[Music] Your first ever (proper) gig?

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Flounce

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Guinness Boy said:
Good list.

In a weird kind of coincidence Mick Abrahams, who was in early Tull and later formed Blodwyn Pig had a son who was in my class at school. I presume an out of wedlock thing as they lived in a council flat near Dyke Road. His son and some others were going to see Terence Trent D'Arby at the Brighton Centre and asked me along but I had to decline because I'd spent my paper round money on fags and football. That would have been my answer instead of ****ing Madonna.
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I have a vinyl copy of The Mick Abraham’s Band - At Last.

I confess that I cannot remember a single song on it though.
 
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kevo

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The Pretenders (original line-up) at Malvern Winter Gardens in 1981* - a home town gig for most of the band, who were from Herefordshire.

Still have the ticket:

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*Unless you count English folk band The Spinners at the Dome in 1970-something with my dad!
 
















Madafwo

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Avril Lavigne, London Astoria (RIP), November 2002.

Not as ashamed of it as I probably should have been, was a last minute decision due to being invited by a female friend, worst thing about it was getting done over by a tout for the ticket.
 


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Guinness Boy said:
First one was shit. Madonna in Paris. She mimed and someone let off teargas. Not my idea, I was over there on a French exchange and the French kid's parents got the tickets.

Once I hit 18 I had a run of going to see baggy / indie bands at The Zap. Saw Ocean Colour Scene (very early version of), Flowered Up, Bridewell Taxis and Northside within months of each other. No idea now which was first, but Flowered Up was properly mental, full of lads who were faces at the Goldstone smashing round a huge, inflatable can of Red Stripe.
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I saw bridewell taxis blinding band, down a student place, Northside, and flowered up quite a few times proper mental times, remember seeing em at Brixton fridge on a Monday nite(slept at Gatwick that nite). I think I remember that red stripe thingy, what evenings. Thanks for the post as it's brought back a lot of memories .
 








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Brovion said:
With Lindisfarne and Rab Noakes! Yes, I was at that one too, as I believe was @Harry Wilson's tackle Mind you that was at the Top Rank, not the Dome

1972. It was the year I first started going to gigs. My first proper one was David Bowie a few months before that at Worthing Assembly Hall. Worthing used to have loads of good bands in the 70s.
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Mine was at the Dome, Genesis Feb 10 1973 supported by . .. . I can't remember. It could have been String Driven Thing.

It says here it was, but Feb 9. Hmmm..

 










The Clamp

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Brovion said:
With Lindisfarne and Rab Noakes! Yes, I was at that one too, as I believe was @Harry Wilson's tackle Mind you that was at the Top Rank, not the Dome

1972. It was the year I first started going to gigs. My first proper one was David Bowie a few months before that at Worthing Assembly Hall. Worthing used to have loads of good bands in the 70s.
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Most places used to have good venues and a good live scene.

Then stadiums took over and it disappeared. Why do 150 nights a year yomping round every town in the UK when you can earn twice as much doing 4 nights at the O2?

Shame .
 


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