First gig you ever went to?

[Robmarriott]

Prompted a little bit by the fact Delores O'Riordan from the Cranberries has just died...

Mine was Mike Oldfield on his Tubular Bells 2 tour in 1993 at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Cranberries were supporting so they were the first band I ever saw live.

I was 7 at the time and loved Tubular Bells 2 so I didn't actually think much of The Cranberries but having listened to some of their stuff over the years, I think I was probably wrong with that conclusion.

What about everyone else?

[RATATTAK]

Gene Vincent

[Too Drunk to Funk]

Big Audio Dynamite - Victoria Hall, Hanley.

Aged 15 in 1987.

[Stan the Bat]

RATATTAK said:

Gene Vincent

Same here, with Eddie Cochran?

[Eddie Strohacker]

Run DMC, 1984, Electric Ballroom. Told my mum I was playing football with Mark Stancombe.

[curlyks2]

Can't remember the first gig because it was an unknown band to me then and their career seemingly didn't improve. I was also pissed.

First gig where I can remember the artist/band was Bad Manners, who were brilliant.

[RATATTAK]

Stan the Bat said:

Same here, with Eddie Cochran?

No can't remember who else was on but they weren't American

[Eddie Strohacker]

RATATTAK said:

No can't remember who else was on but they weren't American - Could have been Arthur Brown

Related - Arthur Brown's touring keys man was (much later) my art teacher. Hippy Henningham. Lovely man, with many tales to tell.

[Johnspex]

Mine was 1967 at the Savile Theatre Covent Garden. The Who, studio 6 , and Vanilla Fudge.

[Johnspex]

Mine was 1967 at the Savile Theatre Covent Garden. The Who, studio 6 , and Vanilla Fudge.

[Planet Claire]

Mine was Erasure in December 1989 at Whitley Bay ice rink.

[RATATTAK]

RATATTAK said:

Stan the Bat said:

Same here, with Eddie Cochran?

No can't remember who else was on but they weren't American

31 January 1961 Doncaster St James St Baths

[vsonix]

First big one that I can remember was Megadeth at Plymouth Pavilions when I was about 15 but I am sure I'd been to various local band gigs or to see friends of mine play in pubs etc before then.

[bigandclever]

The Icicle Works, upstairs at the Flying Picket in Liverpool. 1988.

[RATATTAK]

RATATTAK said:

RATATTAK said:

Stan the Bat said:

Same here, with Eddie Cochran?

No can't remember who else was on but they weren't American

31 January 1961 Doncaster St James St Baths

Possibly Shane Fenton and Dave Berry were on the bill as they often played at the venue

[OldSkoolRS]

I think mine must have been The Stranglers at Cornwall Coliseum in late 1982/ maybe early 1983. I didn't know very much of their stuff at the time, but some colleagues were big fans and arranged the trip.

The guy who arranged was the biggest fan but had too much to drink before they came on, so he actually spent the gig in the bus after being sick.

[Stan the Bat]

It was at the Liverpool Empire March 1960 whe I saw him.





March 1960

07 - Birmingham (Hippodrome) - 6 nights
14 - Liverpool (Empire) - 6 nights
21 - Newcastle (Empire) - 6 nights
28 - Manchester (Hippodrome) - 6 nights


Eddie Cochran
Gene Vincent
Vince Eager
Viscounts
Tony Sheridan
The Wildcats
The Beat Boys

The support acts varied throughout the tour including

Billy Fury
Joe Brown
Peter Wynne
Dean Webb
Sally Kelly
Georgie Fame
Johnny Gentle

Birmingham Hippodrome

Gene Vincent (Rock 'n' Roll idol of millions)
Eddie Cochran (First time in Britain)
Billy Fury (Britain's newest teenage idol)
Georgie Fame (New singing pianist)
Joe Brown (From TV's "Boy Meets Girl")
Tony Sheridan Trio (From TV's "Oh Boy")
Billy Raymond (Compere & star of HMV records))

Promoter: Larry Parnes

[RATATTAK]

Gene Vincent certainly did a lot of touring in UK

[egor110]

1990 black crowes at Bristol colston hall

[droopsnoot]

The Stranglers, Manchester Apollo, February 6th 1983. No idea who was supporting, it's only relatively recently that I've started getting there early enough to see the support act.