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• Sun 14th Jan 1996
  • University of Surrey Students Union (Guildford, Surrey) Lush Free [comment]

• Wed 17th Jan 1996
  • The Joiners (141 St Mary Street, Southampton, Hampshire) Perfume [comment]

• Fri 19th Jan 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids (Marine Parade, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Skunk Anansie

    plus Longpigs

    [comment]

• Mon 22nd Jan 1996
  • London Astoria (London) NME Bratbus tour

    The Bluetones, Cardigans, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy

    [comment]

• Wed 24th Jan 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms (147b Albert Rd, Southsea, Hampshire) Something

    Can't remember what, but I know I was at something at the Wedge this night, while Placebo were at the Joiners. Maybe it was a caberet.

    [comment]

• Thu 25th Jan 1996
  • The Joiners - Catatonia

    plus Silverjets and Glider

    [comment]

• Sun 28th Jan 1996
  • University of Surrey Students Union - Ocean Colour Scene Free [comment]

• Fri 2nd Feb 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Shed Seven [comment]
    Mike Flowers Pops

    So who was it actually played the Pyramids this night? I know I was at the Mike Flowers Pops one, I remember holding the door open to a radio reporter so they could report from the gig using the payphone in the lobby, as their satellite phone wasn't worki

    [comment]

• Sun 4th Feb 1996
  • University of Surrey Students Union - 60ft Dolls Free [comment]

• Mon 5th Feb 1996
  • The Joiners - Northern Uproar [comment]

• Thu 8th Feb 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Frank Black

    Pixies frontman solo show, plus The Wannadies. I met him and got some posters signed.

    [comment]

• Sun 11th Feb 1996
  • The Joiners - Number One Cup

    and Bennett I think

    [comment]

• Wed 14th Feb 1996
  • LA2 (157 Charing Cross Road, London) The Godfathers [comment]

• Sun 25th Feb 1996
  • University of Surrey Students Union - The Bigger The God Free [comment]

• Mon 26th Feb 1996
  • The Joiners - Christian Death [comment]

• Thu 29th Feb 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Underworld

    Another two gigs in one day, I also saw The Wurzels at the poly...

    [comment]

• Sun 3rd Mar 1996
  • University of Surrey Students Union - Baby Bird Free [comment]

• Mon 11th Mar 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Cast

    plus Mansun

    [comment]

• Tue 12th Mar 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - The Bluetones [comment]

• Wed 13th Mar 1996
  • Portsmouth Guildhall (Portsmouth) Tori Amos [comment]

• Thu 14th Mar 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Boss Hogg

    plus Cibo Matto

    [comment]

• Sun 17th Mar 1996
  • The Joiners - Tripping Daisy

    I saw them in Manchester around this time too, maybe at the Night and Day?

    [comment]

• Thu 21st Mar 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Everything But The Girl [comment]

• Fri 22nd Mar 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Julian Cope

    plus Thighpaulsandra and Melanie Garside

    [comment]

• Sat 30th Mar 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Dubstar

    plus Definition of Sound

    [comment]

• Thu 4th Apr 1996
  • Reading Alleycat (5 - 6 Gun Street, Reading, Berkshire) Catatonia

    plus Space and Loopy

    [comment]

• Mon 8th Apr 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Vent

    Miles Hunt's band

    [comment]

• Tue 16th Apr 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Northern Uproar [comment]

• Thu 18th Apr 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - 60ft Dolls

    plus Jolt (Mark Kedsd of the Senseless Things) and Yellow Car, reviewed in $OLD OUT

    [comment]

• Wed 24th Apr 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Minty

    Ew, nudiness on stage.

    [comment]

• Tue 30th Apr 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Lighthouse Family

    Oops, why was I here, when the Super Furrys were down the road?

    [comment]

• Tue 7th May 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Maker Shaker 3

    Coast, Bawl, Puressence and The Gyres. The best the Melody Maker could muster :-(

    [comment]

• Sat 11th May 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Sam Brown

    Part of the ace monthly cabaret night

    [comment]

• Mon 13th May 1996
  • Reading Alleycat - Dodgy [comment]

• Thu 16th May 1996
  • Southampton Guildhall (Civic Centre, Southampton, Hampshire) Ash

    plus 60ft Dolls who brilliantly smashed the place up. Bis were meant to play too.

    [comment]

• Mon 20th May 1996
  • The Joiners - The Divine Comedy

    I left after the support The Frank And Walters to go to a local gig, I was "getting in" with people and trying to be a face on the scene to help with my fanzine...

