i was enjoying some lovely barbecued steak one sunday afternoon when someone asked me berapa ratus gig have i been to. i’ve been to a few, but the number’s not in the hundreds i’m sure. i used to make a record of the gigs i went to in my filofax but the list stopped in mid-2000. i also used to write little gig reviews for ROTTW and they’d give me a free copy for my trouble. now, with this blog, i prefer to write my reviews here.
so, who have i had the pleasure to see perform?
25.03.89 EUROPE/? -the brighton centre
25.11.89 AEROSMITH / balaam & the angel -king’s hall, belfast
18.12.90 IRON MAIDEN / anthrax -wembley arena
04.08.91 SEARCH -stadium negara, KL
28.10.92 METALLICA -whitley bay ice rink
27.05.93 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE / TOOL / wool -the mayfair, newcastle
25.10.93 VAI / the wild frontier -city hall, newcastle
10.12.95 JOE SATRIANI /? -wembley arena, london
07.10.96 METALLICA / corrosion of conformity -newcastle arena
23.11.96 DEF LEPPARD / terrorvision -newcastle arena
04.04.97 M NASIR -royal northern college of music, manchester
15.04.97 LIVE / catherine wheel -the civic hall, wolverhampton
24.09.97 NO DOUBT / symposium / the vandals -brixton academy, london*
15.10.97 JEWEL / simon warner -the irish centre, birmingham
17.10.97 BUSH / 3 colours red -aston villa leisure centre, birmingham*
04.12.97 BLACK SABBATH / fear factory -NEC arena, birmingham*
01.03.98 DEFTONES / will haven / dubwar -the civic hall, wolverhampton*
22.04.98 TURA SATANA / will haven / psycore -JB’s, dudley
21.05.98 SOULFLY / LIMP BIZKIT / cold -the civic hall, wolverhampton*
28.11.98 SEPULTURA / psycore -rock city, nottingham*
06.04.99 SILVERCHAIR / FUEL / fungus -rock city, nottingham
18.05.99 SYSTEM OF A DOWN / spineshank / static-X -rock city, nottingham
20.05.99 SOULFLY / kill II this / medulla nocte -the foundry, sheffield
08.09.99 MEGADETH / earthtone 9 -rock city, nottingham
05.12.99 LIVE / muse -town & country club, leeds
27.04.00 PANTERA / powerman 5000 / satyricon -the apollo, manchester*
04.06.00 PEARL JAM / the vandals -MEN arena, manchester*
15.06.00 SLAYER / entombed -rock city, nottingham
17.10.00 DREAM THEATER /porcupine tree -the octagon, sheffield
31.10.00 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS / catherine wheel -the apollo, manchester*
14.08.01 U2 / kelis -NEC arena, birmingham
22.08.01 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS / boyhitscar -rock city, nottingham*
21.11.01 BUSH / vex red -rock city, nottingham
05.01.02 SHEILA MAJID -planet hollywood, KL
30.01.02 STAIND / puddle of mudd -nottingham arena*
04.03.02 TRAVIS / doves -sheffield arena*
08.05.02 BOB DYLAN -newcastle arena*
09.07.02 HOOBASTANK / ? (re-scheduled date?) -rock city, nottingham
10.07.02 OASIS / ? -newcastle arena
07.09.02 KORN / puddle of mudd / trustCO. -london arena
02.11.02 A HUNDRED REASONS / sparta / kinesis -the octagon, sheffield
06.11.02 FOO FIGHTERS / cave in -newcastle arena
03.04.03 PLACEBO / ? -the octagon, sheffield
12.04.03 LIFEHOUSE / ?(some woman!) -academy, manchester
19.12.03 METALLICA / godsmack -earls court, london
27.04.04 DURAN DURAN / scissor sisters -sheffield arena
05.05.04 BRITNEY SPEARS / jc chasez / wicked wisdom -the NIA, birmingham
06.06.04 INCUBUS / a hundred reasons -newcastle arena
29.06.04 G3 -royal concert hall, nottingham
15.09.04 RUSH -NEC arena, birmingham
12.10.04 AVRIL LAVIGNE / simple plan -sheffield arena
29.11.04 THE DARKNESS / ASH / do me bad things -newcastle arena
02.05.05 CREAM -royal albert hall, london
05.06.05 AUDIOSLAVE / and you will know from the trail of dead -the civic hall, wolverhampton
23.06.05 JIMMY EAT WORLD / apartment -the octagon, sheffield *UPDATED*
key:
? – i simply can’t remember who/what band supported the headliner
* – reviewed in ROTTW
trundling through the list made me notice a few things:
– the obvious vacuum during an important era of 90’s rock music, ie the grunge / alternative years. and no, i don’t wanna talk about it!
– i only watched a measly total of four gigs in the UK during my university years.
– i saw one gig for every 40 days in 2002.
– a number of the support acts i saw are headliners today (limp bizkit, muse)
– two of the venues do not exist anymore. the newcastle mayfair is now the gate. the leeds town & country club has also been torn down.
– i actually went to dudley to watch a gig (i met the lead singer of will haven there!).
i don’t want to turn this into a meme, but if any of you out there have a list of gigs you have seen and enjoyed, i’d love to check it out!
khaylis: good music is good music. no pigeonholing of music is my motto! ok, i draw the line on euro-dance music and all that cream/gatecrasher crap. 😉
ladyL: what they should do is sms an ID number of some sort and collect the tix at the door. and to answer your other query, yamagata’s ok lah. currently listening to nerina pallot.
atok: dah hobi, apa boleh buat…
nads: aisey. publish as an entry lah on your blog. hehe. 😆 you saw sudir – that’s ever so cool. really.
Count me in…
My list, sorry some dates/venues tak ingat la
Smashing Pumpkins, 1996
Garbage, 1996,
Pearl Jam, 1996, 1998, 2000
Foo Fighters, 1997
Screaming Trees, 1997
Soundgarden, 1996
RATM, 1997
DJ Shadow, 2000
Manic Street Preachers, 2000
Chris Cornell solo, 2000
Morcheeba, 1999
Cardigans, 2000
Dido, 2000
Radiohead, 1997
Sonic Youth, 1998
Supergrass, 2000S
Stone Temple Pilots, 1998
Incubus, 2004
The Go-gos, 2001
Bebel Gilberto, 2001
live 8 would be the ultimate concert .. esp if p. floyd do a one off show!!!
unfortunate that tix are hard to get… hmm..
sebuah blog yang aku enjoy baca. teruskan! aku yang kat malaysia ni hanya dapat pegi apa yang ada kat sini. last international act yang aku pegi; dewa. (dewa international kan?).
jim: hidup mangosteen!
fake: you have a shorter yet more impressive list!!!
ladyL: did you see the eBay sales? ridiculous…
noiseM: terima kasih.
i love that you’ve watched britney alongside megadeath and black sabbath 🙂
yeap saw the tix at e-bay.. i think mr Geldof was over idealistic in his manner of selling tix. he thought ppl would just win em and be happy they did.. hmm..
oh how u finding yamagata by the way?
byk nye!!!
Haha. Here is my list, enjoy laughing hysterically:-
Allahyarham Sudirman, UM, 1984/5(?)- Can’t remember opening act, too young.
Bon Jovi/ Lost Souls, Stadium Shah Alam, 1995
Smashing Pumpkins/Can’t remember opening act either, went in as they were finishing up, Wembley Arena, 2000
Sekian, terima kasih. I go hang my head in shame, now.