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Quo - Blackburn King Georges 1974 (Current single Down down) - support SNAFU.
Slade - Belle Vue (single was Thanks for the memory) - Support Bunny.
Roxy Music - Belle Vue - Siren Tour - Support Sadistic Mika Band
Queen - Manchester Free Trade Hall - Night at the Opera tour - support Mr Big
Thin Lizzy - Manchester Free Trade Hall - Jailbreak tour - Can't remember the support act!!

rush september 79
ac/dc 79
van halen supporting black sabbath 79
rush june 80
whitesnake june 80
iron maiden supporting judas priest 80
def leppard supporting iron maiden 80
slade 80
samson 80
saxon 80

uk subs, union hotel, colne.
The damned, The russell club, Manchester.
The Fall, Railway Workers Club, Nelson.

I think i was roughing it compared to you lot ???

Dont think i have been to 10!

U2 Wembley Stadium zooropa tour '93.
Gary Moore...Manchester Academy
Santana...MEN Arena
Oasis.....Bolton Reebok
Walter trout...Manchester Academy
Gary Moore supporting BB King MEN Arena.
The Fratelli's...Manchester Academy.
The Enemy....Manchester Academy.
Kasabian....Manchster Academy

The Damned at the Russell Club? I went to that one.
Support was Pete Burns' band Nightmares In Wax. They played 2525.

Saw Saxon supporting Slade - we bottled them off.
Saw Def Leppard (with original, later sacked, guitarist) supporting Slade and had a good chat with them afterwards at Wolves Civic hall.

captain sensible tried to piss on us from the side of the stage, life in the fast lane ehh told you i was roughing it.

Got a signed doodle from Sensible that day.
Also have a photo of Rat Scabies showing his arse at that show..

8-\

the place went up like a west ham v millwall match the week after at the russell club, uk subs, supported by discharge, mayhem !!!

70's but can't remember exactly - brain cells fading rapidly..

Wigan Casino - Motorhead - first tour
WC - Scorpions - fly to the rainbow tour with UJ Roth
WC - Judas Priest - Sad wings tour
WC - Heavy Metal Kids
Liverpool Empire - Rush first UK tour (and second and...)
LE - Black Sabbath Tech Ecstacy
Knebworth - Zeppelin
Free Trade Hall - AC/DC Let there be Rock tour
FTH - Blue Oyster Cult (the one with the laser show!)
FTH - UFO Schenker hieghts

Tons of others from seventies incl Boston, Styx, Kiss & Kate Bush

Amazing how many are still going strong.

Baz

American Blues Legends in 67/68 and 69 at Free Trade Hall
Blind Faith in Hyde Park
Stones in the Park
Bob Dylan and everybody at Isle of Wight
Temptations...Manchester somewhere
Led Zep at Hard Rock
Hawkwind at Hardrock
Bath Festival 1970 (the best fest ever!)
Hendrix/Doors etc at Isle of Wight 1970 (crap)
plus lots of other festivals, like Watchfield, Hollywood, etc in 1970

barclay james harvest - hill stores oldham - 1971
led zeppelin - belle vue 1971
hawkwind - support status quo 2 free trade hall - 50p 1972

went to these too Rick:
Pink Floyd - Palace Theatre, Manchester
Genesis - Palace Theatre, Manchester
The Who - Belle Vue, Manchester - twice!
Supertramp,Gallagher & Lyle and wait for it ............. Chris De Burgh
lots of otheres:
Genesis at Hardrock,
Floysd at Free trade pre- dark side,

latest was Go Audio on saturday (my 14 year old's choice!)

oh, yeh, forgot the Who...actually at the Palace theatre in Manchester (possibly 1970,,Townsend boiler suit days)...they were LOUD!!!!!!

Ooh showing your (our) age chaps!! Well impressed with the ticket stubs!!
Ealiest proper concert I saw Diamond Head at the free trade hall 1981 (?)
Genesis - Deeside leisure centre 1982
Judas Priest - Apollo 1983
Scorpions - Apollo 1983 ?
Black Sabbath with Dio - Stafford Bingley hall date ?
Rush - Deeside leisure centre 1983
Couple of DIO gigs at the apollo
Musical taste went on a wander not long after that...

saturday 15th august 1969-canned heat
grateful dead
les west and mountain
creedence clearwater revival
janis joplin
sly and the family stone
the who
jefferson airplane
.............................
sunday august 17th 1969
joe cocker
country joe and the fish
ten years after
the band
johnny winter
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
monday august 18th 1969
paul buttertfield blues band.
had to leave before hendrix-BUGGER!!-to catch my ship!!

at various times throughout the seventies (can't remember EXACT dates-
sweet (damn good!)
groundhog
isle of wight 1970 (yep, alec-i was there too!-prob didn't recognise you??- :-) )
rory gallagher and taste
jon hiseman's coliseum
rolling stones

think you may have got memory slip here..
the 68 Isle of Wight had no Hendrix...he was 1970
Dylan was on at the 69 one, so ya must have seen him too!

