I was lucky enough to go to the pre-release playback of the Division Bell at Olympic Studios in Barnes, and this time my great friend Andy got his turn, and went to the Endless River event, meeting Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason in the process! Thanks to Andy for giving me the invitation and...

Here’s my shirt from one of the run of dates Petty played at LA’s Fonda theater in 2013. An amazing evening as one can see from the...

London Town is an overlooked record. About 50% of the tracks are tasty, if sounding a we bit dated. I picked up some label proofs at Rockaway Records in LA around ’99....

Aerosmith at Reading in ’77. They hated it as it was a mudfest (no surprise!) and they couldn’t get their usual supplies from the local providers, so to speak. The photo was shot by my friend Duncan, who’s father was a friend with Harold Pendleton, Reading promoter and owner of the Marquee...

Another big Yes badge that I bought, with my hard-earned milk round money, at the Durham Book Center in Sunderland around 77 or...

The card that John cheekily included with the Imagine record during the post-Beatles legal battle period. It’s a total dig at Macca’s Ram...

This is my wristband from the Jagger show at LA’s El Rey theater. Talk about the hottest ticket in town! It was crazy as folks jostled and blagged their way in to see a show that was less than spectacular. Still, it was very nice to have been there....

One of my two original Starz shirts, this one is the classic logo. I went through a phase of adoring polished pop metal like Starz and Angel, despite the lack of coolness. I’ve recently been playing both and while the lyrics and production sound a bit cheesy, the riffs and hooks are...

I still think that the TP&THB’s logo is a...

This is the setlist from the acoustic show they shot in LA in 03. It was later badly cobbled together to become the Yesspeak DVD. Not the greatest of shows, but to be one of the 40 person audience was rather...

Mmmm. I could never make up my mind about this girl. She had good pipes and an excellent stage presence, which should have been more than enough for me, but I always found her a little contrived, probably her Dad’s influence methinks....

Another autographed Lemmy piece, this time for Motorhead. Warts and...

I got this when I was about 15, not sure from where, and just loved it. It’s from the European Tour ’77. 12 years later they finally came back to Europe and the first date was in Cologne, so we drove there from London. I could write a book on that trip. Great fun but involving...

EMI gave me this fantastic, former Replacements leader Paul Westerberg self-photo print just after I moved to the States in 98. It was part of the promotional campaign supporting the magnificent 14 Songs...

Warners gave me this great proof sheet to look at for inspiration for ads and window displays just before the album was released. It’s a one of a kind....

Meeting Kiss backstage in Phoenix. They’d co-headlined with Aerosmith, and invited fans to pay $1000 to meet them. Personally, I think that’s fan exploitation, but that’s Mr Simmons for you! Luckily we were guests of the label and got a freebie!...

Richard’ s unbelievable playing, combined with an exceptionally wry, dry and cheeky sense of humor, make me go to see him perform wherever and whenever. He never fails to...

  One of Yorkshire’s goth bands of the mid 80’s, Rose of Avalanche really impressed me. The name alone seemed quite exotic – unlike their home town of Leeds, which I know well. Their biggest single was entitled “LA Rain”, something that I doubt they’d ever experienced! The singer, Phil,...

I bought this poster at Yes’ 1978 10th Anniversary Wembley show. I was / am much more appreciative of Roger Dean than a fan of Steve Howe’s solo work, which to be honest is a bit dodgy. I later got to interview Roger Dean at...

  Not a bad book, but written from secondary sources as he never got to see or meet Moonie – just like me. I got this book signed at a Who convention in London. 500 blokes and not a girl in the house!...