On This Day 21/2/1979 The Jacksons

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On this day, 21 Feb 1979, The Jacksons played the Sophia Gardens Pavilion on their Destiny World Tour, shortly after the release of the Destiny album.
The tour began on January 22, 1979, with their opening concert in Bremen, Germany. They visited 3 continents and 9 countries, playing 129 concerts with the tour concluded in Hawaii on January 13, 1980.
The tour took a break in June so that Michael Jackson could complete his classic Off The Wall album.
Destiny was the band’s thirteenth album and would go on to sell more than 4 million copies worldwide.
The album marked the first time in the band's career in which they had complete artistic control, and was also the first album produced by the brothers.

Personnel

Michael Jackson: vocals
Jackie Jackson: vocals
Tito Jackson: guitar, vocals
Marlon Jackson: vocals
Randy Jackson: vocals, congas, percussion, piano, keyboards

Band members
First Leg

Bass: Michael McKinney
Additional Guitar: Bud Rizzo
Keyboards: James McField
Drums: Tony Lewis

Setlist

"Dancing Machine"
"Things I Do for You"
"Ben"
"I Am Love"
"Keep on Dancing"
Medley: "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
"I'll Be There"
"Enjoy Yourself"
"Destiny"
"Show You the Way to Go"
"All Night Dancin'"
"Blame It on the Boogie"

On This Day 19/2/2002 Slipknot

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On this day, 19 Feb 2002, American heavy metal band Slipknot, played Cardiff International Arena on their European Iowa Tour 2K2.
Support was provided by One Minute Silence, In Flames and American Head Charge.

Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive style of music, and energetic and chaotic live shows.

The band rapidly rose to fame following the release of their eponymous debut album in 1999.

The 2001 follow-up album, Iowa, although darker in tone, made the band more popular.

Slipknot's music and image have been the subject of many controversies throughout its career. The lyrical content of some of Slipknot's songs has been linked to several violent and criminal incidents.

In 2003, two young killers blamed the lyrics of "Disasterpiece" for their crime. In 2006, the lyrics of "Surfacing" were found at the site of a grave robbery.

Setlist

People = Shit
Liberate
Left Behind
Eeyore
Disasterpiece
Purity
Gently
Eyeless
My Plague
The Heretic Anthem
Spit It Out
Wait and Bleed
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(sic)
Surfacing

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On This Day 18/2/1977 Procol Harum

On this day, 18 Feb 1977, rock band Procol Harum played Cardiff University.
The band were about to release their tenth album Something Magic.
Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold over 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-progressive.

Tour Setlist

Something Magic
Conquistador
Beyond the Pale
Grand Hotel
Strangers in Space
The Mark of the Claw
Nothing but the Truth
The Worm and the Tree
Pandora's Box
The Unquiet Zone
A Salty Dog
Wizard Man
This Old Dog
Hand Jive / Not Fade Away
Sea of Heartache
A Whiter Shade of Pale

On This Day 17/2/1994 The Cocteau Twins

On this day, 17 Feb 1994, Scottish band the Cocteau Twins played Cardiff University.

The group earned critical praise for their distinctive ethereal sound and the soprano vocals of Elizabeth Fraser.

They had previously released their seventh album Four-Calendar Café

It distinguishes itself from the rest of the Twins' catalogue in two major areas: The sound is much more pop-oriented and less ambient than previous works, and vocalist Elizabeth Fraser's lyrics are more intelligible than usual. The album reached a respectable no13 in the UK charts whilst their single "Evangeline" was a moderate hit in several countries.

After nearly 20 years together, the band disbanded in 1997 in part due to issues stemming from the disintegration of Fraser and Guthrie's romantic relationship. In 2005, the band announced that they would reunite to headline Coachella and embark on a world tour but the reunion was cancelled a month later after Fraser refused to perform on stage with Guthrie.

