Posts about Magna Carta history
Mike Barnes wrote “I have 3/4 photos from circa 1998 when MC did the concert in the bar of a Theatre because not enough tickets had been sold for the hall. Not sure but think it might have been in… Read More »PHOTOS FROM MIKE BARNES
On Friday September 23rd, 1994 MAGNA CARTA, Chris Simpson and Linda Taylor, celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a one-off concert at the sold out Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Diehard MC fan Lenie Dreef made the great photos below.… Read More »MAGNA CARTA’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT @ VREDENBURG, UTRECHT 23 September 1994
These 3 photos (date unknown). were made at De Harmonie in Leeuwarden (Fryslän/Friesland) by Johan Kok, the brother of singer-songwriter Piet Kok, a.k.a. Pete Cox, who opened for Magna Carta in the north of the country. Do you know the real date? Please share this by… Read More »MAGNA CARTA AT DE HARMONIE IN LEEUWARDEN 1977 OR 1978?
These photos were made and printed by the late Jan Noordhuizen and kindly provided by his partner Marijke Bossers The date is October 1, 1978 (afternoon concert) at De Botte Hommel in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands [Photos edited by André Lefebvre] Line-up:… Read More »MAGNA CARTA at De Botte Hommel in Bergen op Zoom in 1978
Magna Carta fan Gianfranco Rosati from Italy sent us lots of his archive material he had collected over the years, since 1969 (!). Gianfranco collected concert tickets, press clippings, programme books, flyers, posters, adverts, photos etc. We are very grateful… Read More »ARCHIVE MATERIAL
Many of you will know that on the wall opposite the legendary The Cavern club (and next to the Cavern Pub) in Liverpool many bricks can be seen of thousands of artists and bands who have played in this venue.… Read More »NOT JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
David ‘Pick’ Withers [photo: Jacob Bolhuis] This article appeared on Dutch website 3voor12.nl. It’s about concert promotor Jacob Bolhuis from the city of Groningen, in the north of The Netherlands. Jacob worked with Magna Carta in the late 1970s… Read More »A mega group in the making
The photos on this page were supplied by Chris Simpson. Magna Carta on tour in the Gulf
Ruben not only provided his beautiful cartoons but also made photos at Magna Carta concerts and collected some articles. See below: Concert at ‘t Ukien in Kampen, The Netherlands, on January 24, 1992: VARIOUS ARTICLES (all in the… Read More »PHOTOS AND ARTICLES PROVIDED BY RUBEN VAN AEFST
The photos below were kindly provided and made by Dave Hill at Bridge Street Arts Centre in Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire in 1982. Line-up (from left): Doug Morter, Chris Simpson, Captain Snapper a.k.a. George Norris and Lee Abbott.