Bands that have played at Porterhouse Retford.
Updated 03.01.2024 Incorporating listings from Craig Marsh, a Retfordian who was there 1989 to 1993
Updated 17.02.2021 Incorporating listings from
https://punkmusiccatalogue.wordpress.com/porterhouse
1976
14.01.1976 - Bilbo Baggins
14.02.1976 - Alex Harvey Band
17.03.1976 - Doctors Of Madness
26.03.1976 - Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
02.04.1976 - Widowmaker
01.05.1976 - AC/DC
15.05.1976 - Bilbo Baggins
02.06.1976 - AC/DC
15.06.1976 - Bilbo Baggins
28.08.1976 - Krakatoa
03.11.1976 - After The Fire
11.12.1976 - Steve Gibbons Band
13.12.1976 - Otway & Barrett
1977
14.01.1977 - Bilbo Baggins
11.03.1977 - Doctors Of Madness, Tyla Gang
15.04.1977 - Stretch
22.04.1977 - Boomtown Rats
11.05.1977 - Chelsea (?)
13.05.1977 - Adverts, Damned
22.05.1977 - Heartbreakers
04.06.1977 - Heavy Metal Kids, Motors
07.06.1977 - Vibrators (?)
08.06.1977 - Vibrators (?)
11.06.1977 - Burlesque, Houdini
22.06.1977 - Heartbreakers (?)
08.07.1977 - Heartbreakers
15.07.1977 - Vibrators
22.07.1977 - Boomtown Rats
06.08.1977 - Darts
02.09.1977 - London, Swords (?), Victims
16.09.1977 - Heavy Metal Kids
24.09.1977 - Darts
30.09.1977 - Heavy Metal Kids
07.10.1977 - Heartbreakers, Models, Slaughter & The Dogs
18.10.1977 - Boys
28.10.1977 - Boys
04.11.1977 - Movies
18.11.1977 - Krakatoa
26.11.1977 - Split Enz
02.12.1977 - Burlesque (?)
03.12.1977 - Ponders End
09.12.1977 - Slaughter & The Dogs
16.12.1977 - Doctors Of Madness
1978
12.01.1978 - No Dice (?)
13.01.1978 - No Dice
27.01.1978 - Extras
28.01.1978 - Love Bandits
03.02.1978 - Hunter, Shabby Tiger
10.02.1978 - Deaf School
11.02.1978 - 29th & Dearborn, Supercharge
17.02.1978 - Tonight
24.02.1978 - Wire
03.03.1978 - Flys, Otway & Barrett
17.03.1978 - Advertising, Radio Stars (?)
18.03.1977 - Bitter Suite
23.03.1978 - Bowles Bros
25.03.1978 - 29th & Dearborn, Movies, Supercharge (?)
31.03.1978 - Buzzcocks + Slits
01.04.1978 - British Lions + Supercharge
03.04.1978 - Ponders End
07.04.1978 - Wreckless Eric
14.04.1978 - Pleasers
21.04.1978 - Young Ones
22.04.1978 - Buster James Band
28.04.1978 - Café Jacques, Harlow
05.05.1978 - Blast Furnace & the Heatwaves, Wilko Johnson Band
06.05.1978 - Wilko Johnson Band
07.05.1978 - Records
11.05.1978 - Buster James Band
12.05.1978 - Squeeze
13.05.1978 - Those Four
18.05.1978 - Buster James Band
19.05.1978 - Limelight
20.05.1978 - Buster James Band
25.05.1978 - Buster James Band
26.05.1978 - Ponders End
27.05.1978 - Tonight (?)
01.06.1978 - Sassafras
02.06.1978 - Only Ones, Young Ones
03.06.1978 - Marseille
09.06.1978 - Sham 69
10.06.1978 - Supercharge (?)
