maltaseagull
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I saw Pink Floyd supported by the Faces there.That was 1971.
1971 didn't really happen did it? That is one hell of a line up, nightmare-wise.
Keith Moon, though. I'd be happy to have a memory like that.
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Your first ever concert?
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happypig
Staring at the rude boys
The Depressions, Dyke road 6th form college, 1977
armchairclubber
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A rather short gig if I remember correctly
I've been putting on gigs since I was 15, firstly with local bands and then with touring indie acts, but the first ever show I saw (which I had nothing to do with) was a mod weekender in Clacton in 1984, I believe The Moment headlined, or was it Small World? Sorry, I've forgotten. Oops.
Mayonaise
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I went to loads of great gigs in the late seventies and early eighties (incl many already mentioned here - Queen, Rainbow, The Jam etc) but my first was David Essex at Eastbourne congress…oh well.
Me? Adam and The Ants, circa 1980 @ the Brighton Centre, moving swiftly along.
My older, and now deceased, cousin regaled me with the line up of a gig he went to however many years earlier somewhere in Brighton, if true it really was a bit special. Whether it was his first gig I have no idea.
Jimi Hendrix - The Who - Pink Floyd , really, in Brighton, on the same bill?
My older, and now deceased, cousin regaled me with the line up of a gig he went to however many years earlier somewhere in Brighton, if true it really was a bit special. Whether it was his first gig I have no idea.
Jimi Hendrix - The Who - Pink Floyd , really, in Brighton, on the same bill?
Machiavelli
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Interesting thread which reveals the approximate age of many posters, and it seems to suggest most of us are in our 40s, 50s and 60s.
Mine was The Cure, Hammersmith Odeon, 1984.
Mine was The Cure, Hammersmith Odeon, 1984.
KingKev
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The Skids at the Top Rank ('79?) and The Specials later the same week, same venue.
OMG I'm old.....
OMG I'm old.....
I didn't go to the gig but I was in town that afternoon. West Street was full of twats wearing parkas blowing whistles
And wearing Volkswagen badges
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
I must be older than you then,I saw The Cure support Siouxie & The Banshees in 1979
warsaw
Did you take home a drum?
Christ on a bike, have you remembered my drum thread? Late convert to Joy Division, never saw them.
But I did see Hawkwind at the Top Rank Suite in about 1972, Space Ritual tour. Stunning gig and still one of the best live albums.
Fantastic concert , I'm really glad I went to this, I dont remember the ticket though because I was on the guest list
Myself and a mate went round the back door of the Brighton Centre, we told the doorman we were on the guest list, when he produced the list on a clipboard we tried to read the names, we couldn't see them so we told him we helped the roadies unload the trucks that afternoon, not sure he believed our story but he did let us in.
I think this concert was the first of many we blagged our way into.
Pogue Mahone
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I must be older than you then,I saw The Cure support Siouxie & The Banshees in 1979
Yeah, I saw this line up, but thought it was early 80s. Robert Smith played guitar for both bands.
Apart from school concerts? First one was the Barron Knights at Olympia. The next year Dad's family Christmas treat was Cliff and the Shadows at the Palladium, and the next year it was ......
....... Engelbert Humperdinck. After that I refused to accompany my parents to any sort of musical soiree. Ever!
Then to Uni - couldn't list all the bands I saw, but one Friday night end of term dance in the Hall of Residence sticks in the memory - Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds, The Herd (with Pete Frampton) and Status Quo. All for thirty pence ..........
....... Engelbert Humperdinck. After that I refused to accompany my parents to any sort of musical soiree. Ever!
Then to Uni - couldn't list all the bands I saw, but one Friday night end of term dance in the Hall of Residence sticks in the memory - Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds, The Herd (with Pete Frampton) and Status Quo. All for thirty pence ..........
I must be older than you then,I saw The Cure support Siouxie & The Banshees in 1979
That one is up there as one of my favourite concerts,.
You forgot Spizz.
