Cold Chisel Gig History - 1980's

1980

JANUARY

4 Arkaba  Hotel Adelaide
5 Arkaba Hotel  Adelaide
9 Blacktown RSL Sydney 
10 Shortland Rock Newcastle
11 Bondi Lifesaver Sydney
12 Family Inn Rydlemere Sydney
13 Penrith Leagues Sydney
14 Sundowner Hotel Sydney
15 Bellevue Hotel Tuncurry  NSW
17 Pips Brisbane
18 Surfair Brisbane
19 Patch Coolangatta
20 Lismore RSL NSW
21 South Grafton RSL  NSW
22 Doyalson RSL NSW
23 Ocean Beach Hotel NSW
24 Sylvania Hotel  Sydney
25 Manly Vale Hotel Sydney
26 Selinas Coogee Bay Hotel Sydney
27 Woolongong Leagues 
30 Captain Cook Hotel Canberra 
31 Council Club Melbourne

FEBRUARY

1 Village Green Melbourne
2 Kingston Rock Melbourne
3 Sovereign Hotel Melbourne
4 Caledonian  Hotel Wonthaggi Victoria
5 Colendina Hotel
6 Bendigo Surround Bendigo Victoria
7 Wagga Australian Rules C!ub Wagga NSW
8 Albury Civic Hall Albury NSW
9 Lilac Town Hall, Goulburn
10 Nowra RSL NSW
12 Jolly Frog Hotel Windsor NSW
15 Manly Vale Hotel Sydney
16 Highway Hotel Parramatta Sydney
20 Westlands Hotel  Whyalla South Australia
22 Arkaba Hotel Adelaide
23 Arkaba Hotel Adelaide
25 Bexley North Hotel Sydney
26 Doyalson RSL NSW
27 Comb and Cutter Hotel Sydney
29 Bondi Lifesaver Sydney

MARCH

1 Fairfield Hotel Sydney
16 Wollongong Leagues Club
27 Comb and Cutter Hotel Sydney
29 Bondi Lifesaver Sydney
29 Family Inn Rydelmere Sydney
30 Studio
31 Studio

APRIL

5 Bondi Lifesaver Sydney
12 Manly Vale Hotel Sydney
13 Brighton Hotel Sydney

JUNE

2 3rd studio album“East”released
Youth in Asia Tour 
Bexley North Hotel Sydney
3 Family Inn Hotel Rydelmere Sydney
5 Parramatta Jail Sydney
6 Selinas Coogee Bay Hotel Sydney
7 Manly Vale Hotel Sydney
8 Woolongong Leagues
9 Captain Cook Hotel Canberra
11 Waurn Ponds, Geelong
12 Village Green Hotel Melbourne
13 Bombay Rock Melbourne
14 Sentimental Bloke Melbourne
15 Pier Hotel Melbourne
16 Armidale Hotel Melbourne
18 Melbourne Town Hall, Trinity College Ball
20 Arkaba Hotel Adelaide
21 Arkaba Hotel Adelaide
2.S Maroubra Seals Club Sydney
26 Vicar of Wakefield Dural Sydney
27 Sydney University
28 Highway Hotel Sydney
29 Brighton Hotel Sydney

JULY

1 Doyalson RSL NSW
2 Cardiff Workers Club Newcastle
3 Kempsey Workers Club NSW
4 Plantation Hotel Coffs Harbour
5 Playroom Gold Coast
8 Park Hall Hotel Rockhampton
10 House on the Hill Caims
11 House on the Hill Cairns
12 Townsville
14 Theatre Royal Mackay
16 The Place Hervey Bay
17 Surfair
18 Toowoomba Institute
19 Cloudlands Brisbane
21 Bangalow Bowling Club
23 Dapto Leagues Club Wollongong
24 Sylvania Hotel Sydney
25 Family Inn Rydlemere Sydney
26 Chequers Sydney
23 Sundowner Hotel Sydney
31 Bombay Rock Melbourne

AUGUST

1 Ferntree Gully Hotel Melbourne
2 South Side Six Melbourne
3 Pier Hotel Melbourne
4 Horsham Theatre Horsham Victoria
6 Argent Hotel Broken Hill NSW
7 Westlands Inn Whyalla South Australia
8 Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide
11 Concert Hall Perth
12 Concert Hall Perth
13 Concert Hail Perth
14 Concert Hall Perth
16 Palais Theatre Melbourne
18 Caulfield Institute Melbourne
19 Andrew Durant Memorial! Concert
20 Riverina College, Wagga
21 Hellenic Club Canberra
22 Comb and Cutter Sydney
23 Stardust Hotel Sydney
26 Florida Hotel Newcastle
27 Cardiff Workers Club Newcastle
29 Capitol Theatre Sydney
30 Capitol Theatre Sydney
31 Hoadleys Battle of the Sounds
Hordern Pavilion Sydney

