Ralph McTell tour dates 1971 to 1980
1971
Ralph was in America till October 24th and appeared on TV on The David Frost show and The Mike Douglas show
AUTUMN TOUR 1971
RALPH McTELL
OCTOBER
30 Queen Elizabeth Hall
NOVEMBER
18 Leicester Polytechnic
22 Croydon Fairfield Halls
23 Cleethorpes Winter Gardens
29 Birmingham Town Hall
DECEMBER
3rd Flintshire College of Technology
8th Oxford Town Hall
9th Norwich Lads Club
10 Plymouth Guildhall
11 Bristol Colston Hall
1972
TOUR 1972 – with the Natural Acoustic Band
RALPH McTELL
OCTOBER
8 – Theatre Royal, St. Helen’s
9 – Free Trade Hall, Manchester
10 – Central Hall, Walsall
11 – Swansea University
13 – St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich
14 – Concert Hall, Lewisham
18 – Queen’s University, Belfast
27 – Rainbow Theatre, London
29 – Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
NOVEMBER
1 – City Hall, Glasgow
2 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
3 – York University
4 – Hull University
6 – St. George’s Hall, Bradford
7 – Town Hall, Leeds
9 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
11 – Civic Hall, Barnsley.
13 – City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
17 – Memorial Hall, Barry
18 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin
20 – Town Hall, Birmingham
21 – Colston HalL Bristol
23 – Guildhall, Portsmouth
24 – Fairfieid Hall, Croydon
26 – Royal Court, Liverpool
28 – Town Hall, Oxford
29 – Civic Hall, Guildford
30 – Lancastrian Hall, Swinton
DECEMBER
2 – Civic Hall, Barrow
3 – Civic Theatre, Darlington
8 – Roval Spa Centre, Lemington Spa
9 – Winter Gardens, Weston Super Mare
10 – Woodville Hall, Gravesend
12 – Southen Cliffs Pavillion
1973
TOUR 1973 – with special guest Paul Brett
RALPH McTELL
OCTOBER
Sunday 7th – CAMBRIDGE GUILDHALL
Thursday 11th – DUNSTABLE CIVIC HALL
Friday 12th – HULL UNIVERSITY
Saturday 13th – LEICESTER UNIVERSITY
Sunday 14th – CHESFORD GRANGE, KENILWORTH
Tuesday 16th – SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE THEATRE
Wednesday 17th – YORK ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE
Friday 19th – STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY
Saturday 20th – EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
Sunday 21st – DUNDEE UNIVERSITY
Tuesday 23rd – NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Wednesday 24th – LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY
Thursday 25th – CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Saturday 27th – PLYMOUTH GUILDHALL
Monday 29th – CAERPHILLY FESTIVAL
Wednesday 31st – LEEDS POLYTECHNIC
NOVEMBER
Friday 2nd – BRUNEL UNIVERSITY, UXBRIDGE
Saturday 3rd – MANCHESTER POLYTECHNIC
Friday 9th – NOTTINGHAM THEATRE ROYAL (Box Office: Nottingham 42328)
Sunday 10th – LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Thursday 15th – BR ISTOL UNIVERSITY
Friday 16th – BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY
Saturday 17th – IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON
1974
TOUR 1974 – with special guest Prelude
RALPH McTELL
JANUARY
30th – Royal Albert Hall
FEBRUARY
1st – Colston Hall, Bristol
2nd– Dome, Brighton
3rd – Theatre Royal, Norwich
4th – Marlow Theatre
5th – Guildhall, Portmouth
7th – City Hall, Newscastle
8th – The Apollo Glasgow
9th – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
10th – Guildhall, Preston
11th – Town Hall, Birmingham
12th – Free Trade Hall, Manchester
13th – De Mont Ford Hall, Leicester
15th – Cliffs Pavillion, Southend
17th – Royal Court, Liverpool
19th – City Hall, Hull
22nd – Town Hall Leeds
23rd – Central Hall Chatham
24th – New Theatre Cardiff
25th – New Theatre, Oxford
28th – Fairfield Halls, Croydon
MARCH
2nd – City Hall, St Albans
3rd – Theatre Royal York
1975
TOUR 1975 – with special guests Gay Woods and Terry Woods
RALPH McTELL
FEBRUARY
22nd – Exeter University
23rd – Plymouth Guild Hall
24th – Regal Cinema, Redruth
25th – Cardiff University
26th – Nottingham University
28th – New Theatre Oxford
FURTHER DATES IN MARCH AND APRIL
1977
TOUR 1977 – with special guest Prelude
RALPH McTELL
January
19 Germany TV
20 Germany TV
21 Germany TV
25 London Interviews
28 Bremen
29 Hanover
February
