What was the first Gig that you went too

[Return of the Rev]

the jam 1977 top rank

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

I was there

 

[armchairclubber]

The Chameleons at the Escape Club early 1980's

 

[Meade's Ball]

Public Enemy, Run DMC & Derek B - Brighton Centre '89

Derek B is a bad young brother.
I was at that one, but it weren't my first. I went up to the Town & Country Club afore it was the Forum in 1985 to see someone like Kurtis Blow. It was the daredevil parenting days when 9-year-olds were taken to concerts from Brighton to London by their 11-year-old brother.

 

[empire]

kid creole and the coconuts,and i was right at the front!!!!!

 

[Taybha]

elkie brooks at the dome ,go ahead laugh it up

 

[Sir Norman Gull]

Curved Air-early 70's at the Brighton Dome.

 

[severnside gull]

South London - one of those multi-band tours in the early 60's - Beatles/Freddie and the Dreamers/Brian Poole and the Tremeloes/Dave Clarke Five/Cilla Black/Susan Maugham............ there were loads touring at the time.

First gig in Brighton was David Bowie as the warm-up to Genesis at the Dome about 1968.

First festival was the Isle of Wight to see The Who and Bob Dylan in 1969 although the following year was a better line-up from memory

 

[Rich Suvner]

808 State @Zouk, Singapore when I was 14/15. They were an inspiration to me and absolutely smashed it. At the time I don't think Singapore had seen anything like it.

 

[Rich Suvner]

Public Enemy, Run DMC & Derek B - Brighton Centre '89

you lucky lucky bastard

 

[Gully]

First proper band was Deacon Blue, at the AB in Brussels in 1990.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Saw The Jam on the 'Sound Affects' Tour a couple of weeks later. That would've been MUCH cooler as the first ever gig.

Strangely, that was my first gig. I won 2 tickets via the Argus, for getting 3 new Argus customers on my paper round!!

 

[C1 BHA]

Queen, Earls Court, Jubilee Day 1977. Totally fantastic.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Oasis, Brighton Centre, December 2002.

Very forgettable...

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Impulsive and last minute; post O-level mocks (April '69), gig at the Toby Jug in Tolworth - some 4 piece rabble called Led Zeppelin. Thanks dad.

O-level celebration weekend (August '69) at the Plumpton Jazz & Blues Festival - £2 10/-!!! Thanks Nicola.

Such happy days.

 

[Icy Gull]

Pink Floyd, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, just after Syd was sacked, Saucerful of Secrets was the current album. Vast majority of concerts have been mostly downhill since then

 

[Rowdey]

Either The Cure at Brighton Center or Big Audio Dynamite at Coasters, both in 1986 me thinks

 

[chucky1973]

Oasis, Brighton Centre, December 2002.

Very forgettable...

I saw Oasis there in 94 with primal scream and The Lars.

 

[bhaexpress]

Curved Air-early 70's at the Brighton Dome.

I was there. That was Curved Air mk II with Kirby on guitar, I believe Stuart Copeland was still their drummer, Darryl Way was on Violin. My first was Atomic Rooster at the Big Apple (a club in North Street long gone).

 

[fire&skill]

Strangely, that was my first gig. I won 2 tickets via the Argus, for getting 3 new Argus customers on my paper round!!

Nice one. I remember making myself ill with anticipation and it was really touch and go whether my Mum was going to let me go.

I was in a seat and as soon as the opening chords of 'Dreamtime' came crashing across the PA all my ills were forgotten. November 5th 1980 as I remember; the first of a two night stint and the first of ten Jam gigs. Funnily enough, my daughter is wearing the t-shirt for the final one as we speak; a bit faded. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit me anymore.