Gigs at Exeter
For many Exeter alumni, the bands they saw in the Great Hall, The Pit or the Lemmy provide some of the greatest university memories. Over the years we have been lucky enough to hosts bands such as The Who, Pink Floyd, U2, Radiohead and Bob Marley.
While people reminisce about the gigs they attended and bands they saw, we've never had a concert list before. Now, thanks to alumni Alan Cottee (Geography, 1979) and Paul O'Carroll (English, History and Sociology, 1983), we are starting to build one. Thanks to their memories and diaries from the late seventies and early eighties we have begun a list.
If you have anything to add or comments to make, then please contact us on alumni@exeter.ac.uk and we will update the list. We'd also love to add any of your concert memories to this page.
Here's a little from Alan about why he started the list.
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"My name is Alan Cottee, I studied Geography at Exeter between September 1976 and July 1979. I then started a PGCE at Exeter through to 1980 but abandoned this early after deciding teaching wasn鈥檛 for me, subsequently having a career in I.T. until early retirement. To assist the alumni team in the development of a historical university concert listing, I have delved into my memories of music and gigs at Exeter during my time there; aided by my wife, friends, faded memories, and sometimes diaries!
"Sometime in the brief interlude between lockdowns, I was in a pub with two friends discussing bands we鈥檇 seen, as you do, and I commented that we鈥檇 had many good bands at the 淫乱色情片. This led me, during lockdown in March 2021 to start compiling a list of the bands that had been to Exeter while I was there from September 1976 to June 1980. Early on I found that a complete list didn鈥檛 exist in one place on the internet, so it took a fair bit of research, using my memories, the internet, and picking the brains, and diaries of my wife Jacky and friends who were at Exeter with me. We came up with a list that may or may not be entirely accurate, but hopefully it鈥檚 close."
"If you can add any detail to the list then please do, I鈥檇 like to fill in the gaps. I enjoyed putting this together no matter how sad or nerdy it may seem, but then it was lockdown, and I am retired."
Paul got in touch after we did a call-out for U2 memories on behalf of the band's researchers.
"I was a fresher in 1980 and, looking back now, it鈥檚 hard to appreciate the wealth of live music we were offered because at the time I took it completely for granted that you could see bands like Echo and the Bunnymen, Tenpole Tudor, Aswad and U2 in the space of a few weeks. U2 were beginning to make some waves at the time running up to their first gig at Exeter; I had heard about them on the radio and their first single, 11 O鈥檆lock Tick Tock, was on the jukebox in Cornwall House. The concert took place in 鈥楾he Pit鈥, in Cornwall House on 7 October and U2 were supported by Midnight & the Lemonboys, members of whom went on to form other bands such as Peter and the Test Tube Babies and Transvision Vamp. Publicity for the gig was through this flyer, a montage of reviews of the 鈥楤oy鈥 album from the music press. Entry was 拢1.25."
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
鈥孴his section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headline | Support | Venue |
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30/10/1964 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Halloween Ball) | The Five Dimensions, Sonny Child & the Elders, The Trogs, The Trespassers | Devonshire House |
23/01/1965 | Peter's Faces | Tony Rivers & the Castaways, The Trespassers | Devonshire House |
15/10/1965 | Bo Diddley | ||
14/12/1965 | The Small Faces | Great Hall | |
18/03/1966 | The Animals | ||
??/04/1966 | Thelonius Monk | Great Hall | |
10/06/1966 | Zoot Money鈥檚 Big Roll Band | Devonshire House | |
26/06/1966 | Manfred Mann | St Luke's | |
14/10/1966 | The Merseys | ||
29/10/1966 | Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers | The Artwoods | |
12/12/1966 | Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers | Zoot Money鈥檚 Big Roll Band | St Luke's |
13/12/1966 | Cream | PFM | Refectory, Devonshire House |
13/12/1966 | John Mayall & Peter Green | Duryard Halls | |
11/02/1967 | Manfred Mann | Great Hall | |
03/03/1967 | Episode Six | ||
04/03/1967 | Bert Jansch | ||
17/03/1967 | The Who | Great Hall | |
23/06/1967 | The Kinks | Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band | Great Hall |
26/06/1967 | Geno Washington | The Alan Price Set | St Luke's |
28/10/1967 | The Gods | ||
04/11/1967 | Jeff Beck Group | ||
12/12/1967 | Eric Burdon And The Animals | Great Hall | |
12/12/1967 | Amen Corner | St Luke's | |
12/01/1968 | Freddie Mack's Band | ||
19/01/1968 | The Herd | St Luke's | |
10/02/1968 | Geno Washington | Ram Jam Band | Devonshire House |
18/03/1968 | Davey Graham and John Renbourn | ||
26/04/1968 | The Bee Gees | The Foundations | Great Hall |
24/06/1968 | The Small Faces | Marmalade | St Luke's |
29/06/1968 | Principal Edwards Magic Theatre | ||
25/10/1968 | Principal Edwards Magic Theatre | ||
19/12/1968 | Led Zeppelin | Great Hall | |
08/02/1969 | Principal Edwards Magic Theatre | ||
01/03/1969 | Junior's Eyes | ||
01/05/1969 | The Who | ||
10/05/1969 | Yes | Great Hall | |
13/06/1969 | Pink Floyd | Great Hall | |
27/06/1969 | Moody Blues (Summer Ball) | Colosseum, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Orange Bicycle | Great Hall |
??/10/1969 | Free | Blodwyn Pig | |
31/10/1969 | Free | Cliff Bennet, Misunderstood (Juicy Lucy) | |
08/11/1969 | Nice | Circus | |
22/11/1969 | Mandred Mann Chapter Three | Origin, The Ring, John Martyn | Bradninch Hall |
28/11/1969 | Jimmie James and the Vagabonds | Devonshire House | |
??/11/1969 | Fairport Convention |
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headliner | Support | Venue |
16/01/1970 | Christine Perfect (Coming Up Ball) | Devonshire House | |
06/02/1970 | Mott The Hoople | ||
07/02/1970 | Swinging Blue Jeans | ||
13/03/1970 | Mike Westbrook鈥檚 Jazz-Rock Orchestra | ||
17/03/1970 | Deep Purple | T.Rex, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Marsha Hunt | Great Hall |
01/05/1970 | The Who | Great Hall | |
??/06/1970 | Amen Corner | St Luke's | |
12/06/1970 | Van Der Graaf Generator | Bronco | |
26/06/1970 | Humble Pie, Georgie Fame & Alan Price | Argent, Swinging Blue Jeans, Alan Hull & the Brethren | |
09/10/1970 | Joe Hiseman' Colosseum | Vinegar Joe, Juicy Lucy | |
24/10/1970 | The Pentangle | ||
30/10/1070 | Wild Wally鈥檚 Rock 鈥榥 Roll Show | ||
14/11/1970 | Ginger Baker's Airforce | Kingdom Come | Devonshire House |
20/11/1970 | Uriah Heep | Writing on the Wall | |
05/12/1970 | Van Der Graaf Generator | ||
12/12/1970 | Fairport Convention | Argent | |
16/01/1971 | Danta | ||
22/01/1971 | Mott The Hoople | Sam Apple Pie | |
29/01/1971 | Gentle Giant | (The Faces were due to headline but didn't play) | |
