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Live performances you feel so lucky to have been at.
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blue b4 the moon
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Nexus at the Brook Tavern Oldham.
Drank with the band as I knew them all and worked with the lead singer & also got a few vocals out on the mic during Just a Gigalo.
Big bands....never forget your first. Scorpions at the Apollo, sadly we were at the back row of the circle.
Drank with the band as I knew them all and worked with the lead singer & also got a few vocals out on the mic during Just a Gigalo.
Big bands....never forget your first. Scorpions at the Apollo, sadly we were at the back row of the circle.
urban genie
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The Paris Angels in the Ruby Lounge, reformed for one night as a tribute for Simon Worralls death.
Out on blue 6
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Arthur Lee and Love @ Birmingham Hummingbird when he came back out.
Doves @ Wulfren Hall Wolverhampton
Ride/The Charlatans double headline @ Blackpool Empress Hall
Oasis @ Brighton Centre
Verve in some little room @ Manchester Uni with about 50 in.
The La's @ Birmingham Hummingbird
Arctic Monkeys @ Wulfren Hall Wolverhampton around Fake Tales
The Charlatans @ Trentham Gardens Stoke
Went to Spike Island. It was an event but not a great gig.
Doves @ Wulfren Hall Wolverhampton
Ride/The Charlatans double headline @ Blackpool Empress Hall
Oasis @ Brighton Centre
Verve in some little room @ Manchester Uni with about 50 in.
The La's @ Birmingham Hummingbird
Arctic Monkeys @ Wulfren Hall Wolverhampton around Fake Tales
The Charlatans @ Trentham Gardens Stoke
Went to Spike Island. It was an event but not a great gig.
BimboBob
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Depeche Mode at the Albert Hall. With Alan Wilder making an appearance.
Oh...
York away.
Oh...
York away.
Exeter Blue I am here
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The Bunnymen’s “Crystal Day” gig at St George’s Hall in Liverpool 1984
The Specials 30 year comeback gig at the Brixton Academy 2009
Oasis at Glasto 1995
Live 8
Simon & Garfunkel (with the Everly Brothers) - Hyde Park 2004
The Specials 30 year comeback gig at the Brixton Academy 2009
Oasis at Glasto 1995
Live 8
Simon & Garfunkel (with the Everly Brothers) - Hyde Park 2004
Tuearts right boot
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The Human League at Bingley Hall. The wrong Bingley Hall. That was a bad night......
Saddleworth2
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Been to many concerts and seen lots of the best. A small number stand out above the rest:
Led Zeppelin at the Kings Theatre Edinburgh 1973. This is the only Rock concert that the Kings ever hosted - about 3,000 people. Zeppelins sound system was made for slightly more and didn't seem to have a volume button. Unbelievable concert, unbelievably loud. They opened with 'Rock and Roll" and when Bonham hit the snair it was like being kicked hard in the chest.
Genesis at the Usher Hall Edinburgh 1975. The concert had been rescheduled from 1974 because of an injury to Steve Hackett. They played the full Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Not long afterwards Peter Gabriel left the band. Wonderful concert though
Robert Plant and Alison Kraus at the Paris Le Grand Rex in 2008. T Bone Burnett played guitar and produced. Fantastic band, fantastic vocalists in one of my favourite citys. The venue was a refurbished avante guarde cinema where you were met at the front door by liveried youngsters and literally individually taken to your seat. Tipping was mandatory. Those that refused were verbally abused until they coughed up. Pretty bizzarre. Fantastic concert though.
The concert that stands out most though was Kate Bush at the Hammersmith apollo in 2014. Despite her doing 22 dates, demand for tickets was such that she could have done 10 times that and still sold out. She had a great band including Tony Levin and others from Peter Gabriels band. When she came on the stage, I have never heard such a reception in all my years of concert going. You could feel the love rolling down to the stage. It was extraordinary. The music, visuals were perfect. Her vocals beautiful and strong. I almost certainly she wont play live again and because of that I feel very privileged to have seen her.
Led Zeppelin at the Kings Theatre Edinburgh 1973. This is the only Rock concert that the Kings ever hosted - about 3,000 people. Zeppelins sound system was made for slightly more and didn't seem to have a volume button. Unbelievable concert, unbelievably loud. They opened with 'Rock and Roll" and when Bonham hit the snair it was like being kicked hard in the chest.
Genesis at the Usher Hall Edinburgh 1975. The concert had been rescheduled from 1974 because of an injury to Steve Hackett. They played the full Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Not long afterwards Peter Gabriel left the band. Wonderful concert though
Robert Plant and Alison Kraus at the Paris Le Grand Rex in 2008. T Bone Burnett played guitar and produced. Fantastic band, fantastic vocalists in one of my favourite citys. The venue was a refurbished avante guarde cinema where you were met at the front door by liveried youngsters and literally individually taken to your seat. Tipping was mandatory. Those that refused were verbally abused until they coughed up. Pretty bizzarre. Fantastic concert though.
The concert that stands out most though was Kate Bush at the Hammersmith apollo in 2014. Despite her doing 22 dates, demand for tickets was such that she could have done 10 times that and still sold out. She had a great band including Tony Levin and others from Peter Gabriels band. When she came on the stage, I have never heard such a reception in all my years of concert going. You could feel the love rolling down to the stage. It was extraordinary. The music, visuals were perfect. Her vocals beautiful and strong. I almost certainly she wont play live again and because of that I feel very privileged to have seen her.
GornikDaze
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Gilmour at the Albert Hall with Bowie on vocals for Albert Layne and Comfortably Numb; Zappa at Hammersmith Odeon with a 14 year old Dweezil making an appearance on guitar - he was so good at such a young age; Led Zepp reunion at the O2 (thanks to my cousin for giving me his spare ticket!!) not the greatest performance but definitely a York away I was there moment
Georgian Maestro
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Oasis at Maine rd. My first ever gig at the age of 15. At the time it felt huge and has now gone down as an iconic gig. Very lucky to have been there