1973
January
[--] London, LSE Old Theatre (England)
06. Watford, Kingham Hall (England)
19. Hounslow, London, Isleworth Polytechnic (England)
February
02. London, London School of Economics (England)
23. Swansea, University Arts Festival (England)
March
06. London, Shaw Theatre (England) [Camden Festival, also: Principal Edwards' Magic Theatre]
09. Watford, Watford Boys Grammar School / New Theatre (England) [also: Rogerama]
Establish the Explorers Club at the London School of Economics (England)
14. London, LSE Old Theatre, Explorers Club (England) [also: Derek Bailey, Lol Coxhill]
Appear at the Bath International Music Festival
20. London, Northern London Poly (England) [also: Supersister]
24. London, Architects Association (England) [with Portsmouth Sinfonia]
April
07-11. Manor Studios ["first exploratory sessions"]
24. London, BBC Langham Studio 1 [John Peel show - Nirvana For Mice/ Guider Tells of Silent Airborne Machine/ Nine Funerals of the Citizen King/ Bee, performed (broadcast May 8)]
27. London, LSE Old Theatre, Explorers Club (England) [also: Rain in the Face, Ray Smith, DJ Perry]
May
04. London, LSE Old Theatre, Explorers Club (England) [also: Ron Geesin, Mont Campbell Wind Quartet, Ray Smith, DJ Perry, Alpha]
05. London, beneath Westway (England) [also: Sniff & The Tears]
[10. Sign with Virgin]
11. London, LSE Old Theatre, Explorers Club (England) [also: Derek Bailey, Christine Jeffries, Ray Smith, DJ Perry]
[12-14. Manor Studios, sessions for Leg End]
15. Cambridge, Fisher House (England)
[16-17. Manor Studios, sessions for Leg End]
18. London, LSE Old Theatre, Explorers Club (England) [also: Ivor Cutler, Lol Coxhill, DJ Perry, Ray Smith]
30. Bath, Holbourne Museum (England) [Bath International Festival]
June
02. Roehampton, Parish Hall (England) [Benefit for Servile House Home for the physically handicapped, also: Hatfield and the North]
03-08. Manor Studios (sessions for Leg End)
09. London, Shepherd's Bush / Magic Roundabout (England) [also: Gong, GVTC, Clancy, Chilli Willi, Help Yourself...]
[10-14. Manor Studios, final sessions for Leg End]
16. Huddersfield, Greenhead Park (England)
17. York, Arts Centre (England)
18. Manchester, Forum Theatre (England)
25. London, Queen Elizabeth Hall (England) [Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells", feat. Fred Frith, Tim Hodgkinson, Geoff Leigh and John Greaves]
26. Warwick, Warwick University (England)
29. Reading, Arts Exchange (England)
July
08. Harrow, Headstone Manor Park (England) [also: Global Village Trucking Company, Mantra, Byzantium, Half-Human Band]
19. Manor Studios (mixing session for Leg End)
20. Basildon, Arts Centre (England)
21. Ealing, Technical College (England)
30. Bath, Other Festival (England)
August
05. London, Roundhouse (England) [Greasy Truckers Benefit, also: Kevin Ayers & 747, Global Village Trucking Company, Glencoe, Keith Christmas]
06. Harrow, Technical College (England)
09. Cambridge, Fisher House (England)
[31. Leg End is released]
September
08. Kensington, London, Commonwealth Institute (England) [with Kevin Coyne]
21. Reading, Town Hall (England) [with Faust]
22. Cambridge, Corn Exchange (England) [with Faust]
24. Southampton, Guildhall (England) [with Faust]
29. Dagenham, Round House (England) [with Faust]
30. Guildford, Civil Hall (England) [with Faust]
October
01. Dunstable, Queensway Hall (England) [with Faust]
05. Birmingham, Town Hall (England) [with Faust]
06. Newcastle, City Hall (England) [with Faust]
08. Sheffield, City Hall (England) [with Faust & Kevin Coyne]
09. Bristol, Colston Hall (England) [with Faust]
11. High Wycombe, Town Hall (England) [with Faust]
13. Aylesbury, College of Further Education (England)
14. Chelmsford, Chancellor House (England) [with Faust]
17. Hove, Town Hall (England) [with Faust]
20. Cambridge, Corn Exchange (England) [with Faust]
21. London, Rainbow Theatre (England) [guests: DJ Perry (text), Ray Smith (ironing), Jane Colling and Sarah Greaves (painting), David Gale's Lumière and Son (performance art), Jean-Hervé Péron, Mark Charig and Phil Minton (trumpets), Lol Coxhill, Gary Windo, Gary James and Elton Dean (saxophones), Mike Westbrook, Edward Ray Smith and Nick Evans (trombones), Peter Blegvad and John Miles (clarinets), Jeremy Baines (flute, medieval instruments)... with Faust]
22. Wolverhampton, Civic Hall (England) [with Faust]
27. Liverpool, Stadium (England) [with Faust]
31. start rehearsal for The Tempest (England) (see November)
November
[01-17. Henry Cow rehearse, then perform at the Watford Palace Theatre as part of Jon Chadwick's production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest", the music of which was composed intermittently over the previous year]
[04. Henry Cow are filmed by a French TV crew as part of a documentary on Virgin Records while recording at the Manor; the resulting improvised music is later used as Henry Cow's side of the Greasy Truckers compilation]
21. London, Dingwall's (England)
22. Reading, Arts Exchange (England)
24. Bracknell, Sports Centre (England) [supporting Man, also Ace]
25. Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, Folkshop (England)
26. Chelmsford Prison (England)
29. Bexhill, De La Warr Pavillion (England) [with Faust] (?)
30. London, BBC TV Studios, Shepherds Bush [Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"; Fred Frith, Tim Hodgkinson, John Greaves and Geoff Leigh join members of Gong and Soft Machine plus Mick Taylor, David Bedford, Ted Speight and Jon Field]
December
01. Maassluis, De Toverbal (Netherlands)
02. Maasbree, MAF Centrum (Netherlands)
03. Delft (Netherlands)
06. Schoonhoven, Vakschool (Netherlands) [afternoon]
06. Zwolle (Netherlands) [evening]
07. Den Haag, Paard van Troje (Netherlands)
08. Rotterdam, Eksit (Netherlands)
09. Amsterdam, Melkweg (Netherlands)
[Geoff Leigh decides to leave, "unhappy with the increasingly sheduled group life"]
17. Yeovil, Technical College (England)
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