Free - List of Gigs 1968 - 1973
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| 9 May 1971, Randwick, Sydney, Australia. |
Contents
- Hard working
- Gig guide
- Acknowledgements
- References
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1. A hard working band
Free was one of the busiest, most hard working live English rock bands during their initial period of rise to fame and international exposure between 1968 through to 1971. It has been stated that they did some 700 gigs during their lifetime, and some 480 are listed below. More comprehensive listings are available via the Free Appreciation Society newsletters. The present listing was provided to the author by Linda Crawford the the Paul Kossoff - The Legend Facebook site during August 2024. It is in most part brief, primarily without any reference to other bands associated with the gig. Some of these, along with information regarding recordings, can be found in the present author's blog Free Live! There exist a variety of performance types within the list, beginning with early pub and university campus gigs, through to stand-alone concert tours and local (British) and international rock festivals.
The band initially broke up in May 1971 and reformed at the beginning of 1972 for a brief period. Bass player and keyboardist Andy Fraser departed in the middle of 1972 due to musical differences, and Paul Kossoff at the end of that year due to health problems, in part brought on by heavy drug use. Singer Paul Rogers and drummer Simon Kirke carried on with new bass player Tetsu Yamauchi and keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick. Free played its final gigs are part of an American tour during January-February 1973. Later that year Rogers and Kirke formed Bad Company; Kossoff performed solo and with his own band Back Street Crawler; and Fraser also pursued various solo projects. All told there were four incarnations of Free:
- Mark 1 - Andy Fraser, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff and Paul Rogers. Duration: April 1968 - May 1971;
- MK2 - brief reunion of the original band. Duration: January - July 1972;
- MK3 - final departure of Fraser, brief presence of Kossoff, plus inclusion of Tetsu and Rabbit. Duration: September - December 1972;
- MK4 - Rogers, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit. Duration: January - February 1973.
During their career, Free performed in the following countries: Australian, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, United States, Wales.
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2. Gig guide
The following listing in arranged chronologically from oldest to youngest. There are a number of contentious items included in various lists (e.g. two American performances following the "final" Sydney, Australia gig of 9 May 1971), and cancelled shows have also been noted occasionally, especially where reasons are available, such as health and other issues with Paul Kossoff.
All locations are in England, unless otherwise noted.
1968
* 19 April 1968 - First rehearsal and performance(?) at Nags Head Hotel, Battersea, London.
* 1 May 1968 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford.
* 15 May 1968 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford.
* 17 May 1968 - Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London.
* 3 June 1968 - Nags Head Hotel, Battersea, London.
* 12 June 1968 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford.
* 21 June 1968 – Marquee Club, London.
Belgium
* 23 June 1968 – Parapluie des Vedettes, Huy, Belgium.
* 15 July 1968 - BBC Top Gear program, London. YouTube, 13 October 2015, duration: 11.51 minutes. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Walk in My Shadow, 2. Moonshine, 3. Free Me, 4. Waiting on You 2.22.
* 28 August 1968 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford, England.
* 2 October 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 7 October 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 10 October 1968 - Jimmy’s Brighton.
* 13 October 1968 - Bottleneck Blues Club, London.
* 14 October 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 21 October 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 28 October 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 4 November 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 9 November 1968 - Adelphi, Slough.
* 10 November 1968 - Colston Hall, Bristol.
* 12 November 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 15 November 1968 - Aeolian Hall Studio 2, London, BBC Sound of the Seventies session - Walk in my Shadow, Moonshine, Rock Me, Sugar for Mr Morrison.
* 17 November 1968 - Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham.
* 18 November 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 19 November 1968 - Paisley Ice Rink, Paisley.
* 20 November 1968 - Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
* 25 November 1968 - Marquee Club, London (photo below).
* 2 December 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 4 December 1968 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford.
* 9 December 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 12 December 1968 - Jimmy’s, Brighton.
* 16 December 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 23 December 1968 - Marquee Club, London.
* 28 December 1968 - Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham.
* 31 December 1968 - Alexandra Palace, London.
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1969
* 10 January 1969 - Town Hall, Durham.
* 11 January 1969 - Redcar.
* 12 January 1969 - Redcar.
* 13 January 1969 - Bay Hotel, Whitburn, Sunderland.
* 16 January 1969 - Marquee Club, London.
* 27 January 1969 - South Parade Pier, Southsea.
* 29 January 1969 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford.
* 31 January 1969 - Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham.
* 1 February 1969 - College of Printing, London.
* 13 February 1969 - Marquee Club, London.
* 22 February 1969 - University of Leeds, Leeds, England.
* 8 March 1969 - Lancaster College, Lancaster.
* 15 March 1969 - Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford.
* 17 March 1969 - Playhouse Theatre, London, Peel Session, Top Gear, BBC. YouTube, 16 October 2015, duration: 13.21 minutes. Live BBC radio session. Tracks: 1. Broad Daylight 0.07, 2. I'm A Mover 3.23, 3. Songs of Yesterday 6.27, 4. Over the Green Hills 9.33.