@ night train-
"think you may have got memory slip here..
the 68 Isle of Wight had no Hendrix...he was 1970
Dylan was on at the 69 one, so ya must have seen him too!"
was that for me, alec? :-0
yeah-sorry about that rick-the seventies were a rather -ermmm-hazy?-time for me!! :-D

i bet lotsa people keep their old concert tickets, ive got about the last 15 years worth


its really nice to go thru em sometimes, some great memories there :-)

alas-margaret thatcher trashed all mine during the "split"!! i THINK these are the times/dates (ish)-sweet-1974,groundhogs/stones-leeds uni, spring 1971,rory gallagher (with the "revised" taste-the original taste having disbanded)) reading 1973. :-)

Bit late coming in on this blog due to having to troll thro my stuff, so heres mine.
Tommy Steele- Rugby Oct 61 (11thBirthday pressie) Couldn't work out why girls were screaming all the way thro)

Woody Herman - Town Hall Birmingham late 60s. My ole man was in the band so had to go along.
Yes - Trentham Gardens 1973
Stones - Royal Albert Hall 1966
Camel - Royal Albert Hall 1975
Greenslade - Aylesbury 1977
Pink Floyd - The Marquee 1967
Free - Bingley Hall Stafford
Bob Dylan - IOW Festival
Hendrix - IOW Festival
The Eagles - Bingley Hall 1977

The list gos on but these were among the first and personal favourites.

oh-and jon hiseman was around october(ish) 1972. the other list of bands was at a little place called "yasgurs farm". :-)

@ rick-CCR's??? :-?

@ 45's-rick-damn-you edited that fast!! lol!! nahh-was trying to make the old memory work, to answer your (funny!! lol!) point about being more specific!! couldn't give a flying fornication for crps'!! yeeehah!!! ;-)

althought ive gotta few CRP's, i really like CCR best.

Cheers for the reminder re Jon Hiseman Viking. I was at the the Bath Festival (working)1970 and met Jon and the band (Colosseum).I later caught up with his ex keys man Dave Greenslade and his band.- at Aylesbury in 77. Great band and top notch drummer in his day.

CCR is that Community CRAP register, most of my points belong there lol

@ keef-when i saw them they were dreadful-at the end of their tour-dick heckstall-smith looked knackered, hiseman was still pissed (or something!) from the night before-still awesome to watch though??
crp's? i reckon mr nwb pinched that name from the "dukes of hazzard"-something duke and luke had to serve when they got caught moonshining!! :-)

im talking bout Creedence :-)

any excuse to mention one of the best bands ever

@ robert redfern-see my small list (saturday 15th august, pm) :-)

Picked up CCR Rock Legends CD a while back. If you get past the chart stuff (Bad Moon etc) this is one heck of a good album.

Hear what you say Viking, sadly there are some that stay on just a bit too long. Prefer to remember the band when at their very best. That said I have considered catching up with Wishbone Ash again next time round.

@ keef-everyone said they were brillaint at the start of their tour, but the m. e. n. slated them!! :-(

@ the 45's-YAWWWWNNN!!!! lmho!! :-D
"martin turner's wishbone ash" now? he was on rock radio 106.1 talking to sweeney. :-0

That aint the mile high shite talkers club, your damn near stratopheric. Jeez Who would have believed it Viking, The first Norse astronaut? Well done P

yeah thats a good compilation Keef, ive got the chronicles cds, 1 and 2

i thought id like wishbone ash, but when i checked em out......didnt get my juices flowing

@ keef- ah! but don't forget-mr nwb ain't trawled through the blogs yet and deleted off-topic/naughty comments? that'll, probably, halve my score?? ;-/

Rob, Ash ain't everyones cuppa. Fancy some Barclay James? I hear they are still gigging.

The play pen was created specially for us bad boys, but seems we rarely go there. Rock n Roll rebels FOREVER ehh P?

@ robert redfern and keef-there y'go, bro's- brilliant!! :-)

theyre one of those bands i wish could jump in a delorean and go back to the late 60s to watch them ,theres something about Creedence, i just think they are awesome, that voice especially wow

Fortunate son is may favourite, closely followed by looking out my back door, anything by them basically

the bit in Forrest Gump, when he says "they sending me to Vietnam", then it cuts to the helicopters, with fortunate son playing in the background, brilliant

one of the best feelgood songs ever, i must go and watch John Fogerty next time hes playing
,play this song to anybody when theyre down and thisll make them smile

# Posted by viking - 14/10/2009, 22:28 (GMT)

Sweet !!!



