T.Rex Headlines The Rainbow: 1971

T.Rex headlines the Rainbow Theatre on December 26, 1971, as part of the venue’s special Christmas season. Curved Air plays December 23, Yes December 24. The two-week Chipperfields Circus run follows, with a New Year’s Eve party planned by manager John Morris: “We are planning some surprises… I am trying to fix up some rock acts to appear with the circus so it could be fun.”

Other Rainbow bookings: Osibisa November 19-20, Wishbone Ash with Mountain November 12-13, Alice Cooper November 7.

CURVED AIR, Yes and T. Rex will play special concerts at Lon-don's new Rainbow 'T'heatre over the Christmas period two week season of Chipperfields Circus will follow. and a

Curved Air appear on December 23, Yes on December 24 and T. Rex on December 26. The circus will not be appearing on New Year's Eve, when a special party is planned by manager John Morris.

"We Morris told the MM this week: are planning some surprises for the New Year's Eve party. I am try-ing to fix up some rock acts to appear with the circus so it could be-fun."

Asked to comment on re-ports that Little Richard would be appearing at the Rainbow, Morris was pessi-mistic. "I don't think he is going to come over. The pro-moters can't seem to get things together, and we have nothing concrete about an ap-pearance at the Rainbow," he said.

Osibisa are to play two dates at the Rainbow on No-vember 19 and 20, and it was confirmed this week that Wishbone Ash would be ap-pearing on the bill with Moun-tain at the Rainbow on November 12 and 13.

As previously reported Alice Cooper appears at the Rainbow on November 7.