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Saturday March 1st 1980
                            friars aylesbury phase three - maxwell hall, civic centre, market square, aylesbury
                                   "there's only one way to start a tour - at aylesbury or somewhere else" - ian gillan

Gillan

the broughtons

  exclusive friars interview with edgar broughton
  exclusive pictures from this gig in the galleries
   
  related friars history
 

Ian Gillan Band Friday February 23rd 1979 

Gillan Thursday August 21st 1980  Thursday December 2nd 1982

Edgar Broughton Monday July 21st 1969 Monday 16th March 1970  Monday 16th March 1970 Saturday April 8th 1972  Monday June 1st 2009

Strapps (Mick Underwood) Tuesday December 7th 1976

 
  setlist
  unknown
 
  band line up
 

Gillan Ian Gillan (vocs) John McCoy (bass)  Bernie Torme (guitar)  Mick Underwood (drums) Colin Towns (keys)

Broughtons: Edgar Broughton  Steve Broughton  Arthur Grant  Richard de Bastion  Pete Tolsen  Tom Norden

 
  gig poster and flyer (click to enlarge flyer)

   
  ticket
 

                                              

 
  memories
  Edgar Broughton

"Gosh! That is all a bit hazy these days. I just remember it being the best gig for miles around and that is about it. I suppose I was always a teeny bit stoned, come to think of it."

 
 
  press cuttings
 

 

 
  what happened next
  A popular turn at Friars, it was no surprise that Gillan made four headlining appearances including the 1982 date on his farewell tour as he had been advised that his voice could be under threat. Gillan the band fell apart and subsequently (after vocal cord surgery) went on to front a reformed Deep Purple who still tour to this day.

the Broughtons with their original Broughton/Broughton/Grant line up still play and they blew the roof of when they came back to Friars in 2009

 
  odds and trivia
   
 
  official web presence
  Ian Gillan official site  Edgar Broughton official site
 
  sound and vision
 

Gillan - No Easy Way  Edgar Broughton Band - Freedom

   
 
   
 
   

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