Memorable Gigs

[Herbert Anchovy]

Spent a car journey earlier this week telling some young lads at work about some of the memorable gigs I’ve been to over the years. Before wives and kids arrived on the scene I was lucky enough to be able to go to loads of gigs, from back rooms in pubs to huge stadiums. When I shared these with the lads it firstly made me feel old but secondly gave me a bit of much needed credibility with them! In no order, my most memorable gigs were:

Madness at the Lyceum in London in 1983
Oasis at Madison Square Garden in 1995ish
The Smith at Hammersmith Palais in 1984
Kasabian in Paris in 2005
Motörhead at Hammersmith Odeon in 1985

[Bentley Bullet]

Showaddywaddy at Baileys Doncaster, 1974ish.

[knockers]

Fontaine’s DC this weekend at Brud in Leeds. Thought they were good supporting Shame last year but they have got even better. They ARE the new Arctic monkeys for the new indie fans.

[Donnywolf]

Queen NEC
David Bowie (twice) Doncaster Top Rank Ziggy Stardust then Aladdin Sane

[drfchound]

Loads of famous groups in the sixties and seventies but incredibly, saw the Four Tops and on another night, The Temptations at the Kiki Club in KIRK SANDALL.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Some decent ones there HA

My three most memorable ones were.

Stone Roses at Stratford-upon-Avon leisure centre in June 89. Only about 150 people there but everyone there knew they were experiencing a phenomenon just waiting to explode.

New Order at the G-Mex in Dec 1989. Just before Technique came out. They were at the top of their game. They took the roof off the place.

May 1986 The Redskins at Leeds Poly. Back when the Left had all the very best songs.

November 1987. Chicago Jackmasters House Tour at Sheffield Uni. Astonishing night, with the inventors of an entire genre of music up there. Marshall Jefferson, Daryl Pandy, Kevin Irving, Frankie Knuckles.

[Filo]

Rolling Stones, Roundhay Park Leeds 1982

[RedRover45]

Springsteen Wembley Arena 1981
Rolling Stones Bristol 1982
Simon and Garfunkel Wembley stadium 1982
Queen Knebworth 1986
Bon Jovi Hyde Park 2011

[NickDRFC]

Samantha Mumba AND a Chris de Burgh soundalike, Asda Car Park 1999

[5minstogo]

Blur at The Astoria and Oasis at Knebworth.

[Bentley Bullet]

Grumbleweeds, Retford Porterhouse around 1986ish.

[Herbert Anchovy]

Some cracking gigs here chaps, thanks for sharing.

As a bit of an explanation why my gigs were so memorable:
Madness - they were absolutely on top of their game that night. Loads of energy. Fantastic stuff
Oasis - In that one night they took on America and won. Liam Gallagher was a Rock god that night and had the crowd eating out his hands
The Smiths - more the atmosphere than the gig itself. There’d been loads of trouble at their gigs previously and the everything was really tense. The Smiths seemed to thrive on this on played a blinding set
Kasabian - Simply blew the roof off the place
Motörhead - Was their 20th anniversary gig. A proper party, loads of shenanigans going on, Lemmy drinking bottles of neat JD throughout the gig and an appearance by Phil Lynott. Still the loudest gig I’ve ever attended.

[Draytonian III]

Marillion - Retford Porterhouse 84
Springsteen - Roundhay Park 85
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Birmingham 85 ( brilliant stage show

[scawsby steve]

I had a propensity for seeing live artists before they became famous.

1965: Rod Stewart and the Soul Agents at the Troutbeck pub in Ilkley.

1968: Joe Cocker's Greaseband at High Melton College.

However, the best live music I ever experienced was the American Blues concert at Sheffield City Hall in 1965. The artists performing there included Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, amongst many others.

It was black blues music at it's very best.

[IDM]

Have probably only been to a handful myself, sadly.

But I did see the Meteors in the bierkeller in Leeds in 1984, my first full on mosh..

Bad Manners in the university union at imperial College circa 1989..

