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Manfred Mann's EarthBand 1971 Tour
For details and booking information for upcoming gigs, refer to the
Tour Info page. If you have any photo's from a gig you'd like to share, want to post a report about a gig, or have a link to a
review in the local press, send them to the Webmaster and I'll update these pages. In the Beginning..... The first 'MMEB' concert was in March 1971 at the Piper Club in Rome. In May 1971 they played in two gigs in Australia
- one of them together with Deep Purple. In August 1971 they had a televison debut in Paris. All these gigs were played as Manfred Mann Chapter Three. October 1971 a concert in Ireland. While waiting for an
aeroplane the name Earth Band was suggested by Chris Slade - until then the bandīs name was still Chapter Three.
On October 17, 1971 London`s Roundhouse. Also October 1971 a BBC radio show" Sounds Of The 70`s " was their first radio show. |
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April |
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22 April |
Rome, Italy |
Piper Club
appear as Manfred Mann, band spend 2 weeks in Rome. |
29 April |
Rome, Italy |
Piper Club
appear as Manfred Mann, with Crisalide |
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May |
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7 May |
Perth, WA. Australia |
Beatty Park Aquatic Centre, Billed as MMCHIII, support to Deep Purple and Free, with Pirana |
8 May |
Adelaide, S.A. Australia |
Apollo Stadium, Billed as MMCHIII, support to Deep Purple and Free, with Pirana |
9 May |
Sydney, Australia |
Randwick Racecourse (Open Air),>30,000 people
Played with Deep Purple and Australian support acts Wendy
Saddington and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs - Free did not play |
10 May |
Brisbane, Australia |
Festival Hall, Billed as MMCHIII.
CANCELLED due to death threats against Manfred and
tour manager Bob Foster |
11 May |
Melbourne. Australia |
Festival Hall, Billed as MMCHIII.
CANCELLED due to death threats against Manfred and
tour manager Bob Foster |
June |
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18 June |
London, England |
Crystal Palace Bowl, billed as Manfred Mann, debut UK concert, with Desmond Dekker. |
25 June |
Swansea, Wales |
Top Rank, billed as Manfred Mann, with Humble Pie |
July |
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3 July |
Birmingham, England |
Belfry, billed as Manfred Mann |
5 July |
Wolverhampton, England |
Park Hall, billed as Manfred Mann |
8 July |
Fulham, England |
Fulham Greyhound, billed as Manfred Mann |
9 July |
High Wycombe, England |
Town Hall, billed as Manfred Mann |
11 July |
London, England |
Roundhouse,billed as Manfred Mann with Close to the Edge, headliners Sha Na Na |
24 July |
Epping, England |
Epping Wake Arms, billed as Manfred Mann |
August |
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8 August |
Vilar de Mouros, Portugal |
Festival (first pop/ open air rock festival in Portugal) with Elton John, Quartero 1111, Bridge, Psico,
Pentagno, Sindicato, Objectivo, Celos, Contacto, Chinchilas, Pop Five, Amaila Rodrigues, Duo Ouro Negro, Banda da Guarda Nacional Republicana, Coral Polifonico de Viana do Castelo and dance group
Verde Gaio |
September |
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6 September |
Palermo, Sicily |
Palermo Pop Festuval - Second Sicilian International Folk Rock, Jazz Fest, Parco della Favorita, Palermo
Italy. Billed as Manfred Mann the band played the second of three nights, also with Bill Coleman, Tullio De Piscopo, Rosanna Fratello, Stephan Grapelli, Maya, Spontaneous Music Ensemble,
Julie Driscoll, The Stars of Faith, Black Sabbath, Colosseium, Livin' Blues, Mungo Jerry, The Pretty Things, Toad and (Bill Wymans's) Tucky Buzzard |
11 September |
Dublin, Ireland |
Headland Festival, Royal Dublin Society, billed as Manfred Mann. With Stud, Georgie Fame and Alan Price
and many others.
The name change to Manfred Mann's Earth Band was discussed on the flight back home to London. The name change was made effective December 1st 1971. |
24 September |
Crawley, England |
Crawley Polytechnic, billed as Manfred Mann |
27 September |
Sunderland, England |
Sunderland Polytechnic, billed as Manfred Mann |
30 September |
Aberystwyth, Wales |
Aberystwyth University, billed as Manfred Mann |
October |
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2 October |
Brighton, England |
Brighton Polytechnic, billed as Manfred Mann |
8 October |
Exeter, England |
Exeter University, billed as Manfred Mann |
12 October |
London, England |
Marquee Club, billed as Manfred Mann |
15 October |
Salford, England |
Salford University, billed as Manfred Mann |
16 October |
Liverpool, England |
Liverpool University, billed as Manfred Mann |
17 October |
Chalk Farm, England |
Roundhouse, billed as Manfred Mann, with Jude, Paladin and others |
November |
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14 November |
London, England |
Bumpers, billed as Manfred Mann |
26 November |
Hull, England |
Malcolms, billed as Manfred Mann |
December |
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All gigs from 1 December 1971 onwards were billed as Manfred Mann's Earth Band unless otherwise noted |
3 December |
Exmouth, England |
Rolle College |
4 December |
Watford, England |
Kingham Hall Hydrospace, with Unicorn |
5 December |
London, England |
Roundhouse |
7 December |
London, England |
Marquee Club, London with Vinegar Joe( featuring Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer ) on
the bill. |
8 December |
Cardiff, Wales |
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9 December |
London, England |
Guy's Hospital |
10 December |
Egham, England |
Royal Holloway College |
18 December |
Halifax, England |
Clarence Club |
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