Ticket
Kings Hall (Belle Vue)
18th October 1974

“with the Sadistic Mika Band as support. Me and my mate used to buy the cheapest seats we could, then sneak into the bar at the side of the stage 'till the main band came on, the theory being that everyone stands up and rushes the stage, trouble is, no one did on this night, still, we managed to find to great seats right at the front,”

“I would have loved to be there. What sort of capacity was Belle Vue?”

“huge capacity, not sure of the numbers, there were several tiers. Our tickets were usually the top tier, with the excuse of "I have to find my sister who's on her own down at the front, she's forgot her key, we'll only be a minute" it always worked...
We used to leave school at the last break, get changed and head off, we managed to get in via the stage door on numerous occasion and help 'set up' Slade and Quo being a couple of the ones I remember. At this Roxy gig, as we knew the layout, we got into the back stage area for about 1/2 hour just prior to going down. (there was an entrance on one of the middle tiers)”

“omg this was one of the first gigs i ever went to when I was 15.. Jerry Hall was one of the roxy girls doing backing vocals and Bryan Ferry was dressed like a lieutenant.. it was an amazing gig... cheers

Julia

www.invisiblegirl.co.uk”

“I remember at the Parliament gig that no-one sat down anyway.The entire audience stood on the chairs so you had to or you couldn't see and everyone was bouncing about as well. It was so hot that people were passing out from lack of air !”

“Ah, what a great concert that was, my second Roxy concert, Preston Guild Hall the year before being my first. I seem to remember climbing down from the circle, to get to the front for the last couple of songs. Didnt they do a medley of three songs, all mixed up? Has anyone got a bootleg of the concert, what i would give to re-live that night,
T.”

“I was also at this concert and managed to get Bryan Ferry's autograph after waiting round the back of the hall. He came to the rear door with a lady on each arm (one was most likely Jerry Hall although I didn't take much notice at the time as I was too eager to get his autograph). I loved this venue as there was no hassle involved in getting autographs for my collection including The Who.”