GiG HiSTORY - the complete list
1986
January 1986
1 NAG’S HEAD* High Wycombe 25th
February 1986
2 ANTELOPE* High Wycombe 6th
3 FLINT COTTAGE* High Wycombe 7th
4 NINEPINS* High Wycombe 8th
5 HALF MOON* High Wycombe 9th
6 FLEUR DE LYS* Stokenchurch 14th
7 PAPERMAKERS* High Wycombe 15th
8 PEGASUS* Marlow Bottom 19th
9 ANNIE’S WINE BAR* Amersham 20th
10 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 21st
11 DASHWOOD ARMS* Piddington, HW 23rd
12 KING’S ARMS HOTEL* Stokenchurch 26th
13 FALCON* High Wycombe 27th
March 1986
14 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 6th
15 DUKE OF WELLINGTON* Longwick 7th
16 HALF MOON High Wycombe 9th
17 ANTELOPE High Wycombe 13th
18 FLEUR DE LYS Stokenchurch 14th
19 PAPERMAKERS High Wycombe 15th
20 FAGIN’S WINE BAR* High Wycombe 20th
21 JERICHO TAVERN* Oxford 21st
22 NINEPINS High Wycombe 22nd
23 DASHWOOD ARMS Piddington, HW 23rd
24 FLACKWELL HEATH YOUTH CLUB* Flackwell Heath 25th
25 THE SWAN* Loudwater 29th
April 1986
26 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 3rd
27 HALF MOON High Wycombe 6th
28 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 10th
29 FALCON High Wycombe 23rd
30 FLORAL ARMS* Langley 25th
31 PAPERMAKERS Loudwater 26th
32 TIARA* (lunchtime) Slough 27th
33 HALF MOON (evening) High Wycombe 27th
34 THE WINDMILL* Slough 29th
May 1986
35 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 1st
36 FLACKWELL HEATH YOUTH CLUB Flackwell Heath 2nd
37 THE SWAN High Wycombe 3rd
38 TIARA (lunchtime) Langley 4th
39 HOURGLASS (evening) High Wycombe 4th
40 DOUBLE CENTURY* Slough 6th
41 FALCON High Wycombe 7th
42 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 8th
43 FORESTER’S ARMS* West Chalvey 10th
44 HEATH’S WINE BAR* Flackwell Heath 11th
45 MEAN FIDDLER* Harlesden 12th
46 ANNIE’S WINE BAR Amersham 13th
47 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 15th
48 PRINCE OF WALES* Slough 16th
49 NINEPINS High Wycombe 17th
50 HALF MOON High Wycombe 18th
51 TANNERS* Slough 20th
52 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 22nd
53 FLORAL ARMS Slough 23rd
54 THE HOPE* Stanwell Moor 24th
55 DASHWOOD ARMS Piddington, HW 25th
56 ROUNDABOUT* High Wycombe 29th
57 FLACKWELL HEATH YOUTH CLUB Flackwell Heath 30th
June 1986
58 GREYHOUND* Colnbrook 1st
59 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 5th
60 GREYHOUND Colnbrook 7th
61 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 8th
62 HOURGLASS High Wycombe 15th
63 ZORBA’S* Slough 17th
64 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 19th
65 THE HOPE Stanwell Moor 20th
66 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 21st
67 ROUNDABOUT High Wycombe 26th
68 PRINCE OF WALES Slough 27th
69 MARTIN’S BACK GARDEN* Flackwell Heath 28th
70 FLORAL ARMS (outside) Slough 29th
July 1986
71 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 3rd
72 THE PLOUGH* Colnbrook 4th
73 NAG’S HEAD* Slough 5th
74 THE BOOT* Bledlow Ridge 12th
75 HOURGLASS High Wycombe 13th
