It was easy for me - all my tickets are framed (cheaply) and behind the montor on the wall I just had to look carefullt at some of the dates on the tickets!
holy cow what a neat collection. now do you think you can maile them to me . lol never seen david in concert and im 52.. feel sorry for me will ya.. foxi
I'm working on a website for storing such details.. you can access it at http://www.mygighistory.com if you're interested in inputting. You'll need the full date though
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Too many to remember. My first was The Kinks at Newcastle City Hall, sometime during the autumn of 1973. The week after next I’m going to see Iggy & The Stooges, Beck, The White Stripes and Franz Ferdinand. Rock just keeps on rolling.
Some notable ones are:
The first (and only) time I saw The Fall:
The first time I saw Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson:
The first time I saw Microdisney (they were the support):
I just downloaded the boot of that gig which means that I now have a recording of 7 of the 8 Bowie gigs that I was at (I don't think Tin Machine at the Newcastle Mayfair in 1991 is going to show up anytime soon).
According to Bassman, there should be an excellent (DAT) Audio tape (he rates it as quality 9+ ) floating around somwhere.... :)I hope you can track it down!
It would take me hours and hours to put my list together. Last time i counted my ticket stubs (3 years ago)...it was over 200 concerts. There were a few summers that i had free access to Riverbend, an outdoor venue. When i was single i would go to EVERYTHING i could. I have friends that are DJs, store owners and the sort that have always hooked me up. I've gotten spoiled over the years. When i do pay for a ticket, i'm shocked at some prices!
Ardent you are damn organized!
Ok, I will try to remember, but don't have the exact dates, when I remember I will put the date, or the tour name...
Chicago- 1976
Beatlemania- 1977
The who, Blackfoot- 1979
The Rolling Stones, Santana, Iggy Pop- 1981
The Police, XTC- 1982
Ozzy-1982
REO Speedwagon-1982
Santana-1982
Van Halen-1982
Rainbow-1982
The Who, The Clash-1982
The Police-1982 (again)
The Police, the night after the second Bowie show!-1983
Now the dates are hazy so I will just list the shows
Willie Dixon (2x)
Matt Guitar Murphy (3x)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (2x)
Taj Mahal
Lynard Skynard
The Kinks (6x)
Ray Davies (2x)
Bowie- Let's Dance (2 nights), Glass Spider, Sound and Vision (3 nights), Outside, Reality
The Rolling Stones- Steel Wheels (2 nights), Vodoo Lounge, No Security, Forty Licks (two nights)
Deep Purple (2x)
Blondie
The Eagles
Sting
Michael Buble
Yes (2x)
Iggy Pop- Zombie Birdhouse, Blah, Blah, Blah, Instinct (2x), Brick by Brick
The Greatful Dead (5x)
Johnny Winter (3x)
George Thurogood (3x)
Adiran Belew The Bears
Buddy Guy (4x)
Paul McCartney- Flowers in the Dirt
Pink Floyd (fraud)- Division Bell
Roger Waters (much better than the Floyd show!)- Radio Chaos
Neil Young
Paul Simon
Canned Heat
Ringo Star
Aerosmith (3x)
The Joe Perry Project
Luther Alison (2x)
Chicago Blues Festival (2x)
San Francisco Blues Festival
John Lee Hooker
Koko Taylor
The Black Crowes with Jimmy Page
The Black Crowes (3x)
Tom Petty (3x)
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty
Bob Dylan- Down in the Groove, Under The Red Sky
The Who- (also listed above 1979) Tommy, Quadrophenia, tour with The Black Crowes
The Blind Boys From Alabama
Ron Wood/ Bo Diddly
Rod Stewart- Tonight I'm Yours tour
Lou Reed- New York
Remembere a few more!
Alice Cooper
The Pretenders
The Tubes
Def Leopard
Leon Russell
Junior Wells
Albert King
BB King
I know there are some I forgot!
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That's a very cool list you made there , Whitem8
Really some great gigs there...I wish I could have seen an early police show with you..or one of those Who shows..or the Stones , Dylan....or the John Lee Hooker show!
Altered States
Chas n Dave
Dandy Warhols
David Bowie
Divine Comedy
Electric Soft Parade
Fields of the Nephilim
Frank Tovey
Front 242
Gary Glitter
Gary Numan
Ghost Dance
Godfathers
Killing Joke
Peter Murphy
Muse
Placebo
Psychedelic Furs
Rubicon
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sisters of Mercy
Sparks
Spear of Destiny Splodgenessabounds
Sputnik2
Suede
The Damned
The Mission
The Tears
Toyah
Zodiac Mindwarp
gee its short .. but here goes dont remember dates just who i saw
cyndi loper..
harlom globe trotters
huew luew and the news\
golden earring
tina turner
kenny rogers and the first edition
there is one more somewhere in the brain lol..foxi
holy cow forget alice cooper welcome to my nightmare .. and susi quatrei .. that was such a spectacular concert.. remember that big spider web. and alice walking through the screen.. ohhhhhhhhhhhhh for the good old days.. foxi
all that i can say...is that you all have marvellous memories...sometimes i have no recall of seeing live acts until they come up in a conversation...or a friend reminds me that we were there! if i had true recall, i think that the list would be quite long
Ooo, I feel like making a list now Baz has without any dates
January 12 2006, 1:04 PM
23 Skidoo
999
Adam And The Ants
The Adverts
Marc Almond
Animal Nightlife
Bauhaus
The Bazoomis
Black Slate
Blondie
David Bowie
Chelsea
The Clash
Classix Nouveau
Cockney Rejects
Crass
The Damned
The Dandy Warhols
Dead Fingers Talk
Eater
Brian Eno
Patrick Fitzgerald
Peter Frampton
Astrud Gilberto
Gloria Mundi
Goldfrapp
Eddy Grant
Peter Hammill
Richard Hell
Human League
Iggy Pop (and The Stooges)
Japan
Leyton Buzzards
Lou Reed
Linton Kwesi Johnson
The Lurkers
Madness
Madonna
Manic Street Preachers
Morrissey
New Order
Gary Numan
Joanna Newsome
The Poison Girls
The Pretenders
Psychic TV
Raped
REM
Nitin Sawhney
The Selecter
The Sex Pistols
Sham 69
Simple Minds
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Slaughter And The Dogs
The Slits
The Skids
Patti Smith
Squarepusher
Steel Pulse
Talking Heads
Television
Toyah
Ultravox (with John Foxx)
The Vibrators
The Virgin Prunes
Wayne County
Paul Weller
Gary Wright
X Ray Spex
Gary Glitter
The Tears
Kraftwerk
Devo
George Clinton
OMD
Alice Cooper
Tom Petty
Aswad
Wire
John Cale
Elvis Costello
Jeff Beck
Jose Carreras
PS: My mate used to go out with 'im out of the Godfathers. And one of them has still got my original vinyl STS !