31/01/1971 | Wishbone Ash | ||
03/02/1971 | Pink Floyd | Great Hall | |
10/02/1971 | Barclay James Harvest | ||
17/02/1971 | Trees | ||
20/02/1971 | Caravan | Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band | |
26/02/1971 | Stackridge | ||
05/03/1971 | The Kinks | Lindisfarne, Southern Comfort | |
15/03/1971 | Tom Paxton | John St. Field | Great Hall |
17/03/1971 | Family | Curved Air, Osibisa | |
18/03/1971 | Rory Gallagher | ||
20/03/1971 | Slade | Roxy Music | |
14/04/1971 | Hawkwind | ||
07/05/1971 | Strawbs | Al Stewart | |
29/05/1971 | Yes | ||
??/06/1971 | Paladin | Machine Head | St Luke's |
25/06/1971 | Fairport Convention (Summer Ball) | Osibisa, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Casuals, Fuschia | Great Hall, Devonshire House |
08/10/1971 | Manfred Mann's Chapter Three | Paladin, Home | |
10/10/1971 | Spirogyra | Andy Roberts, Brian Patten | Cornwall House |
22/10/1971 | Atomic Rooster | Skid Row, Genesis | Great Hall |
13/11/1971 | Redwing | ||
20/11/1971 | Jack Bruce | ||
29/11/1971 | Sandy Denny (cancelled) | Great Hall | |
04/12/1971 | Philip Goodhand-Tait | Bronco | |
08/12/1971 | Lindisfarne | St Luke's | |
11/12/1971 | Quintessence | Atomic Rooster | |
21/01/1972 | Curved Air | Spring, Good Habit | |
31/01/1972 | Wishbone Ash | Glencoe | |
18/02/1972 | Incredible String Band | ||
23/02/1972 | Elton John (cancelled) | ||
03/03/1972 | Edgar Broughton Band | Stone the Crows, Focus | |
18/03/1972 | Rory Gallagher | Byzantium | |
02/05/1972 | Country Joe & The Fish | Great Hall | |
09/06/1972 | Slade | ||
??/06/1972 | Atomic Rooster | Emperor Rosko | St Luke's |
18/06/1972 | Bridget St John | Devonshire House | |
23/06/1972 | Sha Na Na | Slade, Pretty Things, Mike Westbrook Band | Great Hall |
??/09/1972 | After The Fire | St Luke's | |
06/10/1972 | Mungo Jerry | ||
06/11/1972 |
Focus | Mike Moran | |
18/11/1972 |
King Crimson | ||
24/11/1972 |
Glencoe | St Luke's | |
01/12/1972 | Hawkwind | Flood | |
05/02/1973 | Grimms | ||
14/02/1973 | Genesis | String Driven Thing | Great Hall |
02/03/1973 | The Kinks | Darryl Way's Wolf, Babe Ruth, Jon Hiseman's Tempest | Great Hall |
08/03/1973 | Paul Brett | Hunter Muskett | St Luke's |
28/04/1973 | Sensational Alex Harvey Band | ||
??/06/1973 | Tremeloes | Gary Moore | St Luke's |
29/06/1973 | Spencer Davis Group | ||
05/10/1973 | Sharks | ||
10/11/1973 | Steeleye Span | Horslips | |
19/11/1973 | Gordon Giltrap | Decameron | |
22/11/1974 | Procul Harum (cancelled) | ||
27/11/1973 | Fusion Orchestra | St Luke's | |
10/12/1973 | String Driven Thing | ||
26/01/1974 | Sensational Alex Harvey Band | Heavy Metal Kids | |
19/02/1974 | Suzi Quatro | Hustler | Great Hall |
28/02/1974 | Procol Harum | ||
09/03/1974 | Chick Corea | ||
01/05/1974 | John Martyn | Danny Thompson | Great Hall |
17/05/1974 | Contraband | St Luke's | |
10/06/1974 | Bridget St John | ||
25/06/1974 | Mungo Jerry | St Luke's | |
04/10/1974 | Hudson Ford | Starry Eyed and Laughing | |
10/10/1974 | Be Bop Deluxe | ||
10/10/1974 | Fusion Orchestra | ||
17/10/1974 | 10cc | Moonryder | |
24/10/1974 | Zzebra | Stripe | |
08/11/1974 | The Winkies | Ezra Pound | |
09/11/1974 | Sparks | Pilot | |
30/11/1974 | Fumble | ||
09/12/1974 | Sutherland Brothers & Quiver | George Melly | |
15/01/1975 | John Entwistle's Ox | ||
25/01/1975 | A Band Called O | Shanghai | |
01/02/1975 | Lindisfarne | Sundance | |
10/02/1975 | Gryphon | ||
22/02/1975 | Ralph McTell (RAG Week) | Richard Digance, Decameron | Devonshire House |
28/02/1975 | Electric Light Orchestra (RAG Ball) | Chopyn, Chick Corea, Hot Tuna, Kilburn and the High Roads, Upp | |
13/03/1975 | Graham Parker & The Rumour | Thin Lizzy | |
15/03/1975 | The Hunter-Ronson band | ||
18/04/1975 | Rory Gallagher | ||
25/04/1975 | Clancy | ||
20/06/1975 | T Rex (Summer Ball) | Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Caravan, Starry Eyed and Laughing | Great Hall |
??/??/1975 (Summer) | James Taylor | Common Room, St Luke's Campus | |
??/10/1975 | Mud | ??? | |
03/10/1975 | Horslips | Vivian Stanshall | Great Hall |
04/10/1975 | Hedgehog Pie | Upp | |
15/10/1975 | Decameron | Fungus, Steve Ashley | Great Hall |
17/10/1975 | Andy Fairweather Low | Jonathan Kelly | Greall Hall |
29/10/1975 | Fairport Convention | Dave Lewis | Great Hall |
03/11/1975 | John Martyn | Great Hall | |
15/11/1975 | John Cale | Great Hall | |
29/11/1975 | Fox | Tim Moore | Great Hall |
06/12/1975 | Doctors of Madness | ||
08/12/1975 | Justin Hayward and John Lodge (Blue Jays) | AJ Webber | Great Hall |
10/01/1975 | Fogg | BoomBaya | |
17/01/1976 | Ace | Rumour | Great Hall |
24/01/1976 | Al Matthews | ||
07/02/1976 | Mud | Cirkus | Great Hall |
11/02/1976 | Starry Eyed and Laughing | ||
22/02/1976 | Focus | Charlie | |
27/02/1976 | The Kinks (Rag Ball) | Splinter, Bombaya, Dave Swarbrick, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg | Great Hall |
13/03/1976 | Thin Lizzy | Graham Parker and The Rumour | Great Hall |
20/03/1976 | Toby | ||
02/04/1976 | Sahara | ||
06/04/1976 | Junkyard Angels | ||
24/04/1976 | Rick Wakeman | Great Hall | |
03/05/1976 | PFM Premiata Forneria Marconi | ||
21/06/1976 | Mother Superior | Boombaya, Luke Warm Rock | |
24/06/1976 | Bob Marley and The Wailers (Summer Ball) | Gonzalez, City Boy, Martin Carter and Graham Jones, Kevin Ayers | Great Hall |
??/??/1976 (Summer) |
James Taylor | Common Room. St Luke's Campus | |
24/09/1976 | Toby | ||
01/10/1976 | Deaf School | Bombaya | Great Hall |
07/10/1976 | Osibisa | The Runaways | Great Hall |
16/10/1976 | Mott the Hopple | Lonestar | Great Hall |
22/10/1976 | David Essex | Great Hall | |
27/10/1976 | Wishbone Ash | Supercharge |
Great Hall |
01/11/1976 | Sailor | Great Hall | |
12/11/1976 | Steve Hillage Band | Great Hall | |
29/11/1976 | Caravan | Oscar | Great Hall |
06/12/1976 | Heart | The Bothy Band | Great Hall |
15/01/1977 | John Miles | Great Hall | |
26/01/1977 | Todd Rundgren's Utopia | Great Hall | |
09/02/1977 | Be Bop Deluxe | Steve Gibbons Band | Great Hall |
19/02/1977 | Procul Harum | Heron | Great Hall |
26/02/1977 | AC/DC | Great Hall | |
07/03/1977 | Ralph McTell | Great Hall | |
14/03/1977 | Jack The Lad | Great Hall | |
12/05/1977 | Dr Feelgood | Great Hall | |
24/06/1977 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | The Damned, Boomtown Rats | Great Hall |
30/09/1977 | The Fabulous Poodles | Great Hall | |
10/10/1977 | The Stranglers (cancelled) | Great Hall | |
17/10/1977 | Sutherland Brothers and Quiver | Michael Chapman | Great Hall |
31/10/1977 | Roy Harper | Spriguns | Great Hall |
08/11/1977 | Van de Graff Generator | Great Hall | |
22/11/1977 | Graham Parker and the Rumour | Clover | Great Hall |
05/12/1977 | Mud (Christmas Ball) | Great Hall | |
14/01/1978 | Pete Atkin and Albion Dance Band (Folk Fayre) | ||
20/01/1978 | Osibisa | Great Hall | |
11/02/1978 | Chris deBurgh | Philip Goodhand-Tait | Great Hall |
