[Closed] First gig / next gig

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First gig- the Al-****ing-mighty, at the Usher Hall. Backstage passes! Uh, 94 or 95 I guess, Crank tour.
Next gig- same as Debaser's, off to Trail of Dead.

Just back from Slash gig @ Brixton academy . Effing ace it it was, my ears are ringing 🙂

will shout you a pint of overpriced low quality lager if I see you there northwind 😀

interested to hear what kind of set they'll be playing. have no idea what to expect of the not quite release new album.

Yeah, I've not seen them for years but I guess a Madonna/Source Tags-heavy setlist probably isn't on the cards

First gig: Status Quo, Newcastle City Hall 10th June 1984 (aged 11). I was top dog in primary school for a couple of weeks.

Next gig: Nothing planned although I've just arrived home after watching John Cooper Clarke which is kind of a gig.

Sisters of Mercy, New Model Army, Skeletal Family - Huddersfield Town Hall, Oct 1984.

Fields of the Nephilim - O2 Academy, Leeds at the end of this month.
Also got Stiff Little Fingers & Spear of Destiny in the pipeline in Holmfirth early November.

Monters of Rock 1981 - field full of piss

Ritchie Sambora Tuesday night - hopefully much less piss

1st: foo fighters at shepherds bush empire (queen for the encore, natch)
Next: band of horses

First gig - the Lemonheads

Next gig - Melbourne university orchestra / Mozart violin concertos

First gig was Cast and Heavy Stereo at the Riverside in Newcastle, about ' 95. Next one will probably be the Futureheads somewhere or other.

Stiff Little Fingers - Digbeth Civic Hall 1978 I think?

Workmates boyfriends new band, don't know their name, tonight in Redditch.

First gig, Oasis at Bolton Reebok.

Next Gig, The Black keys at the NIA.

Best gig, Kasabian at Wolves Civic with a special mention to Basement Jaxx at the old Academy in Birmingham.

First Gig - same as Northwind, The Almighty at Brixton Academy in 94/95.

(Although had been to see a few things at Wembley Stadium too, I s'pose before then...)

Next gig, Ginger's (Wildhearts) birthday bash, 17th Dec.

First Gig - Red Hot Chili Peppers at Brixton. Blood Sugar tour

Next Gig - oddly a crimbo ukulele orchestra gig in the depths of darkest Fife

First gig - Megadeath at Poole arts Centre about '92 ish
Next - Carter USM in (dirty) Leeds

First gig. UFO. Sheffield cith hall 1982
next gig. Bellowhead. York barbican in november

1st gig, Doctor and the Crippens, Jail cell recipes and Metal Duck at the Duchess, Leeds, 89 ish...

Next, Refused, 7th Dec.

First gig: Doctors of Madness, The Marquee

Next gig: ????????

First gig, Blur on their 1990 ish Leisure tour at Leeds T&C
Next gig is Orbital I think in Sheffield in December.

First gig: the Cult. Manchester Apollo 1985. Love tour. Still one of the best I've ever been too!

Next Gig: Public Service Broadcasting, next Saturday at the Soup Kitchen

The Jam - Wolverhampton Civic Hall Dec 1977
Sparks - Brighton Dome

First gig Whitesnake, Bradford St Georges Hall, 1980. Bloody great, the original lineup before it all went wrong.
Last gig Radiohead at Manchester last weekend.
Next gig Jack White, Bridlington Spa.

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First: Thunder @ Manchester Apollo 1990 *shudder*
Next: Damnation Festival Leeds w/ Electric Wizard, My Dying Bride, Pig Destroyer, Aura Noir, Belphegor, Winterfylleth, Wodensthrone and loads more that I cant remember just now.

First Gig - Toto, Manchester Apollo about ten years ago
Next Gig - Coheed and Cambria, Manchester Ritz next month

Boomtown Rats, lancaster uni (14 yr old)

Next - Wedding Present (25 yr since Seamonsters), Carlisle

Matt - sailed dabbers and luggers, but that's new to me.

