Who have you seen live?

[Matthew T]

On Saturday night I saw the mighty Scooch for a second time, miming to all the hits (all 5 of them!) in Manchester's Cruz 101!

My friend later drunkenly demanded to be taken backstage to meet them, and amazingly was allowed to. He said the blonde girl was nice but Natalie Powers was a bitch who wouldn't have her picture taken and said "come on, lets get out of this shithole!" To be fair she wasn't far wrong but still.

[Simon R]

Cruz 101 sounds like a classy joint. Natalie Powers calls her mimsy her noony according to someone P Bal knows.

We spent Friday evening in the company of Sir Jason O'Donovan knocking out his hits and token new songs at the Hammersmith Apollo. We saw Matt Willies out in the streets before hand and Chesney Hawkes popped up to do his hit at one point too. It was all good stuff and "RSVP" is now our favourite forgotten SAW single.

[P-Bal]

RSVP is owned and loved by P-Bal on 7".

Hang On To Our Love is also a big treat.

[Matthew T]

Here's a piccie of my mate and the blonde bit from Scooooooch:

[Pip Madeley]

She reminds me of Matilda Ziegler.

In an hour or so, I'm off to Leeds with Papa Madeley to see Marillion play some jaunty tunes. Being the obsessive he is, my dad wants to queue up early so he can be at the front. Thank God my mobile phone can play videos, I won't die of boredom.

[Paul Hayes]

Saw the Pop Goddess that is Sophie Ellis-Bextor live at Carrow Road here in Norwich last night. She was fantastic, a siren vision in shimmering green.

The Greek bloke on afterwards wasn't bad, either.

[Pip Madeley]

My sister and father are going to the Manchester gig... I would like to go see Sophie one day.

[Paul Hayes]

She was really good, certainly got the crowd going, although sadly the effect was rather lost when Michael didn't come on for the best part of an hour after she'd finished.

I felt sorry for the people on the other side of the ground too, as Sophie was just on the left-hand side of the stage with her band, so those on the other side didn't get much of a view of her. And her tiny, tiny, shiny green dress.

In all seriousness though, Michael was fantastic when he finally got on, really great stuff. Despite the footache I thoroughly enjoyed the night!

[SiHart]

We can now add The Ghosts, whjo were average at best, The Feeling who were astonshingly good with loads of stage presence and wonderful show men, and Peter Gabriel, who's just brilliant and looked like he was having so much fun performing.

But yesterday's best were the reformed Crowded House, who were just absolutely superb. Hearing songs I never thought I'd hear live again was wonderful- they did them justice, and the new songs sound very good indeed. I got rather caught up in the music, and I must admit there were a few tears shed during Distant Sun, when it sort of hot me that my favourite band ever were playing my favourite song ever live on stage!
Then the rain came down hard and the crowd were still singing along, as they went off stage, everyone was chanting "We want more! We want more!" which was amazing. there wasn't enough time! They need a show eher they're the stars and enough time to play all the songs they needed.

Bloody fantastic! Worth standing in the torrential rain for!

Si xx

[SiHart]

Good news for some! Crowded House have just announced their tour dates for the rest of the year... I think I might be buying tickets. Wembley Arena Dec 9th.

Si xx

[Anthony Williams]

I can now update my list as follows:

Iron Maiden (x4)
B L A Z E (x3)
DragonForce (x3)
Judas Priest (x3)
Marillion (x3)
The Darkness (x2)
Public Symphony (x2)
Scorpions (x2)
Trivium (x2)
Area 54
Def Leppard
DesolatioN
Diamond Head
Edguy
Evanescence
Fourway Kill
Funeral for a Friend
Genesis
Heavenly
Megadeth
Metallica
Orange Goblin
Raging Speedhorn
Randy
Reactor
The Renegade Playboys
Ricky Warwick
Stone Sour

and I'm still going to see Heaven & Hell, Steve Hogarth, Marillion and Porcupine Tree (providing that there are still tickets by the time that I can afford them!) this year.

Ant x

[Pip Madeley]

Update time, this time with dates, I think I've missed a couple of bands though:

