Adam & The Ants — Chancellor Hall, 4 February 1979
A useful 1979 Chancellor Hall record has emerged for Adam & The Ants. Unlike a bare database entry, this one is supported by dated photographs from the venue as well as an independent concert-history listing.
Sunday 4 February 1979
Adam & The Ants — Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford
Southend Punk Rock History identifies photographs of Adam & The Ants live at the Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford on 04.02.79, credited to Jo Gahan. Its concert-history page therefore provides unusually useful visual evidence tied directly to the venue and date.
Concert Archives also records 4 February 1979 — Adam And The Ants — Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford. The two records agree on the date and venue.
Evidence assessment
| Record | Current status |
|---|---|
| 4 Feb 1979 — Adam & The Ants, Chancellor Hall | Established secondary / photographic record — venue-dated photographs plus an independent concert-history listing. |
| Ticket or contemporary paper advert | Not yet located in the Chelmsford Rocks source collection. This remains a target for future primary-source matching. |
Why this is worth keeping
The Chancellor Hall archive is strongest when we can connect a date to something that actually survives: a ticket, advert, photograph, newspaper cutting or first-person memory. This Adam & The Ants entry has dated venue photographs, so it is more than an unsupported name in a gig list.
At present it is deliberately labelled photographic / secondary evidence, not ticket-backed. If a Chelmsford ticket, poster, local-paper advert or personal recollection turns up, the record can be strengthened without changing the date.
Sources checked
- Southend Punk Rock History — Live Band Photos — identifies Adam & The Ants live at Chancellor Hall, Chelmsford, 04.02.79, photographs by Jo Gahan.
- Concert Archives — Chancellor Hall — records Adam And The Ants at Chancellor Hall on 4 February 1979.
Next evidence target: a surviving 4 February 1979 ticket, poster, local-paper advert or first-person Chelmsford memory.