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Tofts
School of Art
Escondido
The Grand
Odeon Bar
Camden Underworld
The Earl of Clarendon
The Raglan
The Black Bull Hotel
the black horse
The Fall A benefit gig for a journalist Leo Finlay, with Ash and possibly Tiger and Formula 1. Matt Lucas was there. Possibly Travis also played... Mean Fiddler
Monsters of Rock AC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, and the Black Crowes. A pretty special line up at the top of the bill, shame it was the shortest Donington bill ever. Got a coach up from Portsmouth. m/ Castle Donington
WASP Not sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to... Portsmouth Guildhall
The Darkness The Darkness on the turn I would say, possibly the last good gig... Hammersmith Odeon
The Primitives Plus the Pale Saints, I later went on to work with their lead singer at nme.com Portsmouth Guildhall
Skid Row plus LA Guns and Love / Hate. The latter announced a "secret" gig they were doing the next day in London, I should have gone they were one of my fave bands of the day. Docklands Arena
Wolfsbane Found the ticket now! I went to the gig on my own, then got the last train up to Rugby, where I was staying for college. Can't find details anywhere online. Much stage diving, one of my favourite gig.s The Marquee
Paul McCartney Mothers Day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us before... Earls Court
VH1 Divas Chaka Khan, Celine Dion, Mary J Blige, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Jewel, Lisa Marie Presley, Ashanti, Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Isley Brothers, Queen Latifah, Sharon Osbourne and STEVIE WONDER! MGM Grand
stellastarr* plus The Ordinary Boys and The 22s. Looks like everyone was there to see the Ordinary Boys, but I thought they were a bit ordinary... stellastarr were OK, not quite as convincing as on record though. Islington Academy
A post gig donner DONNA MATTHEWS joined /profiles/ELAS.html Elastica on stage for an encore last night, after a plea from the stage from Justine... [Friday 14 April 2000]
When I am sad and weary, and all my lunch is gone Bluetones are doing an afternoon gig at the LA2, 29th April... [Monday 17 April 2000]
Sex By Seven Amazing gig at the Astoria last night... [Thursday 20 April 2000]
Are you blue or are you a racist? The Bluetones last night were good enough to make me forget about their recent racist remarks furore... [Tuesday 9 May 2000]
You do voodo? The new single by Hayley's Cake is available, uh, about now... [Monday 22 May 2000]
Bobboon Clint Boon has just been confirmed as the guest DJ at Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception Relaunch Party on June 3 back at the newly revamped and [Monday 22 May 2000]
Sanjay from 'Stenders The Vibe Bar, Brick Lane [Monday 4 September 2000]
Jason Bowld of Pitchshifter Camden Tube Station, Northern Line Platform 2 [Monday 11 September 2000]
Where did all the ladies go? I'm sure the band looked different last time... [Monday 9 October 2000]
Beta Band play some records They're DJing at Arthur Baker's shindig, but not playing... [Thursday 19 October 2000]
Cocks go in Feet First Gypsy hardcore nutters go in the guest entrance of Camden Palace... [Monday 20 November 2000]
TFI It's All Over Elton John presents the last one tonight... [Friday 22 December 2000]
Dan Dabrowski At the flapper [Monday 8 January 2001]
Are you Local? Gig at the 13th Note, Glasgow... [Wednesday 17 January 2001]
NME 'On' Band of the Week The Strokes world domination plan turns up a gear... [Wednesday 24 January 2001]
Ben the trumpet player and Lee the singer Big hands in Manchester [Thursday 1 February 2001]
Oh Yeah, they took the LA2 over... Hmm, I've used this pun for Ash before innit? [Saturday 3 February 2001]
Charlie George The Scala, Kings X, London [Monday 5 February 2001]
Nick Hornby The Scala, Kings Cross, London [Monday 5 February 2001]
Tom Watt The Scala, Kings Cross, London [Monday 5 February 2001]
Cancellations... and a silver lining. Outkast and Kings of Convenience go out, but THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE step in... [Monday 5 February 2001]
The Hardware EP Got The Cooper Temple Clause's debut EP... [Wednesday 7 February 2001]
Santa Clause is coming to town Oh no, it's his brother, "Cooper Temple" Clause... [Monday 12 February 2001]
Who's going to see Reni's new band then? He doesn't bang the drums... [Monday 26 February 2001]
Rob Jenkins from Obaben In the post office on Salisbury Place [Monday 12 March 2001]
