In Concert 1994

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The regular In Concert was broadcast as part of the Johnnie Walker show throughout the year.

8th January 1994 - highlights of the World AIDS Day Concert of Hope postponed from 11th December 1993 (not sure what replaced it then, but see 22nd October 1994 for a possibility)
15th January 1994 - Dina Carroll
22nd January 1994 - Crowded House
29th January 1994 - World Party
5th February 1994 - Shawn Colvin
12th February 1994 - Daryl Hall
19th February 1994 - live music from the Black Not Black festival at the ICA, including Eternal and Rhythm-N-Bass
26th February 1994 - Suede
5th March 1994 - Jamiroquai / Grant Lee Buffalo (Glastonbury 1993)
12th March 1994 - Hothouse Flowers (Glastonbury 1993)
19th March 1994 - Alison Moyet / Green on Red (Glastonbury 1993)
26th March 1994 - Baaba Maal (Glastonbury 1993)
2nd April 1994 - Robert Plant (Glastonbury 1993)
the night of 3rd/4th April 1994 - Pearl Jam live via satellite from St Louis (unbilled in Radio Times but definitely went out)
9th April 1994 - Gin Blossoms / Horse / Texas / Ed Alleyne-Johnson (live from Sound City in Glasgow)
16th April 1994 - Pearl Jam (repeat of the Easter Monday live show)
23rd April 1994 - Primal Scream
30th April 1994 - Mick Ronson memorial concert (featuring Bill Wyman, Dana Gillespie, Andy Fairweather-Low, Glenn Matlock, Captain Sensible, Ian Hunter, Roger Taylor, and - no comment - Joe Elliott with the Spiders from Mars)
7th May 1994 - RT doesn't say who was on (see 22nd October 1994 for an outside possibility)
14th May 1994 - The Wonder Stuff
21st May 1994 - The Saw Doctors
28th May 1994 - Chaka Demus and Pliers
30th May 1994 - Bryan Adams (repeat from 29th December 1992 & 19th June 1993), Madonna (repeat from 27th December 1993) and Bon Jovi (repeat from 18th September & 26th December 1993)
4th June 1994 - Donington live all day (Extreme, Pantera, Sepultura, Therapy?, Aerosmith)
11th June 1994 - The Fleadh live from Finsbury Park (Crowded House, The Proclaimers, D:Ream)
18th June 1994 - Billy Joel live from Frankfurt
25th June 1994 - Glastonbury live all day (the following acts listed in RT: Bjork, Manic Street Preachers, Ride, Levellers, Spin Doctors, World Party, Paul Weller, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Galliano, Dwight Yoakam, M People, Apache Indian)
26th June 1994 - Gibson Guitar Special: Night of 100 Guitars live from Wembley Arena, "starring" (it says here) "members of Bon Jovi and Poison, as well as Paul Rodgers, Terrorvision and Stiltskin"
2nd July 1994 - M People
9th July 1994 - Deacon Blue
16th July 1994 - Therapy?
23rd July 1994 - James
30th July 1994 - The Cranberries
6th August 1994 - Manic Street Preachers (their 18th September 1993 set supporting Bon Jovi at Milton Keynes)
13th/14th August 1994 - Woodstock 94 broadcast live for twelve hours
20th August 1994 - highlights of Woodstock 94
27th August 1994 - James (possibly postponed from 23rd July)
(28th August 1994 - Claire Sturgess Rock Show live from Reading: Soundgarden, Helmet, Rollins Band)
29th August 1994 - Madness
3rd September 1994 - Gun / Skin
10th September 1994 - Levellers
17th September 1994 - Del Amitri
24th September 1994 - Take That
1st October 1994 - M People (repeat from 2nd July after their Mercury Music Prize win)
5th October 1994 - Blur and Pulp live from Aston Villa (Radio Times says the football ground itself, but I'm sure it was the indoor leisure centre)
8th October 1994 - Galliano (Glastonbury 1994); Radio 2, in an early hint of what it was to become later, had a rerun of The Kinks at the Rainbow Theatre, originally broadcast on Radio 1, obviously on the same FM frequencies, on Christmas Eve 1977
9th October 1994 - Elvis Presley Tribute Concert from Memphis, with a line-up far too point-missing to mention
15th October 1994 - Lisa Stansfield with the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Radio 2 had a rerun of the Alison Moyet concert originally broadcast on Radio 1 - also on the same FM frequencies, at much the same time of the day - on 19th January 1985
22nd October 1994 - Prince (said to be a repeat, recorded in autumn 1993; its original transmission may have been on one of the two "missing" days, 30th October 1993 or - less likely - 7th May 1994, or perhaps on 11th December 1993 when the Concert of Hope was scheduled)
29th October 1994 - Nanci Griffith
5th November 1994 - Sheryl Crow
12th November 1994 - Ian McNabb and Crazy Horse (Glastonbury 1994)
19th November 1994 - Counting Crows
26th November 1994 - Elvis Costello
3rd December 1994 - The Cranberries (most likely a repeat from 30th July)
10th December 1994 - Pop Will Eat Itself
17th December 1994 - Eternal
24th December 1994 - Elton John (repeat from Christmas Eve 1974; RT says 1973 but I'm sure that's wrong)
25th December 1994 - 'Paris, London' with Johnnie Walker: history of the series featuring Tyrannosaurus Rex, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell and The Jam
26th December 1994 - The Prince's Trust Gala Concert (simulcast on BBC1; Kylie Minogue, East 17 and - eek - Belinda Carlisle, Joe Cocker and even Cliff Richard billed)
27th December 1994 - Classic Concerts: hour-long show with a selection from Faces (1973), Led Zeppelin (1971), Queen (1976), Rolling Stones (1971)
28th December 1994 - Classic Concerts: hour-long show with a selection from the Undertones (1980), Ian Dury and the Blockheads and the Boomtown Rats (1978), Sham 69 and Members (1979) and Generation X and The Jam (1978)
29th December 1994 - Classic Concerts: hour-long show with a selection from Roxy Music and the Pretenders (1979), Dire Straits (1978) and The Police (1979)
2nd January 1995 - highlights of Woodstock 94

So we've now reached what will undoubtedly be the last appearances by the likes of Dire Straits or - even if only by default - Cliff Richard; the live broadcast on 5th October was a real harbinger and we're now heading into the Bannister / Britpop years (I won't mention that other B).  More to come.  But not quite yet ...

RPC