Johnny's Gigography

[John]

Thought it was about time I made a gigography! Ticket stubs, search engines and some of my memory have enabled me to compile the below list.

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REEF
KOKO, Camden, London
20/11/2013


ATOMS FOR PEACE
The Roundhouse, Camden, London
25/07/2013


SMASHING PUMPKINS
Wembley Arena, London
22/07/2013


MUSE
Emirates Stadium, London
26/05/2013


THE BREW
The Yardbirds Club, Grimsby
21/12/2012


THE BREW
Backstage Halle, Munich, Germany
20/10/2012


RADIOHEAD
Zenith de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
16/10/2012


OPTIMUS ALIVE FESTIVAL
FEATURING RADIOHEAD, THE CURE, THE STONE ROSES, SNOW PATROL, JUSTICE, MAZZY STAR, MILES KANE
Lisbon, Portugal
13-15/07/2012


THE BLACK KEYS
Alexandra Palace, London
08/02/2012


STEPHEN MERCHANT "HELLO LADIES" TOUR
Hammersmith Apollo, London
08/12/2011


TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
The Roundhouse, Camden, London
12/03/2011


THE BOXER REBELLION
Heaven, London
10/03/2011


THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
229 The Venue, Great Portland Street, London
02/12/2010


RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
KOKO, Camden, London
03/11/2010


RICKY GERVAIS "SCIENCE" TOUR
Hammersmith Apollo, London
10/09/2010


AIR
The Forum, Kentish Town, London
10/07/2010


CHEMICAL BROTHERS
The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London
22/05/2010


ANDY MCKEE
Union Chapel, Islington, London
20/03/2010


VELLOCETTE
Hope & Anchor, Islington, London
01/02/2010


MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS ( + STRICKEN CITY + ROX )
Dingwalls, Camden, London
26/01/2010


MICHAEL MCINTYRE
Wembley Arena, London
04/10/2009


RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
KOKO, Camden, London
02/09/2009


DERREN BROWN "ENIGMA" TOUR
The Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, London
24/07/2009


CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
FEATURING THAT BLOKE FROM ABBA, LOTS OF SWEDISH BANDS, SHLOMO
Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath, London
04/07/2009


ICELANDIC MUSIC THROUGH UNCONVENTIONAL MEANS
FEATURING SHLOMO, AMIINA AND VALGEIR SIGURDSSON
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
15/05/2009


SEASICK STEVE
Hammersmith Apollo, London
31/01/2009


LITTLE JOY
Dingwalls, Camden, London
21/01/2009


KINGS OF LEON
Wembley Arena, London
21/12/2008


RADIOHEAD
Victoria Park, London
24/06/2008


DERREN BROWN "EVENING OF WONDERS" TOUR
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby
07/03/2008


DAVID FORD
Fibbers, York
17/01/2008


RICKY GERVAIS "FAME" TOUR
Hammersmith Apollo, London
29/09/2007


SUPERGRASS
The Leadmill, Sheffield
Cannot remember date... 2006?


SNOW PATROL
Roseland Ballroom, New York
08/09/2006


RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
06/07/2006


JACK JOHNSON
Hammersmith Apollo, London
04/06/2006


DERREN BROWN "EVENING OF WONDERS" TOUR
City Hall, Sheffield
17/05/2006


OASIS
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
04/07/2005


KT TUNSTALL
The Leadmill, Sheffield
20/05/2005


V FESTIVAL
(MUSE, STARSAILOR, BRMC, EMBRACE, SCISSOR SISTERS, THE PIXIES, THE THRILLS, SNOW PATROL, FAITHLESS, THE KILLERS, THE STROKES)
Weston Park, Staffordshire
21-22/08/2004


THE WILDHEARTS AND THERAPY
The Leadmill, Sheffield
14/04/2004


SNOW PATROL
The Leadmill, Sheffield
06/03/2004


STEREOPHONICS
Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield
09/11/2003


THE RAVEONETTES
The Leadmill, Sheffield
31/10/2003


FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby
16/09/2003


V FESTIVAL
(COLDPLAY, FOO FIGHTERS, ASH, THE HIVES, THE FUTUREHEADS)
Weston Park, Staffordshire
17/08/2003


SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby
16/01/2003


OASIS
Hull Arena, Hull
02/07/2002

[Win2Win]

Building your ears up for when you go to a real rock gig then? :D You can sit between me & Big C at the next Motorhead gig....front row

[John]

Ha! I didn't know you two sat down at Motorhead gigs... couple of old codgers? :wink

[vegyjones]

Yu should have let me know you were in Victoria Pk on Tuesday Johnny! I was literally minutes away from you!