1st: Dio, 1988
Next: Astra, 2013 (if nothing else comes along sooner)

First - Cant remember, think it was Ocean Colour Scene (they were rubbish)

Next - Twin Atlantic, Birmingham end of this month.

First gig: Not sure, probably a local band though.

Next gig: Tame Impala, 3rd November 2012 @ O2 ABC Glasgow

Michael Schenker Group 1981 or 1980 Manchester Apollo

Melody Gardot next month in Stavanger

First - Depeche Mode, Whitley Bay Ice Rink

Next - Wedding Present, Seamonsters tour, Reading

1st: I think may have been Beck, Bogert, & Appice / Vinegar Joe at the Ally Pally in, ooh, about 1973.

Last: Uriah Heap at Monmouth Festival in August.

Next: no idea...

Next gig: Down @ the Roundhouse.

1st ) .. Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble ... Leeds Uni circa 1973 ( god I'm getting old )

Next ... Probably The Saw Doctors in Leeds unless some one else comes along first

First: carter usm dunfermiline sometime 97 from memory
Latest: jus home from an evening with the Bard of Reading, Billy Bragg. Funkin awesome, like good wine I proving with time but I have always enjoyed his passion.

first: Anthrax at Bristol Colston Hall '87 maybe..? (why my mum ever let me get on that coach at such a tender young age I will never know)
last: Levellers at Exeter Cathedral (surreal but ace fun)
next: Dreadzone usually play locally in November, maybe that

First:
Hitched 200 miles to see Motorhead in Aberdeen 1979.

Next:
Bo Ningen in Cardiff, hopefully no hitching this time.

1st gig - red hot chili peppers supported by the Rollins band and the family stand, glasgow barrowband, tickets were 7 quid!

Next gig - Rodriguez in Edinburgh next month.

First was the Barenaked Ladies at the Sheffield Octagon around 98/99 I think?

Dunno what the next one is yet...

first: The Undertones + The Moondogs, Bradford St Georges Hall, 1980
next: nothing planned at the moment

First - Hue and Cry - Edinburgh Playhouse 1987ish (look Im not trying to pretend it was anything cool unlike a few others)

Next - Jack White - Usher Hall Edinburgh in November(look I'm not trying to pretend its anything cool unlike a few a few others)

First Gig was Queen at the Estadio Municipal in Marbella in August 1986 (Live Magic Tour) when I was 14.

It's was Freddie's second to last ever performance with Queen.

First was the cure on the prayer tour in 89 or 90.

Next? Not sure, probably spiritualized or hopefully a Richard D James appearance somewhere or maybe accompanying to wife to a Coldplay gig. The things we do for love eh?

The skids at the marquee, march 79.I was 14.
Next gig will be Pass The Cat in the Ypres pub ,Rye.

Depeche Mode - Violator Tour 1990

Next one - Probably Europe Rock City or Electric Six

Scratch Depeche, the first gig on my tod was Level42 NEC 1988 aged 16. Oh the shame! 😀

first- Michael Schenker Group at Newcastle city hall, 1982.

next- Kill The Client, Feastem, The Day Man Lost at the Continental in Preston on Tuesday.

first; simple minds, dundee caird hall, 1982
next; dunno, not really that interested in music any more 😐

1st - Gene, at London Astoria circa 1995

Best - Stone Temple Pilots at Brixton

Next - *heads over to stargreen to look at their calendar*

First Gig - Iron Maiden at Birmingham Odeon 1983 Beast on the Road world tour
Next gig - Alice Cooper at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 26th of this month

Great thread idea !

Ok,first gig AC/DC 1981 Hanley Victoria Hall

Next up is Ginger Wildheart,sunday in Leeds 🙂

I can do this one, cos it's not a "what's the best"!

1st: Stiff Little Fingers, Portsmouth
Next: Few weeks time La Shark, Southampton
with a fair few thousand in between!

