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The Cure Passport gig 10 Barfly 05 Mar 2004 Amazing, we got in to the Barfly, read my Cure review.
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Suede 10 Electric Ballrom 16 Jul 2002 Fan club gig, played the new album, then a hits set, then a "wheel of fortune" set including best songs "My Dark Star" and "The Living Dead"...
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The Darkness 10 The Garage 31 Oct 2002 Big proper gig, with label mate support from Sweatmaster and Sludgefeast.
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The Darkness 10 HMV 07 Jul 2003 Ace in-store gig, then a free barbecue on the roof too.
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AC/DC 10 Hammersmith Odeon 21 Oct 2003 Special gig, we had to queue all day for tickets. Support from Hundred Reasons.
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And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 10 Barfly 21 Aug 2000 Awesome gig...
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The Darkness Passport gig 9 Barfly 07 Mar 2004
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The Tears 9 Heaven 16 Dec 2004 plus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really.
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Wolfsbane 9 The Marquee 06 Oct 1991 Found the ticket now! I went to the gig on my own, then got the last train up to Rugby, where I was staying for college. Can't find details anywhere online. Much stage diving, one of my favourite gig.s
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Revolting Cocks 9 Astoria 24 Jan 1991 plus Godflesh and Bomb Everything (AKA) Bomb Disneyland. Got a video of this gig, you can see me stagediving on it.
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Bitch Aid 9 Saint 18 Apr 2001 The party to raise some money for popbitch - putting it here as a gig as I met John Deacon that day, I just found an autographed receipt in with my tickets...
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Suede 8.75 Astoria 13 Dec 2003 Last gig ever! Played some great sets, the gig seemingly got chopped short, we left to the ghostly strains of "We'll Meet Again"... I hope we do.
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Goldie Lookin' Chain 8 Metro 03 Feb 2004 I've got a tiny bit of video footage of this one.
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Pet Shop Boys Passport gig 8 Barfly 06 Mar 2004
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Coldplay 8 Barfly 01 Aug 2000 Coldplay Barfly session was today, I was there... cosy.
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The Beta Band 8 Astoria 25 Jan 2000 NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolleyed o
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs 8 Barfly 18 Apr 2002 Two gigs in one night, get me...
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Echobelly 8 The Joiners 19 Oct 1995 Possibly this was 1994, I thought they were one of the first bands I saw at the Joiners, but I've got the details from Oliver Gray's gig list.
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David Devant 7 Dingwalls 20 Apr 2004 Album launch gig
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Under Neath What 7 Astoria 11 May 1990 I was in the queue for this gig and bought a fanzine off someone. Did I know Metallica were doing a secret gig just a few doors down at the Marquee club? Why on earth did I stay at the Astoria? Bah...
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Fluffy 7 The Joiners 27 Sep 1995 All girl rock, loved them at the time, they basically played gigs in their pants
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The Darkness 6 Hammersmith Odeon 22 Oct 2003 The Darkness on the turn I would say, possibly the last good gig...
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The Tears 5 Astoria 16 Feb 2005 Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all.
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Belle & Sebastian 3 Ten Rooms 03 May 2000 Not a gig, a weird press conference thing.
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MJ Hibbett 12 Bar Club 26 Feb 2004
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Little Angels The Wedgewood Rooms 21 Mar 1993 Secret thank you thing as "Jammy Little Devils" to make up for cancelling a gig at Portsmouth Guildhall
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The Fall Astoria 2 26 Feb 1997 A benefit gig for a journalist, with Ash and possibly Tiger and Formula 1. Matt Lucas was there.
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WASP Portsmouth Guildhall 21 May 1989 Not sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to...
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Anthrax Hammersmith Odeon 13 Mar 1989 plus Living Colour. My first proper gig, went up on a coach trip. See the patches on my denim jacket \m/
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Skid Row Docklands Arena 22 Nov 1991 plus LA Guns and Love / Hate. The latter announced a "secret" gig they were doing the next day in London, I should have gone they were one of my fave bands of the day.
