One gig you wish you'd been at

[Dimond Geezer]

The Jam, Thin Lizzy, Led Zep.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Led Zep - any gig. The 70's Earth, Wind and Fire gig at the Gaumont when they had Santana as support!

[Lets B Avenue]

Well I behaved like a perfect gentleman guv..

 

Unlike me.

[saint_bert]

Any Pantera gig. Even the ones where Phil was high as a kite.

[John Boy Saint]

Would have liked to see Queen probably around the time of Band Aid.

 

Always thought myself lucky to see Genesis quite a few times and marvel at the stage shows........ But then they ain't up everyones Strasse.

[RonManager]

Seen pretty much every band/artist that I've wanted to, but wish to Feck that I'd seen more of PJ Harvey in her earlier days.

 

Oh, The Undertones. It was a case of 'Oh I'll catch them next time' etc etc..

[RonManager]

Also, strange how it can be hard to see a 'megastar', yet, when re-titled, p*ss easy.

 

David Bowie for instance. Never did see him as 'himself', but, as Tin Machine, they were letting people in on the door in Livingston when he toured in the early 90's.

[latter day saint]

Not exactly a gig - Castle Morton 1992.

 

The biggest free party the UK has ever seen, which convinced the government of the time to introduce the Criminal Justice Bill.

i was there! very messy 4/5 days but fun

[manji]

Seen pretty much every band/artist that I've wanted to, but wish to Feck that I'd seen more of PJ Harvey in her earlier days.

 

Oh, The Undertones. It was a case of 'Oh I'll catch them next time' etc etc..

PJ Harvey a good call never seen her live, saw The Undertones at the Uni the highlight being a massive brawl between Southampton Punks v. Soton University Rugby Club. The rugger buggers had the initial upper hand by attacking the youngest and smallest punks including girls but soon came up against the older lads and got a nasty shock.

Some of our lot took the Tones shopping the next day visiting the legendary Dr Martens shop near the old bus station. Apparently you couldnt get decent DMs in Ulster.

[RonManager]

PJ Harvey a good call never seen her live, saw The Undertones at the Uni the highlight being a massive brawl between Southampton Punks v. Soton University Rugby Club. The rugger buggers had the initial upper hand by attacking the youngest and smallest punks including girls but soon came up against the older lads and got a nasty shock.

Some of our lot took the Tones shopping the next day visiting the legendary Dr Martens shop near the old bus station. Apparently you couldnt get decent DMs in Ulster.

Hah, excellent.

 

Reminds me of a band I kind of saw, if you will. The Buzzcocks at the Lyceum in Skatesmouth. Half way through the first song all hell let loose, the lights came on and the whole front of the hall was engaged in a bar-room brawl, seats ripped up etc etc! Can't remember what it was about, but that was that for the night. Saw Pete Shelley at the Elephant Fayre a few years later but no more Buzzcocks.

[teamsaint]

They still do odd gigs, minus Feargal.

they pretty much hammer through the first two albums at breakneck speed....not quite like they were in their prime, but still well worth catching.

[sandwichsaint]

Seen most of the punk/70s bands on here, Jam, Clash, Undertones, Joy Division, Buzzccoks, SLF, Ramones, Blondie!, Costello, Penetration, Damned, Angelic Upstarts, Sham 69, Feelgood, Eddie and the Hotrods, Boomtown Rats, Magazine, Wire, Devo, Stiff tour, Ian Dury, Wilko Johnson, Smiths etc. 'Biggest' regret was not seeing the Pistols, though they never came to us - best was I've seen all those bands playing in Canterbury, either at the Uni or the town theatre (the Marlowe). Unthinkable now that some of the biggest chart/alt acts of that time played provincial tours.

 

Regrets, I've had a few but then again I never went more than 10 miles from my house to see these bands .... would love to have seen Primal Scream and the Stone Roses.

[Saint137]

Half-Man Half-Biscuit at the Mayfair

The first Pogues gig at the Mayflower after it re-opened from being the Gaumont.

 

Pogues gig was epic, I think I still have bruises. Feel a little bit guilty the place got trashed but what were they thinking...

[Saint137]

Hendrix supported by Pink Floyd at Pompey Guildhall November 1968

 

Would have loved to have seen Nick Drake as well

 

And wish I'd told my Mum to stick it when she said I couldn't go and see Queen at Knebworth in 86.

 

But you can only wish for stuff from your era and I look at the lists posted here and am thankful to have seen Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Nirvana, and Oasis in small venues (Joiners, Wedgie, Pompey Poly, and South Parade Pier for those)

 

Biggest live event regret isn't even a gig, it's a trade show where Neil Armstrong spoke about the moon landing (extremely rare public appearance). Had chance to go but turned it down. Still completely gutted by that.