76 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 17th
77 FLORAL ARMS (outside) Slough 18th
78 HALF MOON High Wycombe 19th
79 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 20th
80 THE HOPE Stanwell Moor 25th
81 WINDSOR ARTS’ CENTRE* Windsor 26th
82 NAG’S HEAD (Birthday Gig) High Wycombe 29th
83 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 31st
August 1986
84 CHEQUERS* Reading 2nd
85 LANGLEY VILLAGE CLUB* Langley 3rd
86 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 5th
87 NAG’S HEAD* (Bar downstairs) High Wycombe 8th
88 FLACKWELL HEATH FOOTBALL CLUB* Flackwell Heath 9th
89 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 10th
90 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 14th
91 MARTIN’S BACK GARDEN Flackwell Heath 15th
92 VILLAGE HALL* (Wedding Gig) Farnham Royal 16th
93 FLORAL ARMS Slough 17th
94 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 18th
95 WINDSOR ARTS’ CENTRE Windsor 19th
96 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 29th
September 1986
97 FOUR HORSESHOES* Stokenchurch 6th
98 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 7th
99 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 11th
100 HALF MOON High Wycombe 13th
101 HEATH’S WINE BAR Flackwell Heath 14th
102 WINDSOR ARTS’ CENTRE Windsor 15th
103 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 18th
104 WYCOMBE COLLEGE S.U. BAR* (lunch) High Wycombe 23rd
105 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 28th
October 1986
106 THE HOPE Stanwell Moor 3rd
107 100 CLUB* London 5th
108 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 9th
109 WHITE HORSE* High Wycombe 10th
110 FLACKWELL HEATH FOOTBALL CLUB Flackwell Heath 11th
111 HALF MOON High Wycombe 18th
112 HOURGLASS High Wycombe 19th
113 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 23rd
114 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 26th
115 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 30th
November 1986
116 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 2nd
117 100 CLUB London 3rd
118 PONTON’S MUSIC CLUB* High Wycombe 4th
119 BLEDLOW RIDGE VILLAGE HALL* Bledlow Ridge 7th
120 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 8th
121 ALLISON WILKES’s HOUSE* Flackwell Heath 9th
Biz joins from now until gig No. 204
122 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 29th
123 MR. CHERRY’s* Hastings 30th
December 1986
124 OCEANS* High Wycombe 8th
125 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 14th
126 PAUL’S HOUSE* (Party) Beaconsfield 15th
127 WHITE HORSE High Wycombe 19th
128 MARTIN’S HOUSE* Flackwell Heath 28th
129 THE POINT* Milton Keynes 30th
130 HALF MOON High Wycombe 31st
1987
January 1987
131 NAG’S HEAD High Wycombe 1st
132 PONTON’S High Wycombe 20th
133 100 CLUB London 26th
134 Y.A.C. WYCOMBE COLLEGE* High Wycombe 30th
February 1987
135 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 1st
136 ANNIE’S WINE BAR Amersham 12th
137 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 18th