Sorry for the unintended Blog Jack Rick.Good ole 60 and 70s rock kicks in and good manners go out the widow mate.

@ keef-"Good ole 60 and 70s rock kicks in and good manners go out the widow mate"
well, yes, they would, wouldn't they??? she'll remember the times when?? :-P

Silly typo there mate lol. Me mind was elsewhere (seeing as ricks in the windows biz), I was wondering about getting me some french widows sorted. What am I like eeeeeh

My first rock gig was the Who at Charlton Athletic football ground "The Valley" in 1974. Supporting were Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Outlaws and Little Feat.
Then Black Sabbath, Hammersmith Odeon, Status Quo the same venue, Rush All The Worlds A Stage tour, Thin Lizzy, Bad Reputation tour, Yes, Santana both at Wembley Arena,Gillan after he split from Purple, Peter Gabriel and Sammy Hagar.
I also saw Iron Maiden at their first live gig at a place called the Bandwagon, a smaller version of Jilly's really,(Paul Dianno) where I also managed to meet Judas Priest, Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent and Lemmy. Had a piss next to K.K. Downing!! Then squillions more gigs all in London. Fantastic days.

name dropper Steve!!!!!

i mean going to Charlton athletic..

i hope you didnt "break the law" and say anything dodgy to KK

People who were young in the 70s piss me RIGHT off, they've seem loads of good stuff and probably paid about 50p for the lot. My first few gigs were nowhere near as exciting..

Muse and Elbow @ MEN
Coldplay and Doves @ MEN
Travis @ MEN
Bootleg Beatles @ The Philarmonic Hall, Liverpool
The Music @ Manc Apollo
Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture @ Liverpool Uni
Engineers @ Liverpool Barfly

Considering my taste has changed massively, none of them are too embarrassing. I'm jealous that some of you guys have seen Creedence, Dylan, and Zeppelin in their heydays.

Had to copy&paste the first 4 cos i went with Aidy(whatever)to those lol

U2 Wembley Stadium zooropa tour '93.
Gary Moore...Manchester Academy
Santana...MEN Arena
Oasis.....Bolton Reebok
Sting - apollo
Garbage - MEN
Depeche mode - MEN
Sting - MEN
Duran Duran - GMEX
sex pistols - MEN

Would of liked to have seen the Police reunion tour in 2007 but could not get a ticket, i hate it when people buy them and put them on ebay for £200 refuse to pay that much ;(

Ahhhhhhhhh Rick I hate you ;-)

All those Genesis gigs in the 70s Swoon :-))))))

First saw Rainbow in 77
Rush in 79
Genesis every tour since 81 including Gabriel reunion
The Who in 79
Loads of other bands over the years

Good thread

John

Viking reminded of this lot, whom I saw in their full glory at Free Trade Hall maybe 1971...superb showmen..fond memories

and before you lot starting ripping into the cozzies and style-listen to the superb musicianship there and -those vocals!! outstanding!! :-)

Growing up in the 70's was great. AC/DC, with Def Leppard supporting at the Hammersmith Apollo for £2.00. Black Sabbath with Van Halen supporting £2.50. Going to see Queen at a free concert in Hyde Park, that was free surprisingly. I had a mate used to work at Wembley box office, and got us free tickets to see Yes, Quo, and Santana, all around 1977/78. Looking at some of the ticket stubs, it reminds me that EVERYTHING was promoted by Harvey Goldsmith, that guy must have made a fortune.

Quo- Liverpool empire-Blue for you tour
Queen-free trade hall -Night at the opera
Kiss-free trade hall-Destroyer tour
Blondie- free trade hall
Meat Loaf-Apollo- Bat out of Hell
Silverwing-Macc town hall !!
...and many more as i used to work @A1 Music in late 70's/80's all the bands used to come in and give us free tickets

@mr nwb-yeah-whersitgone?? :-(

@ rick-ahem-you going "rerognition" on me, rick or officer crabtree even?? lol!!!
think-"august 15th to 18th" 1969-yasgur's farm?? :-)

With a certain Sheffield Gas fitter I believe ehhh V?

@keef-ey, lad! tha's got it in one,sithee!! (i couldn't "pass" on that one!!! lol!!)

