Saw him at Newcastle Mayfair around 1986 but my Mam wouldn’t let me borrow her car we we had to leave early for the last train.Gil Scott Heron at Newcastle Riverside around 89-90 time. Chose to go to a rave instead but I went to raves every week, so could have easily duffed one night. Still gutted I never went.
Saw Gil Scott Heron at a GLC free concert mid 80s and saw Japan support Blue Oyster Cult.Saw him at Newcastle Mayfair around 1986 but my Mam wouldn’t let me borrow her car we we had to leave early for the last train.
Two that stick out for me are Japan - was it 1984 - when it turned out to be their last tour. The Oil on Canvas CD / DVD has a class collection of songs but the filming is really fuzzy.
Biggest regret is Live Aid. Dunno why I didn’t make more effort. Maybe I just assumed it was out of reach but I do remember getting increasingly excited about watching it and was glued to the telly all day and night. Afterwards a couple of mates at school who weren’t nearly as committed music fans as me said they’d been and I was gutted I didnt go.
I did go to the Nelly Melly show in 1988 in the hope that it would be as good. They were clearly trying to recreate the same sort of scene and it was canny but of course nowhere near as good. I recently read on wiki the back story of the difficulties of getting it off the ground, Stevie Wonder losing his floppy disks etc.
During their brief glam phase?
Wharra day out.
If it makes you feel any better I was there but can't remember a single thing about it. Might as well not have been although I think I must have enjoyed it at the time.
I had a couple of lads in my class at school who went to it, the jammy sods
The lad across the road had a spare but I declined and did my O Level Maths homework instead reasoning that Joy Division no doubt would be touring again in the summer.
Same here. Not sure why I didn`t go. Maybe I it was down to money as I was in the 6th form at the time but maybe as none of my mates were that fussed about going but I recorded the whole thing on VHS and taped the entire coverage of the radio. I was working at weekends too in a pub so maybe that was another reason. Just wish I`d gone.Saw him at Newcastle Mayfair around 1986 but my Mam wouldn’t let me borrow her car we we had to leave early for the last train.
Two that stick out for me are Japan - was it 1984 - when it turned out to be their last tour. The Oil on Canvas CD / DVD has a class collection of songs but the filming is really fuzzy.
Biggest regret is Live Aid. Dunno why I didn’t make more effort. Maybe I just assumed it was out of reach but I do remember getting increasingly excited about watching it and was glued to the telly all day and night. Afterwards a couple of mates at school who weren’t nearly as committed music fans as me said they’d been and I was gutted I didnt go.
I did go to the Nelly Melly show in 1988 in the hope that it would be as good. They were clearly trying to recreate the same sort of scene and it was canny but of course nowhere near as good. I recently read on wiki the back story of the difficulties of getting it off the ground, Stevie Wonder losing his floppy disks etc.
I was there. It was a really sunny day and the show was amazing although at times GnR did ramble on a bit with instrumental interludes but it was a great day.
