Off Topic Gigs, Concert and Live Music

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Kempton said:
Was it the bucket and spade tour? Or the Trans Global Express? I was at both. Saw them twice at Leeds too. The last being the farewell tour. I've seen Weller too many times times to mention, but the first Dalby Forrest gig was truly outstanding. Got to say though, the last album is just boring, or probably it's more that it's just not my thing.
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I couldn’t tell you the name of the tour but could find the date off the CD. I lot of years & alcohol have passed since then.
 
England ladies kit v Argies well smart tonight.

One for the old skool.


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tigerscanada said:
I posted this on another thread a few days ago. The attached is just a snapshot of the acts I saw @ L.U.U. over a 4 month period spanning Xmas '69.
Was there from Aug '65 to Aug '72, the artists giving gigs at the same venue over that period were top notch. I only missed one - and that's because they failed to show up (Velvet Underground)
I'd say the best times of my life.
No doubt a few of our older members of the forum attended some of the same gigs as well.

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Brings back memories Nights in White Satin. Last time I saw the Moody Blues was in Oct '69 @ Leeds U.U. Sat night hop. They played most of the tracks from "Days of Future Past" - up there as one of the best live performances I've ever seen.
LUU was brilliant for getting quality acts, and were a favourite venue for many big acts.
Line-up either side of Christmas '69-'70 is a sampling of the quality. Any wonder I stayed in Leeds for 7 years.
Happy days.

1969

Oct 4 Fleetwood Mac

Oct 11 Moody Blues

Oct 18 Family

Nov 8 Pink Floyd

Nov 15 Bonzo Dog & Deep Purple

Nov 22 Christine Perfect

Nov 29 Graham Bond Organization/Initiation

Dec 6 Chicken Shack

1970

Jan 17 Joe Cocker

Jan 24 Led Zeppelin

Jan 31 Ten Years After

Feb 7 Small Faces & Keef Hartley Band

Feb 14 The Who….Live @ Leeds

Feb 21 John Hiseman’s Collosseum & Marsha Hunt

Feb 28 Pink Floyd

….

Magic !
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Ed Bicknell used to book groups for Hull University students union in the late 1960s - a very similar list of acts and I think he paid them less than £150.00 per night. The Who concert included a mini stage invasion which ended when Pete Townshend clattered two blokes with his guitar. Some gigs were relocated to The Skyline (Jimi Hendrix cost 12/6d or about 73p in 1967).
Ed went on to great things as the manager of Dire Straits and, when they broke up, Mark Knopfler.
 
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Not. Any ladies listed so far so
Bow Wow Wow
Tina Turner
Beyoncé
Paloma Faith
Tracy Chatman
Joan Armatrading
Alecia Moore
Gwen Stefani
 
augustatiger said:
Not. Any ladies listed so far so
Bow Wow Wow
Tina Turner
Beyoncé
Paloma Faith
Tracy Chatman
Joan Armatrading
Alecia Moore
Gwen Stefani
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Ladies... Siouxsie played City Hall, Blondie did ice arena once, The Defectors? Vice Squad/Beki Bondage at Tower, Brix Smith at Adelphi, The Favours, Lena Lovitch, did X Ray Spex ever play Hull?
 
originalminority said:
Ladies... Siouxsie played City Hall, Blondie did ice arena once, The Defectors? Vice Squad/Beki Bondage at Tower, Brix Smith at Adelphi, The Favours, Lena Lovitch, did X Ray Spex ever play Hull?
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Kleenex, the Raincoats. Penetration and even Delta 5

All back in the sexist day.
 
Kempton said:
I'm being a bit pernickety here, but I'm pretty sure you saw The Jam. The Clash at Brid Spa were indeed awesome. I'm gonna guess the Proclaimers were a joy and I somehow missed out on The Specials and was Anabella Lwin as sexy as I imagined?
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I thought long and hard about The Jam and though I find it hard to believe I didn’t go, I don’t actually remember being there.

Anabella was stunning, I waited round the back of The Tower and tried to get her to come to the Welly, but she was having none of it.
 
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City Man said:
Kleenex, the Raincoats. Penetration and even Delta 5

All back in the sexist day.
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OK don't dictate, would have loved to have seen Pauline Murray, I guess they played Welly early on?
can we add Jacqui Abbott? and Tracey Thorn, Everything but the girl?
 
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Great thread.

Some great bands here listed (as well as some **** ones of course). Have to admit, in awe at some of them too: not going to mention them all but Julie D in '68 and Nico just above this post - amazing.

Not going to try and offer my list (not sure I could compile it accurately anyway).

But, one of the most meaningful for me, from mine, was Silver Apples.

Also, as they’ve not been mentioned yet: Kraftwerk (early 2000s – can’t remember year).

My first ever (proper) gig was Morrissey in the 90s.
 
Dead Kennedys at Leeds Polytechic, circa 1982. Most significant bit was that they were supported by a band called Lord Mountbattens Bits n Pieces. I was a student there at the time, so it wasn't much different to any Wednesday night at Leeds Poly. You'd always find the artists at the local curry house after the gig.
 
askewshair said:
Dead Kennedys at Leeds Polytechic, circa 1982. Most significant bit was that they were supported by a band called Lord Mountbattens Bits n Pieces. I was a student there at the time, so it wasn't much different to any Wednesday night at Leeds Poly. You'd always find the artists at the local curry house after the gig.
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I still see Ted from Lord Mountbatten’s Bits & Pieces from time to time, they split up when lead singer Frenchy got banged up for grave robbing. <laugh>.
 
originallambrettaman said:
I still see Ted from Lord Mountbatten’s Bits & Pieces from time to time, they split up when lead singer Frenchy got banged up for grave robbing. <laugh>.
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Whatever happened to Frenchy? Son of a Hull University lecturer I believe.

Probably a pillar of the Establishment by now.
 
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