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James Brown at the Royal Albert Hall (about 2003)
Guns n Roses at Wembley Stadium 1991 (last Izzy Gig)
Pink Floyd 1994 (Earls Court I think)
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Muse IOW Festival
Sex Pistols IOW Festival
Bon Jovi Milton Keynes Bowl
David Gilmour - Royal Albert Hall Rattle That Lock tour
Metallica at the Ministry of Sound 1997.
I don't think you'd get to hear them through a better sound system and being in such a small room with them was amazing.
Here's the gig...
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Toto at Hammersmith Apollo (Falling In Between Tour)
The Police at Twickenham (Greatest hits reunion tour)
It Bites at the Carnegie Theatre Workington (The Tall Ships Tour)
PJ Harvey on her 'Uh Huh Her' tour in the same venue was pretty special too, as was seeing And So I Watch You From Afar for the first time, touring their 2nd album 'Gangs', at a tiny venue. Like being hit in the face with music.
Unfortunately Radiohead in 1997 was hindered by them playing at Gloucester Leisure Centre, effectively the badminton courts, which destroyed any chance of hearing them properly.
Marillion at the Luton Tech college Student Union bar in 82, before they even had a record deal. Fish was selling tickets at a desk by the door. I asked him to sign one of the A4 posters and he jumped up and said 'come with me, I'll get all the band to sign it'. Still have it of course! There was no stage and I stood literally 2m from Steve Rothery watching him play all night.
Also, My fave ever band, old neo proggers Pendragon did a charity gig in a pub, around new years eve a few years ago. It was a tiny place, packed to the rafters, and once again I was right at the very front just watching guitarist/singer Nick Barrett reeling off the soundtrack to my life. Awesome!
Pantera - 1st UK Ozzfest
Metallica - couple of dates on the 1991 tour. Were superb on all.
Life of Agony - on the 2nd Stage at Ozzfest. They really gave it everything that day to try and win over a crowd that hadn't really heard of them.
and....
Hugh Laurie and the Copper Bottom Band - New Theatre, Oxford. The tightest, swingiest band I've ever seen or heard.
Blew me away!
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Anyway, my gigs...
Probably every time I saw The Clash.
First time I saw Sonic Youth
Neil Young
Velvet Underground on their return
Nick Cave is usually pretty memorable
and Radiohead!
Mine is either Manics in 1994 at the Cambridge Corn Exchange or S*M*A*S*H at Bedford Esquires probably the same year.
Supports for the '90 Nirvana gig were L7 and Jacob's Mouse.
Then there's the gigs I remember for personal reasons - start of a relationship at The Bhundu Boys, my future wife sealing the deal by buying me 20 B&H at one of our gigs at Strathclyde Uni.
Efterklang at Oran Mor, Glasgow 2009 were superb. Brilliant musicians, lovely engagement with the audience which was reciprocated. Would love to re-visit that night.
So many I've forgotten. Wish I'd kept a diary...
The only gig I’ve ever been to where nobody could hear the first guitar solo. The audience erupted in to cheering and applause and actually drowned his wall of AC30s out.
Riche Havens ,Jazz cafe,Camden.
Wishbone ash ,Hammersmith Odeon.
Pink Floyd,Earls Court.
Santana,BBC studios regent
Ten years after,Hampstead.
Can’t remember dates (senior moments)
Last minute decision to take my daughter out as she was feeling a bit rubbish. Only really knew a couple of their songs.
What a phenomenal gig, so much energy. Everything from full band, up tempo numbers, to one man and his acoustic.
We both came away fans.
So many others, Eric Church at the Ritz, on the same tour he was selling out stadiums in the US.
Dave Lee Roth with Vai in the late 80’s at the NEC (coincidentally my worst gig is probably the tour where he had John 5 playing guitar. It was painfully loud, just a wall of noise)
A top ten might be easier than just one.
The first two times I saw Aphex Twin live were intense. The first was at the Clink Prison (it's a museum now) and he played the set from one of the cells. I think that was the first time Come To Daddy was unleashed on the public. The second was at the Junction, Cambridge and was equal parts ambient and ferocious.
Teenage Fanclub playing Bandwagonesque as part of the Don't Look Back series of gigs was truly magical. They had Brendan back on drums and Don Fleming introduced them and played on some of the songs.
The most recent gig that is a contender was The Besnard Lakes at The Portland Arms, Cambridge, a couple of years ago. I thought they absolutely smashed it. I got the feeling that they were having a great time and it showed. Every time I think back on that gig i get the warm and fuzzies.
I said maybe.....