Nik Kershaw!
Kiss at Bingley Hall in Stafford 1984 I think so I was twelve. It smelled like a cow shed (it was) but they were pretty epic.
W.A.S.P. at the Edinburgh Playhouse October 30, 1986
Green Day, manc Apollo, sept 24 1995.
Transvision Vamp at Aston Villa Leisure Centre, 1990?
Proper one - not some weak covers band at the campsite we always used to go to as kids (I still remember their name though...Quest) - would be Depeche Mode. At Whitley Bay ice rink. Very shortly after (like a few days) was House of Love at Newcastle Riverside which is still in the top 5 gigs ever.
First proper gig, Black Sabbath - May 17, 1974 St. George's Hall, Bradford, (supported by Black Oak Arkansas)
Tears for Fears, Apollo Manchester - December 1983.
Superb set. Bloody cold evening though.
Curt and Roland signed my program - which I have since lost...
Gary Glitter at the NEC. 🙁
Buzzcocks - Leeds University Students Union circa 1977
The Faces, Blackpool Winter Gardens. A very long time ago.
The Cult at Manchester Apollo 1985. I was 15 and absolutely blown away by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy both in full on rock god mode at the height of their ‘She Selks Sanctuary’ pomp. Absolutely awesome introduction to live music
You didn’t tell us if Nik was any good Harry?
Manics, January 29th 1994, Anson Rooms
Reef, 1996 Derby Assembly rooms.
Supported by Cable, and Travis who were absolute dish water, as ever.
First proper gig was Donington '90 for me. Thunder, Quireboys, Poison, Aerosmith, Whitesnake.
I think my actual first gig was Animal Kwackers at Hyndburn Sports Centre...
Sensational Alex Harvey Band at Bracknell Leisure Centre - around 1975 I think. A few months later I went to see them at Hammersmith when they recorded Delilah.
The Beat at Friars, Aylesbury 1979 - supported by the Equators who had 3 encours, which I then thought was normal 🤣
Marillion Glasgow Apollo. .. Superb....gies a bun .
Accompanied by an adult, Queen, Kind of Magic tour, Maine Road.
Un-accompanied, Primal Scream, Bradford Uni.
Queen, Maine Road in 1986, age 12. Status Quo we’re supporting and I had to go outside as it made my ears hurt. Edit. Snap @mos!
If only I could remember that far back. Possibly Dr Feelgood, dunno really.
The Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy Club, Richmond circa 1964.
Queen, Knebworth, 9th August 1986.
It hasn’t got any better than that in 36 years.
Another Buzzcocks here, at Middleton Civic Hall 77 or 78.
Nirvana at the Mayfair in Newcastle! 😁
My dad took me to see the dave clark 5 at the top six club in London, early 1960 s., i was about 7 or 8 years old.
1st proper own my own gig was Alice Cooper on the brutal planet tour.
It was ace
I also saw led zed in the Royal Court doing song remains the same. They were excellent. Paul Kappas solo stuffs ace
You didn’t tell us if Nik was any good Harry?
He Rocked, in a safe and briefly financially successful kind of way. His mullet was very excellent.
Second gig was The Mission, third was The Pogues followed by ACR, The Happy Mondays and New Order the night after.
first proper band...The Alarm at one of the greenbelt festivals in the late eighties
New Order, the Barras, 86 I think.
Def Leppard, time of release of Hysteria can't remember the exact year. Southampton Mayflower. Tesla supported, not sure I have seen such an energetic support act ever since! Maybe I was swayed being a first timer to a rock gig!
Piranhas at west runton pavilion around 1979. on a camping holiday there with my mum and dad and spookily saw one of my school classmates there too.
Brian May Band at the Edinburgh Playhouse, 4th June 1993. But I'd sooner claim the second one, which was backstage passes from Kerrang! magazine to go and see the All-****ing-mighty at the Usher Hall in 94.
Simple Minds, Wembley Arena March 86. We had to leave before the encores to catch a train home 🙄
Rush, Deeside Leisure Centre, June 16th 1980...I was 16 at the time and had to sneak out my RE "O" level exam early to get down there...
Gig was awesome but I got a "U" grade in the exam 🤣
John Otway and wild Willy Barret at Oughtons, Dumfries.....late '79 / early '80. A great night, didn't see another gig for 18 months. Life in the sticks!
SLF Malvern 1978
Echo and the bunnymen Birmingham odeon 1984
Guns N Roses at Gateshead, 1993. Soundgarden and Faith No More were the support acts. Stood for hours behind a Duff and Slash lookalike double act so not sure I actually saw the openers and waited so long for Axel etc to come on stage that I went for a sit down and then they decided to come on. It was all surprisingly professional and a bit dull.
PS might have been the Singing Kettle.
Oasis at Knebworth. 21 years old before I went to a gig! I made up for lost time though.
Saxon, 1981, Wolverhampton Civic Hall. I was 15, went on my own. Ended up at the front as the noise and general mayhem appealed. Can't remember being that into the group though.
Blondie. Glasgow Apollo. Dec 31st 1979.
This one.
Stiff Little Fingers. Portsmouth Locarno 1979
Last one Shygirl, Bristol March '22 - rather different 😀
Thompson Twins in March 1984 at the Birmingham Odeon. Got dragged along by my then girlfriend at the age of 15. But then a few months later was MY first real concert. Sisters of Mercy at the Victoria Halls, Hanley. Someone at the local travel agents was a massive music fan and used to organize tickets and busses to ferry teens to all the local gigs from Coventry up to Manchester.