One of my most memorable shows – more for the post-concert agony than anything else. Polygram took a bus load of journalists, radio pluggers and retailers to Milton Keynes to see Metallica. When we got there, they offered me two tickets for the “snake pit”, basically a...

An extremely memorable evening. We drove up from Newcastle to see Jackson at the Playhouse before a weekend hanging out in Edinburgh. When we got to the B&B there was no answer. Eventually a very flustered and fairly drunk guy opened the door. He looked at us and realized that we were...

Fabulous evening out with the Virgin crew seeing the lovely Sharleen Spiteri and her lads. A talented act that the US never really embraced. I used to love going to showcases and record launches at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Soho. The venue added a sense of quality equal to the...

This is a promo badge I was given by v2 supporting the release of the vastly underrated Lions record. Soul Singing has to be one of their best ever songs. Give it a...

A smashing old school two and a half inch badge I think I picked up at the...