How many headline bands (or singers) have we seen live between us?
I'll start...
1. The Police
2. Ian Dury and the Blockheads
3. Status Quo
4. The Style Council
5. Stevie Wonder
6. Frank Sinatra
7. Johnnie Johnston
8. The Boomtown Rats
9. Gary Glitter and the Gitter Band
10. Adam Ant
11. Ultravox
12. Roland Gift
13. George Michael
14. Elton John
15. Eric Clapton
16. Bob Dylan
17. Spandau Ballet
18. Sade
19. Nik Kershaw
20. Bryan Ferry
21. Paul Young
22. U2
23. Dire Straits
24. Queen
25. David Bowie
26. Paul McCartney
27. George Harrison (with Ringo Starr)
28. Phil Collins
29. UB40
30. The Animals
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Comments
1: Shakin Stevens
2: Five Star
3: UB40
4: Wet Wet Wet
5: Erasure
6: Rod Stewart
7: Mike & The Mechanics
8:U2
9: Madonna
10: Metallica
11: Hawkwind
12: Michael Buble
13: Wham
14: George Michael (solo)
15: Madness
16: The Jets
17: Nik Kershaw (Wham farewell concert)
18: Gary Glitter (Wham farewell concert)
19: Howard Jones (Wham farewell concert)
20: Was Not Was
Some of these at Wembley stadium when I was a steward for a couple of years in the mid 90's.
2) Anthrax
3) Maclads
That's it I am afraid. Not really my ting.
The Who
Lou Ried
The Pogues
Dr Feelgood
Pink Floyd
Springstein
Elvis Costello
Glitter band
2.Cameo
3.Crowded House ( farewell concert at Sydney Opea House)
4.Finlay Quaye
5.David Gray
6.Elton John at the Valley
Clearly not my ting either ;-)
dumpies Rusty Nuts
wishbone Ash
The Blues Band
Tina Turner
ACDC
Queen
The Jam
Paul Weller
Iron Maiden
Paul McCartney
Oasis
The Cure
James Brown
Rolling Stones
Neil Diamond
U2
UB40 (shyte)
Roy Ayers
The Troggs
Phil Collins
Dire Straits
Eric Clapton
Bob Dylan
Status Quo
Elton John
The OJays
Luther Vandross
Humble Pie
David Bowie
Steve Marriot
The Farm
Happy Mondays
Pink Floyd
Bruce Springsteen
Razorlight
Primal Scream
The Damned
Duran Duran
Ocean Colour Scene
Stereophonics
Dr & The Medics
New Model Army
Carter USM
Flowered Up
The La's
Was also at Live Aid so all the acts there too
2. Guns 'n Roses
3. Nirvana
4. Oasis
5. The Verve
6. Ocean Colour Scene
7. Iron Maiden
8. Ahem cough cough cough Westlife cough cough (I went with the Mrs...)
9. Def Leppard
10. Extreme
11. Megadeth
12. Faith No More
13. Snow Patrol
14. Spinal Tap (at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley in '92 during my GCSEs along with Metallica, GnR, Extreme, Def Leppard... but only stayed for part one!)
Been to a few more gigs but cant remember them all now...but very much looking forward to seeing U2 at Wembley in the summer...
But The Who at Charlton is still one of the greatest of them all.
Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Santana, Faces and many more – all on the same day
Fields of the Nephalim
The Mission
Bad Brains
Suicidal Tendecies
Killing Joke
Souxsie and the Banshees
Napalm Death
Warrior Soul
Fu Manchu
Spirit Caravan
The Parlour Mob
New Model Army
Slipknot
Guns n roses
Nine inch nails
alabama thunder pussy
isis
cult of luna
Neil Young
Witch
Black Mountain
The Melvins
Volbeat
Orange Goblin
Spiritual beggers
Paw
Trouble
High on Fire
Sahg
Soil
Clutch
James
The Cramps
Iggy Pop
The Stray Cats
Marilyn Manson
Carl Perkins
ABC
Robbie Williams
Screaming Jay Hawkins
Cab Calloway
Alvin Stardust
Slim Gaillard
Wanda Jackson
Dwight Yoakam
Black Crowes
The Spaniels
Gary Numan
Chuck Berry
John Lee Hooker
Roachford
Cliff Richard
The Meteors
Sweet
Chas n Dave
Kevin "Bloody" Wilson
Audioslave
King Kurt
Screaming Lord Such
The Polecats
Sex Pistols
Plus loads and loads of rockabilly, rock n roll and psychobilly bands and singers most of you would never have heard of...
Oasis
The Enemy
Blur
Kasabian
Kings of Leon
Stereophonics
Jamie T
Duffy
The Kooks
Kanye West
50 Cent
Snoop Dogg
Jay-Z
You and 5 star HAHAHA classic
Not a massive gig person but seen
Duran duran
madness x3
alexander o'neill
wet wet wet - brilliant
simple minds - ditto
scissor sisters
janet jackson - got bullied into this by the wife but to be fair she was good.
take that - at my wife's vodafone ball
sure i've been to more but that's all i remember.
Bill Haley and The Comets - First gig - Woolwich ABC
Steve Marriott
Robyn Hitchcock
Lemonheads
The Black Crowes
The Godfathers
Squeeze
The Damned
Naz Nomad and the Nightmares
Killing Joke
Souxsie and the Banshees
Nirvana - who were third on the bill
The Jam
Paul Weller
The Fuzztones
B52s
Alice Cooper
Dr and the Medics
Boys Wonder
The Clash
Rolling Stones
Sade - Deptford Albany
King Kurt
The Cramps
The Meteors
Alabama 3
The Bump Band
Billy Bragg
My Jealous God
Lords of The New Church
Flesh For Lulu
Johhny Thunders
Conflict
Splodgenessabounds
John Otway
Wilko Johnson
The Quireboys
And some reunion gigs
MC5
Stooges
New York Dolls
Soft Boys
I was averaging one a week from the mid 80s to mid 90s.
