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[Music] Your first ever (proper) gig?
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Saxon - the first date of the Denim & Leather Tour. 7th October 1981. Brighton Centre.
Aged 13.
Aged 13.
philgull25
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Saw Starsailor at the Brighton Dome in 2003, supported by Electric Soft Parade and first on the bill was a little known band called Keane, always worth getting there for the support bands.
Gordon the Gopher
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The Stranglers at Canterbury Odeon circa 78. Support was a band called London who featured John Moss later of Culture Club on drums
Since1982
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Status Quo, 1977 at The Brighton Centre.
Was not Was
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- Jul 31, 2003
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Darts (starring our very own @Hornblower ) in Eastbourne in 1977. I was ten years old.
BrightonCottager
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The Who at Charlton on 31 May 1976. I really went to see the Sensational Alex Harvey Band who were supporting, but I stayed for The Who and the first ever laser show on UK soil.
Robinjakarta
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Christmas Eve. I was there.
You certainly didn't see the Velvet Undergound at Liverpool Uni because they didn't play the UK in the 60s and 70s - they only played in the UK when they reformed for a handful of gigs in the 90s (and played London and Edinburgh).
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Bloody hell. That's going to take some beating.
Cast for me sometime in 1996. Brighton lost at home to someone or other. Maybe Bristol rovers? At least Cast were a win.
withdeanwombat
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Del Shannon in Brighton some when in the 60’s.
I certainly did, 30th. October 1971 - although it was the version headed up by Doug Yule (that basically recorded the Loaded album) rather than Lou Reed (Yule did a pretty good job of it too). I did get to see Lou Reed, elsewhere in Liverpool, a few weeks later.
Late 1971, UK/Netherlands Tour
Line-up: Willie Alexander / Walter Powers / Maureen Tucker / Doug Yule
- Apr 19, 2018
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First live concert: Guns n' Roses, Wembley Stadium 1991 (Skid Row and Nine Inch Nails supporting)
First proper small gig: Radiohead pre-Pablo Honey, some point early 1992 I think, not much more than a dozen of us watching, my mates went for a smoke with them after and I went home. It didn't feel like a "proper" gig though in the sense that it was more like a pub thing, because they were largely unknown at the time except to those who (like my mates) followed relatively niche music. Somewhere I've got a cassette I bought there which I think has Anyone Can Play Guitar on it and one other song.
First proper small gig: Radiohead pre-Pablo Honey, some point early 1992 I think, not much more than a dozen of us watching, my mates went for a smoke with them after and I went home. It didn't feel like a "proper" gig though in the sense that it was more like a pub thing, because they were largely unknown at the time except to those who (like my mates) followed relatively niche music. Somewhere I've got a cassette I bought there which I think has Anyone Can Play Guitar on it and one other song.
Robinjakarta
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Small Faces at the Downs Hotel, Hassocks, 1965 when they were almost top of the charts. A legendary venue for those who remember it/went there.
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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Late 80's, not exactly sure when, Alice Cooper at Wembley Arena.
Behind Enemy Lines
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The Police, Brighton Centre, December 1979 I believe.
Me too. Dec 17th, 1979.
Me too. Dec 17th, 1979.
Beach Hut
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Pretty certain it was the Boomtown Rats at the Brighton Centre and I don't like Mondays was No.1 at the time in the singles chart