16.06.1978 - Cimarons
19.06.1978 - Limelight
21.06.1978 - Smirks
23.06.1978 - Ramrod (Rory Gallagher)
24.06.1978 - Tyla Gang
29.06.1978 - Retainers
07.07.1978 - Dickies
21.07.1978 - Rich Kids, Slits
22.07.1978 - Late Show
04.08.1978 - Sassafras
05.08.1978 - Jab Jab
11.08.1978 - Generation X
12.08.1978 - Ponders End
18.08.1978 - Advertising
19.08.1978 - Nightmare
25.08.1978 - Chelsea, Zhain
01.09.1978 - Chelsea, Sore Throat
02.09.1978 - Lurkers, Showbiz Kids
15.09.1978 - Tanz Der Youth
22.09.1978 - Ultravox + John Foxx
23.09.1978 - T. Ford & The Boneshakers
29.09.1978 - Marseille
30.09.1978 - Reggae Regular
06.10.1978 - Damned (Appeared as The Doomed)
07.10.1978 - Ponders End
20.10.1978 - Racing Cars
27.10.1978 - Edge
03.11.1978 - Radio Stars, Reaction
17.11.1978 - Lurkers, Whizz Kids
18.11.1978 - Gillan or Jailer (?)
24.11.1978 - Pene Tration
25.11.1978 - Hot Water
02.12.1978 - Those Four
08.12.1978 - Zaine Griff
09.12.1978 - Wild Hordes or Gilbert O'Sullivan (?)
15.12.1978 - Joe Jackson
22.12.1978 - Vye
29.12.1978 - Cheap Flights
1979
12.01.1979 - Damned
20.01.1979 - Girlschool
26.01.1979 - UK Subs
08.02.1979 - Gang Of Four
10.02.1979 - Joe Jackson
23.02.1979 - Eric Bell Band
24.02.1979 - Def Leppard + Bitter Suite
02.03.1979 - 999, Pinpoint
09.03.1979 - Undertones, Squares
16.03.1979 - Adam & The Ants, Vice Squad
17.03.1979 - Squeeze
23.03.1979 - Smirks
30.03.1979 - Punishment Of Luxury, Bitch
06.04.1979 - Damned + The Void
07.04.1979 - Tour De Force + Bitter Suite
21.06.1979 - Adverts
29.06.1979 - Mekons & Butterflys
06.07.1979 - Pure Hell
07.07.1979 - Def Leppard
13.07.1979 - Adam & The Ants
14.07.1979 - Joe Jackson Band
26.07.1979 - Def Leppard
27.07.1979 - B52's + Fashion
28.07.1979 - Yachts
29.07.1979 - Simple Minds
03.08.1979 - Gillan
04.08.1979 - Lew Lewis Reformer
10.08.1979 - Slaughter & The Dogs
31.08.1979 - Shake
06.09.1979 - Chords & Killermeters
08.09.1979 - Budgie
14.09.1979 - Brand X (Phil Collins on drums)
21.09.1979 - Chelsea
28.09.1979 - Destroy All Monsters
05.10.1979 - Madness
06.10.1979 - Punishment Of Luxury
19.10.1979 - Revillos + No Way
20.10.1979 - Jags + Deaf Aids
25.10.1979 - Psychedelic Furs
26.10.1979 - UK Subs
02.11.1979 - Slaughter & The Dogs, Gang Of Four, Au Pairs (Delta 5?)
03.11.1979 - Ultravox, Au Pairs
16.11.1979 - Fall, Total Strangers
30.11.1979 - Little Bo Bitch
01.12.1979 - Iron Maiden + Redshift
07.12.1979 - Stripes, Direct Hits & The Scene
13.12.1979 - Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders + Little Roosters
14.12.1979 - Damned + Victim
15.12.1979 - Ginger Baker's Energy
21.12.1979 - Slaughter & The Dogs & Diks
1980
18.01.1980 - UB40
19.01.1980 - Diamond Head
25.01.1980 - Vibrators
08.02.1980 - Gang Of Four, Expelaires
09.02.1980 - Def Leppard, Magnum, Witchfynde
15.02.1980 - 999, Pinpoint
22.02.1980 - Fatal Charm
23.02.1980 - After The Fire
29.02.1980 - Spizz Athletico 80
01.03,1980 - Iron Maiden
07.03.1980 - Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark, Bascax
08.03.1980 - Planets
11.03.1980 - Cockney Rejects
13.03.1980 - UK Subs
20.03.1980 - Magnum, Tygers Of Pan Tang
21.03.1980 - Holly & The Italians
29.03.1980 - Athletico Spizz 80
11.04.1980 - Cockney Rejects
12.04.1980 - Mark Andrew & The Gents + Dirty Water
18.04.1980 - Chelsea
19.04.1980 - Girl
23.04.1980 - Purple Hearts
26.04.1980 - Saxon
02.05.1980 - New Musik
09.05.1980 - UK Subs
10.05.1980 - UB40
15.05.1980 - Distractions, Members
16.05.1980 - Teardrop Explodes
30.05.1980 - Cabaret Voltaire, Naked Lunch, B Movie & Metrophase (The The?)
