On this day 19/10/1966 Small Faces

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On this day, 19 October 1966, mod rockers the Small Faces played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.

Also part of the Package Tour were The Hollies, Paul & Barry Ryan, Nashville Teens, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, Robb Storme & The Whispers & Paul Jones.

The band had earlier in the year released their debut album Small Faces in May 1966 on Decca Records.

It included the hit singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee".

The album was well received by music critics and was popular with the public, rising to number 3 on the UK album chart remaining at the top for several weeks.

Founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966.

The band was one of the most acclaimed and influential mod groups of the 1960s

On this day 08/10/1966 Rolling Stones

On this day, 8 October 1966, legendary rockers the Rolling Stones played two shows at Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.

Support was provided by Ike & Tina Turner,The Yardbirds,Peter Jay and The New Jaywalkers, Jimmy Thomas, Bobby John, Long John Baldry and The Kings of Rhythm Orchestra.

The tour commenced on September 23 and concluded on October 9, 1966.

The band had recently released their Aftermath album, the first Stones LP to be composed entirely of original material by the group, considered by music scholars to be an artistic breakthrough for the Rolling Stones.

Brian Jones emerged as a key contributor and experimented with instruments not usually associated with popular music, including the sitar, Appalachian dulcimer, Japanese koto and marimbas, as well as guitar and harmonica.

Along with Jones' instrumental textures, the Stones incorporated a wider range of chords and stylistic elements beyond their Chicago blues and R&B influences, such as pop, folk, country, psychedelia, Baroque and Middle Eastern music.

Influenced by intense love affairs and a demanding touring itinerary, Jagger and Richards wrote the album around psychodramatic themes of love, sex, desire, power and dominance, hate, obsession, modern society and rock stardom.

Women feature as prominent characters in their often dark, sarcastic, casually offensive lyrics.

SETLIST

"Paint It, Black"

"Under My Thumb"

"Get Off of My Cloud"

"Lady Jane"

"Not Fade Away"

"The Last Time"

"19th Nervous Breakdown"

"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

On this day 07/10/1984 Iron Maiden

On this day, 7 October 1984, heavy metal rock band Iron Maiden played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on the band’s World Slavery Tour with support provided by Waysted.

As pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s.

After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of UK and US platinum and gold albums, including 1980's eponymous debut, 1981's Killers, 1982's The Number of the Beast, 1983's Piece of Mind, 1984's Powerslave, 1985's live release Live After Death, 1986's Somewhere in Time, 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1990's No Prayer for the Dying, and 1992's Fear of the Dark.

In 1982 the band released its album The Number of the Beast, the first with Bruce Dickinson, who replaced Paul Di'Anno as lead singer. This was a turning point in their career, helping establish Iron Maiden as one of the most important heavy metal artists in history.

the World Slavery Tour, was the band's largest to date, consisting of 193 shows in 28 countries over 13 months, playing to an estimated three and a half million people.

The most elaborate tour to date was famous from using the custom made props, such as the extendible golden sarcophagi, 33-foot Eddie appearing as big one and mummified walking phantom, the conceptual stage set with an Ancient Egyptian motives and extensive pyrotechnics.

On this day 06/10/1972 Electric Light Orchestra

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On this day, 6 October 1972, rock band the Electric Light Orchestra played Cardiff University.

Formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters-multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography.

After Wood's departure in 1972, Lynne became the band's sole leader, arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. For their initial tenure, Lynne, Bevan and keyboardist Richard Tandy were the group's only consistent members.

On this day 05/10/1964 Freddie and the Dreamers

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On this day, 5 September 1964. sixties pop band Freddie and the Dreamers played Cardiff’s Top Rank.

Support for the evening was provided by The Hollies, The Four Pennies, Tony Jackson & The Vibrations, Marianne Faithfull, The Toggery Five with Don Dwight (compere).

The band consisted of Freddie Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006), vocals; Roy Crewdson (born 29 May 1941, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester), guitar; Derek Quinn (24 May 1942–22 Oct 2020, born in Didsbury, Manchester), guitar and harmonica; Peter Birrell, bass; and Bernie Dwyer (11 September 1940, West Didsbury, Manchester – 4 December 2002, Cheadle, Cheshire), drums.

Although the band was grouped as a part of the Merseybeat sound phenomenon that the Beatles exploded around the world in the wake of Beatlemania, they came from Manchester. Prior to becoming a singer, Garrity had worked as a milkman in Manchester.