EDIT: I keep remembering
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You bumped a 2006 thread, which mentions that my STS was half-inched by one of The Godfathers... and tomorrow night I'm going to see them play and fully intend to ask for my vinyl back (albeit 30-something years later)
mind you, OMD were the (at that stage 2 piece) support act & they were easily as entertaining as mr numan. it was a top nite out...so many years ago...
i bought the expanded version of 'replicas' a year or so ago...there are some great songs on there...wonky power-glitching analog synths & all...it is well worth a spin now & then...can't say that i've been that keen on the more recent stuff of his that i've heard (his voice grates a bit, i find)...but then i haven't heard very much of it, i suppose...people tend to forget how much of a breakthrough that album was in the day.
and I’m sure I’ve missed out a few … only included those that you would have heard of across the international ponds …
First … Lou Reed (74/75)
Last … David Byrne (2005)
Next … Antony & The Johnsons (next week!)
AC/DC x 3
Aerosmith x 1
Alice Cooper x 1
Bay City Rollers x 1
Bette Midler x 1
Birthday Party x 2
Blondie x 1
Bob Dylan x 1
Bob Marley x 1
Boys Next Door x 3
Buzzcocks x 1
Chaka Khan x 1
Crime and the City Solution x 1
David Bowie x 2
David Byrne x 1
Devo x 1
Diamanda Galas x 1
Diana Ross x 1
Divine x 1
Divinyls x 4
Donovan x 1
Eartha Kitt x 1
Echo and the Bunnymen x 1
Ella Fitzgerald x 1
Elvis Costello x 1
Faith No More x 1
Gary Numan x 1
Georgie Fame x 1
Grace Jones x 1
Iggy Pop x 1
Jethro Tull x 1
Joe Jackson x 1
John Cale x 1
Jonathon Richman x 1
Kevin Coyne x 1
Laurie Anderson x 1
Lene Lovich x 1
Leonard Cohen x 1
Liza Minelli x 1
Lou Reed x 4
Marianne Faithful x 1
Midnight Oil x 2
Nico x 1
Nina Simone x 1
Peggy Lee x 1
Phyllis Diller x 1
PJ. Harvey x 1
Radio Birdman x 2
Rickie Lee Jones x 1
Roberta Flack x 1
Rowland S Howard x 1
Sade x 1
Screaming Jay Hawkins x 1
Shirley Bassey x 1
Shriekback x 1
Siouxsie and the Banshees x 2
Slade x 1
Split Enz x many many times
Supertramp x 1
Suzi Quatro x 1
Sweet x 1
Talking Heads x 1
The B-52’s x 1
The Church x 3
The Clash x 1
The Cramps x 1
The Creatures x 1
the Cruel Sea x 3
The Doobie Brothers x 1
The Go-Betweens x many many times
The Gun Club x 1
The Laughing Clowns x 4
The Loved Ones x 1
The Models x 6
The Pretenders x 1
The Ramones x 1
The Residents x 1
The Saints x 6
The Stranglers x 4
The Triffids x 2
Tiny Tim x 4
Tony Joe White x 1
Voice of the Beehive x 1
WIRE x 1
XTC x 2
Wow! What a Diverse list - I guess nothing less was to be expected from our Mr. K
So what was your fave gig?
is it the Bay City Rollers? Or would that be the fabulous Shirley Bassey My father once went to one of her shows and to this day he still thinks they "had real eye contact" ah well he was a bit of a charmer I guess
i saw bob marley in 81 or 82?...at brighton centre...man i'm surprised that the roof didn't lift off the place...breathe deeply & float off...he & his amazing band & backing singers was one of the greats & gave an amazing performance...blimey, i'd almost forgotten about that one!
can't remember a lot of detail..everybody had truly entered into the ...er...'spirit' of the occasion...but they played one great song after another - it made me realise what an amazing catalogue of material bm had written. how could anyone smoke that much weed & make such an amazing noise? i wish i could remember more details or even be more precise about the date!
i saw the clash there too, once (& also 3 or 4 times before & then afterwards in the usa) after the release of 'combat rock' - they were really tight & VERY LOUD - that must have been in the first half of 82?...oh,my (patchy) memory...
Ardent, seems like you and me are the only ones that've been to any of Eminem's shows Mine was in Oslo, Feb. 1st 2001... and this far he's the only internationally recognized artist I've seen perform live
****************************************** Forgive me , for I am both terribly young and terribly stupid
<So what was your fave gig?>
gee ... that's a tough one Ardent ... 50% probably had their special moments ... but esp. favourite were :-
WIRE - finally came to Oz a couple of years ago! what a performance!
XTC - @ Cloudland and the following night at the local football club!
Echo and the Bunnymen - I was soooo into the Bunnymen at the time and had a long lovely chat with McCulloch on the steps of Cloudland after the gig - totally charmed!