31.05.1980 - Matchbox
04.06.1980 - VIP's
07.06.1980 - Budgie
13.06.1980 - Pink Military
14.06.1980 - Samson
20.06.1980 - Echo & The Bunnymen, Chatterbox
21.06.1980 - White Spirit
25.06.1980 - Bad Manners, Headliners
04.07.1980 - Vice Versa
05.07.1980 - Q Tips
12.07.1980 - Girlschool
18.07.1980 - Nine Below Zero
19.07.1980 - Mythra
25.07.1980 - Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
16.08.1980 - Section 25, A Certain Ratio
11.09.1980 - Janet & The Icebergs (Siouxsie & The Banshees) & Altered Images
19.09.1980 - Comsat Angels, Upset
26.09.1980 - Split Endz
03.10.1980 - U2
04.10.1980 - Madness
10.10.1980 - Bad Manners
11.10.1980 - Fischer Z
18.10.1980 - After The Fire
24.10.1980 - UK Subs + Citizens
28.10.1980 - Magnum
31.10.1980 - Fad Gadget
07.11.1980 - Monochrome Set
14.11.1980 - Comsat Angels
15.11.1980 - Fist, Dark Star
21.11.1980 - Discharge
22.11.1980 - Punishment Of Luxury
28.11.1980 - Lambrettas
13.12.1980 - Def Leppard
19.12.1980 - Wah Heat, Frantic Elevators
20.12.1980 - Richard Strange, Eric Random & Soft Sound
24.12.1980 - Prisoner
27.12.1980 - Mud
1981
02.01.1981 - New Order, Crispy Ambulance
03.01.1981 - Deemus Mint
16.01.1981 - White Spirit
17.01.1981 - Section 25, Durutti Column
21.01.1981 - Classix Nouveaux
23.01.1981 - Susan Fassbender
24.01.1981 - Frankie Miller
30.01.1981 - Passions
31.01.1981 - More
06.02.1981 - Au Pairs
07.02.1981 - Shock
13.02.1981 - Darts
14.02.1981 - Alex Harvey Band
20.02.1981 - Moondogs
21.02.1981 - Classix Nouveaux
27.02.1981 - Supercharge
28.02.1981 - After The Fire
06.03.1981 - Nash & Slash
27.03.1981 - Soft Cell
28.03.1981 - Lion Heart + Sparta
29.03.1981 - Orange Juice
03.04.1981 - Fire Engines + Restricted Code
10.04.1981 - Discharge + Supercharge
11.04.1981 - Ken Hensley's Shotgun
18.04.1981 - Sound, Instant Automatons
02.05.1981 - 999
04.05.1981 - Honeydrippers, Robert Plant
08.05.1981 - Ten Pole Tudor
09.05.1981 - Alex Harvey Band
15.05.1981 - UK Decay + Manufactured Romance + The Dark
16.05.1981 - Betty Bright & The Illuminations
22.05.1981 - Cramps + Meteors
23.05.1981 - Members
25.05.1981 - Flock Of Seagulls + Bill Nelson & The Practical Dreamers
29.05.1981 - Department S
05.06.1981 - Discharge + GBH
06.06.1981 - Trust
12.06.1981 - Exploited
13.06.1981 - Shakin Pyramids
19.06.1981 - Angelic Upstarts + Anti Pasti
20.06.1981 - Pretty Things
26.06.1981 - Rose Tattoo
03.07.1981 - Scars
11.07.1981 - Soft Cell
17.07.1981 - Monochrome Set
08.08.1981 - Naked Lunch, Bikini Atoll
05.09.1981 - B Movie
25.09.1981 - Wall Of Voodoo
14.10.1981 - UK Subs
16.10.1981 - Higsons
23.10.1981 - Our Daughters Wedding
30.10.1981 - Theatre Of Hate
31.10.1981 - After The Fire
14.11.1981 - Fad Gadget