United States
* 29 March 1969 - Ice Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, US (setlist.fm). ?
* 30 March 1969 - The Argus Butterfly Jazz Club, Peterlee.
* 2 April 1969 - Toby Jug, Tolworth.
* 4 April 1969 - Golf Drouot, Paris, France (informal meeting and jam).
* 5, 6 & 7 April 1969 - Golf Drouot, Paris, France. Available tracks: Born Under a Bad Sign, Mean Ole World, Sugar for Mr. Morrison, Free Me, Let Me Show You, Over the Green Hills, Hoochie Coochie Man, I'm A Mover, Rock Me Baby, The Worm, Nightlife, Moonshine. Golf Drouot, Paris, France. YouTube, duration: 8.47 minutes. See also: 5.55 and Walk in My Shadow 4.38. Audience bootleg.
* 9 April 1969 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford.
* 12 April 1969 - Colour Me Pop, BBC2, London, England. Tracks: 1. Moonshine, 4.44, 2. I'm A Mover, 2.39, 3. Songs of Yesterday, 2.50, 4. Morning Sad Morning, 4.11. Live vocal on all four, and some live backing.
* 26 April 1969 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth.
* 27 April 1969 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 3 May 1969 - Wulfrun Hall, University of Wolverhampton. Support: Trapeze.
* 4 May 1969 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 9 May 1969 - Bedford College, Bedford.
* 10 May 1969 - Manchester.
* 15 May 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 16 May 1969 - Mothers Club, Erdington, Birmingham.
* 17 May 1969 - Town Hall, High Wycombe.
* 18 May 1969 - Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar.
* 24 May 1969 - Romford Technical School, Romford.
* 30 May 1969 - Speakeasy, London.
* 5 June 1969 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 8 June 1969 - Peterlee Jazz Club, Peterlee.
* 9 June 1969 - Catacombs Hall, Wolverhampton.
* 13 June 1969 - Sussex University, Brighton.
* 16 June 1969 - New Friarage Hall, Aylesbury, England.
* 21 June 1969 - Leeds University.
* 23 June 1969 - Hull University.
* 27 June 1969 - Bay Hotel, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 1 July 1969 - Stevenage College.
* 6 July 1969 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 7 July 1969 - Angel Hotel, Godalming.
* 9 July 1969 - Toby Jug, Tolworth.
Blind Faith US tour
* 1 July 1969, Winterland, San Francisco. YouTube, duration: minutes. Crowd bootleg audio. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Trouble On Double Time, 3. I'm a Mover, 4. Lying In The Sunshine, 5. Songs Of Yesterday.
* 12 July 1969 - Madison Square Garden, New York.
* 13 July 1969 - Bridgeport.
* 17 July 1969 - Ungano’s, New York.
* 18 July 1969 - Ungano’s, New York.
* 19 July 1969 - Ungano’s, New York.
* 20 July 1969 - Ungano’s, New York.
* 21 July 1969 - Ungano’s, New York.
* 23 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston.
* 24 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston.
* 25 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston.
* 26 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston.
* 27 July 1969 - Boston Tea Party, Boston.
* 1 August 1969 - Aerodrome, Schenectady, New York, US.
* 2 August 1969 - Aerodrome, Schenectady, New York, US.
* 7 August 1969 - Toronto Canada.
* 8 August 1969 - Toronto Canada.
* 9 August 1969 - Toronto Canada.
* 10 August 1969 - Toronto Canada.
* 14 August 1969 - Oakland Coliseum, California.
* 15 August 1969 - Los Angeles Forum, California.
* 16 August 1969 - Santa Barbara, California.
* 19 August 1969 - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas.
* 20 August 1969 - San Antonio, Texas.
* 22 August 1969 - Salt Lake City.
* 23 August 1969 - Phoenix Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona.
* 24 August 1969 - Denver, Colorado.
* 28 August 1969 - Angel Hotel, Godalming, Guilford.
* 30 August 1969 - Isle of Wight Festival. YouTube, duration: 13.47 minutes. Crowd bootleg audio. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Trouble in Double Time, 3. Songs of Yesterday. Two videos, the second with some silent film of the gig.
* 7 September 1969 - Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar.
* 12 September 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 13 September 1969 - Rag Blues Festival, Festival Field, Rugby, Rainsbrook.
* 17 September 1969 - Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool.
* 17 September 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 21 September 1969 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 24 September 1969 - Toby Jug, Tolworth.
* 26 September 1969 - Newport College, Wales.
* 27 September 1969 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth.
* 28 September 1969 - Angel Hotel, Godalming, Guilford.
* 29 September 1969 - New Friarage Hall, Aylesbury.
* 1 October 1969 - Reading University.
* 3 October 1969 - Salford University.
