Getting there with my gigography now, the list of all the gigs I was at, from 1987 up to about now.
It's a natural step from my Best gigs of all time post.
Well that's the theory, but there's A LOT missing.
I have added details from the big bag of old gig tickets that I gathered while I was in London, and a box of old concert tickets and things from Mum + Dad's loft.
Also got lots of gaps regarding bands seen at festivals, they'll prob'ly stay missing, it's so hard to remember. There's a lot missing where I've lost tickets or never had them, most of the guestlist actions during my NME + Popex years + that.
Yeah I know very geeky, let's let that go though, I'm having fun remembering this stuff.
At least I've not started scanning the tickets in yet Of course I have scanned in the tickets now[^But I've lost the bag of tickets before I scanned them all in!]...
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Democrazy, bit worthy really, + not that thrilling, so nice to be somehwere trendy for a change... Did not go to many gigs out in West London.…
plus Kings Of Leon who were OK, Travis a bit boring. VERY annoyed by the Carling-ness of it all and so we left early to get a proper drink. I was meant to be reviewing this the PR was not happy with my "I hate Carling" comments.…
Last gig ever! They announced they were splitting up before this gig came around. Played some great sets, the gig seemingly got chopped short, we left to the ghostly strains of "We'll Meet Again"... I hope we do.UPDATE: we did, Suede reformed, + we saw them again.…
plus Renegade Playboys, midweek rock night at On The Rocks, Kingsland Road. Went along as The Darkness had played here recently + g this kind of rock was having a brief renaissance.…
Karaoke as a warm up act? Or was it Franz Ferdinand? We went in late and missed all that, but a friend of a friend did get up and sing "Lazy Line Painter Jane" with the band.…
plus The Ordinary Boys + The 22s. Looks like everyone was there to see the Ordinary Boys, but I thought they were a bit, um, ordinary... stellastarr were OK, not quite as convincing as on record though.…
Aha this is The Darkness Carling Homecoming gig, found the poster for it now.…
Charity comedy gala thing, cool as, lots of names present, including Ian McKellen. Search the weblog, I must have written this one up...…
The Darkness on the turn I would say, possibly the last good gig...…
Special gig, celebrating the reopening / refurbishment of the venue. We had to queue all day for tickets. Support from Hundred Reasons.Tickets were a tenner, same as when AC/DC last played the venue...…
Celeb-tastic, we were sat just a couple of rows behind Stephen Fry.…
Plus support from Jesus + Mary Chain's sister. I went to both gigs they did here, 2 days in a row, and this says "looking forward to seeing them tomorrow", so the first time of seeing them o would be this day. I originally had this down as 2002, so weblog posts say it was 2003. How did I get the dates of so many of my gigs wrong??I did have some pictures taken at these gigs, on a very early digital camera (it was credit card thin and 480px resolution) so can't find them now.…
plus Cooper Temple Clause + more.I half-remember we did not even stay for Limp Bizkit, did we even stay for Cooper Temple Clause. I'm sure it was free, but I think there was a "vip bit" if you wanted to get close to the stage (we did not). Did we even see anyone..?…
Not sure exactly of the day (though I bet MJ Hibbett himself knows) so here I say I went to a gig so guessing it was the day before.Aha this says it was Thursday, so sorted.…
With free bar and rock karaoke! Just found invites and a promotional sick bag, was I that bad?…
plus Har Mar Superstar. Another Glastonbury warmup.…
Suede, REM, Radiohead, and The Darkness opening the main stage on the Friday morning...…
Adding this twenty years after the event as I just saw I wrote about it at the time on the weblog. Fairly sure it was at The Barfly. I was working for Channelfly at the time + I would have wondered along to gigs there fairly often. A "bit like the Cardigans + a bit like Supergrass" I said at the time.…
Chaka Khan, Celine Dion, Mary J Blige, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Jewel, Lisa Marie Presley, Ashanti, Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Isley Brothers, Queen Latifah, Sharon Osbourne + ONLY STEVIE BLOODY WONDER!This was the prize we won in a VH1 competion, a free trip to Las Vegas plus spending money.…
+ Saint Rose + Corporation:Blend.King Adora were dreadful, Corporation:Blend were managed by a friend.…
Last of a five night residency. Would you adam and eve it PHIL DANIELS showed up! Not sure he did Parklife though was it only "Me White Noise"?
Some sort of twee indie bear themed evening. Last minute addition to the bill were The Futureheads for some reason. I am sure MJ Hibbett was here though maybe not performing.…
Excellent little pub warm up for his Animals shows / DVD... Sharks and Nazis!Not sure he had done much stand-up before this gig.Seems strange now but we heard he was doing this gig somehow and got tickets for it no problem. I remember talking about it online, prob'ly on popbitch a few days later + someone saying "it's no big deal, they're still advertising it". Was definitely a big deal to us at the time. So pretty much Ricky Gervais first gig I would say...Shark would have found Anne Frank like THAT!…
ZZZzzzz.Don't think I like Athlete much, but I do remember one quite good gig they did in Deptford when I lived there.…
and Graham Coxon + Super Furry Animals and more. Think I spent quite a lot of this one just hanging out in the bar though.…
Mothers Day present for Mum + Clare's mum, we went with them + Dad + Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us before... A good old singalong at the end, but a bit of a weird theatrical show for support.
Was this the Carling "Homecoming" type event? I saw The Darkness a lot.…
BANG Magazine launch party, free booze! Plus another band, was it The Libertines again?…
support from The Darkness + Ricky Warwick of The Almighty.…
Jimmy White beat Peter Ebdon. Sure we went to a couple of days of this, Nic + I went to two sessions, Clare + Emma had tickets for more of it.
Love, but really just Arthur Lee I think + all new younger supporting band. plus My Morning Jacket, so I don't think we saw them.…
Bit of a wildcard gig, I went with Ian from Channelfly as his guest. I seem to have really enjoyed it from what I wrote at the time but I cannot remember much about it now, twenty years later.…