20.11.1981 - Naked Lunch, Biddie & Eve
27.11.1981 - Siam
08.12.1981 - Discharge, GBH
11.12.1981 - Exploited, Chron Gen
12.12.1981 - Way Of The West
17.12.1981 - Dr Feelgood
18.12.1981 - Tubeway Patrol (ex Tubeway Army)
19.12.1981 - Eurythmics
24.12.1981 - B Movie
1982
08.01.1982 - Fad Gadget
15.01.1982 - Soft Cell
16.01.1982 - Soft Cell
22.01.1982 - Tandoori Cassette
23.01.1982 - Havana Lets Go
30.01.1982 - Eyeless In Gaza
06.02.1982 - Flock Of Seagulls
27.02.1982 - Magnum
06.03.1982 - Orange Juice
11.03.1982 - Pigbag, Pinski Zoo
12.03.1982 - Budgie, Renegade
13.03.1982 - Bikini Atoll, Childs Play
19.03.1982 - B Movie, The Loved One
20.03.1982 - The Cheaters
24.04.1982 - Tank
30.04.1982 - Fall
14.05.1982 - Fixx
15.05.1982 - Spider & Viper (Or was it Play Dead & Dark)
21.05.1982 - Talk Talk, Doll By Doll
22.05.1982 - Section 25, Crispy Ambulance
28.05.1982 - Limelight
29.05.1982 - China Crisis, Moscow Philarmonix
04.06.1982 - 23 Skidoo, Was He Pushed
05.06.1982 - Durutti Column
11.06.1982 - Vice Squad
12.06.1982 - Stargazer
02.07.1982 - The Gents
03.07.1982 - Mari Wilson, The Marionettes & The Marines
09.07.1982 - Marillion
10.07.1982 - Blancmange
16.07.1982 - Lords Of The New Church
17.07.1982 - Pluto
18.07.1982 - Magnum
23.07.1982 - The Adicts
24.07.1982 - Birthday Party &Cocteau Twins
30.07.1982 - Demon
13.08.1982 - Angelic Upstarts
10.09.1982 - Wasted Youth
18.09.1982 - Big Country
09.10.1982 - B Movie, The Loved One
22.10.1982 - Sex Gang Children, Play Dead
23.10.1982 - Pinkees
29.10.1982 - Danse Society, UV Pop
30.10.1982 - Marillion, Negative Earth
05.11.1982 - Hanoi Rocks
06.11.1982 - Steve Gibbons
19.11.1982 - UK Subs
1983
14.01.1983 - Music For Pleasure
15.01.1983 - Higsons
21.01.1983 - China Town, Terraplane
28.01.1983 - Charge, Ritual
04.02.1983 - Atilla The Stockbroker, Newtown Neurotics
05.02.1983 - Fad Gadget, Bikini Atoll
11.02.1983 - Adicts
12.02.1983 - Sisters Of Mercy
18.02.1983 - Southern Death Cult
25.02.1983 - Toy Dolls
05.03.1983 - Big Country
25.03.1983 - King
19.05.1983 - Magnum, Stampede, Santers
20.05.1983 - Roman Holliday
18.06.1983 - Monochrome Set
02.07.1983 - Xmal Deutschland
16.07.1983 - Alarm
30.07.1983 - One The Juggler
10.09.1983 - Death Cult, Rubella Balle
24.09.1983 - Roman Holiday
01.10.1983 - Europeans, Annabelle Lamb
08.10.1983 - Play Dead, A Reprisal
29.10.1983 - Death Cult
05.11.1983 - New Model Army
12.11.1983 - UK Subs
18.11.1983 - SPX (or was it 19th)
19.11.1983 - SPK
03.12.1983 - Alien Sex Fiend
10.12.1983 - Test Department, Band Of Holy Joy
1984
18.02.1984 - B Movie & Kitchen
25.02.1984 - Flesh For Lulu
09.03.1984 - Getting The Fear
10.03.1984 - Fiat Lux
07.04.1984 - Skeletal Family
11.05.1984 - Indians In Moscow
