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.
first gig Wishbone Ash feb 1972
next gig Joanne Shaw Taylor 16 Oct
1st - Steeleye Span, Lacock Folk Festival, 1970, next, Shawn Colvin & Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Royal Festival Hall, on the 22nd of this Month.
Oh, and Katzenjammer at the Thekla, Bristol, on November 3.
First gig was Donington '90; Thunder, Quireboys, Poison, Aerosmith, Whitesnake.
Next gigs will be Little Angels and then Thunder. I've progressed a lot in the last 20 years.
Iron Maiden, Beast on the Road, Bradford St George's Hall, 1982
Pulp, Sheffield, Dec 8th 2012.
First: a-ha, Manchester Apollo, 1991
Next: Carter USM, Brixton Academy, Nov 2012, closely followed by Europe in Strasbourg
First - Status Quo, Manchester Apollo, 1978, 9 years old.
Loved 'em, still love the early stuff. 😀
Next - Dunno, probably HMHB again later this year.
Joy in Leuwaarden that's for sure.
First - The Fall, The Venue (now called something else) in Penzance.
Next - Bellowhead, Cardiff Coal Exchange.
First - Black Sabbath, Bradford St. George's Hall in about 1974
Next - The Albion Band, Hebden Bridge Trades (roots folk weekend)