In fact I may have passed you trying to make my way home. I would have been the fella mumbling "bloody bunch of layabouts coming round my way making the place look untidy" :D

[bigcumba]

Ha! I didn't know you two sat down at Motorhead gigs... couple of old codgers? :wink

What Keith means is you can sit 'between us' while we're headbanging... you can hold the beers! :)

Nice wee mixture of gigs there John... I'd list my gigs but I don't think the forum is big enough!

[vegyjones]

I'd list my gigs but I don't think the forum is big enough!

I'm too embarassed to list mine!

[bigcumba]

I'm too embarassed to list mine!

you mean you're embarrassed about the Nolans, and Teletubbies live?:wink

[John]

Campbell, I hope I've been to as many gigs as you have "by the time I get to your age." :) Next on my gig list is Kings Of Leon for definite! Oh, and Rodrigo y Gabriela (who I nearly saw on Wednesday night in Camden, but my time will eventually come to see them!)

Vegmeister - we were rushing to the gig... incredibly early... but going to a gig kinda has that effect on you! What were you doing near Victoria Park on Tuesday!

[MattR]

Vegmeister - we were rushing to the gig... incredibly early... but going to a gig kinda has that effect on you! What were you doing near Victoria Park on Tuesday!

He was the one in the brown mac :D


As to the blue and the green, I'm guessing the one's in green can't sing :D

[vegyjones]

What were you doing near Victoria Park on Tuesday!

I live there!

[vegyjones]

Not in the park, obviously, but near there!

[peza2605]

heres my list for everyones amusement. most in the late 80's early 90's.


Tpau- Birmingham Nec

The Cure -Nec

Deacon Blue - Nec

INXS - Nec

Iron Maiden - Nec

The Cure - Wembley Arena Lahndan

The Primitives - some pub in Brum

Tpau - Aston Villa leisure centre

Tina Turner - Woburn Abbey

Guns'n' roses -Wembley stadium Lahndan

Four Tops - some castle in spain

Voice of the beehive - some hall in coventry

The Cure -Nec

The Cure - Nec

Manic Street Preachers - Wolves civic hall

Bowling for soup - Wolves mini civic

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Wolves civic hall

Spice Girls,Peter Andre etc - some park in brum

Status Quo and others - sutton park

bet i dont seem as cool to you lot now:D eh

absolutely no excuses whatsoever

[bigcumba]

That's not too bad Peza, the only ones in your list I haven't seen or would never go see were the SPice girls & Peter Andre, and Deacon Blue... I saw T'Pau in the late 80's, I've seen Tina Turner, The Cure, INXS, Maiden, and of course Quo, the rest I'd have give a chance.

[peza2605]

in my defence the spice girls / peter andre one was for the wife and kids. still think of seeing them as a stain on my character though

[bigcumba]

in my defence the spice girls / peter andre one was for the wife and kids. still think of seeing them as a stain on my character though

I can understand... I got dragged up to Wembley a few years back to see B*Witched for my daughter, just as bad!

[mathare]

in my defence the spice girls / peter andre one was for the wife and kids. still think of seeing them as a stain on my character though

Surely the Spice Girls gig left a stain on your trousers

[bigcumba]

Surely the Spice Girls gig left a stain on your trousers

I'd crap myself at the sight of them as well :D

[MattR]

Surely the Spice Girls gig left a stain on your trousers

From what I (vaguely) remember so would a couple of the B*Witched ones.

[Win2Win]

not In The Park, Obviously, But Near There!

:D

[Win2Win]

Tpau- Birmingham Nec

Iron Maiden - Nec

I must have been at the gigs with you! I went to those two on consecutive nights....great drive from Liverpool.....twice :splapme

Spice Girls,Peter Andre etc - some park in brum

You admit this on a public forum

[John]

Updated! :D

[MattR]

I'm still stunned that the Fun Lovin Criminals visited Grimsby :D

[bigcumba]

I'm still stunned that the Fun Lovin Criminals visited Grimsby :D

I know, like there aren't enough criminals there already!:wink

[counterfeit]

First gig John in 2002 - I had all but stopped by then.

