Neil Sadaka on his comeback tour in the UK in the 1970s was on at the Shakespeare club - My late parents went to see him on their 50th wedding anniversary he did a full show - he did his recordings of his hits by a future band who he advised to...
….i saw Elton John at the Empire circa 1974. My 97yo Mother-in-Law told me she saw Nat King Cole on the Empire, that’s so impressive. It was only in the early 70’s that Stevie Wonder was playing in Liverpool night clubs, crazy to think of that now.
Saw Hawkwind once at Portsmouth Guildhall. Or could have been Southampton Gaumont. Does anyone remember when bands used to play in theater sized buildings. Saw Genesis, Police, Thin Lizzy in the above.