European tour
* 9 October 1969 - Internationales Essener Pop & Blues Festival, Grugahalle Essen, Germany. YouTube, 26 September 2021, duration: 36.49 minutes. Crowd recorded bootleg audio. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Woman, 3. Mean Ole World, 4. Free Me, 5. Trouble On Double Time, 6. I'm A Mover, 7. Songs of Yesterday.. Also a brief clip from a documentary of some live footage with voice over.
* 10 October 1969 - Den Haag, Netherlands.
* 11 October 1969 - Island Show, Zaal Egmont, Londerzeel, Belgium.
* 12 October 1969 - Paris Olympia, France (photo below).
* 13 October 1969 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth.
* 16 October 1969 - Scarborough Penthouse.
* 17 October 1969 - Speakeasy, Fishmongers Arms, Wood Green, London.
* 26 October 1969 - Bishop Auckland.
* 28 October 1969 - Farmery Hall, Hull.
* 1 November 1969 - Dunelm House, Durham.
* 7 November 1969 - Richmond Athletic Ground, Richmond.
* 9 November 1969 - Cloud Nine Club, Grand Hotel, Peterborough.
* 14 November 1969 - Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar.
* 19 November 1969 - Toby Jug, Tolworth.
* 20 November 1969 - Jimmy’s, Brighton.
* 21 November 1969 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 22 November 1969 - Leeds University.
* 23 November 1969 - Hull University.
* 26 November 1969 - Rambling Jack's Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishop's Stortford, England.
* 30 November 1969 - Roundhouse, London.
* 2 December 1969 - Stuart Henry Show, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Woman 4.21.
* 8 December 1969 - Playhouse Theatre, London, Top Gear, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. I'm a Mover 3.03, 2. I'll Be Creepin', 3. Trouble on Double Time 3.49, 4. Mouthful of Glass 4.41.
* 11 December 1969 - Friars, Bedford.
* 19 December 1969 - Uxbridge Technical College, Uxbridge.
* 21 December 1969 - Farx Club, Southall.
* 22 December 1969 - Catacombs Hall, Wolverhampton. Support: Yes.
* 24 December 1969 - Stratford Railway Tavern, Stratford.
* 26 December 1969 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth.
* 27 December 1969 - Winter Gardens, Malvern.
* 28 December 1969 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 29 December 1969 - Priory Hotel, Scunthorpe.
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1970
* 1 January 1970 - The Penthouse, Scarborough.
*1 January 1970 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 2 January 1970 - Stockton on Tees.
* 9 January 1970 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 15 January 1970 - Paris Theatre, London.
* 17 January 1970 - Loughborough University.
* 18 January 1970 - Farx Club, Southall.
United States
* 22 January 1970 - Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, US.
* 23 January 1970 - Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, US.
* 24 January 1970 - London University, London.
* 25 January 1970 - Epping Groovesville Wake Arms.
* 29 January 1970 - Beat Club, Germany TV recording - “Free Me” “Mr Big” etc.
* 30 January 1970 - Lanchester Arts Festival, Mothers, Birmingham.
* 31 January 1970 - Gala, Norwich.
* 4 February 1970 - Castle Blues Club, Tooting.
* 6 February 1970 - Crossroads, Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland. YouTube, duration: 6.00 minutes. Tracks: 1. All Right Now, 7. The Hunter, 11. Moonshine, 12. Trouble on Double Time, 13. Mr Big. On Japanese Free Live! CD.
* 7 February 1970 - Manchester University.
Denmark & Switzerland
* 12 February 1970 - K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark. YouTube, duration: minutes. Low quality crowd bootleg audio. Tracks: 6. Fire And Water, 7. I'm a Mover, 8. Ride On Pony, 9. Be My Friend, 10. Heavy Load, 11. Mr. Big, 12. The Stealer, 13. All Right Now.
* 13 February 1970 - Oh I Wept, Blackbird, Geneva, Switzerland. YouTube, 6 December 2015, duration: 5.50 minutes.
* 14 February 1970 - Electric Circus, Lausanne, Switzerland.
* 20 February 1970 - Eel Pie Island, Twickenham.
* 21 February 1970 - London Imperial College.
* 23 February 1970 - Kings Head, Romford.
* 25 February 1970 - St George’s Hall, Bradford.
* 26 February 1970 - Jimmy’s, Brighton.
* 27 February 1970 - Liverpool Tech College.
* 1 March 1970 - Wake Arms, Epping.
* 4 March 1970 - Queens, Crouch End.
* 5 March 1970 - Eden Park, Beckenham.
* 6 March 1970 - Lyceum, London.
* 7 March 1970 - London Polytechnic.
* 12 March 1970 - Top Spot, Scarborough.
* 13 March 1970 - Blackpool Technical College.
* 13 March 1070 - Winter Garden, Blackpool.
* 14 March 1970 - Bradford University.
* 15 March 1970 - Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar.
* 16 March 1970 - Oval, Kennington.
* 19 March 1970 - Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle.
