How many of these did you go to - Dome, Centre, other

[Horsham Gull]

Saw Feeder at the Brighton Center earlier this year, that was a good gig.

 

[Spearritt of the Albion]

Manfredd Mann's Earthband were supported by Racing Cars (They Shoot Horses Don't They). I thought R.C.'s were superb and wondered how Manfredd would be able to better them......
but, boy, did they better them! They were awesome and I wasn't a particular fan. Just went along because they were big at the time.
Saw Camel at the Dome. Very good but even better at the Royal Albert Hall.
Also saw Manhattan Transfer (Chanson D'Amour etc) at the Centre. They were surprisingly good. Very entertaining act.
Best by far though was Queen at the Centre. Who said that place has crap acoustics? Queen just played superbly and you didn't notice.

 

[Emily's Mum]

I saw most of the top punk bands in Brighton in the late 70's early 80's. One of the best gigs has to be Stiff Little Fingers at the Top Rank Suite in 80/81. I also remember the ig for the outfit I wore - red plastic mini skirt, black leather jacket, black fish net tights & doc martins

 

[clippedgull]

I also remember the ig for the outfit I wore - red plastic mini skirt, black leather jacket, black fish net tights & doc martins

Was that you I saw in Churchill Square this morning

 

[Gazwag]

Spandau Ballet x 2 (it was a girl pulling thing honest)
Depeche Mode
Ultravox
Tears for Fears
Level 42
Paul Young (see 1st line)
Marillion (best concert at the centre I've seen)
Erasure

so in answer to the question - 1

 

[clippedgull]

Spandau Ballet x 2 (it was a girl pulling thing honest)
Depeche Mode
Ultravox
Tears for Fears
Level 42
Paul Young (see 1st line)
Marillion (best concert at the centre I've seen)
Erasure

so in answer to the question - 1

Ok, so Spandau Ballet and Paul Young you have a questionable defence but

ERASURE :safeway

 

[Emily's Mum]

Was that you I saw in Churchill Square this morning

No, I've grown up a bit since then!

 

[Gazwag]

Ok, so Spandau Ballet and Paul Young you have a questionable defence but

ERASURE :safeway

err well, i went with a mate from work and his wife who had a spare ticket, honest I did sit on the balcony and not stand though

 

[clippedgull]

err well, i went with a mate from work and his wife who had a spare ticket, honest I did sit on the balcony and not stand though

OK

 

[coventrygull]

I saw most of the top punk bands in Brighton in the late 70's early 80's. One of the best gigs has to be Stiff Little Fingers at the Top Rank Suite in 80/81. I also remember the ig for the outfit I wore - red plastic mini skirt, black leather jacket, black fish net tights & doc martins

I went to most punk gigs and was at this one I think. My brain is a bit scrambled now as it was then

Also Remember the Sisters of Mercy at the Top Rank and Spear of Destiny at the Dome

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Saw:

Sad Cafe (first concert I ever went to)
Joan Armatrading
Ultravox twice
Simple Minds twice
Big Country twice
Spandau
But the really big one was JAPAN!!!! Still the best concert I have ever been to.

Talking of Marillion... I saw Fish solo in Ankara ten years ago in a club designed like a sunken city. I was on the balcony of one of the ruined houses and Fish was excellent.... runs Japan close.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

I have seen 7 of these but only Be Bop Deluxe (Dome) and Buzzcocks (Top Rank) and Joan Armatrading (Centre) in Brighton.

Some other memorable Brighton gigs

Steve Hillage (Dome)
Hot Rods/Radio Stars/Squeeze (Top Rank)
Pogues (Centre)
Nils Lofgren/Tom Petty (Dome)
Elvis Costello (Top Rank)
Camel (Dome)
Brand X/Bruford/Peter Hammill (Dome)

+

Ducks Deluxe (Worthing)

 

[Trufflehound]

Saw several of those, but was living nearer to London than Brighton in the late 70s, so saw most of my gigs from that era up there.

Did see Uriah Heep at the Dome though.

And The 'Oo at the Centre...

And New Order and Wah! Heat at the Top Rank (not on the same bill sadly)... Was supposed to have seen SLF at the Top Rank in 1979 but my mate crashed the car we were in on the way there...

 

[Buzzer]

Saw Travis support my mate's band at the Albert many years back also.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Brand X/Bruford/Peter Hammill (Dome)

I saw Brand X with Phil Collins on Drums in London. That was a great gig.

Steve Hillage - forgot that one...excellent

 

[SurreySeagulls]

A few dodgy concerts I went to at the Centre were:-

A-ha
Bananarama
Howard Jones
Spandau Ballet
Erasure:safeway
Communades:safeway

 

[33057 Seagull]

Dome

10 cc
Alan Stivell
Thin Lizzy x 3
Rory Gallagher x 2
Steve Hillage x 2
Dire Straits
Fairport Convention

Top Rank

The Clash
Dr Feelgood
Undertones x 2
The Skids x 2
Stranglers x 2
The Ramones x 2
Boomtown Rats
Squeeze
Eddie & the Hot Rods
Martha & the Muffins
Roogalator
George Thoroughgood
Men they Couldn't Hang

Sussex Uni

Groundhogs
The Adverts
The Damned
Kevin Coyne
Chris Spedding

Centre

The Jam
The Who
Rush
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Madness
Otway & Barrett
Rainbow
The Tubes
Meatloaf
Thin Lizzy
10cc (was there but spent the gig in the bar with Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbeam.)
Status Quo
Meatloaf

At least the above are those I still have the tickets for & can remember.

Highlights I guess were The Ramones & The Clash. Biggest disappointments were The Jam & Madness.

 

[tinx]

The one that stands out for me was at the Event in the mid-nineties. Anybody else see Black Grape there?

Fantastic - one of the best gigs I've ever been to.

Yep I was at that one, truly brilliant gig, very very sweaty too.

 

[Buzzer]

and the support were truly dire. The mighty Kaliphs - all Ali G wannabes before anyone had heard of Ali G.

It was v.v. sweaty and in the crowd were Fatboy, geezers from Primal Scream, Annie Nightingale, Paul Morley.

It absolutely rocked.

 

[tinx]

and the support were truly dire. The mighty Kaliphs - all Ali G wannabes before anyone had heard of Ali G.

It was v.v. sweaty and in the crowd were Fatboy, geezers from Primal Scream, Annie Nightingale, Paul Morley.

It absolutely rocked.

I don't remember the support as I was a bit wasted as I tended to be at gigs around that time. I think I saw the Orb at the event a week later who were equally as awesome.