SEPTEMBER

25 3XY Concert Melbourne
30 Civic Hotel Sydney

OCTOBER

5 Darwin Ampitheartre
8 Mt Isa Civic Centre
9 Mt Isa Civic Centre
21 Princess Theatre Melbourne
24 Perth Entertainment Centre

NOVEMBER

Summer Offensive Tour
30 Roundhouse Sydney

DECEMBER

2 Palais Caberet Newcastle
3 Tamworth Town Hall
4 Glenn Innes Town Hall
5 Inverell Town Hall
8 South Grafton RSL
9 Palais Hotel Ipswich
10 Homestead Hotel Brisbane
11 Playroom Gold Coast
12 Playroom Gold coast
13 Lismore City Hall
16 Family Inn Rydlemere Sydney
18 Woodfull Pavilion, Melbourne Showgrounds
20 University af Adelaide
27 Woolongong Leagues Club
28 Brighton Hotel Sydney
29 Comb and Cutter Hotel Sydney
30 Royal  Antler Hotel Narrabeen Sydney
31 Endeavor Hotel Cronulla Sydney
END OF TOUR

1981

JANUARY

1 Launceston Tasmania
3 Geralton West Australia
4 Belmont Racecourse West Australia
5 Centennial Oval Hall Albany WA
8 Bunbury Hotel WA
9 Belmont Hotel WA
10 Old Melbourne Hotel Perth
11 Charles Hotel Perth
16 Riverwood Hotel Sydney
17 Manly Vale Hotel Sydney
18 Bruce Stadium, Canberra
20 Sandown Park Hotel Melbourne
21 Council Club Hotel Melbourne
22 Pier Hotel Melbourne
23 Tarmac Hotel Melbourne
26 New Zealand
Sweetwaters Festival NZ
30 Cloudland Ballroom Brisbane

FEBRUARY

19 Bathurst Jail NSW
20 Amoco Hail, Orange NSW
21 Griffith
27 Apollo Theatre Adelaide

MARCH

1 Hordern Pavilion Sydney
5 Wagga
7 Festival Hall Melbourne
11 Selinas Coogee Bay Hotel Sydney
22 Regent Theatre Sydney
Countdown Rock Awards

APRIL

28 Melbourne State College
29 Swinburne Institute of Technology Melbourne
30 Bombay Rock Melbourne

MAY

1 Tarmac Hotel Laverton Victoria
2 Pier Hotel Frankston Victoria
3 Ferntree Gully Hotel Melbourne
16 Paramatta Leagues Club Sydney
17 Brighton Hotel Sydney
18 Doyalson RSL NSW
19 Doyalson RSL NSW
20 Selinas Coogee Bay Hotel Sydney
21 Woolongong Leagues Club
22 Comb and Cutter Hotel Sydney
25 Sundowner Hotel Sydney
26 Cronulla Leagues Club Sydney

JUNE

27 New Zealand
Main Street Auckland

JULY
U.S. Tour

5 San Diego Baseball Stadium
9 Houston Summit
10 Dallas Reunion Arena
12 Red Rocks Denver Colorado
1 4 Phoenix
22 Dayton Ohio
23 Springfield
24 Dubuqule Iowa
25 Riverside Arena Austin
26 Duluth Minn
27 Fort Williams Garden Ontario
31 Pine Knob Detroit

AUGUST

1 Pine Knob Detroit
3 Raleigh Nth Carolina
5 Civic Festival Chicago
7 Providence Centre Stage
10 Casa Boogie Utica
14 Country Club LA

SEPTEMBER

14 Studio

OCTOBER

11 Ampitheatre Darwin
Recording Paradise Studios

DECEMBER

8-13 Studio Mixing 
The band play low key gigs around Sydney pubs billed as the Barking Frogs.

