1971 Arena Rock

Alvin Lee – Ten Years After Gigs 1971

Ten Years After continue their life on the road, playing to large enthusiastic audiences in the U.S. and Europe, and they tour the U.K. for the fiirst time in 18 months.

February

February 24, 1971 – Fyens Forum/Odense, Denmark

February 25, 1971 – Konserthus Stora Salen/Stockholm, Sweden with Mick Abrahams Band scheduled

February 26, 1971 – Konserthuset/Gothenburg, Sweden with Mick Abrahams Band scheduled

February 27, 1971 – K. B. Hallen/Copenhagen, Denmark
TYA setlist Love Like A Man, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Hobbit, One Of These Days, “You’re Walking Around With Your Head In The Sky” (introduced as “another new one”), She Lies In The Morning , I’m Going Home.

February 28, 1971 – Ernst-Merck-Halle/Hamburg, Germany

March

March 2, 1971 – Deutschlandhalle / West Berlin
TYA setlist included Love Like A Man, No Title, Once There Was A Time (Alvin says,”), Slow Blues In C (different lyrics), Hobbit, One Of These Days, “You’re Walking Around With Your Head In The Sky” (actual title unknown, a rare number never released on an LP -), I’m Going Home.

March 4, 1971 – Koncerthaus/Vienna, Austria

March 5, 1971 – Circus Krone-Bau, Munich Germany with Mick Abrahams Band scheduled but did not perform TYA Setlist included Love Like A Man, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Slow Blues In C , Hobbit, One Of These Days, She Lies In The Morning, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen.
Mick Abrahams Band opens the show for TYA

March 6, 1971 – Rheinhalle/Düsseldorf, Germany with Mick Abrahams Band scheduled but did not perform
March 7 & 8, 1971 – Kongresshalle/Frankfurt, Germany March 9, 1971 – Münsterland Halle/Münster, Germany March 10, 1971 – Hall 16 du Wacken/Strasbourg, France March 11, 1971 – Stadthalle/Freiburg, Germany

March 13, 1971 – Casino/Montreux, Sitzerland
TYA setlist included: Love Like a Man, No Title, Once There Was a Time, Slow Blues in C, Hobbit, One of These Days (20 min. version), She Lies in the Morning, I’m Going Home, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n Roll You,

March 17, 1971 – Palazzo Dello Sport/Rome, Italy with Mick Abrahams Band scheduled
TYA setlist included Love Like A Man, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, One Of These Days, I’m Going Home.

March 24, 1971 – Forest National/Brussels, Belgium
The concert is performed without Chick Churchill who was ill.

April

April 8, 1971 – Cobo Arena/Detroit, Michigan support: Cactus, Mylon

April 9, 1971 – St. Paul Civic Center/St. Paul, Minnesota with Humble Pie

April 10, 1971 – Winnipeg Arena/Winnipeg, MB with: Humble Pie Manitoba with: Humble Pie

April 13, 1971 – Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum/Indianapolis, Indiana with: Cactus

April 14, 1971 – Canton Memorial Auditorium/Canton, OH Ohio with Humble Pie & Uriah Heep

April 16, 1971 – Boston Garden/Boston, Massachusetts Supporting acts are Cactus and Humble Pie.

April 17, 1971 – State Fair Coliseum/Syracuse, New York with: Humble Pie

April 18, 1971 – SUNY Plattsburgh/Plattsburgh, New York with: David Rea

April 20, 1971 – Fillmore East/New York City, New York with the J. Geils Band
TYA setlist included Love Like A Man, No Title, Silly Thing, Once There Was A Time (introduced by Alvin as “a new song you’ve never heard before”), Slow Blues In C, Hobbit, One Of These Days, She Lies In The Morning, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen, Good Morning Little School Girl.
The opening act was the J. Geils Band.

Friday, April 23&24, 1971 – Pirates World/Dania, FL with: Humble Pie

Friday, April 25, 1971 – Univ. of Illinois Assembly Hall/Champaign, Illinois with: Curved Air

April 26, 1971 Montreal Forum/Montreal, Quebec, with: Procol Harum, Pagliaro

April 28, 1971 – Pacific Coliseum/Vancouver, BC The opening act is Chilliwack. British Columbia

April 29, 1971 – Memorial Coliseum/Portland, Oregon The opening act is Ballin’ Jack.

April 30 and May 1, 1971 – Winterland Ballroom/San Francisco, California The supporting acts were Elixir and

Grootna.

May

May 2, 1971 – Long Beach Arena/Long Beach, California with Humble Pie. Cactus was scheduled but did not perform.
The concert is sold out and 400 disappointed fans are cleared out with tear gas after engaging in a bottle throwing spree. TYA setlist included Love Like a Man, No Title , Once There Was a Time, Slow Blues in ‘C’, One of These Days, Hobbit, She Lies in the Morning, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen

August

The TYA album ‘A Space in Time’ is released in August 1971

August 4, 1971 – Gaelic Park/New York City, New York

The opening act is the Edgar Winter Band.

TYA setlist included One Of These Days, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Here They Come, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Hard Monkeys, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You.

