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Sparks in High Wycombe?

 
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tattooyou
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:29 am    Post subject: Sparks in High Wycombe? Reply with quote

I'm hoping one the serious gigographers on here might be able to help me with this one.

My Dad reckons he saw Sparks back in around 1974/75 at High Wycombe Technical College in Buckinghamshire, but can't be sure if it was at that venue, or even that town! I now work on that campus, and sadly nobody has kept any record of gigs performed here. Does anybody in the Sparks camp remember if the band ever graced this town/venue?

Many thanks.
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sjadey
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sparks were very popular at that time and selling-out 2000-4000 seat venues. I haven't been to a gig at Bucks New Uni but I'm pretty sure there isn't a space on campus that large. The Swan Theatre holds 1000 but it is only twenty years old and the Town Hall only seats 400. I can't think of any other large venues in Wycombe. So I think it is unlikely, unless perhaps it was a warm-up show before their UK tour.

High Wycombe doesn't appear in the List of Gigs thread.

If they did play in Wycombe, I would want a Blue Plaque put on the building!
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tattooyou
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another Wycombite! Good to meet you.

It was the old events hall that was used for gigs. This has now been pulled down, but it had a stage, and I have been told by University employees that T-Rex and the Sex Pistols played there. It was a fair size from memory. The Town Hall certainly has a solid gig history, so I guess that might be the more likely venue, if any, but yes, it may have been as a warm-up.

If we find proof, I'm right with you on the Blue Plaque!

Thanks for the gig list, that is very interesting.
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