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Post by rickstele on Nov 9, 2017 20:05:58 GMT
My first Quo gig was Reading Festival in 73, hot sunny day. They were on about 8ish followed by The Faces with their new Japanese bassist. Anyway Quo were superb and the best band of the day. Seem to recall Andy Bown doing a set that day too. Next time was October (possibly) at Victoria Hall Hanley( Hello tour I think, bloody loud). Also at Belle Vue Manchester perhaps 75? Not sure of date... then Trentham Gardens Stoke where they had a massive mirror behind them so the crowd were reflected in it . That was Rocking All Over The World Tour. Last 70s gig for me was THE Bingley Hall gig, loudest gig I've ever been too, got right up front. Good times
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Nov 9, 2017 20:21:50 GMT
I know nuffin about the 70s, but it may be that the reason I didn't see them in the early 70s was because there were never any tickets left by the time I saw them on the local theatre posters. I did most gigs by serendipity close to the gigs, and that would count Quo out for me. When I decided in 1981 that I positively wanted to see them, there were no tickets left for Hammersmith about three weeks out. So in 1982 I moved quickly and managed to get two tickets in the balcony. Probably by the time honoured method of hanging on the phone for hours, then sending a cheque and SAE. Grand old days!
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Post by rickstele on Nov 9, 2017 20:36:00 GMT
Yes tickets were harder to get. If you were lucky you could send a cheque to the relevant box office. Eventually our gang devised a system where a couple of us would be at the box office when tickets went on sale, only cost then was cash for your ticket plus 50p on each ticket for petrol. We always got tickets despite our chosen gigs being sold out.... or close to sold out.
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