Gigs.

Meh I’m off to see Rod Stewart in July in Murcia,the 85 year old FIL wanted to see him.

Not sure how this is going to play out, not sure I can take more than 2 minutes of Rod

I saw him in the early 90s, at the request of a friend who tried to sell it to me on the basis that Status Quo were supporting him. I pointed out to her that I have never been into Quo, but Rod (and Joe Cocker) would be entertaining. And they were – very. Oddly, despite being exactly average height, it’s the only gig I’ve ever been to where I was taller than everybody else.

Currently waiting for QOTSA at the rather improbable Margate Dreamland

Rock the Moat in August. Never been before but sounds good.

Dr Feelgood(no orignal members left) and Nine Below Zero in December, lookng forward to that.

Joe Tatton Trio (plus Pete Mason on guitar) at MASH in Macclesfield this evening. Bloody marvellous 🙂

Peter Gabriel tonight in Glasgow, superb show.

My Mrs is off on an unexpected week away. Quick check of live music on next week and now me and daughter are off to see The Haggis Horns at the local jazz club. This should be fun 😊

I’ve not been updating the thread, but I’ve had a fair old live-music-a-thon lately.

Late May: Wedding Present at Colchester Arts Center
Early June: Thurs night at Download (mainly to see the Bronx, then Friday at the Brighten the Corners multi-venue festival in Ipswich, then on Saturday I was volunteering a the same event.
Last week: Arctic Monkeys at Emirates Stadium (Highbury)
Last night: Queens of the Stone Age at Margate Dreamland

Top tip, if you go see a band in Margate, don’t park in Mill Lane car park. The shutters come down at 7pm and there’s a £50 release fee! It’s very poorly sign-posted. Bit of a sour end to a phenomenal gig.

Peter Gabriel tonight in Glasgow, superb show.

Yeah, I was there. It was fantastic. His voice is still great and the backing band were tight.

Last night I was fortunate enough to see the first performance by a Radiohead tribute band in Derby Cathedral.

Amazing experience, acoustics of the cathedral helped their sound. They seemed moved by the standing ovation they got at the end. Hopefully they’ll do another gig soon.

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I’ve not been updating the thread, but I’ve had a fair old live-music-a-thon lately.

Niice!
Bit of a brouhaha in Dublin as Arctic Monkeys cancelled their big gig here last week in favour of the Glastonbury headline slot.

Recently I’ve been to:
– Bruce Springsteen, final night of 3 in Dublin, outdoors at the RDS. Great concert, bit chilly by the end.
– Hot 8 Brass Band in a tiny little bar. Top notch, and a good crowd, and a great venue for them.
– Dermot Kennedy at Marlay Park. No clue who he is, terrible beer selection (Heineken was the only thing available) but a great afternoon/ evening.

In the next couple of weeks I’ve got the Wailers (could be interesting, but it looks like they bear little resemblance to *The* Wailers) and Billy Joel in Hyde Park

Well a week of contrasts, started last weekend with Depeche Mode at Twickenham, long time fan, seen them 5 times now and so great being with the DM tribe, what a show…

Then QOTSA at Margate Dreamland, covered some of their new album and quite a contrast to the Glasto set, running out of time and literally playing the last song with monitor audio only!

I’ve got Iron Maiden on Wednesday, followed by a couple of days off work which I am really looking forward to.

Sudan Archives in Brighton last night – she was bloody superb.
Getting popular now though, so doubt I’ll see her live again. Getting far more grumpy about big crowds these days!

Foo Fighters booked for June next year – I’m far too giddy about this for a 40-year-old man

id be surprised if this means anything to anyone except me, but im off to see six by seven playing their first album in full in nottingham saturday.

theyve always been ‘my band’ since first seeing them back in the day and being blown away by them.  however, they never quite made it as big as i think they deserved.

theyve split up a few times, re-invented themselves, lead singers gone down a more krautrock electronic route now which i dont particularly care for but theyve got the original line-up back for 2 shows only playing that first album, so its a ‘farewell’ gig really.

It’s over 41 years since my first ever gig as a spotty 14yr old (Iron Maiden on the ‘Beast on the Road’ tour at St George’s Hall, Bradford) and I went to see them again last night at Leeds O2 Arena. I have seen them many, many times over the years and they are becoming more and more ‘panto’ with their stage sets and general carry on, but they can still play amazingly. Bruce’s voice is still amazing and he has more energy than should be allowed for someone approaching retirement age. Great fun.

Next up, some Dire Straights tribute band in a Working Men’s Club in York.

Tonight 🙂

Dog day afternoon yesterday,  amazing day out with my boy.

Shocked at the attendance, read a few online moaners saying no way due to the non punk ticket price.  12s and under were free so that was a bonus😃

Picture from Twitter behind Gen Sex, it was more packed out later.

