norwaytips
11:28 Sat Aug 28
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Been to a few over the years. I couldn’t pick the best, as they were so different, but…
Bruce Springsteen in Leeds 1980s
Pink Floyd, the Wall tour around 80
Simon & Garfunkel, Central Park, NY.
Richard Thompson, in Edinburgh.
Edith Piaf, Palladium 1950s. I didn’t want to go, but my Dad had a spare ticket and she blew my mind. What a voice.
Buddy Holly, East Ham Granada 1957/8
Worst I ever saw, was the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, in Oslo. All out of their brains and absolutely appalling. I at least I didn’t buy the tickets.
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zebthecat
10:57 Sat Aug 28
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StratfordStan 11:08 Fri Aug 27
I played both of those (same band) and we had a residency at The Crypt. Proper End of Days debauchery especially The Crypt (the promoter was a retired policeman) but, my God, it was a fun night.
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Eastside surge
10:44 Sat Aug 28
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The first madness concert at Finsbury Park after they hadn't played live together for a number of years was a cracking day out, started with one step beyond and nearly thirty thousand people started jumping up and down!
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Takashi Miike
10:35 Sat Aug 28
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another great one was a multiple artist soul concert at wembley arena in the early 2000s. can't remember what radio station was organising it but the artists featured were shalamar, tavares, the real thing, kid creole & the coconuts, alexander o'neal, imagination & rose royce
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B.ferguson1980
10:35 Sat Aug 28
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Cure at Glastonbury 1900
New Order in Finsbury Park
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Eastside surge
9:33 Sat Aug 28
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Leroy Hudson at the jazz café couple of years back was really good. Gladys Knight ( with one pip ) few years ago at the Albert Hall was brilliant, christ that woman can sing live !
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BillC79
2:36 Sat Aug 28
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Oddly, it was a Kula Shaker gig at a university in the early 2000s. I liked them in the late 90s so went to see them. They were absolutely electric. Comfortably the best gig I’ve been to.
Stone Roses was probably the worst, mainly as Ian Brown couldn’t sing in tune
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The Stoat
12:49 Sat Aug 28
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Any Old Iron 12:12 Sat Aug 28
If I may just correct it, the line up did not include The Jack Bruce Band but a jam between Jack and two of the guys from Focus
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Any Old Iron
12:12 Sat Aug 28
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SecondOpinion 8:55 Fri Aug 27
Thanks for mentioning the Oval gig of '72. As a big fan of the Peter Gabriel iteration of Genesis I've been under the impression that I'd never actually seen them. Well it turns out I have. I went to the Oval that day, but mainly to see ELP and the Ash, but I have absolutely no recollection of Genesis being there. Mind you I was also a huge fan of Jack Bruce and I don't remember him being there either.
Something tells me I might have been a little 'out of it'.
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The Stoat
11:34 Fri Aug 27
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SecondOpinion 10:24 Fri Aug 27
Yep that was me ;-)
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StratfordStan
11:08 Fri Aug 27
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Anyone used to frequent Club Dog in Finsbury Park or the Crypt in Deptford? Mad days
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defjam
10:59 Fri Aug 27
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UK Fresh '86
Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J - Hammersmith Odeon '87
Run DMC / Beastie Boys - Brighton '87
The Prodigy - V Festival '97
Oasis New York '96
Manics - Brixton Academy
Depeche Mode - All over the place but Jones Beach auditorium New York was amazing!
Saw Pearl Jam in 6 different countries in 2 weeks - Trieste, Vienna, Oslo, Stockholm, Amsterdam and erm...Milton Keynes.
Amy Winehouse - Fabric, London
I was backstage waiting for the toilet and this girl started chatting to me and I let her go in first as she said she had to get on stage, I walked back out and the girls I was with said "Oh my god that's Amy" so I looked on staged and said "Oh that's the girl I was talking to" I'd never heard of her, then she started singing...Oh my fucking god, I wanted to cry there and then ,never heard any thing that amazing in my life.
Probably lots more!
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violator
10:31 Fri Aug 27
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Worst... Shaun Ryder supporting The Charlatans at Brixton. It was like pulling someone from Brixton spoons and giving him a microphone
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SecondOpinion
10:24 Fri Aug 27
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The Stoat 7:40 Fri Aug 27
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SecondOpinion 8:55 Fri Aug 27
I was at both those Oval gigs, certainly good vfm at the time
STOAT: You wouldn't happen to have been the bloke with long hair in the crowd? :-)
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jooliandix
9:56 Fri Aug 27
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Bad Manners,Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh,1990ish
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Briano
9:32 Fri Aug 27
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Showaddywaddy at at Chrimbo company do in the Royal Lancaster hotel 1996
Wild Willy Barrett and John Otway at the hat and Feather pub in Bath 1991
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The Stoat
7:53 Fri Aug 27
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So many memorable ones
Pink Floyd - Earls Court - 1994
Pink Floyd - The Wall Earls Court - 1980 (set up the gear for it)
Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare Wembley - 1975 (set up the stage)
Genesis - Theatre Royal Drury Lane - 1974
Santana - Royal Albert Hall - 1970
Led Zeppelin - Electric Magic Wembley - 1971
Loads more
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Side of Ham
7:48 Fri Aug 27
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For absolute best harmonious vocals I've ever heard live....... En Vogue at a Soul Weekender in Prestatyn Pontins CANTEEN........
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The Stoat
7:40 Fri Aug 27
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SecondOpinion 8:55 Fri Aug 27
I was at both those Oval gigs, certainly good vfm at the time
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SecondOpinion
7:28 Fri Aug 27
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Music For The Marsden (Cancer charity) at the 02 last year. A good night out
Line up:
Mick Hucknall
Nick Mason
Cat Stevens
Eric Clapton
Tom Jones
Van Morrison
Gary Brooker (Procul Harum)
The rest were awful / had lost their voices
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Mike the Hammer
6:17 Fri Aug 27
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Dead Skeletons at Austin Psych Fest in 2014
A Place To Bury Strangers at The Shacklewell Arms
Radar Men From The Moon at the Sebright Arms
The Cult Of Dom Keller at The Hope & Anchor
Jane's Addiction at The Astoria
U2 at Wembley Stadium on The Joshua Tree Tour in 1987
Follakzoid at Effenaar in Eindhoven
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