139 WYCOMBE COLLEGE SU BAR High Wycombe 20th
139 JERICHO TAVERN Oxford 28th
March 1987
140 Y.A.C. WYCOMBE COLLEGE High Wycombe 6th
141 CENTURION* Dunstable 7th
142 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 8th
143 STAGES* Chesham 12th
144 LANE END VILLAGE HALL* Lane End 14th
145 PONTON’S High Wycombe 31st
April 1987
146 GREYHOUND (no Biz) Colnbrook 2nd
147 HERTFORDSHIRE ARMS* Watford 3rd
148 CHAPTER ARTS’ CENTRE* Cardiff 4th
149 KING’S ARMS* Bristol 5th
150 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 9th
151 WHITE HORSE (no Biz) High Wycombe 17th
152 BELL INN* Wingrave, Aylesbury 18th
153 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 26th
May 1987
154 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 2nd
155 THE ANCHOR* Hemel Hempstead 4th
156 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 6th
157 FLORAL ARMS (outside) Slough 8th
158 ANNIE’S WINE BAR Amersham 15th
159 BRUNEL UNIVERSITY* Uxbridge 29th
160 PONTON’S High Wycombe 30th
June 1987
161 MEAN FIDDLER Harlesden 4th
162 ROYAL STANDARD* (no Biz) Walthamstow 9th
163 Y.A.C. WYCOMBE COLLEGE (no Biz) High Wycombe 12th
164 JERICHO TAVERN (no Biz) Oxford 13th
165 KING’S ARMS (no Biz) Bristol 14th
166 BRUNEL UNIVERSITY Uxbridge 19th
167 CENTURION (no Biz) Dunstable 26th
168 BELL INN Wingrave, Aylesbury 27th
July 1987
169 RYE PEACE FESTIVAL* (day) High Wycombe 4th
170 BARN DANCE BARB’Q* (evening) Great Missenden 4th
171 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 5th
172 FLORAL ARMS (outside) Slough 10th
173 WALLINGFORD ARMS* Reading 12th
174 PONTON’S (Birthday Gig / no Biz) High Wycombe 29th
175 MR. C’s* (no Biz) Poole 30th
August 1987
176 BLACKFRIARS* Guildford 2nd
177 ANNIE’S WINE BAR Amersham 7th
178 CAJUN CLUB* Bishops Stortford 9th
179 MEAN FIDDLER Harlesden 13th
180 PIED PIPER* Stevenage 15th
181 THE DOLLY* Oxford 16th
182 CRABTREE* Hemel Hempstead 22nd
183 DUKE OF WELLINGTON* Bedfont 23rd
184 ROYAL STANDARD Walthamstow 24th
185 RED COW* Slough 29th
September 1987
186 VICTORIA* Henley 4th
187 BULL & GATE (TIMEBOX)* Kentish Town 5th
188 BLACKFRIARS Guildford 6th
189 ROSE & CROWN* Bishops Stortford 10th
190 CENTURION Dunstable 12th
191 HOLMESDALE* Reigate 13th
192 THE CAMP* St Albans 20th
193 CLARENDON* (no Biz) Linslade, L. Buzzard 26th
194 MONUMENT* Newbury 27th
October 1987
195 CAVERSHAM’S* Reading 1st
196 CAPSTAN’S WINE BAR* St John’s, Woking 2nd
197 RISING SUN* (no Biz) Basingstoke 3rd
198 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 4th
199 CHASER’S NIGHT CLUB* Bristol 6th
200 BULL & GATE (TIMEBOX) Kentish Town 7th
201 FLORAL ARMS (no Biz) Slough 9th
202 DUKE OF WELLINGTON Bedfont 11th
203 THE BELL* Princes Risborough 14th
204 ANNIE’S WINE BAR Amersham 16th
No more Biz from now on
October 1987 continued...
205 CRABTREE Hemel Hempstead 22nd
206 THE CAMP St Albans 25th
207 CAPSTAN’S WINE BAR St John’s, Woking 28th
208 VICTORIA Henley 30th
209 ANTELOPE* (Halloween Gig) Bassingbourn, CAMBS 31st