Loads of fat, old, bald & grey types so felt at home, bit like BPW when you go during the week.

Top quotes from Ruaridh

“He needs to put a top on”

”Buzzcocks were rubbish, only liked the one from Shrek”

Cancer Bats tonight in Manchester.

Haven’t seen them live before so looking forward to it

Just in from Gabriels outstore gig in Kingston. Oh my what a voice that Jacob fella has. Absolutely stunning. They played a stripped down set with no drummer and it was a beautiful experience.

Just got tickets for The Pine Hill Saints in Leeds in September.

Just in from Gabriels outstore gig in Kingston. Oh my what a voice that Jacob fella has. Absolutely stunning. They played a stripped down set with no drummer and it was a beautiful experience.

We went to see them at Wasing Park a couple of weeks ago, in fact the Friday night before they played Glastonbury, it was an amazingly under-attended Gig but they were still fantastic.
My Missus is a big fan, that lad can sing…

Last weekend we were at Pulp in Finsbury park, another great Gig But there were so many events on in London that same night that the tubes and trains were a but overrun.

Last weekend we were at Pulp in Finsbury park

London based friends went and said it was great.

The Cult for me tonight in Scarbados!

I’m going watching Kiss tomorrow night. 16 year old me would be delighted!

I’m going watching Kiss tomorrow night. 16 year old me would be delighted!

I’ve seen them several times in the past and they are good fun – I wanted to get tickets after the Ozzy tour was cancelled but there was no way I was going to pay >£100 for Kiss. Not a chance.

I just looked on TicketMaster and it looks like there’s going to be a fair few empty seats.

I got *extremely* cheap tickets.  No way was I paying full whack!

I got *extremely* cheap tickets.  No way was I paying full whack!

On this, does anyone remember or did anyone attend any of the Heineken Big Top Festivals in the 90s? I’ve had a few conversations about them lately because they’ve popped up a bit on SM.

I remember seeing the Manics, Fairport Convention, The Troggs, maybe The Tansads, maybe Steve Harley.  Looking back there was a stellar list of acts playing around the country, or maybe acts who became massive shortly after – Oasis, The Verve, Pulp, Blur, Catatonia, The Stranglers, The Pogues, the list is huge. All for free, which makes me wince when I see acts charge over £100 per ticket these days. But that’s the difference between a time when you toured cheaply to promote record sales, and now, when streaming sales amount to zero.

I got *extremely* cheap tickets.

Was that through SeeTickets? I saw some at half price but I thought ‘nah, stuff you, you had your chance to price tickets fairly in the first place so you’re not having my money now.

Heineken Big Top Festivals in the 90s?

Yeah I went to Roundhey Park in Leeds (the beer tents ran out of Heineken which I found amusing). Pulp had just started to make it big and they headlined one night. It was a cracking line-up, especially as it was free!

Great to see a young up and coming band at a small venue in Manchester last night. pic.twitter.com/g1ZtxXFHzt

— Mr Sparkle (@darwendashers) July 8, 2023

@johndoh – nah, better than that.

Laura Cantrell in Twyford Church (Winchester) last night. Sold out but Ticket popped up. Lovely evening, great songs, simple presentation but really engaging. Seen a few times in the past and Mark Spencer  was again on guitar. Great player.

@mrsparkle – were there many empty seats?

@johndoh – I must admit I was expecting quite a few but no, not many at all tbh.

James at the piece hall last night, heavy rain and a lightening enforced break in the set. This had a beneficial effect, galvanising the crowd and the band for a rousing forty minute finale. Until the break it seemed a bit pedestrian, but ended up as an uplifting singalong.

Flook last night at my local Folk festival, absolutely stunning.

Bruce in Hyde Park last night.
Bloody brilliant. For Bruce and the E street band to play pretty much non-stop for 3 hours. Quite incredible. A quite funny nod to the last time he played at Hyde park as he did twist and shout, which the whole crowd seemed to love.

<p style=”text-align: center;”>Saw comet is coming last night in Milton Keynes. Heard them on the radio a few times and thought they sounded ok and quite different and was very impressed with them live. They are a three piece, keyboards, drummer and the sax guy. The Sax guy seems to get the focus and he,s got quite the set of lungs but for me the drummer was superb. Anyway we’ll worth catching this band live.</p>

I’m going to ‘Alchemy Live’ – a Dire Straights tribute act – tomorrow night in a lovely little venue (a working men’s club) in York.

Damn it, forgot about Comet Is Coming.  I would have liked to have gone to that.  I’ve bought tickets for Dreadzone at the Craufurd for me and a mate.  He’s bought the Kosheen tickets, also at Craufurd Arms.