We couldn’t get enough of the Satellites. Too young to see the glorious Faces, this was the next best thing. Yes,...

Before is never as good as after. Must have upset East...

Another show featuring torn up paper squares thrown in the air. Who knows why. She had a nice voice...

Petty – up close and personal at the Joint in...

The first time we saw the Jayhawks. I remember that their gear was falling to pieces, especially the drum kit. But they sounded so fresh in comparison to everything else at the...

I’m pretty sure that this was a meet and greet with Jeff Tweedy and Wilco thanks to the guys at...

For me Bob is completely unpredictable in the quality of his shows. This was a bad one. We left half way...

Probably my favorite Crowes show. It was the tour for the second album and they were truly...

One of the 11 shows we saw on the...

Not his greatest period, but hey, it’s...

It was with the Bowl Orchestra. They played five songs. Very long ones. Seriously. But I still loved...

Yup I loved the Mission at the time. Maybe it was the flour? Or the throwing of small paper...

I was involved in Virgin’s marketing campaign to promote the first ever Beatles CD releases. We had a laser in the window of the Oxford Street Megastore, which was a big thing at the time. Everytime you turned your back, the bloody thing stopped working. Slick as...

Retro to the max. The Pretty Things rocked. Sadly not the other two. The signature is the Groundhogs’ Tony McFee who was selling his own mercy, poor...

Did I? Really? Good...

They were passed their sell-by date, but had had a minor album hit with “Abominog” (good Lord), and the Newcastle Mayfair loved playing a single from it called “On the Rebound”. Girls liked to dance to it too. The Heep – girls – incredible...

Not sure why it’s written on the ticket, but whatever. Always had a soft spot for the...

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The Replacements were rare visitors to the shores of the UK. Mart and I went to see The Rose of Avalanche opening for them, but I really liked the Replacements and in subsequent years got heavily into them and into Paul Westerberg’s solo...

I remember this night very well. The Sunderland crowd didn’t realize that punk had already come and gone, and decided to riot. Here’s a clip from the Sunderland Echo.. “…the autumn season was marred by the infamous concertby The Boomtown Rats, in October. Four rows of...