[Geoff Blakesley]

Rolling Stones Doncaster Gaumont 1965
The Kinks  Doncaster Gaumont 1964
Bob Dylan Earls Court London 1981
John Hiatt York
Guy Clark Toby Jug Doncaster
Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Jake Bugg etc. etc at Cambridge Folk Fests

[roversdude]

Ac/dc Loughborough
Loads of rock and punk bands at Retford
Motörhead at Hammersmith (no sleep till Hammersmith recording)
I bought tickets to see the Rolling Stones at Bristol and the day I got them they announced Roundhay Park - both amazing gigs and J Giels were brilliant too
First Monsters of Rock gigs (Angies Records bus trips)
Alice Cooper at Manchester
Bruce Springsteen Wembley

[silent majority]

Not sure if I can remember exact dates, but

Emerson Lake and Palmer - Wembley Arena 1974
Eric Clapton - RAH 1980's
Coldplay - Boston USA - early 2000's - the venue was very special
Genesis - Manchester
Pink Floyd - Birmingham
Van Morrison - Manchester and Doncaster Dome
John Mayall - Doncaster Dome and Harrogate Exhibition Centre

plus loads more

[Filo]

Edison Lighthouse, Stainy Old Club early 80’s 😂😂😂😂

[rtid88]

I have been to many a gig but I was incredibly fortunate to get tickets to Live 8 @ Hyde Park and saw some incredible music...I think I was perhaps a bit young at the time to appreciate some of the bands that played that day including Pink Floyd, but it was an unforgettable day.

For those still interested in live music, the village hall out at Wroot has an evening a few times a month called 'Wroot Rocks' and they have had some unbelievable acts down there over the last few months, come might not be particularly recognisable names to most (Will Varley, Ben Ottewell, Gaz Brookfield, The Leylines) but the standard of music I have seen in such a small venue has been fantastic....I would fully recommend going...

[ravenrover]

Blackbushe 1978  my first Bob Dylan concert supported by Clapton, Joan Armatrading, Graeme Parker and The Rumour
Rolling Stones Isle of Wight 2007/Glastonbury 2013
Bowie Top Rank twice
Police Dog Hogan Ravenshead Village Hall
Arcade Fire  Nottingham Arena
The Airborne Toxic Event Sheffield
The Kills Rock City
Seasick Steve Rock City
Rod Stewart and The Faces Weeley Festival1972
and many more

[Bollinger]

For life changing and affirming experiences...

Lords of the New Church - Leeds Warehouse 1982
New Model Army - anytime anywhere - it is always a momentous event
Wire - Hull University 1987

[wing commander]

  My most memorable gigs...

Guana Batz-London
Stone Roses with Primal scream at Heaton Park
The Cure in Glasgow
Biffy Clyro at Benicassim Festival in Spain

And as daft as it sounds Neil Diamond was absolutely brilliant at the KC Stadium

[Geoff Blakesley]

'And as daft as it sounds Neil Diamond was absolutely brilliant at the KC Stadium'

Yeah similarly so was Dolly Parton at the Dominion Theatre London in 1983

[Bentley Bullet]

I remember Neil Diamond in his earlier days. Good times never seemed so good.

[Dutch Uncle]

The Eagles- De Kuip (Feijenoord Stadium, Rotterdam)
Dire Straits - Rodahal, Kerkrade
Procul Harem and Ian Carr's Nucleus (New Theatre, Oxford)

Also memorable more for the setting - Ralph McTell in a student's room with about 12 us in a 14th century room in an Oxford College 

[wilts rover]

Slade - Grimsby Central Hall 1982 (how can you not enjoy Slade for your first ever gig)
Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan - Reading Festival 1983 (memorable for all the wrong reasons) - but was also the occasion of Thin Lizzy's last ever English gig
Nostell Priory 1984 - The Damned, The Band, Van Morrison, Pretenders, Marillion among others but I remember it most of all for the police driving in to close it down and raid it just as I was driving out in the works van
Camel - Harrogate Royal Centre 1984, my favourite ever gig, if you like that sort of thing
Roy Harper - Sheffield Octagon c1991 (i had some 'banter' with Roy, Crowle Rover can tell you about it, seen him a couple of times since so he clearly doesn't hold it against me)
Grateful Dead - Wembley Arena 1990, Bruce Hornsby on keyboards, fire-eaters and stilt walkers everywhere, bonkers

[tommy toes]

Loudoun Wainwright  Sheffield/London
Jackson Browne Sheffield
Squeeze York
Robin Trower Sheffield
Richard Thompson Sheffield/York
Green Day Manchester
Frankie Miller Donny
and the wonderful Jethro Tull all over the place from Donny to Copenhagen and about 20 venues in between.

[Donnywolf]

Bitter Suite - Rockware Social Club !

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

Guns ‘n’ Roses - Nottingham Rock City. My first gig and I’d actually gone as a fan of the other half of “the most dangerous double bill” - Faster Pussycat