All the gigs of my life: Gig 89 – Manic Street Preachers, Saturday, June 12, 2004 Seaclose Park, Newport (Isle of Wight Festival)
A summer seaside frolic with My Boys.
Scruffy
All the gigs of my life: Gig 88 – Duran Duran, Wednesday, April 14, 2004, Wembley Arena
A stormingly entertaining evening from Duran Duran.
All the gigs of my life: Gigs 85, 86 & 87 – Placebo, Monday 1st, Tuesday 2nd & Tuesday 30th March, 2004, Brixton Academy
March 2004. A month full of Placebo gigs and major life-changing events.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 84 – Mark Owen, Thursday, December 04, 2003, Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Seeing out my 2003 gigging year in style with the delightful Mark Owen.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 83 – Blur, Tuesday, December 02, 2003, Brixton Academy
My last Blur gig – so far! – was a stunning, end-of-an-era extravaganza.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 82 – The Dandy Warhols, Monday, December 01, 2003, Kentish Town Forum
A festive celebration from the Dandy Warhols – and my sixth time seeing them in the space of a fortnight.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 81 – David Bowie, Wednesday, November 26, 2003, Wembley Arena
The end of an overwhelming, emotional rollercoaster of a Bowie tour.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 80 – David Bowie, Tuesday, November 25, 2003, Wembley Arena
My 2003 Bowie adventures continued as I reached my penultimate gig of the A Reality tour.
Album for the day 20/06/20: Liam Gallagher, “MTV Unplugged (Live At Hull City Hall)”
“LEEE-UUHM! LEE-UUHM!” hollers the distinctively male-voiced crowd in between songs on this album, recorded live in Hull back in August 2019. It’s uncomfortably reminiscent of football chants, with all their implicit macho aggression.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 79 – David Bowie, Thursday, November 20, 2003, NEC, Birmingham
‘Oh god. All I can say is, round about two hours ago, DAVID BOWIE SMILED AT ME!’ Welcome, one and all, to the tale of the best night of my life.
SCRUFFY STORMS 