Live Aid, 1985
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What was the FIRST gig you saw?
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The Prodigy @ the Bournemouth International Centre, on the Fat of the Land tour in 1997.
Seems I've gone full circle...Gas masks don't fit snails...
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Oasis @ Loch Lomand 1996
edit in fact, no, it was Paul Weller at the Barras the year before thatEvery Saint has a past, Every Sinner a future"

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I wasnt really into men at the time - IYKWIM
HTH
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Saw that one too, popped my proverbial GnR cherry good and properOriginally posted by Ravello View PostGuns 'N' Roses - Milton Keynes Rose Bowl ('94) - awesome.
Saw Springsteen there the week before, excellent gig and was on stage for over 4 hoursWho has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?Comment
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Thin Lizzy at Hammersmith Odeon, some time around 1977....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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Wow..goesOriginally posted by zeitghostSteelEyeSpan, Loughborough, 1972.
Seems rather a long time ago now...
with envy.
I'm a huge Maddy fan but have never actually seen her with Steeleye.
Did see Steeleye minus Maddy at Cropredy one year and have also seen Maddy with the Carnival Band back in 2007 on their Music for Tavern and Chapel.
Do you like E?
...and as for the OP - it was a terrible outfit called The Varukers at Bridgwater Arts Centre in 1985 but I can almost guarantee that none of you would have heard of them lol....Comment
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Either Queen or Status Quo at Milton Keynes bowl. I was between 8 and 10 at the time. I don't really remember which came first.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Yes at Bingley Hall StaffsHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Marillion. Predictably.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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