20/02/1978 | Eddie and the Hot Rods | Squeeze, Radiostars | Great Hall |
24/02/1978 | Ian Dury and the Blockheads | Great Hall | |
13/03/1978 | George Melly | Great Hall | |
25/04/1978 | Ralph McTell | Great Hall | |
12/05/1978 | Darts | Great Hall | |
23/06/1978 | Showaddywaddy (Summer Ball) | Jake Thackary, Corkscrew, Tradition, Silver Echo Stell Band | Great Hall |
06/10/1978 | Mechanical Horse Trough (Freshers Ball) | Crawler, Racing Cars, Sore Throat | Great Hall |
13/10/1978 | Fairport Convention | Great Hall | |
19/10/1978 | Tom Robinson Band | Stiff Little Fingers | Great Hall |
11/11/1978 | John Martyn | Great Hall | |
20/11/1978 | Mud | Great Hall | |
26/11/1978 | Gong | Great Hall | |
27/11/1978 | The Clash | The Slits, The Innocents | Great Hall |
04/12/1978 | The Boomtown Rats | Great Hall | |
11/12/1978 | The Kinks | Fabulous Poodles | Great Hall |
19/01/1979 | Richard and Linda Thompson | Great Hall | |
23/01/1979 | Darts | Great Hall | |
26/01/1979 | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | Richard Hell, John Cooper-Clarke | Great Hall |
13/02/1979 | UFO | Great Hall | |
01/03/1979 | Steve Hillage | Great Hall | |
13/03/1979 | Graham Parker and the Rumour | The Sports | Great Hall |
21/03/1979 | Tom Robinson Band | Great Hall | |
28/04/1979 | The Members | ||
01/05/1979 | Magazine | Simple Minds | Great Hall |
14/05/1979 | The Jam | Great Hall | |
24/05/1979 | The Cure | Great Hall | |
04/06/1979 | The Ruts | Great Hall | |
29/06/1979 | Ian Dury and the Blockheads | The Yachts | Great Hall |
31/07/1979 | Adam and the Ants | ||
26/09/1979 | Simple Minds | Great Hall | |
05/10/1979 | Fresher's Ball XTC | ||
12/10/1979 | Madness | The Selecter, The Specials | Great Hall |
14/10/1979 | The Jags | ||
30/10/1979 | The Ruts | Great Hall | |
13/11/1979 | Squeeze | Great Hall | |
20/11/1979 | Gallagher and Lyle | Judy Tzuke | Great Hall |
24/11/1979 | The Mekons | Great Hall | |
26/11/1979 | Joe Jackson | Original Mirrors | Great Hall |
27/11/1979 | Generation X | Great Hall | |
10/12/1979 | Simple Minds | Great Hall |
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headliner | Support | Venue |
21/01/1980 | Ramones | The Boys | Great Hall |
28/01/1980 | Rockpile | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Great Hall |
13/02/1980 | Def Leppard | Magnum, Witchfynde | Great Hall |
20/02/1980 | Peter Gabriel | Random Hold | Great Hall |
29/02/1980 | Gary Glitter (RAG Ball) | Great Hall | |
19/03/1980 | Genesis | Great Hall | |
16/04/1980 | Sledgehammer | Great Hall | |
28/04/1980 | Roy Harper | Great Hall | |
08/05/1980 | The Cure | Great Hall | |
14/05/1980 | UB40 | ||
21/06/1980 | Dexys Midnight Runners | ||
27/06/1980 | Elvis Costello & the Attractions (Summer Ball) | Matchbox, The Step, Clive Langor, The Spaghetti Rockets | Great Hall |
01/10/1980 | Echo & the Bunnymen | The Sound | Cornwall House |
09/10/1980 | Toots and the Maytals (Freshers鈥 Ball) | Department S | Great Hall |
09/10/1980 | Gary Glitter | ||
12/10/1980 | Emotion Pictures | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
14/10/1980 | The Tourists | The Barracudas | Great Hall |
19/10/1980 | Androids of Mu | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
20/10/1980 | Louden Wainwright III | Great Hall (?) | |
26/10/1980 | The Toys | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
28/10/1980 | Sons of Stiff Tour (Ten Pole Tudor/Any Trouble/Dirty Looks/Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns/The Equators) | Great Hall | |
02/11/1980 | The Frames | Attic | The Pit, Cornwall House |
07/11/1980 | U2 | Midnight & the Lemonboys | The Pit, Cornwall House |
09/11/1980 | Joe Public | Visual Value | The Pit, Cornwall House |
10/11/1980 | Aswad | Great Hall (?) | |
16/11/1980 | The Rimshots | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
18/11/1980 | Sad Caf茅 | ||
20/11/1980 | Wasted Youth | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
23/11/1980 | Stingrays | Sohep | The Pit, Cornwall House |
24/11/1980 | The Stray Cats | Seventeen | Refectory, Devonshire House (?) |
03/12/1980 | Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Basement 5, Blurt | Great Hall |
09/12/1980 | The Skids (Christmas Ball) | Wasted Youth (UK), Talisman, The Tea Set, Tim Arnold Disco | Great Hall |
14/01/1981 | UFO | Fist | Great Hall |
26/01/1981 | Hazel O'Connor | ||
02/02/1981 | Lindisfarne | ||
18/02/1981 | Judie Tzuke | ||
20/02/1981 | Peter Gabriel | ||
27/02/1981 | Slade (RAG Ball) | Great Hall | |
01/03/1981 | Vortex | Minimum R&B | Duryard Bar |
01/03/1981 | The Thompson Twins | Refectory, Devonshire House | |
02/03/1981 | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Great Hall | |
30/04/1981 | A Certain Ratio (A Dignity Ball for Spring) | The Man Rays | Refectory, Devonshire House |
11/05/1981 | Squeeze | John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett | Great Hall |
07/06/1981 | The Thompson Twins | Dave and The Mistakes (Swedish) | |
26/06/1981 | The Undertones (Summer Ball) | Richard Digance, Chas n Dave, Talisman, Edison Lighthouse, plus John Peel Roadshow | Great Hall |
19/10/1981 | Subway Sect | ||
26/10/1981 | Greg Lake | Great Hall | |
23/11/1981 | Dr Feelgood | ||
??/12/1981 | Mud | Birks Christmas Ball | |
??/12/1981 | The Beat | ||
13/01/1982 | Mari Wilson & the Imaginations | Great Hall | |
18/01/1982 | Sad Caf茅 (?) | ?? | |
08/02/1982 | Shakatak | Great Hall | |
16/02/1982 | Depeche Mode | Blancmange | Great Hall |
26/02/1982 | The Darts (Rag Ball) | Great Hall | |
17/05/1982 | Altered Images | Vic Godard & Subway Sect | Great Hall |
02/07/1982 | Boomtown Rats (Summer Ball) | The Alarm, The Belle Stars, Red Cloud | Great Hall |
5/09/1982 | The Alarm | ||
06/10/1982 | King Trigger | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
07/10/1982 | Gary Glitter (Freshers鈥 Ball) | Maximum Joy | Great Hall |
08/10/1982 | King Trigger | Go! (campus band) | Refectory, Devonshire House |
08/10/1982 | Fred Wedlock | Ram Bar, Devonshire House | |
10/10/1982 | Go! | Dick and The Two Swingers | The Pit, Cornwall House |
12/10/1982 | Pigbag | Orchestre Jazira | Great Hall |
17/10/1982 | Sex Gang Children | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
20/10/1982 | Aztec Camera | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
23/10/1992 | The Room | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
24/10/1982 | Thin Men | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
26/10/1982 | Mari Wilson & the Wilsations | Go! | Great Hall |
07/11/1982 | Twelfth Night | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
07/11/1982 | Attila the Stockbroker | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
08/11/1982 | Fashion | Kajagoogoo | Great Hall |
10/11/1982 | Jacques Loussier | Refectory, Devonshire House | |
14/11/1982 | The Alarm | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
14/11/1982 | Thin Men | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