Nina Simone - in the words of Edwyn Collins - what presence - majestic!
Liza Minelli - oh god ... there are chills up my spine now thinking about that one ...
The Stranglers - one of the gigs was just amazing - tight/nasty/ Jean Jacques was pure sex
Nico - I just never thought I'd ever see her live - alive - memorable
Leonard Cohen - spent pretty much the entire concert weeping - my father had very recently died and he loved Leonard too - the seat next to me was empty - I bought him a ticket to come with me and of course he wasn't there - wonderful stagecraft witnessed behind the tears
Tiny Tim - night after night - he shared the bill with a drag revue for an extended season in a Brisbane nightclub - my b/f at the time was the stage manager - a living breathing singing jukebox of American musical standards ... amazing ... and sooo deliberately funny!
Ella Fitzgerald - another legend ...
Miss Shirley Bassey - well - she is what she is ain't she - the total package in very fine form!
Biggest fun? - Lene Lovich! - how I bounced!!!
Most boring/disappointing? - I forgot to add on the list but Prince! I left the Concert Hall to go by a Mars bar during Purple Rain - (Diamonds and Pearls era) - I was not alone ... mind you I heard nothing but brilliant reports about his last tour ... shame I missed that one ...
re: The Rollers ... LOL! - I use to hang with a few full on Roller girlies - the concert was sheer madness! - hilarious ... Eric! Derek! Les! ... hahaha ... I really didn't know one from the other and certainly not a fan of the music but screamed along anyway ... haha
Re: Ooo, I feel like making a list now Baz has without any dates
January 12 2006, 3:29 PM
Great list, Ardent ! And you saw the Outside Bowie and the Earthling Bowie as well, lucky guy
Mine is very small (but organized ! lol):
David Bowie,Les Arčnes,Nîmes,14/7/2002 (Hawksley Workman,N-E-R-D)
David Bowie,Le Zénith,Paris,25/9/2002
David Bowie,Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy,Paris,20/10/2003 (The Dandy Warhols)
David Bowie,Kölnarena,Köln,31/10/2003 (The Dandy Warhols)
David Bowie,Le Galaxie,Amnéville,8/11/2003 (The Dandy Warhols)
David Bowie,Halle Tony Garnier,Lyon,15/11/2003 (The Dandy Warhols)
Hawksley Workman,L'Astrolabe,Orléans,10/3/2004
The Arcade Fire,Le Nouveau Casino,Paris,10/3/2005
The Arcade Fire,L'Elysée Montmartre,Paris,16/5/2005 (Final Fantasy)
The Arcade Fire,L'Olympic,Nantes,22/8/2005 (Final Fantasy)
Rock En Seine,Domaine National de Saint Cloud,Paris,25-26/8/2005
(The Subways, Fort Minor, The Arcade Fire, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pixies; Goldfrapp, The Departure, Baby Shambles, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand)
dEUS,L'Astrolabe,Orléans,27/9/2005
The Dandy Warhols,L'Elysée Montmartre,Paris,27/10/2005 (Serena-Maneesh)
The Warlocks,L'Elysée Montmartre,Paris,11/11/2005 (Asyl,Dead Combo)
Coming soon: Kaiser Chiefs and Louis XIV
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Dave Matthews Band 2002
Sam Roberts 2003
Hawksley Workman 2003
DAVID BOWIE 2003
BB KING 2004
The Vines 2004 (Jet opening)
IGGY & THE STOOGES 2004
Graham Coxon 2004
Jet 2004
Oxegen Festival 2004
The Killers 2004
Badly Drawn Boy 2004
Muse 2004
Neko Case 2005
Louis XIV (opening for Hot Hot Heat) 2005
The Arcade Fire 2005
Louis XIV (opening for The Killers) 2005
ROBERT PLANT 2005
Iron & Wine and Calexico 2005
THE ROLLING STONES 2006
My first Bowie gig was when he was with `The Hype`. They played here in Stockport at the Poco-a-Poco club in 1970. Some of us students would organise acts and stuff. He had to cancel earlier in the year and this was the re-arranged date. Good gig too.
Sorry, no ticket stub.
The Trail Hands- a country getup in the little town of Farmington, New Mexico.
First actual rock show:
The Wallflowers with The Counting Crows
Last concert went to:
The Vacations with special guests The Rock'n'Roll Soldiers
Others:
David Bowie x 2- got waved to by everyone!
The Rolling Stones
The Killers x 3- met them all!
Jimmy Eat World x 2 or 3 not quite sure now
Pearl Jam
Billy Idol with Steve Stevens- met Billy!
The Hippos- met
Dancehall Crashers
Never Gonna Score
Alanis Morrisette
Garbage x2
Real Big Fish
Dashboard Confessionals
The Format
No Doubt- this was an awesome show- it was Garbage and the Distillers, and the three lovely ladies performed Blondie's "Call Me" for the finalie
Jet
Macy Grey
Polyphonic Spree
INXS- got waved to!
Thirdeye Blind x 3- the last time I saw them they did an amazing cover of Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven"
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Bravery- covered an INXS song
Dear and the Headlights
Louis XIV- met two of'em!
I know there are others. In highschool I used to frequent a punk/ska joint called The Nile, but it closed down due to a big meth bust. But there were so MANY bands I can't remember them all.
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Should Have Took a Picture: http://www.geocities.com/favoritebowiepic/
Last year, perhaps. I can do 2005 without forgetting too many (probably.. if I can find my old diary..) I saw more shows (more GREAT effin shows, too) last year than I ever have in my life. I know that for a fact.
