February 6th 1999 – Leicester University So, we enter the "Tequila" era of Terrorvision. Late in 1998 the "Shaving Peaches" album was released and the first single "Josephine" was a continuation of the fantastic sound this band had and spurred me on to buy tickets, not just for this gig, but for one later in... Continue Reading →
May 14th 1995 – Leicester Arena (De Montfort Uni) Supported by: The Libertines? Very much in the way I had previously been so excited to see Maria McKee come to Leicester, Kirsty MacColl was another big must for me. Another feisty thing and classy singer. She had been married to legend producer, Steve Lillywhite, she... Continue Reading →
October 29th 1994 – Leicester University Supported by: Baby Chaos and Die Toten Hosen It's not often a band comes back to Leicester within a year, so they must be something right and must be keen to see us again. 🙂 Terrorvision played Leicester Uni earlier in the year, at the smaller room in the... Continue Reading →
April 27th 1994 – Leicester University It's very doubtful we saw the support this night, I feel sure we stayed in the Marquis of Wellington a bit longer than we meant to (but, hey, I have a long record of missing support bands!) Terrorvision were a funny old band. They had been around since 1987... Continue Reading →
November 21st 1993 – Leicester University I had no interest in the support band on this day. This gig had been a long time coming. I'm fairly sure I went on my own to this one, as I don't recall anyone else being interested in the singer of "Show Me Heaven" from the Tom Cruise... Continue Reading →
December 10th 1991 – Leicester Poly My first full blown The Damned gig. No more Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, this WAS The Damned this time. Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies remained, Captain Sensible was back and Paul Gray on Bass......Whenever you wonder if a band can carry on with a change of line up,... Continue Reading →
November 23rd 1991 – Leicester University I've no recollection of the support act. This concert was a follow on from being introduced to Steve Earle a few years earlier. Nils Lofgren had always had a great reputation as a guitarist and singer, but I don't think I ever knew he toured on his own, I... Continue Reading →
February 14th 1991 – Leicester University Supported by Walk on Fire (may have seen, but no recollection) We saw No Sweat support Thunder in 1990, so we were happy to go and support the guys as they attempted to breakthrough. They were produced by Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, which you would have thought would... Continue Reading →
February 13th 1990 – Leicester University Supported by Slide (but I missed them) I thought this might have been the "Taking on the World" Tour, but I haven't found anything yet to verify that, so it's just a tour for now. Gun weren't around for long, but came out with a brilliant album "Taking on... Continue Reading →
December 13th 1989 – Leicester University I don't remember the two support bands much, nothing at all about Rumble Fish, although I'm pretty sure Huge Big Massive were another Leicester band (as were Diesel Park West) and maybe shoe gazer type music (I apologise if I've just done them a complete dis-service, someone help me)... Continue Reading →
October 15th 1989 – Leicester University We had spotted this one in the local paper (The Mercury sometimes did things well ;-)). Naz Nomad and The Nightmares? Who? There was a thing in the 80s which was real fun, where bands would tour under false names. Usually when they wanted to trial out music or... Continue Reading →
March 14th 1987 - De Montfort Hall Now, the newspaper article I have seems to suggest the concert was at the university......this isn't my recollection or that of Setlist website or other websites. I'm pretty sure it was the De Montfort Hall, although I don't have this ticket either to prove it...another pissed up youthful... Continue Reading →
May 6th 1986 - Leicester University Now with 3 albums out, including big hit "The Whole of the Moon", The Waterboys were a well known band, but still hadn't really hit the big time. They had a great cult following, which included me, but to a certain extent, we were all a little bit disappointed... Continue Reading →
October 5th 1985 - Leicester University I'd say the Pogues were at their peak in 1985, for a number of reasons. They had just released their second album, Rum Sodomy and the Lash, which for me is still their greatest album (quite possibly because it was the first one I bought!). Secondly, in the years... Continue Reading →
January 21st 1985 – Leicester University 1984 and 1985 had some fantastic learning concerts in them!! Killing Joke had hit my radar through my bestie, Geoff (most of my punky/industrial stuff started here!). I really loved this album, with Love Like Blood and Eighties on it, really hard for me at the time and warrior... Continue Reading →
November 28th 1984 – Leicester University I'm not sure if this was the "No Rest" or "Vengeance" Tour....I'll investigate further, if I was to bet, I'd go for "Vengeance". I'm afraid this is another gig where the ticket doesn't exist anymore. I don't think I understood the beauty of them for the early concerts. New... Continue Reading →
January 27th 1984 - Leicester University I'm only a couple of years into gigs, but I'm starting to move away from purely pop and electronic music and into rock. I'm listening to U2 and David Bowie and revisiting music from the late 70s, such as Alice Cooper, The Who, Black Sabbath and got a bit... Continue Reading →
The Fan Club Years 