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Destroyer78
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Mr Big / Stage Dolls City Hall 82
Followed by Donington 92
I was 14
Followed by Donington 92
I was 14
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First Gig - How Old Were You?
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roker beach
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13 (or 12), Led Zeppelin at the Mecca. You didn't have to be 18 as the bar was upstairs, unlike the Rink where some of my mates were turned away from David Bowie a couple of years later.
Marty Moose
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Be about the same for me. Riverside IIRC, and about 12 quid.
chriswallace85
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They did their first gig as 'Jethro Tull' there, but it was the time before that in January '68. Canny little snippet about this gig though...
They'd toured America earlier in the year.
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Johnap
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They did their first gig as 'Jethro Tull' there, but it was the time before that in January '68. Canny little snippet about this gig though...
They'd toured America earlier in the year.
If I remember they had been on Top of the Pops the night before. Anderson was brilliant, Charlie on drums was left alone for a while doing his bit...
mickb2112
Striker
Was that the Billy Sheehan/Eric Martin/Pail Gilbert/Pat Torpey Mr Big??? I`m sure they weren`t around in 1982. I think Sheehan was in Talas at that point.
I was 16 for my 1st gig: Michael Schenker Group at the City Hall 1982.
Just seen Schenker on Friday at the Academy too...still going strong:-D
Now THAT`s a class 1st gig to go to.
12, the bachelors at blackpool winter gardens.
mickb2112
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Was that the Animal Magnatism tour by any chance???? Great live band.
Herman Rarebell and Francis Buchholz are currently in Michael Schenkers band.
CollingwoodFTM
Striker
12, same gig.
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Flying Aids
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Upstarts in Shields about 13
ollie c
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I was 12, ah yes it was 1973 and it was Status Quo with Snafu as support. Noting the support is very important coz me an my mate thought Snafu was Quo
Still was a canny night some older bloke next to us (mustav been 19) said thats not quo man, an we was lyke" we knar man"
My first was this very line up at the Globe Theatre (now closed) Stockton !!
mickb2112
Striker
Unreal. Same gateway for me. Heard 'At the Edge' at 14 then hoyed all me metal stuff out and got me hair cut.
Animal Magnetism warm up tour in the May. Support were Tygers of Pan Tang.
No need to abandon Metal mate. You can listen to both. Love At The Edge by SLF mind. Loved it at the time when I was in my full on Metal mode and still love it today....and the Scorpions too.
the scorpions were a class band. seen them a few times over the years.
went off them a bit during the 'wind of change' era though.
they have a tremendous back catalogue. tokyo tapes is one of my favoutite live albums.
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Arthur Mullardo
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Groundhogs or Queen at the Mecca...
Big Picture at the club...
Big Picture at the club...
Texasmac
Striker
. That's where I was, a lad from Trimdon got the tickets, and his dad dropped us off and picked us up later.
ollie c
Striker
It's a small world lad !!
mickb2112
Striker
I love Tokyo Tapes...Pictured Life, We`ll Burn The Sky, In Trance, Fly to the Rainbow..great stuff.
Last Saturday I interveiwed Herman Rarebell and Francis Buchholz completing my interviews of all 5 of the Tokyo Tapes line up. I did Uli Roth in January and Rudolph Schenker and Klaus Meine a couple of years ago. They say never meet your heroes but I can honestly say all 5 of them were totally top blokes. I`m really pleased that I got the chance to do that.
By the way, the last couple of albums were a pretty decent return to form too....Unbreakable, Humanity and Sting in the Tail are all worth checking out if you still like the sort of stuff.
Great Track.
We went on a school trip from Barnes juniors to London in about '74, and were taken to a session being recorded, probably for the BBC, and saw Harrison Ford. I think the first proper one was Roxy Music at the City Hall in about '79
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