Gigs

[Slim]

Saw Sea Power last night at Rough Trade in Nottingham. They're doing a small "stripped back and signing" tour to promote their new record. Played as a four piece, without Abi (viola operator) or Phil (keyboards, cornet, occasional third guitar). The set was only about 65 minutes, tiny little venue that's a sort of annex off a bar and it was mostly the new material (with a bunch of oldies at the end).

I queued up to get my CD sleeve signed and Yan (singer / guitar player) recognised me and asked how I was doing, which made my night! Presumably I'm a familiar face from my forays down the front at gigs in recent years.

There's always a wonderful atmosphere at Sea Power gigs, a real sense of community. All four of the band present were having a drink in the bar before the set and no-one bothered them apart from one punter who politely asked Yan to sign a poster.

[Neillwith2Ls]

2020 and 2021 were the first years since probably around 1987 that I hadn't been to a ticketed gig. All my 2020 gigs have been either rescheduled at least twice or cancelled outright. I think I have 5 gigs currently going ahead in 2022, Teenage Fanclub and Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in April, the two Pearl Jam Hyde Park gigs in July, and The Black Crowes in September.

My bands have slowly been getting back to gigging too, Black Heart Angel played a handful of gigs late last year, including a very strange socially distanced one last June. I played my first pub gig of 2022 with a new band (The Remedy) last Saturday, which went really well, almost as if there'd been no pandemic; busy pub, people drinking, dancing, falling over, encores. Felt great, but also a bit uneasy at the same time - a strange sensation!

[pdw1]

I did a little bit better than you with 1 gig in 2020 right before lockdown. Anathema at the London palladium [the band subsequently split up] and 3 gigs late last year. Fish made it to Cambridge and then Marillion twice on their tour of the UK.

Since then everything keeps getting pushed back 12 months Had planned to see Gojira and WASP (separately) next month but tours have postponed to 2023.

Hopefully I will get to see Anneke Van Giersbergen at the end of April.

[Fishy]

Nothing musical coming up but got Stewart Lee 14th March and Derren Brown 11th March in Glasgow coming up both postponed for 2 years...

[R6GYY]

Nothing booked as yet, but there are currently a couple of gigs coming up at the Buckley Tivoli that I am interested in.

FM - Friday, August 12, 2022
Vandenberg: Saturday, December 3, 2022

If money was no object (and it definitely is) I'd be off to see:

Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble (nearest is Birmingham O2 Academy on March 31)

[Ali]

Following my last post on T-N-M-S on Wednesday regarding your longest wait to see a band you've always liked, after just the 43 years I got to see EXTC (officially endorsed spin-off featuring Terry Chambers on drums) playing a fine set of XTC tunes at the excellent Waterloo Music Bar in Blackpool.

Since XTC stopped playing live around 82-83 (due to Andy Partridge developing stage fright 😞), then this is the first time many of the tunes had ever been played live 😎

I've an inkling the 26 song set featured a couple more tunes than when Yes toured 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' 😁

[Nickslikk2112]

I've got:


Saucerful of Secrets in April
Steve Hackett in September
Opeth in October or November. Don't recall which now.

[Nick]

Porcupine tree in November at Wembley arena.

[Rufus_the_dawg]

Saw Sea Power last night at Rough Trade in Nottingham.

On Wednesday night I was offered a free ticket to their Shrewsbury gig, but could not make it.

[Slim]

I was tempted to go to that one myself - but since I wanted to do a long bike ride the next day I decided against it.

[Matt2112]

Schoolboy error - I didn't put my gig diary on TNMS anywhere for safe keeping.

I've pinned a few e-tickets in my email account - Stewart Lee x 2, King's X, for example - but I'm going to have to reconstruct my list the long way round.

[Fishy]

Stewart Lee could be the 15th actually.. still waiting on an email...

[Rufus_the_dawg]

Oysland Klezmer Band this Friday at the SPARC theatre Bishops Castle.

