11-02-2020, 08:54 PM
12
Re: Your first...
I can't exactly remember the first gig I went to but when I was around 15yrs our local night club started hosting Punk gigs.The promoter was from London and I think he thought Yate was in Bristol instead of 11 miles North East............Anyway we used to bunk off school on a friday afternoon and help the bands roadie their gear up the stairs and in to the venue......We would then get free entry.
Bands like Ultravox ( in the early Indie/alternative days), Generation X ( Billy Idol), Slaughter And The Dogs and many others.
The first gig I paid good money and really wanted to go to was The Clash at The Locarno in Bristol.....around 1978.
My next gig will be Kings of Leon in Newcastle in July
11-02-2020, 09:34 PM
13
Re: Your first...
My Dad took me to see The Duke Ellington Orchestra when I was 14. (1966) He was doing a world tour and after that they all died. He took me to see the Dave Brubeck Quartet the same year and The Seekers the next - I think. First concert back in Sydney from living in Perth was Blood, Sweat and Tears at Randwick Racecourse.
11-02-2020, 10:39 PM
15
Re: Your first...
Originally Posted by carol
->
If I wanted to see Cliff Richard when he comes to my local theatre in Setember I can expect to pay upwards of £200.Think I'll watch the live relay at the cinema instead - £17 for that.
My first live show I saw was Tom Jones. I was never a fan of his but one of my friends desperately wanted to go so I agreed to go with her. Oh My Gawd, he was bloody fabulous, he is truly a showman and knows how to work his audience. His show converted me to a Tom Jones fan.
I recently saw Hugh Jackman and his show was even better than Toms, another fantastic showman.
One concert I will regret not going to for the rest of my life is one with Freddie Mercury. I so wish I had gone to Live Aid and seen that fabulous performance. Awww RIP my Freddie. By the way Carol, I'm going to see We Will Rock You next week eeeeeeek, cannae wait
12-02-2020, 12:07 AM
17
Re: Your first...
Originally Posted by Lion Queen
->
.. By the way Carol, I'm going to see We Will Rock You next week eeeeeeek, cannae wait
I looks at the tour dates to see if it was coming anywhere near us - but it isn't!!
12-02-2020, 02:40 AM
19
Re: Your first...
Originally Posted by carol
->
Mine was to see the very young Cliff Richard at the Palace Theatre Mansfield Notts.... and yes, my friends & I screamed our heads off!!!
But I suspect he was also the first one night stand I went to at the Odeon, Dover. He could have been reciting the 23rd Psalm for all I knew because nothing could be heard above the screams of the girls in the audience.
The first band I actually heard because their PA was louder than the screams was the Dave Clark Five. A very good concert as it happened with the Kinks as the opening act and it went uphill from then.
However there were many concerts before that where the screaming drowned out the bands
12-02-2020, 10:24 AM
20
Re: Your first...
My first big concert was on 23rd March 1963 at Slough Adelphi. Headlining was "Little Miss Dynamite" - Brenda Lee, backed up by Mike Berry, Sounds Incorporated, Tony Sheridan and The Bachelors. It wasn't really my kind of music, but my older sister had a spare ticket and I went along so I could be near her best friend Jackie (for whom I had a deep and abiding unrequited love). I remember not being impressed by the music. At that time my friends and I (all around 15yrs old) were just getting into R&B and The Stones and had started blagging our (underage) way into The Crawdaddy, Eel Pie Island, Ealing Blues Club and The Ricky Tick Club where we saw The Stones, Manfred Mann, YArdbirds, Pretty Things etc on a regular basis.|
|