REM (x2) (Hammersmith Apollo and Hyde Park)
Patti Smith (x3) (Meltdown Festival)
The Stooges (x2) (Reading Festival and Hammersmith Apollo)
Mike Watt & The Secondmen (ICA)
Nine Inch Nails (Astoria)
Television (Meltdown Festival)
John Frusciante (All Tomorrow's Parties Festival)
The Dresden Dolls (x2) (Venue Edinburgh and supporting NIN)
Peaches (All Tomorrow's Parties Festival)
Vincent Gallo (x2) (ATP and Koko)
Sean Lennon (ATP)
PJ Harvey (ATP)
Yoko Ono (x2) (ATP and Meltdown festivals)
The Zombies (ATP)
Pixies (Reading Festival and Alexandra Palace)
Arcade Fire (Reading festival)
Tinariwen (Meltdown festival)
The White Stripes (Hammersmith Apollo)
Antony & The Johnsons (Shepherds Bush Empire)
Mars Volta (Brixton Academy)
Eels (x2) (Meltdown and Royal Albert Hall)
John Cale (Meltdown, supporting Patti Smith)
Lydia Lunch (x2) (ATP and The Garage)
Jayne County (x2) (ATP and The Underworld)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (ATP)
Autolux (ATP)
Nikolai Haas (ATP)
Regina Spektor (Lock 17)
Common Rotation (The Troubadour)
Polyphonic Spree (Koko)
Sigur Ros (Brixton Academy)
Rufus Wainwright (Islington Academy)
CocoRosie (Scala)
The Breeders (Scala)
Devendra Banhart (Astoria)
Pogues (Brixton Academy)
And, you know, I think there were quite a few more... Goshdarnit, I had a really good time last year!
My selection of best show, TV and private sessions i saw, pictured, recorded or filmed ... for interview or other.
Lou Reed (since 1974)
Alice Cooper (since 1976)
David Bowie (since 1976)
Mott The Hoople with Mick Ronson (1974)
Wings
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Deep Purple
Franck Zappa
Iggy Pop (since 1977 with DB)
Yoko Ono
Bob Dylan
Georges Harrison
Ringo Starr
Neil Young
Fripp Eno (Frippertronic)
Marianne Faithfull
Rolling Stones
Mc Cartney
The Stooges
Angie Bowie
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Bowie since 78
Spiders From Mars (kind of )
Led Zep
Bob Dylan
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters
UB40
Pretenders
Jethro Tull
Santana
Paul Simon
Paul Rogers
LKJ
Patti Smith
Ray Davies
Prince
Tom Petty
Nils Lofgren
Little Feat
Johnny Osbourne
Joe Cocker
John Cale
Aswad
George Harrison
Moody Blues
Burning spear
Art Blakey
Grateful Dead
Paco De Lucia
George Melly
Georgie Fame
Eric Clapton
Divine Comedy
Elvis Costello
Buddy Guy
Talking Heads
OMD
Paco Pena
Jimmy Cliff
David Byrne
Richie Havens
Robert Plant
Soft Cell
Crosby Stills Nash
Neil Young
Little Feat
Gloria Mundi
Roy Ayers
Souad Massi
Fat Boy Slim
Groove Armada
Van Morrisson
Jeff Healey
Jordinaires
the Edge
and remember folks........."never trust a hippie"
.
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Just never happened...........and me a Ladbroke Grove Boy !!!! Shmuck!!
Winston Rodney as Burning spear at the Rainbow in 81 was mesmerizing tho
seen him a couple o times since ..but good as it was .....the magic from that night was just unique and one of my fave ever gigs
James Brown. Live At The Apollo, 1962,
Little Stevie Wonder - 1963. When he recorded 'Fingertips'.
Bob Dylan - 1966, The Royal Albert Hall of course. For a jape, I shouted 'Judas'.
The Rolling Stones - 1969. Hyde Park. Oh and Altamont too. I was standing on stage rolling my eyes and stuff. Therefore I might be seen in the film, 'Gimme Shelter'.
David Bowie - Beckenham, 1969, around the time Space Oddity became a hit
Iggy And The Stooges - 1970, playing the Funhouse set, when Iggy was congratulated by Chuck Berry.
Roxy Music - 1972, when Eno was in the band.
Lou Reed - 1973, when Dick and Steve joined him on guitar.
Kraftwerk - 1974. Around the time of 'Autobahn'.
Television - CBGB's, 1975. When they were just starting out, trying out little numbers like 'Little Johnny Jewel' and 'Marquee Moon' for the first time.
The Sex Pistols - 1976, The 100 Club.
Blondie - 1977. Supporting Iggy. When Bowie was playing keyboards.
The Fall - 1978.
Neil Young - the 'Live Rust' tour 1979.
Talking Heads - 1980. When they were just starting to unveil the 'Remain In Light' material.
Madonna - 1985, when she broke through.
Just happenned to be in the right place at the right time for some of these.
Unfortunately I don't bother keeping tickets.
That is a shame, as I guess some of the tickets for these gigs could be worth something.
Ok, are you joking about the Stones Altamont show! Because there is that classic scene of the freak on stage tripping his brains out rolling his eyes, and suddenly he is pushed off the stage by a Hell's Angel...WAS THAT YOU!??
Well...here's my list so far. I'm sure i've been to others...but, my bong resined brain can only remember so much.
*seen multiple times
Bowie*
Paul McCartney*
Rolling Stones*
Monkees
Asia
Yes*
Pink Floyd*
Page&Plant
ZZ Top
Marilyn Manson
Cheap Trick*
The Police
U2
Underworld
Blondie*
Styx*
Kansas*
Genesis*
Peter Gabriel*
King Crimson*
E.L.P.*
Adrian Belew*
The Who
King's X*
Marillion*
Alice Cooper*
Steely Dan
Poison
Motley Crue*
Scott Weiland
Europe
The Jacksons
Edgar Winter
Doobie Brothers
America
Pearl Jam
Stone Temple Pilots*
Heart
Fleetwood Mac
Duran Duran
Porcupine tree*
Spock's Beard*
Lenny Kravitz
Aerosmith*
Guns-n-Roses
Prince*
Boston
Triumph
Van Halen*
David Lee Roth*
AC/DC*
Kiss*
Traffic
The Hooters
Honeymoon Suite
Glass Tiger
Go Gos
INXS
Pat Benetar
Fixx
Journey
REO Speedwagon
Elton John*
Billy Joel*
The Cars
Oingo Boingo
Rob Zombie
Beach Boys*
Metallica
Velvet Revolver
Eric Clapton*
Marcy Playground
BB King
Beastie Boys
Collective Soul
Grateful Dead
Whitesnake
Deep Purple
Alison Krauss
Men At Work
Steve Miller*
Jane's Addiction*
Molly Hatchet
Bob Seager
Sammy Hagar
Little Feat
Utopia
Rod Stewart
Sting
R.E.M.
