Tour dates of Joe's early bands

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Date	Town and venue	Band name	Notes
25 Sept 1974	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear	first gig with Dave Cairns
28 Sept 1974	Portsmouth, Eastney Crewing Association	Edward Bear
5 Oct 1974	Worthing, The Carioca Club	Edward Bear
6 Oct 1974	Gravesend, The Battle Of Britain	Edward Bear	2 shows
11 Oct 1974	Gosport, Trades And Labour Club	Edward Bear
12 Oct 1974	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
18 Oct 1974	Leigh Park, The Cricketers Arms	Edward Bear
19 Oct 1974	Gosport, The Spanish Galleon	Edward Bear
26 Oct 1974	Bordon, Sergeant's Mess, Bordon Army Camp	Edward Bear
9 Nov 1974	Hayling Island, The Dilkusha Club	Edward Bear	recording of "Surrey University demos" earlier that day!
15 Nov 1974	Hayling Island, The Dilkusha Club	Edward Bear
16 Nov 1974	Gosport, The Spanish Galleon	Edward Bear
22 Nov 1974	Cosham, The Southern Electricity Board Club	Edward Bear
23 Nov 1974	Wraysbury, Wraysbury Village Hall	Edward Bear
30 Nov 1974	Watford, The New Penny Disco	Edward Bear
6 Dec 1974	Aldershot, The Prince's Hall	Edward Bear
7 Dec 1974	Paignton, Penelope's	Edward Bear
12 Dec 1974	Weston-super-Mare, The Cannon Club, R.A.F. Locking	Edward Bear	on a bill with "Smiling Hard"
14 Dec 1974	Bognor Regis, British Legion Club	Edward Bear
15 Dec 1974	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
16 Dec 1974	Gosport, Thorngate Hall	Edward Bear	on a bill with "Ron Jones Big Band"
19 Dec 1974	Frimley Green, Blackdown Army Camp	Edward Bear
21 Dec 1974	Gosport, The Spanish Galleon	Edward Bear
24 Dec 1974	Gosport, Trades And Labour Club	Edward Bear
26 Dec 1974	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
28 Dec 1974	Watford, The New Penny Disco	Edward Bear
31 Dec 1974	Portsmouth, Eastney Crewing Association	Edward Bear
4 Jan 1975	Bognor Regis, Newtown Social Club	Edward Bear
8 Jan 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
11 Jan 1975	Gosport, The Spanish Galleon	Edward Bear
18 Jan 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
24 Jan 1975	Fleet, Country Club	Edward Bear
25 Jan 1975	Fleet, Country Club	Edward Bear
6 Feb 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
9 Feb 1975	Fareham, Fareham Working Men's Club	Edward Bear
14 Feb 1975	Basingstoke, Pen and Parchment pub	Edward Bear
16 Feb 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
1 March 1975	Coventry, The City Centre Club	Edward Bear
5 March 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
8 March 1975	Andover, The Country Bumpkin	Edward Bear
15 March 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
18 March 1975	Upavon, The Avon Club, R.A.F. Upavon	Edward Bear	on a bill with "Chairman Of The Board"
22 March 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
23 March 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edward Bear
3 April 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
4 April 1975	Basingstoke, The Deyden Hall, Popley	Edward Bear
5 April 1975	Weymouth, Weymouth Pavilion	Edward Bear	on a bill with "Firstep"
7 April 1975	Deal, The Astor Theatre	Edward Bear
12 April 1975	Watford, The New Penny Disco	Edward Bear
13 April 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
25 April 1975	Fleet, Country Club	Edward Bear
26 April 1975	Fleet, Country Club	Edward Bear
28 April 1975	Southend-on-Sea, The Zero Six Club	Edward Bear
30 April 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
2 May 1975	Sindlesham, Sindlesham Mill	Edward Bear
3 May 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edward Bear
10 May 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