Genesis
(x3, MEN Arena 06/03/1998, Old Trafford 07/07/2007, Twickenham 08/07/2007)
Keane
(x3, Manchester Apollo 31/10/2004 & 18/10/2006, MEN Arena 04/03/2007)
Bloc Party
(x3, Manchester Academy 17/04/2005 & 14/02/2007, Manchester Central 13/12/2007)
Phil Collins
(x3, MEN Arena 18/11/1997 & 28/06/2004, Glasgow SECC 19/11/2005)
Maximo Park
(x3, Liverpool Barfly 20/02/2005, Liverpool Academy Dec 2004, Manchester Academy 01/10/2006)
The Futureheads
(x3, Manchester Academy 09/05/2005 & 02/06/2006 & Liverpool Academy Dec 2004)
Marillion
(x3, Leeds Met 2003 & 2007, Camden Koko 2006)
Electric Six
(x3, Kerrang! Game On @ The Millennium Dome, 21/06/2003, Manchester Academy 06/12/2003 & 2004)
The Bravery
(x2, Manchester Academy, 22/02/2005 & 31/05/2005)
Muse
(MEN Arena 10/11/2006)
Jarvis Cocker
(Manchester Academy 19/02/2007)
Franz Ferdinand
(Manchester Apollo, 25/10/2004)
The Zutons
(Manchester Academy, 22/10/2004)
Razorlight
(Manchester Apollo, 13/05/2004)
Hard-Fi
(supporting The Bravery at Manchester Academy, 31/05/2005)
The Fratellis
(before they were famous, 14 Lloyd Street, 02/10/2005)
The Subways
(Manchester Academy 3, 11/07/2005)
Foals
(supporting Bloc Party at Manchester Central, 13/12/2005)
The Cribs
(supporting Bloc Party at Manchester Central, 13/12/2005)
The Hives
(Manchester Apollo, 22/09/2004)
Reef
(Kerrang! Game On @ The Millennium Dome, 21/06/2003)
Kelly Osbourne
(Kerrang! Game On @ The Millennium Dome, 21/06/2003)
Something Corporate
(Manchester Academy, 06/03/2003)
Robots In Disguise
(Camden Barfly, 05/11/2005)
iForward Russia!
(14 Lloyd Street, 02/10/2005)
Kubichek!
(Squares, 02/10/2005)
Finch
(Manchester Academy, 22/03/2003)
Pretty Girls Make Graves
(supporting Manchester Academy, 17/04/2005)
The Bees
(Leeds Cockpit 23/04/2004)
Feist
(supporting Keane, Manchester Apollo 31/10/2004)
The Colour
(supporting The Bravery, Manchester Academy 31/05/2005)
Captain
(supporting Keane, MEN Arena 04/03/2007)
Mando Diao
(supporting The Bravery, Manchester Academy 31/05/2005)
Keith
(Preston Uni, spring 2005)
The Dead 60s
(supporting The Bees, Leeds Cockpit 23/04/2004)
Absentee
(Squares, 02/10/2005)
The On-Offs
(Squares, 02/10/2005)
Blackbud
(Night And Day, sometime during 2005)
Stephen Fretwell
(supporting Keane, Manchester Apollo 31/10/2004)
Hot Club de Paris
(supporting Maximo Park @ Manchester Academy 01/10/2006)
Yeti
(supporting Razorlight @ Manchester Apollo, 13/05/2004)
The Black Velvets
(supporting Razorlight @ Manchester Apollo, 13/05/2004)
Bob Log III
(supporting Franz, Manchester Apollo, 25/10/2004)
White Rose Movement
(Night And Day, sometime during 2005)
28 Costumes
(supporting Maximo Park @ Liverpool Barfly 20/02/2005
The Kills
(supporting Franz @ Manchester Apollo, 25/10/2004)

and tribute bands:

The Musical Box
In The Cage
G2 (x2)
ReGenesis
Whole Lotta Led

and comedy gigs:

The Mighty Boosh (x2, one warm up gig, one on the tour)
Noel Fielding (x4)
Bill Bailey (low-key gig)
Al Murray: The Pub Landlord
Paddy McGuinness (warm up gig)

[Carol Baynes]

Ok, this has taken some effort. I always miss something out...


T’pau
Jason Donovan
Pulp
The Lemonheads
Menswear
Elastica
Pulp (x 5)
Salad
The Sundays
Morrissey (x2)
REM
Beth Orton (x2)
Tony Bennett
Blondie
Ash
The Creatures
Super Furry Animals (x2)
Patti Smith
Lonnie Donegan
Orbital
Hole
Beck (x2)
Oasis
Ian Brown
Placebo
Shed Seven
Slipknot
Queens of the Stone Age
Gomez
The Coral
The View
Nancy Sinatra
Saint Etienne (x 3)
Lamb (x 2)
Moloko (x 2)
Isobel Campbell
The B-52s
Garbage (x3)
Graham Coxon
The Long Blondes
Echo and the Bunnymen
New Order
The Doves
Badly drawn boy
Nine Black Alps (x 2)
Utah Saints
808 State
MC Tunes
Andy Rourke/Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr and the Healers
Stephen Fretwell
Circulus
The Eighteenth day of May
Chrome Hoof (x 2)
Brian Jones Town Massacre
Tokyo Dragons (x 2)
Hot Chip
Groove Armada (x 2)
Sly and the Family Stone
Scratch perverts
Soul II Soul
Patrick Wolfe
Man Like Me
Nouvelle Vague
The Whip
Tiny Dancers
Feeder
The Charlatans
Inspiral Carpets
Duran Duran
Goldfrapp (x 2)
The Who
Happy Mondays
Hugh Cornwell


I’m sure there are more, but some of my memories are getting hazy!

