1976

supporting the The Sex Pistols...Terry Chimes quits prior, Rob Harper rejoins the band for the Tour... Some Clash photos circulate from this Tour but the venue is unknown, possibly the Winter Gardens at Cleethorpes?
see ZigZag Aoril 77 'Koncrete Clockwork' text version
or scans ... ZigZag April 77 'Koncrete Clockwork' .... pg1 ......pg2 .....pg3

Dec 1		Dundee Caird Hall cancelled/moved
		This gig never actually took place at Dundee's Caird Hall, although local record shop, Groucho's, still sells replica posters of the gig. The actual gig was played at the Dundee College of Technology Student's Union, known to one and all of a certain age, as the Bowling Alley. I was too young to get into these premises at the time, although a couple of years later spoke to different punters who described the same incident. One, Gary, winessed Johnny Rotten spending most of their set as far back from the audience as he could get before the speaker stack collapsed on someone. The other person was the girl the speakers fell on - she got a broken arm.
Dec 3		Norwich Poly - cancelled
Dec 4		Derby Kings Hall - cancelled
Dec 5		Newcastle City Hall - cancelled
Dec 6		Polytechnic, Leeds
		a Pistols recording exists from this gig but the taper only recorded the Pistols and the support slot, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers.
Dec 7		Bournemouth Village Bowl - cancelled
Dec 9		Electric Circus, Manchester
Dec 10		Charlton Theatre Preston - cancelled
Dec 10		Lancaster Uni re-arranged - also cancelled
Dec 11		Liverpool Stadium - cancelled
Dec 13		Bristol Colston Hall - cancelled
Dec 14		Cardiff Top Rank - cancelled/switched
Dec 14		Cinema, Caerphilly, Wales
		Welsh TV fimed outside and inside this venue. Recent unseen Pistols archive footage was screened on Welsh TV in 2002
Dec 15		Glasgow Apollo - cancelled
Dec 16		Dundee Caird Hall - cancelled
Dec 17		Sheffield City Hall - cancelled
Dec 17		Carlisle Market Hall - cancelled
		This is an authentic Promoter's Copy of the Variety and Allied Artistes Performance contract between Malcolm McLaren and Bino Entertainments for the Sex Pistols/Heartbreakers/Clash to appear at Carlisle Market hall on December 17, 1976. I was the promoter and this is my retention copy. The Pistols / The Heartbreakers and The Clash were due to perform for the outrageously cheap price of only £500 against 65% of the gross takings. The interesting part of this contract is the fact the concert never took place. The concert was set up at very late 7-day notice to promote the Sex Pistols around the time of their emerging notoriety. The concert was booked, tickets sold out, and everyone waited with baited breath BUT.......the Pistols appeared on Bill Grundy's infamous tv programme and the "proverbial" hit the fan. Carlisle Council called emergency meetings and after considerable toing and froing the gig was pulled at the last minute. Local and National Press and TV were hot on the story but the Council held their stance and the concert did not take place. The Clash and the Heartbreakers were in fact in Carlisle waiting to get into the venue when the concert was finally pulled. The Sex Pistols were on the M6 on their way. The document is a full four pages with the contract "rider" (conditions) pages all intact.
Dec 18		Southend Kuursal - cancelled
Dec 19		Guildford Civic Hall - cancelled/switched
Dec 19		Electric Circus, Manchester
Dec 20		Birmingham Town Hall - cancelled
Dec 20		Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes
Dec 21		Woods Centre, Plymouth
Dec 22		Torquay 400 Ballroom - cancelled/switched
Dec 22		Woods Centre, Plymouth
Dec 26		London Roxy Theatre Harlesdon - cancelled