15 May 1975	Gosport, R.N.H. Harlar	Edward Bear
23 May 1975	Poole, Strands Club	Edward Bear
24 May 1975	Enham Alamein, Landale Wilson Institute	Edward Bear
29 May 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
30 May 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edward Bear
31 May 1975	Poole, Strands Club	Edward Bear
3 June 1975	Basingstoke, The Goat And Barge	Edward Bear
8 June 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
13 June 1975	Wimborne Minster, Flight Refuelling Limited Sports Club	Edward Bear
20 June 1975	Oxford, Oxford Old Boys Rugby Football Club	Edward Bear	marquee, on a bill with "Jumbo Route"
21 June 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Village Hall	Edward Bear
25 June 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
28 June 1975	Swansea, The Valbonne Nightspot	Edward Bear	(cancelled due to equipment breakdown)
29 June 1975	Resolven, Resolven Rugby Football Club	Edward Bear
5 July 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear	first gig with Clive Bates
9 July 1975	Maidenhead, Berkshire College Of Agriculture	Edward Bear
11 July 1975	Southsea, Nero's	Edward Bear
17 July 1975	Poole, The Turtle Club, Royal Marines Poole	Edward Bear
19 July 1975	Basingstoke, The Deyden Hall, Popley	Edward Bear
22 July 1975	Portsmouth, The Whaly Club, H.M.S. Excellent	Edward Bear
24 July 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
26 July 1975	Fareham, P.O.'s Mess, H.M.S. Collingwood	Edward Bear
28 July 1975	Deal, The Astor Theatre	Edward Bear
2 Aug 1975	Lingfield, Wiremill Country Club	Edward Bear
3 Aug 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
7 Aug 1975	Southwick, H.M.S. Dryad	Edward Bear	on a bill with "Detroit Soul Machine"
8 Aug 1975	Portsmouth, The Masonic Hall, Lake Road	Edward Bear
9 Aug 1975	Weymouth, The Music Box	Edward Bear
13 Aug 1975	Gosport, H.M.S. Sultan	Edward Bear	on a bill with "The Nobodies"
14 Aug 1975	Baldock, Baldock Working Mens Club	Edward Bear
16 Aug 1975	Poole, Strands Club	Edward Bear
20 Aug 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
21 Aug 1975	Gosport, R.N.H. Harlar	Edward Bear
22 Aug 1975	Wimborne Minster, Flight Refuelling Limited Sports Club	Edward Bear
23 Aug 1975	Basildon, Raquel's	Edward Bear
30 Aug 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
31 Aug 1975	Fareham, Fareham Working Men's Club	Edward Bear
3 Sept 1975	Poole, Strands Club	Edward Bear
4 Sept 1975	Fareham, H.M.S. Collingwood	Edward Bear	on a bill with "Jimmy Powell & New Dimension"
5 Sept 1975	Weymouth, The Steering Wheel	Edward Bear
6 Sept 1975	Exmouth, Pavilion	Edward Bear
11 Sept 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edward Bear
12 Sept 1975	Bridgend, Drones	Edward Bear
13 Sept 1975	Swansea, The Valbonne Nightclub	Edward Bear
14 Sept 1975	Resolven, Resolven Rugby Football Club	Edward Bear
18 Sept 1975	Portsmouth, The Whaly Club, H.M.S. Excellent	Edward Bear
20 Sept 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edward Bear
21 Sept 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edward Bear
25 Sept 1975	Woking, Woking Centre Halls	Edward Bear
28 Sept 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edward Bear
29 Sept 1975	Portsmouth, The Tricorn Club	Edwin Bear	first show as "Edwin Bear", promotional gig
2 Oct 1975	Gosport, The John Peel	Edwin Bear
3 Oct 1975	Basingstoke, The Deyden Hall, Popley	Edwin Bear
4 Oct 1975	Bulford, The Gordon Social Club, Bulford Army Camp	Edwin Bear
11 Oct 1975	Sarisbury Green, Sarisbury Green Social Club	Edwin Bear
15 Oct 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
17 Oct 1975	Gosport, The Atlantis Club, H.M.S. Dolphin	Edwin Bear	promotional gig
