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Events:
The Primitives 8 10Portsmouth Guildhall 20 Nov 1989 Plus the Pale Saints, I later went on to work with their lead singer at nme.comRate The Primitives
Glastonbury Glastonbury 23 Jun 1994 My first Glastonbury festival, went in my van, hard to fault the lineup on the NME stage... Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Manics, etc.
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NME Bratbus tour 8 10Astoria 22 Jan 1996 The Bluetones, Cardigans, Heavy Stereo and Fluffy.
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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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The Lightning Seeds Astoria 19 Jan 1997 NME Brats show? Plus Octopus, Mundy and Stereophonics again apparently. Must have been a week of gigs around this time.
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NME Awards 27 Jan 1997 Presented by Mark and Lard. Ooh, it's on youtube.
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KISS 7 10Finsbury 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.Rate KISS
Travis Astoria 23 Jan 1998 NME Brats, plus Ultrasound, The Hybrids and Unbelievable Truth. There's a good chance I was at this, I had staff passes for the whole week. There was a Pavement and [artist]Super Furry An
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NME Brats Tour Astoria 25 Jan 1998 Stereophonics, Asian Dub Foundation, Warm Jets, and theaudience (Sophie Ellis Bextor)
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NME Brat Awards Brixton Academy 27 Jan 1998 Aftershow party only this time.
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Baby Bird 3 10Astoria 21 Jul 1998 plus Idlewild, Scott 4, and Unbelievable Truth - unbelievably SHIT more like. Thom Yorke's brother's band. Part of NME Brats week.Rate Baby Bird
The Beta Band 8 10Astoria 25 Jan 2000 NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolleyed oRate The Beta Band
Elastica Astoria 29 Jan 2000 NME Brats show, think they'd lost it by this point...
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And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 9 10Astoria 03 Feb 2001 NME Brats show, plus Rocket From The Crypt, Peaches, and The Strokes, yes I did see them...Rate And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Doves Astoria 05 Feb 2001 Doves, Ed Harcourt, Elbow and Cooper Temple Clause were last minute replacements for Kings of Convenience. NME Brats show.
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Wheatus Leas Cliff Hall 13 Nov 2001 Someone on the onfolkestone forum says "i just remember luis lozano on stage! and throwing wheatos at wheatus... we were a sad sad bunch... hmmm
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The Darkness 9 10Barfly 06 Feb 2002 NME On night, with Kennedy SoundtrackRate The Darkness
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 9 10Astoria 07 Feb 2002 plus Clinic, The Faint and British Sea Power. NME Brats?Rate And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Andrew WK Astoria 10 Feb 2002 NME tour with Lostprophets, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Coral. Was looking forward to AWK. Very disappointed.
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The Charlatans Astoria 11 Feb 2002 NME Brats?
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Suede 10 10Electric Ballroom 16 Jul 2002 Fan club gig, played the new album, then a hits set, then a "wheel of fortune" set including best songs "My Dark Star" and "The Living Dead"...Rate Suede
Inme Leas Cliff Hall 29 Oct 2002
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The Tears 5.5 10Astoria 16 Feb 2005 Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all.Rate The Tears
Panto Time "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs" Westgate Pavilion 19 Dec 2005 7.30pm, from StarQuest Entertainments
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As I See It - Poetry and Rhyme Broadstairs Library 13 Oct 2006 If you've ever had your breath taken away by a stunning view or walked through a wood in autumn and felt inspired to put pen to paper, this could be the exhibition for you. "As I See It" is a collection of works by local poet Adrian Williams, who found hi
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Cards for Good Causes Tonbridge Library 27 Oct 2006 Multi charity Christmas Card shop returnign at least 81p in the pound to the charities we support. 01732 838246 cardsforcharity.org
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Peter Brame - Live The Mariner Bar & Restaurant 28 Jun 2008 Wasn't he a runner up on BBC's "Fame Academy"? LIVE no less, not pre-recorded entertainment at the Mariner tonight then!
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American Independence Day Grand Celebration Burstin 06 Jul 2008 at The Burstin Hotel, The Harbour, Folkestone. Continuous entertainment, luncheon & complimentary drink included - with all proceeds going to charity. Tickets: £15. available from: The Lifeboat; East Cliff Tavern or East Kent Arms, Folkestone. Info: 0
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Also there's an xml feed of the nme, a JSON feed , search my the nme venue info, the nme on Your Folkestone.
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