1 - Pink Floyd - Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Summer 1995

2 - Inspiral Carpets - Newcastle Riverside Spring 1990

3 - The The - Newcastle City Hall - May 1989

Need to get to some new uns I reckons

queen st james park 86

shania twain newcastle arena 2006

judas priest newcastle city hall OR david essex boro town hall
both in the 80's when i was working as a youth leader at tunstall and got paid to take the members to concerts.

Queen - Newcastle City Hall
Mark Knopfler - Abbey Road
Monkeyhangerz - Hartlepool Studio.

was the queen gig when they supported mott the hoople in 73

How old do you think I am? !!!!!!

No 1976. Day at the Races tour.

Meatloaf city hall/metro arena -Elton john chester le street -Ultravox city hall

Pink- in monaco
Iron Maiden- Paris
Knebworth 1978 ? led zepp, Todd Rungran, Chaz and Dave !!!!!

Herbie Hancock + Bobby Hutcherson - Newcastle City Hall
The Black Keys - Northumbria University
John Smith - Star + Shadow, Byker

All for different - some non-musical - reasons and a la chip, there'd be a different 3 tomorrow, but all give me goosebumps now just remembering them

1. Prince - Wembley Arena 1988
2. R.E.M. - M.E.N. Arena 1999
3. Vampire Weekend - The Joint, Las Vegas 2008.

1 Flogging Molly - Montreal, 2004

2 Suicide Machines - Boston 2003

3 RX Bandits - Atlanta 2002

St Winifreds School Choir, King's Lynn, 1974
Metallica, Berlin, 2001.
Brotherhood of Man, Preston, 2004.

just spat me cuppa out

i was thinking the same when i did it

ok i was at the 73 one as a 15 year old

The Clash- Boro Town hall 1978

U Roy- Essential festival in Brighton at some point in the early 90s. Memory a bit hazy on details.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- upstairs at the Cumberland Arms in Byker 1995 ish.

Devo at Southampton early 80's
Saga at Berlin 1994
Steely Dan at West palm Beach 2000

when I saw Rage against the Machine at leeds festival they were fantastic and I still maintain they are the best band I've ever seen, even though I hardly ever listen to em...but my top 3 gigs that left a massive impresssion on me are thus.......:


Martin Carthy + Norma Waterson at Saltburn folk club, not only the best gig I ever put on but a wonderful night in my life.

Vic Chestnut at some place in London, supported by Lambchop. Had the privilege of meeting Vic before the gig and what an emotional night it was full of magnificent songs and music. Sad Peter Pan being the pinacle!

My number 1 though is Nick Cave at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh. Cave in an old church on a grand piano accompanied by Warren Ellis here and there on the vio-lin. Bloody superb, his opener of into my arms left me in tears!













notable mentions go to Arab Strap, Mercury Rev, Pavement, Blur, The Wedding Present and Benjamin Wetherill.

oh Jesus! and St.Vincent.......theres too many.....

3. The Inspiral Carpets - more than a dozen times - best was probably at the Apollo in Manchester when they wheeled out Shaun Ryder.

2. Soup Dragons supported by the Sultans of Ping FC at Boro town hall - my first ever gig.

1. Rolf Harris at South Shields sea front with Lord Smythe- Nearly 3 hours of pure Rolf gold. Quality!

Tough one this. I've seen so many gigs so it's hard to narrow it down! Here we go...

1) Jens Lekman at The Cluny in Newcastle. Superb in every sense of the world. I can not recommend this bloke highly enough either live or recorded. The man should be a worldwide star!
2) Morrissey at The Borough Hall. Brilliant for so many reasons. Moz playing on the headland where I grew up! Unreal. Can't wait for the next one.
3) The Chemical Brothers at the V Festival (Staffs) last year. Simply amazing tunes / visuals. Completely speechless afterwards. I'd seen them twice before and didn't expect them to be so amazing.

Brass alley... The vic pop festival.

Madness... Dock rock.

Passion killers...Owton manor Club.

All 3 spell binding.

U2, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Rory Gallagher, Ginger Bakers Air Force, Lindifarne. - Rock On The Tyne - August 1981. (Sorry Phil, a big fan of Elvis C, but didn't enjoy his contribution)

The Who Farewell Concert - NEC Birmingham September 1982.

Peter Gabriel - Newcastle 2004?

Like I said on the John Martyn thread, musically ignorant.

Hard to pick a best 3,but 3 notable gigs..

The Waterboys - Newcastle City Hall 1989
Leonard Cohen - Glastobury Festival/Edinburgh Castle/O2 Arena 2008
Crass - Middlesbrough Town Hall 1982

3) Britney Spears comeback tour, Seattle Space Needle arena (recent)
2) X-factor tour, 2007 finalists, Sunderland Empire
1) The Black Lace Agadoo tour, 1980, Osset Unemployed Working Men's and Catholic Navy Officers' Club

You're having us on Mr H, Black Lace never did the Osset UWM&CNO Club until 1982.

John Martyn- a number of times
U2 - Roundhay Park
Saxon -Middlesbro town hall crypt, no only joking!

Crowded House the Opera House

errr...
That Petrol Emotion, 1989 at the Suterranea, West London
I usually think of that as my best one.
Then possibly seeing the Pogues or Stiff Little Fingers up here in Newcastle when they were past their prime but because I had loved them so much, 2003 and 2000. I have seen both before but I cant really remember them
I'm doing more here but I dont care
The House of Love at the Royal ALbert Hall, 1991-ish
Primal Scream and The Orb at a very tacky nightclub in Leicester Square around 1990 when the bouncers searched you before and if you didnt have pills they wouldnt let you in.
Not Morrissey, not The Cure and not the Mary Chain and not the Stone Roses at Alexandra Palace in 89, though those all feel like they should have been.

Cream - Kirk Levington Country Club , too long ago, than I care to remember

Paul Weller - Nottingham , last November

Chris Rea - NEC , Road to Hell tour or Elvis Costello - Leicester DMH , a couple of years ago


Don't get out much !

Dick Gaughan - Whelan's, Dublin, 2005. Absolutely amazing and my love of folk music developed from their.

British Sea Power - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 2006. BSP are probably one of the best live bands around, mad from start to finish.

Christy Moore - The Sage, Gateshead, 2006. 2 and a half hours of brilliance, I went by myself which I'm not a great fan of but I was spellbound throughout.

Honourable mentions: Lee 'Scratch' Perry (for sheer weirdness), Death Cab For Cutie (I ended up falling in love with a girl I met that night, nice eh?) and Belle & Sebastian (my favourite band).