18 Oct 1975	Lulworth, Sergeant's Mess, Lulworth Army Camp	Edwin Bear
31 Oct 1975	Weymouth, The Steering Wheel	Edwin Bear
1 Nov 1975	Bulford, The Gordon Social Club, Bulford Army Camp	Edwin Bear
5 Nov 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
6 Nov 1975	Yeovil, Carnaby's	Edwin Bear
11 Nov 1975	Southampton, Moorhill Youth Club	Edwin Bear
13 Nov 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
14 Nov 1975	Taunton, The Camelot Club	Edwin Bear
16 Nov 1975	Gosport, The John Peel	Edwin Bear
20 Nov 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edwin Bear
21 Nov 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edwin Bear
22 Nov 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edwin Bear
23 Nov 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edwin Bear
27 Nov 1975	Portland, P.O.'s Mess, H.M.S. Osprey	Edwin Bear
28 Nov 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edwin Bear
29 Nov 1975	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Edwin Bear
5 Dec 1975	Southampton, Hightown School	Edwin Bear
6 Dec 1975	Chatham, The Old Ash Tree	Edwin Bear
10 Dec 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
12 Dec 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edwin Bear
18 Dec 1975	Upavon, The Avon Club, R.A.F. Upavon	Edwin Bear
19 Dec 1975	Plymouth, Manadon College Of Naval Engineering	Edwin Bear
20 Dec 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
26 Dec 1975	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edwin Bear
27 Dec 1975	Weymouth, The Harbour Club	Edwin Bear
31 Dec 1975	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
19 Jan 1976	Lee-on-the-Solent, The Eagle Club, H.M.S. Daedalus	Edwin Bear
24 Jan 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
12 Feb 1976	Gosport, The Thorngate Hall	Edwin Bear	on a bill with "Callendar"
13 Feb 1976	Chatham, The Old Ash Tree	Edwin Bear	on a bill with "Philadelphia Brown"
14 Feb 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Edwin Bear
18 Feb 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
19 Feb 1976	Chatham, H.M.S. Pembroke	Edwin Bear
21 Feb 1976	Sherborne, The Digby Hall	Edwin Bear
26 Feb 1976	Ringham, Matchhams Lodge	Edwin Bear
28 Feb 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Edwin Bear
29 Feb 1976	Gosport, The John Peel	Edwin Bear
2 March 1976	Gosport, The Atlantis Club, H.M.S. Dolphin	Edwin Bear
6 March 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
7 March 1976	Dorchester, The Tavern	Edwin Bear
11 March 1976	Petersfield, H.M.S. Mercury	Edwin Bear
13 March 1976	Tolworth, The Toby Jug	Edwin Bear
14 March 1976	Christchurch, The Cat And Fiddle	Edwin Bear
19 March 1976	Chatham, The Old Ash Tree	Edwin Bear
20 March 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Edwin Bear
21 March 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Edwin Bear
24 March 1976	Gosport, The John Peel	Edwin Bear
7 April 1976	Fareham, Fareham Technical College	Edwin Bear
7 April 1976	Portsmouth, The Milton Arms	Edwin Bear
9 April 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Edwin Bear
12 April 1976	Portsmouth, The Tricorn Club	Arms & Legs	first show as "Arms & Legs", promotional gig
15 April 1976	East Dereham, The Sunshine Rooms	Arms & Legs
16 April 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Arms & Legs
17 April 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Arms & Legs
18 April 1976	Fareham, Fareham Working Men's Club	Arms & Legs
19 April 1976	Ipswich, Tracy's	Arms & Legs
24 April 1976	Gillingham, The Red Lion	Arms & Legs
30 April 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Atomita"
