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Donnington Monsters of Rock.
Van Halen, AC/DC and Def Leppard. I think WASP were on too and I think Cinderella.
Five Star at St Davids Hall in Cardiff in 1985ish
I remember being quite starstruck!
Another Skids - Cleethorpes Winter Gardens 1980
The Stranglers last year at the Silverstone classic, 1st time seeing a band live at 36 years old and that was only because I was there with workThat made me feel like I've been missing out all my life though and wish I'd gone to see some live music years ago. Also saw Reef & The Boomtown rats that weekend so not a bad event to pop my live music cherry
Never too late, though; so much out there worth experiencing and plenty of good venues around, although many of the classic ones are no more, like The Astoria, sadly.
Get out there and enjoy, I'm 63 this month, been going to gigs since 1971, you've got nearly thirty years to catch up!
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Looking forward to Goldfrapp at Somerset House tomorrow evening, perfect venue for a warm summer's evening, and perfect band, too.
Mercury Rev, 92 I think, but on the Yerself Is Steam tour. People dressed up as bumblebees and a child chorus section, who they must have roped in from god knows where. Bonkers and epic in equal measure. Not done much in the last few years, but have alt-J on the seaside tour in September. Considering Slowdive as well, because the new album is fantastic.
Howard Jones at the Hammersmith Apollo 1983.
stone the crows in Edinburgh 1970 . such a long time ago
Prodigy at Livingston forum, mibbe 1995?.
I don't remember[s] much[/s] anything about it, other than the minibus breaking down in the snow on the way there....
Peter Frampton..........
Took my 14 year old sister to her first gig in 81 - Bruce at the Edinburgh Playhouse. She tells me it has left her disappointed after every other gig since.
Motley Crue in February 86 I think. Bit odd - bass guitarist OD'ing on heroin during the show was a standout moment.
Dave Clark Five at Bradford Locarno dance hall in 1963
Gary Glitter at the NEC, 1989 or so. 🙁
Massive Attack supported by Monkey Mafia..
Really, really good show 😀
I think it was Slade at the Top Rank in Doncaster when they were still skinheads.
Green Day. 8th December 2000 at Wembley Arena, on the Warning tour. They were awesome.
colournoise - Member
Aside from local bands in pubs.
Transvision Vamp. Rock City. On the Pop Art tour so I guess it was '88 or '89.
Google tells me it was in fact Monday October 10 1988.
Technically is was Subway Sect who were support for Buzzcocks on their Love Bites tour in early '79 (I think).
Like, awesome.
Desmond decker at mk bowl in 79 or 80
Squeeze were also on the bill.
I was 6 or 7 so memory of this is long since gone but I saw the police the following year same venue and I remember that... it pissed it down.
My classmate was the drummer 😀 Ian McDougal, still chat now and again.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eSRZz13YiqI
Saw Ozzie, Sabbath twice. They played at Rugmans where the Claw played. Ozzie had a girlfriend he dumped for Sharon who came from Dumfries and is a friend of mine.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qRX95CziW1o Max is a local pub owner and brother of an ex Scottish footballer, Billy. He used to play at dances in Billy's hotel, my local when I was in my teens.....
Metallica - Wembley Arena - 1992
Queen on the Live Magic tour at the Estadio Municipal in Marbella. 1986.
I was 14 at the time and it was an incredible night.
Green Day Manchester Apollo sept 1995. I was 15, my mates dad dropped us off, my folks picked us up!!
Madness, Selecter and The Specials, first Two Tone tour.
Diesel Park West
CountZero - Member
Looking forward to Goldfrapp at Somerset House tomorrow evening, perfect venue for a warm summer's evening, and perfect band, too.
Saw them a few years back on the A&E tour. Amazing bass - proper body wobbling by the time they cranked it up for Strict Machine at the end.
Skunk Anansie with Muse in support! Wasn't that fussed about seeing Muse at the time! 1998 ish
The Brian May Band. It was actually awesome. And then the Almighty, I won backstage passes for that and the band pretty much adopted us (IIRC I was 14 or 15), except for Pete Friesen who was absolutely off his tits.
The Smiths at Reading Uni closely followed by The Cure.
Culture Club at Derby Assembly Rooms, matinee performance, i was a choir boy and had to get out of evensong to go. Choirmaster was appalled when he found out where i'd been! King were supporting all tarten and dr martins, it was really bad. I was very disappointed i realise now that there were a few problems by that point, drugs and boy and jon not talking. But they could've have been miming to the record.
Next was Spear of Destiny at Rock City much better and as it turns out another boy george ex!
Edit: allegedly
Jesus and Mary Chain, Hammersmith in 1986
I remember getting tickets which included a coach trip there and back from Reading. Also remember being a bit underwhelmed, loved music but didn't do many live gigs until I got to University a year later. And then saw loads. And still see quite a lot.
Roxy Music at the Glasgow Apollo. 1979 I think.
Orbital, Wolves Civic, I think 1994 I was 15 and the bass blew me away
The first band I saw were called Widowmaker. They were the openers on a festival at Parkhead in 1976. I was a big fan of the headline act - The Who. However the second act on the bill were Sensational..
TV personalities at Oakwood Park art college. John Peel as DJ. Loads of skins turned up and it all kicked off. Was about 14 at the time
Susan Maughan and Frank Ifield at the London Palladium in 1963.
Suede at Brighton Pavillion for Dog Man Star
Jesus Jones at Cardiff Uni in 1991. College housemate took pity on me as it was my birthday I hadn't been to a gig before so sold me his ticket (I grew up in Torbay which had zero music scene, probably still doesn't TBH)
Peters and Lee mid 70's, holiday camp in Gt Yarmouth i think.
Uriah Heep - Hammersmith Odeon 1974. Heavy Metal Kids supporting, fronted by Gary Holton of Auf Wedersehen Pet fame.
Wilco Johnson, the marquee, 1978.
Wish I'd seen him when he was still in the Feelgoods.
Saw him again in 2012 or 3 on his goodbye tour, and again with my eldest, the next year, at a venue my son had played in himself 🙂
Scrub my previous post. Even more embarrassing: Banana Splits, Vancouver, 1971.
Peters and Lee mid 70's, holiday camp in Gt Yarmouth i think.
I think i may have seen them there. Forgot about them
The Sisters of Mercy in Stoke when I was 15 in around '85. Can still remember the smell of Bristows hairspray permeating the air! Strange to think I would end up working with a few of them some years later!
Lena Zavaroni at the Rothesay Pavilion in 1975ish. Next one was AC/DC at the Glasgow Apollo 1982.
djc1245 - Member
Peters and Lee mid 70's, holiday camp in Gt Yarmouth i think.
I think i may have seen them there. Forgot about them
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