16/11/1982 | Bad Manners | Great Hall | |
19/11/1982 | The Impossible Dreamers | The Frank Chickens | The Pit, Cornwall House |
21/11/1982 | Twelfth Night | 2/4 (previously Riz Wah Wah) | The Pit, Cornwall House |
23/11/1982 | Bow Wow Wow | Great Hall | |
26/11/1982 | The Impossible Dreamers | The Frank Chickens | The Pit, Cornwall House |
28/11/1982 | Thunderbirds | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
01/12/1982 | Simple Minds | China Crisis | Great Hall |
05/12/1982 | Southern Death Cult | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
12/12/1982 | Incubus | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
13/12/1982 | ?? (Christmas Ball) | Great Hall | |
15/01/1983 | Go! (CND Society Party) | Dennis Gould, Reggae Disco | Refectory, Devonshire House |
16/01/1983 | The Chameleons | Rat Patrol | The Pit, Cornwall House |
23/01/1983 | Wash Week | Go! | The Pit, Cornwall House |
28/01/1983 | Desmond Dekker | ||
30/01/1983 | Music for Pleasure | Rocking John | The Pit, Cornwall House |
06/02/1983 | Elle Est Funque | The Start | The Pit, Cornwall House |
13/02/1983 | Shark Taboo | Thin White Line | The Pit, Cornwall House |
14/02/1983 | Misty in Roots | Great Hall | |
20/02/1983 | Ghost of Individuals | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
23/02/1983 | Washington Week In Review (Lunchtime concert in support of The Day of Action) | Impossible Dreamers | The Pit, Cornwall House |
25/02/1983 | ?? (Rag Ball) | Great Hall | |
27/02/1983 | Sad Lovers and Giants | Annerpernia | The Pit, Cornwall House |
08/03/1983 | U2 | The Nightcaps | Great Hall |
13/03/1983 | Silent Movies | Trauma Unit | The Pit, Cornwall House |
14/03/1983 | The Impossible Dreamers | Wash Week | The Pit, Cornwall House |
17/03/1983 | Seething Wells | ||
20/03/1983 | Shriekback | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
03/05/1983 | A Flock of Seagulls | The Fixx | Great Hall |
26/05/1983 | Kissing the Pink | Great Hall | |
30/05/1983 | Tracie | The Questions | Great Hall |
05/06/1983 | The Gymslips | ||
30/06/1983 | The Eurythmics (Summer Ball) | Perfect Crime, Orange Juice, Attila The Stockbroker, Hoopern Hillbillies, Natural Roots | Great Hall |
22/07/1983 | Altered Images | ||
02/10/1983 | The Playn Jayn | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
06/10/1983 | Gary Glitter (Freshers鈥 Ball) | Great Hall | |
07/10/1983 | Junkyard Angels | Ram Bar, Devonshire House | |
09/10/1983 | Thunderbirds | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
16/10/1983 | Under Two Flags | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
17/10/1983 | Joboxers | Great Hall | |
22/10/1983 | Musical Youth | Great Hall | |
23/10/1983 | Elle Est Funque | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
30/10/1983 | Flesh Tones | The Playn Jayn | The Pit, Cornwall House |
06/11/1983 | Junkyard Angels | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
14/11/1983 | Imagination | Great Hall | |
17/11/1983 | Danse Society | March Violets | Refectory, Devonshire House |
20/11/1983 | Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
04/12/1983 | The Chillun | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
05/12/1983 | Slade (Christmas Ball) | Great Hall | |
05/12/1983 | Billy Bragg | ||
20/01/1984 | Keith James | Ram Bar, Devonshire House | |
22/01/1984 | New Model Army | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
24/01/1984 | The Alarm | Great Hall | |
29/01/1984 | Junkyard Angels | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
05/02/1984 | Only Connect | Kill City | The Pit, Cornwall House |
12/02/1984 | Farenji Warriors | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
19/02/1984 | Felt | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
27/02/1984 | Marillion | Great Hall | |
04/03/1984 | Sector 27 | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
09/03/1984 | Strolling Bones | ?? | |
11/03/1984 | Misdemeanour | Perfect Crime | The Pit, Cornwall House |
18/05/1984 | 40 Blue Fingers | Ram Bar, Devonshire House | |
25/05/1984 | Thunderbirds | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
01/06/1984 | The Chillun | Ram Bar, Devonshire House | |
29/06/1984 | The Damned (Summer Ball) | Haircut One Hundred, Talisman | Great Hall |
24/10/1984 | Motorhead | Billy Bragg | Great Hall |
27/11/1984 | Go! | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
02/02/1985 | Everything But the Girl | ||
07/06/1985 | Divine | Great Hall | |
07/06/1985 | The Cult | Great Hall | |
07/06/1985 | Half Man Half Biscuit | Great Hall | |
23/06/1985 | New Model Army | ||
28/10/1985 | The Cult | Crazyhead | |
12/11/1985 | UFO | ||
13/11/1985 | Prefab Sprout | Hurrah! | Refectory, Devonshire House |
??/02/1986 | The Bangles | The Pit, Cornwall House | |
17/02/1986 | John Martyn | ||
24/02/1986 | The Mighty Violets | The Lemon Drops | |
03/03/1986 | Steel Pulse | ||
10/03/1986 | The Housemartins | His Latest Flame | |
14/05/1986 | Half Man Half Biscuit | ||
??/??/1986 | Level 42 (Summer Ball) | Great Hall | |
10/10/1986 | It Bites | Great Hall | |
14/10/1986 | Rory Bremner | Great Hall | |
16/10/1986 | Furniture | Lemon Grove | |
23/10/1986 | Working Week | Lemon Grove | |
24/11/1986 | Ben Elton | Great Hall | |
19/06/1987 | The Communards | Great Hall | |
19/09/1987 | (Summer Ball) | Jools Holland | |
07/10/1987 | Harry Enfield | Lemon Grove | |
10/10/1987 | The Daintees | Lemon Grove | |
14/10/1987 | The Bhundu Boys | Lemon Grove | |
20/10/1987 | BB King | Great Hall | |
21/10/1987 | The Soup Dragons | Lemon Grove | |
31/10/1987 | Bad News Live | Great Hall | |
02/11/1987 | The Damned | The Crows | Lemon Grove |
08/12/1987 | Big Country | The Wonder Stuff | |
20/02/1988 | Craig Charles | Lemon Grove | |
25/02/1988 | Chrome Molly | Nobody's Fool | |
26/02/1988 | Curiosity Killed The Cat | Great Hall | |
09/03/1988 | ASWAD | Great Hall | |
14/03/1988 | The Mission | The Chesterfields | |
21/05/1988 | Squeeze (Summer Ball) | ||
05/10/1988 | The Wedding Present | ||
05/11/1988 | Love and Money | ||
15/11/1988 | Tanita Tikaram | Great Hall | |
08/12/1988 | Iggy Pop | Great Hall | |
??/01/1989 | Geno Washington | Lemon Grove | |
18/02/1989 | New Model Army | Great Hall | |
26/02/1989 | The Blow Monkeys | Great Hall | |
04/03/1989 | Blue Aeroplanes | Lemon Grove | |
09/03/1989 | Inspiral Carpets | Headtime, The Field Mice | |
19/06/1989 | Rik Mayall (Summer Ball) | Geno Washington, Bhundu Boys | Great Hall |
29/06/1989 | Lisa Dominique | Lemon Grove | |
09/10/1989 | Dog's D'amour | Underneath What | Great Hall |
16/10/1989 | FM | Romeo's Daughter | Great Hall |
19/10/1989 | GUN | Lemon Grove | |
21/10/1989 | The Real Sounds of Africa | Lemon Grove | |
23/10/1989 | The Sugarcubes | ||
02/11/1989 | Jesus Jones | Lemon Grove | |
07/11/1989 | Transvision Vamp | And Why Not | Great Hall |
13/11/1989 | Fugazi | ||
20/11/1989 | The Wonderstuff | Eat, Ned's Atomic Dustbin | Great Hall |
05/12/1989 | House of Love |
