[Closed] What was your first live gig?

Sisters of Mercy Black October tour Hanley Victoria Hall in Stoke with Skeletal Family as support.

Toyah Wilcox. unity hall wakefield. 1980.

i now feel old.

Billy Bragg, the men they couldn't hang, Hank wangford band and the pogues at the mean fiddler in Harlesden, must have been 1984 ish

Altered images @ Hammersmith palais supported by Vic Goddard & the subway sect in 1981. Golly!

PWEI, either Wulfrun or Civic in Wolverhampton, prob 1993.
Bloggers ITA amongst the support acts. I was pretty wasted.
Was the start of a few years of regular gig going in Wolvo until I left for uni in '95.

Subway Sect/Buzzcocks on the '78 Love Bites tour at The Capitol in Aberdeen.

I [i]am[/i] old....

ZZ Top, Eliminator/Afterburner tour with the stage that changed from hot rod dashboard to spaceship control panel, Wembley Arena 1985 'ish

Smashing Pumpkins at the Birmingham NEC in 1996. They had just released Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness and it was ace

Talk talk @ reading university. I was 15 year local then not a student.

Orbital at Wolves civic, sisters boyfriend took me, my ears were ringing for 2 days after!

I must have been the only person there completely sober, still loved it.

Michael Schenker Group in 1980

Ton I feel old as well

Rush, Deeside Leisure Centre, early June 1980. Had general admission tickets and wanted to get a good spot so skipped out of my RE O level exam early (and got a U grade). 8)

The Monkees. Lea's cliff hall Folkstone.
( I'm not that old. comeback tour minus Peter Tork, I was still at school)

Depeche Mode, Manchester Apollo, 1983

Hawkwind at the Brighton Centre in 1979, 15 years old. I emerged a different person.

Inxs, St Georges Hall Bradford, just before they got really big.

DEVO, Hammersmith Odeon,1978.

Death Angel. Liverpool Beirkeller (now the 051), 1987.

The Spinners.
Leatherhead Leisure Centre.
1980 ish?
God that's sad.

Monsters of rock 1986. Went for Motorhead but seeing Bad News before them was pretty good.

Black Lace , Batley Varieties

Then Springsteen in Roundhay park but I wasn't middle class enough to be actually IN the concert.

The police at Milton Keynes bowl in 1980.
I was 7 and went with my dad and his friends.

Madness supported by the go-go's Peterborough wirrina 1979 or 1980 I think.

Rick Wakeman at the Gaumont in Southampton in about 1982.

Unfortunately, Erasure, MK bowl, 1989? Support was Adamski and Womack and Womack. The GF loved it. I did not! I was only 14 though :0)

RHCP, Brixton, Blood Sugar tour.

A while ago.

Queen at Knebworth. 1986.

The clash newcastle Mayfair - December 6th 1980 opened with Safe European Home I still think about it most weeks - Changed my life ... it was f*****g amazing I was very very lucky to be there and will always be grateful for that night - I am getting old and nostalgic about this shit

Bradford 1962: Different dates & many other supporting acts now forgotten
Helen Shapiro
Cliff Richard & Shadows
Adam Faith
Billy Fury

Beatles came 1963 but not yet achieved top billing!!

Green Day, Manc Apollo, September 1995.

You won't know them as they were Canadian, but

The Spoons, Red River Exhibition Free Stage, Winnipeg, 1985

probably Bluetones at Middlesbrough Town Hall 1996

The Brian May Band at the Edinburgh Playhouse, 4th June 1993. Might not be cool but it was great- I love queen but I was only about 8 years old when they did their last ever show so.

Second was a bit cooler, backstage passes for the Almighty at the Queen's Hall. Then Pulp then the Wildhearts.

Queen Live Magic Tour in Marbella 1986

four days later was the last ever gig they did together.

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Stiff Little Fingers, Portsmouth Mecca Ballroom, 1978. I even remember what I wore!

Def Leppard, Van Halen & AC DC at Monters of Rock some long time ago at Donnington Park back in the 80's, but what year I really can't remember.. it was sooooooo long ago.

T'was ace.

Haircut 100 at the Students Union, Newcastle in 1981 or '82, I think. They weren't terribly good IIRC. supported by the Blue Bells.

The Skids at the Marquee in 1979, I was 14. Had to bribe the doorman to let us in and it was still cheaper than buying a ticket.
It was my first introduction to the " have you got 10p mate" brigade. It stayed at 10p for years, how much is it now?

John Otway and Wild Willy Baratt, Oughtons, Dumfries, 1979.
Terrific night.

Sheep on drugs supported by Atari Teenage Riot

A very hazy memory but it was an indie band Kingmaker and it was in a Social/Working men's Club somewhere in the Tipton, Wendsbury, Darlaston area in the West Mids around 90/91. I went to loads of gigs around a Wolves/Brum at that time.

1983 in Brummagem. Evidently I wasn't one of the cool kids 8)

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GuanaBatz 28 Feb 1986 Portsmouth Grannies. I can only be sure because I still have the poster.