Primus
Rush*
Tears For Fears
Tesla
Eagles
Joan Jett
Built To Spill
Tom Petty
Matthew Sweet
Apples In Stereo
California Guitar Trio
Tony Levin
Jethro Tull*
Red Hot Chili Peppers*
Iron Maiden
Ozzy*
Black Sabbath*
Dio*
Alabama
Neil Diamond*
Tool
Firefall
Blue Oyster Cult*
Coverdale&Page
Janet Jackson
Dixie Chicks
Robert Fripp
Skid Row
Slaughter
Cinderella
Quiet Riot
Ratt
Alice In Chains*
Soundgarden
Bush
Smashing Pumpkins
Oysterhead
Steve Winwood
Earth, Wind & Fire
Talking Heads
Dire Straits
John Fogerty
10,000 Maniacs
Supertramp
Ramones
Lita Ford
The Time
Bon Jovi
Winger
Billy Squire
Peter Frampton
Bob Dylan
Everclear
Gwar
I've also been to the following comedian concerts...
Ray Ramano
Jeff Foxworthy
Adam Sandler
Gallagher
George Carlin
Steven Wright
Dave Chapelle
Billy Crystal
Bowie
Clash
Crass
Conflict
Nirvana
Mudhoney
The Fall
Siouxie and the Banshees
Mighty Lemon Drops
Libertines
Bauhaus
Sisters of Mercy
GBH
The Cure
Iggy Pop
Stooges
Havana 3am
Big Youth
Tapper Zukie
Black uhuru
Burning Spear
Spear of Destiny
The Cramps
Dead Kennedys
Lou Reed
Velvet Underground (reformed of course)
Spizz Energi
The Ruts
The Damned
Subway Sect
Sham 69
999
Big Audio Dynamite
Pogues
Men they couldn't hang
The beat
Specials
Selecter
Bad Manners
Bad Brains
Black Flag
Showaddywaddy
Jimmy Osmond
Manic Street Preachers
Orb
Many Japanese bands noone would know!!
Ozric Tentacles
Kaiser Chiefs
Duran Duran
Generation X
Chiefs of Relief
Rich Kids
The Professionals (Pistols Cook and Jones)
Dillinger
U-Roy
Magazine
Buzzcocks
Joy Division
New Order
Meteors
King Kurt
UK Subs
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Beck
U2
Ice House
Icicle Works
Pogues
Joe Strummer and the mescaleros
Angelic Upstarts
Alice Cooper
PIL
Ramones
Renato (without Renee)
Guns and Roses
Andrew WK
The Jam
Paul Weller
That'll do for now I guess!!
Nik Kershaw
David Sylvian with Robert fripp
David Sylvian
Bowie 33 times
Placebo 2 times
David Byrne a few times
Laurie Anderson 4 times
Lou Reed 16 times
Kraftwerk
U2
Clouseu
Claw boys Claw (twice)
John Cale 4 times
Iggy Pop
Duran Duran
Buffy Saint Marie
Eurithmics
Gail Ann Dorsey
Suede
Herman van Veen 5 times
Waterboys
Peter Hammil
NIN
The Residence
Bob Dylan
Tracy bohnhem
The notwist
Mina
Tarwater
and I know remember being at a herman van Veen concert as a kid in 197?
so I'll add some that i forgot!
197? Herman van Veen - Carré, Amsterdam (somewhere between 76 and 79)
1991 Tin Machine/Julian Lennon - Countdown Studio, Hilversum
1997 Youssou N'Dour - Herengracht, Amsterdam
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David Bowie
Lou Reed
Iggy Pop
Carmen
Psychic TV
Suicide
X-Ray Spex
The Slits
Adam and the Ants
The Vibrators
Generation X
The Fabulous Poodles
Mick Ronson
Hunter/Ronson
Gloria Mundi
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Elkie Brooks
Sounds Incorporated
Freddie & the Dreamers
The Yardbirds
Melanie
Roxy Music (GI period, no Eno)
Patti Smith
John Cale
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Television
Blondie
The Adverts
The Ramones
Siouxie and the Banshees
Metal Urbain
Dr Mix & the Remix
Penetration
The Fall
Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
Marianne Faithfull
Nico
Morrissey (Outside tour)
The Lurkers
Suicide
The Jam
Police
The Damned
Chelsea
Cortinas
Golden Earring (support for Lou Reed)
The Psychedelic Furs
The Only Ones
Grace Jones
Sandie Shaw
Doctors of Madness
Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat
James Brown
Tom Robinson Band
Master Musicians of Jajouka
Jeff Beck
Dandy Warhols
Squarepusher
Japan
Joanna Newsome
Toyah
Robert Fripp (with Toyah)
Liza Minnelli
Charles Aznavour (accompanying parents )
Antony (Lou Reed tour)
The Soft Boys
There are more punk bands, I'm sure, but I'll need my memory jogged for those.
The Sixties cats were pretty much all at the Beatles Xmas show 1964 (Yardbirds, Freddie & the Dreamers, Elkie Brooks), which my parents got tickets for as a Xmas treat for me and my brother (and them, of course ). The Stones were later -- the '80s both times I saw them, as was Melanie (also during the '80s).