TCTC Free Single Got more details of the forthcoming The Cooper Temple Clause singles... [Tuesday 13 March 2001]
Noel and Liam Gallagher Black Crowes gig at the Scala [Tuesday 10 April 2001]
All of JJ72 Rotterdam, the Netherlands [Tuesday 24 April 2001]
Frank Skinner At the Coldplay gig [Monday 30 April 2001]
DENNIS the drummer out side the cat house in glasgow [Sunday 6 May 2001]
Mal Treece and Miles Hunt The Toilets At The Camden Palace, circa 1993 [Friday 6 July 2001]
The whole band (minus the bass player) Kentucky Speedway [Wednesday 25 July 2001]
Bobby Gillespie At the Ladytron gig last night at The Scala [Thursday 15 November 2001]
Jessica Stevenson (the bird out of Spaced) On the delayed 1900 Reading to London, 10/11/02 [Monday 11 November 2002]
Craig fromThe Vines & Cooper Temple Clause Temptation Records Launch gig at the Metro Club [Monday 11 November 2002]
Craig David BBC Belfast - The Blackstaff Building [Wednesday 22 January 2003]
Tom Jones BBC Belfast - The Blackstaff Building [Wednesday 26 February 2003]
Blur [Tuesday 13 May 2003]
Shane Ritchie and other EastEnders lad Eminem gig at Milton Keynes [Sunday 22 June 2003]
Siobhan Donaghy The Darkness 'do' last night [Thursday 10 July 2003]
Har Mar Superstar The Darkness 'do' last night [Thursday 10 July 2003]
TRAPPED! [Tuesday 15 July 2003]
RE: TRAPPED! [Tuesday 15 July 2003]
Folkestone Weekender [Saturday 30 August 2003]
Doctor Doctor [Sunday 31 August 2003]
someone did get some popbitch passwords, how slack [Monday 1 September 2003]
Weekender! [Saturday 20 September 2003]
sold out [Saturday 20 September 2003]
Saturday night drinking [Saturday 20 September 2003]
Viewing a flat in Folkestone [Thursday 23 October 2003]
Today's tasks [Thursday 23 October 2003]
Comedy Tonight Too we went to a brilliant charity comedy show with Bruce Forsyth, Ian McKellan and more... [Sunday 26 October 2003]
Not the flat for me [Monday 27 October 2003]
The Flat [Monday 19 January 2004]
RE: Earl's Avenue [Tuesday 20 January 2004]
RE: Earl's Avenue [Wednesday 21 January 2004]
It's not as flowery as it looks [Wednesday 21 January 2004]
Progress on the flat [Saturday 31 January 2004]
RE: Progress on the flat [Sunday 1 February 2004]
Bradford and Bingley [Tuesday 3 February 2004]
Matthew Collings (art critic/broadcaster) Northern Line Bank Branch (not the last carriage) [Tuesday 10 February 2004]
A quarter of commuters have found love in the tube [Tuesday 17 February 2004]
All of The Cooper Temple Clause Chalk Farm [Sunday 22 February 2004]
Progress on the flat [Thursday 26 February 2004]
Progress on the flat [Friday 19 March 2004]
The Flat (slight return) [Monday 29 March 2004]
RE: The Flat (slight return) [Monday 29 March 2004]
RE: The Flat (slight return) [Thursday 1 April 2004]
Click on refresh to make sure you have the latest version of this page! [Thursday 6 May 2004]
Shed Anthems [Friday 4 June 2004]
damian lewis Glastonbury [Thursday 15 July 2004]
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy [Friday 30 July 2004]
Pauly call me nosey [Friday 30 July 2004]
Ah see, I talk about buying stuff more than I actually buy stuff [Friday 30 July 2004]
ah i see [Friday 30 July 2004]
Venus is the name of the library is it? [Friday 30 July 2004]
well they do a very good range [Friday 30 July 2004]
Yes [Friday 30 July 2004]
Hot. Busy. [Thursday 12 August 2004]
You F**kin' MOOK [Friday 13 August 2004]
Luckily they didn't get their Dad's looks! [Friday 13 August 2004]
Let's hope they hold their beer better than the old man ! [Friday 13 August 2004]
I'd imagine if they opened their mouths, there would be a similarity ! [Friday 13 August 2004]
Hitchhikers [Tuesday 21 September 2004]
Missed it : ( [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
Each episode of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is repeated on Thursday, after which it appears for 7 days on the Radio 4 website so that you can "... [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
Cool, just spotted that [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
He looks like he's been embalmed, skin like a leather sofa! Having grown up with him as Lovejoy I thought he was just some two bit actor who only a... [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
Travis [Friday 8 October 2004]
I told you they were playing in Cambridge [Friday 8 October 2004]
You didn't say they'd be busking in the street! [Friday 8 October 2004]
Michael Howard and the polar bear [Wednesday 27 October 2004]
The day I found my flat [Thursday 28 October 2004]
Great review, best I've read in ages (probably since his last scathing review).
