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The Grand The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2XL 01303 277175

La Vue 6-8, Aspen House, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1TH 01303 227000

The Penny Theatre 30-31 Northgate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1BL

The Earl of Clarendon Brewers Hill, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent CT20 3DH 01303 248684

Shakespeare Hotel 5-6 Shakespeare Terrace, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DX 01303 221075

The Earl Grey 35 The Old High Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1RL

Earls Court Earls Court, London

New Cross Venue Clifton Rise, New Cross, London SE14

Portchester Castle Portchester, near Fareham, Hampshire PO16 9QW

costa coffee 40 sandgate road, folkestone, kent ct20 1dw

The Tears plus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really. Heaven Villiers Street, London [Thursday 16 December 2004]

New Order Pissed down with rain. Crystal, Transmission, Regret, Ceremony, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal, Close Range, She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart, (Encore) Digital (with John Simm), Blue Mond Finsbury Park London Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 7NT [Saturday 2 June 2001]

Love / Hate Plus my first time (of many) of seeing Atom Seed, and a couple of other bands. Happy new year! The Marquee 105 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DT [Wednesday 31 October 1990]

The Tears 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. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Wednesday 16 February 2005]

Travis 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. Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace Way, Haringay, London N22 7AY [Saturday 20 December 2003]

Bruce Forsyth Charity comedy thing, cool as, lots of names present, including Ian McKellen. Search the blog, I must have written this one up... Theatre Royal Haymarket [Sunday 26 October 2003]

The Beta Band 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 o Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Tuesday 25 January 2000]

Gene A work freebie, we nearly didn't get in because I couldn't prove I was who I was claiming to be (I wasn't). A charity contribution sorted it out... Forum The Kentish Town Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1JY 0207 428 4099 [Thursday 25 March 1999]

Reading Festival Just went for the day, and we picked the worst day by far looks like, RHCP disappointed. I remember They Might Be Giants and Echobelly and Ginger Wildhearts playing with a broken arm. Reading Festival Reading, Berkshire [Sunday 28 August 1994]

David Devant And His Spirit Wife This actually might not have been the LEGENDARY album launch do, found a pass with a date on it so guessing it was earlier this year... Dingwalls Camden Lock, London NW1 8AL [Tuesday 25 November 1997]