* 20 March 1970 - Loughton College, Loughton.
* 21 March 1970 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth.
* 22 March 1970 - The Greyhound, Croydon.
* 2 April 1970 - London Aeolian Hall Studio, BBC2 Sound of the Seventies - All Right Now, Mr Big, Heavy Load, Fire and Water - with Stuart Henry aired.
* 9 April 1970 - Radio One.
* 3 April 1970 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 4 April 1970 - Mothers Club, Erdington, Birmingham.
* 13 April 1970 - Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton.
Germany
* 27 April 1970 - Sportsplast, Berlin. YouTube, duration: 42.42 minutes. Low grade audience bootleg recording. Tracks: 1. The Hunter,2. Woman, 3. Songs Of Yesterday, 4. Free Me, 5. I'll Be Creeping, 6. I'm A Mover, 7. Fire And Water, 8. Crossroads, 9. Rock Me Baby.
* 4 May 1970 - Haverstock Hill, London.
* 8 May 1970 - Whiskey Villa, Walsall.
* 9 May 1970 - Little Bardfield, Thaxted.
* 11 May 1970 - Kings Head, Romford.
* 17 May 1970 - Fox at Greyhound, Croydon.
Germany
* 18 May 1970 - Joint Meeting 1970, Eisstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany.
* 21 May 1970 - Memorial Hall, Barry.
* 23 May 1970 - City Hall, Newcastle.
* 24 May 1970 - Hollywood Festival 1970, Lower Finney Green Farm, Newcastle.
* 24 May 1970 - Newcastle under Lyme.
* 30 May 1970 - Guildhall, Portsmouth.
* 31 May 1970 - Wake Arms, Epping.
* 1 June 1970 - Civic Hall, Dunstable.
* 2 June 1970, All Right Now, Top of the Pops, BBC Television. YouTube, duration: 4.13 minutes. Mimed by band, apart from live vocal. Aired 4 June.
* 4 June 1970 - Aeolian Hall Studio 2, London - Sounds of the Seventies recorded for BBC - Fire and Water, All Right Now, Heavy Load, Oh I Wept - with Mike Harding aired on 23/6 1970 - on BBC Radio One.
* 5 June 1970 - St Mary's College, Twickenham.
* 6 June 1970 - Dagenham Roundhouse, London.
* 7 June 1970 - St. George's Hall, Bradford.
* 9 June 1970 -Town Hall, Watford.
* 11 June 1970 - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.
* 12 June 1970 - Constable Hall, Burton.
* 13 June 1970 - Potters Bar, Farx Club.
* 13 June 1970 - Disco 2, BBC2, TV program. Tracks: 1. Fire and Water, 2. Mr Big. Off air bootleg recording.
* 14 June 1970 - Civic Hall, Guildford.
* 15 June 1970 - Top Rank Suite, Sunderland, Reading.
* 16 June 1970 - Assembly Rooms, Surbiton.
* 19 June 1970 - Van Dike Club, Plymouth.
* 19 June 1970 - Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham.
* 20 June 1970 -Wadham College, Oxford .
* 23 June 1970 - Sounds of the Seventies, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. All Right Now 5.27, 2. Fire and Water 3.03.
* 26 June 1970 - Top Rank Suite, Sunderland.
* 28 June 1970 - Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar.
* 29 June 1970 - Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland.
* 30 June 1970 - Music Hall, Shrewsbury.
* 2 July 1970 - Paris Theatre, London, John Peel Sunday Concert, BBC. Live radio session. Tracks: 1. Fire and Water 3.57. 2. Be My Friend 5.59, 3. Ride on a Pony 4.33, 4. Mr Big 6.34, 5. Don't Say You Live Me 4.16, 6. Woman 4.16, 7. All Right Now 5.10.
* 3 July 1970 - Dunelm House, Durham.
* 4 July 1970 - Royal Spa, Bridlington.
* 5 July 1970 - Fox at Greyhound, Croydon.
* 7 July 1970 - McIlroy's Ballroom, Swindon.
European tour
* 10 July 1970 - Open Air Festival 1970, Aachen, Germany.
* 11 July 1970 - Euro Pop A-Z Musik Festival 1970, Olympia Eisstadion am Oberwiesenfelt, Munich.
* 13 July 1970 - Hamburg Germany.
* 14 July 1970 - Kiel Spectrum Club.
* 17 July 1970 - Den Haag Netherlands.
* 18 July 1970 - Amsterdam Netherlands.
* 19 July 1970 - Rotterdam Netherlands.
* 23 July 1970 - High Wycombe Town Hall.
* 24 July 1970 - Eccleston Hall Worthing.
* 24 July 1970 - Doing their thing - Free, Granada TV, Manchester, England. YouTube, duration: 25.46 minutes. Live in the studio. Tracks: 1. Ride on a Pony, 2. Mr Big, 3. Song of Yesterday, 4. I'll be Creepin', 5. All Right Now.
* 30 July 1970 - Lyceum Ballroom, London.