@ the 45's-esperanto now, rick?-impressive (one for us "oldies" there!! (you sussed the gig yet??) :-)

Once caught a gig by a band called Esperanto - Couldn't understand a bloody word they sang/spoke lol

@the 45's-yep-the friday night to early monday morning!! awesome!! :-)
@ keef-perhaps it was just all greek to you?? :-P

# Posted by viking - 19/10/2009, 21:46 (GMT)
@ keef-perhaps it was just all greek to you?? :-P

Haven't got a clue Bro, Had it been Geek I would have stood a chance tho

@ keef-roflmao!!! :-D

@ the 45's-pm on it's way, rick!! :-)

# Posted by 45'S Covers Band - 19/10/2009, 21:49 (GMT)

The closest I got to Woodstock was the sound track album and film,

Does Fleetwoodstock count Rick? lol. Have numerous Cd's and the film, but Ooooh to have been there. IOW 69 was the next best thing tho

Is it espar thingy for gig envy Rick Haaa Haa.
Least I got to see Edgar Broughton,Third Ear band and Blodwyn, went away happy as a pig in muck. Happy but(Muddy times).

@the 45's-my one claim to fame,rick!! lol!! :-)

@ the 45's-you bought a "comment blunderbus" rick??? lmho!!! :-)

are you having one of them "mid life crisis" things Rick??

well take it off yer wierdo!
and bring back Rick!

@ the 45's-hey rick -good to see someone has some courtesy these days!! :-)

Norman Beaker Band, the Kite Club, Blackpool Airport 1987 - happy days!
Jack Bruce, South Pier Bpool 88 - mega loud
Walter Trout, Bpool 89?
U2, Cardiff Arms Park, 90
etc.
Greatest Ever Gig - The Who, Madison Square Garden 2000, while I was working in the World Trade Centre - I got in for nowt cos a ticket towt gave me a free ticket - he liked my accent!!!
Although I'm not a bass player I feel lucky to have seen Bruce and Entwistle, two of my heroes.

Loved it in NYC, it's the one place I would keep going back to.
Apart from Blackpool, but then I am a Sandgrown'un!

1988 (or early ’89) – Screaming Lord Sutch (plus about seven support bands - Walter Mitty’s Head may have been one of them) @ Thompson Centre, Burnley.

January 22, 1990 – The House Of Love supported by Walking Seeds @ Municipal Hall, Colne.

Summer 1993 – Milltown Brothers (plus a couple of support bands - Hate Syndicate may have been one of them) @ The Mechanics, Burnley.

Autumn 1993 – Cocktail Mentality @ Cross Keys/Harry’s Bar, Burnley.

Summer 1994 – Cocktail Mentality (plus a couple of support bands) @ The Mechanics, Burnley.

Oh ay,,,,let me think now,,,,

Got the chance to see all the up coming bands in Liverpool in the early 80's

i.e,,,,,Echo and the Bunnymen,, Flock Of Seagulls,,,The LA'S,,,Cook The Books,,,,O.M.D,,,,Afraid of Mice,,,China Crisis,,Teardrop Explodes,,,e.t.c

But during the 80's , i managed to see too many bands to name,,,

ranging from AC/DC,,Queen,,,Iron Maiden,,,Thin Lizzy,,,Saxon,,Dio,,
Whitesnake,,,,And many, many more
To the likes of,,,,Tangerine dream,,,,E.L.O,,,Jean Michel Jarre,,e.t.c.

I attended the likes of ,,,Knebworth,,,Glastonbury,,Monsters of Rock,,,e.t.c. God knows how i survived all of this ,,but i did!!!!

@the 45's-*viking scurries around,digs out his "book of unrepaid favours", counts 'em all*- hee hee hee!!!! yo ho to ho!!!! -P

bugger! i've just "upped your score", haven't i?? doh!!

doh!

THAT'S CAUSE IT GOT ALL STEAMED UP IN YOUR - ERMMM-EXCITEMENT!! HEH HEH!!......................................DOH!

just had a listen-damn good-and a rather tasty set list too-reckon you're in for a "busman's holiday" there, bro!! ;-D

My list is well gash compared to all you lots... Mind you i am only a pup i suppose... woulda killed to be at Isle of White and to be will our man Collng watchin Zepp at bell vue.

anyway here goes

Oasis - Main Road 96
Oasis - GMEX 97
Oasis - Reebok about 2000ish
Bon Jovi - Old Trafford 2002ish
The Stones - MEN same summer as jovi
Bon Jovi - City stadium 2004 ish
Sambora - Little theatre in knights bridge well intimate little gig as part of the undescovered sould promo tour.
Aerosmith - Hyde Park Calling

Bout it really.... Well ashamed :-(

oh i forgot i seen Rod Stewart at the MEN was top, Seen Bryan Adams, Clapton, Slash's Snakepit, Queen n Paul Rogers was the wankest concert ive ever been too mind.

