17 March 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The Troggs.

The Kinks were originally billed as the headliners for this date.

11 June 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Rampant.

16 July 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The Quiet Five and The Just Men.

16 October 1965 - City Hall

Supported by The In-Sect.

3 March 1966 - City Hall

FAIRPORT CONVENTION

10 April 1969 - Alex Disco

ADAM FAITH

23 November 1962 – Gaumont

With Gene Vincent, The Roulettes, Peter Gordeno, Chance Gordon, Johnny Wiltshire and The Trebletones and Dave Reid.

MARIANNE FAITHFULL

16 June 1999 - Arts Centre.

Supported by Marlboro County Fair.

A warm up show for a major tour.

May 2005 - St Marys Cathedral

With a big old orchestra as part of the Salisbury Arts Festival

THE FALL

7 May 1999 – Arts Centre

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES

8 September 1966 – City Hall

FAMILY

1 February 1969 - Alex Disco

28 September 1968 - Alex Disco

THE FAMILY CAT

22 October 1993 - Arts Centre.

CHRIS FARLOWE AND THE THUNDERBIRDS

22 September 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Impacts.

13 January 1968 - Alex Disco

27 July 1968 - Alex Disco

23 January 1969 - Alex Disco

FELINE

The Gallery

SHANE FENTON AND THE FENTONES

28 February 1962 – Gaumont

Supporting John Leyton.

14 March 1963 – Gaumont

Supporting Joe Brown.

5 September 1963 - City Hall

Supported by The Rebels.

FISH

14 December 1997 - City Hall

Wayne Wright: It was a mighty fine gig by the big fella.

FLEETWOOD MAC

25 February 1968 - Alex Disco

13 April 1968 - Alex Disco

25 July 1968 - Alex Disco

Supported by Duster Bennett.

MICK FLEETWOOD

City Hall

Mick Fleetwood guested on drums with a Fleetwood Mac tribute band

THE FLEUR DE LYS

7 August 1965 - City Hall

Supported by Ricky Vernon and The Pathfinders.

24 March 1966 - City Hall

Supporting The Fortunes.

WAYNE FONTANA AND THE MINDBENDERS

16 January 1964 - City Hall

Supported by The Barracudas.

10 March 1965 – Odeon

Supporting Del Shannon.

EMILE FORD AND THE CHECKMATES

17 April 1960 – Gaumont

With Frank Ifield, Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, The Frantic Freddie Lloyd Five, Kathy Kirby, Paul Beattie and The Beats and Norman Vaughan.

15 January 1961 – Gaumont

With Jimmy Lloyd, Bobby Deacon, The Fordettes, The Hunters, Patti Brook and The Diamonds and Alan Field.

THE FORTUNES

24 March 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Fortunes; The Fleur de Lys.

THE FOUNDATIONS

24 April 1968 – Odeon

Supporting The Bee Gees.

14 ICED BEARS

28 January 1988 - City Hall Alamein Suite

One of a series of gigs put on by Dave Todd with Marty and Alan from Bubblegum Splash!

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS

21 November 1963 - City Hall

Supported by Terry Black and The Blackhearts.

FREE

14 November 1968 - Alex Disco

As ‘The Free’.

16 February 1972 - City Hall

BILLY FURY

2 December 1961 – Gaumont

With Eden Kane, The Karl Denver Trio, The Allisons, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Dave Sampson, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers and Gordon Peters.

1 November 1962 – Gaumont

With Karl Denver, Joe Brown, Mike Sarne, Marty Wilde, Jimmy Justice and Mark Wynter.

THE FUZZTONES

24 August 1989 - Arts Centre

Supported by The Stand

'The Rambler' magazine: 'I'd been waiting for this since the dates were announced. I couldn't believe it - a f-----' decent band coming to Salisbury for a change. Previews in The Journal and Sounds enhanced my excitement before the plastering of practically the whole city with 'In Heat' (the band's then current album) posters (also seen at Lopcombe, Swindon and Winchester) bought me to fever pitch. Support act was old Barnesy's band The Stand. They were great, a right rip off mind - pure 77/78 Clash City stuff, still that can't be a bad thing I suppose. The Fuzztones took the stage looking like the coolest rock'n'roll band on the planet, dressed completely in black from their winklepickers to their raven barnets, launched into 'Jack The Ripper' and never looked back. The classics just kept coming.....'Nine Months Later', 'Sheez Wycked', 'Bad New Travels Fast', '1-2-5' etc etc. Rudi Protrudi's harmonica sounded brilliant and they were so good I even bought a t- shirt - and Ady bought a poster to cover up his Status Quo one. Defintely the best band I've ever seen in this town - will we ever see their like again? - I doubt it.'