On This Day 16/2/1997 Paul Rodgers

On this day, 16 Feb 1997, rock legend Paul Rodgers played St David’s Hall in Cardiff.
In the concert he featured material from his third solo album due to be released in June plus songs from his previous bands.
Best known as the vocalist of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two lesser-known bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist.
He has more recently toured and recorded with Queen.
A poll in Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 55 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
In 2011 Rodgers received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Tour Setlist

Intro by Alan Bangs

Louisiana Blues
(Muddy Waters cover)
Little Bit of Love
(Free song)
Soul of Love
Overloaded
Muddy Water Blues
Feel Like Makin' Love
(Bad Company song)
Heart of Fire
Chasing Shadows
All I Want Is You
(Bob Dylan cover)
Fire and Water
(Free song)
Saving Grace
Can't Get Enough
(Bad Company song)
All Right Now
(Free song)

On This Day 15/2/1971 T.Rex Vs Slade

The Melody Maker Music Newspaper Produced a Fascinating story this week in 1971 over a gig at The Top Rank Cardiff.

Slade were to have been the original support band for T.Rex, but there was a row leading to accusations in the music press that Bolan had prevented them from playing'.
It was thought at the time that Slade’s former skinhead look would attract skinheads to the gig.
Noddy Holder, speaking for the group said: “I suppose they are afraid that a lot of skinheads would come to the ballroom to see us. We are no longer a skinhead group and getting more and more college bookings. This annoys us as we thought we were finally rid of the skinhead image.”
A spokesman for T.Rex denied the claim saying The Roy Young band were support and there was no need for two. It was nothing to do with the skinhead thing as T.Rex would play to anyone who wants to listen.
T.Rex had released their self titled album T.Rex in Dec 1970 which really broke T. Rex into the big time in the UK, following the surprise success of the single "Ride a White Swan", which reached No. 2 in the charts, and its smash No. 1 follow-up "Hot Love

On This Day 13/2/1971 The Kinks

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On this day, 13 Feb 1971, Muswell Hills finest The Kinks played Cardiff University after previously playing Aberystwyth University the night before.
Regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s they had released the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One at the end of 1970 which included their hit single Lola, released that summer and a huge hit for the band.
The song’s writer said of Lola: “ I wanted to write a hit. It wasn't just the song. it was the musical design. It wasn't a power chord song like "You Really Got Me". It was a power chord beginning. It needed a special acoustic guitar sound ... sonorous, growling, with an attack to it.”
The album also featured Apeman, another 1970 hit for the band.

Tour Setlist

Till the End of the Day
Brainwashed
You're Looking Fine
Waterloo Sunset
Big Sky
Lola
Strangers
Apeman
Sunny Afternoon
Powerman
Top of the Pops
Milk Cow Blues
(Kokomo Arnold cover)
You Are My Sunshine
(Jimmie Davis cover)
One Night
(Smiley Lewis cover)
All Day and All of the Night
You Really Got Me

On This Day 14/2/1976 10cc

On this day, 14 Feb 1976, rock band 10cc played the first of two nights at Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.
The tour was in support of their recently released album How Dare You!
Support for the evening was provided by Chas and Dave.
How Dare You! was their fourth album and included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art for Art's Sake". The album was the band's third to have cover artwork by the Hipgnosis creative team.
It was the last album to feature the original line-up of Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman before Godley and Creme left to concentrate on the Gizmo, a guitar effect and their mammoth opus Consequences whilst Stewart and Gouldman retained the name and went on to record Deceptive Bends.

Setlist

Art for Art's Sake
Silly Love
Lazy Ways
Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby
The Worst Band in the World
The Second Sitting For The Last Supper
Old Wild Men
Iceberg
Don't Hang Up
Head Room
Ships Don't Disappear in the Night (Do They?)
The Sacro-Iliac
I'm Mandy Fly Me
I Wanna Rule the World
The Wall Street Shuffle

Encore:
I'm Not In Love
One Night In Paris

Encore 2:
Rubber Bullets