I’ll come back and update another time. As you can see, I don’t go out much these days.

[Rob McCow]

Shed Seven! Woooooo!!! :dance

[wayneupnorth]

Killing Joke x 9
Senser
Rollins Band x 2
The Stranglers x 2
Sex Pistols x 2
Iggy & the Stooges
The Damned
Blondie
Salad x 3
Rocket from the Crypt
The Hives x 2
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
David Bowie
Frank Black x 2
Red Hot Chilli Peppers x 3
Lemon Jelly
American Music Club
Drugstore
The Buzzcocks x 2
Therapy
Fountains of Wayne
British Sea Power
Manitoba
Prodigy
Foo Fighters x 2
Blur x 2
Iron Maiden
Ozzy Osbourne
Marilyn Manson
PJ Harvey
Primal Scream
Rolf Harris (bless 'im)
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Belka and Strelka
Teledubgnosis
Necessary Intergalactic Co-operation
Slipknot
Metallica

[wayneupnorth]

Killing Joke x 9
Senser
Rollins Band x 2
The Stranglers x 2
Sex Pistols x 2
Iggy & the Stooges
The Damned
Blondie
Salad x 3
Rocket from the Crypt
The Hives x 2
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
David Bowie
Frank Black x 2
Red Hot Chilli Peppers x 3
Lemon Jelly
American Music Club
Drugstore
The Buzzcocks x 2
Therapy
Fountains of Wayne
British Sea Power
Manitoba
Prodigy
Foo Fighters x 2
Blur x 2
Iron Maiden
Ozzy Osbourne
Marilyn Manson
PJ Harvey
Primal Scream
Rolf Harris (bless 'im)
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Belka and Strelka
Teledubgnosis
Necessary Intergalactic Co-operation
Slipknot
Metallica
Limp Bizkit

[Timelord R101]

Short list compared to some others

Jean Michel Jarre x 3
John Foxx x 1
Gary Numan x 4
Michael Jackson x 1
Midge Ure x 1
Ultravox x 5
Royksopp x 1
Orbital x 1
and i was at Glastonbury 1 year ( apparently )
The Sisters Of Mercy x 1

Comedy

Charlie Ross x 2 ( this guy is going to be huge )

[duncan]

I went to my first concert way back in 1984 to see the then massively popular Culture Club at Wembley Arena. I ended up seeing them twice and Boy George three times over the years. At Wembley stadium I saw Micheal Jackson in his Bad Tour, Madonna's Blonde Ambition show and Tina Turner. In between I also saw Belinda Carlisle, Heaven 17 and Bananarama.

September 2006 saw Robbie Williams playing the new Wembley Stadium, and I got tickets for Alison and I to go and see him as Alison is a big fan. So, imagine our disappointment when Wembley wasn't finished in time and the show got moved to Milton Keynes. We couldn't go that far and got a refund on our tickets.

So, to try and make up for it, I booked us some tickets to see Take That at the O2 Arena in London (formerly The Millenium Dome). We went last night, and we were totally blown away by the show. It was FANTASTIC! Sophie Ellis Bextor was on first and the lads from Take That then did a 2 hour stint that included most of their big hits! And we were as close to the stage as I am as close to my PC screen now. We had a brilliant night!

So, what pop or rock concerts have you been to, or want to go to? Did the shows you see blow you away or did they disappoint?

[Rob McCow]

I've been to loads of concerts over the years and seen many of the bands that I have CD's of!

My first concert was at the Wembley Arena on June 6, 1993. It was the (reformed) Velvet Underground. I was so cool back then! It was dead exciting, even if the support act were a bit rubbish. But to get to see the band that I'd only recently discovered was thrilling. The highlight had to be the first encore, where they came back and John Cale was hammering out some strange, spooky synth-string noises, which slowly changed into the clanging piano of Waiting For The Man. You can hear it on the CD of the concert, though sadly the official release was of their Paris date. Even Lou Reed's headless guitar looked really cool.

Heady days.