Ricardo Lancashireo... i couldnt agree more the man is a genius... The that got me aboutt he gig was when i think (i may be wrong) in Brighton Rock Brian May was doing his great big delay guitar solo jobby... but he was using a looper pedal or something simlar and he hit the boldest, most confident, convicted duff note you could ever possibly hear and it just got stuck in the loop all the way though... i felt for the poor lad... well no i didnt cos anyone who uses a loop pedal in that manor should be shot... only jokin Brians a genius also.

Saw The Clash & The Buzzcocks at Manchester Appollo in late 70's but the first band I saw at under 16's Wigan Casino were 'Flintlock' anyone remember them teenyboppers? and yes I was under 16 at the time !!

Bryan Adams MEN arena
The Darkness MEN arena
Iron Maiden MEN arena
White Snake MEN arena
Deff Lepard MEN arena
Quenn and paul rogers MEN Arena
Joe Satriani Manchester apollo

Not really seen that many but not really old enough to have seen all the good bands when they were at there best or infact still alive for most of them.

The Jam-Saddleworth Festival 79
Dr Feelgood- as above
Gary Numan-Mcr Apollo 1979
Meteors-DeVilles Manchester 1980
Ian Dury and the Blockheads-Mcr Apollo 1980
Japan- Manchester Apollo 1981
Duran Duran- Manchester Apollo 1981
The Who- Mcr Apollo 1981
u2-Mcr Apollo 1982
Simple Minds-Mcr Apollo 1982
Bauhaus- Salford Uni 1982
David Bowie-Milton Keynes 1983...and so on and so on
But I should have just said
Live Aid 1985...but thats cheating!!!

Iron Maiden
The Black Crusade (Dragonforce, Arch Enemy, Trivium and Machine Head)
Deep Purple
Def Leppard & Whitesnake
The Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 (Mastodon, Slayer, Trivium, Amon Amarth)
Motorhead '08
Motorhead '09
Priest Feast (Judas Priest, Megadeth, Testament)
Evile
Children Of Bodom

Kiss Manchester Appollo ( 84 with my mum awwww)
Monsters of Rock Donington 88
Kiss NEC 88
Oasis ( all over the place early nineties)
The Verve ( all over the place early nineties)
Kiss Nec 92
Kiss Sheffield 92
Tom Jones Blackpool 92
Quo Preston (??)
Kiss MEN 1996
Oasis ( all over the place late nineties)

@mothersruin Kiss 1976 Free Trade Hall - Lucky Luck Lucky Bugger

Smokey - hardrock 71?
Status quo- few times in the 70s
Ufo - free trade hall, early 70's
Reading festival 1972? Supertramp, bad co, ozark mountain daredevils, yes
rush - umpteen times
Pink Floyd- binley Hall Stafford, eighties i think, animals tour, brilliant
Bryan adams few times great gigs
police, was it 2009 men, not impressed
rammstein- MEN 2nd feb2010 simply awesome

All early 80s in Glasgow or Edinburgh: - 200/300 mile round trip

Whitesnake
10cc
UFO
Diamond Head
Peter Gabriel
Rush
Barclay James Harvest
Dio
Iron Maiden
John Martyn

Wow ! you lot ,some great gigs there !
Off the top of my head here goes .
the jam /king georges hall ,blackburn 79
new order /tatton community centre ,chorley 80
the fall /tatton community centre ,chorley 80
10cc /preston guildhall 81?
Then a gap i started playing bass in a band ,women etc
Frankie goes to hollywood /manchester apollo 84
Live aid wembley stadium /london 85
simple minds /the cult /the bangles /the waterboys milton keynes bowl 86
Level 42 (the worst gig i have ever been to ) birmingham nec 86
the ramones /preston guildhall 86
madonna /wembley stadium /london 87

andy .

My First 10 gigs, all very memorable and as if they were last week. (My BEST ever gig was still Pink Floyd, Earls Court 1994, although Rush 2011 was pretty close...) Happy Days, Mike

14/11/1975 Black Sabbath, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
16/12/1975 Rory Gallagher, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
11/02/1976 Lynyrd Skynyrd, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
20/02/1976 Robin Trower, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
21/02/1976 Robin Trower, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
24/03/1976 Nutz, Oldham Tech
30/04/1976 Caravan, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
21/05/1976 Budgie, Free Trade Hall, Manchester
05/06/1976 Tangerine Dream, Palace Theaytre, Manchester
12/06/1976 The Who, Swansea FC