* 31 July 1970 - London Lyceum.
* 1 August 1970 - Dunstable Civic Hall.
* 5 August 1970 - Torquay Town Hall.
* 6 August 1970 - Truro City Hall.
* 7 August 1970 - Open Air Festival, Woolacombe.
* 8 August 1970 - Margate.
* 10 August 1970 - Romford Kings Head.
* 11 August 1970 - Bournemouth Pavillion.
* 12 August 1970 - Doncaster Top Rank.
* 14 August 1970 - Earlham Park, Norwich.
* 15 August 1970 - Boston Starlight Room.
* 22 August 1970 - Northampton Drill Hall.
* 30 August 1970 - Free - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival. YouTube, 19 April 2021, duration: 35.05 minutes. Live in concert. Tracks: 1. Ride On A Pony 4:36; 2. Woman 4:27; 3. The Stealer 4:08; 4. Be My Friend 5:03; 5. Mr. Big 5:47; 6. Fire And Water 3:46; 7. I'm A Mover 3:40; 8. The Hunter 5:19; 9. All Right Now 5:12; 10. Cross Road Blues 5:32. Video tracks 4 - 9. All tracks available here.
* 5 September 1970 - Dagenham Roundhouse, London.
* 9 September 1970 - Top Rank Suite, Doncaster.
* 13 September 1970 - Fairfield Hall, Croydon. Tracks: 2. I'm a Mover, 3. Be My Friend, 4. Fire and Water, 5. Ride on a Pony, 6. Mr Big 6.21, 9. Woman, 10. Walk in My Shadow 4.15, 14. All Right Now.
* 16 September 1970 - MM Poll Awards London.
* 19 September 1970 - Liverpool Stadiu, Liverpool.
* 20 September 1970 - Redcar Jazz Club with Trapeze.
* 25 September 1970 - Portsmouth.
* 26 September 1970 - Colchester Corn Exchange.
* 28 September 1970 - Brighton Dome.
* 30 September 1970 - Cardiff Sofia Gardens.
* 2 October 1970 - Lanchester Polytechnic.
* 3 October 1970 - Sheffield University.
* 4 October 1970 - Neufchâtel Switzerland.
* 6 October 1970 - Birmingham Town Hall.
* 8 October 1970 - University of Lancaster, Lancaster.
* 8 October 1970 - Aberdeen Music Hall.
* 9 October 1970 - Lancaster University Hall.
* 10 October 1970 - Manchester University.
* 16 October 1970 - Top Rank Suite, Sunderland.
* 17 October 1970 - Nottingham University.
* 18 October 1970 - St George's Hall, Bradford.
* 21 October 1970 - Preston Top Rank.
* 23 October 1970 - London Imperial College.
* 24 October 1970 - The Refectory, University of Leeds.
* 30 October 1970 - Loughborough University.
* 31 October 1970 - Bridlington Royal Spa.
European tour
* 1 November 1970 - Bremen Germany.
* 6 November 1970 - Tilburg Netherlands.
* 7 November 1970 - Stadsschouwburg, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
* 8 November 1970 - Nijmegen Netherlands.
* 11 November 1970 - Zele Belgium.
* 12 November 1970 - Stockholm, Sweden.
* 13 November 1970 - Boblingen Germany.
* 14 November 1970 - Tonhalle / Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf.
* 15 November 1970 - Frankfurt Kongresshalle.
* 16 November 1970 - Hamburg Musikhalle.
* 17 November 1970 - Niedersachsenhalle, Hanover, Germany.
* 18 November 1970 - Berlin Germany.
* 19 November 1970 - Munich Circus Krone.
* 20 November 1970 - Ulm Germany.
* 21 November 1970 - Free - Live in Vienna, Konzerthaus, Vienna. YouTube, 16 February 2016, duration: 46.35 minutes. Tracks: 1. The Hunter, 2. Fire And Water, 3. I'm A Mover, 4. Ride On A Pony, 5. Be My Friend, 6. Mr Big, 7. Songs Of Yesterday, 8. Heavy Load, 9. All Right Now.
* 23 November 1970 - Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, Germany.
* 26 November 1970 - Universum, Umea Sweden.
* 27 November 1970 - Stockholm Sweden.
* 28 November 1970 - Uppsala Sweden.
* 29 November 1970 - Goteborg Sweden.
* 29 November 1970 - Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
* 30 November 1970 - Ljungskile, Sweden.
* 1 December 1970 - Radiohuset, Stockholm.
* 2 December 1970 - KB Hallen, Copenhagen Denmark.
* 10 December 1970 - The Stealer, Hits A Go Go, Zurich, Switzerland. YouTube, 16 January 2024, duration: 4.40 minutes. Live television studio performance plus interview. Version with no overlaid text or interview and better sound here.