3 Germany TV
4 Hamburg
8 Bristol TV
9 Cardiff University
10 Aberystwyth University
12 Reading University
13 Leeds University
14 Bradford Radio
15 Liverpool
16 Manchester University
17 Warwick University
18 Bristol University
19 Bradford University
21 Surrey University
22 Southampton University
23 Oxford Polytechnic
24 Keele University
25 Lancaster University
26 Strathclyde University
27 Dundee University
28 Ayr Pavilion
March
2 Newcastle Polytechnic
4 Bath University
5 Birmingham University
6 Plymouth Guildhall
7 Exeter University
8 Malvern Winter Gardens
9 London Radio
10 Session Radio 1
13 Chile Concert, New London Theatre
15 Arrive Australia
16 Sydney Radio
17 Melbourne Radio
18 Melbourne Prahon College
21 Melbourne Monath University
22 Melbourne Tech
23 Melbourne University
24 Sydney University NSW
25 Sydney University
26 Newcastle University
27 Armidale University
28 Bathurst Mitchell College
29 Canbera University
31 Perth Concert Hall
April
1 Adelaide Teachers College
2 Adelaide Teachers College
3 Melbourne Town Hall
4 Sydney Town Hall
6 Arrive USA
7 Troubadour LA
8 Troubadour LA
9 Troubadour LA
10 Troubadour LA
11 San Francisco Radio & TV
12 Arrive Chicago
15 Philadelphia Main Point
16 Philadelphia Main Point
17 New York Bottom Line
19 Arrive London
20 Germany TV
21 Germany TV
23 Copenhagen, Denmark
25 Goteborg, Sweden
26 Stockholm, Sweden
28 Oslo, Norway
May
10 Brighton, Dome
12 Portsmouth, Guildhall
14 De Montfort, Leicester
15 Stratford, Shakespeare
16 Bristol, Colston Hall
17 Liverpool, Empire
18 Birmingham, Town Hall
21 Manchester, Free Trade Hall
23 Sheffield, City Hall
25 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
28 Glasgow, City Hall
29 Newcastle, City Hall
June
3 Fairfield Hall, Croydon
6 Royal Festival Hall, London
Set List : Brighton Concert on May 10 was:
Prelude were on from 8.05 until 8.45 pm
Ralph came on at 9.15 pm
When I Was A Cowboy
First Song
Too Tight Rag
Tequila Sunset
Interest On The Loan
Let Me Down Easy
Candy Man
Grande Affaire
Country Boys
First And Last Man
Would I Lie To You
Blind Blake’s Rag
Zimmerman Blues
Streets of London
Sweet Mystery
Encores:
Hesitation Blues
Maginot Waltz
Off at 10.40 pm
1979
TOUR 1979
RALPH McTELL
MARCH
15 – Chatham, Central Hall
16 – Eastbourne, Congress Theatre
17 – Horsham, Capital Theatre
18 – Slough, The Fulcrum
21 – Hull New Theatre
22 – Newton Aycliffe Recreation Centre, Beverage Arcade, Newton Aycliffe
23 – Sheffield Polytechnic
26 – Nottingham Theatre Royal
27 – Blackburn, King Georges Hall
28 – Ashton, Tameside Theatre
29 – Derby, Assembly Rooms
30 – Nottingham, Trent Poly
APRIL
1 – Northampton Theatre Royal
2- Croydon Fairfield Hall
4 – Cardiff New Theatre
5 – Shrewsbury, A
6 – St. Albans, City Hall
7 – Norwich, St Andrews Hall
8 – Cambridge, Giuildhall
DECEMBER
14th – Crucible Theatre SHEFFIELD
16th – Theatre Royal Drury Lane – Christmas Charity Concert
17th – Town Hall BIRMINGHAM
19th – Fulcrum Centre SLOUGH
20th – RDS Concert Hall DUBLIN
21st – Grosvenor Hall BELFAST
1980
SPRING TOUR 1980
– with FRENCH GUITARISTS M ICHEL & JACQUES opening the Concerts for Ralph
RALPH McTELL
APRIL
5th – HEXAGON THEATRE, READING
6th – CUMBERNAULD THEATRE, GLASGOW
8th – ASSEMBLY HALL, NORTHING
9th – CIVIC HALL, CAMBERLEY
10th – POOLE ARTS CENTRE, POOLE
llth – CIVIC HALL, BOREHAMWOOD
12th – TOWN HALL, LEW I SHAM
13th – ROYAL SPA, LEAMINGTON
14th – TOWN HALL, BURTON ON TRENT
16th – THE GUILDHALL, PORTSMOUTH
17th – CIVIC HALL, BARNSLEY
18th – KEY THEATRE, PETERBOROUGH
19th – HYNDBURN CENTRE, ACCRINGTON
20th – NEW THEATRE, SOUTHPORT
21st – TAMESIDE THEATRE, ASHTON
22nd – FAIRFIELD HALL, CROYDON
23rd – CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE
25th – TOLWORTH CENTRE, SURBITON
26th – FARNBOROUGH CENTRE, FARNBOROUGH (HANTS)
27th – CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND
29th – JOHNSON HALL, YEOVIL
30th – QUEENS HALL, BARNSTAPLE
MAY
1st – GRAND THEATRE, SWANSEA
2nd – NEW THEATRE, CARDIFF
3rd – STANTONBURY CENTRE, MILTON KEYNES
4th – COATHAM BOWL, REDCAR
5th – HATFIELD COLLEGE, DURHAM UNIVERSITY
DECEMBER
6th – LONDON PALLADIUM – 4th Christmas Concert with Donovan and Billy Connolly
Ralph, Albert & Sydney 