Polka Tulk Blues/Earth Tour

Polka Tulk Blues/Earth Tour

Tour by The Polka Tulk Blues Band/Earth
Location	United Kingdom, Europe
Start date	24 August 1968
End date	12 September 1969
Legs	2
No. of shows	84
The Polka Tulk Blues Band/Earth concert chronology

The Polka Tulk Blues/Earth Tour was a concert tour by The Polka Tulk Blues Band, who later changed Earth, and subsequently to Black Sabbath.

Personnel

• Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals, harmonica (August 1968 - September 1969)
• Tony Iommi – lead guitar (August 1968 - September 1969)
• Jim Phillips  – rhythm guitar (August 1968)
• Geezer Butler – bass guitar (August 1968 - September 1969)
• Bill Ward – drums (August 1968 - September 1969)
• Alan Clark  – saxophone (August 1968)

Supporting acts

• Creeque
• Bakerloo
• Ten Years After
• Jethro Tull
• Smokey Blue (Neil Marshall's band)
• Colosseum
• John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
• Locomotive
• Tea and Symphony
• Roy Everett
• Ham
• Coke
• Root Jackson
• Jenny And The Hightimers
• Van der Graaf Generator
• DJ John Peel
• Terry Reid
• The Gods
• Tambourine
• Weight
• Junior's Eyes
• Tremors

Shows

Date	City	Venue
1968
24 August 1968	Carlistle	County Ballroom
27 August 1968	Workington	Banklands Youth Club
15 September 1968	London	The Underground
16 September 1968	Birmingham	Henry's Blues House
17 September 1968	London	The Macabre
18 September 1968	Lichfield	Pokey Hole Blues Club
23 September 1968	Carlisle	Gretna Hall Tavern
25 September 1968	Beckenham Junction	Mistral Club
30 September 1968	Brownhills	Henry's Blueshouse
1 October 1968	Dumfries	Loreburn Hall
22 November 1968	Birmingham	Mother's Club
24 November 1968
21 December 1968	Carlisle	County Ballroom
24 December 1968	Cumbria	School Hall (?)
27 December 1968	Langholm	Buccleuch Hall
1969
3 January 1969	London	The Marquee
11 January 1969	?	Polytechnic
30 January 1969	Birmingham	Opposite Lock
6 February 1969	London	The Marquee
15 February 1969	Brondby	Brondby Pop Klub
16 February 1969	Copenhagen	Gladsaxe-Teen Club
17 February 1969		Revolution
18 February 1969
19 February 1969
28 February 1969	London	The Marquee
3 March 1969	Sunderland	Bay Hotel
11 March 1969	London	The Marquee
13 March 1969
14 March 1969	Carlisle	County Ballroom
21 March 1969	Lichfield	The Pokey Hole
28 March 1969	Cumbria	Wigton Market Hall
15 April 1969	Hamburg	The Star Club
21 April 1969	Walsall	Caves Club
28 April 1969	London	Speakeasy Club
29 April 1969	Workington	Banklands Youth Club
11 May 1969	Brownhills	Pennycliffe Club
23 May 1969	Lichfield	Pokey Hole Blues Club
5 June 1969	Workington	Westfield Welfare Centre
7 June 1969	Low Hesket	Village Hall
20 June 1969	Hamburg	The Star Club
5 July 1969	Carlisle	County Ballroom
8 July 1969	Workington	Banklands Youth Club
11 July 1969	Lichfield	The Pokey Hole
12 July 1969	Carlisle	Carlisle Grammar School
25 July 1969	Wigton	Market Hall
1 August 1969	Lichfield	The Pokey Hole
3 August 1969	Manchester	?
10 August 1969	Hamburg	The Star Club
11 August 1969
12 August 1969
13 August 1969
14 August 1969
15 August 1969
16 August 1969
23 August 1969	Kirkcaldy	Y.M.C.A.
26 August 1969	Workington	Banklands Youth Club
30 August 1969	Malvern	Malvern Winter Gardens
1 September 1969	Birmingham	Midlands Art Centre
4 September 1969	Wolverhampton	Lafayette Club
9 September 1969	Hanley	Top Rank
12 September 1969	?	?