November 1987
210 CELL BARNES SOCIAL CLUB* St Albans 1st
211 BLACKFRIARS Guildford 8th
212 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 11th
213 MR. C’s Poole 13th
214 BLACK PRINCE* Princes Risborough 14th
215 DUKE OF WELLINGTON Bedfont 15th
216 MEAN FIDDLER Harlesden 19th
217 OXFORD ARMS* Thame 26th
218 FLORAL ARMS Slough 27th
219 ANTELOPE Bassingbourn, CAMBS 28th
220 CELL BARNES SOCIAL CLUB St Albans 29th
December 1987
221 BLACKFRIARS Guildford 2nd
222 THE PLOUGH* Wallingford 11th
223 ROYAL STANDARD Walthamstow 12th
224 PAUL’S HOUSE (Party) Beaconsfield 20th
225 CALL BARNES MENTAL HOSPITAL* St Albans 23rd
226 CELL BARNES SOCIAL CLUB St Albans 24th
227 BLACKFRIARS Guildford 29th
228 HIPPODROME* Leicester Sq, London 30th
229 ANTELOPE Bassingbourn, CAMBS 31st
1988
January 1988
230 THE DOLLY Oxford 4th
231 BELL INN Wingrave, Aylesbury 9th
232 SPOTTED BULL* Hemel Hempstead 10th
233 HOPE & ANCHOR* Wokingham 13th
234 MEAN FIDDLER Harlesden 14th
235 GAMEBIRD* (lunchtime) Aldenham, Watford 17th
236 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 21st
237 FLORAL ARMS Slough 22nd
238 BRANDY’S NITE SCENE* Holbeach, LINCS 23rd
239 CHEQUERS* Stevenage 24th
240 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 27th
241 OXFORD ARMS Thame 30th
February 1988
242 BLACKFRIARS Guildford 4th
243 THE HATCH* Old Basing 5th
244 SPOTTED BULL Hemel Hempstead 7th
245 HAYDON ARMS* Oxhey, Watford 10th
246 CHEERS* (Biz sang a song) Amersham 11th
247 THE BOOT Bledlow Ridge 14th
248 FERRYMAN TAVERN* Maidstone 17th
249 RED LION* Godalming 19th
250 THE PLOUGH Wallingford 20th
251 CHEQUERS Stevenage 21st
252 NEW MERLIN’S CAVE* London WC1 22nd
253 HOPE & ANCHOR Wokingham 24th
254 THE CLARENCE* Brecon, Wales 26th
255 BOWIE’S NIGHT CLUB* Cardiff 27th
256 KING’S ARMS Bristol 28th
March 1988
257 EQUITY & LAW SOCIAL CLUB* Hazlemere 2nd
258 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 3rd
259 SPOTTED BULL Hemel Hempstead 6th
260 SHAKER’S WINE BAR* Watford 15th
261 FLORAL ARMS Slough 18th
262 CHEQUERS Stevenage 19th
263 MR. C’s Poole 24th
April 1988
264 OXFORD ARMS Thame 1st
265 BELL INN Wingrave, Aylesbury 2nd
266 BELL INN Wingrave, Aylesbury 4th
267 HOPE & ANCHOR Wokingham 13th
268 FLORAL ARMS Slough 15th
269 SPOTTED BULL Hemel Hempstead 17th
270 GREEN DRAGON* Flackwell Heath 21st
271 CHEQUERS Stevenage 23rd
272 SPOTTED DOG* Flamstead, Dunstable 24th
273 THE OSPREY* Carterton 28th
274 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 30th
May 1988
275 CHEERS Amersham 4th
276 THE PLOUGH Wallingford 14th
277 THE CLARENCE Brecon, Wales 20th
278 WHITE HART* Bristol 21st
279 THE HATCH Old Basing 27th
June 1988
280 CHEQUERS Stevenage 5th
281 FLORAL ARMS Slough 10th
282 HOPE & ANCHOR Wokingham 12th
283 HARE & HOUNDS* Fifield, Bray 18th
284 AIR BALLOON* Abingdon 19th
285 CELL BARNES MENTAL HOSPITAL St Albans 23rd
286 FLORAL ARMS Slough 24th
287 COLNE VALLEY WATER CO* Watford 25th
288 BIRDCAGE* Thame 26th
July 1988
