I had cheaper seats!!
I was staying with some friends in 83 in Milton Keynes. We were a mile or two away. Could hear every word, must have been loud. The nearest I got to see Bowie live. Poppy album though.
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My third ever gig was Rush at Hammersmith Odeon, on the Hemispheres tour…
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Were you there on the Saturday or the Sunday Steve? I was there on the Saturday, and I remember it being very hot… I got sunburned and spent the day drinking cider… next day I had sunstroke and spent hours on the loo! The follies of youth! (I was 20 at the time).
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Yes!! and I was still a couple of months off 15
Hmm… probably Weather Report (with Jaco) at the Hammersmith Odeon - completely spellbinding…
(Peter Gabriel was quite memorable at that venue too.)
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Forgot to mention one also great concert. Also in Rotterdam. A free concert by Vangelis guest of course John Anderson. When there with friends and colleagues.
Vangelis had a small camera on his finger so you could see him play. Unbelievable what a artist. To make synths sound like it has a soul and with emotions.
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I’m not sure of the day, Kev…I think Sunday but could have been Sat. It was hot as I recall.
I remember the tedium of the support, Icehouse or similar? I was hoping he’d have a better warm up band…
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Yes the support act was pretty dull, and you’re right, I think it was Icehouse. I also remember the DJ kept playing The Police - no wonder I drank all that cider…
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A few more memorable Concerts; Neil Young x2 Toronto, Robert Palmer (Addicted to Love), BB King & Lyle Lovett & his large band (unbelievable Musicians!) all @ Ontario Place Forum outdoors, The Kinks @ Massey Hall T.O., Supertramp x2 T.O., U2 Zoo Tour CNE T.O., Eagles CNE T.O. I’ll stop there Folks & Thanks for sharing!! Dean/SgtRock
Not surprising to see so many Bowie gigs mentioned here. Sadly I only saw him on the ‘Glass Spider’ tour in '87. Not regarded as vintage ‘Dame’ - though it wasn’t far off pantomime, as the clips on YouTube attest.
My favourite gigs were two consecutive nights of Van Morrison at the Coal Exchange in Cardiff in 1999. Intimate venue, virtuoso backing band and the gifted grumpster in untypically jocular form. All for about £15 as I recall.
The first night is captured on the ‘Look to the West’ bootleg. I enjoyed it so much I blagged a ticket for the second.
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I saw them a fair but between 79 and 85.
In no particular order:
Pink Floyd The Wall - Earls Court 1980
The Smiths - Manchester Palace Theatre 1985
Prefab Sprout - Manchester Apollo 1990
Lambchop - Manchester Bridgewater Hall early 2000s
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Manchester Apollo 2004
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Chick Corea, Kongsberg Jazz 2017
Motorpsycho, Øya 2008
Neil Young, Nerwegian Wood 2009.
St Paul and the Broken Bones, Cosmopolite 2017.
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Bowie StationToStation Wembley Empire Pool 1976.
First gig I ever saw. Seen hundreds since including Bowie on pretty much every tour after that including his Meltdown festival, Hammersmith Odeon 2002 where he played Bewlay Brothers!
I think the excitement of my first ever gig having been a massive Bowie Fan at school and the fact it was damn loud and seeing all the Bowie look a likes milling around outside the venue.
Of course I’ve seen many fantastic gigs after this but I realised pretty early on that I will never experience anything like that ever again.
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On another track ,worst ever concert I’ve been to
Gary Glitter Christmas concert at Sheffield Arena.
Made the mistake of not having 10 pints of beer before going in!!!
Also
Don Maclean. So boring
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Echo & The Bunnymen, The Royal Albert Hall, 18 July 1983 “Lay Down Thy Raincoat And Groove”. On that night, the best band in the world
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I did. Gave me permanent tinnitus.
A few candidates, in chronological order:
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Keith Jarrett, National Concert Hall, Dublin, 1982
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David Bowie, Sullivan Stadium, Massachusetts, 1983
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Yes, Boston Garden, Boston, 1984
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Miles Davis, Wembley Conference Centre, London, 1986
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It Bites, Marquee Club, London, 1986
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Kate Bush, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 2014
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For sheer joy exuberance and youth I will plump for the Undertones at Guildford civic hall. Must have been 1979 or possibly 1980. Played all of their debut album, ran out of songs and started again. Maybe 3 encores. It was the time of my life 16 or 17, and the band were having so much fun on stage grinning all the way through like they couldn’t believe they were up there and we were down below. Magical moment.
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Jethro Tull performing Thick as a Brick at the Albert Hall back in 1972.
Ian Dury and the Blockhead at the Hammersmith Apollo, Christmas but forget the year.
More recently McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle at the Colchester Arts centre in 2017.
Tim
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