Who have you seen live?

[Rob McCow]

Hmm - Spice Girls, Dolly Parton, Sinitta, Bananarama, Erasure, Kylie, Suede...

Si - You're not... gay, are you?

[Si Hunt]

If RiRi Fenty survives, and I survive, and there are no others crawling out the charred and radiation-addled remains of planet Earth, I will expect her to honour the booking and give me a private performance.

Si.

[Jon Masters]

If RiRi Fenty survives, and I survive, and there are no others crawling out the charred and radiation-addled remains of planet Earth, I will expect her to honour the booking and give me a private performance.

Si.

[SiHart]

Did my first gig of the year on Easter Saturday- Suede at Alexandra Palace. My goodness, they put on a great show! I've grown to love them more and more since they came back, which is really rather odd (Bloodsports is a great new album from them and the songs sounded great live!)

Wet, Wet, Wet (1989)
Genesis (1992)
Crowded House (1994- the best gig I've ever been too)
Phil Collins (1994)
Morrissey (1995)
The Boo Radleys (1995)
Blur (1995)
Blur (1997)
Genesis (1998)
Pulp (1998)
The Manic Street Preachers (1998)
Garbage (1999)
REM (1999)
Steps (2000)
Toploader (2001)
Neil Finn (2001)
Bob Dylan (2002)
Bryan Ferry (2003)
Grandaddy (2003)
ReGenesis (2003)
Simon and Garfunkel (2004)
Lemon Jelly (2004)
The Finn Brothers (2004)
The Finn Brothers at the Albert Hall (2005)
REM (2005)
Super Furry Animals (2005)
ReGenesis (2005)
Think Floyd (2006)
Franz Ferdinand (2006)
Scissor Sisters (for free in Leicester Square) (2006)
Lorraine Bowen (2006)
Tribute to Jim Capaldi (2007)
Soul Brittainia at the Barbican (2007)
Air (2007)
The Ghosts/ The Feeling/ Crowded House/ Peter Gabriel (2007)
Genesis (2007)
In The Cage (2007)
Crowded House (2007)
Athlete (2008)
Neil Young (2008)
Jim Noir (2008)
The Doctor Who Prom (2008)
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop (2009)
Blur (2009)
Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Neil Finn (2010)
Suede (2010)
Rufus Wainwright (2010)
The Doctor Who prom (2010)
Crowded House (2010)
Suede (2011)
Belle and Sebastian (2011)
Pajama Club (2011)
Gruff Rhys (2011)
Artmagic (2012)
The Musical Box (2012)
STEPS (2012)
Rufus Wainwright (2012)
Scissor Sisters (2012)
Steps (2012)
Suede (2013)

[SiHart]

Last night I had the great pleasure of seeing The London Music Works perform a great selection of TV themes live. Among many highlights was a shockingly good Man in a Suitcase!

[Nyder]

That song definitely had the most energy. It's always a thrill hearing The Avengers played live course, and I also enjoyed the Jetsons / Flintstones / Top Cat medley!

[Anthony Williams]

Time to update my contribution, I think

2001 - Judas Priest
2002 - S Club 7 (not ashamed!)
2003 - Def Leppard (support from Ricky Warwick and The Darkness)
2003 - Download Festival
2003 - Iron Maiden (support from Funeral for a Friend)
2004 - Blaze (support from Reactor, Area 54 and Orange Goblin)
2004 - DragonForce (support from Heavenly)
2004 - Blaze (support from Fourwaykill)
2005 - DragonForce (support from The Renegade Playboys)
2005 - Judas Priest (support from Scorpions)
2005 - Megadeth (support from Diamond Head)
2005 - Blaze (support from DesolatioN)
2005 - Genesis... In the Cage
2006 - Judas Priest (support from Boned, Ian Gillan & Friends and Scorpions)
2006 - Genesis... In the Cage
2006 - Iron Maiden (support from Trivium)
2006 - Iron Maiden (support from Trivium)
2007 - Marillion
2007 - Genesis... In the Cage
2007 - Rooster (support from getAmped)
2007 - Genesis
2007 - Marillion
2007 - Marillion
2007 - Marillion (yes, for the fourth time!)
2007 - Love & Bullets
2008 - Wheatus (support from Army of Freshmen)
2008 - Mark Knopfler
2008 - Marillion
2009 - Marillion (weekend long convention, also saw A Genuine Freakshow, The Wishing Tree and Pete and Rob's Musical Whimsy)
2010 - Marina and the Diamonds (support from Spark)
2010 - Mark Knopfler
2011 - The Bastard Suns
2011 - The Bastard Suns (got hit on by a 60 year old at this one)
2012 - Marina and the Diamonds (support from Icona Pop)
2012 - Ponderosa

I think that that's it for now. We're thinking of going to see Electric Six later this year...

