 - 'Capitol Theatre' Passaic, New Jersey
  11/  /72 - 'The Casino' Asbury Park, New Jersey
  11/06/72 - 'Radio City Music Hall' New York, New York
  11/  /72 - 'Wake Forest University' Winston Salem, North Carolina
  11/09/72 - 'Palace Theatre' Waterbury, Connecticut
  11/10/72 - 'Aquarius Theatre' Boston, Massachusetts (with Grin)
  11/  /72 - 'Chicago Auditorium' Chicago, Illinois
  11/  /72 - 'Memorial Hall' Kansas City, Missouri
  11/17/72 - 'Academy Of Music' New York, New York
  11/22/72 - 'Winterland' San Francisco, California
  11/24/72 - 'Hollywood Palladium' Hollywood, California (with Mott The Hoople)
  11/25/72 - 'Convention Centre' Anaheim, California (with John Mayall)
  11/26/72 - 'Center Arena' San Diego, California
  11/29/72 - 'Dallas Memorial Auditorium' Dallas, Texas (with Edgar Winter)
  12/15/72 - 'The Spectrum' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


West, Bruce and Laing (European tour)

  03/  /73 -  Brussels, Belgium
  03/28/73 - 'Falkoner Teatret' Copenhagen, Denmark
  03/31/73 - 'De Doelen' Rotterdam, Holland
  04/04/73 - 'Stadthalle' Vienna, Austria
  04/05/73 - 'L'Opera Comique' Paris, France (Radio broadcast)
  04/08/73 - 'Palazzo Dello Sport' Roma, Italy
  04/13/73 - 'Cirkus Krone Halle' Munich, Germany
  04/14/73 - 'Landwirtschaftshalle' Kaiserslautern, Germany
  04/15/73 - 'Musikhalle' Hamburg, Germany
  04/16/73 - 'Jahrhunderthalle' Frankfurt, Germany
  04/20/73 - 'Rainbow Theatre' London, England
  04/21/73 - 'Rainbow Theatre' London, England
  04/22/73 - 'Free Trade Hall' Manchester, England
  04/24/73 - 'City Hall' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
  04/25/73 - 'Greens Playhouse' Glasgow, Scotland
  04/26/73 - 'Leeds University' Leeds, England