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A date-by-date chronology of Flash for 1973 and 1974. Entries marked “(canceled)” were booked dates that did not take place. For the band’s history and discography, see the main FLASH page.

The last show by this line-up was in Albuquerque on 17 November 1973; dates booked after that were canceled when the band broke up. The 1974 entries record the aftermath.

1973

January ’73

  • 5: Pinellas Park, FL – Mustang Drive-In (with White Witch)
  • 6: West Palm Beach, FL – West Palm Beach Auditorium (with Raspberries, Bob Seger)
  • 7: Columbus, OH – Agora Theatre
  • 8: Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre; pre-FM soundboard recording exists
  • 12: Philadelphia, PA – The Spectrum (with Jo Jo Gunne, James Gang, Lou Reed (special guest))
  • 14: New York City, NY – Philharmonic Hall (with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Earth Wind and Fire)
  • 19: Chicago, IL – Kinetic Playground (with Jo Jo Gunne, Glencoe, Blue Öyster Cult)
  • 20: Chicago, IL – Kinetic Playground (with Jo Jo Gunne, Glencoe, Blue Öyster Cult)
  • 21: Kansas City, MO – Cowtown Ballroom (with the Byrds) This set was recorded on 2-inch multi-track tape by The Record Plant mobile studio. Released in remixed form on 2013’s “Flash In Public”.
    Set: “Small Beginnings” / “Black And White” / “Stop That Banging” / “There No More” / “Children Of The Universe” / “Dreams Of Heaven”
  • 22: Deposition regarding Flash’s name

February ’73

  • Single Release: “Watch Your Step / Lifetime”
  • 1: Dunstable, UK – Civic Hall (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 2: Reading, UK – University (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 3: London, UK – Imperial College (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 6: Hanley, UK – Heavy Steam Machine (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 7: Liverpool, UK – University (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 8: Loughborough, UK – University Students Union (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 8: (canceled) Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – City Hall (advertised as special guests to Vinegar Joe)
  • 9: Newcastle, UK – Polytechnic (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 10: Leeds, UK – Leeds University (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 11: Manchester, UK – Hard Rock Theatre (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 12: Swansea, UK – Top Rank Ballroom (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 14: Oxford, UK – Oxford Polytechnic (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 15: Bournemouth, UK – Hard Rock Theatre (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 16: London, UK – Sundown Theatre (with Beck Bogart and Appice)
  • 18: Cardiff, UK – Top Rank Suite (with Beck Bogart and Appice)

March ’73

  • 9: (canceled) Ilkeston, UK – Regency Disco (Brinsley Schwarz substituted)
  • Mid-March: (apparently did not take place) Roxy Music UK tour, reported by the Winsford Chronicle on 8 March as including Flash; advertisements for the tour list Sharks and Lloyd Watson as support

April ’73

  • 1-5: London, UK – Rehearsals
  • 6: Ware, UK – Ware College Students Union
  • 7: Lincoln, UK – Lincoln School
  • 8: Hempstead, UK – Pavilion
  • 9: Leicester, UK – Croft Club
  • 13: Peterborough, UK – Technical College
  • 21: Hastings, UK – The Pier Pavilion
  • 27: (possibly canceled) Ayr, UK – Caledonian 
  • 28: (possibly canceled) Glasgow, UK – University (with Fruupp, Spencer Davis Group)

May ’73

  • 1: London, UK – Advision Studios, “Knights” various mixes and “Lord Of The Dragon”
  • 2: Travel to Melbourne, Australia
  • 6: Melbourne, Australia – National Youth Sunday (with Cherry (Canada) and top 3 Australian bands)
  • 8: Travel to London, UK
  • 11: London, UK – Rehearsal
  • 12: London, UK – Recording session
  • 14-17: London, UK – Rehearsal and recording sessions
  • 18: Skegness, UK – Unknown venue
  • 19: Luton, UK – College with JSD Band
  • 20-21: London, UK – Advision Studios, recording sessions
  • 22-23: London, UK – Rehearsals
  • 25-June 4: London, UK – Advision Studios, recording sessions