[Si Hunt]

Updated with gigs from 2013 (and forthcoming 2014 shows):

1997 - Michael Jackson, Wembley
2001 - Bob Dylan, Shepherds Bush Empire
2001 - Kylie, Wembley Arena
2002 - Dolly Parton, Hammersmith Apollo
2003 - Beautiful South, Hammersmith Apollo
2003 - Melanie C, Shepherds Bush Empire
2003 - Madonna, HMV, Oxford Street
2003 - Christina Aguilera (with Black Eyed Peas), Wembley Arena
2003 - Melanie C, London Astoria
2004 - Lorraine Bowen Experience, Vauxhall Tavern
2004 - Belinda Carlisle, Shepherd's Bush Empire
2004 - Madonna, Earl's Court
2004 - Hanson, Shepherds Bush Empire
2004 - Beautiful South, Hammersmith Apollo
2004 - Here and Now Tour (Midge Ure, Kim Wilde, Bucks Fizz, Limahl, Nik Kershaw), Wembley Arena
2005 – Kylie, Earl's Court
2005 - Erasure, Hammersmith Apollo
2006 - Belinda Carlisle, The Broadway, Peterborough
2006 - Melanie C, HMV Oxford St
2006 – Madonna, Wembley Arena
2006 - Lorraine Bowen Experience,*
2007 – Kylie, Earl's Court
2007 – Sugababes, Wembley Arena
2007 - Jason Donovan, Hammersmith Apollo
2007 - Sinitta, Sonia, Hazell Dean, Nathan Moore - Nightingale's, Birmingham
2007 - Darren Hayes, Royal Albert Hall
2007 - Spice Girls, O2 Arena
2007 - Dolly Parton, Wembley Arena
2008 - Spice Girls, O2 Arena
2008 - Sugababes (with Gabriella Cilmi), Royal Albert Hall
2008 – Kylie, O2 Arena
2008 - Dolly Parton, O2 Arena
2008 - Madonna, Wembley Stadium
2008 - Cyndi Lauper (with Jessie J), Shepherds Bush Empire
2009 - Girls Aloud, 02
2009 – Bananarama, The Garage, London
2011 - Manic Street Preachers, Brixton Academy
2011 – Kylie, O2 Arena
2011 - Dolly Parton, Newcastle Arena
2011 - Pulp, Brixton Academy
2011 - Britney Spears, O2 Arena
2011 - Suede, Brixton Academy
2012 - Melanie C, O2 Academy
2012 – Kylie, Hammersmith Apollo
2012 - Steps, O2 Arena
2012 - Madonna, Hyde Park
2012 - Melanie C, Shepherds Bush Empire
2012 - Hit Factory Live (Steps, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Dead or Alive, Sonia, Hazell Dean, Bananarama, Sinitta, Brother Beyond)
2012 - Steps, London Palladium
2013 - Girls Aloud, 02 Arena
2013 - B*Witched, Heaven
2013 - Rod Stewart, Nottingham Radio Arena
2013 - Whigfield, Heaven
2013 - Rihanna/David Guetta, Twickenham
2013 - Mutya Keisha Siobahn, Shepherds Bush Empire
2013 - Big Reunion (B*Witched, Five, Liberty X, Honeyz, Atomic Kitten), O2 Arena
2013 - Kim Wilde, Shepherds Bush Empire
2014 - Melanie C, Shepherds Bush Empire
2014 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, London Union
2014 - Katy Perry, O2 Arena
2014 - Dolly Parton, O2 Arena

[Nyder]

I'm very jealous about your Dolly!

[Stuart Wallis]

Leave my Aunt Dolly out of this!

[Mike Saville]

I'm very jealous about your Dolly!

Well, I would have been if a very close family friend wasn't an engineer at the tour and he was disgusted to find she was miming the entire gig.

[duncan]

My first ever concert was at Wembley Arena way back in 1984 when I saw Culture Club in concert. I saw them three times and aBoy George twice.

Amngst others I have seen;

King
Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour
Kim Wilde
Micheal Jackson's Bad Tour
The Coors
Celine Dione (Twice)
Tina Turner
Sophie Ellis Bextor

My last concert was at the O2 a few years ago when I took my wife to see Take That.

[stephenhannan]

BEST EVER CONCERTS

Florence and the Machine Ricoh 2012

Jethro Tull B'ham town hall 1971

Going to see Goldfrapp this march

[Rob McCow]

Not seen any of those live! Would like to see Goldfrapp at some point though.

[SiHart]

We went to our first gig of the year last night- Suede at the Oxford O2. Very good indeed.

We've got lots of gigs to go to this year including such eclectic acts as Kate Bush, Neill Finn and Tony Hatch!

[Nyder]

and Darts :-)

I'm going to see Rufus next Sunday. It'll be ..... interesting as I'll be part of a choir on stage singing Hallelujah with him. 100% thrilling ..... 1000% scary!!


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[SiHart]

Go and pinch his bum! Go on! Gon on!

[Nyder]

I think that's a more expensive pledge :-)


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[SiHart]

I'd pay