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Bruce Forsyth 10 Theatre Royal Haymarket 26 Oct 2003 Charity comedy thing, cool as, lots of names present, including Ian McKellen. Search the blog, I must have written this one up...

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The Dirty Pretty Things 9.5 Leas Cliff Hall 15 Dec 2006 Carl Barat of The Libertines, and his new band, they're very good... Plus Hot Club de Paris and Mando Diao. Hey, we went to this one!

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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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The Darkness 9 Notting Hill Arts Club 14 Aug 2002 SOLD OUT in advance, we only just squeezed in, debut single out this week.

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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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Richard Herring 8.67 Lanterns 21 May 2005

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David Devant and his Spirit Wife 8.5 Tunbridge Wells Forum 21 Dec 1996 My favourite band of the time, one of my few visits to Kent "before".

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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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The Darkness 8 Astoria 05 Apr 2003 Was this the Carling "Homecoming" type event?

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David Devant And His Spirit Wife 8 The Wedgewood Rooms 30 Sep 1997 This band were so good, too good for this world I think

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Longpigs 8 The Joiners 28 Sep 1995 See that, five in a row, Perfume, Thurman, Fluffy, Gouge, Longpigs. At the time I thought what a GREAT time this is for music.

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Elton John 8 Canterbury Cricket Club 03 Jun 2006 Should probably have gone to this one...

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Badly Drawn Boy 8 Barfly 02 Aug 2000 Another Barfly Sessions, evening or just later afternoon this one.

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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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Mudhoney 8 Electric Ballroom 12 Sep 2002 Were you at this gig? Did you see an inflatable lady crowdsurfing? That was mine, I won it in a raffle in the Good Mixer just before the gig.

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The Primitives 7 The Joiners 26 Jun 1991 Ah, past their peak, still a treat to see them at a venue this size.

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Graham Coxon 7 The Garage 14 Jul 2000 Excellent, good to see his Blur bandmates turning out to cheer him on the audience too, Damon was pogoing away like a goodun

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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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Madonna 6 Wembley Stadium 20 Jul 1987 Plus Hue & Cry and The Bhundu Boys, but not the rumoured Wet Wet Wet. My first concert, went with a friend from school and some friends of his dad. Sounds a bit weird now. Got the t-shirt, programme, every bit of junk going...

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Dogs D'Amour 2 The Wedgewood Rooms 24 Aug 1993 Very poor this time round.

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MJ Hibbett 12 Bar Club 26 Feb 2004

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Super Furry Animals Astoria 2 12 Nov 1996 Soho Live with Mansun and Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show.

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Travis Astoria 04 Feb 2002 With Starsailor and Ryan Adams and I think Remy Zero. A Warchild benefit night, I quite literally have the t-shirt for this one mate.

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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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The Darkness Water Rats Theatre 10 Jul 2002 Have I misdated this one? I was at David Bowie this day...

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Brian Wilson Royal Festival Hall 10 Jun 2002 Yes of the Beach Boys, one to tick off the list. He was a bit unsteady on his feet but he had great support in recreating the perfect sound.