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headliner | Support | Venue |
06/02/1990 | The Alarm | Salvation | Great Hall |
08/02/1990 | GUN | Slide | Lemon Grove |
19/02/1990 | The Creatures | Great Hall | |
02/06/1990 | Tigertailz | Gunfire Dance | Lemon Grove |
25/06/1990 | De La Soul (Summer Ball) | Great Hall | |
06/10/1990 | Nina Simone | Great Hall | |
06/10/1990 | Mega City Four | Lemon Grove | |
16/10/1990 | The Pixies | Great Hall | |
26/10/1990 | Van Morrison | Great Hall | |
30/10/1990 | Ride | Bleach | Lemon Grove |
03/11/1990 | Del Amitri | Great Hall | |
10/11/1990 | The Charlatans | ||
16/11/1990 | Fugazi | Hole | Lemon Grove |
28/11/1990 | The LA's | Lemon Grove | |
09/12/1990 | The Skids | ||
28/01/1991 | Teenage Fanclub | Lemon Grove | |
04/03/1991 | The Farm | Great Hall | |
11/03/1991 | Neds Atomic Dustbin | Great Hall | |
12/03/1991 | Little Angels | ||
26/04/1991 | Inspiral Carpets | Blue Orchids | Great Hall |
07/05/1991 | EMF | ||
25/05/1991 | Curve | ||
14/10/1991 | Levellers | Great Hall | |
16/10/1991 | James | Great Hall | |
17/10/1991 | Carter USM | Great Hall | |
22/10/1991 | Level 42 | Great Hall | |
28/10/1991 | Billy Bragg | Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, The Lorraine Bowen Experience | |
06/11/1991 | The Milltown Brothers | Lemon Grove | |
12/11/1991 | Hole | Therapy?, Daisy Chainsaw | Lemon Grove |
13/11/1991 | Kingmaker | Lemon Grove | |
18/11/1991 | All About Eve | Great Hall | |
18/02/1992 | Manic Street Preachers | Lemon Grove | |
02/03/1992 | Mega City Four | Lemon Grove | |
18/03/1992 | Ride | Mercury Rev | Lemon Grove |
28/05/1992 | Kingmaker | Suede | |
25/06/1992 | Primal Scream | ||
05/10/1992 | Manic Street Preachers | ||
25/10/1992 | Inspiral Carpets | ||
27/10/1992 | Pop Will Eat itself | Great Hall | |
03/11/1992 | The Australian Doors | Lemon Grove | |
10/12/1992 | The Wedding Present | Moonshake, TseTse Fly | |
19/02/1993 | Radiohead | Lemon Grove | |
25/02/1993 | Suede | Lemon Grove | |
21/06/1993 | Bjorn Again | Rolf Harris | Great Hall |
13/10/1993 | Blur | Lemon Grove | |
18/10/1993 | Carter USM | Sultans of Ping FC | Great Hall |
04/11/1993 | Grant Lee Buffalo | Lemon Grove | |
23/11/1993 | The Orb | ||
06/02/1994 | Cocteau Twins |
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??/04/1994 | Van Morrison | Great Hall | |
06/10/1994 | Radiohead | The Julie Dolphin | Lemon Grove |
18/10/1994 | Manic Street Preachers | Great Hall | |
23/10/1994 | Pop Will Eat Itself | Complusion, Blaggers ITA | Great Hall |
25/10/1994 | Jamiroquai | Great Hall | |
??/11/1994 | The Proclaimers | ||
26/11/1994 | Primal Scream | Great Hall | |
28/11/1994 | Therapy? | Dirt | Great Hall |
29/11/1994 | Brand New Heavies | Great Hall | |
03/12/1994 | Ozric Tentacles | Great Hall | |
05/02/1995 | Suede | Goya Dress | Great Hall |
14/02/1995 | Showaddywaddy | ||
02/03/1995 | Chumbawamba | Lemon Grove | |
16/03/1995 | Gene | ||
04/05/1995 | Shed Seven | ||
13/05/1995 | Carter the unstoppable sex machine | Salad, Thurman | |
15/06/1995 | Blur (Summer Ball) | Geno Washington | Great Hall |
04/10/1995 | D-Ream | Great Hall | |
10/10/1995 | Boo Radleys | Electrafixion | Great Hall |
12/10/1995 | Echobelly | Lemon Grove | |
16/10/1995 | Pulp | Minty | Great Hall |
18/10/1995 | Cast | Lemon Grove | |
25/10/1995 | Menswear | Lemon Grove | |
11/11/1995 | The Australian Doors | Great Hall | |
16/11/1995 | Chumbawamba | Lemon Grove | |
21/11/1995 | Andrew Weatherall | Great Hall | |
05/12/1995 | The Stone Roses | Great Hall | |
31/01/1996 | Black Grape | Eusebe | Great Hall |
08/02/1996 | Van Morrison | Great Hall | |
29/02/1996 | Stereolab | Lemon Grove | |
11/03/1996 | Tori Amos | Great Hall | |
13/03/1996 | The Bluetones | Lemon Grove | |
16/05/1996 | Richard Ashcroft | Great Hall | |
18/06/1996 | Supergrass (Summer Ball) | The Daisies | Great Hall |
01/10/1996 | The Levellers | Pusherman | Great Hall |
14/10/1996 | Ocean Colour Scene | The Real People | Great Hall |
15/10/1996 | The Prodigy | Great Hall | |
16/10/1996 | Space | Lemon Grove | |
21/10/1996 | Manic Street Preachers | Catatonia | Great Hall |
15/11/1996 | Skunk Anansie | Tracy Bonham, The Driven | Great Hall |
25/11/1996 | The Lightning Seeds | ||
28/11/1996 | Def Leppard | ||
09/12/1996 | Muse | Lemon Grove | |
11/12/1996 | Squeeze | Great Hall | |
05/02/1997 | Placebo | Lemon Grove | |
05/03/1997 | Gene | ||
17/03/1997 | James | Silversun, Hardbody | |
19/03/1997 | Mansun | Travis | |
15/04/1997 | Jamiroquai | Great Hall | |
06/05/1997 | The Charlatans | Great Hall | |
24/06/1997 | Dodgy | Great Hall | |
29/09/1997 | The Levellers | ||
20/11/1997 | Muse | Lemon Grove | |
24/11/1997 | Cast | Great Hall | |
25/11/1997 | Black Grape | Dust Junkys | |
03/12/1997 | The Chemical Brothers | Great Hall | |
14/12/1997 | The Seahorses | Third Eye Blind | Great Hall |
26/01/1998 | Catatonia | Lemon Grove | |
23/06/1998 | Lightning Seeds (Summer Ball) | Miss Jo Lively, Alan 'Luvvdup' Stevens | Devonshire House |
30/09/1998 | Fun Lovin' Criminals | Great Hall | |
08/10/1998 | Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blue Orchestra | Great Hall | |
09/11/1998 | The Bluetones | Great Hall | |
08/12/1998 | The Levellers | Great Hall | |
14/03/1999 | Orbital | Great Hall | |
13/05/1999 | Delirious? | Switchfoot | Great Hall |
14/06/1999 | Travis | Lemon Grove | |
21/06/1999 | Bootleg Beatles | Great Hall | |
21/06/1999 | Courtney Pine | Great Hall | |
07/10/1999 | Feeder | Lemon Grove | |
10/10/1999 | Howard Marks | Lemon Grove | |
18/10/1999 | Skunk Anansie | Muse | Great Hall |
23/10/1999 | Beth Orton | Great Hall | |
25/10/1999 | Super Furry Animals | Great Hall | |
27/10/1999 | Paul Oakenfold | Great Hall | |
29/10/1999 | Longpigs | Lemon Grove | |
08/11/1999 | Terrorvision | Great Hall | |
29/11/1999 | The Saw Doctors | Great Hall |
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headliner | Support | Venue |
11/10/2000 | Idlewild | Hundred Reasons | Lemon Grove |
14/10/2000 | The Waterboys | Great Hall | |
26/10/2000 | James | Shea Seger | Great Hall |
30/10/2000 | Leftfield | Great Hall | |
13/11/2000 | Reef | Crashland | Great Hall |
04/04/2001 | Muse | Tyler | Lemon Grove |
12/11/2001 | Orbital | Great Hall | |
28/11/2001 | Wheatus | Great Hall | |
28/02/2002 | A | Rival Schools | Lemon Grove |
14/03/2002 | The Bluetones | Lemon Grove | |
24/04/2002 | Gomez | Great Hall | |
02/05/2002 | Mansun | Lemon Grove | |
14/05/2002 | Hundred Reasons | Cave In, Stapleton | Lemon Grove |
08/10/2002 | Robert Plant | (The Crazy World of) Arthur Brown | Great Hall |
14/10/2002 | The Coral | Lemon Grove | |
21/10/2002 | Fugazi | Lemon Grove | |
31/10/2002 | Ill Nino | Lemon Grove | |
11/11/2002 | Hundred Reasons | Great Hall | |
13/11/2002 | Desmond Dekker | Lemon Grove | |
20/11/2002 | Toploader | Great Hall | |
25/11/2002 | Spunge | Farse | Lemon Grove |
29/11/2002 | Doves | Great Hall | |
