First gig you ever went to?

[billshoreham]

1967 Ram Jam Club, Brixton. Cream

[OldSkoolRS]

droopsnoot said:

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.

Sounds like that would have been the same tour as I saw them on my first gig.

And we both have cars with 'droopsnoots'.

[BrotherMouzone]

Can’t remember what year, probably late 90s, Oasis, Shepherd's Bush Empire.

Saw the Cranberries only once, in 2012 at Hammersmith Apollo. One of my favourite bands when I was growing up.

[Dave2P]

Black Sabbath, Hammy Odeon, 1980 Heaven and Hell tour I think... ears rang for days...

[technodup]

Basement Jaxx at the Barrowlands in 99. So good I only went to one other, The Specials a couple of years later.

Live music isn't my thing.

[hairyben]

AC/DCs ballbreaker tour, brummieNEC in '96. Also had another of my favourite bands the wildhearts supporting, back when you were allowed to have a good support band and not whatever pay2play rich kids were bottomlining the promoters coke bill that week.

[SAB888]

Black Sabbath at Cardiff Capitol Theatre in 1973. My first real concert and to this day, it remains the loudest gig I've ever been to, even though I saw them about another 25+ times, What an experience!

[RATATTAK]

hairyben said:

AC/DCs ballbreaker tour, brummieNEC in '96. Also had another of my favourite bands the wildhearts supporting, back when you were allowed to have a good support band and not whatever pay2play rich kids were bottomlining the promoters coke bill that week.

I was there too ... simply the best !

[caiss4]

Yes at Southampton Gaumont on 13th May 1975!

[cranford10]

The Jam, Wembley Arena 1982

[anonymous-user]

The Smiths, March 31st 1985. Manchester Palace - supported by James.

It was an eye opener.

[LP670]

Stereophonics at the Sheffield Arena, was in either 2000 or 2001.

[Voldemort]

Flock of Seagulls, 1979, Leeds University

[RichB]

The Beatles, Hammersmith Odeon, December 1964

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Whacko Jacko at Leeds Roundhay Park 1988.

[Civilian47]

Bad Manners at Goldiggers Chippenham, think it was 1982.

[otherman]

1971, Slade at Wolves Town Hall, supported by Sensational Alex Harvey Band. So technically Alex was the first band I saw.

[Audicab]

Stiff Little Fingers at Brixton Academy in 1987/88. I was 15/16

[MitchT]

The Cranberries at what is now Leeds O2 Academy. Think it was called the Town & Country at the time. Can't remember the year but it would have been around '94.

[Frrair]

Echo and the Bunny men.... or Cecil and the Funny men as my Dad used to call them....

My brother’s first was ‘ Cool and the gang’ never let him forget that....