Chancellor Hall — Contemporary Press Evidence
A compact register of music-paper notices found during the archive build. These notices are valuable because they were published close to the advertised concert date, but a booking notice is still not the same thing as proof that the concert actually took place.
1978
22 January — Tyla Gang
Record Mirror, 21 January 1978. The contemporary tour listing gives Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on January 22. The site owner's first-hand memory independently says he was there.
5 February — Tonight
Record Mirror, 21 January 1978. The same contemporary tour page gives Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on February 5. The site owner's first-hand memory says he was there.
20 February — British Lions
Record Mirror, 11 February 1978. The tour notice gives Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on February 20. The site owner's first-hand memory says he was there.
28 February — The Enid
Record Mirror, 25 February 1978. A contemporary newsdesk notice gives The Enid at Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on February 28. No surviving Chelmsford ticket has yet been matched.
28 April — Whirlwind
Record Mirror, 8 April 1978. The contemporary tour schedule gives Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on April 28.
17 September — Tanz Der Youth
Record Mirror, 16 September 1978. The tour notice names Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on the Sunday of the run, establishing 17 September 1978.
8 October — The Enid / The End discrepancy
Record Mirror, 30 September and 7 October 1978. The two contemporary issues disagree: the earlier issue lists The Enid at Chelmsford Chancellor Hall; the later issue lists The End at the same venue and date. The archive deliberately leaves this unresolved.
22 October — Sore Throat
Record Mirror, 7 October 1978. The contemporary notice gives Sore Throat at Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on October 22. Independent venue evidence pairs them with The Deep Throats, and the site owner remembers attending.
3 December — Pere Ubu
Record Mirror, 25 November 1978. A contemporary notice says Pere Ubu added Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on December 3. The Human League pairing remains a later-source detail in the archive.
1979 cross-check
13 May 1979 — Penetration
Record Mirror, 7 April 1979. The contemporary tour notice gives Chelmsford Chancellor Hall on May 13. The surviving ticket independently supplies the primary local artefact.
How to use this register
Contemporary press evidence is treated as a major research layer, especially when it names both venue and date before the event. It does not automatically prove attendance, the final bill, or that a planned booking was not cancelled or replaced. Where a surviving ticket, poster, photograph or first-hand memory exists, the archive records those separately and explains how they interact with the press notice.