A dodgy record but a solid tour. I saw it at the City Hall in Newcastle and this is the program. The Ruts opened for them. Gotta like...

It was one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. I was presenter of KRSH UK with Davy, a show I concocted based on British music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, about which I talked. Lots of trivia and back stories. The show was in the North Bay area of California. I...

I love the Babys as well as the solo albums Ignition and No Brakes. But what on earth was the lad thinking when it came to dress...

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Never seen them? Well go quickly as there’s now only ONE of the original guys in the band – Gary Rossington. Amazing considering they used to have about 27 guitar players on every...

Starless and Bible Black and...

Reflex. Remember them? No? You’re...

  I went to three of the dates on this DLR tour – Newcastle (Whitley Bay), London and Shepton Mallet. Yes the Mallet. Not a lot of shows happen at the Mallet. So 5 of us went down there and were staying in a B&B. When we arrived the owner of the establishment was overly nice to us...

The first show in the UK by Rick Rubin’s crews. I didn’t know what to expect but it turned out to be really good. Definitely the hottest ticket in town, as they used to say. I remember the Beastie Boys having go-go dancers in cages. Well, it was...

I saw Marseille opening for UFO in 1979. A great and overlooked band from Liverpool, they featured a guy called Neil Buchanan on guitar. He later became the presenter of a Brit TV show for kids called Art Attack (probably a better name for a metal band than...

  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...

An amazing show at the stadium to which the banquet egg sandwiches did not match.I remember bumping into an old friend on the way. His girlfriend was lovely girl, a little short in height, so she was dragging a big bundle of tied-together newspapers to stand on at the show. We all took turns...

This is a Firehouse poster signed by BB King. It was designed as a giveaway for the launch of the Virgin Megastore in New Orleans. I was working for Virgin in London and got invited to the opening. Spoiled to say the...

    Kiss played the Newcastle City Hall back in ’83. The opening act was the then fledgling Bon Jovi, who showed up at our rock club after the show and wooed our girlfriends at the time. Cheeky...

This is my original copy of the first Keith bio, written by his long suffering assistant, Dougal Butler. He worked for the Who almost from the start. His original job was getaway driver for Pete Townshend, when he was stealing guitars from London music stores. He stuck with the band until...

I remember this show because Kelly announced from the stage that their drummer had hemorrhoids.Poor...