    [comment]

  • University of Portsmouth (Cambridge Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Annie Hates Cordial

    A local band for local people

    [comment]

• Sun 26th May 1996
  • Stanmer Park (Brighton) Essential Festival

    Super Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis and more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus.

    [comment]

• Mon 27th May 1996
  • The Wedgewood Rooms - Super Furry Animals

    plus Tiger.

    [comment]

• Tue 28th May 1996
  • University of Portsmouth - Strangelove

    with Whipping Boy and Sun (aka Silver Sun)

    [comment]

• Mon 17th Jun 1996
  • The Joiners - Mansun

    Was this the gig where they were still called Manson, and had at least one extra band member?

    [comment]

• Wed 26th Jun 1996
  • The Joiners - Cecil

    with Feeder and Stout

    [comment]

• Tue 9th Jul 1996
  • Portsmouth Pyramids - Dodgy

    plus Space

    [comment]

• Wed 17th Jul 1996
  • The Joiners - Tiger

    plus Linoleum. Had to walk back from Southampton after being stopped with no lights on my bike, then head to Phoenix Festival the next day.

    [comment]

• Thu 18th Jul 1996
  • Santa Pod Raceway Phoenix Festival

    I remember David Devant and Holy Barbarians, David Bowie, Sex Pistols and Foo Fighters too I think, must have seen a lot more though...

    [comment]

• Sat 27th Jul 1996
  • The Horseshoe (29 Landport Terrace, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Performance

    Local. My birthday. Plus Cloudburst.

    [comment]

• Thu 1st Aug 1996
  • The Joiners - Heavy Stereo

    plus Plastic

    [comment]

• Fri 23rd Aug 1996
  • Reading Festival Reading

    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).

    [comment]

• Thu 12th Sep 1996
  • The National Club (Kilburn, London) The Boo Radleys

    Was it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?

    [comment]

• Wed 18th Sep 1996
  • Dingwalls (Camden Lock, London) Baader Meinhof Revue

    The Auteurs, messing about

    [comment]

• Thu 19th Sep 1996
  • Dingwalls - Camden Crawl II

    Not just Dingwalls, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby and a few more.

    [comment]

• Fri 27th Sep 1996
  • London Astoria - Longpigs [comment]

• Fri 18th Oct 1996
  • LA2 - The Wannadies [comment]

• Sat 2nd Nov 1996
  • ULU (Malet Street, London) The Longpigs

    plus Space and Shoot

    [comment]

• Mon 11th Nov 1996
  • Astoria 2 (157 Charing Cross Road, London) PJ Harvey

    Some Radio One event called Soho Live with John Parrish, Baby Bird and Geneva.

    [comment]

• Tue 12th Nov 1996
  • Astoria 2 - Super Furry Animals

    Soho Live with Mansun and Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show.

    [comment]

• Wed 13th Nov 1996
  • Astoria 2 - Tiger

    Soho Live, plus Divine Comedy, and "special guests" as headliner it says here...

    [comment]

• Thu 14th Nov 1996
  • LA2 - Presidents of the United States of America

    Soho Live, plus 3 Colours Red and Imperial Teen.

    [comment]

• Sat 16th Nov 1996
  • Camden Falcon (234 Royal College Street, Camden, London) David Devant and his Spirit Wife

    I bootlegged this gig, the audio's complete with a trip to the toilet part way through...

    [comment]

• Sat 14th Dec 1996
  • Brixton Academy (Brixton, London) Manic Street Preachers

    with support from Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics, who I don't remember at all...

    [comment]

• Mon 16th Dec 1996
  • Forum (Kentish Town, London) The Manic Street Preachers

    Twice in one week? A friend at the time liked them...

    [comment]

• Wed 18th Dec 1996
  • LA2 - Placebo

    I went in late on a whim, missed the support, who might have been Deus.

    [comment]

• Fri 20th Dec 1996
  • New Cross Venue (Clifton Rise, New Cross, London SE14) David Devant and his Spirit Wife

    Before I lived in New Cross, didn't really know where it was. We thought we could get a tube there (it was not running) and walked back to Waterloo after...

    [comment]

• Sat 21st Dec 1996
  • Tunbridge Wells Forum (Fonthill, The Common, Tunbridge Wells, Kent) David Devant and his Spirit Wife

    My favourite band of the time, one of my few visits to Kent "before".

    [comment]

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