★ London N4, "The Astoria", 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park
Concert (two shows - 18:40 and 21:10).
The JHE embark on their first major UK tour.
The 'package' tour consisted of: The Walker Brothers, JHE, Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Californians, The Quotations [backing band for The Walker Brothers]; MC Nick Jones.
Songs played (2nd show): Foxy Lady; Can You See Me?; Hey Joe; Purple Haze; and Fire.
During "Fire" Jimi burned a guitar for the first time.
Amazingly enough no photos have turned up of either show that night.
More backstage photos here.
Please note that Jimi wore 2 different outfits that night, likely one for each show.
- left: a [blue?] velvet suit and a white shirt
- right: orange pants, orange striped shirt.
Relaxing backstage on the opening night at Finsbury Park, Astoria (L to R )
Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, Gary Leeds and Engelbert Humperdinck.
A fans collection of memorabilia from that night.
Left, original ticket • right, newspaper cutting.
Promotional ad from New Musical Express.
Left: ticket and cover of the official programme • right: page from the programme.
Fake poster, possibly from the USA.
Front entrance of the Astoria in 1947.
Photos of the interior of the Astoria here.
The Californians. More about this group here.
Programme.
