First Gig You Went To

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Alan williams, Apr 2, 2019.

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  1. To me the venue has a lot to do with the gig experience. I remember being told to sit down at a Who gig by the family behind me, so I thought I’d do better than that and go and join the crowd who were standing at ground level, only to be told I didn’t have the correct ticket to stand!
    Smaller venues are far more intimate
     
    #41 Carr01, Apr 2, 2019
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  2. UFO - Queens Hall in Leeds
     
    #42 Sprocker, Apr 2, 2019
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  3. Thin Lizzy 1979 at Newcastle city hall, when Gary Moore was playing with them.
     
    #43 Kingfixer, Apr 2, 2019
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  4. Mötley Crüe, Sheffield City Hall, Feb 13 1986. Support was Cheap Trick. 116th (of 128) show of the Theatre of Pain tour. Mötley Crüe’s first European headlining shows.
     
    #44 SunEye, Apr 3, 2019
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  5. Madonna at Leeds
     
    #45 Ducbird, Apr 3, 2019
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  6. Ted Nugent with Golden Earring as warm up. Back when tickets were $7 for General Admission at a local concert hall.
     
    #46 Faith, Apr 3, 2019
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  7. Motörhead on their Bomber tour at the Malvern Winter Gardens, supported by Saxon. Few weeks later went to see the Stranglers and the Buzzcocks in a famous punk pub in Brum.
     
    #47 J0n3s, Apr 3, 2019
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  8. Yeah I was there too, although I'll have to take your word for it on the exact date. Was (and still am) a big fan of 'em both so a cracking line up.

    First gig for me was same venue a year or two earlier......Dio on the Last in Line tour with Queensryche opening for them. A good start to gig going
     
    #48 FellZebra, Apr 3, 2019
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  9. Adam and the Ants. Circa 1979, Bournemouth. Quickly followed by UFO and Judas Priest at Newcastle City Hall.
    My fave bands were Rush and Black Sabbath but I could never get tickets. Also liked all the usual stuff from that time- Stranglers, Clash, Pistols, Damned etc...
     
    #49 Mary Hinge, Apr 3, 2019
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  10. Cocteau Twins, London.
     
    #50 Biot, Apr 3, 2019
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  11. Secret Affair/Chords/Lambrettas or The Troggs. Cant remember. The Jam was not long after (twice). All around 80-82ish. So Squire could be in there too. Saw lots of acts in 100 club i cant remember, even some jazz ffs.
     
    #51 bootsam, Apr 3, 2019
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    #52 portboy, Apr 3, 2019
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  13. Siouxsie and the Banshees when they broke up in Aberdeen, free concert of Siouxsie Sioux and Steve Severin supported by the then, little known, the Cure :upyeah:
     
    #53 Harry Bell, Apr 3, 2019
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  14. Yep, that was the same in Cardiff. Half of the Cure stayed on stage as session “Banshees”.
     
    #54 Darkness, Apr 3, 2019
  15. Ptarmigan - Chichester Gala (or maybe the "Sloe-Fair), around 1977.
     
    #55 Loz, Apr 3, 2019
  16. That was the cool bit - they did a rendition of the Lord's prayer for what seemed like half an hour to finish.

    Did a great job of sorting out a clusterfuck, we should suggest them as consultants to HM Government perhaps?
     
    #56 Harry Bell, Apr 3, 2019
  17. Ian Dury and the Blockheads @ Hammersmith Odeon 1979

     
    #57 Bumpkin, Apr 3, 2019
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  18. I agree completely. That's why I like The Picturedrome in Holmfirth and will go to as many gigs as I can there.
     
    #58 El Toro, Apr 3, 2019
  19. Christ, we're old fuckers on here... :laughing:
     
    #59 Mary Hinge, Apr 3, 2019
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  20. The Animals at Battersea Tech.
     
    #60 Rman, Apr 3, 2019
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