6 May 1976	Yeovil, Carnaby's	Arms & Legs
8 May 1976	Woking, Woking Centre Halls	Arms & Legs
9 May 1976	Dorchester, The Tavern	Arms & Legs
15 May 1976	Reading, The Merry Maidens	Arms & Legs
16 May 1976	Plymouth, H.M.S. Drake	Arms & Legs
18 May 1976	Portsmouth, Martha's	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "The New Pirates"
19 May 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Arms & Legs
22 May 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Arms & Legs
25 May 1976	Portsmouth, Martha's	Arms & Legs
28 May 1976	Fareham, Fareham Technical College	Arms & Legs
29 May 1976	Chatham, The Old Ash Tree	Arms & Legs
1 June 1976	Newport, Scamps Disco	Arms & Legs
4 June 1976	Bornemouth, The Halfway Hotel	Arms & Legs
5 June 1976	Exmouth, Pavilion	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Shotgun"
6 June 1976	London, The Bandwagon, Kingsbury	Arms & Legs
10 June 1976	London, H.M.S. President, Kensington	Arms & Legs
11 June 1976	Plymouth, The Fiesta Ballroom	Arms & Legs
12 June 1976	Plymouth, The Fiesta Ballroom	Arms & Legs
13 June 1976	London, The Bandwagon, Kingsbury	Arms & Legs
15 June 1976	Portsmouth, Martha's	Arms & Legs
18 June 1976	Portland, Portland Youth Centre	Arms & Legs
19 June 1976	Watford, The New Penny Disco	Arms & Legs
24 June 1976	Swindon, The Barbary Club, R.A.F.H. Wroughton	Arms & Legs
26 June 1976	Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Kevin Ayers Band" and "Fastbuck"
1 July 1976	Portsmouth, The Centre Hotel	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Unicorn"
5 July 1976	Deal, The Astor Theatre	Arms & Legs
6 July 1976	Portsmouth, Martha's	Arms & Legs
7 July 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Arms & Legs
9 July 1976	Bournemouth, Brummells Hotel	Arms & Legs
10 July 1976	Cinderford, The Causeway Club	Arms & Legs
15 July 1976	Eastleigh, The Elbow Room	Arms & Legs
16 July 1976	Oxford, Oxford Old Boys Rugby Football Club	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Burlesque Fun Band"
17 July 1976	Havant, Havant College	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Nudist"
23 July 1976	Chatham, The Old Ash Tree	Arms & Legs
24 July 1976	Weymouth, The Steering Wheel	Arms & Legs
27 July 1976	Southampton, The Post House Hotel	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Sinclair Trio"
30 July 1976	Bournemouth, Brummells Hotel	Arms & Legs
31 July 1976	London, The Sundown, Charing Cross Road	Arms & Legs
4 Aug 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Arms & Legs
7 Aug 1976	Botley, Silver Lake	Arms & Legs	open air, early show, on a bill with "Joker" and "Move It"
7 Aug 1976	Woking, Woking Centre Halls	Arms & Legs
14 Aug 1976	Manning Tree, Brantham Athletic & Social Club	Arms & Legs
20 Aug 1976	Bournemouth, The Badger Bars	Arms & Legs	also release date of 2nd A&L single
21 Aug 1976	Clacton-on-Sea, Westcliff Hotel	Arms & Legs
27 Aug 1976	Gosport, The John Peel	Arms & Legs
28 Aug 1976	Newtown, The B.R.D. Social Club	Arms & Legs	open air, on a bill with "Bumper"
29 Aug 1976	Bournemouth, The Village Bowl	Arms & Legs	on a bill with "Freshly Layed", "Rebel" and "Soho Jets"
5 Sept 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Arms & Legs
10 Sept 1976	Morden, The Rose	Arms & Legs
13 Sept 1976	London, Gulliver's, Mayfair	Arms & Legs
18 Sept 1976	Swanage, Swanage Grammar School	Arms & Legs	marquee
1 Oct 1976	Gosport, The John Peel	Arms & Legs
2 Oct 1976	Chatham, The Old Ash Tree	Arms & Legs
4 Oct 1976	London, Gulliver's, Mayfair	Arms & Legs
9 Oct 1976	Lytchett Matravers, Chequers Inn	Arms & Legs
21 Oct 1976	Wallingford, R.A.F. Benson	Arms & Legs	Joe Jackson's last gig with Arms & Legs