They were at their peak in the 70s. I was very young, but remember how 'Like a Butterfly' made me happy. One of my friends once said I was born ten years too late. I rather agree.
A further look shows that Higher Ground was not written in April 1973 so the July date seems most likely. But the fact that different dates as well as different venues are listed online show the problem. I think the recording is genuine, but unofficial.
It seems unlikely he would have popped...
I loved seeing those tickets. The inflation calculator has £1 in 1972 as £11.29 in 2023. It's hard to work out the value of this in real terms as, for example, house prices must have increased at least five times inflation.
One thing is for sure, the price of concerts has gone five times the...
It was a fascinating piece of detective work. The red flag was the Theatre Royal, a bizarre choice of venue for a concert for someone such as Stevie.
But it's a snapshot of how a ruse becomes reality. The Internet makes this more possible with it's linear regurgitating. There is no 'Q Source'...
I have doubts, piecing together various concert lists online, that this concert took place. Even less at the Theatre Royal.
On the 3rd April he played a concert in California. Then he seems to have played a random concert at The Dome, Theatre Royal and even the Odeon (!) the following day in...