I love jewish roots music

[Ali]

A couple of carry-overs from 2020 amongst these:

21 Jan. Mostly Autumn acoustic/One Iota, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York
28 Jan. Girlschool/Uriah Heep/Saxon, Apollo, Manchester
22 Feb. Van Der Graaf Generator, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
24 Feb. EXTC, Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
10 Mar. Tangerine Dream, Grand Central, Liverpool
11 Mar. Franck Carducci, Jimmy's, Liverpool
6 Apr. Paul Menel and the Essentials, Old School House, Barnsley
8 Apr. Hawklords, Tivoli, Buckley
18 Apr. Nick Mason's SoS, Philharmonic, Liverpool
23 Apr. Dressed to Kill, Heswall Hall, Wirral
24 Apr. Blackheart Orchestra, Capstone Theatre, Liverpool
28 Apr. William Duvall (from AiC), Arts Club, Liverpool
2 May. tool, AO Arena, Manchester
8 May. Spiritualized, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
11 May. Peaness, Jimmy's, Liverpool
15 May. Von Hertzen Brothers, Tivoli, Buckley
26 May. Blackheart Orchestra, Gulliver's, Manchester
27 May. Karnataka, the Met, Bury
28 May. Peaness, HMV, Chester
4 Jun. Mostly Autumn, Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
9 Jun. Rolling Stones, Anfield, Liverpool
10 Jun. Tim Bowness, Prohibition Studios, Liverpool
20 Jun. Yes, Philharmonic, Liverpool
25 Jun. Mostly Autumn, Citadel, St Helens
26 Jun. Rammstein, Ricoh Arena, Coventry
29 Jul. EXTC, Band on the Wall, Manchester
30 Jul. Steve Rothery Band, Band on the Wall, Manchester
11 Aug. Bouchard Brothers, Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
17 Aug. Lifesigns, Zanzibar, Liverpool
4 Sep. Mostly Autumn, the Met, Bury
24 Sep. Mostly Autumn, Tivoli, Buckley
30 Sep. Kate Bush-ka, Leaf, Liverpool
1 Oct. Kate Bush-ka, Live Rooms, Chester
3 Oct. Uriah Heep, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
8 Oct. Steve Hackett, Philharmonic, Liverpool
11 Oct. Lazuli, Cavern, Liverpool
13 Oct. Killing Joke/Billy Idol, AO Arena, Manchester
15 Oct. Summer's End Festival, Drill Hall, Chepstow
22 Oct. Eivor, Gorilla, Manchester
23 Oct. Space Elevator, 11, Stoke
23 Oct. Tony Wright (Terrorvision), Phase One, Liverpool
27 Oct. Enuff Z'Nuff/Treatment/Skid Row, Ritz, Manchester
28 Oct. Rosalie Cunningham, the Ferret, Preston
2 Nov. Peaness, Cavern, Liverpool
6 Nov. Enuff Z'Nuff, 11, Stoke
6 Nov. Mostly Autumn, Robin, Bilston
7 Nov. Sigur Ros, Apollo, Manchester
11 Nov. Porcupine Tree, Wembley Arena, London
17 Nov. Wishbone Ash, O2 Academy 2, Liverpool
3 Dec. Mostly Autumn, Stables, Milton Keynes
4 Dec. FM/Graham Bonnet/Dead Daisies, Ritz, Manchester
9 Dec. Franck Carducci, Old Courts, Wigan
11 Dec. Mostly Autumn, Crescent, York
17 Dec. The Icicle Works, O2 Academy, Liverpool
23 Dec. Mothership, Swinging Arm, Birkenhead

2023
10 Jun. Roger Waters, AO Arena, Manchester
16 Jun. Yes, Philharmonic, Liverpool
20 Jun. Muse, John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
29 Jun. Porcupine Tree, Castlefield Bowl, Manchester

[pxr5]

"Kate Bush-ka" - great name.