Jon Maple's 'Soundtracks' (Salisbury Journal 31 August 1989): After a long lay off the Arts Centre's Passenger Club stirred itself into action last Thursday evening with a rare appearance by the Los Angeles based Fuzztones.....who sauntered on, plugged in and stormed into a version of Link Wray's 'Jack The Ripper'. Indeed most of the set seemed to consist of cover versions and even their own songs, like the new single 'Nine Months Later', could have been written for the Monkees. Their heavy use of other people's material is well justified by the fact that when the original artists recorded it in the America of the mid 60s, those groups were so obscure that the records were not much heard outside the area of the local radio station. Yet these fine songs, by bands like The Haunted, The Chocolate Watch Band and The Shadows Of Knight are equal to many by The Kinks, The Stones and Them. No, The Fuzztones didn't do much inner searching to find their material but the performance of it was excellent. The call-and-response routine between guitar and harmonica might cynically be described as a cliche, but it worked. The cheesy organ sound and tinny Vox Phantom and Rickenbacker guitars were perfectly suited to the songs and the drummer was one of the best I've seen this year. The voice of Rudi Protrudi is similar in tone to that of Iggy Pop, but lacking the Ig's range and power, especially on the higher notes. Having read reviews of the London gigs, I attended this one with low expectations. I left uplifted and with a patina of perspiration upon my noble brow.

RORY GALLAGHER

30 September 1971 - City Hall

GANG OF FOUR

Arts Centre

BOB GELDOF

28 November 2002 - City Hall

GENE

5 March 1999 – Arts Centre

GENESIS

7 November 1971 – City Hall

Supporting Van Der Graaf Generator

19 February 1972 - Alex Disco

Bryan Langford: “We went to see Genesis on 19 February 1972 but, I seem to remember that it was cancelled and re-booked to the later date you have (11 November 1972). In the intervening 9 months Genesis “took off” so the November gig was packed to the rafters.”

22 July 1972 - Alex Disco

11 November 1972 - Alex Disco

Will Blake: I was at one of those Genesis Gigs at the Alex Rooms in the 1970s. Only one thunder flash and Peter Gabriel with the silly shaved strip in his hair as I remember. Happy days.

GODFLESH

16 April 1992 - Arts Centre

Supported by Mad Cow Disease

GOLDBLADE

16 December 1999 - Old Ale House

Supported by Spankboy

18 January 2001 - Black Pig

SID GRIFFIN

May 2005 – Royal George

This was a late addition to the Salisbury Arts Festival - missed it dammit!

GROOP DOGDRILL

17 May 1997 - Arts Centre

Supporting Carter USM

27 February 1998 - Arts Centre

THE GROOVE FARM

19 November 1987 – City hall Alamein Suite

Supported by The Mayfields (their first ever gig) and The Phenobarbitones

One of a series of gigs put on by Dave Todd with Marty and Alan from Bubblegum Splash!

GUN

16 January 1969 – Alex Disco

GYPSY QUEEN

1989 - Arts Centre

THE HAMSTERS

1 December 2005 - Arts Centre

With Wilko Johnson and John Otway on the 'Mad, Bad and Dangerous' tour

ROY HARPER

3 November 1991 - Arts Centre

23 July 1995 - Arts Centre

28 September 2000 - Arts Centre

6 October 2002 - City Hall

HARRIS, WEE WILLIE

7 January 1958 – Gaumont

See entry under 6.5 Road Special.

23 February 1958 – Gaumont

With The Southlanders, The Vagabonds, Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group, Tony Crombie and The Most Brothers.

DEBBIE HARRY

Arts Centre

KEEF HARTLEY

19 October 1968 - Alex Disco

25 January 1969 - Alex Disco

21 June 1969 - Alex Disco

4 October 1969 - Alex Disco

27 December 1969 - Alex Disco

HAWKWIND

17 July 1973 - City Hall

21 and 23 June 1977 – Stonehenge Free Festival

21 June 1980 – Stonehenge Free Festival

19 June 1981 – Stonehenge Free Festival

20 June 1982 – Stonehenge Free Festival

22 June 1983 – Stonehenge Free Festival

21 June 1984 – Stonehenge Free Festival

21 June 1985 – Stonehenge Free Festival

There are loads of bootlegs of Hawkwind at Stonehenge kicking about.

20 April 2004 – City Hall

THE HEADS

10 December 1994 - The Gallery Club

TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC

26 June 1955 – Gaumont

With Robbie Britton, Kathy Lloyd and Peter Lowe.