30/01/2003 | Biffy Clyro | ||
17/02/2003 | Hell is for Heroes | Instruction | Lemon Grove |
05/03/2003 | Feeder | Hell is for Heroes | Great Hall |
13/03/2003 | Opeth | Lemon Grove | |
15/03/2003 | Reef | Great Hall | |
18/05/2003 | The Bluetones | Archie Bronson | |
22/05/2003 | Less Than Jake | The Pie Tasters, Allister, Teen Idols | Great Hall |
09/10/2003 | Funeral for a Friend | Further Seems Forever, Hondo Maclean | Lemon Grove |
15/10/2003 | The Thrills | The Sleepy Jackson | Great Hall |
21/10/2003 | Athlete | Lemon Grove | |
15/11/2003 | Queens of the Stone Age | Great Hall | |
13/12/2003 | Stampin Ground | Lemon Grove | |
03/02/2004 | Spiritualized | Lemon Grove | |
04/02/2004 | Chimaira | Every Time I Die, Stampin' Ground | Lemon Grove |
09/03/2004 | Arch Enemy | Ackercocke | Lemon Grove |
15/03/2004 | CKY | Fireball Ministry | Great Hall |
20/03/2004 | Hundred Reasons | Biffy Clyro, Senses Fail | Great Hall |
28/04/2004 | Horace Andy | Lemon Grove | |
03/05/2004 | Keane | Lemon Grove | |
03/06/2004 | InMe | X-is Loaded, Hiding Place | Lemon Grove |
08/06/2004 | Killswitch Engage | Chimaira, Shadows Fall | Lemon Grove |
24/09/2004 | Sombre State / Anderson | Lemon Grove | |
06/10/2004 | The Zutons | Great Hall | |
14/10/2004 | HIM | Cathedral | Great Hall |
18/10/2004 | 36 Crazyfists | 18 Visions, Bullet For My Valentine | Lemon Grove |
20/10/2004 | Franz Ferdinand | Great Hall | |
20/10/2004 | Goldie Lookin Chain | Lemon Grove | |
28/10/2004 | Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute | Amberlane | Lemon Grove |
05/11/2004 | Blade & Skinnyman | Lemon Grove | |
10/11/2004 | Keane | Great Hall | |
14/11/2004 | Joss Stone | Great Hall | |
15/11/2004 | Zero 7 | ||
17/11/2004 | 惭辞迟枚谤丑别补诲 | Sepultura, Class Of Zero | Great Hall |
22/11/2004 | Thrills | Great Hall | |
23/11/2004 | Hundred Reasons | Reuben, Twofold | Lemon Grove |
02/12/2004 | The Damned | Triad | Lemon Grove |
21/01/2005 | Keane | Great Hall | |
17/02/2005 | Mastodon | Lemon Grove | |
19/02/2005 | Goldie Lookin Chain | Great Hall | |
06/03/2005 | The Haunted | Lemon Grove | |
07/03/2005 | Doves | ||
09/03/2005 | Dropkick Murphys | Lemon Grove | |
14/03/2005 | Eighteen Visions | Lemon Grove | |
27/04/2005 | Flogging Molly | Lemon Grove | |
03/05/2005 | Mad Caddies | Strike Anywhere, Only Crime | Lemon Grove |
07/05/2005 | Doves | ||
28/09/2005 | Trivium | It Dies Today, All That Remains | Lemon Grove |
06/10/2005 | Alabama 3 | Lemon Grove | |
07/10/2005 | Colin Murray | Lemon Grove | |
10/10/2005 | A | Lemon Grove | |
13/10/2005 | New Model Army | Lemon Grove | |
14/10/2005 | Rahzel | Lemon Grove | |
16/10/2005 | OK Go | Brendan Benson | Lemon Grove |
17/10/2005 | DIO | Great Hall | |
21/10/2005 | James Blunt | Great Hall | |
21/10/2005 | MR Scruff | Lemon Grove | |
26/10/2005 | Bloc Party | Patrick Wolf | Great Hall |
30/10/2005 | Rooster | Great Hall | |
30/10/2005 | The Subways | Lemon Grove | |
04/11/2005 | The Proclaimers | Lemon Grove | |
09/11/2005 | GURU | Lemon Grove | |
17/11/2005 | Martha Wainwright | Lemon Grove | |
22/11/2005 | The Haunted | Chimaira | Lemon Grove |
01/12/2005 | HARD-FI | Lemon Grove | |
02/12/2005 | Opeth / Burst | Lemon Grove | |
15/12/2005 | Levellers | Seth Lakeman, 3 Daft Monkeys | Great Hall |
05/02/2006 | Funeral for a Friend | Great Hall | |
06/02/2006 | Skindred | Soulfly | Lemon Grove |
22/02/2006 | Coldcut | Lemon Grove | |
24/02/2006 | Reel Big Fish | Zebrahead, Fandangle | Great Hall |
24/02/2006 | The Oysterband | Lemon Grove | |
12/03/2006 | Boysetsfire | Lemon Grove | |
18/03/2006 | Trivium | God Forbid, Bloodsimple | Great Hall |
22/03/2006 | The Fall | Lemon Grove | |
25/04/2006 | Hayseed Dixie | Lemon Grove | |
28/04/2006 | The Delays | Lemon Grove | |
30/04/2006 | KUBB | Lemon Grove | |
01/05/2006 | Ordinary Boys | Great Hall | |
08/05/2006 | The Charlatans | The Feeling | Great Hall |
10/05/2006 | The Streets | Great Hall | |
15/05/2006 | Funeral for a Friend | ||
16/05/2006 | Richard Ashcroft | Great Hall | |
19/05/2006 | Still Remains | Lemon Grove | |
25/05/2006 | Every Time I Die | It Dies Today | Lemon Grove |
26/06/2006 | Fun Lovin Criminals (Summer Ball) | Great Hall | |
19/07/2006 | Lost Prophets | The Blackout, The Guns | Great Hall |
22/09/2006 | Aiden | Bayside, The Audition | Lemon Grove |
26/09/2006 | Embrace | Four Day Hombre, The Delays | Great Hall |
28/09/2006 | Soilwork | Lemon Grove | |
03/10/2006 | The Automatic | Lemon Grove | |
09/10/2006 | The Kooks | Larrikin Love | Great Hall |
13/10/2006 | Roni Size | Lemon Grove | |
19/10/2006 | Stiff Little Fingers | Goldblade | Lemon Grove |
22/10/2006 | Graham Coxon | Lemon Grove | |
27/10/2006 | Stanton Warriers | Lemon Grove | |
01/11/2006 | American Head Charge | Panic Cell, Twin Method, Speed Theory | Lemon Grove |
03/11/2006 | Dreadzone | Lemon Grove | |
06/11/2006 | We Are Scientists | Great Hall | |
10/11/2006 | Alabama 3 (unplugged) | Lemon Grove | |
11/11/2006 | Opeth | Paradise Lost | Great Hall |
14/11/2006 | Dropkick Murphys | Less Than Jake, The Living End | Great Hall |
11/01/2007 | Soil | Godhead, Brand New Sin | Lemon Grove |
13/01/2007 | Paolo Nutini | Great Hall | |
14/01/2007 | Hundred Reasons | Kids In Glass Houses, God Fires Man | Lemon Grove |
01/02/2007 | Jamie T | Lemon Grove | |
09/02/2007 | Bloc Party | Metric | Great Hall |
19/02/2007 | NME Awards Indie Rock Tour | The View, Mumm-Ra, The Horrors, The Automatic | Great Hall |
07/03/2007 | Ash | Lemon Grove | |
22/03/2007 | Steve Winwood | Lemon Grove | |
10/04/2007 | Arctic Monkeys | The Little Flames, GAS CLUB | Great Hall |
18/04/2007 | Hatebreed | Lemon Grove | |
24/04/2007 | Hanzel Und Gretyl | Cradle of Filth | Lemon Grove |
18/05/2007 | Beth Rowley | Duke Special | Lemon Grove |
29/05/2007 | The Twang | Lemon Grove | |
19/09/2007 | Alabama 3 | Lemon Grove | |
26/09/2007 | Seth Lakeman | Teddy Thompson | Great Hall |
03/10/2007 | Motion City Soundtrack | Lemon Grove | |
03/10/2007 | Editors | Great Hall | |
09/10/2007 | Jack Penate | Lemon Grove | |
12/10/2007 | The Maccabees | Lemon Grove | |
13/10/2007 | Just Jack | Scouting For Girls | Great Hall |
15/10/2007 | The Cribs | Lemon Grove | |
15/11/2007 | The Pigeon Detectives | Lemon Grove | |
22/11/2007 | Pendulum | Ben & Lex | Lemon Grove |
28/11/2007 | Hello Goodbye | Lemon Grove | |
08/12/2007 | The Wombats | Lemon Grove | |
10/12/2007 | Diamond Head | ||
10/12/2007 | Thin Lizzy | Great Hall | |
11/01/2008 | Hundred Reasons | The Computers, Flood of Red, From Autumn to Ashes | Lemon Grove |
17/01/2008 | Athlete | Boy Kill Boy | Great Hall |
15/02/2008 | Dropkick Murphys | Mad Caddies | Great Hall |
21/02/2008 | Newton Faulkner | Angus & Julia Stone | Lemon Grove |
26/02/2008 | Gallows | Set Your Goals, F*cked Up | Lemon Grove |
26/02/2008 | Reel Big Fish | Zebrahead, Streetlight Manifesto, Sonic Boom Six | Great Hall |
16/05/2008 | Wednesday 13 | Engerica | Lemon Grove |
05/06/2008 | Supergrass | Lemon Grove | |
