How many of these glorious Norfolk gigs do you remember?

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Jimi Hendrix at the Orford. 25th January 1967

In a gig that Hendrix himself said gave him his first big break, fans could see the guitarist for less than 7p a ticket. The booking fee was just £39 and added to a rosta of wild gigs at legendary Norwich music venue the Orford – a cellar on the corner between Timber Hill and Red Lion Street. Linda Wyatt, who was at the concert, said 'He was so late arriving that I was queuing to get my money back when he arrived so I almost missed him. Happy Memories!'

The Rolling Stones, The Gaumont, April 25th 1964

In what venue manager Ray Cossey described as a 'manic night', the Stones headlined a bill of about seven other bands. An Evening News review from the night captured some of the fan hysteria: 'The Stones hit town. And there were screams. And screams. And then just one long drawn-out sound which defied description.' The band also ended their night with fish and chips- reportedly arguing about whose turn it was to pay.

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The Beatles, Grosvenor Rooms. 17th May 1963

Already a chart topping band, with the single 'Love Me Do' and album 'Please Please Me' both at number one, the fab four played for a fee of just £250, to a packed room of 1,700 fans. One of the gig's promotors, Ray Aldous, remembers the night: 'Paul was jolly. Ringo was the comedian. George never said a dickie-bird. And John was quiet…They were heading for the big time. You could see it.' The queue stretched all the way back to ABC Cinema- where the band went to watch a film after setting up their equipment. They finished the night in true Norfolk tradition- with fish and chips in Valori's takeaway in Rose Lane.

Bill Haley and the Comets, The Gaumont, March 6th 1957

The father of rock and roll came to Norwich as part of his European tour, becoming the first major rock and roll singer to tour Europe. His single 'Rock Around The Clock' was already the first ever record to sell over a million copies in Britain and Germany. Haley recalls the tour in the March edition of Melody Maker, 1977: 'It was so big it was impossible to follow. I don't say this to brag, but I don't think any artist, maybe with the exception of The Beatles or Presley, but I doubt even Presley, could have had such a reception. It was fantastic.'

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Nirvana, Norwich Arts Centre, 30th October 1989

Hosted by promoters The Wilde Club, tickets were only £4 on the door. Unaware that the up-and-coming grunge band would go on to such fame, one half of the duo behind The Wilde Club, Barry Newman, was manning the Box Office until the headliners, Tad came on stage- so he only heard Nirvana's set through the door. Reminiscing in 2009, he told The EDP, 'My autobiography would have to be called I never met Kurt Cobain'.

David Bowie, Theatre Royal, 21st May 1973

Having played at the Orford in Norwich seven years earlier as 'David Bowie and the Buzz', Bowie returned to Norwich as part of the Theatre Royal's 'Super Star Carnival'. The show was part of his Ziggy Stardust Tour, promoting his fifth and sixth studio albums, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. Ticket holder Tim Howard recalls the visual impact of the gig in the York Press: 'The band (was) revealed in a red stage lighting… as though they had been teleported onto stage direct from a UFO'. Let's hope Bowie and his Spiders enjoyed some post-gig fish and chips too.

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