June ’73

  • 5-7: London, UK – Morgan Studios, recording sessions
  • 8: London, UK – Advision Studios, recording sessions
  • 9: Bromley, UK – Unknown venue
  • 10-11: London, UK – Advision Studios, recording sessions
  • 25: Hull, UK – Hull City Hall (with Wishbone Ash)

July ’73

  • unknown date Zox and The Radar Boys performed various dates
  • 27-28: London, UK – Sound Management, rehearsals
  • 28: London, UK – London Music Festival at Alexandra Palace with Nazareth, East Of Eden, Budgie, Stray Dog, Cat Iron
  • 30: London, UK – Unit Studios, rehearsals
  • 31: Tottenham, UK – Royal Ballroom, stage rehearsals

August ’73

  • 7: Philadelphia, PA – band rehearsals
  • 8: Philadelphia, PA – The Spectrum (with Blue Öyster Cult, Mott The Hoople)
  • 9: Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Wishbone Ash)
  • 10: Ocean City, MD – Convention Center (with Wishbone Ash)
  • 11: Woodstock, NY – Abbey Road [two shows]
  • 11: New York, NY – Central Park [listed in Billboard Magazine, but possibly date changed]
  • 12: Minneapolis, MN – Metropolitan Sports Center
  • 13: Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre
  • 13: Boston, MA – Suffolk Downs  [listed in Billboard Magazine, but possibly date changed]
  • 14: Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Musical Theater (with Wishbone Ash)
  • 15: Wheaton, IL – DuPage County Fairgrounds
  • 16: Cleveland, OH – Smilin’ Dog Saloon
  • 17: Youngstown, OH – State Theatre
  • 18: Norfolk, VA – Pungo Fairgrounds [with Santana]
  • 19: Charlotte, NC – The Midnight Sun [unconfirmed date]
  • 19: New Orleans, LA – Municipal Auditorium [unconfirmed date]
  • 20-21: Atlanta, GA – Richard’s [unconfirmed date]
  • 22: Flint, MI – Sherwood Forrest
  • 23: Hyannis, MA – One God Coliseum [unconfirmed date]
  • 24: Cape Cod, MA – Cape Cod Coliseum; audience recording exists, two tracks appear on 2022’s “In The USA” set.
  • 25: Asbury Park, NJ – Sunshine In (with Joe Walsh & Barnstorm)
  • 27: White Oak, PA – Zodiac Club or Elephant Club
  • 28: Boston, MA – The Garage
  • 29: Boston, MA – The Garage
  • 30: Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre (with T.Rex)
  • 31: Miami Beach, FL – Convention Center (with Joe Walsh) [unconfirmed date]

September ’73

  • 1: Albuquerque, NM – Civic Auditorium (with Blue Oyster Cult, El Chicano, Quicksilver Messenger Service); Albuquerque Journal review
  • 2: Pueblo, CO – Coyote Ridge Festival (with Malo, Quicksilver Messenger Service) Concert filmed; but Flash may have played a St. Louis date instead
  • 4: Minneapolis, MI – unknown venue; unconfirmed date
  • 5: Kansas City, MO – unknown venue; unconfirmed date
  • 6: Oklahoma City, OK – unknown venue; unconfirmed date
  • 7: San Antonio, TX – unknown venue; unconfirmed date
  • 16: Kansas City, MO – Fairyland Park “Carney Rock II” (with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Blue Oyster Cult, The Phlorescent Leech and Eddie, Brownsville Station, Rare Earth, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Nazareth)
  • 28: (canceled) Oklahoma City – Civic Center Music Hall
  • 29: (canceled) Kansas City – Music Hall (with Deodato)
  • 29: Travel to Los Angeles, CA
  • 30: (canceled) Little Rock, AK Robinson’s Auditorium

