Hugh Jass Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Also, it’s 8.12 and I’m already out of upvotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernintendo Chalmers Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said: Big fan of this. Turns out we were at a few gigs together. Not to mention SimpsCon '97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebeedoobee Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 11 hours ago, Gnomicide said: First one I wanted to go to was Iron Maiden at Liverpool Royal Court in 1981, support from Trust. Several years earlier I was dragged along to see Tammy Wynette at The Empire. I fell asleep. I worked as an artist's runner/General dogs body at a venue in Hereford. We had Tammy Wynette play. She was almost totally deaf. She wanted the monitors up so high we could hear them at the back of the room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said: Not to mention SimpsCon '97 That too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner1990 Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Michael Jackson at Wembley Stadium in 1997 on the HIStory tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elias Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Queen at Cardiff Castle in 1976. Hammered down with rain all day. I was drenched, but loved every second of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjamest Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 2 hours ago, hfuhruhurr said: First gig I ever paid for the ticket was Wilko Johnson back in 1977 - in a barn. My brother (4 years older) tells me that we saw Hendrix at a variety show when we were little - apparently he did these when he first came over to the UK. I have false memories of that, I'm sure. Biggest mistake - had tickets to see The Jam at Manchester Apollo back in 1980 - but also had girlfriend on a surprise visit, coming up from Wales to see me. Choice - go to gig or give ticket away and see her. Daft soppy sod, apparently they were fab! I went the other way. It was my new girlfriends birthday coming up then my mate phoned up with a spare ticket to The Clash at The Lyceum on the same day. Safe to say i am still in a loving relationship with The Clash 40 years later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said: Big fan of this. Turns out we were at a few gigs together. At any UK gig you're never more than 20ft from an efester 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawrsomesauce Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 My first gig was Radio 1's Big Day Out in Swansea circa 2002 I think? Either 2001 or 2002. The first gig I actually bought tickets for under my own steam was The Hoosiers at Cardiff Arena in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero000 Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, rawrsomesauce said: My first gig was Radio 1's Big Day Out in Swansea circa 2002 I think? Either 2001 or 2002. The first gig I actually bought tickets for under my own steam was The Hoosiers at Cardiff Arena in 2008. The Hoosiers were big enough for arenas!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Dickfingers Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 11 hours ago, DDave said: Still probably the worst gig I've ever been to. Missed all the supports, took an age to get served, the sound was shit and people were pissing everywhere and throwing also throwing piss everywhere. Hahaha unlucky lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfuhruhurr Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, plot2pot said: We all need to know what happened with the girl! Is this a happily married ever after story, or did she dump you a week later for the friend you gave the ticket to? We stuck it out for 3 years, alas not forever. And worse, the Jam split up too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahqman Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Ramones/Pearl Jam in Austin, Texas 16/09/1995 Won the tickets in a radio call in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJTM Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 The Fray, when I was 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericode Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 McFly at the Afan Lido Centre in Port Talbot in 2007 because my dad didn't want to take my brother alone and thought I'd want to go. He was wrong. Made it up to me by taking me to Glastonbury '08 so I think it worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmillen Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) Forget which year, probably ‘96 I guess...? Terrorvision at the Southampton guildhall. Pretty decent gig as I recall, though I had been on the cider so probably would have enjoyed anything. 😊 Ended up meeting the band backstage. We had to wait ages after it finished as someone’s dad was late picking us up, then saw a small gaggle of people rushing back into the venue. We followed along - security were nowhere to be seen and about 20 or 30 of us crowded back into the dressing rooms. The band were pretty chilled about it, chatted with everyone and I seem to remember I got a poster or something signed... long lost now anyway. Edited March 3, 2020 by jimmillen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discgoesmic Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 (edited) Busted at NEC Arena, 24th March 2004. We had Mcfly and V (anyone remember them?) supporting. Was a great first concert as was obviously a young audience. My next one was Kanye West at the same venue in 2008, which I still think was my best ever gig although it was 11 years ago. Support acts were Kid Cudi, Mr Hudson, Santigold and Consequence . Edited March 3, 2020 by discgoesmic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipsteak Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Carter USM at Bangor University SU in October(?) 1993, followed a couple of months later by James supported by Radiohead at Manchester GMex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon_Fields Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've got most of my gig tickets still, luckily most of the old ones. Being an obsessive, I've a list of all the acts I've seen, now over 1,200! A few of the older ones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-You Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Foo Fighters, 1997, Auckland Town Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwladboy Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 Bowie 1987 Cardiff Arms Park. My dad lifted me (9) and my 5 year old sister up over the gates so we could get in without tickets. As we got to the top a security guard appeared below the gate and said ‘want me to open it for you beaut?’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjamest Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 24 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said: I've got most of my gig tickets still, luckily most of the old ones. Being an obsessive, I've a list of all the acts I've seen, now over 1,200! A few of the older ones: Very jealous of the Live Stiffs tour with Elvis C, Ian Dury, Larry Wallis, Nick Lowe and Wreckless Eric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantkatestacks Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 First gig? Prince, Lovesexy tour 1988 Wembley Arena. Obviously set the bar quite high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesundayroast Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 My first (real non Mcfly) gig was a Thom Yorke solo set at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 2010. The first i actually saved and paid for a ticket for was Jake Bugg at the same venue in 2013, I remember being technically too young to get in, even though with some of my family and being very scared that the police could catch me lying at the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesundayroast Posted March 3, 2020 Report Share Posted March 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, theesundayroast said: My first (real non Mcfly) gig was a Thom Yorke solo set at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 2010. The first i actually saved and paid for a ticket for was Jake Bugg at the same venue in 2013, I remember being technically too young to get in, even though with some of my family and being very scared that the police could catch me lying at the doors. I did certainly go to a fair few before this (including my first festival being Latitude in 2008) although, Thom's is certainly the first that I fully remember and was able to take in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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