See La Shark if you get the chance - the lead singer is a mental 🙂

Next gig - tonight - The Orphans - at (I kid Ye not) The Phoenix Club, Rotherham

First gig New Order Glasgow secc March 1989,
Next Muse Glasgow 24th October
PJ

first gig was probably Bluetones at Middlesbrough Town Hall
next will be Monster Magnet in Camden
poles apart

first gig.......generation X circa 1978ish
next gig........Lacuna Coil 23rd OCT

First gig - monster of rock 1990 with aerosmith and getting squashed 😀
Next gig - Robert Zombie and marilyn masnon at manc arena

First gig: Iron Maiden,secc 1991.

Next gig: coheed and Cambria ABC Glasgow.
Also have a ticket for motorhead/anthrax for the same night. In case me and the missus fall out.

First - Whitesnake at Birmingham Odeon December 1982

Next - Negative Approach on Tuesday in Manchester

1st Spandau Ballet, true tour 1982 B'ham odeon

next, next saturday Rodney Branigan at Rowney green village hall www.brightside-music.co.uk

First big gig was the clash, supported by the slits in 78/9

Not much planned, but if the orb play nearby again i'll be there

First gig: Donington 1995 (Metallica headlined)
Next gig: It's either going to be Down in Brum, or Tenacious D in Wolverhampton - depends if me or Mr Toast wins the coin toss!

First gig - Nick Kershaw at some dive in Liverpool. I was nine and obsessed with Dancing Girls so my folks thought they'd take me to watch him. I'm sure were Tapau supporting.
First gig (without the folks) - Ultra Sonic live at the Zone in Preston
Next gig- Black Keys at MENA

Metallica 1989 SECC.
Next, Motorhead Portsmouth Guildhall possibly if I can justify the extortionate ticket price to myself.

1st red hot chilli peppers in 1996 (dave Navarro era)

Next mark tremonti on Thursday (wishing I hadn't sold my slash tickets for last nights gig)

First: embrace @ king tuts 197 or 98
Next: Mumford and sons @ O2 dublin

update:

going to see Alejandro & The Magic Tombolinos next month 😀

First - Depeche Mode

Next - Depeche Mode (a few of the soon to be announced 2013 dates unless something comes along in the mean time - unfortunately they've never been the same since Wilder left).

1st gig: Beck - Manchester

Next gig: Jack White - Alexandra Palace

Excited??? 5th time seeing Jack - very!!! 😀

First: INXS - Kick tour 1988- Birmingham NEC

Next: John Shuttleworth - Birmingham Town Hall

First : Big Country Edinburgh Playhouse around 1987
Next : Orbital o2 Picture house Edinburgh

First real gig:
Verve (Before the 'The' was added.)/The Black Crowes. Aston Villa Leisure Centre, November 1992.

Next gig:
Tim Burgess. Birmingham O2 Academy, next week.

I have been to a lot of gigs - but there are still loads I am very jealous of on this thread!

Ignoring local stuff, then first would have been (I think!) Def Leppard in '87 at Wembley - the Hysteria Tour

Next booked is Steel Panther at Hammersmith

First: Skids, Cleethorpes Winter Gardens, 1980ish.
Next: don't do'em any more!

First: Feeder at the Astoria in 2001
Next: Converge at the tiny venue of Loppen in Christiania, I have very high hopes for that.

1st gig Wedding Present at The Irish Centre in 1989
Next gig The D.O.T at HMV Institute then The Twang in Wolverhampton

First Gig- Slam at The B.A Social Club in Fort Bill. Sometime between 2003 & 2005.

First introduction to the illicit alphabet. Tits fell off.

Next Gig- Muse at SECC then Mumfords at SECC.

Might take a flask of tea.

1st Marrilion , Hammersmith Apollo ,1987ish.
Next, The Killers, NEC,closely followed by Frank Turner at Reading Hexagon.