[carljack]

Bob Marley uprising tour July 1980 Brighton,I was there but speed and Lager cloud the memory,had tickets for joy division in London and never made it (waylaid by dirty brunette in toilet at Waterloo Station).

[SuperMikey]

Obviously too young but Hendrix at IOW in 1970. Love his live recordings.

 

Also wish i'd seen the likes of Dylan, Bowie, Led Zep, Beastie Boys, Oasis, Nirvana etc at their peaks.

[teamsaint]

I was at that one, sure was crazy.

SLF on the Nobody's Heroes tour was the most dangerous thing I have been to , bands wise.

Bonkers.

[Lord Duckhunter]

I wish I'd have seen

 

The Joe Cocker Mad dogs and Englishmen tour,

 

Jerry Lee Lewis around 1965,

 

been in san quentin when the man in black turned up,

 

been walking around London when The Beatles did their rooftop concert,

 

and seen Delaney & Bonnie & Friends that included George Harrison & Eric Clapton.

[dubai_phil]

Woo Hoo!

 

One missed band to cross off the list! Was jealous of you lot that managed to get Stone Roses tickets earlier this year.

 

But found out yesterday they are playing here in Dubai on 21st Feb next year.

 

Stadium only holds 12,000 as well

 

Well spotted Eric, got my tickets this morning

 

Yay Hay!

[Jonnyboy]

Any band that plays Dubai is corporate crap by definition.

[sambosa75]

Rolling Stones once played a gig at The Hut in Chandlers Ford. True story.

[sandwichsaint]

Also forgot to add the Ramones at Canterbury! My party piece nowadays is to go up to anybody wearing a Ramones tee shirt and say 'Have you seen them?' For the yoof it is enuf to say who were these Ramones? For older punters I haven't yet found anyone answering 'yes' in the past 18 months of fandom - I completely ruined a bloke in front of his mates in the pub before West Ham away last year, luckily he saw the funny side and we had a good music chat thereafter.

 

I think that's my claim to fame ' I saw the Ramones live' (probably their only UK tour, but I stand to be corrected).

[dubai_phil]

Also forgot to add the Ramones at Canterbury! My party piece nowadays is to go up to anybody wearing a Ramones tee shirt and say 'Have you seen them?' For the yoof it is enuf to say who were these Ramones? For older punters I haven't yet found anyone answering 'yes' in the past 18 months of fandom - I completely ruined a bloke in front of his mates in the pub before West Ham away last year, luckily he saw the funny side and we had a good music chat thereafter.

 

I think that's my claim to fame ' I saw the Ramones live' (probably their only UK tour, but I stand to be corrected).

 

I saw Marky Ramone in Dubai a few years back he only did the family tunes. Does this count? Or does that make him a corporate sell out along with The Wombats, Super Furry Animals, Dan Black, The Stereophonics, Snow Patrol, Kasabian, Korn, Muse, Velvet Revolver, Deep Purple, Sting, UB40, Tom Jones The Automatic, The Farm, The Human League and and and and and and and

[Jonnyboy]

Yes they all.

[Turkish]

Just booked up to see the Happy Mondays at the Roundhouse next month, decent venue and another one to tick off the list.

[Tokyo-Saint]

Saw them at Wembley when oasis played there, though that is when Shaun was ****ed most of the time. Not amazing but I was probably more smashed than he was.

[shurlock]

Just booked up to see the Happy Mondays at the Roundhouse next month, decent venue and another one to tick off the list.

 

One to skip -well past being of even comedy value. Shame really.

[L1Minus10]

The Who / High Numbers at that pub in Woolston in 1962... didn't go as I wasn't born til 6 years afterwards. One of my dad's mates went.. the gig is listed in their anthology book thing which is in my loft... I'll dig it out.

[Lets B Avenue]

Also forgot to add the Ramones at Canterbury! My party piece nowadays is to go up to anybody wearing a Ramones tee shirt and say 'Have you seen them?' For the yoof it is enuf to say who were these Ramones? For older punters I haven't yet found anyone answering 'yes' in the past 18 months of fandom - I completely ruined a bloke in front of his mates in the pub before West Ham away last year, luckily he saw the funny side and we had a good music chat thereafter.

 

I think that's my claim to fame ' I saw the Ramones live' (probably their only UK tour, but I stand to be corrected).

 

Saw them at the Skate Guildhall in about 1980. 25 songs in about 50 mins.

 

GABBA GABBA HEY!!

[Spudders]

I wish I'd gone to one of the Berlin love parades back in the 90's