Must admit, i doff my hat (if i had one) to some of the experiences that you people have had, wow, Buddy Holly,Led Zep,Beatles,Kinks and all the rest.
best - Stones (although i wasnt particularly a Stones fan) Wembley circa 98? Voodoo Lounge ? Absolutely brilliant.
Worst - Bowie (yet i was , and still am a huge Bowie fan) at Wembley Arena circa 96 , where he was appalling, and retired to the bar, with what seemed like half of everybody else. And then Stones at Twickenham circa 2003/4 - where they could have put a CD on of their greatest hits and it would have been better.
Any lifers who fancy popping along to The Iron Horse in Sidcup Saturday night, my band is playing, we have a couple of Addicks in the band, do come along and say hello, it may be the best gig you’ve been to or it may not anyway bring some rotten fruit!
Bob Dylan 1981 Earls Court John Martyn 1981 Hammersmith Odeon Ian Dury and the Blockheads 1982 Lyceum Miles Davis 1982 Hammersmith Odeon The Pogues 1987 Town and Country Club Tom Waits 1987 Hammersmith Odeon John Otway 1988 Woolwich Tramshed Pixies 1989 Town and Country Club Lemonheads 1990 Astoria Pixies 1990 Hammersmith Odeon Kevin Coyne 1990 Cricketers Kennington Oval Sugar 1992 Forum Kentish Town Bob Dylan 1993 Hammersmith Odeon Vic Chesnutt 1995 Queen Elizabeth Hall PJ Harvey 1995 Shepherds Bush Empire Bob Dylan 1995 Brixton Academy John Cale 2000 Huntingdon Hall Worcester John Martyn / Danny Thompson 2001 Huntingdon Hall Worcester Bob Dylan 2002 Birmingham NEC John Martyn 2006 Cheltenham Town Hall Bellowhead 2013 Warwick Arts Centre
Bob Dylan 1981 Earls Court John Martyn 1981 Hammersmith Odeon Ian Dury and the Blockheads 1982 Lyceum Miles Davis 1982 Hammersmith Odeon The Pogues 1987 Town and Country Club Tom Waits 1987 Hammersmith Odeon John Otway 1988 Woolwich Tramshed Pixies 1989 Town and Country Club Lemonheads 1990 Astoria Pixies 1990 Hammersmith Odeon Kevin Coyne 1990 Cricketers Kennington Oval Sugar 1992 Forum Kentish Town Bob Dylan 1993 Hammersmith Odeon Vic Chesnutt 1995 Queen Elizabeth Hall PJ Harvey 1995 Shepherds Bush Empire Bob Dylan 1995 Brixton Academy John Cale 2000 Huntingdon Hall Worcester John Martyn / Danny Thompson 2001 Huntingdon Hall Worcester Bob Dylan 2002 Birmingham NEC John Martyn 2006 Cheltenham Town Hall Bellowhead 2013 Warwick Arts Centre
I saw John Ottway at the Tramshed, might have been a bit later than 88 though. A brilliant night.
happy mondays wembley arena circa 1990 - had a fight with each other and left us with donovan - dog shit- that and primal scream - brixton circa 2014 - shit
The worst I ever attended was when the first Mrs Isawsummersplay dragged me to somewhere in Catford to see David Soul and the Brotherhood of Man. Even now, I can't believe that I agreed to go. It was so bad, it was laughable.
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I cant be bothered to go back and see if i whinged about Oasis at Knebworth.
Worst: God's Hotel, Marquee, Charing Cross Rd, early 90's
best - Stones (although i wasnt particularly a Stones fan) Wembley circa 98? Voodoo Lounge ? Absolutely brilliant.
Worst - Bowie (yet i was , and still am a huge Bowie fan) at Wembley Arena circa 96 , where he was appalling, and retired to the bar, with what seemed like half of everybody else. And then Stones at Twickenham circa 2003/4 - where they could have put a CD on of their greatest hits and it would have been better.
anyway bring some rotten fruit!
Bob Dylan 1981 Earls Court
John Martyn 1981 Hammersmith Odeon
Ian Dury and the Blockheads 1982 Lyceum
Miles Davis 1982 Hammersmith Odeon
The Pogues 1987 Town and Country Club
Tom Waits 1987 Hammersmith Odeon
John Otway 1988 Woolwich Tramshed
Pixies 1989 Town and Country Club
Lemonheads 1990 Astoria
Pixies 1990 Hammersmith Odeon
Kevin Coyne 1990 Cricketers Kennington Oval
Sugar 1992 Forum Kentish Town
Bob Dylan 1993 Hammersmith Odeon
Vic Chesnutt 1995 Queen Elizabeth Hall
PJ Harvey 1995 Shepherds Bush Empire
Bob Dylan 1995 Brixton Academy
John Cale 2000 Huntingdon Hall Worcester
John Martyn / Danny Thompson 2001 Huntingdon Hall Worcester
Bob Dylan 2002 Birmingham NEC
John Martyn 2006 Cheltenham Town Hall
Bellowhead 2013 Warwick Arts Centre