First live gigs

[HertzvanRental]

Prone as I am to pointless musings, what was the first live gig you saw?

Mine was the Vipers Skiffle Group, Finsbury Park, 1957. ( Still got their first album, it was also MY first album!!)

 

[gbb]

Wigans Ovation circa 1976.
We (my mates at the time) were just entering a Northern Soul phase. I can't remember much about the gig, it was a small place somewhere near Nottingham.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Gaffa in the Coola Bar at The Imperial, St James Street, Nottingham around 1979.

They even made it onto telly

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfIMjGaBg5s

I've still got their 'Neither Use Nor Ornament' album

 

[ianrauk]

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Marquee Club 1981

 

[fatblokish]

1982. The Leadmill, Sheffield. 16 and sneaked out.

Dead Kennedy's.

Wow!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Madonna at Roundhay Park, Leeds 1987.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Devo, Birmingham 1980.

 

[Houthakker]

Yes, Preston guildhall. Must have been 1974/5

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Not my first, perhaps the first memorable..
one of the many pre success Bay City Rollers line ups in 1971..
late licence 'till 1am the draw, honest

 

[Saluki]

Are we including Frank Ifield, with my Mum, when I was about 7?

First one I went to was at the UEA, LCR, it was Camel sometime in the late 70s. '78 or '79

Oooh, I'd forgotten. Adam & The Ants sometime around '76/'77 at St Andrews Hall (I think). A.A. wrapped himself up in a mike cord and dived off the stage. Lots of us took a step backwards. He might have landed a bit harder than he had anticipated.

 

[matiz]

Hawkwind,Wolverhampton civic hall 72

 

[ACS]

November '71 Black Sabbath supported by Nazareth and Wild Turkey (I think) at the Glasgow Apollo.

Enjoyed Black Sabbath but became a life long fan of Nazareth.

 

[flake99please]

The Macc Lads, Princess Charlotte, Leicester. I had never heard of them before & ended up going along with a friend who had a spare ticket. Can't say that I have heard anything more abhorrent or ever will again.

 

[NorthernDave]

Madonna at Roundhay Park, Leeds 1987.

I was at that gig!

But my first proper gig was Bruce Springsteen, also at Roundhay Park in 1985. Aged 14 and without tickets me and a couple of mates went to see what it was all about and found a section of the perimeter fence had been knocked over, so walked straight in and watched the whole show from Hill 60.

 

[Katherine]

Sky in Southampton about 1980 ish.