Live Performance
The album's success led to a prestigious sell out concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with the London Symphony Orchestra in October 1975. The Melody Maker magazine to declare Camel to be Britain's "Brightest Hope" an accolade which resulted in ever increasing attendances at concerts and highly memorable appearance on BBC television´s "Old Grey Whistle Test", (where the band performed with a woodwind section a medley of "Snow Goose" themes) and an equally memorable performance on the BBC Radio One "In Concert" programme. To follow up on the success of the album Decca dedided to release an edited version of "Flight Of The Snow Goose/Rhayader" as a single in May.
Tour 1975:
UK:
Apr-13: Greyhound – Croydon. Apr-20: Winning Post – Twickenham. Apr-22: Hippodrome Theatre – London. Apr-26: Leicester Polytechnic – Leicester. Apr-27: Civic Hall – Guilford. May-1: Cleopatra's – Derby. May-2: Newcastle University – Newcastle. May-3: Univ of Science & Tech – Manchester. May-4: Roundhouse – London. May-6: Music Hall – Shrewsbury. May-7: Bristol Polytechnic – Bristol. May-10: Stadium – Liverpool. May-13: Barbarella's – Birmingham. May-15: Winter Gardens – Cleethorpes. May-16: College of Fashion – London. May-23: Thames Polytechnic – Woolwich. May-24: Civic Hall – Guildford. May-31: City Hall - St Albans. June-6: Mayfair Ballrom – Newcastle.
Netherlands:
June-15: Summerpop '75, Turfschip – Breda.
UK:
June-20: University Of Sciences – Manchester. June-21: Old Grey Whistle – London. June-25: Town Hall – Torquay. June-26: Johnson Hall – Yoevil. June-27: Regal Theatre – Redruth. June-28: Guildhall – Plymouth. June-29: Town Hall – Birmingham. June-30: Free Trade Hall – Manchester. July-1: City Hall – Glasgow. July-2: Charter Theatre – Preston. July-3: City Hall – Newcastle. July-4: Victoria Hall – Stoke. July-6: New London Theatre – London. July-12: City Hall - St Albans. Aug-1: Town HallWatford. Aug-3: Fairfield Hall – Croydon. Aug-9: Kursaal Ballroom – Southend. Aug-16: Stadium – Liverpool. Aug-24: Pavilion – Torquay. Aug-25: Winter Gardens – Malvern.
Germany:
Sept-20: Schwabingerbrau – Munich. Sept-23: satori-Sale - Colonia. Sept-27: Münsterlandhalle - Cloppenburg.
UK:
Oct-3: Corn Exchange – Cambridge. Oct-5: Hampstead Pavilion – Hemel. Oct-12: Leith Theatre – Edinburgh. Oct-17: Royal Albert Hall – London. Nov-7: Town Hall – Birmingham. Nov-8: Friar's – Aylesbury. Nov-18: New Theatre – Oxford. Nov-20: Marine Hall – Peterborough. Nov-21: Walthamstow Polytechnic – Walthamstow. Nov-22: Leeds University – Leeds. Nov-25: Guildhall – Plymouth. Nov-26: Theatre – Redruth. Nov-27: Brangwyn Hall – Swansea. Nov-28: Trent Polytechnic – Nottingham. Nov-29: Kursaal – Southend.
Germany:
Dec-5: Musikhalle – Hamburg.
UK:
Dec-16: City Hall – Sheffield. Dec-18: Town Hall – Reading.
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