Manic Street Preachers at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Tuesday, 25th of September, 2018
The last Manics gig of 2018, and a night of highs and lows.
Susanna
Suede at Rough Trade East, Friday, 21st of September, 2018
A hot and sweaty celebration of Suede in the 21st century.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 26 – Robbie Williams, Friday, October 17, 1997, Le Palais
A glorious second night from Robbie at the Palais. And my last Robbie Williams gig for 20 years.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 25 – Robbie Williams, Thursday, October 16, 1997, Le Palais
Robbie Williams live, in a 2500 capacity club, for less than fifteen quid. Truly, 1997 was a different planet.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 24 – Mansun, Tuesday, October 14, 1997, Astoria
“All I can say is just over an hour ago I TOUCHED PAUL DRAPER!!! Whilst being drenched in champagne! He was just a metre away!!! Oh christ indeed.” Buckle up, kids. It’s going to be THAT sort of a gig.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 23 – Mansun, Saturday, October 11, 1997, Manchester Academy
October 1997, and my newest obsession were on tour again! And I literally could not wait to see them in London. So I zoomed up to Manchester one Saturday to see them there first.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 22 – Einstürzende Neubauten, Sunday, September 07, 1997, Astoria
What could be more appropriate, at the end of the most surreal week in UK history, than to spend an evening having my mind expanded by people banging on dustbin lids?
All the gigs of my life: Gig 21 – Manic Street Preachers, Saturday, August 23, 1997, Reading Festival (Day 2)
A triumphant end of an era for the Manic Street Preachers.
All the gigs of my life: Gig 20 – Suede, Friday, August 22, 1997, Reading Festival (Day 1)
A slightly rocky start to my first ever Reading. When would I ever learn that Moshpits And Me Don’t Mix?
Pet Shop Boys at the Royal Opera House, Wednesday 25th and Saturday 28th of July, 2018
The Pet Shop Boys are where everything begins for me, when it comes to music. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was some time in the middle of 1988 that I borrowed my mum’s cassette of “Actually”, and suddenly, music became the most important thing in […]
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