Culture Club at derby assembly rooms supported by King in tarten suits! They were shockingly poor. It was a matinée performance, 1983 maybe 4, i had to get out of evensong being a sunday and a chorister, organist/choirmaster wasnt impressed i was seeing that boy george thing!

The Freddie Mercury tribute concert, aged 16. First time staying away from home without adult supervision, first time in London, first music gig. Took loads of pictures and left my camera on a bus.

The Jam supported by Billy Bragg at Newcastle City Hall back in October 1980 iirc

Had just turned 13, flippin' brilliant.

The Undertones + Moondogs at St Georges Hall, Bradford, 1980

Big Audio Dynamite, Brixton, 1987.

13, my dad had to take me, never been in so much awe in my life:

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Edinburgh Playhouse, November 1988

I'm so old that I can't remember. 😳 It would have been around 1972 and I think it was Dr Feelgood. 8)

Believe it or not (and it is hard to believe for a number of reasons) Steeleye Span 1976

The next was Thin Lizzy the following year. Perhaps I should just say that was my first "proper" gig. TBH is has all been downhill since that performance.

Beastie Boys, Run DMC and Davy D - Birmingham Odeon 1987, May 26th remember it well!

Real music! Ant n dec's world tour, Sunderland 1995!

Feeder at the Caird Hall in Dundee, 2003. I only lived a few hundred metres away at the time. Was ok I guess.

Tears for Fears. Sometime mid 80s.

Madness One Step Beyond tour at Edinburgh Playhouse probably 1983, they were supported by Joe Boxers and the lead singer from The Bellestars was in attendance watching from one of the posh boxes. Brilliant night!

Marillion. 1988 ish. Liverpool Royal Court.

Iron Maiden, Beast on the Road, Bradford St Georges Hall. 1 March 1982 I think. I was 14.

Bregante - Member
Depeche Mode, Manchester Apollo, 1983

Me too!

First proper gig - The Black Crowes, Aston Villa Leisure Centre in November 1992. Supported by The Verve.

Ace gig both bands were fantastic.

One Direction, Wembley Arena 2013, front row. Got to see right up Harry's skirt.

Iron Maiden, 1980, Middlesbrough town hall, Praying Mantis were the support band. If I remember right the ticket was £1.70 😯

U2 Joshua tree tour Cardiff arms park 1987. Coach trip from the East Midlands. Support was the pretenders, the alarm and some local 2 piece that had a bit of a hit that year but whose name I can't recall.
My taste improved in the following years.

The Stranglers, Black and White tour ('78 I think), Bristol Colston Hall.

Bunch of stuff at student uni but no memory of who. Probably nobody.

But first proper would have been the Freddie tribute concert when I was 18.

Also did a brief weekend bar stint around that time at Butlins and got the pleasure of Showaddywaddy, Black Lace and I forget who else.

February 1980 Def Leppard "On Through The Night" tour, Malvern Winter Gardens.

First "big gig" Rush,brum Odeon same year,Permanent Waves tour.

Michael Schenker Group in 1980

Got me a pair of backstage passes today for James at Scala. Wish I had seen them at the peak of their career, but still, will be nice to shake hands with Mr Booth

Bruce Springsteen. Old Trafford 2005. Been listening to him since the early 80s, but that was the first time I managed to get tickets to see him live.

Gary Glitter at the NEC in '91 or so. It got better...

deadkenny - Member

But first proper would have been the Freddie tribute concert when I was 18.

I'm jealous of lots of stuff in this thread but this one in particular... Not that I would have gone, at the time, but it was the day I started listening to music. 5 minutes into Metallica, my folks are going "what is this rubbish" and I'm going "I have no idea but I'm going to find out..." Genuinely can't even think how much that changed my life. Completely, I reckon.

It'd be either Helloween at the edinburgh playhouse or monsters of rock at castle donington sometime in 1988 - one of those two but i can't remember what came first. For a good few years from the age of 15 i was a rocker with long dyed black hair, skinny black jeans, leather jacket with a cut-off denim jacket over the top covered in patches - needless to say i soon grew out of it when my mate took me to my first warehouse rave inside the M25 back in 1992, first experience of ecstasy as well so my head was most definitely turned for the better 😀

Gillan, December 1981 at Hammersmith Odeon.
Double Trouble tour I think it must have been.
Sheesh......

Depeche Mode - World Violation Tour 1990 I think.

Hawkwind summer 1972 at Guildford Civic hall.
Week or so before a girl I went to school with wanted to go
and see Bowie, I persuaded her to go with me to see Hawkwind instead.

Pink Floyd
1987
Monetary lapse of reason.
At some stadium in Manchester.

Simple Minds, Dundee Caird Hall, 1982

I think it was Jesus Jones at Leeds poly in 1989. Despite that i had great run of gigs 89-91 in my 5th year and 6th form as the Madchester thing kick off. My favourite gig around that time was the Wedding Present Christmas party at the Warehouse in Leeds cracking night.

Saxon at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, probably 1980.
I thought it was great, but heard on the radio next morning that someone had died:(