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Hylands Park Chelmsford

the maidens head 28 wincheap, canterbury, kent ct1 3qz 01227 472333

The Darkness SOLD OUT in advance, we only just squeezed in, debut single out this week. Notting Hill Arts Club Notting Hill, London W11 3JQ [Wednesday 14 August 2002]

The Lightning Seeds NME Brats show? Plus Octopus, Mundy and Stereophonics again apparently. Must have been a week of gigs around this time.
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 19 January 1997]

Essential Music Festival Carter USM, PWEI, Teenage Fanclub, Dodgy, The Charlatans, Gene, Lighting Seeds, Skunk Anansie, Reef. Think I was at this... Stanmer Park Brighton [Saturday 27 May 1995]

NME Brats Tour Stereophonics, Asian Dub Foundation, Warm Jets, and theaudience (Sophie Ellis Bextor)
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 25 January 1998]

Love with Arthur Lee plus My Morning Jacket, but I don't think we saw them. Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX [Monday 3 February 2003]

V99 I remember Mel C and James Brown, but no-one who was any good. Hylands Park Chelmsford [Saturday 21 August 1999]

Paul Weller Clare was at this one, I was not. The Lightning Seeds, The Charlatans, Sleeper, Shed 7 and Paul Weller.
Hylands Park Chelmsford [Sunday 18 August 1996]

Placebo Plus dEUS though I got there too late for the support:
Mean Fiddler 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN [Friday 21 February 1997]

Genealogy / family tree

Cool Star Wars thing to cheer people up Put your DVD in your computer... [Friday 30 November 2001]

Billie Piper Not near Gary Crowley [Thursday 27 March 2003]

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