289 FLINT COTTAGE High Wycombe 8th
290 BELL INN Wingrave, Aylesbury 9th
291 FLORAL ARMS Slough 10th
292 SPOTTED DOG Flamstead, Dunstable 16th
293 SPOTTED BULL Hemel Hempstead 17th
294 CHEERS Amersham 21st
295 BRANDY’S NITE SCENE Holbeach, LINCS 22nd
296 THE PLOUGH Wallingford 23rd
297 SPOTTED DOG Flamstead, Dunstable 31st
August 1988
298 CELL BARNES SOCIAL CLUB St Albans 5th
299 HORSE & GROOM* Orton Goldhay, Peterbor’ 6th
300 BLUE BALL* Asheridge, Chesham 9th
301 WHITE HART Bristol 13th
302 THE BELL* Swindon 14th
September ‘88
303 THE PLOUGH Wallingford 3rd
304 AIR BALLOON Abingdon 4th
305 WHITE CONDUIT* Islington 10th
306 THE CLARENCE Brecon, Wa.es 16th
307 WHITE HART Bristol 17th
308 ROW BARGE* Woolhampton 18th
October 1988
309 WHITE CONDUIT Islington 1st
310 SPOTTED DOG Flamstead, Dunstable 2nd
311 WHITE CONDUIT (no Bill) Islington 22nd
312 ROW BARGE Woolhampton 23rd
313 WHITE HART Bristol 29th
314 THE BELL (Halloween Gig) Swindon 30th
November 1988
315 SPOTTED DOG Flamstead, Dunstable 6th
316 THE PLOUGH Wallingford 19th
317 CARLTON CLUB Bagillt, N.Wales 26th
318 AIR BALLOON Abingdon 27th
December 1988
319 PONTON’S High Wycombe 10th
320 SPOTTED DOG Flamstead, Dunstable 20th
321 CARLTON CLUB Bagillt, N.Wales 31st
1989
February 1989
322 HEROES & ZEROES* High Wycombe 3rd
323 WHITE HART Bristol 4th
324 THE BELL Swindon 5th
325 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 12th
April 1989
326 SPOTTED DOG Flamstead, Dunstable 23rd
May 1989
327 PEGASUS Marlow Bottom 7th
December 1989
328 GOLDEN CROSS* Saunderton 6th
329 VINIO HOUSE SCHOOL* Cressex, HW 7th
1990
February 1990
330 ROUNDABOUT High Wycombe 14th
331 CHEQUERS* Pitstone 21st
December 1990
332 CHEQUERS (no Bill) Pitstone 31st
1991
August 1991
333 CHEQUERS* Helmdon 16th
1992
July 1992
334 NAG’S HEAD (Comeback Gig) High Wycombe 3rd
1994
September 1994
335 MRS.B’s BACK GARDEN* (Wedding) Stokenchurch 3rd
1995
September 1995
336 BARBARA SPEAKE STAGE SCHOOL* Acton 8th
October 1995
337 BILL’s HOUSE* (Emma’s Party) High Wycombe 13th
1996
June 1996
338 GABY & NICO’s HOUSE* Germany 8th
2000
July 2000
339 CAFÉ GALATEA* (Wedding) Glastonbury 22nd
October 2000
340 NEWLANDS COLLEGE MANOR HOUSE* Chalfont St Peter 2nd
2007
March 2007
341 GOOD SHIP* Kilburn 27th
2012
October 2012
342 GOOD SHIP Kilburn 10th
2013
January 2013
343 GOOD SHIP Kilburn 17th
Febuary 2013
344 BEAVIS BBQ* Weston Super-Mare 2nd
May 2013
345 GOOD SHIP Kilburn 28th
July 2013
346 MOTHER LIVE* Shoreditch 19th
August 2013
347 BETSEY TROTWOOD* (Charity event) Farringdon 10th
348 DASHWOOD ARMS Piddington, HW 17th
October 2013
349 THE OLD PACK HORSE* (Oxjam) Chiswick, London 19th
December 2013
350 MOTHER LIVE Shoreditch 13th
2014
February 2014
351 JAGZ* Ascot 6th
352 SCORPIOS BAR* High Wycombe 23rd
March 2014
353 GEORGE & PILGRIM'S* Glastonbury 2nd
May 2014
354 BELLE VUE* High Wycombe 4th
July 2014
355 PENN FESTIVAL* Penn, Bucks 20th
356 LIBERAL CLUB* High Wycombe 26th
2015
February 2015
357 SURYA* Pentonville, Road, London 26th