October ’73

  • Album Release: “Out Of Our Hands”
    ‘More subtle maybe than Yes, but Flash are running parallel and it shows. Impossible to fault except for it’s [sic] total lack of originality. Buy Banks’ solo instead. Much better value.’ – R. G., Record Mirror, 20/10/73 (read the Record Mirror reviews of both albums); other newspaper reviews
  • 1: (canceled) Lake Charles, LA – McNeese University
  • 3: Salt Lake City, UT – Terrace Ballroom (with Deodato); Salt Lake Tribune review
  • 4: San Diego, CA – Civic Theatre
  • 5: (canceled) Reno, NV – unknown venue
  • 6: Berkeley, CA – Berkeley Community Theater (with Deodato, Eugene Blackwell and the New Breed)
  • 7: Santa Monica, CA – Civic Auditorium (with Deodato); Show is reportedly broadcasted live on KMET radio.
  • 9: Los Angeles, CA – NBC Studios, “Midnight Special”television show taping with Jerry Lee Lewis hosting. “Dead Ahead” and “Psychosync” performed live and video recently posted on YouTube.
  • 10: Denver, CO – unknown venue
  • 11: ScotsBluff, NE – Western Nebraska University (with Deodato)
  • 12: (canceled) St. Louis, MO – Keele Opera House
  • 16: (canceled) Monroe, LA Civic Center
  • 17: Lake Charles, LA – Civic Center (with Three Dog Night)
  • 19: Fargo, ND – Field House, North Dakota State University (with Grand Funk)
  • 20: St. Paul, MN – Civic Center (with Grand Funk)
  • 21: Duluth, MN – Civic Center (with Grand Funk)
  • 22: Wausau, WI – Next Exit (with Powerhouse, The Bushman Clark Band)
  • 23: Wausau, WI – Next Exit (with Powerhouse, The Bushman Clark Band)
  • 24: Dayton, OH – Hara Arena (with Captain Beyond); Journal Herald review
  • 26: Miami, FL – Miami Baseball Stadium (with Three Dog Night)
  • 27: Montgomery, AL – Montgomery Coliseum (with Three Dog Night)
  • 28: Winston-Salem, NC – Memorial Coliseum (with Three Dog Night)
  • 29: Jacksonville, FL – Veterans Memorial Coliseum (with Three Dog Night)
  • 31: Savannah, GA – Civic Center (with Three Dog Night)

November ’73

  • 1: Richmond, VA – Coliseum (with Three Dog Night)
  • 4: Huntsville, AL – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 7: Valdosta, GA – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 8: Cleveland, OH – Case-Western Reserve University (with Deodato)
  • 9: Wausau, WI – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 10: Wausau, WI – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 11: Springfield, MO – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 12: Des Moines, IA – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 13: Des Moines, IA – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 14: Bettendorf, IA – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 15: Galina, KS – unknown venue, unconfirmed date
  • 16: El Paso, TX – El Paso Coliseum (with Three Dog Night); the band gave an after-show interview, printed in The Prospector (El Paso), 29 Nov 1973
  • 17: Albuquerque, NM – University of New Mexico (with Three Dog Night); Flash disbands after this show marking it their final concert.
  • 18: (canceled) Cedar Rapids, IA – Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium
  • 19: (canceled) Ottumwa, IA – Ottumwa Coliseum
  • 20: (canceled) Waterloo, IA – McElroy Auditorium
  • 22: (canceled) St. Louis, MO – Keil Auditorium (with Wishbone Ash)
  • 24: (canceled) Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple (with Wishbone Ash)
  • 30:  (canceled) Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre

December ’73

  • 1: (canceled) Portland, OR – Paramount Theatre

1974

January ’74

June ’74

October ’74

  • Early: Peter Banks re-forms Flash with American singer Sydney Jordan. The new line-up is Banks, Sydney (vocals), Preston Ross-Heyman (drums), John Gibling (bass) and Freeman Magnasson (keyboards). A new album is in preparation; a few British gigs are planned for late October or early November, with a full tour to follow in 1975.; see Sounds, 12 Oct 1974

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