02/10/2008 | The Blackout | Lemon Grove | |
10/10/2008 | Root Manuva | Jimmy Screech | Lemon Grove |
16/10/2008 | Jose Gonzalez | Lemon Grove | |
21/10/2008 | Delirious? | Lemon Grove | |
24/10/2008 | The Stranglers | Starbase 109 | Great Hall |
29/10/2008 | Enter Shikari | Maximum the Hormone, DJ Pdex | Great Hall |
30/10/2008 | Cancer Bats | Attack Attack!, In Case of Fire, Funeral for a Friend | Lemon Grove |
31/10/2008 | Easy Star All Stars | Lemon Grove | |
05/11/2008 | Less Than Jake | Great Hall | |
10/11/2008 | Razorlight | Great Hall | |
14/11/2008 | Feeder | Great Hall | |
14/11/2008 | Soilwork | Lemon Grove | |
17/11/2008 | Donavon Frankenreiter | Lemon Grove | |
19/11/2008 | 惭辞迟枚谤丑别补诲 | Saxon, Danko Jones | Great Hall |
21/11/2008 | Thunder | Great Hall | |
22/11/2008 | Gogol Bordello | Great Hall | |
24/11/2008 | Billy Bragg | Great Hall | |
04/12/2008 | The Levellers | Frank Turner | Great Hall |
07/12/2008 | The Zutons | Great Hall | |
08/12/2008 | Hawkwind | Lemon Grove | |
08/12/2008 | The Fratellis | Great Hall | |
13/01/2009 | Buzzcocks | Lemon Grove | |
11/02/2009 | The Wurzels | Lemon Grove | |
17/02/2009 | Bellowhead | Lemon Grove | |
20/02/2009 | Goldie | Lemon Grove | |
23/02/2009 | Reel Big Fish | Lemon Grove | |
06/03/2009 | Zane Lowe | Lemon Grove | |
27/03/2009 | James Morrison | Great Hall | |
02/04/2009 | The Enemy | Twisted Wheel, Kid British | Great Hall |
08/10/2009 | Save Your Breath / Telegraphs / Funeral for a Friend | Lemon Grove | |
18/10/2009 | The Proclaimers | Miles Hunt, Erica Nockalls | |
22/10/2009 | Fightstar | Young Guns | Lemon Grove |
25/10/2009 | Frank Turner | Fake Problems | Lemon Grove |
26/10/2009 | Bowling for Soup | Zebrahead, MC Lars, The Leftovers | Great Hall |
04/11/2009 | Chase & Status | Lemon Grove | |
03/12/2009 | Show of Hands | Great Hall |
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headliner | Support | Venue |
30/09/2010 | Bring Me The Horizon | Cancer Bats, Tek-One | Lemon Grove |
05/10/2010 | Lacuna Coil | Slaves to Gravity | Lemon Grove |
06/10/2010 | Example | Ed Sheeran, Devlin | Lemon Grove |
03/12/2010 | Terra Danja | Lemon Grove | |
05/12/2010 | Xavier Rudd | Ben Howard | Lemon Grove |
14/02/2011 | Murderdolls | Black Veil Brides, The Defiled | Lemon Grove |
20/02/2011 | Frank Turner | Lemon Grove | |
02/05/2011 | Skindred | Chiodos, Me vs. Hero | Lemon Grove |
07/10/2011 | Black Veil Brides | Yashin, My Passion | |
26/10/2011 | Goldfish | Lemon Grove | |
18/11/2011 | Madina Lake | My Passion | Lemon Grove |
04/03/2012 | Killing Joke | The Icarus Line, Crying Spell | Lemon Grove |
20/10/2012 | Newtown Faulkner | ||
25/10/2012 | Shinedown | Exit Ten, Redlight King | Great Hall |
14/11/2012 | Gojira | Klone, Trepalium | Lemon Grove |
01/12/2012 | Thin Lizzy | FM, The Treatment | Great Hall |
22/02/2013 | Reel Big Fish | Suburban Legends/Magnus Puto | Lemon Grove |
23/02/2013 | Kaiser Chiefs | Zulu Winter, This Many Boyfriends | Great Hall |
19/10/2013 | The Cult | Bo Ningen | Great Hall |
20/10/2013 | Babyshambles | Great Hall | |
10/11/2013 | Editors | Sea Power | Great Hall |
02/12/2013 | Don Broco | Bad Rabbits/Lonely the Brave | Lemon Grove |
07/03/2014 | Wilkinson | Lemon Grove | |
07/03/2014 | Newton Faulkner | Sam Brookes | Great Hall |
17/03/2014 | Bombay Biycle Club | Great Hall | |
09/04/2014 | Adam Ant | The Good The Mad and The Lovely Posse | |
29/09/2014 | Frank Turner | Lemon Grove | |
22/10/2014 | Alestorm | Lagerstein, Rainbowdragoneyes, Red Rum | Leom Grove |
26/10/2014 | Clean Bandit | Great Hall | |
31/10/2014 | Skindred | Knotslip | Lemon Grove |
09/11/2014 | Boomtown Rats | Lemon Grove | |
16/12/2014 | Deaf Havana | Lonely the Brave/Verses | Lemon Grove |
15/03/2015 | Europe | Black Star Riders, The Amorettes | Great Hall |
20/03/2015 | Muse | Marmozets | Great Hall |
24/03/2015 | Lordi | Hollywood Groupies, Dirty Passion | Lemon Grove |
27/05/2015 | Soil | Coal Chamber, The Defiled, Dope | Lemon Grove |
06/10/2015 | Mallory Knox | Set It Off, The Xcerts | Lemon Grove |
27/10/2015 | Killing Joke | Lemon Grove | |
15/01/2016 | Clean Bandit | Lemon Grove | |
19/01/2016 | Alien Ant Farm | InMe, The Dirty Youth | Lemon Grove |
26/01/2016 | Mayday Parade | The Maine | Lemon Grove |
24/09/2016 | 10cc | ||
20/10/2016 | Feeder | Reigning Days | Lemon Grove |
05/11/2016 | The Specials | Great Hall | |
11/11/2016 | Slaves | Great Hall | |
28/11/2016 | Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls | Esme Patterson, Felix Hagan & the Family | Great Hall |
21/03/2017 | Blossoms | CABBAGE, Rory Wynne | Lemon Grove |
22/03/2017 | Bear's Den | Lemon Grove | |
04/06/2017 | EXEFEST - Example | The Hoosiers, Wheatus, Cascada, OMYO, Flyte, Sweat, Private Agenda | Streatham Campus |
06/06/2017 | George Ezra | Dan Caplen | Lemon Grove |
23/10/2017 | Michael Kiwanuka | Great Hall | |
02/11/2017 | Sleaford Mods | Nachthexen | Lemon Grove |
01/12/2017 | Dr. Hook | Great Hall | |
12/03/2018 | Jake Bugg | Georgie | Great Hall |
11/04/2018 | Lower Than Atlantis | Lemon Grove | |
28/04/2018 | Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls | The Homeless Gospel Choir, Arkells | Great Hall |
03/05/2018 | Don Broco | The LaFontaines, Yungblud | Lemon Grove |
07/05/2018 | Marmozets | Black Peaks | Lemon Grove |
23/06/2018 | Public Image Ltd | Lemon Grove | |
26/06/2018 | Miles Kane | Lemon Grove | |
12/10/2018 | Brian Jonestown Massacre |
Lemon Grove | |
13/10/2018 | Dermot Kennedy |
Jack Vallier | Lemon Grove |
15/10/2018 | John Butler Trio | Bobby Alu | Great Hall |
20/10/2008 | Tom Walker | Lemon Grove | |
10/11/2018 | Skindred | Silvertown, Jayce Lewis | Lemon Grove |
23/11/2018 | The Quireboys | The Echo Hotel | Lemon Grove |
24/11/2018 | Reef | Lemon Grove | |
07/12/2018 | Enter Shakiri | Milk Teeth, Modern Error | Lemon Grove |
02/02/2019 | The Vaccines | Great Hall | |
15/02/2019 | Kaiser Chiefs | Novacub | Great Hall |
26/02/2019 | P.O.D. | Alien Ant Farm | Lemon Grove |
14/04/2019 | Papa Roach | Nothing More | Great Hall |
16/04/2019 | GZA | Genius | Lemon Grove |
20/04/2019 | The Specials | Great Hall | |
23/04/2019 | Newton Faulkner | Great Hall | |
06/05/2019 | Wheatus | Lemon Grove | |
28/06/2019 | Johnny Marr | Lemon Grove | |
24/10/2019 | The Skints | Bedouin Soundclash | Lemon Grove |
02/11/2019 | Feeder | Daniel Steer | Great Hall |
13/11/2019 | Arlo Parks | Loyle Corner | Great Hall |
16/11/2019 | The Bluetones | Lemon Grove | |
24/11/2019 | Jade Bird | Lemon Grove | |
27/11/2019 | Nick Parker | Skinny Lister | Lemon Grove |
28/11/2019 | From the Jam | Lemon Grove | |
02/12/2019 | Scouting for Girls | Lemon Grove | |
19/12/2019 | The Wonder Stuff | Jim Bob | Lemon Grove |
21/12/2019 | Slade | Sons of the Seventies | Lemon Grove |
This section will be developed as alumni provide information. Please send any relevant memories you have as well as any photos or documents that you want to share here to alumni@exeter.ac.uk.