There is no way I could put dates to my gigs but I can do something of a list. A lot of these I have seen many, many times.

Before any starts, Simply Red was purely to keep my wife company.

Depeche Mode

Sisters Of Mercy

OMD

Simply Red

Fiction Factory

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

Debbie Harry

Cult

Mission

Siouxsie & The Banshees

All About Eve

Green Day

Manics

Supergrass

Suede

Marc Almond

Bauhaus

Sex Pistols

U2

Pretenders

Happy Mondays

Prodigy

Placebo

Levellers

Beautiful South

Travis

Transvision Vamp

Big Audio Dynamite

Love and Rockets

Fun Lovin Criminals

Therapy

Mogwai

Razorlight

Iggy Pop

Verve

Catatonia

Chumbabwumba

Faithless

Pulp

The Alarm

I'm pretty sure there are others that I've forgotten.

[bigcumba]

Simply Red

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

Debbie Harry

Cult

Mission

Siouxsie & The Banshees

All About Eve

U2

Pretenders

Happy Mondays

Levellers

Transvision Vamp

Big Audio Dynamite

Therapy

Iggy Pop

The Alarm

Out of your bunch I've also seen those... Simply Red for me was because they played an extra date in Glasgow with a cut down light show because it was a last minute thing at a smaller venue... they were brilliant, so good I went to the next gig in Edinburgh to see the full show. All the rest of your list have always been good apart from Big Audio Dynamite - one of only 3 gigs I've walked out of early. I liked the albums, but live they were downright awful, though it didn't help them having all of 6!! support acts, from DJ's to crap dance acts. By the time BAD came on that was my mood!
Also got fond memories of Transvision Vamp... 2000 rabid Scots singing to Wendy "Get yer t!ts out for the lads!". They were great though, rocked up the poppy sound and blew the roof off.
U2 - only saw them once, way back in around 1985 at the Barrowlands in Glasgow... again only a 2000 capacity gig, superb way to catch a band that were obviously destined to become huge... and great support from The Waterboys as well.
Good to see Goodbye Mr McKenzie there as well - another very underrated band, great songs. I'd do my list but it'll need to be another night when I've more time to go through my ticket collection and what's left of my memory!

[counterfeit]

BAD - same thing for me. 6 support acts including a rap artist, 2 DJs, some girl doing poetry and a couple of awful bands.

The Mackenzies are definitely in my top 5 bands ever. Me and my mates went back to their hotel and got wrecked with them (apart from Big John who is teetotal). I bet there's not many people can say they got blitzed with Shirley Manson. By the way, I heard Big John now lives in Amsterdam with his "husband".

I do like Angelfish and Isa and The Filthy Tongues (the follow up bands) too but not had a chance to see them yet.

Wendy James - hmmm. Teenage nights just flew by.

[counterfeit]

John put his comedy list on too

My God - that list would be huge but I have seen

Alan Davies, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Bottom, Victoria Wood, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeff Green, Phill Jupitus, Sean Meo, Sean Lock, Chubby Brown, amongst many others.

[bigcumba]

Comedy... for all it's regularly branded as "the new rock'n'roll" I've rarley been to comedy gigs.... only been to one that I can think of in a comedy club in London, plus a few comedy plays. I should really go to more.

[John]

Crikey that's quite a list you have there Big Man! I'll have a look into those comedians too - not really a fan of Billy Connolly but I'll check out some of the others. :)

I'm also amazed the FLCs came to Grimsby. Rumour has it that Babyshambles are playing there shortly too!

[Ooops... Big Man = counterfeit... your avatars are easily confused!]

[John]

By the way - I couldn't remember all of the dates exactly... I just used Google for the most part and entered things like "Band Year Venue" and then found the exact details of the ones I went to. I like to keep all the ticket stubs but nowadays Ticketmaster seem happier to send you a PDF to print out yourself.

There's one or two gigs coming up in April I want to go to (Basement Jaxx, and The Prodigy with Dizzee Rascal) along with Grace Jones in June/July if I can get hold of any tickets.