Most of my gig-going years, apart from DB concerts, seems to have been during the punk era, as you can tell from the plethora of rubbish bands on my list.
I must say, Stranger's list had my jaw on the flippin' floor when I saw the 'DB in 1969' entry. It took me several seconds of blinking before I sussed what was going on. Good one, Stranger!
This might be me having blanked them out completely, but I can't remember seeing the Troggs at the Floor Show! I'm sure I only saw Carmen and DB and the Spiders. Now... either the Troggs were filmed at a different time/day, or I really have got holes in my brain. My Lou-Reed-nut friend was there on the day when they did the filming for 'Time' (so he got the day when there were lots of dancers), and another friend of mine was there for Marianne. It seems that all three of us saw different bits, but none of us the same bits!
There must be a documented running order somewhere. It seems none of us were disappointed with any of the bits we got. My Lou-Reed-nut friend said to me not long ago how amazing it felt at the time to get an invite, like it really was something special. Funny though, because none of us three friends knew each other at the time, yet we all got to go. Common as muck those invites must have been.
I think a lot of these things depends on being within a certain age range within a certain time, and in the right place geographically. It's like what you said about me having seen The Beatles. It turns out that Mr C was also taken by his parents to that Xmas show, as was another friend of ours. Mind you, I was ten for the Beatles show, whereas Mr C and our friend would have been only six. I do remember that the Beatles had very orange faces from the panstick make up, and I was so overawed by all the screaming teenagers that I remember asking my dad if it would be all right if I too could scream and wave at John Lennon. He said waving would be all right.
"Admission to the show was by invitation only and those who attended included 200 democratically selected (by ballot) members of the newly formed International David Bowie Fan Club, rock luminaries, staff and patrons of The Marquee and selected musical press - all keen on seeing Ziggy rise from the grave to perform one last time. Included in this exclusive audience were Angie and Zowie, Tony Visconti and Mary Hopkins, Lionel Bart, Dana Gillespie, Long John Baldry and Wayne County
"
I was going to say earlier when I hit the link you put up to 5years, that I'd always remembered the invititation to apply for Floor Show tickets as coming from the Appreciation Society, not the International Fan Club. But I might be wrong there. I know I joined the International Fan Club, but didn't stay a member for long because we never got anything! A few photos, as I recall, and an invitation to join the Jipp Jones and Zowie Bowie fan clubs, which is when my cynical hat went on and I ducked out.
That's some list you've got there! You must have been going to gigs practically every night.
I got to know Eric Debris of Metal Urbain through some mutual French friends, so sort of hung out with the band a bit. They were nice lads, and I always thought Eric in particular had a lot of talent. A very intelligent and ambitious man. Not sure what they're all up to these days. I guess I should go google and see what's what.
Spooky ... I picked up a replacement copy of Punishment of Luxury's "The Laughing Academy" vinyl today!
I loved that album and almost squealed and got all wierd and nervy when I saw it in the second hand bin today for a fiver. In fantastic condition. Well chuffed to have it back in my collection.
David Bowie
Kraftwerk
Gary Numan
Joy Division
Sioxsie & Banshees
Queen
Buzzcocks
Sparks
Rubettes
Adan and the Ants
Stranglers
Elvis Costello
Tin Machine
Ian Dury
Spizz Energi
PIL
Orchestral Manoevers in the Dark
Bauhaus
Stiff Little Fingers
Specials
Residents
Damned
Laibach
Ray Davies
1976 acdc i was 9
john english
dead kennedys 83
the angels a dozen times first in 86 coogee sydney
bowie kooyong 87
russel morris
billy thorpe
motorhead
hoodoo gurus
live
sex pistols
skunk anansie
silverchair
suzi quatro
joan jett
divynals
hole
motley crew
L7
babes in toyland
bowie melbourne 04 thats all i can think of right now
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Cabaret Voltaire
Test Department
Laibach
Hazel O'Connor
Belle Stars
SugaBabes (don't ask )
Icehouse
The Beat
Jah Wobble
Tom Robinson
Billy Bragg
The Cortinas
Modern Romance
Coldplay
Pete Yorn
I'll add a few names that may not yet have been mentioned...
- The Cars
- Van Halen
- Rough Trade
- Parachute Club
- The Cramps
- James Brown
- Tracy Chapman
- The Cowboy Junkies
- The Ohio Players
- Plastic People Of The Universe (x2)
- Shawn Phillips (x2)
- Sun Ra Arkestra
- Frank Marino
- Jesse Winchester
and
- Celine Dion (twice, but neither time was she the reason I was in attendance and in each case, I had to be reminded later that she had performed)
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Indeed Ardent, I ony just returned all my ticket stubs home over the weekend following our office move
I had brought them in, intending to sit down one evening after work and list them all up for you
I'll bring them back in... it's worth doing I guess, and I'll keep an updated WORD docu for my own personal pleasure/reference
May I show off as well? I think I may make a few convenient omissions! ah no I'll put them all in then
Pulp 13/7/96 (part of the Feile festival which included Cast and Super Furry Animals)
Bryan Adams (my mother's idea!)
Cher(my mother's idea again!)
The Pogues
Oxegen 2004
Queen (with Paul Rodgers)
Elton John
Blondie
The Pogues (again)
Ok, Ok... I'll put in order my list some day. I have no 10 free hours right now.
Can anyone tell me how George Clinton / Funkadelic / Parliament are live these days? And Seu Jorge? Both will come next weeks. Anyone have watched them live recently?
Really enjoyed reading some of the anecdotes. Some great gigs mentioned, I've always wanted to see Lydia Lunch live, and I did try and see Ultravox (with J.Foxx) but didn't get into the licensed venue, I was but a nipper back then. Here's an attempted list but I'm sure there will be omissions.
