Will have been much before then. They did their farewell tour in December 1982, with their last ever gig early in 1983, and The Style Council were onto their third single by August 83 (puts anorak on and finds it fits lovely).

Finest assets were her front teeth. If I remember rightly she could have eaten an apple through a letterbox.

Ian Hunter, Mick Ralps, Verden Allen, Overend Watts, and Dale Griffin ??

Billy Joel MEN arena 4 years ago, genius......having said that it is the only concert i have ever been to.

Had tickets for Take That on there first reunion tour but the Wife had to go into labour the selfish cow so i had to miss it.

If we ever meet up for a pint, jonh, I'm not letting you near the jukebox.

Yes - except that Buffin only played one of the encores each night due to illness - Martin Chambers (The Pretenders) stood in for the rest.

Yes you are right it was actually September 1982, had to check it up out of curiosity, and the s****y tram depot was mascarading under pompous title of The Queens Exhibition Hall

Anyone remember the Elvis Costello gig at Tiffany's in 1980...


would have been my first ...


with the small (and embarassing) exception of Freddy and the Dreamers at Skegness in 1974... (with my mum and dad!!!)


also did the Police, U2, Elton John (in Hong Kong)... then the memory fogs....

I love all types of music just not a concert type of lad, although was gutted I missed out on ACDC tickets earlier in the year.

christ, a take that loving rugby league fan...... that is some crazy fecked up

The Eagles at the M.E.N. arena. Unreal.

They started off with the stage blacked out, one chord and went into the song Seven Bridges Road (a cappella) as the lights gradually came on.

They were swapping instruments throughout the concert, and as Glenn Frey stated "We can all sing, and we can all play"

How many bands can say that?

If you ever get a chance go and watch them, it's not a show it's an experience.

Billy Joel played the whole lot too, although not at the same time....he was good, but not that good.

Saw Slade at the Unity Hall sometime in the early 80's, Vardis and Roadster in support. Not the greatest gig ever but some of my mates played in the support bands so that made it very special.

Pink Floyd at Knebworth was easily the most ewesome experience. Status Quo at Donington in 1982 was good, supported by the 100,000 strong Quo Army.

Queens hall. Saw the Jam there,the Clash and two years of Futurama festivals,started friday dinner and the music went on 24 hours a day till Sunday around 11pm,good days!A "man bag,a pillow and a sleeping bag"!!

Queens Hall - what a dump!



But.... saw AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake there. Whitesnake had Cozy Powell on drums and his solo was breathtaking!

Queens tram shed, saw the Faces there, not one of their best.

gigs was never my kind of entertainment but used to go to the wakey theatre club when the Ex wifey worked there, being into northern soul enjoyed my a time getting in for nowt watched the 3 degrees but the drifters was the best I saw there,
our Mel did Def Leppard and Killers in Sheffield still rants on about them two to this day

Big Country at Town & Country

NME tour gig a few years ago at Leeds Uni

Line up

Maximo Park
Arctic Monkeys
We Are Scientists
Mystery Jets

Was pretty incred.

Go see The Cribs whenever i can

Also saw some good gigs in the 90's but struggle to remember much about them lol - Smashing Pumpkins at Duchess in Leeds was pretty good.

A bit late in the day, but these are my favourite gigs.

Stone Roses – Spike Island 1990 – Just an amazing occasion, just wished Ian Brown could sing.

Radiohead – Glastonbury 1997 – First ever festival camping, and an amazing performance.

The Specials – Bridlington 2009 – Band that got me into music, great to see them reformed. Even better watching bald, middle aged men trying to dance.

Arctic Monkeys – Escobar 2005 - probable one of 10,000 people who claim they were there

U2 – Elland Road 1997 – First ever gig

guessing you weren't at the Stone Roses one then?

Great gigs:

Most of those at the Unity Hall late '70's/early '80's (Damned, UK Subs, Skids etc.)

Christmas on Earth @ Leeds Queen's Hall December 1981 (Damned again)

Many of the 50-60 times I've seen Buzzcocks.



Sex Pistols Finsbury Park 1996.

Sorry, typo – U2 gig at Elland Road was 1987, Joshua Tree tour.

I was toying between that and the 1997 U2 gig at Roundhay Park, Popmart tour.

Mott - awesome, also saw this gig at Leeds and year later at Sheffield. Had tickets to see them again in Leeds with Ronson 2 days after they split. Was gutted.

Rory Gallagher was quite simply the best guitarist ever bar none !!



Uriah Heep at Bradford were cool too.