John Otway Was A Highlight For Me

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Getting there with my gigography now, a list of every gig I've been to, from 1987 up to last year. It's a natural progression from my Best Gigs Ever post. Well that's the theory, but there's A LOT missing. I have chucked in details from the big bag of old gig tickets that I've had since I've been in London, but there's not much from before that - got to get a box of old concert tickets and things from Mum and Dad's loft. Also got a bundle of gaps regarding bands seen at festivals, they'll probably stay missing, it's so hard to remember, and there's a stack missing where I've lost tickets or never had them, most of the guestlist actions during my NME and Popex years and that. SO, if you were at a gig, and so was I, and you can remember anything about it please post details up here to remind me... Yeah I know it's a bit nerdy, let's let that slide though, I'm having fun remembering these things. At least I've not started scanning the tickets in yet. That's coming later...

My first gig was in 1987, from then until 1990 it was mostly rock, either around or on trips up to . Then in 1991 things got more indie, and in 1994 things really seemed to kick off. In 1996 I moved to London (first , then Putney in 1998, Ealing in 1999, New Cross in 2000, and Stoke Newington in 2003) and in 2005 I moved back out again, to Folkestone (so that's where the list slows down again). Click on one of those years to see the gigs from that year, though you're more likely to have arrived at those pages than this by googling for gigography...

LOTS missing, it's surprising how many gigs I remember I can find no mention of online. Lots of , and (favourite bands of various times) to hopefully be unearthed, and what of the classic Supergrass at South Parade Pier? It's documented nowhere. This could turn into an valuable archive...

See links on individual pages to my Folkestone gig history.

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RE: My gigography

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The Wedgewood Rooms music venue club bar booze comedy :: [comment] :: [delete]

The Cabaret nights at firstly sponsored by and then by or was it the other way around were huge, extremely long but great nights of entertainment. cut their comedy teeth there and appeared in one form or another on each of the nights. Memorable were and his band. . still wet from the shower and the hard work involved in setting up two separate stages to ensure the night flowed and the great sets that Kath and her chums came up with and built from not a lot. Great nights. Great nights.

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John Otway was a highlight for me

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The Wedgewood Rooms music venue club bar booze comedy :: [comment] :: [delete]

swinging from the lampshades and things. Also I remember a guy banging nails into his face.

I had a lot of good times at the .

Who're you then / what was your connection? I used to go to the venue quite a bit between about 1993 and 1997 and help out at the PVC gigs, and do a fanzine that I'd hand out called ...

13 Apr :: :: Comment / reply

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Birmingham Academy pub bar booze music :: [comment] :: [delete]

My 19th birthday gig !!!

Deeeee-lite were a bit shite as I remember. were better at the . Remember the strippers and you stage diving whilst I stood at the back in agony for some reason. at the , now called the and not as good. We also at at some point, and also got in free to see in in 1990 I think. Saw outside. Whatever happened to him ?

:: 4 Nov :: :: Comment / reply

Good to be back in touch mate!

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Did we see Jonathon King?

4 Nov :: :: Comment / reply

Don't forget we went to see Bros together at Wembley Stadium, 1988 ;-)

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Don't forget we went to see Bros together at Wembley Stadium, 1988 ;-)

:: 21 Jun :: :: Comment / reply

That does remind me actually

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I went to see once, hope I can find the ticket for that...

22 Jun :: :: Comment / reply


That reminds me that I once saw NKOTB and Jason Donovan.....

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That reminds me that I once saw NKOTB and Jason Donovan.....

:: 22 Jun :: :: Comment / reply

Har, har. My worst is Bon Jovi in 1988...

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Har, har. My worst is Bon Jovi in 1988...

:: 23 Jun :: :: Comment / reply

Bon Jovi rule, actually

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Wembley Stadium stadium music venue sport :: [comment] :: [delete]

Where was that, Wembley? Never actually seen them myself. I think I've probably been to many worse gigs than that show, and seen many less cool bands... trying to track down the date of a gig right now...

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