*23 Skidoo ('82)
*Altered Images ('79)
*Associates ('80)
*Beck ('01)
*Bob Dylan ('02)
*Boomtown Rats ('80) Gig I regret going to. Geldof was really abusive that night. Music was dire.
*Buzzcocks ('79,80)
*Cabaret Voltaire ('82)
*Cure ('79) Also '78 when they took over Banshees gig due to sudden disappearance!
*David Bowie ('78,'95)
*Echo and the Bunnymen ('81?)
*Elvis Costello ('79)
*Gang Of Four ('80?)
*Gary Numan ('80)
*Generation X ('79)
*Iggy Pop ('79)
*Joy Division ('79)
*Killing Joke ('81)
*Linton Kwesi Johnson ('79)
*Last Few Days ('82)
*Morrissey ('91,05)
*New Order ('81)
*OMD ('79)
*Orange Juice ('81)
*The Photos ('81) My worst gig!
*Pop Goup ('80)
*Pretenders ('79,'80)
*Prince ('94, boy this guy can put on a show!)
*Psychedelic Furs ('80)
*Psychic TV ('82)
*Richard Hell and the Voidoids ('79)
*Scars ('79, a fine "lost" Scottish band)
*Siouxsie and the Creatures ('04, best gig I've ever seen)
*Siouxsie and the Banshees ('78 night they split up, '81)
*Skids ('79)
*Slits ('80)
*Specials/Madness/Selecter tour ('79?)
*Spizz Energi ('80)
*Stranglers/Simple Minds ('78)
*Talking Heads ('79)
*Tourists ('79) Pre-Eurythmics
*Toyah ('79)
*UB40 ('80)
*Ultravox (w/Midge Ure unfortunately) ('81)
*William Burroughs ('82)
I'm sure there are more, but I'm drawing a blank now.
Yeah this thread turned out to be everything I could have hoped for It's really great to read all the little stories and see those sometimes incredible lists!
Ok - I've been resisting this as it exposes my prog rock nightmare phase in the 1970s, my lapse of gig going in the mid 1980s followed by my brief dip into dance & soul and finally my determination to see bands I'd never got around to in the 1990s & 2000's but what the hell here goes anyway :-
MAN (76)
DAVID BOWIE (Wembley White Light Tour 76) - First Bowie - speechless
GENESIS (Trick Tour 76) - First lasers and a 25 minute song about the apocalypse! lovely
HAWKWIND (Atomhenge 76) - with mad Bob Calvert - superb
CHARLIE (77)
PETER GABRIEL (Car tour 77) - First solo Gabriel - what a showman
GENESIS (Wind & Wuthering Tour 77)- more long songs & lasers
RICHIE HAVENS (77)
RUSH (Farewell To Kings Tour 78) Canadian prog metal plus explosions
TYLA GANG (78)
BLUE OYSTER CULT (Spectres Tour 78) - Lasers by the bucket load amazing !
JAPAN (78) - In full make up & gear unsuprisingly booed off by Metal heads
GENESIS (Then There Were Three Tour 78)
JEFFERSON STARSHIP (78) - no Grace Slick - very boring
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (78)
DEVO (78) - excellent & very funny cos they played to hippies
ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (78)
ROY HARPER (78)
BRAND X (78)
DAVID BOWIE (Earls Court Heroes Tour 78) - love those trousers
PETER GABRIEL (Knebworth Scratch Tour 78) including a punk version of Whiter Shade Of Pale !!
FRANK ZAPPA (78)
BOOMTOWN RATS (78) - Sir Bob on good form
DAVE EDMUNDS ROCKPILE (78)
WILKO JOHNSONS SOLID SENDERS (78)
BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST (78)
PETER GABRIEL (Hammersmith Odeon Scratch Tour 78)
PETER GABRIEL, PHIL COLLINS, ELTON JOHN, ANDY MACKAY, PAUL JONES &
TOM ROBINSON BAND (Xmas show 78) - Basically TRB & Gabriel with a few covers thrown in.
RUSH (79)
MAX WEBSTER (79)
KATE BUSH / PETER GABRIEL / STEVE HARLEY (Tour of Life 79) - special Kate gig with the middle section changed to include Gabriel & Harley.
GARY NUMAN (79) - dry ice & remote control cars
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (79) - supporting GN with a tape machine.
BLUE OYSTER CULT (79) - extremely loud - I lost my hearing for several days.
MAGNUM (79)
STEVE HACKETT (79)
KATE BUSH/CLIFF RICHARD/LABI SIFRE/LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (79)
PETER GABRIEL (Melt Tour 80) - in more menacing mood
RANDOM HOLD (80)
GENESIS (Duke Tour 80) - great show as usual but the music is turning AOR
HUMAN LEAGUE (80) - with whatisname on slides & projection - great stuff
ATHLETICO SPIZZ 80 (SPIZZ ENERGI) (80) - he's a boy that Spizz
THE SCARS (80)
ULTRAVOX (80) no Foxx only Ure but good anyway.
MODERN MAN (80)
OUT ON BLUE SIX (80)
SIMPLE MINDS (80) Kerr in surreal mood - no encore just fecked off
HAWKWIND (80) not so good now
VARDIS (80)
OMD (Hammersmith Odeon 80) full band no tape machine and the whole stage was invaded by the audience at the end.
JEFF BECK (81)
THE CURE (Hammersmith Odeon Faith Tour 81)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (The River Tour 81) Excellent live - just don't like the albums
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES (81) - JC is a true nutter
DURAN DURAN (81) - early outing for the Duranies
ULTRAVOX (81)
BAUHAUS (81) - Dark & brooding - superb
THE CURE (Hammersmith Palais 81)
LYDIA LUNCH (81) - whooa !!