* 11 December 1970 - Limmathaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
* 12 December 1970 - Radiohuset, Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden. YouTube, duration: 74.02 minutes. Live radio concert. Tracks: 1. The Stealer 4.11, 2. Fire and Water 4.26, 3. Ride on Pony 5.12, 4. Heavy Load 6.17, 5. Woman 4.50, 6. I Love You So 5.50, 7. Be My Friend 6.12, 8. Mr Big 7.13, 9. All Right Now 4.56.
* 26 December 1970 - Birmingham Town Hall.
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1971
US & Canada tour
* 8 January 1971 - East Town Theatre, Detroit, US.
* 9 January 1971 - East Town Theatre, Detroit, US.
* 14 January 1971 - Fillmore West, San Francisco.
* 15 January 1971 - Fillmore West, San Francisco.
* 16 January 1971 - Fillmore West, San Francisco.
* 17 January 1971 - Fillmore West, San Francisco.
* 19 January 1971 - Pirate's World, Dania Beach, Florida, US.
* 20 January 1971 - The Syndrome, Chicago, Illinois, US.
* 22 January 1971 - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California. YouTube, 25 October 2021, duration: 77.05 minutes. Live in concert soundboard recording. Tracks: 1. Be My Friend, 2. The Stealer, 3. Woman, 4. Ride On Pony, 5.3 Don't Say You Love Me, 6. All Right Now, 7. Fire And Water, 8. Heavy Load, 9. The Highway Song, 10. My Brother Jake, 11. Soon I'll Be Gone, 12. I'm A Mover, 13. Mr. Big, 14. The Hunter, 15. Rock Me Baby.
* 22 January 1971 - Santa Monica.
* 23 January 1971 - Chicago Syndrome.
* 24 January 1971 - Ohio.
* 25 January 1971 - Carnegie Hall, New York.
* 26 January 1971 - Fillmore North, Toronto, Canada.
* 29 January 1971 - Pirate World, Florida.
* 30 January 1971 - Pirate World Florida.
* 31 January 1971 - Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida.
* 5 February 1971 - Victoria Hall, Stoke on Trent, England. Island Records tour with The Amazing Blondel. 5 February - 7 March 1971.
* 6 February 1971 - Liverpool Stadium, England.
* 7 February 1971 - Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England.
* 8 February 1971 - Town Hall, Oxford, England.
* 11 February 1971 - Guild Hall, Plymouth, England.
* 12 February 1971 - Central Polytechnic London.
* 13 February 1971 - City Hall, Hull, England.
* 14 February 1971 - Empire Theatre, Sunderland, England.
* 15 February 1971 - Greens Playhouse Glasgow, Cancelled
* 16 February 1971 - Music Hall Aberdeen. Cancelled
* 18 February 1971 - Guild Hall, Portsmouth, England.
* 19 February 1971 - Colston Hall, Bristol, England.
* 20 February 1971 - Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, England.
* 21 February 1971 - Civic Hall, Guilford, England.
* 22 February 1971 - Big Apple, Regent Theatre, Brighton, England.
* 23 February 1971 - De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England.
* 24 February 1971 - Town Hall, Birmingham, England.
* 25 February 1971 - Edinburgh Empire Theatre
* 26 February 1971 - The Stealer, Sheffield City Hall, England. YouTube, duration: 5.50 minutes. See also: I'm a Mover, The Highway Song, All Right Now, Mr. Big, My Brother Jake, Ride on a Pony.
* 30 April 1971 - Kyouritsu Koudou, Tokyo, Japan.
* 1 May 1971 - Live at Ootemachi Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan. YouTube, duration: 61.29 minutes. Crowd sourced bootleg audio. Tracks: 1 - Fire And Water, 2 - Ride A Pony, 3 - I'm A Mover, 4 - Be My Friend, 5 - The Stealer, 6 - Heavy Load, 7 - The Highway Song, 8 - My Brother Jake, 9 - Soon I Will Be Gone, 10 - All Right Now, 11 - Mr. Big, 12 - The Hunter.
* 6 May 1971 - Live at Beatty Park Aquatic Centre, Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia. YouTube, 8 March 2023, duration: 24.33 minutes. Tracks: Fire & Water, Ride on a Pony, I Wanna Be Your Baby, Be My Friend, I'm A Mover, All Right Now.
* 7 May 1971 - Festival Hall, Melbourne
* 8 May 1971 - Apollo Entertainment Centre / Memorial Stadium Adelaide
* 9 May 1971 - Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia. Live concert audience bootleg recording. Final concert by the original band prior to their temporary reformation during 1972 and eventual departure of Andy Fraser and Paul Kossoff by the end of that year.
* 13 May 1971 - My Brother Jake, Top of the Pops, BBC Television. YouTube, duration: 3.57 minutes. Mimed by the band; plus extended version with the two different clips and interview, duration: 7.10 minutes.
* 22 May 1971 - Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinatti, Ohio, US.
* 30 May 1971 - Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, US.
Free break up following this concert, with Andy Fraser leaving. There are no gigs for the remainder of the year.