[Pip Madeley]

Keane (x4)
Marillion (x4)
Genesis (x3)
Bloc Party (x3)
Phil Collins (x3)
Maximo Park (x3)
The Bravery (x2)
The Futureheads (x2)
Electric 6 (x2)
Muse
Jarvis Cocker
Franz Ferdinand
The Zutons
Razorlight
Hard-Fi (before they were big)
The Subways
The Hives
The Fratellis (before they were big)
Reef
Robots In Disguise
iForward Russia!
Kubichek!
Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Bees
Feist
Something Corporate
Finch
The Colour
Captain
Mando Diao
Keith
Blackbud
Stephen Fretwell
Hot Club de Paris
Bob Log III
White Rose Movement
28 Costumes
The Kills

and tributes:

The Musical Box
Genesis In The Cage
G2 (x2)
ReGenesis
Whole Lotta Led

[Milky Tears]

My number one concert was Oasis, Cast and Billy Ocean Colour Scene in the big tent at Irvine Beach Park. It was July 1995 and they were "doing new stuff" from 'What's The Story'/'All Change'. It was the Summer of Britpop, Cast's 'Finetime' had just hit the Top 20 the previous week and Ocean Colour Scene were doing some cool Small Faces stylee stuff (think they also did early versions of 'You've Got It Bad', 'Huckleberry Grove', 'The Riverboat Song' and 'The Circle' )

MAD FOR IT!

Manics, Franz Ferdinand, U2, Blur, The Zutons and The Fratellis were also top nights, but The Cranberries and Belly at Murrayfield (supporting R.E.M) raped my decent tune lovin' childhood!

[Wayne]

*thinks:
"Shall i link, or shall i copy & paste...."

I'll link.

[Dave Tudor]

I was just going to link to this thread straight from Duncan's concert thread, but there's lots of stuff here, and I wanted to do an update, so I thought I'd just post it here (sorry, Duncan!):

Pink Floyd (London Earl's Court, 1994)
The Who, with Dodgy (Manchester Nynex Arena, 1996)
Status Quo, with Steeleye Span (Birmingham NEC, 1996)
Manic Street Preeachers, with Catatonia (B'ham NEC, 1998)
Noel Redding Band (Shrewsbury Music Hall, 1999)
Roxy Music (B'ham NEC, 2001)
Roger Waters (B'ham NEC, 2002)
Madness (B'ham NEC, 2002)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 2003)
Yes (B'ham NIA, 2003)
Bob Geldof (S'bury Music Hall, 2003)
David Bowie, with the Dandy Warhols - although I missed the support as I was in the bar, chatting to Angie (SlackAlice) (B'ham NEC, 2003)
Iron Maiden, with Funeral For A Friend (B'ham NEC, 2003)
Atomic Kitten (B'ham NEC, 2004)
David Lee Roth, with The Quireboys (W'ton Civic Hall, 2004)
Katie Melua (B'ham Symphony Hall, 2004)
The Who (B'ham NIA, 2004)
Rush (B'ham NEC, 2004)
Gerry and the Pacemakers (S'bury Music Hall, 2004)
Katie Melua (B'ham NIA, 2004)
Tim and Neil Finn, with Minnie Driver (W'ton Civic Hall, 2004)
Manic Street Preachers, with Razorlight (B'ham NEC, 2004)
The Shadows (B'ham NIA, 2005)
Brian Wilson, with The Magic Numbers (B'ham NIA, 2005)
Foo Fighters, with The Futureheads and Eagles Of Death Metal - although we missed the support thanks to British Rail (B'ham NEC, 2005)
Katie Melua - again! (B'ham NIA, 2006)
Sugababes (Shrewsbury Quarry, 2006)
Loudon Wainwright III, Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers, Seth Lakeman Band, Vin Garbutt and others (Shrewsbury Folk Festival, 2006)
Madness (B'ham NEC, 2006)
Roger Waters (B'ham NEC, 2007)
Muse, with The Streets, Dirty Pretty Things and Rodrigo y Gabriela (Wembley Stadium, 2007)
INXS, with The Beat (B'ham Symphony Hall, 2007)
Peter Gabriel, Crowded House, The Feeling, and Ghosts (London Hyde Park, 2007)
Kate Rusby, Paul Brady, Show Of Hands, Bellowhead, Kathryn Tickell, The Strawbs, Crooked Still, The Wailin' Jennys, Peatbog Faeries, Richard Shindell, Steve Tilston and others (Shrewsbury Folk Festival, 2007)
Crowded House, with Duke Special (B'ham NEC, 2007)
Squeeze (Liverpool Philharmonic, 2007)

I'm going to see Squeeze on Saturday, but I thought I'd list them anyway. It's funny, I wasn't going to go to many gigs this year, but, in Roger Waters, Muse, and Crowded House (on both occasions!), in 2007 I've seen some of the very best concerts I have ever been to.

[Anthony Williams]

Myself, Teresa and Pip's Dad went to see Marillion again last night.

Bloody brilliant!

Ant x

[Pip Madeley]

Went to see Bloc Party (third time) with a friend tonight at Manchester Central (G-Mex)...

... and it was, as ever, awesome!

Shame about the dickheads lighting up during the gig.