PascalGroß Tips
Well-known member
- Jan 29, 2024
- 880
Still have 'The Sound of the Suburbs' single from '78.
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[Music] Your first ever (proper) gig?
- Thread starter herecomesaregular
- Start date
The Troggs……..
philgull25
Well-known member
I mid the nme got you mention. Will forever regret it.
elgordohill
Member
- Jul 21, 2014
- 18
Shabba Ranks - Rufaro Stadium 1993 - Booyaka! Booyaka!
cheshunt seagull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 2,637
Mine was Led Zep at Earls Court. May 1975.
The same day that England beat Scotland 5-1 at Wembley.
If I could have a Groundhog Day....
The same day that England beat Scotland 5-1 at Wembley.
If I could have a Groundhog Day....
This is the sound....
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 73,293
The Carpenters at Hammersmith Odeon in 1974. Then Queen at the same venue the following year
Correct. One of my first, if not my first, proper gig too.
This is a great thread btw.
Every so often I get reminded of why I love music so much; I had a moment a few years ago when I went to see Nils Frahm. He usually runs a series of warm up gigs at his studio before his main tour…I literally sat on the floor a metre from him and his various instruments.
Every so often I get reminded of why I love music so much; I had a moment a few years ago when I went to see Nils Frahm. He usually runs a series of warm up gigs at his studio before his main tour…I literally sat on the floor a metre from him and his various instruments.
Juicy Lucy turned up so late that the roadies had to remove their equipment from the stage and replace it with Colosseum's. Juicy Lucy then arrived and the roadies had to remove their equipment an reinstate Colosseum's ! Glen Fernando Campbell (ex misunderstood) was their steel guitarist. I've never heard anything quite like it. He could have drowned out the sound of a 747. My hearing has never been the same !
Stiff Little Fingers at the Brighton Centre, May 1981. I was 13, and told my Mum I was going on a ten-pin bowling trip with the school.
They were supported by The Wall - there used to be a lad in the North Stand back in the early 80's with their logo on the back of his donkey jacket.
They were supported by The Wall - there used to be a lad in the North Stand back in the early 80's with their logo on the back of his donkey jacket.
PascalGroß Tips
Well-known member
- Jan 29, 2024
- 880
I saw John Miles 2 or 3 times around the late 70s - the first being March 1978.
Oddly, I was going through loads of old photos this afternoon and came across this one. Not sure if this was the 1978 gig or a year or two later. What is striking is the very basic stage setup/kit ... and just am old curtain as a backdrop. This was at Bournemouth Winter Gardens.
Oddly, I was going through loads of old photos this afternoon and came across this one. Not sure if this was the 1978 gig or a year or two later. What is striking is the very basic stage setup/kit ... and just am old curtain as a backdrop. This was at Bournemouth Winter Gardens.
AstroSloth
Well-known member
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1,625
First concert I was taken to was the Radio One Chart Show at Brighton Dome which had McFly, All Saints, Nelly Furtado, Girls Aloud and Beyonce.
Great experience for 9 year old me.
First concert I chose to go to was Example at Brighton Centre which was also great.
Then it would have been Crossfaith at Concorde 2, incredible band to see live.
Great experience for 9 year old me.
First concert I chose to go to was Example at Brighton Centre which was also great.
Then it would have been Crossfaith at Concorde 2, incredible band to see live.
Algernon
Well-known member
Another Saxon at The Brighton Centre 1981 attendee here.
If I remember correctly I wore a black leather jacket and a patch covered denim waistcoat over the top.
I definitely remember my ears wooshhhhhhhing later that night trying to get to sleep and my neck hurting the following day from all the headbanging.
10 years later I saw them again at theThe Worthing Assembly Halls.
If I remember correctly I wore a black leather jacket and a patch covered denim waistcoat over the top.
I definitely remember my ears wooshhhhhhhing later that night trying to get to sleep and my neck hurting the following day from all the headbanging.
10 years later I saw them again at theThe Worthing Assembly Halls.
aftershavedave
Well-known member
Chelsea, The Cortinas & The Vibrators at the Roundhouse, Camden Town, March 1978. I was 14. It was great!
Nigella's Cream Pie
Fingerlickin good
ELO, complete with 2 cellists, at Sussex Uni when I was a student there, mid-70s
boik
Well-known member
The now extinct Downs Hotel in Hassocks was famous for it's gigs back in the day. Near the current library.
boik
Well-known member
First time I saw the Sugarcubes they were still singing in Icelandic. Think it was 88. saw them again and the whole thing was in English. Such a great band.
boik
Well-known member
Saw the Thompson Twins in Jenkinsons underneath the brighton centre. Don't know what year. Also saw one of the Spizz incarnations there plus Tenpole Tudor. used to love that venue, but the ceiling always seemed so low.
Jenkinsons mentioned on here.
The History of Brighton & Hove Concert Venues – Part 2
Welcome to Part Two. This has been a mammoth task and we would once again like to ask for your
www.brightonandhovenews.org