KC and the Sunshine Band UK tour 1974

The original tour dates were going to be as below.

VenueDate
Manchester Watersplash26 Sept
Hanley Heavy Steam Machine27 Sept
Lowestoft Pier28 Sept
Basildon Sweeneys30 Sept
London Speakeasy30 Sept
Rhyl Tallardi Hotel1 Oct
Llandudno Palace Theater1 Oct
Margate Dreamland4 Oct
Chelmsford Challenor Hall6 Oct
Colchester Woods6 Oct
Birmingham Barbarella's11 Oct
Dunstable California Ballroom12 Oct
Birmimgham Barbarella's12 Oct

There may have been some other dates added.

But.... disaster struck....KC went down with appendicitis the day before the tour was due to begin so they had to reschedule.

Revised Tour Schedule

VenueDate
Hanley Stream Machine11 Oct
Birmingham Barbarella's11 Oct
Whitchurch Civic Centre12 Oct
Birmingham Barbarella's12 Oct
Reading Top Rank14 Oct
Gloucester Traceys14 Oct
Ilford Green Gate15 Oct
Dagenham Green Man15 Oct
London Crackers15 Oct
Southend Zero Six16 Oct
Ipswich (venue?)16 oct
Portsmouth HMS Victory and HMS Collingwood17 Oct
Margate Dreamland18 Oct
Strood Amiga Club18 Oct
Dunstable California Ballroom19 Oct
Aylesbury Hazlemere21 Oct
Wolverhampton Lafayette21 Oct
Colywyn Bay Dixieland Showbar22 Oct
Rhyl Tallardy Hotel22 Oct
East Grinstead Clouds23 Oct
Nottingham Palais24 Oct
Derby Tiffany's24 Oct
London Rainbow Theatre25 Oct
Andover Country Bumpkin25 Oct
Lowestoft Pier Pavilion26 Oct
Chelmsford Chancellor Hall27 Oct
Colchester Woods Leisure Centre27 Oct
Bedworth Civic Hall30 Oct
Doncaster Outlook30 Oct
Darlington Incognito31 Oct
Stockton Incognito31 Oct
Hull Scamps1 Nov
Hull University1 Nov
Portsmouth Oddfellows4 Nov
London La Valbonne4 Oct
Ilford Room at the Top5 Nov
London La Valbonne5 Nov
Bristol Mayfair7 Nov
Whitley Bay Sands8 Nov
Spennymoor Top Hat8 Nov
Scunthorpe Baths Hall9 Nov
Loncoln Aquarius9 Nov
Leeds International Club10 Nov
Worthing Assembly Rooms11 Nov
London Playboy Club11 Nov
Hartlepool Gemini12 Nov
Redcar Top Deck12 Nov

The played often played two and on one occasion, 3 gigs a night. I don't think any band (rightfully) would agree to a schedule like the above these days.

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