1982

JANUARY

1 Myer Music Bowl Melbourne
3 Newcastle international Motordome
5 Manning River Hotel Taree NSW
6 4th studio album “Circus Animals”released
Coffs Harbour Civic Centre NSW
7 Playroom Gold Coast
6 Playroom Gold Coast
9 Noosa Football Ground Queensland
10 Coolangatta Grand Hotel
11 Grand Hotel
12 Italo Club Llsmore NSW
13 South Grafton RSL NSW
14 Manning River Hotel Taree NSW
15 The Entrance District Sports & Community Centre
16 Vista Theatre Woolongong
19 New  Zealand  Tour
Hamilton Civic Centre NZ
20 Tauranga Sound Shell NZ
21 Napier, Nofiew Sound Shell NZ
22 Palmerston Nth Sports Stadium NZ
23 New Plymouth Bowl of Brooklands NZ
24 Wellington Town Hall NZ
25 Nelson Trafalgar Centre NZ
27 Christchurch Town Hall NZ
31 Sweetwater Festival NZ

FEBRUARY

3 Castle Hill RSL Sydney
5 Manly Vale Sydney
6 Cronulla Workers Club Sydney
7 Maroubra Seals Club Sydney
9 Wagga Plaza Theatre NSW
10 Albury Cinema Centre 
11 Shepparton Civic Centre Victoria
12 Bendigo Showgrounds Victoria
13 Horsham Town Hall Victoria
16 Collendina Hotel Victoria
17 Ballarat Civic Centre Victoria
19 Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide
20 Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide
22 Doyalson RSL NSW
23 Doyalson RSL NSW
?5 Plantation Hotel  Coffs Harbour NSW
26 Cloudland Ballroom Brisbane
27 Lismore City Hall NSW

MARCH

3 New England University Armidale NSW
4 West Tamworth Leagues Club NSW
5 Dubbo Civic Centre NSW
6 Comb and Cutter Hotel Sydney
7 Canterbury Bankstown Leagues Club Sydney
8 Sundowner Hotel Sydney
9 Family Inn Rydlemere Sydney
11 Cardiff Workers Club Newcastle
12 Royal Antler Hotel Narrabeen Sydney
13 Sylvania Hotel Sydney
17 ANU Refectory  Canberra
18 Melbourne Ball, Crystals Disco
19 Hobart University Building
20 Earls Court "The Venue" St Kilda Melbourne
21 Frankston Victoria
22 Memorial Club Alice Springs
23 Memorial Club Alice Springs
24 Memorial Club Alice Springs
26 Perth
27 Perth

APRIL

15 Parramatta Leagues Club Sydney
17 “An Evening with the Circus Animals”
Circus Shows
Wentworth Park Sydney     
18 Wentworth Park Sydney

JUNE

2 Pentridge Jail Melbourne
3 Macys (band play as the Barking Spiders)
4 Bombay Rock Melbourne
5 Tarmac Hotel Melbourne
6 Festival Hal Melbourne
8 St Kilda Town Hall Melbourne
9 Waltzing Matilda Mebourne
10 La Trobe University Melbourne
11 Ritchies, Council Club Hotel Melbourne
12 Club Chevron Melbourne
13 Collendina Hotel
15 Family Inn Sydney
1 6 Sefton Hotel Sydney
17 Newcastle Workers
18 Bruce Stadium Canberra
19 Manly Vale Sydney
20 Penrith Leagues Sydney
21 Newcastle Workers
24 Marconi Club Sydney
25 Vicar of WakeFieid Dural Sydney
26 Sydney Cove Taven Sydney
27 Astra hotel Bondi Sydney
30 Cronulla Sydney

JULY

1 Musos Club
1 6 Jindabyne NSW
1 7 Jindabyne NSW
28 New Zealand Tour
Dunedin NZ
29 Dunedin NZ
30 Christchurch NZ

AUGUST

1 Palmerston North NZ
3 Wellington NZ
4 Hastings NZ
7 Logan Campbell Centre Auckland NZ
8 Hamilton NZ

SEPTEMBER

3 Grange, Campbelltown Sydney
4 Amoca Hall Orange NSW
8 Civic Centre Broken Hill NSW
11 Memorial Drive Adelaide
12 Memorial Drive Adelaide
15 Tropical Tour
Memorial Club Alice Springs
18 Ampitheatre Darwin
21 Mt Isa Queensland
24 Cairns Queensland
25 Townsville Queensland
26 Mackay Showgrounds Queensland

OCTOBER

1 Rockhampton Showgrounds Queensland
2 Gladstone Skate Centre Queensland
3 Maryborough Showgrounds Queensland
8 Her Majestys Theatre Brisbane 
“Black and White Parity Ball”
9 Her Majestys Theatre Brisbane

