October 15th 1999 – Birmingham NEC I hadn't been to a Def Leppard tour concert since Hysteria in 1987!!! Much as I love Def Leppard, they did a couple of more of the same albums after Hysteria, not bad albums, but "Adranalize" pretty much followed the same formula and "Slang" I didn't really get at... Continue Reading →
July 10th 1999 – Milton Keynes Bowl Supported by: Lots of great bands! Creed, Sepultura, Ministry, Ben Harper, Placebo, Marilyn Manson, Mercyful Fate, Queens of the Stone Age, Symposium, Pitchshifter, Monster Magnet, Terrorvision........oh, and Metallica! So this was about the biggest rock line up outside of Monster of Rock, in fact certainly the heaviest line... Continue Reading →
November 13th 2019 – Richfield Avenue, Reading The Reading Festival is one of those iconic music festivals that I always felt I should go to at least once. This would be my first taste of the festival and by no means would it be the end of my Reading journey, just the very beginning. I... Continue Reading →
Well, this one a funny old day out! In many ways, one of my favourites even though it got a bit tedious after a while. Really wish I still had a ticket stub for this one, just because it was so different from my normal concerts.
May 9th 1999 – De Montfort University Supported by: The Flaming Lips What on earth was I going to this gig for? I can't think of a reason for seeing either band unless someone else had said, you must come along to this gig......I hadn't heard or bought anything by either band. I think looking... Continue Reading →
April 26th 1999 – Rock City, Nottingham No support for this show, this was an early show and Terrorvision were on stage a 8pm, not sure why, but coming over from Leicester on a Monday night, this wasn't a bad thing for us. This was pretty much the same sort of show as in Leicester... Continue Reading →
February 27th 1999 – Rock City, Nottingham Rock City. "Midlands Home of Rock". Based on the gigs I'm writing up at present and the tickets I found, this appears to be one of my first visits to Rock City.....I'm missing tickets for most of 1997 and 1998 and I feel sure I would have done... Continue Reading →
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 →
October 15th 1998 – Leicester Poly Arena Supported by: Gay Dad Mansun were a rock band, from Chester. Paul Draper (vocalist/rhythm guitarist), Stove King (Bass), Dominic Chad (lead guitarist/backing vocalist), and drummer Andie Rathbone. Their first album was a great success, "Attack of the Grey Lantern" getting to No.1 in 1997, so we had been... Continue Reading →
Written in May 2020 This is strange and annoying. Just like 1997, I find it impossible to believe I went to only one gig in 1998....how could that happen? The years were quite sparse of musical talent, but I'd go to gigs surely?!?!? Point is, I have no other tickets in the ticket box I... Continue Reading →
Written in May 2020 This is strange and annoying. I find it impossible to believe I went to no gigs in 1997....how could that happen? The years were quite sparse of musical talent, but I'd go to gigs surely?!?!? Point is, I have no tickets in the ticket box I found and no immediate memories... Continue Reading →
November 16th 1996 – De Montfort Hall I've no idea why Runrig turned up in Leicester in 1996. They had recently released a new album "Long Distance" but weren't particularly well known (I didn't think). Any which way, they were doing a full UK Tour. I'd come across them through a liking of Irish music... Continue Reading →
November 14th 1996 – De Montfort Hall "Stoosh" was their second album, but Skank Anansie sprang to fame a year earlier with the strong single "Weak" which was brilliant (from "Paranoid and Sunburnt"), so this was another gig to look forward to, so we could see the difference between radio music and live music. Here's... Continue Reading →
August 10th 1996 – Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire Having seen Oasis at Stoke Trentham Gardens, 3rd October 1995, things moved really fast for them. If anything, the last tour venues were too small and perhaps the record label under estimated how quickly the band would grow, so we suddenly jump from Oasis in a small venues... Continue Reading →
March 24th 1996 – Leicester Arena (De Montfort Uni) You would think we would have had enough of the Bradford boys by now? Not likely. This had become the ultimate sweat buckets and dance gig of the 90s for us! I don't recall the support band, I suspect as it was a Sunday, we decided... Continue Reading →
November 20th 1995 – The Junction, Cambridge Aztec Camera didn't tour a great deal and when they did, it never seemed to be close to Leicester or when i could afford to go. So when this gig came up...in Cambridge!! we had to take a road trip. Roddy had just released the album "Frestonia" a... Continue Reading →
November 18th 1995 – Wembley Arena Supported by: Morrissey An interesting conversation occurred a few weeks before this gig. I hadn't really contemplated going to see Bowie on this tour, the UK legs were at "my fave" the NEC, Birmingham or Wembley Arena, which I hadn't been to but assumed would be a similar big... Continue Reading →
November 2nd 1995 – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham It does say "plus guests" but as usual I don't remember who. In fact, I think The Human laegue went on for at least 2 and a half hours, so they probably came on stage at 8:30ish. I'd missed The Human League way back when in the... Continue Reading →
October 3rd 1995 – Trentham Gardens, Stoke on Trent Don't be fooled by the ticket, this concert got cancelled and rescheduled to 3rd October. Sometimes, you get concerts where you can say "I was there". Well, I didn't get tickets we were after for the gig we were after (Granby Halls, Leicester on November 17th... Continue Reading →
June 28th 1995 – Wembley Stadium, London Supported by: Crown of Thorns, Thunder, Van Halen Seemed like only a few days ago we were in London watching Bon Jovi, Van Halen, et al......ok, so it was!! I'd decided long ago to take in two gigs on this tour, seeing as Van Halen were also a... Continue Reading →
June 23rd 1995 – Wembley Stadium, London Supported by: Ugly Kid Joe, Thunder, Van Halen Today was roasting!! What a fantastic day for a trip to London and another fantastic line up for a Bon Jovi concert. I knew a few Ugly Kid Joe songs, so was interested to see them live. It goes without... 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 →
March 23rd 1995 - Birmingham NEC Arena I don't recall for sure who the support act was, but in the back of my mind, I've a feeling it was An Emotional Fish from Dublin, who had a fantastic single called "Rain" in 1993 and "Aeroplanes" in 1994....so just in case I don't get to talk... 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 →
August 2nd 1994 – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Supported by: FM "Here's a song for ya!..." was the famous call out whenever David Coverdale (Lead singer) wanted to launch into the next great song. Nottingham Royal Concert Hall was a lovely venue, more akin to symphonies and plays, but we would see a fair few... Continue Reading →
May 10th 1994 – Granby Halls, Leicester Gigs came thick and fast in May 1994 and a big big shock before this gig even took place. Deacon Blue announced on 27th April 1994 that they were going to split up at the end of this tour!! Shhhiiitte!! The band were flying high at the time,... Continue Reading →
May 2nd 1994 – Derby Assembly Rooms Was this really my next gig after The Wonder Stuff!!! Yep, this was a strange one! Doesn't really fit into my categories very well, I've chosen "pop", but this isn't high on any of my thought processes as a type of music (I nearly left it as "uncategorized").... 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 →
April 8th 1994 – Kettering Arena Supported by: Gigolo Aunts I'd already seen The Wonder Stuff at Walsall Football Club and this would be the continuation of my seeing the Stuffies in strange venues. I mean, for a start, Kettering Arena! I was a little bit snobby about seeing them play at Walsall FC (it... 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 →
The Fan Club Years 