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• 1967/09/17 Police raid party in Newcastle, inspiring Alan to write We Can Swing Together
• 1969/02/17 Downtown Faction pass audition at Marquee Club in London
• 1969/09/05 Ray Jackson's first gig with Brethren

• 1970/07/02 Lindisfarne debut at Newcastle City Hall (under name Brethren)
• 1970/10/13 Lindisfarne first play at the Marquee
• 1970/11/27 Nicely Out Of Tune LP and Clear White Light single released

• 1971/01/24 Opening night of Lindisfarne/Genesis/Van Der Graaf "Six bob" tour – Lyceum London - 6 shillings (30p) to get in
• 1971/01/30 Free Trade Hall gig
• 1971/05/10 First major London concert - Royal Festival Hall
• 1971/06/12 Lady Eleanor first released
• 1971/06/26 Lindisfarne's first appearance at Reading Festival.
• 1971/08/29 Lindisfarne steal the show at Weeley Festival, Essex
• 1971/10/15 Fog On The Tyne LP released
• 1971/11/13 Brighton Dome bans all Charisma artists after "unruly" performance by Lindisfarne.

• 1972/02/12 Lindisfarne voted brightest hope in Disc poll
• 1972/03/02 Carnegie Hall, USA debut gig
• 1972/03/20 Fog On The Tyne LP hits no. 1
• 1972/03/25 Meet Me On The Corner single reaches no 5
• 1972/05/28 Lindisfarne at Lincoln Festival
• 1972/06/10 Lady Eleanor reaches no. 3
• 1972/07/14 Dingly Dell recorded on 14-16 June 1972
• 1972/09/30 Opening night of British tour in Dublin - Lindisfarne plus Rab Noakes and Genesis
• 1972/10/10 Free Trade Hall gig

• 1973/02/14 Final gig of Mk1 band in Tokyo before breaking up
• 1973/10/10 Free Trade Hall gig with Capability Brown and Darien Spirit

• 1976/12/08 Third Christmas show announced owing to sell out of first two!
• 1976/12/22 First Christmas Show presented by Barry McKay

• 1977/12/24 Magic In The Air recorded live at City Hall.

• 1978/04/18 Lindisfarne announce reunion
• 1978/04/28 Run For Home released
• 1978/06/16 Back And Fourth released
• 1978/07/29 Run For Home reaches no. 9

• 1980/06/21 Lindisfarne at Knebworth Festival
• 1980/06/22 Lindisfarne at Loch Lomond Festival

• 1982/10/08 Sleepless Nights LP released
• 1982/11/17 Presented with platinum album for Fog On The Tyne

• 1983/12/09 Christmas Show goes on tour for first time.

• 1984/07/05 Lindisfarne, Bob Dylan & Santana play at St. James Park to 30,000 fans.
• 1984/12/22 BBC TV special aired