Akkerman Schedule 1973

Akkerman's Schedule 1973

(JAN 01-06)

JAN 07 UK MANCHESTER HARD ROCK (Interview with NME)

JAN 08 UK BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL

JAN 09 UK NEWCASTLE CITY HALL

JAN 10 UK GLASGOW CLOUDS Suppt Harvey Andrews

JAN 11 UK BRADFORD ST. GEORGES HALL

JAN 12 UK EDMONTON SUNDOWN

JAN 13 UK BRACKNELL SPORTS CENTRE

JAN 15 UK NORWICH ST. ANDREWS HALL

JAN 16 UK GUILDFORD CIVIC HALL

JAN 17 UK IPSWICH ST. MATTHEWS BATHS

JAN 18 UK WESTCLIFF QUEENS HOTEL

JAN 19 UK HANLEY VICTORIA HALL

JAN 20 UK CAMBRIDGE COM EXCHANGE

JAN 21 UK LIVERPOOL EMPIRE THEATRE

JAN 22 UK SHEFFIELD CITY HALL

JAN 23 UK LEEDS TOWN HALL

JAN 24 UK SOUTHAMPTON TOP RANK

JAN 25 UK BOURNEMOUTH HARDROCK

JAN 27 UK DAGENHAM ROUNDHOUSE VILLAGE BLUES CLUB Suppt Slowhand

JAN 28 UK BRISTOL HIPPODROME

JAN 29 UK PLYMOUTH GUILDHALL

JAN 30 UK LONDON (BBC)
JAN 31 UK MANCHESTER HARD ROCK CONCERT THEATRE

(Extra gig added at the end of the tour because it had been so successful)

FEB 22 BEL LOUVAIN
SWI MONTREUX
24 GER DUSSELDORF INTERVIEW WITH TONY STEWART APPEARS
(Flight to USA)

MAR 02 USA MIAMI FLORIDA

MAR 03 USA AUGUSTA

MAR 04 USA NEW ORLEANS THE WAREHOUSE

MAR 05 USA NEW ORLEANS THE WAREHOUSE Both with Foghat

MAR 06 USA COLLEGE PARK

MAR 07 USA COLUMBUS OHIO

MAR 08 USA ST. LOUIS MISSOURI

MAR 09 USA YPSILANTI MICH E Michigan Uni With J Geils Band/Marc Almond

MAR 10 USA NEW CONCORD OHIO

MAR 11 USA CLEVELAND OHIO With Gentle Giant/Marc Almond

MAR 12 USA YOUNGSTOWN OHIO STATE THEATER With Gentle Giant

MAR 13 USA OLD ROSLYN NY

MAR 14 USA OLD ROSLIN NY

MAR 16 USA ASBURY PARK NJ SUNSHINE INN

MAR 18 USA WEST HENRIETTA NY

MAR 19 USA NIAGARA FALLS UNI STUDENT CENTER With Foghat/Gentle Giant

MAR 20 USA PHILADELPHIA

MAR 21 USA PITTSBURGH

MAR 22 USA MIAMI UNIVERSITY Open Air

MAR 23 USA NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC HALL

MAR 24 USA CHIGACO KINETIC-With Foghat & Hookfoot

MAR 25 USA MILWAUKEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

(MAR 28-APR 15 Helping Cyril Havermans record his album in Los Angeles)

MAR 30 USA LOS ANGELES CAL Hollywood Paladium

MAR 31 USA FULLERTON CAL

(APR 01-05)

APR 06 USA SAN FRANCISCO WINTERLAND

APR 07 USA SAN FRANCISCO WINTERLAND With Poco and Yes

APR 08 USA TUCSON AZ MCKALE CENTER UNIVERSITY With Frank Zappa
(APR 9, 10)

APR 11 USA KANSAS CITY MEMORIAL HALL With Blue Öyster Cult, Joe Walsh, Barnstorm

APR 13 USA TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA With The Beach Boys

(APR 14-27) Flight to Europe
APR 29 SWI  MONTREUX
APR 30 NL VOORBURG

MAY 01 BEL DILBEEK
(02-03) Recording Hocus Pocus US version?

MAY 04 UK LONDON RAINBOW THEATRE

MAY 05 UK LONDON RAINBOW THEATRE (Recorded  and including lute encore)

MAY 06 UK LEICESTER THE DE MONFORT HALL

MAY 07 UK SHEFFIELD CITY HALL

MAY 08 UK PRESTON GUILDHALL

MAY 09 IRE DUBLIN STADIUM

MAY 10 IRE DUBLIN STADIUM

MAY 11 UK EDINBURGH EMPIRE THEATRE

MAY 12 UK GLASGOW KELVIN HALL

MAY 13 UK MANCHESTER HARDROCK

MAY 14 UK BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME

MAY 16 UK HANLEY VICTORIA HALL

MAY 17 UK CROYDON FAIRFIELD HALL

MAY 18-31 SESSIONS IN CHIPPING NORTON (some eventually released on Ship of Memories)