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1972
January - Free reform to help Paul Kossoff with his growing drug problem
* 1 January 1972 - Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, England.
* 23 January 1972 - The Greyhound, Fulham.
* 1 February 1972 - Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, England.
* 2 February 1972 - Town Hall Birmingham.
* 3 February 1972 - Sheffield City Hall, England. YouTube, duration: 157.26 minutes.
* 4 February 1972 - Central Hall, University of York, England.
* 5 February 1972 - Manchester University.
* 6 February 1972 - St George’s Bradford.
* 10 February 1972 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England.
* 12 February 1972 - Liverpool Stadium.
* 13 February 1972 - Top Rank Suite, Sunderland.
* 14 February 1972 - De Montfort Leicester.
* 16 February 1972 - City Hall Salisbury.
* 17 February 1972 - Royal Ball Bournemouth.
* 18 February 1972 - The LCR, Norwich University, England.
* 19 February 1972 - Town Hall Middlesbrough.
* 20 February 1972 - Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-Upon-Trent. YouTube, 15 February 2017, duration: 81.53 minutes. Tracks: 1. Ride on a Pony 5:34, 2. Fire and Water 4:26, 3. Soldier Boy 3:11, 4. Be My Friend 6:18, 5. Little Bit of Love 3:34, 6. The Highway Song 5:10, 7. Hold on 6:01, 8. My Brother Jake 3:08, 9. Lady 4:27, 10. Heart Breaker 2:24 (fade out), 11. Mr. Big 7:05, 12. I'm a Mover 4:12, 13. All Right Now 6:13, 14. Travellin' Man 5:12, 15. The Hunter 8:12, 16. Crossroads 6:37. Crowd sourced bootleg.
* 21 February 1972 - City Hall Newcastle. Power cuts disruption.
* 22 February 1972 - City Hall Newcastle. Paul Kossoff becomes ill at the gig.
* 24 February 1972 - Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland.
* 25 February 1972 - Empire Theatre Edinburgh.
* 26 February 1972 - City Hall Newcastle. Cancelled last minute - Koss ill
European tour
* 21 March 1972 - Konsertittalo / Turku Concert Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
* 22 March 1972 - Finlandia-talo Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
* 24 March 1972 - Karen Club, Stockholm.
* 25 March 1972 - Gothenburg Sweden.
* 26 March 1972 - Pierus Club, Malmo, Sweden.
USA Tour
* 7 April 1972 - Palladium Los Angeles. Koss unwell.
* 9 April 1972 - The Fieldhouse, Boulder, Colorado.
* 10 April 1972 - The Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana - Free didn’t show - Koss ill.
* 13 April 1972 - Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, US.
* 17 April 1972 - Cobo Arena, Detroit, US.
* 21 April 1972 - Mid-South Stadium, Memphis, Tennessee, US.
* 22 April 1972 - Clemson University, California.
* 22 April 1972 - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.
* 24 April 1972 - Freedom Hall Kentucky.
* 25 April 1972 -Memorial Coliseum, Auburn, Alabama, US.
* 26 April 1972 - Macon Coliseum Georgia.
* 28 April 1972 - Hollywood Florida.
* 29 April 1972 - Gator Bowl Florida.
* 30 April 1972 - Tampa Stadium, Florida. YouTube, Part 1 - duration: 27.38 minutes; Part 2 - duration: 30.09 minutes. Live in concert. Tracks: 1. The Hunter. 2. Fire and Water. 3. Ride on a Pony, 4. Be My Friend, 5. Catch a Train, 6. Hold On, 7. Little Bit of Love. 8. Mr. Big. 9. All Right Now. 10. Travellin' Man.
* 6 May 1972 - Academy of Music, New York, US.
* 7 May 1972 - Cobo Arena, Detroit Michigan.
* 12 May 1972 - Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee. Support: Alice Cooper, Todd Rundgren.
* 13 May 1972 - Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina. Support: Alice Cooper.
* 14 May 1972 - Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, South Carolina. Support: Alice Cooper.
* 20 May 1972 - Ungano’s Ritz Theatre, New York two shows unconfirmed.
* 21 May 1972 - Sunshine Inn, Asbury Park, New Jersey unconfirmed.
* 24 May 1972 - Aeolian Hall, Studio 2, London.
Japan
* 22 July 1972 - Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan. Kossoff absent.
* 24 July 1972 - Koushien Kyuujou, Nishinomiya, Japan.
* 29 July 1972 - Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary. No Kossoff.
* 30 July 1972 - Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary. No Kossoff.
* 8 September 1972 - Town Hall Cheltenham.
* 9 September 1972 - Belfry, Sutton Coldfield.
* 10 September 1972 - Fairfield Hall Croydon.
* 12 September 1972 - Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland.
* 13 September 1972 - Caird Hall Dundee.
* 14 September 1972 - Empire Theatre, Edinburgh.
* 15 September 1972 - Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle. Cancelled. Koss taken to hospital.
* 16 September 1972 - Kelvin Hall Glasgow. Cancelled.