26 February 1956 – Gaumont

With Robbie Britton, Peter Lowe and Toni Eden.

THE HERD

19 February 1966 - City Hall

Supported by The Temptations.

15 April 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Forbidden Fruit.

13 June 1968 - City Hall

Supported by The Emotions.

HERE & NOW

June 1978 – Stonehenge Free Festival

25 November 1978 - Tech College

HERMAN’S HERMITS

10 March 1965 – Odeon

Supporting Del Shannon.

NICK HEYWARD

23 October 2010 - St Marys Cathedral

Solo, acoustic and candelit for Oxfam.

THE HOAX

20 December 1996 - Arts Centre

14 November 1997 - Arts Centre

JOOLS HOLLAND

7 June 1998 - City Hall

THE HOLLIES

25 March 1965 - City Hall

Supported by Ricky Vernon and The Pathfinders.

28 May 1968 – Odeon

Supported by The Scaffold, Paul Jones and The Mike Vickers Orchestra.

4 March 1999 - City Hall

BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS

22 March 1958 – Gaumont

With Gary Miller; The Tanner Sisters, Ronnie Keane’s Orchestra featuring Lynne Adams and Des O’Connor.

JOHN LEE HOOKER

26 June 1969 - Alex Disco

THE HOUSE OF LOVE

20 June 1992 - Arts Centre.

Supported by The Rockingbirds.

Dave Todd: This was almost the last ever gig at the Arts Centre. Earlier in the day a few hundred of us marched through the streets of Salisbury in support of the ‘Save The Arts Centre’ campaign.

'The Rambler' magazine: 'House Of Love opened with some of their older stuff such as 'Shine On' and 'I Don't Know Why I Love You' unfortunately leaving out 'Christine' (despite frequent requests from the audience for it) and 'The Beatles and The Stones', which are my particular favourites. They also played a fair amount of new material taken from their soon to be released album. They were, as I expected, extremely good. The only criticism I have of them is that they are lacking in charisma - they simply walk on, play (albeit very well) and walk off.'

HURRICANE #1

31 May 1997 - Arts Centre

THEE HYPNOTICS

4 May 1989 - Arts Centre

FRANK IFIELD

17 April 1960 – Gaumont

Supporting Emile Ford and The Checkmates.

JIMMY JAMES AND THE VAGABONDS

2 March 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Gordon Riots.

15 June 1967 - City Hall

Supported by The Life.

JASMINE MINKS

16 July 1988 - Arts Centre

Supported by The Mayfields

THE JAZZ BUTCHER

10 November 1988 – City Hall Foyer

Supported by Farley 708

One of a series of gigs put on by Dave Todd with Marty and Alan from Bubblegum Splash!

JETHRO TULL

13 July 1968 - Alex Disco

1 April 2007 - City Hall

15 April 2008 – City Hall

Roger Elliott writing in the Salisbury Journal on 24 April 2008: ‘It is an extremely unlikely thing that a sixties rock group fronted by a wild eyed flautist with a propensity for standing on one leg should manage to survive for forty years, and yet Jethro Tull have done so, and if their gig at the City Hall on Tuesday is anything to go by, they continue to flourish. A happy anomaly.

Playing music from throughout their long career it was more like a series of snapshots rather than a normal concert format. Starting at their roots as an unlikely blues band with more than a tinge of jazz about them the Tull moved swiftly through their history playing a mixture of familiar tunes like ‘Living In The Past’ and obscure gems like the Sonny Terry blues they once played on a John Peel session but never recorded.

Although it didn't take them long to join the ranks of rock royalty in the seventies, the last few decades have seen them ploughing their own furrow and producing interesting and distinctive music. All thoroughly absorbing.

Inevitably it was the likes of ‘Thick As A Brick’ and the mighty ‘Aqualung’ that really got the crowd going. Ian Anderson and Martin Barre rocking out like good 'uns. We finished up with ‘Locomotive Breath’ and that did the trick nicely. Here's to the next forty years.'

JO BOXERS

14 January 1983 – College Of Technology

LINTON KWESI JOHNSON

Early 80s - Arts Centre

WILKO JOHNSON

Arts Centre

1 December 2005 - Arts Centre

With John Otway and The Hamsters on the 'Mad, Bad and Dangerous' tour

PAUL JONES

28 May 1968 – Odeon

Supporting The Hollies.

JO JO GUNNE

18 March 1969 - Alex Disco

JUICY LUCY

21 March 1970 - Alex Disco