So who here saw a gig the longest time ago?

axisus

Certainly not me, first was Marillion 1982, I was 19 years old so a bit late starting.

Anyone stretch back as far as mid 70s?

stratman3142

The first gig I went to was The Who supported by The James Gang at Trentham Gardens (Staffordshire) in October 1970. I was 15 at the time.

I much preferred The James Gang and that was the start of me being a fan of Joe Walsh.

Budgie

It wasn't me... my neighbour took me to see Hawkwind, I think in 1979, so I'd be about 10 years old haha! I got to the front too

notanon

Free trade hall and Apollo in Manchester  I used to save dinner money and bus fares to get the tickets. 1977 to 81 ish

Hawkwind, Steve Hillage, Uriah heap, Judas Priest, Gong, Motorhead, . . . I can't remember the rest ;-)

guitargeek62

Not me - I'm a (relatively) young 'un, so my first gig was 1992 - Status Quo at the Cornwall Colliseum at the grand old age of five.

Strat54

My older brother took me to see Black Sabbath in 1978......a new band called Van Halen were the support, I was 10....happy days.

Roland

axisus said:

Anyone stretch back as far as mid 70s?

Most of my gig going took place before the mid 70s. I started going to Friars in Aylesbury in the late 60s. There was also a Hyde Park concert with Eric Burden and Canned Heat. I can’t remember which came first. Before that it was just local bands.

jonnyburgo

Public Enemy in Manchester in 1987 i was 14 or 15. The atmosphere was tense.

Deadman

The Damned 1986 so it isn't me.

EricTheWeary

Thin Lizzy 18/12/79 with my sister and her friend. Appparently the support was The Vipers although I have no memory of them whatsoever. I think I remember quite a lot about Lizzy but I may have conflated it all with the passage of years. 

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breakstuff

My first gig was Transvision Vamp at the Manchester Apollo around 1989 so a few years out.

Wendy James was extremely cute.

LuttiS

Gary Moore in Bristol when I was younger back in 2002ish? That was first proper gig.. smaller local bands before that.

Am a weeee nipper  

mort

Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Gants Hill Odeon 1978 

AliGorie

'67 - john Martyn Edinburgh upstairs in the Waverly Bar (St Mary Street).

chillidoggy

1973, Medicine Head at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone.

Sassafras

The biggest one and most memorable gig I went to was the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
Absolute bloody carnage!

SteveRobinson

My first gig was at Belle Vue Manchester in 1973. That's as much as I'm prepared to say.

Phil_aka_Pip

Probably 1971, maybe early 1972, IIRC I was 14, at Watford Town hall to see The Sheep.

spark240

I reckon about 1980.....I was 15

SimonC

Def Leppard, Sheffield Show, Hillsborough Park, 1979.

They appeared on the Radio Hallam stage, following “Dollar”, I cant remember who the headliners were.

Kebabkid

Missed going to see Thin Lizzy on the Live & Dangerous dates as my parents wouldn't let me (I was 14).

My first gig was Van Halen on the Woman & Children First Tour at The Rainbow Theatre, London in June 1979

I think there were a couple of Iron Maiden and Tygers of Pan Tang gigs at The Marquee that year and then in 1980, I saw Queen at Wembley on the night of John Lennon's death and then a week or so later, it was The Police at Tooting Bec Common with support from Jools Holland and The Millionaires and Tommy Cooper. Yep!