MCFCTrick
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Was lucky to see their 75 and 76 gigs at FTH .... up there with the best for sure ....
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Van Halen 1978, Manchester Apollo
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Was lucky to see their 75 and 76 gigs at FTH .... up there with the best for sure ....
MCFCTrick
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What about Mott the hoople at the opera house 1973 with Queen as support playing a selection from the queen2 album
Or Whitesnake at rotters
My frst ever gig! Immense ....
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Morrissey was there!What about Mott the hoople at the opera house 1973 with Queen as support playing a selection from the queen2 album
MCFCTrick
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Morrissey was there!
Had to spoil the memory for me didn't you ...?
Mad Eyed Screamer
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ha ha haHad to spoil the memory for me didn't you ...?
BimboBob
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And yet now, years later, Sabbath are still killing it whilst Van Halen are a bloated bunch of twats where every song has an Eddie solo lasting 5 full minutes.
kashmir
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A bit of pure .....ouch that hurt very spinal tap
Start of show Roth trying to be a cheerleader twats himself on the nose with a Mike stand
big gaz
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Blue Oyster Cult at the Free Trade Hall with the lasers was the best gig in Manchester :-)
lots of 70's and 80's Van Halen live material is turning up at the moment.
The Van Halen Newsdesk is a good repository of VH material - http://www.vhnd.com/category/van-halen/
The twitter feed throws up lots of live audio links for UK gigs - https://twitter.com/VanHalenNews
Bristol 26/5/78 - http://www.vhnd.com/2016/05/26/van-halen-bristol-1978/
Hanley 24/5/78 - http://www.vhnd.com/2016/05/23/van-halen-hanley-england-1978/
Manchester 22/5/78 - http://www.vhnd.com/2016/05/22/van-halen-manchester-england-may-1978/
As a VH geek this is manna to me
The Van Halen Newsdesk is a good repository of VH material - http://www.vhnd.com/category/van-halen/
The twitter feed throws up lots of live audio links for UK gigs - https://twitter.com/VanHalenNews
Bristol 26/5/78 - http://www.vhnd.com/2016/05/26/van-halen-bristol-1978/
Hanley 24/5/78 - http://www.vhnd.com/2016/05/23/van-halen-hanley-england-1978/
Manchester 22/5/78 - http://www.vhnd.com/2016/05/22/van-halen-manchester-england-may-1978/
As a VH geek this is manna to me
OB1
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Stuff yer Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, this was the Manc gig of the decade .... the breath of fresh air to hard rock that was Van Halen on their first UK tour, as support to Black Sabbath. Having bought their debut and being amazed a such a new guitar sound courtesy of Eddie Van Halen, and loving Dave Lee Roth's OTT frontman act we were all looking forwards to it.
They were young, different and fresh .... Sabbath were old, tired and about to sack the (even then) punch drunk Ozzy ... it was a massacre. VH blew Sabs offstage .... embarrassed them really. When they (Sabs) returned to the Apollo for another night, on the second leg of the (ironically named) Never Say Die Tour, they had booted VH off it, and had the awful Tanz der Youth as support (Brian James ex Damned's new band) to ensure it didn't happen again ....
Van Halen went on to world dominance and Sabs went with Dio and never sounded the same ...
Just recently found the soundboard recording from it.
http://www.themightyvanhalen.net/1978/05/22/1978-manchester-england-manchester-apollo/
That's fucking exceptional. Not my Manc gig of the decade - Kiss @ FTH gets that accolade - but still the best support act I have seen.
Likewise, I was already in possession of their debut album so had high expectations but they were totally fulfilled.
Must say I still enjoyed the Sabs and went back for the second gig but was gutted VH didn't feature, although my recollection is that the reason was prior commitments rather than Sabbath ditching them.
Thanks for posting.