08.06.1984 - New Model Army
21.07.1984 - Waterboys
04.08.1984 - Alien Sex Fiend
22.10.1984 - Roman Holiday
10.11.1984 - New Model Army
01.12.1984 - Meteors
05.12.1984 - Alien Sex Fiend
1985
05.01.1985 - UK Subs
02.02.1985 - UK Subs & Exploited
02.03.1985 - Play Dead & Stingrays
09.03.1985 - 999
20.04.1985 - Stingrays
03.05.1985 - New Model Army
25.05.1985 - Flesh For Lulu
19.07.1985 - Prefab Sprout
21.07.1985 - Playn Jayn
03.08.1985 - Boothill Foot Tappers
10.08.1985 - Adventurers
02.11.1985 - Guana Batz
1986
18.01.1986 - Angels Death Song
08.03.1986 - Robert Calvert
15.03.1986 - Into A Circle, Glass Arcade
29.03.1986 - Psycho Surgeons, Glass Arcade, Mickey Mouth
18.05.1986 - Balaam & The Angel, Rose Of Avalanche
28.06.1986 - Chatshow, Glass Arcade
11.07.1986 - Batfish Boys
25.07.1986 - Into A Circle, Glass Arcade
01.08.1986 - The Meteors, 10,000 Rats With Bubonic Plague
12.09.1986 - Toy Dolls
26.09.1986 - Fields Of Nephilim
11.10.1986 - Wild Flowers
24.10.1986 - Fields Of Nephilim, Glass Arcade
28.11.1986 - Dig Vis Drill, Henry Normal, Screaming Trees
20.12.1986 - Glass Arcade
1987
07.03.1987 - Sting Rays
21.03.1987 - Fields Of Nephilim
30.03.1987 - Chiefs Of Relief
25.04.1987 - Macc Lads
16.05.1987 - Flesh For Lulu, Doctors Children, Light Brigade
30.05.1987 - Gaye Bykers On Acid
11.07.1987 - Fields Of Nephilim
21.08.1987 - Fields Of Nephilim
22.08.1987 - Head & Salvation
05.09.1987 - Tigertailz
12.09.1987 - Macc Lads & Cry
26.09.1987 - Toy Dolls
03.10.1987 - Balaam & The Angel
07.11.1987 - John Copper Clarke
1988
23.01.1988 - Dumpys Rusty Nuts & Cry
30.01.1988 - Macc Lads
06-02.1988 - UK Subs
02.04.1988 - Demon
11.04.1988 - Glitter Band
23.04.1988 - Flatmates
18.06.1988 - Salvation
27.08.1988 - Demented Are Go
17.09.1988 - Macc Lads
29.10.1988 - Condemned 84
26.11.1988 - Every New Dead Ghost
1989
10.02.1989 - Lords Of The New Church
01.04.1989 - Fishbone
28.04.1989 - Salvation
06.05.1989 - Macc Lads
02.06.1989 - Into A Circle
03.06.1989 - Mega City Four
10.06.1989 - Momento Mori
17.06.1989 - Guana Batz
07.10.1989 - Demented Are Go
04.11.1989 - In The Pocket
11.11.1989 - Crazy Pink Revolvers
25.11.1989 - Meteors
02.12.1989 - UK Subs
16.12.1989 - Another Cuba
1990
29.02.1990 - Bomb Disneyland
03.03.1990 - Temper, Temper
12.05.1990 - Meteors
01.09.1990 - Cheap & Nasty
22.09.1990 - Shook Split
17.11.1990 - Psycho Surgeons
02.12.1990 - Prefab Sprout
1991
03.03.1991 - Engine
1993
11.03.1993 - Girlschool
1998
01.01.1998 - Prefab Sprout
2000
02.09.2000 - 999
I cannot vouch that these dates are correct as all information has been taken from the internet & dates have not been cross referenced.
If you know any more bands with dates or know that the dates are wrong contact me.