Q-TIPS (82) - before Paul Young got really annoying
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES (82) - even more nuttiness from JC
THE BELLE STARS (82)
THE CURE (82)
GENESIS (re-union 82) - Gabriel back - it pissed down - I got drunk
TALK TALK (82) - bottled off by hippies (see Devo)
THE BLUES BAND (82)
JOHN MARTYN (82)
JAPAN (82) - ethereal
DAVID BOWIE (Milton Keynes Serious Moonlight Tour 83) - big show -sunny day - I was at the back - sound & vision out of sync - not so good.
THE OPPOSITION (83) - London boys - great live
BILLY BRAGG (83) - early outing for BB - my band supported !!
SIMPLE MINDS (84) - Kerr with Bombast
THE OPPOSITION (84)
SHAKATAK (84) - whoops how did that happen ?
THE OPPOSITION (85) - final gig - excellent but no success
CACTUS WORLD NEWS (86)
THEN JERICHO (86)
TALK TALK (86) - fantastic band
GENE LOVES JEZEBEL (86) - goth hell more leather & fishnets than you could shake a stick at
THE ICICLE WORKS (86) - superb live band
THE ICICLE WORKS (87)
THE BEASTIE BOYS (87) - Great fun, VW medallion anyone ?
RUN DMC (87)
DAVID BOWIE (Wembley Glass Spider Tour 87) - completely pissed I sang along to everything then forgot the whole thing.
BIG COUNTRY (87)
PETER GABRIEL (So Tour 87)
YOSSOU NDOR (87)
ALEXANDER O’NEAL (87) - cheesy soul fron the big man
CHICAGO HOUSE TOUR (87) - out of my depth here
THE ICICLE WORKS (87) again superb
THE CURE (Xmas gig Kiss Me Tour 87) - Nearly 3 hours worth
SO (88) - ex-Opposition
DAVID SYLVIAN (88)
MICHAEL JACKSON (Bad Tour 88) - Love him or hate an amazing show !
THE LA’S (88) - just excellent
THE YOUNG GODS (88) - weird & wonderful guitar samplethon from the Swiss lads.
THE ICICLE WORKS / THE LA'S (88) - great Scouse double header
EAT (89) - great live - now defunct
THE CURE (Disintegration Tour 89) - Stunning
SQUEEZE (89)
THE YOUNG GODS (89)
CACTUS WORLD NEWS (89)
THE ICICLE WORKS (90) - change of band - not so good but ok.
DAVID BOWIE (Docklands Sound & Vision Tour 90) - I hacked it down the front for this - great hearing a best of gig from Bowie
NELSON MANDELA TRIBUTE - PETER GABRIEL / SIMPLE MINDS /
LOU REED / NEIL YOUNG (90)
ELECTRIBE 101 (90)
IAN MCNABB (91)
KAOS - 808 STATE / N-JOI / ROZALLA (Ibiza 91) - Another foolish foray into the dance arena. Raise your hands ! Nuff said.
CROWDED HOUSE (91) - Great show - band were very funny.
SHADES OF RHYTHM (92)
EAST 17 (95) - Not my choice !
SAS BAND (96) - Musos + CHRIS THOMPSON,TONY HADLEY,MARK SHAW & ROGER CHAPMAN
DAVID BOWIE (Hanover Grand Earthling Tour 97) - Jeez the bass !!!
PET SHOP BOYS (99)
THE CURE (00)
CHAMELEONS (00) - first gig for 13 years - excellent
CHAMELEONS (01) - more echoey guitars from the Mancs.
ROXY MUSIC (01) - Great reunion gig
TRAVIS (01)
CHAMELEONS (02)
SUEDE (Meltdown 02) - with added string quartet - loved it
PEACHES - nutter alert
DAVID BOWIE (Meltdown 02) - just fantastic
DAVID BOWIE (Hammersmith Heathen Tour 02) - even more fantastic - Starman at last (& The Bewlay Bros) !!!
IAN MCNABB (02) - back to his best
PAUL MCCARTNEY (03) - Over 30 Beatles songs - the voice may not be quite as strong now but a fantastic set.
PETER GABRIEL (03) - Still the showman
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA (03)
ERASURE (03) - Not my choice !
SUEDE (03) - Penultimate gig - tragedy.
DAVID CASSIDY (04) - For the Missus only - better late than never.
IAN HUNTER (04) - Still rocking and sounding great.
DAVID BOWIE (IOW) - Very hot but superb set - I took the kids.
THE CHARLATANS
HAWKWIND (04) - Amazingly still alive and very good.
THE TEARS (05) - Good but they are not Suede are they ?
THE DUELS (05) - This lot were great on the support bill.
HAWKWIND / MAN (05) - Couldn't resist this - maybe should have.
BAUHAUS (06) - Very good - but the thrill has gone.
You can also add to that the fact that I have attended over 500 of my own gigs (I think that's probably cheating)
plus these oldie acts in no particular order :-
SLADE
DR & THE MEDICS
PETER NOONE
JOHN WALKER (walker bros)
BRIAN POOLE
DAVE DEE DOZY etc etc
FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS
BRIAN HYLAND
BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS
WAYNE FONTANA
and of course countless tribute bands including Jean genie & t.rextasy.
Never saw him in his prime Hermans Hermits phase but I've seen Pete on a few occasions since in Reading, Guildford & Wycombe venues. Met him a couple of times too and managed to get Oh You Pretty Thing out of him in Guildford. His usual set consists entirely of Herman material (which is fab anyway). As a performer he still cuts it. Laughing & joking with the audience (who edge towards 50/60 years olds as you'd expect) his voice is still exactly the same as it was in his heyday (which can't be said for everyone on the circuit). If you get a chance go along.
Ardent - I was very very lucky to catch Kate - I mainly went for Gabriel so it was a pleasant suprise that her show was amazing (in her words). Poetry, Mime, Staging, Illusionists, Lighting, Dancers - it had the lot. The most theatrical production I have ever seen by a musician. We weren't to know then she would never tour again.
