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1979 The Astoria Theatre London, Beatlemania.
1980 First gig at Tiverton College. Trinity College Cambridge.
Northwest working men's club tour.
1981 Rick joins the Band Bailey's Watford. Toured Israel.
1982 Toured USSR. First Western rock band to tour Soviet Union.
1983 Toured Far East, India, Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines. Play in front of 18,000 at The Araneta Colosseum Manila. Then to 4 men and a dog in the same week at Burton on Trent Allied Sports and Social Club.
1984 Went to the USA 20yrs to the day after The Beatles went there. The tour collapses after 4 weeks.
1985 Visited the Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt and the Taj Mahal, India. Played Akureyri, Iceland.
1986 Butlins Bognor. Tour Scandinavia. Play Brown's Wine Bar Nottingham. Becomes a regular Christmas gig.
1987 Paul joins the Band Caribbean cruise. Far East tour.
1988 Marquee Club London, San Moritz, Switzerland.
1989 Nairobi, Kenya. Bahamas. Record "Hey Jude" Abbey Road Studio
1990 Band decide to risk first theatre tour First UK tour commences at Kings Theatre, Glasgow.
1991 First gig Liverpool Empire.
1992 Third UK tour includes The London Palladium. Paul gets held up in traffic jam and misses first six songs at Newmarket Races. Former potential Paul who auditioned for the part is in the audience and stands in till Paul arrives.
1993 Duke String Quartet and brass ensemble join the tour. Dutch tour, 30 dates. UK tour, 42 dates.
1994 First Albert Hall gig, Virgin, Oxford Street London Rooftop concert commemorates The Beatles 25th anniversary. Play Stow public school. BBC Paris Theatre with Brian Matthew and Fluff.
1995 Reeperbahn, Hamburg. Budokan, Japan. Glastonbury main stage. Play 2 nights, Earl's Court with Oasis.
1996 Edinburgh festival, Knebworth festival, Loch Lomond and Cork with Oasis. Neil taken ill backstage at college gig, appears five songs later looking whiter than his suite.
1997 Anfield Hillsborough concert, Wembley Stadium with Rod Stewart. Glastonbury. Eighth UK tour.
1998 The Royal Festival Hall, 29 UK Winter Tour dates
1999 20th Anniversary Tour, The Royal Albert Hall.
2000 The Royal Albert Hall, UK Tour. Concerts in USA, Canada, France, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UEA, Denmark and Switzerland.
2001 Paul Cooper leaves the band to pursue a solo career. David Catlin-Birch re-joins the band after 14 years.
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