One Of These Days, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Here They Come, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Hard Monkeys, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You. T

August 8, 1971 – Convention Hall/Wildwood, NJ New Jersey

August 11, 1971 – Municipal Auditorium/Atlanta, Georgia

August 12, 1971 – Hofheinz Pavilion/Houston, Texas with: Procol Harum

August 14 & 15, 1971 – The Warehouse/New Orleans, LA The opening act is the Edgar Winter Band.

August 19, 1971 – Auditorium/Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Lee Michaels

August 20, 1971 – Paramount Northwest/Seattle, Washington with Junior Cadillac

August 24, 1971 – Municipal Auditorium/Kansas City, Missouri with: Procol Harum

August 25, 1971 – Brady Theater/Tulsa, Oklahoma with Procol Harum & Bright Eyes

August 27, 1971 – Convention Center/Las Vegas, Nevada

August 28, 1971 Kiel Auditorium/St. Louis, , Missouri

August 29, 1971 – Merriweather Post Pavilion/Columbia, Maryland The opening acts were Mylon & Donald Johanos

September

September 14, 1971 – Colston Hall/Bristol, England September 15, 1971 – Philharmonic Hall/Liverpool, England

September 16, 1971 – City Hall/Newcastle, England

September 17, 1971 – Empire/Edinburgh, Scotland (postponed to September 25)

September 18 & 19, 1971 – Coliseum Theater/London, England
On Saturday, Ten Years After are the first to play a midnight show at London’s famous Coliseum Theater.
Also on the bill: Supertramp, Keith Christmas

September 20, 1971 – Guildhall/Southampton, England September 22, 1971 – De Montfort Hall/Leicester, England

September 25, 1971 – City Hall/Leeds, England (cancelled)

September 25, 1971 – Empire/Edinburgh, Scotland (postponed)

September 26, 1971 – Free Trade Hall/Manchester, England September 27, 1971 – St. George’s Hall/Bradford, England September 28, 1971 – City Hall/Sheffield, England

September 30, 1971 – City Hall/Newcastle, England with Supertramp & Keith Christmas

October

October 2, 1971 – Oude RAI/Amsterdam, Netherlands with Cobra TYA setlist included One of These Days, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, Silly Thing, I’m Going Home, Sweet Little Sixteen.

October 4, 1971 – Town Hall/Birmingham, England

October 29, 1971 -Forum/Montreal, Canada with Daddy Cool. Fleetwood Mac was originally scheduled in support but cancelled
TYA replace Deep Purple, who had to cancel due to Ian Gillan illness

Ten Years After start their 10th tour of America.

October 30, 1971 – The Spectrum/Philadelphia, PA Ten Years After start their 12th tour of America. support for this evening: J. Geils Band &Tucky Buzzard

November

November 1, 1971 – Boston Garden/Boston, Massachusetts with Mylon
The set list for this concert is: One Of These Days, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Good Morning Little School Girl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Jam, Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock & Roll You. She Lies In The Morning has been replaced in the set with an extended jam.

November 2, 1971 – Hara Arena/Dayton, Ohio with Procol Harum

November 3, 1971 – International Amphitheatre/Chicago, Illinois with John Mayall Blues Band

November 4, 1971 – Oklahoma State Fairgrounds/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

November 5, 1971 – Pershing Auditorium/Lincoln, Nebraska

November 6, 1971 – Henry Levitt Arena/Wichita, Kansas


November 7, 1971
– HemisFair Arena/San Antonio, , Texas

November 9, 1971 – County Coliseum/El Paso, , Texas

November 10, 1971 – San Diego Sports Arena/San Diego, California also on the bill: Yes, J. Geils Band

November 11, 1971 – Forum/Inglewood, California
TYA set list included: One Of These Days, No Title, Once There Was A Time, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Hobbit, Slow Blues In C, Jam (Alvin says,”we’ve been doing a jam every night, this is another in a series”), Classical Thing, Scat Thing, I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes, I’m Going Home, Baby Won’t You let Me Rock & Roll You.
also on the bill: Yes, J. Geils Band

November 12, 1971 – Winterland/San Francisco, California also on the bill: Big Brother & the Holding Co., Gold

November 13, 1971 with: Good Thunder

November 16, 1971 – Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO with J. Geils Band

November 18, 1971– Madison Square Garden/New York, New York

November 19, 1971 William & Mary Hall/Williamsburg, Virginia Yes is the opener

November 20, 1971 – Duke University Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina Yes is the opener

November 21, 1971 – Cobo Arena/Detroit, Michigan with: J. Geils Band, Curved Air

November 22, 1971 – Dane County Coliseum/Madison, Wisconsin with: J. Geils Band

November 24, 1971 – Fort Homer W. Hesterly/Tampa, Florida The opening act is Mylon LeFevre & Holy Smoke.

November 25, 1971 – Cincinnati Gardens/Cincinnati, Ohio with: John Mayall, Glass Harp

“I’d Love To Change The World”/Columbia Records Promo Film (1971)
This 16mm film promo was released by Columbia Records in 1971 to promote the “Space In Time” LP. It originally aired on a U.S. TV show in 1971, and later reappeared in a 1989 German TV special about the reformation of Ten Years After.

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