T. Rex Gigs Article: 1974

Scrapbook article, published January 21, 1974.

T. REX are to make their first big tour of Britain for more than two years with a special new stage production and album to follow.

The tour, which begins at City Hall Newcastle on January 21, will be the first time that audiences in Britain have been able to see the act that Marc Bolan has taken to

America, Australia and the Far East in the past year.

Other tour dates are: Apollo, Glasgow (January 22), Sheffield City Hall (24), City Hall, Manchester (26), De Montfort, Leicester (27) and Birmingham Odeon (28). These are the only dates set SO far. Tickets will be on sale from box offices every where on January 2, ex-cepting Birmingham (January 6).

T. Rex are currently com-pleting tracks on their next album, "A Creamed Cage In August," to be released February 1 on the T. Rex label.

For his tour Bolan is recruiting further musicians and singers, bringing the stage retinue up to nine. He will be flying in American, singers Gloria Jones and Pat Hall. He's still looking for a new drummer to replace Bill Iegond