Mac1966 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 A friend of mine is adamant she saw Led Zep in the 70s play New Bingley Hall in Birmingham. She even recalls the gig originally being scheduled for the Town Hall but was moved to Bingley as it was bigger. However can find no trace online of this gig. She even tried the venue but all historical records were lost in a fire. Does anyone know when this gig took place? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magerogue Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The Town Hall was the home of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1920 until 1991 when it transferred to the newly built Symphony Hall. It has also been used as a venue for a wide variety of events: political meetings (Lloyd George escaped rioting 1901 disguised as a policeman), youth rallies (eg. Boys Brigade), music concerts (Ravi Shankar), schools drama and music, and pop groups (eg. The Jackson Five, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Steeleye Span). The inside was used as London's Royal Albert Hall in Mark Herman's 1996 film Brassed Off. This Grade I Listed building was closed in 1998 for refurbishment and reopened in 2007. At least there's evidence on the official website, http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-b/birmingham-the-city-centre/ . I couldn't find anything else, hope this helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 They played the hall on both Town Hall June 13, 1969 and January 7, 1970, I assume they never changed the date, there would be a record of the gig under "bingley hall" on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I've never seen any evidence that suggests any of them ever played Bingley Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I've never seen any evidence that suggests any of them ever played Bingley Hall. The Yardbirds played Bingley Hall 26th Jan 1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 The Yardbirds played Bingley Hall 26th Jan 1968 I'm not aware of this date...seeking confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm not aware of this date...seeking confirmation. Post here when you're sure I am quite sure they did however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Found this about the Bingley hall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingley_Hall Staffordshire has a Bingley hall which became a concert venue in the 70's holding about 5-6000 people but Zep never played there. The venue is a farming showground and the hall is really an enormous cattle shed. It's about 3 miles outside of Stafford town and about 30 miles north of Birmingham.The acoustics were rubbish. In 1971 Zep were due to play The Place nightclub in Stoke on Trent but this venue was switched to Trentham gardens in the same city. One of the reasons was that The Place was too small for the bands equipment by that time. They had played the venue before and in 1973 Zep returned to Trentham which was my first Zep show. BIngley hall in Stafford no longer holds concerts but I did see The Eagles, The Who, Zappa, Bob Marley, Bowie, Yes, Floyd, F Mac and many other bands there. The Trentham Gardens concert hall no longer exists but was Stokes biggest venue at the time and I saw The Stones, ELP, Floyd, T Rex, Yes and many other bands there, It held about 2-3000 people. It is now a garden centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Found this about the Bingley hall http://en.wikipedia....ki/Bingley_Hall Staffordshire has a Bingley hall which became a concert venue in the 70's holding about 5-6000 people but Zep never played there. The venue is a farming showground and the hall is really an enormous cattle shed. It's about 3 miles outside of Stafford town and about 30 miles north of Birmingham.The acoustics were rubbish. In 1971 Zep were due to play The Place nightclub in Stoke on Trent but this venue was switched to Trentham gardens in the same city. One of the reasons was that The Place was too small for the bands equipment by that time. They had played the venue before and in 1973 Zep returned to Trentham which was my first Zep show. BIngley hall in Stafford no longer holds concerts but I did see The Eagles, The Who, Zappa, Bob Marley, Bowie, Yes, Floyd, F Mac and many other bands there. The Trentham Gardens concert hall no longer exists but was Stokes biggest venue at the time and I saw The Stones, ELP, Floyd, T Rex, Yes and many other bands there, It held about 2-3000 people. It is now a garden centre. Didn't this come up on the old site? I'm sure the answer was they did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledded1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Didn't this come up on the old site? I'm sure the answer was they did not. It probably did and we've never seen any evidence to support the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 It probably did and we've never seen any evidence to support the question. Thanks Ledded1, thought I had heard of it somewhere before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedjeffy Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm not aware of this date...seeking confirmation. The only additional info is that I had the Yardbirds play there at what was dubbed an "All Night Rave". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 the closest LZ got to playing there was Bonham buying some cattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cofa Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 They never played at Stafford Bingley Hall. It only became a concert venue around 74/75 and the only Zeppelin UK dates after that were Earls Court and Knebworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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