Date | Headliner | Support | Venue |
07/02/2020 | Wilkinson | Lemon Grove | |
21/02/2020 | Professor Green | Lemon Grove | |
24/02/2020 | Ciaran Algar and Jamie Francis | ||
29/02/2020 | The Dead South | Noble Jacks | Great Hall |
06/03/2020 | Turno | Lemon Grove | |
14/03/2020 | Blossoms | The Magic Gang | Great Hall |
20/03/2020 | JAY1 | Lemon Grove | |
25/09/2021 | Black Stone Cherry | Kris Barras Band | Great Hall |
27/10/2021 | Public Service Broadcasting | Great Hall | |
11/11/2021 | Billy Bragg | Great Hall | |
24/11/2021 | Enter Shakiri | Great Hall | |
27/11/2021 | Chris Difford | Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra | Great Hall |
29/11/2021 | The Darkness | Massive Wagons | Great Hall |
28/01/2022 | Example | Great Hall | |
15/02/2022 | KSI & Randolph | Great Hall | |
22/02/2022 | Frank Turner | Truckstop Honeymoon | Great Hall |
07/06/2022 | From The Jam | Great Hall | |
28/09/2022 | From the Jam | The Selecter | Great Hall |
15/11/2022 | Clutch | Tigercub, Green Lung | Great Hall |
18/11/2022 | Blossoms | Great Hall | |
19/11/2022 | Future Islands | Great Hall | |
20/11/2022 | Marcus Mumford | Great Hall | |
11/02/2023 | Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells | Great Hall | |
15/02/2023 | Belinda Carlisle | The Christians | Great Hall |
02/03/2023 | Thomas Gould and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Great Hall | |
06/04/2023 | DMA's | Dylan John Thomas | Great Hall |
Memories
"The early sixties were a great time to be social secretary. Live music was still the vogue, headline bands were still prepared to do one night stands at prices ordinary students could afford. At a recent visit to the University not one poster advertised a live band just disc jockeys hosting discos. This was the age of the Beatles, the Stones, the Mersey Sound and a whole host of bands eager to make their fortunes and thus play at student dances. It was when the austere fifties were replaced by a new liberalisation especially among the young, the start of the hippy movement, and open air festivals.
The lists of artists and acts we booked reflects in a small way the pop groups and entertainment acts of the time. The following, whilst not comprehensive, gives a good idea of the diversity and quality of the acts that I booked: George Melly, David Frost, Lance Percival, Paddy Roberts, Johnny Dankworth,Ted Heath, Victor Sylvester, Don Usher, Alex Welch Big Band, Acker Bilk, Bruce Turner, Ray Ellington, Alexis Korner, Cyril Davis, Long John Baldry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe,The Barron Knights, The Undertakers, Unit 4 + 2, The Nashville Teens, The Magill 5, Marty Wilde, The Tornados, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, The Graham Bond Organisation, The Who, Ray Ellington, David Kossoff. There is a story to go with virtually all of these but I will highlight just a few..."
- From Mike Mutter's unfinished autobiography (Economics and Politics, 1965), Social Secretary January 1964 - June 1965
鈥淔or a lot of people the music you listen to in your teens and early twenties forms the backdrop of what you were doing and, to an extent, who you were at the time and it sticks with you. That鈥檚 certainly the case for me and there are bands that I saw at Exeter - such as Dr Feelgood, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Squeeze, The Undertones and U2 - whose songs resonated with me and that I will still listen to or go see play live now some 40 years later. (BTW although my children might say otherwise I鈥檓 not a complete dinosaur and do also listen to music from the 21st century!)
鈥淲hilst a student I signed up as one of the stage crew - we were known as 鈥榟umpers鈥 as I recall - to help put together and then dismantle the set before and after gigs. If you were on 鈥榚arlies鈥 you鈥檇 meet outside the Great Hall in the afternoon (I was studying economic history so my diary wasn鈥檛 too troubled with lectures!) then help unload the truck and, if you were lucky, get to listen to the sound check. 鈥楲ates鈥 involved packing everything up after the show and finishing in the middle of the night but there was a chance you might meet the band. (I remember having a beer with Jim Kerr after The Simple Minds gig in 1982 and also going to a party with Mari Wilson and the Wilsations). You were paid for your shift in either cash or tickets but everyone preferred tickets because if the show was a sell-out you could sell your spares at a higher price. No one likes touts but as an impoverished student it was a useful way to make a few quid and top up your grant!"
- David Hacon (Economic and Social History, 1983)
"I attended Exeter University from 1966 till 1970 and remember the following... or so I believe!
"The first gig I went to was in 1966 with Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band followed closely by the excellent Cliff Bennett and the Rebelrousers. In 1968 I remember a superb gig by Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation who also appeared at the Quay Club in 1969 supported oddly by Mud.
"1969 was a special year with gigs by Free, just after releasing Alright Now. Next were Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny and Martin Lamble, the drummer, who was killed in a road accident soon after. Later that year Savoy Brown appeared without their then vocalist Chris Youlden who had the flu and played a complete blues set without any of their then album material. What they sounded like that night can be found on the live side of their album Blues Matter recorded in Leicester. Uriah Heep were a new super group who had just got together and they played a rather turgid gig later that year.
"I also remember that in late 1968 or early 1969 Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac were booked to appear but had to be cancelled as we did not sell enough tickets to make it worthwhile. Luckily I was able to see them in 1969 at the Bath Blues Festival. I missed the Who concert but could still hear it nearly a mile away on the night!
"One other story is that in 1990 I met a former social secretary of the university during an interview process who told me that in 1967 he had the bad judgement to turn Robert Stigwood down when he offered him gigs by the Bee Gees, who he called the new Beatles, and an up and coming guitar hero from USA known as Jimi Hendix. He realised soon after that a career in pop music was probably not for him when they both went to number 1.
"And one further story, not music related, was that in 1968 Enoch Powell came to give a speech in the Great Hall soon after his 'rivers of blood speech' in Birmingham. Exeter was a very conservative and sleepy Uni in those days but as soon as he appeared he was booed and heckled so that he had to abandon his appearance."
Gordon Bye (Geography, 1970)
"In my second year (1980/81) I was part of the team that did the catering for the bands that came to do gigs at the Great Hall and the Pit. I can remember the U2 concert in the Pit really well, as I was asked to interview the band! I still dine out on that story!
"I can't remember where (if anywhere) it was recorded. I remember asking them about their band name and being surprised that one of them (not Bono) was wearing a studded dog's collar! My lasting memory of that gig was the flag of the boy in the army helmet which was their backdrop. I bought the cassette immediately after the gig, I was so impressed!
"The article in the Alumni magazine said that tickets cost 拢1.25, but my recollection was that it cost 20p - if other gigs were costing 拢1.60 (Two Tone) in the Great Hall, you wouldn't be paying 拢1.25 for a Sunday night gig in the Pit!!!
"I have a complete set of autographs from The Jam somewhere and I distinctly remember the Original Mirrors support band, as I bought their album - which I still have!!! I presume I got The Jam's autographs backstage, but it was a long time ago! I know I had them stuck to my wall in Halls.
"I remember doing the catering for Slade, as they came from my neck of the woods (Wolverhampton) and for Gary Glitter (not proud of that one) and I have a tee shirt which I was given by Toots! Other notable gigs include the 2Tone one, with The Specials, Selector and Madness, all on one bill - that was crazy."
Deborah Castle nee Harris (French and German, 1981)
鈥屸赌"I was 淫乱色情片鈥檚 Guild of Student鈥檚 last ever Entertainments Officer. An elected part-time post on the Executive Committee.
"I took over in January 1989 when Emily S. resigned. My Dad had just died 10 weeks earlier. This was at the start of my 3rd year, but I dropped out as I just didn鈥檛 want to study. I was already involved with the Guild as a student rep. And wonderfully I was asked to take on the Entertainments role. I wasn鈥檛 actually a student at the time. I was signing on. But I had this fantastic opportunity to have role while I recovered 鈥 it was an opportunity to have a 鈥済ap half year鈥. Not many comprehensive school kids did that sort of thing before starting university in the 1980s.
"I shared the Entertainments Office with the charming Geoff Campbell, the Entertainments Manager who was the full-time member of staff. I loved sharing an office with him. And I got first dibs on free records sent to us. Twelve-inch white label of 鈥淚nfo Freako鈥 by Jesus Jones 鈥 well quite frankly, I don鈥檛 mind if I do!"
- Jonathan Dearth (Education (Primary) & Maths, 1991), former Guild Entertainments Officer.