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The First Time: David Jarman – Fleetwood Mac, Paris Theatre, London, 1969

April 18, 2023 David Jarman 0

As a self-confessed live music junkie, the first live gig I ever went to in 1969 was always going to be one that has lived on in my memory. My dad was a BBC recording engineer, […]

The First Time: Rick Bayles – The Monkees, Wembley Empire Pool, London, July 1967

April 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 2

At the time, nowhere near as cool or trendy as many colleagues’ recent ‘First Times’ featuring the Who, Beatles, and Rolling Stones and, for years, I would claim the first gig I attended was the Small […]

The First Time: Peter Churchill – Supertramp, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, November 7th, 1977

April 4, 2023 Peter Churchill 2

By the time I had moved to Bournemouth as a 5-year-old in 1965 the Winter Gardens had already hosted The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The next few years of childhood saw me also fail to […]

The First Time: Keith Hargreaves – The Specials, Madness etc. Camden Electric Ballroom – 21st July 1979

March 31, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 3

I was fifteen. I knew nothing… at all. Desperate to attend a gig in London my mate Maz persuaded his sister who lived in a commune in Kings Cross to get some tickets. Maz was a […]

The First Time: Tim Martin – The Boomtown Rats Colston Hall, Bristol 28th June1978

March 23, 2023 Tim Martin 2

By the summer of 1978 the sting had largely gone out of punk if the cool bits of the music press were to be believed. However, a bunch of 14-year-olds in the suburbs of Bristol hadn’t […]

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