(JUN 01ff) Completing recording of an album in London with Peter Banks

MONTREUX FESTIVAL? (Flight to USA)

JUN 29 USA SAN FRANCISCO BERKELY COMMUNITY With King Crimson, Procol Harum, Johnny Winter & Doobie Brothers

JUN 30 USA SAN DIEGO
JUL 01 USA SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM With Joe Walsh

(JUL 02-11) Concerts cancelled as Van Leer had appendicitis

JUL 12 USA ARLINGTON, TEXAS
JUL 13 USA HOUSTON, TEXAS
(JUL 14-25 When I thought Tabernakel had been recorded)

JUL 26 CAN MONTREAL CAPITOL THEATRE With Chick Corea

JUL 27 PASSAIC NEW JERSEY CAPITOL THEATRE Santana/Beach Boys/Three Dog Night

(JUL 28-31) (Flight to Europe)

AUG 01 NL LEEUWARDEN VEEMARKTHALLEN
AUG 1 NL LEEUWARDEN

(AUG 02 Flight to USA)

AUG 03 USA BUFFALO
AUG 04 USA NEW YORK
(AUG 05-09)
AUG 10 USA WHEELING ILLINOIS FIELD HOUSE AUDITORIUM Suppt Blue Ticket

AUG 12 USA PASSAIC NJ
(AUG 13-18)
AUG 19 USA NASHVILLE

AUG 20 USA SAN DIEGO CIVIC AUDITORIUM
(AUG 21,22)

AUG 23 USA NEW ORLEANS THE WAREHOUSE

AUG 24 USA ST PETERSBURG BAYFRONT

AUG 25 USA HOLLYWOOD SPORTATORIUM FLORIDA

AUG 26 USA ATLANTA

AUG 28 USA ALBAQUERQUE
AUG 29 USA PHIOENIX
AUG 30 USA KANSAS CITY 

AUG 31 USA SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM With Little Feat

SEP 01 USA SAN FRANCISCO
(SEP 02-04)
SEP 05 USA KANSAS CITY
(SEP 06-08)

SEP 09 USA ALMEDA MUSIC HALL With Barnstorm – Joe Walsh, REO Speedwagon

(SEP 10-14)
SEP 15 USA COLLEGE PARK
(SEP 16-23)

SEP 24 USA ARLINGTON TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY With Joe Walsh

(SEP 25-29) (Flight to Europe)

SEP 30 BEL TURNHOUT TURNHOUT FESTIVAL With Kayak

OCT REHEARSALS IN KASTEEL GROENGUID FOR HAMBURGER CONCERTO

OCT 05 NL ROTTERDAM
OCT 06 NL AMSTERDAM, CONCERTGEBOUW, With Sandy Coast
OCT 10 UK GLASGOW CLOUDS

(Flight to USA)

OCT 12-25 Tabernakel must have been recorded some time in this period

OCT 26 USA HAMMND, IND Supporting Spencer Davis Group

OCT 27 USA DETROIT Supporting Spencer Davis Group

OCT 29 CAN TORONTO MAPLE LEAF GARDENS

OCT 30 USA YPSILANTI MICHIGAN EASTERN MICHIGAN UNI

NOV 02 USA BLOOMINGTON INDIANA UNIVERSITY

NOV 03 USA WEST LAFAYETTE IND. PURDUE UNIVERSITY

NOV 04 USA COLUMBUS OHIO AGORA CLUB
(NOV 5,6)

NOV 07 USA MONROE LOUISIANA NORTH EAST UNIVERSITY

NOV 09 USA UPPER DARBY TOWER THEATER with Gentle Giant

NOV 10 USA NEW BRUNSWICK STATE THEATRE

NOV 11 USA WASHINGTON DC CONSTITUTION HALL

NOV 12 USA NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY

NOV 13 USA BOSTON ORPHEUM THEATRE

NOV 14 USA LOUISVILLE CONVENTION CENTER

NOV 15 USA BALTIMORE MARYLAND MARYLAND UNIVERSITY

NOV 16 USA BLOOMINGTON, ILL

NOV 17 USA ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

NOV 18 USA TERRE HAUTE INDIANA INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

NOV 21 USA MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FELT FORUM

NOV 22 USA PROVIDENCE CIVIC HALL

NOV 23 USA HEMPSTEAD NY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

NOV 24 USA GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL (Interview with Veronica Mag)

(NOV 25-29)

NOV 30 USA GETTYSBURG COLLEGE

DEC 01 USA ITHACA COLLEGE
DEC 02 USA OTTAWA, CALIF

(Flight to Europe)
(DEC 03-06)
DEC 07 NL
(DEC 08-31)

(In the year 1973 Focus did more than a hundred gigs and spent some five months in the USA)