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Following on from the first 33/45 thread what was the first gig you went to?
Mine was at Guildford Civic when I was 13
Saw a band called The Cross who were a band fronted by Roger Taylor of Queen who I liked at the time
My brother who's 4 years older than me took me, bless him he hated the music and looked like he was in The Jesus And Mary Chain but took his little brother to his first gig
Bizarrely I was at the same venue earlier on this week when I went to see Suede
My uncle took me to my very first gig, I was roughly the same age. It was Joan Armatrading at the Gaumont Theatre (I think it was called) About a year later I regularly went with my brothers up to London and my first “proper” gig was The Damned. Saw The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers soon after. We used to get the paper train back to Andover. Going on the tube back to Waterloo was a bit scary for a 14 year old. Definitely “Down in the tube station at midnight”….
Officially The Wombles at the Gaumont in the late 1970s, but hopefully that doesn't count, so it would be The Police at the same venue in July 1982. I recall Sting saying he'd gone to the same school as Big Lawrie. My next gig there was The Alarm and the late great Mike Peters played OWTS on his harmonica, which was good of him since he was a huge Man U fan. Such a shame bands don't play there anymore, saw some great gigs there over the years.
Cheating a bit, but my school in Winch won a competition on Saturday Superstore and we had Howard Jones come and play in our school sports hall. Dec 85, so I was 11
After that, it was either Carter USM or The Men They Couldn't Hang (I think I saw The 3 Degrees supporting Michael Barrymore whilst on holiday with my mum in Paignton but that may have been a fever dream)
Mine was Slade supported by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band at the Guildhall in 1973, i was 12 at the time and went on my own, although I was meeting up with some of the kids of a similar age who I would meet up with in the Milton Road end on matchdays.
At the same time David Bowie was also playing the Guildhall, but being young I could only afford to go to one and it was only going to be Slade.
I don't regret it but I saw Slade another 5 or 6 times over the next 8 years or so and I never saw Bowie, for me this was his best period, Ziggy Stardust & Alladin Sane and I would have loved to have added this as a gig ive been to , but it isn't, I regret missing it, but I still would not change it for Slade
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My uncle took me to my very first gig, I was roughly the same age. It was Joan Armatrading at the Gaumont Theatre (I think it was called) About a year later I regularly went with my brothers up to London and my first “proper” gig was The Damned. Saw The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers soon after. We used to get the paper train back to Andover. Going on the tube back to Waterloo was a bit scary for a 14 year old. Definitely “Down in the tube station at midnight”….
I don't remember anyone using the term "gig" at the time (I think people just said so and so are live at...) but I remember lots of them at the Gaumont in the 70s and 80s. Lots of big acts used to tour there. I probably saw my first there but can't actually remember which one. Might have been Thin Lizzy or maybe Eric Clapton.
There was a bloke in my class called Rod McSween..(google him)
He was the only celeb the school ever produced. Went on to become a massive Rock Promoter and managed Led Zeppelin for many years.
He was the social sec at Exeter University in 1968 and blagged me a couple of tickets to one of the only two gigs The Doors played in the UK, both of which were at The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm in September that year.
It was my first gig and (as you can tell) I have dined out on it for 58 years.
Embarrassingly for me it was David Soul in I think 1977. Gaumont. Mum and Gran took me as they knew I liked Starsky and Hutch. What relevance that was to his music I never really worked out.
I don't remember anyone using the term "gig" at the time (I think people just said so and so are live at...) but I remember lots of them at the Gaumont in the 70s and 80s. Lots of big acts used to tour there. I probably saw my first there but can't actually remember which one. Might have been Thin Lizzy or maybe Eric Clapton.
No you’re right, it was always “ a concert “. I was just replying to the title of the post. There used to be a shop next to the Gaumont called Bondage in General (I think). Apart from the obvious they had records and cool band t shirts for sale. They also sold tickets for “concerts “ at the Gaumont. I remember in the mid eighties buying a U2 t shirt and tickets for Simple Minds.
No you’re right, it was always “ a concert “. I was just replying to the title of the post. There used to be a shop next to the Gaumont called Bondage in General (I think). Apart from the obvious they had records and cool band t shirts for sale. They also sold tickets for “concerts “ at the Gaumont. I remember in the mid eighties buying a U2 t shirt and tickets for Simple Minds.
Probably an age thing When I started to see live music regularly in the 90's if someone had said to me are you getting tickets for the concert I would have assumed they were going to a classical recital or the opera!!
Just asked my wife what her first gig/concert was? Spandau Ballet at The Royal Albert Hall when she was 15, ark at her!
The Wimpy "Bender in a Bun" is a culinary classic that will live in the memory for ever.
I have a friend nicknamed pork bender because we thought his head looked like this delight. No one calls him by his first name just shortens his nickname to bender.
Probably an age thing When I started to see live music regularly in the 90's if someone had said to me are you getting tickets for the concert I would have assumed they were going to a classical recital or the opera!!
Just asked my wife what her first gig/concert was? Spandau Ballet at The Royal Albert Hall when she was 15, ark at her!
Yeah, no one would say that today but Tony's right that's what people used to say.
Another word where the usage has gone completely, like spastic.... or bender.
The Rolling Stones at the Gaumont in 1965, I was 12 years old. Me mam would only let me go on condition that my big sister took me. She wasn’t into them, she was a Beatles screamer. Also saw Thin Lizzy at Totton College in 1972 I think it was their first UK tour. Also saw Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Coach House in Swaythling in 1973. There were about a dozen people there. Shortly after Branson signed them up on the Island label. Used to love going to live music venues, still do but only small ones.
The Rolling Stones at the Gaumont in 1965, I was 12 years old. Me mam would only let me go on condition that my big sister took me. She wasn’t into them, she was a Beatles screamer. Also saw Thin Lizzy at Totton College in 1972 I think it was their first UK tour. Also saw Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Coach House in Swaythling in 1973. There were about a dozen people there. Shortly after Branson signed them up on the Island label. Used to love going to live music venues, still do but only small ones.
The Rolling Stones at the Gaumont in 1965, I was 12 years old. Me mam would only let me go on condition that my big sister took me. She wasn’t into them, she was a Beatles screamer. Also saw Thin Lizzy at Totton College in 1972 I think it was their first UK tour. Also saw Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Coach House in Swaythling in 1973. There were about a dozen people there. Shortly after Branson signed them up on the Island label. Used to love going to live music venues, still do but only small ones.
Respect Kernow… I would loved to of seen Thin Lizzy and absolutely Bob Marley and the wailers. I guess going to concerts is like (or can be) a time capsule. For me seeing The Jam, The Clash and The Stranglers changed my outlook on life at the time. Late 70s early 80s was a depressing time in the UK. Music and football was my only escape from reality. Agree about small venues. Amager Bio in Cph is like that.I saw Midnight Oil a few years ago. Think there was probably between 2/3 hundred people there
Cheating a bit, but my school in Winch won a competition on Saturday Superstore and we had Howard Jones come and play in our school sports hall. Dec 85, so I was 11
After that, it was either Carter USM or The Men They Couldn't Hang (I think I saw The 3 Degrees supporting Michael Barrymore whilst on holiday with my mum in Paignton but that may have been a fever dream)
That video is epic!
You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
The Farm with 808 state at the Royal Court, Liverpool.
I went to the gig after Everton had got beat by United at Goodison. Place was packed full of mancs, naively I didn’t have a clue about the ecstasy scene and was surprised to see everyone getting on so well.
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