NOVEMBER

16 European Tour
Hamburg Germany
17 Hamburg Germany
1& Paris
23 Marquee London
24 Marquee London
26 Paris
29 Zeche' Bochum Germany
30 Kiel Germany

DECEMBER

1983

JANUARY

30 Narara Festival NSW

FEBRUARY

4 Blue Gum Hotel  Waitara Sydney (secret gig)
5 Moss Vale NSW
7 Newcastle Workers
8 Wauchope RSL NSW
10 South Grafton RSL NSW

MARCH

11 The Playroom Gold Coast
12 The Playroom Gold Coast
13 The Playroom Gold Coast
15 Lismore RSL NSW
16 Sawtell RSL NSW
17 Newcastle \Workers Club

APRIL

2 Skyline Ampitheatre Bathurst NSW
6 Fraternity Bowling Club
8 Fraternity Bowling Club
19 Castle Hill RSL Sydney
20 Castle Hill RSL Sydney
22 Maroubra Seals Sydney
23 Maroubra Seals Sydney
24 Maroubra Seals Sydney
27 Old Melbourne Hotel Perth
28 Perth
29 Perth

MAY

Germany
7 Frelheltshalle
8 Kongresshalle Ausberg
10 Musichall Wuerzberg
1 1 Ausstellungshalle
12 Aule Der University
14 Hall Polyvalent, Luxembourg
15 Gartenhane Karisruhe
17 Stadhalle Rosenheim
18 Nibelungen Halle Passau
19 Deutsches Museum Munich
21 Stadthalle Erlangen
22 Elzer Hof Mainz
24 Rhein-Mosel-Halle Kobienz
25 Musensaal Mammheim
26 Philipsdale Dusseldorf
28 Kleine Stadthalle Bremen
29 Kongressaai Munster
31 Sartory Saal Koln

JUNE

1 Stadthalle Bonn
3 Stadthalie Osnabruck
4 Stadpark Hamburg
5 Marktellier Hamburg
7 Metropol Berlin
8 Sporthalle Hildesheim Hannover
9 Ostseehalle Kiel

JULY

8 Silverwater Womens Prison Sydney
9 Long Bay Jail Sydney
12 La Trobe University Melbourne
14 The Venue St Kilda Melbourne
15 The Venue St Kilda Melbourne
16 Palais Theatre Geelong
17 Pier Hotel Melbourne
19 Adelaide University
20 Old Lion Hotel Adelaide
21 Old Lion Hotel Adelaide
22 Bridgeway Hotel Adelaide
23 Bridgeway Hotel Adelaide
26 St Kilda Town Hail Adelaide
27 Club Chevron Melbourne
28 Club Chevron Melbourne
29 Bombay Rock Melbourne
30 Bombay Rock Melbourne

AUGUST

2 Tarmac Hotel Melbourne
3 Tarmac Hotel Melbourne
5 Lake Jindabyne NSW  
6 Lake Jindabyne NSW
7 Lake Jindabyne NSW

SEPTEMBER

20 The Last Stand Tour
Logan Campbell Centre Auckland NZ
21 Weillngton NZ
23 Christchurch NZ
24 Dunedin NZ
27 Newcastle Workers Club
28 Newcastle Workers Club
29 Newcastle Workers Club

OCTOBER

1 Bruce Stadium Canberra
4 Brisbane Festival Hall
5 Brisbane Festival Hall
6 Bombay Surfers Paradise
7 Bombay Surfers Paradise
9 Melbourne Sports Entertainment Centre
10 Melbourne Sports Entertainment Centre
11 Melbourne Sports Entertainment Centre
12 Melbourne Sports Entertainment Centre
15 Perth Entertainment Centre
20 Apollo Stadium Adelaide
21 Apollo Stadium Adelaide
22 Apollo Stadium Adelaide
23 Apollo Stadium Adelaide
25 Sydney Entertainment Centre

DECEMBER

9 Thirroul Leagues Club
12 Sydney Entertainment Centre
13 Sydney Entertainment Centre
14 Sydney Entertainment Centre
15 Sydney Entertainment Centre

1984

APRIL

5th studio album “Twentieth Century“ released

DECEMBER

“Barking Spiders” Live album released

1985

NOVEMBER

“Radio Songs” Compilation album released

1986

DECEMBER

“Seeing is Believing” Compilation video released

1988

“Razor Songs” Compilation album released