First gig: After The Fire - Southampton University 1979
Most Recent: Bob Dylan - O2 a couple of weeks ago.
After The Fire
Alternative TV
Aztec Camera
Babes In Toyland
Beatnigz
Belly
Bert Jansch
Beth Orton
Biff Bang Pow
Billy Bragg
The Birthday Party
Bjork
Bob Dylan
Burt Bacharach
Chris Isaak
The Claim
The Clash
Cowboy Junkies
The Crickets
The Daintees
Dick Dale
Dinosaur Jr
Dionne Warwick
Echo and The Bunnymen
Elvis Costello
Emily
Everything But The Girl
The Fall
Fatima Mansions
Fiery Furnaces
Frank Chickens
The Go-Betweens
The GoGos
Grab Grab The Haddock
Happy Mondays
Hole
Howard DeVoto
Hurrah!
James
The Jasmine Minks
Jeff Buckley
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
John Cale
John Prine
The June Brides
Leonard Cohen
The Loft
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Meat Whiplash
The Membranes
Michelle Shocked
Microdisney
The Mighty Wah!
Mo Tucker
Motorhead
Mudhoney
My Bloody Valentine
Nanci Griffith
Nick Cave
Nick Lowe
Nico
Orange Juice
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Prefab Sprout
Primal Scream
REM
Rickie Lee Jones
Sandie Shaw
Santana
Shellac
Siouxsie and The Banshees
Sleater Kinney
The Smiths
Sonic Youth
Spirea X
Squeeze
St Etienne
Steel Pole Bathtub
Stevie Wonder
The Submarines
Sugarcubes
Swans
Teardrop Explodes
Teenage Fanclub
Throwing Muses
Tom Waits
Townes Van Zandt
Tricky
Undertones
The Velvet Underground
Victoria Williams
Violent Femmes
The Weather Prophets
The Woodentops
Scissor Sisters
Take That
Bon Jovi
Raconteurs
Ryan Adams
White Stripes
Paul Weller
Dolly Parton
I'll start...
1. The Police
Have i ever told you Sting's dad was my milkman and i saw one of the very first Police gigs in a small community centre?
Lucky so and so, I had a ticket for the last tour, but it was cancelled, and Bill sadly died soon after.
Great list though RMG!
Tilts hat, Stray cats, Carl Perkins & King Kurt, well done sir.
I know, had to be honest, took an ex girlfriend way way back in 1986 or 87
Stereophonics
Wet Wet Wet
Faithless
Prodigy
Chemical Brothers
Basement Jaxx
Bjorn Again (shouldn’t count but one of the best times I’ve had at a festival dancing in a dance tent to Abba music) Not quite as good but still excellent in a theatre
Jet
The Magic Numbers
Idlewild
Coldplay
REM
Beautiful South
Snow Patrol
Pink
Franz Ferdinand
Oasis
Ray Davies
Neil Finn
The Magic Numbers
Iggy Pop
All Saints
Texas
Chuwumba Wamba
Supergrass
Roxy Music
Turin Brakes
Nickleback
Feeder
David Grey
Paul Weller
Ocean Colour Scene
Razorlight
The Verve
James
Scissor Sisters
Manic Street Preachers
Foo Fighters
Erm and probably quite a few more I’ve forgotten. Most of the above were at music festivals over the years.
Here's my list...
Queen
Iron Maiden
Status Quo
Metallica
Motorhead
Judas Priest
Megadeth
AC/DC
Testament
Whitesnake
Meatloaf
Saxon
The Darkness
Stone Gods
Airbourne
Blaze Bayley
Brian May Band
Black Sabbath (With Both Ozzy & Ronnie James Dio)
Ozzy Osborne (Solo)
Ronnie James Dio (Solo)
Doro Pesch
Sweet Savage
Bon Jovi
Velvet Revolver
Bowling for Soup
Marylin Manson
Iggy Pop/The Stooges
Disturbed
Girlschool
Pantera
Slayer
Sepultura
Iced Earth
I was also at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 92 which included Extreme, Guns and Roses, Elton John, George Michael, David Bowie, Lisa Stansfield, Annie Lennox and Seal, not forgetting Liza Minelli!
And oh yes........
Boyzone (dragged there by my missus, not a great night!)
I went to these
Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Live in Liverpool
Live at The Barbican
Chilis
Keane
Radiohead
Portishead
The Killers
Richard Ashcroft
Rolf Harris – very surreal at Glastonbury in a dance tent, vague recollection of it
Finley Quaye
Catatonia
Cheryl Crow
Ash
Reef
The Levellers
Republica
Massive Attack
Beck
Pulp
Dido
NERD
Kaiser Chiefs
Underworld
Daft Punk
Embrace
Morcheeba
Dandy Warhols
Travis
Macey Grey
Muse
Toploader
2. Neil sadeka
3. Kurtis Blow
4.Stereo Mcs
5. Blade
6. Run DMC
7.Beastie Boys
8. Whodini
9. Eric B & Rakim
10. Public Enermy
11. Oasis
12. Kasiaban
13. The Enemy
2. Bon Jovi
3. The Farm
4. Happy Mondays
5. Carter
6. Robbie Williams
7. Meat Loaf
8. Dire Straits
9. Janet jackson
10. Maddona
11. Prince
12. Prodigy
13. Drat pack