It was fifty eight years today.

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12-12-23, 06:39
the other bob wilson

It was fifty eight years today.

Continuing the Beatles theme, they played their last concert in the UK (roof top renditions apart) at the Capitol in Cardiff on 12 December 1965 - did anyone on here go?
12-12-23, 07:12
splott parker

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Continuing the Beatles theme, they played their last concert in the UK (roof top renditions apart) at the Capitol in Cardiff on 12 December 1965 - did anyone on here go?

It was mentioned last night, bit of a coup for us :thumbup:
12-12-23, 07:55
BLUETIT

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So we seen off the Beatles, we seen off Gene Pitney,were there any other “last shows” in Cardiff ?
12-12-23, 10:02
splott parker

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

So we seen off the Beatles, we seen off Gene Pitney,were there any other “last shows” in Cardiff ?

Lena Zavaroni.
12-12-23, 10:21
the other bob wilson

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Maybe it’s best if the list starts and ends with the Beatles and Gene Pitney.
12-12-23, 10:33
splott parker

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Maybe it’s best if the list starts and ends with the Beatles and Gene Pitney.

:hehe:
12-12-23, 11:16
Enoch Mort

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I remember the gig but didn’t go. I do, however, remember that on the same bill that night was The magnificently named Erkey Grant and the Earwigs. I don’t think their career trajectory was quite the same as the band topping the bill.
12-12-23, 11:28
the other bob wilson

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Originally Posted by Enoch Mort

I remember the gig but didn’t go. I do, however, remember that on the same bill that night was The magnificently named Erkey Grant and the Earwigs. I don’t think their career trajectory was quite the same as the band topping the bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDVrWEii0B0
12-12-23, 12:20
goats

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So we seen off the Beatles, we seen off Gene Pitney,were there any other “last shows” in Cardiff ?

Most of our managers never work again…..

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12-12-23, 13:34
Rjk

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

So we seen off the Beatles, we seen off Gene Pitney,were there any other “last shows” in Cardiff ?

Pope John Paul II?
12-12-23, 14:05
BLUETIT

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Jock Stein
12-12-23, 17:25
Gofer Blue

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I would have liked to have gone but I was in my first term in uni in London and could not afford to make two return trips home in the same month!
12-12-23, 18:02
splott parker

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Pope John Paul II?

Not quite, he lived a good 20 odd years more after his Cardiff visit.
12-12-23, 21:54
not telling

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Turning this on it's head, Slade were the last band to play the Sophia Gardens Pavilion before it fell down. Fittingly, We'll Bring the House down was on their set list.
12-12-23, 23:36
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Turning this on it's head, Slade were the last band to play the Sophia Gardens Pavilion before it fell down. Fittingly, We'll Bring the House down was on their set list.

The roof collapsed in the snow ?

I was due to see UFO but it was transferred to the top rank

Great gig
13-12-23, 08:45
goats

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The roof collapsed in the snow ?

I was due to see UFO but it was transferred to the top rank

Great gig

What is that place now? Has it gone completely? Astoria, Panama joes…..had some great nights in there. Sure I saw Oasis in there before they became what they are….
13-12-23, 09:45
Robin Friday's Ghost

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What is that place now? Has it gone completely? Astoria, Panama joes…..had some great nights in there. Sure I saw Oasis in there before they became what they are….

It's gone now. I think Matalan is where it was. I saw the Oasis gig when they released their first album. It was the Astoria then. Fantastic gig although when I realised quite how thick and annoying they were I never listened to them again.
13-12-23, 10:04
Rjk

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Not quite, he lived a good 20 odd years more after his Cardiff visit.

But it was his last "gig" in the UK no?
13-12-23, 10:40
Swiss Peter

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Slight twist to the theme:

Bands whose last ever gig you were at. Joy Division at Birmingham Uni is mine. (...although thinking about it, it may just have been the last with IC)
13-12-23, 10:54
NottinghamBlue

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

Maybe it’s best if the list starts and ends with the Beatles and Gene Pitney.

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
13-12-23, 12:49
theclaw

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Originally Posted by Swiss Peter

Slight twist to the theme:

Bands whose last ever gig you were at. Joy Division at Birmingham Uni is mine. (...although thinking about it, it may just have been the last with IC)

Queen at Knebworth for me.

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