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Madonna 6 Wembley Stadium 20 Jul 1987 Plus Hue & Cry and The Bhundu Boys, but not the rumoured Wet Wet Wet. My first concert, went with a friend from school and some friends of his dad. Sounds a bit weird now. Got the t-shirt, programme, every bit of junk going...

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Scalarama 2 6 The Scala 07 Oct 2000 MJ Hibbett, Jacques, Spearmint, Baxendale and lots of other bands

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Delirious? 1 Shepherds Bush Empire 20 Dec 1999 Ha, AWFUL christian rock. I was accompanying a friend who was reviewing or something.

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KISS Finsbury Park 05 Jul 1997 plus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden.

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Funeral for a Friend Leas Cliff Hall 03 Jul 2005

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WASP Portsmouth Guildhall 21 May 1989 Not sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to...

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Damon Albarn Neighbourhood 22 Dec 2003 Democrazy, bit worthy really, and not that thrilling, but nice to be somehwere trendy for a change...

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The Beta Band Electric Ballroom 30 Sep 1998

Tonight's venue is crammed with indie's brightest and best, all happily expectant

according to the review in the Independent, that's me in particular to which they were referring...

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David Devant And His Spirit Wife Dingwalls 25 Nov 1997 This might have been the LEGENDARY album launch do, filled to the gills with free cocktails before the show. Enormous!

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Green Day Kings College 15 Sep 2000 Some special Radio One thing, got a nice freebie from friends I was about to start working with at Channelfly. Green Day picked some kids out of the audience and made them play a song.

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Suicidal Tendencies Brixton Academy 23 Jul 1993 I drove my van into London for this gig, I almost never did this... ST played their encore first, and part of the gig from the top of a step ladder.

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Dee-Lite Birmingham Academy 14 Jul 1991 plus PM Dawn. A Nixdorf friend's birthday, the only gig we could find in town to go to.

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King Adora The Garage 14 May 2003 + Saint Rose + Corporation:Blend

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Rosita Bull and Gate 09 May 2000 + Mica Bomb + Reverend Pike. Rosita were two of Kenickie and Mica Bomb were connected to the singer of the Sultans of Ping I'm sure...

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The Dudley Corporation The Garage 09 Sep 2000 Friends of friends...

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Reading Reading Festival 23 Aug 1996 My first gig with nme.com, I started work there that weekend. I left part way through the worst ever Stone Roses performance (OK, the only time I saw them).

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Megadeth Poole Arts Centre 24 Mar 1991 First time I saw them. Just caught up with a friend who was there too (and who I'd not seen for over ten years, he says

Alice In Chains opened, followed by The Almighty at the Poole Arts Center gig '91 (if I remember correctly)

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The Manic Street Preachers Forum 16 Dec 1996 Twice in one week? A friend at the time liked them...

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EMF Portsmouth Guildhall 15 Sep 1992

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