They had four Top 10 UK hits: a cover of James Ray's hit "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in mid-1963, "I'm Telling You Now" (number 2 in August), "You Were Made For Me" (number 3 in November) and a cover of The G-Clefs' "I Understand", which hit the number 5 spot in November 1964.

Their eponymous debut album was released in the United Kingdom in 1963, peaking at number five in the UK Albums Chart and reaching number 19 in the US albums chart on May 22, 1965. It was the only LP by the group to chart in America. Their subsequent four albums in the UK failed to chart.

On this day 04/10/1976 The Runaways

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On this day, 4 October 1976, US rock band The Runaways played Cardiff University.

The Runaways were formed in August 1975[5] by drummer Sandy West and guitarist Joan Jett after they had separately introduced themselves to producer Kim Fowley, who gave Jett's phone number to West. Fowley then helped the girls find other members.

Two decades later he said, "I didn't put the Runaways together, I had an idea, they had ideas, we all met, there was combustion and out of five different versions of that group came the five girls who were the ones that people liked."

Starting as a power trio with singer/bassist Micki Steele, the Runaways began the party and club circuit around Los Angeles. They soon added lead guitarist Lita Ford and Jett switched to rhythm guitar. Steele was soon fired from the group, replaced by bassist Peggy Foster, who left after just one month. Lead singer Cherie Currie was recruited in a local teen nightclub called the Sugar Shack, followed by Jackie Fox on bass.

The Runaways were signed to Mercury Records in 1976 and their debut album, The Runaways, was released shortly afterward.

The band toured the U.S. in support of headlining groups such as Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

For their stage performance, the documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways (directed by former Runaway bassist Vicki Blue) revealed each girl patterned herself after their musical idol: Currie on David Bowie, Jett on Suzi Quatro, Ford on a cross between Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore, West on Roger Taylor, and Fox on Gene Simmons.

Link to Video single Cherry Bomb - https://youtu.be/_EBvXpjudf8

On this day 03/10/1978 Ramones

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On this day, 3 October 1978, NY Punk rock pioneers The Ramones played Cardiff University.

The band had just released Road to Ruin, their fourth studio album released on September 21, 1978, through Sire Records.

It was the first Ramones album to feature new drummer Marky Ramone, who replaced Tommy Ramone. Tommy left the band due to low sales of previous albums as well as stress he experienced while touring; however, he stayed with the band to produce the album with Ed Stasium.

The artwork's concept was designed by Ramones fan Gus MacDonald and later modified by John Holmstrom to include Marky instead of Tommy. The album includes the well-known track "I Wanna Be Sedated".

SETLIST

"Rockaway Beach"

"Teenage Lobotomy"

"Blitzkrieg Bop"

"I Don't Want You"

"Go Mental"

"Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"

"You're Gonna Kill That Girl"

"Don't Come Close"

"I Just Want to Have Something to Do"

"Bad Brain"

"She's the One"

"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"

"Havana Affair"

"Commando"

"Needles and Pins" (Jackie DeShannon cover)

"Surfin' Bird" (The Trashmen cover)

"Cretin Hop"

"Listen to My Heart"

"California Sun" (Joe Jones cover)

"I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You"

"Pinhead"

Encore:

"Do You Want to Dance" (Bobby Freeman cover)

"I Wanna Be Sedated"

"Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"

Encore 2:

"Judy Is a Punk"

"Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"

"We're a Happy Family"

On this day 02/10/1970 Deep Purple

On this day, 2 October 1970, Heavy Rockers Deep Purple played Cardiff University.

The band had just released their fourth studio album Deep Purple In Rock.

It was the first studio album recorded by the Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

Work on In Rock began shortly after Gillan and Glover joined the band in June 1969, with rehearsals at Hanwell Community Centre. The music was intended to be loud and heavy, and accurately represent the group's live show. Recording took place at various studios around London in between extensive touring, during which time songs and arrangements were honed into shape.

In Rock was the band's breakthrough album in Europe and peaked at No. 4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for over a year; the band's prior MK I albums had been much better received in the US.

An accompanying single, "Black Night" reached No. 2. The album has continued to attract critical praise as a key early example of the hard rock and heavy metal genres.

SETLIST

Speed King

Hush

(Joe South cover)

Into the Fire

Child in Time

Wring That Neck

Mandrake Root

Paint It Black

(The Rolling Stones cover)

Drum Solo

Encore:

Black Night

Lucille

(Little Richard cover)