My mate Chris and I stood in a line outside the City Hall for 3 hours to get Hillage tickets. We didn’t realize that Steve had such a following. When we got to the front, we learned that everyone else in the line was there for Bad Company...

The first British date on the 1987 Appetite tour was in my old stomping ground. They were excellent, although I did enjoy Faster Pussycat too. It was only 4 more Brit shows before they headlined Donnington the following year, and then in my opinion, it all went downhill...

Very much of the time, Dan Reed did a reasonable job merging Bon Jovi (who he’d opened for) with Prince and Sly Stone. I seem to remember him doing Sly’s “Hot Fun In…” at this show but maybe incorrect. Anyway, he shaved off his locks and that was the end of the career....

I had a soft spot for Hanoi even though they were total plagiarists – Aerosmith, New York Dolls et al. I love it that the ticket says “No dress restrictions” – just as well considering both band and audience! Johnny Thunders was a train wreck. It was on the cards as...

We got to 8 of the 10 UK shows on the 1989 pump tour, as well as driving to Cologne, Germany to see the second gig they’d performed in Europe since 1977. These are the tickets for the two Birmingham NEC...

There was a huge buzz about the Strokes, even before the first record was released. I went to the packed LA show and it really soured my thoughts about the band. They kept the shoulder to shoulder crowd waiting for hours and then played a set lasting about 45 minutes. Not...