Now I like a bit of raw bashing as much as the next man,... [Thursday 28 October 2004]
Rake's progress [Saturday 30 October 2004]
The Darkness play Brixton, slight return [Thursday 4 November 2004]
SuprNova.org - .com and .net are scammers! - The REAL Universal BitTorrent source [Thursday 4 November 2004]
Hmm [Thursday 4 November 2004]
Azureus - WhatIsNat [Wednesday 10 November 2004]
Best place to be a parent [Monday 22 November 2004]
There can't be a more sorry sight
Pops [Tuesday 23 November 2004]
Stokey in the news [Wednesday 1 December 2004]
have u listened to the latest engadget podcast? [Thursday 2 December 2004]
Yeah, there's a lot more activism in there [Thursday 2 December 2004]
i think [Thursday 2 December 2004]
Hmm: "Recently our company released a string quartet tribute to The Darkness. I would love to send you a copy for linking, review... [Tuesday 14 December 2004]
am [Tuesday 14 December 2004]
It's hard to know [Wednesday 15 December 2004]
Hmm, having a lot of Apple related computer problems there! [Wednesday 15 December 2004]
yeah, they're not related though [Wednesday 15 December 2004]
How you getting on with Bulldog DSL btw? [Wednesday 15 December 2004]
fine thanks [Wednesday 15 December 2004]
Maybe this is the sort of place I should have bought [Thursday 16 December 2004]
Christmas roundup [Monday 3 January 2005]
thursday!!!! [Monday 3 January 2005]
just wanted to say [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
At The Eye? [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
Cheers, and to you [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
On Glenn Quinn, I wonder what he died of. All the website says is "Out of respect for Glenn and his family, cause of death, once determined, will r... [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
absolutely [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
The fansites are a bit crawly [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
We go out in the week, but not late [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
The Fireplace [Sunday 23 January 2005]
The Observer | Travel | How to play the French service game ... and win [Saturday 12 February 2005]
The first rule about job club [Monday 14 February 2005]
Sandgate [Monday 14 February 2005]
but [Monday 14 February 2005]
The Guardian: A genius explains [Tuesday 15 February 2005]
The sea defences have been much improved in the last year [Tuesday 15 February 2005]
i [Tuesday 15 February 2005]
Bill Gates and other communists - Richard Stallman [Thursday 17 February 2005]
Revenge of the wage-slave [Monday 28 February 2005]
Marble Plastering [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
Some Girls [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
well im going [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
Whose network do I connect to on the train then? [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
ok [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
oh right, but then I'd have to pay [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
correction [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
All sounds a bit modern to me [Tuesday 5 April 2005]
Luminous @ The Lanterns Club [Thursday 19 May 2005]
the best!!! [Thursday 19 May 2005]
You are in the band then I guess? [Thursday 19 May 2005]
drummer - razorlight [Thursday 2 June 2005]
Was he with the singer out of Action Plan? [Thursday 2 June 2005]
The Clarkes from Cliddesden Hampshire & Basingstoke [Friday 8 July 2005]
Someone spotted the pattern of Thursdays then [Thursday 28 July 2005]
Pattern of Thursdays [Friday 29 July 2005]
Yes, that's the last thing we would have needed! [Friday 29 July 2005]
Whiteley Forum [Friday 5 August 2005]
forum [Saturday 6 August 2005]
If there are any features you particularly like [Saturday 6 August 2005]
forum [Sunday 7 August 2005]
Yeah understood about the links to my other sites [Sunday 7 August 2005]
Wear Bay Dock [Monday 22 August 2005]
Where's that then? [Monday 22 August 2005]
History of The Langhorne [Monday 22 August 2005]
Copt point [Monday 22 August 2005]
I Am The Law! [Thursday 22 September 2005]
music [Thursday 27 October 2005]
Are they from Folkestone? Or playing in the area? [Thursday 27 October 2005]
Probably going to make all the javascript on the site go bang later [Monday 7 November 2005]
RE: Copt point [Wednesday 30 November 2005]
Cheers! [Wednesday 30 November 2005]
The Clarke Cup and new technology [Monday 9 January 2006]
RE: The Clarke Cup and new technology [Monday 9 January 2006]
RE: The Clarke Cup and new technology [Tuesday 10 January 2006]
Ace changes the suit in our game [Tuesday 10 January 2006]
Azureus : Plugin Details for SafePeer [Saturday 21 January 2006]
Next Lone Star Comedy (and an explanation of the last one) [Monday 6 February 2006]
The Charlatans play Folkestone in May [Monday 6 February 2006]
I'm sure I heard somewhere that the Smashing Pumpkins played Folkestone [Tuesday 14 February 2006]
The Wireless Music Player: Do-it-yourself remotely managed music player [Friday 17 February 2006]
George Sassoon obit, hmm... [Friday 17 March 2006]
RE: George Sassoon obit, hmm... [Friday 17 March 2006]
Aha, that you Mick? Are you BACK? [Friday 17 March 2006]
RE: Aha, that you Mick? Are you BACK? [Friday 17 March 2006]
Is that still you? [Friday 17 March 2006]
RE: Is that still you? [Friday 17 March 2006]
gah, there was me thinking the site was getting popular [Friday 17 March 2006]
Gigs at The Black Horse Monks Horton [Wednesday 22 November 2006]
And the camera's working at last [Monday 6 October 2008]
RE: And the camera's working at last [Tuesday 7 October 2008]
it's definitely cheaper than a webcam and a dedicated server [Tuesday 7 October 2008]
The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November [Wednesday 29 October 2008]
Forgot we had family trying to fly right now They are on a monster trek back from Ireland right now [Thursday 15 April 2010]
Going to home brew me some cider [Saturday 3 September 2011]
Lol Tolhurst is back for this Cure show [Friday 30 September 2011]
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