* 17 September 1972 - Redcar Jazz Club. Cancelled.
* 18 September 1972 - Manchester Trade Hall. Cancelled.
* 19 September 1972 - De Montfort Leicester. Cancelled.
* 21 September 1972 - Civic Hall Wolverhampton. Cancelled.
* 22 September 1972 - Island Rock Festival 1972, RAI, Amsterdam Holland. Cancelled.
* 23 September 1972 - Royal Festival Hall. Cancelled. Italian Tour cancelled.
* 3 October 1972 - Durham University.
* 4 October 1972 - Bradford University.
* 4 October 1972 - Kossoff collapses at the Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle gig. The gig is rescheduled for the 20th. He returns to the tour at Durham on 4 October.
* 6 October 1972 - Lancaster University.
* 7 October 1972 - Sheffield University.
* 8 October 1972 - Oxford. Cancelled.
* 9 October 1972 - Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
* 11 October 1972 - Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Coventry.
* 12 October 1972 - The Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham, England. YouTube. duration: 57.31 minutes. Tracks: 01. I'm On The Run, 02. Heartbreaker, 03. Soldier Boy, 04. Come Together In The Morning, 05. Everyday I Have The Blues, 06. Child, 07. Wishing Well, 08. Seven Angels, 09. Fire And Water, 10. Allright Now.
* 14 October 1972 - Bracknell Sports Centre, Berkshire, England, YouTube, duration: 62.46 minutes. Live in concert as part of the Heartbreaker Tour. Personnel include Rogers, Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu (bass) and Rabbit (piano). Tracks: 1. Heartbreaker 6.22; 2. I'm on the Run 5.37; 3. Soldier Boy 3.10; 4. Child 6.23; 5. Everyday I Have the Blues 8.36; 6. Come Together in the Morning 5.46; 7. Wishing Well 5.41; 8. Seven Angels 4.55; 9. Fire and Water 4.28; 10. All Right Now 6.01; 11. The Hunter 5.03.
* 15 October 1972 - Colston Hall Bristol
* 17 October 1972 - Heartbreaker, Portsmouth Guild Hall, England. YouTube, duration: 5.49 minutes.
* 18 October 1972 - The Dome, Brighton.
* 20 October 1972, Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle. This was Free's last UK gig with Paul Kossoff. A number of photographs by Ian Dickson are known. During October-November the band record the Heartbreaker album.
* 10 December 1972 - Hard Rock, Manchester.
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1973
1 January 1973 - Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth.
USA Tour (without Kossoff)
* 17 January 1973 - Loyola Field House, New Orleans.
* 18 January 1973 - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, US.
* 19 January 1973 - Tarant County Convention Centre, Fort Worth, Texas.
* 20 January 1973 - Civic Centre Theatre, , El Paso, Texas.
* 21 January 1973 - The Arena, Tucson Convention Centre, Tucson, Arizona.
* 23 January 1973 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California.
* 24 January 1973 - San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, US.
* 25 January 1973 - Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California, US.
* 26 January 1973 - Winterland San Francisco, California, US.
* 27 January 1973 - Santa Monica, Civic Centre, Santa Monica, California, US.
* 28 January 1973 - Johnson Gymnasium, Alberquerque, New Mexico.
* 29 January 1973 - Denver Coliseum, Denver, Colorado.
* 31 January 1973 - Kiel Auditorium, St Louis, Missouri.
* 1 February 1973 - Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pasadena.
* 2 February 1973 - Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
* 4 February 1973 - Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois.
* 5 February 1973 - Aerie Crown Theater, Chicago, Illinois.
* 6 February 1973 - Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan.
* 8 February 1973 - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York.
* 9 February 1973 - Academy of Music, New York, New York.
* 10 February 1973 - Academy of Music, New York, New York.
* 11 February 1973 - Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts.
* 13 February 1973 - College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
* 14 February 1973 - Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia.
*15 February 1973 - Orlando Sports Stadium, Orlando, Florida.
* 16 February 1973 - Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida.
* 17 February 1973 - Hollywood, West Palm Beach Auditorium, West Palm Beach, Florida.
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3. Acknowledgements
Complied with the assistance of Linda Crawford and research by David Clayton, Todd K. Smith, Allesandro Borri, and other fans of Free.
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4. References
Clayton David, Free Appreciation Society [blog], 2011.
----- and Todd K. Smith, Heavy Load: The Story of Free, Moonshine Publishing, 2003, 300p.
Crawford, Linda, Paul Kossoff - The Legend [website], Facebook, accessed 18 August 2024.
James, J.P., Paul Kossoff : All Right Now - The Guitars, The Gear, The Music, Troubadour Publishing, 2017, 424p.
Organ, Michael, Free Live! 1968-73 [blog], 24 July 2024.
setlist.fm - The setlist wiki [online database], accessed 20 August 2024.
World Radio History [website], accessed 21 August 2024.
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Michael Organ, Australia
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