I have been keeping this list of gigs I have attended and often written reviews
for friends. It might interest someone so I have decided to put it online. I
have tried to go to a lot of gigs in recent times as that is the only enjoyment
worth aggravating my ME
for but I am afraid it still affects the reviews.
Gigs from late 96 – 97
Gigs in 98
Gigs in 99
Gigs in 2000
Gigs in 2001
Gigs in 2002
Gigs in 2003
Gigs in 2004
GIG LIST
Gigs seen I can’t recall date for
Lou Reed – New York tour
Jethro Tull in Ipswich Twice
Roy Wood – Brentwood Leasure Centre – 1992?
1980
June 9 – Saxon /Tygers of Pan Tang – Ipswich, Gaumont
Oct 13 – Rory Gallagher, Rage – Ipswich, Gaumont
Oct 15 – Hawkwind, Vardis – Ipswich, Gaumont
Oct 21 – Gillan, White Sprit, Quartz – Ipswich, Gaumont
Oct 22 – Motorhead, Weapon – Ipswich, Gaumont
Oct 23 – Ozzy Osbourne, Budgie, Unknown – Ipswich Gaumont
Dec 8 – Saxon, Limelight – Ipswich, Gaumont
1981
Feb 17 – Iron Maiden, Trust – Ipswich, Gaumont
May 15 – Def Leppard, More, Lionheart – Ipswich, Gaumont
Nov 22 – Gillan, Nightwing – Ipswich, Gaumont
Nov 29 – Herb Miller and his Orchestra – Ipswich, Gaumont
Dec 19 – Gillan, Budgie – Ipswich, Gaumont
1982
Dec 16 – Toyah
1983
Mar 21 – UFO, Scrates – Ipswich, Gaumont
Nov 11 – Ozzy Osbourne, Heavy Petting – Ipswich, Gaumont
Dec 7 – Robert Plant – Ipswich, Gaumont
1984
May 29 – Status Quo – Ipswich, Gaumont
Sep 1 – Queen, General Public – Birmingham NEC
1985
May 8 – Rick Wakeman, Clair Hammel – Ipswich, Gaumont
June 22 – Deep Purple, Scorpions, UFO, Meatloaf, Mountain, Mamas Boys,
Blackfoot, Alaska – Knebworth
1986
Feb 21 Ozzy Osbourne, Ratt – Hammersmith Odean
Mar 2 – Ozzy Osbourne, ? (crommm Vince Mat??) – Ipswich, Gaumont
Mar 15 – Moody Blues, ELO, Robert Plant, Big town playboys, Denny Laine, UB40,
Roy Wood, The Fortunes, The AppleJacks,The Rocking Berries, Steve Gibbons Band,
+ Noddy Holder, George Harrison and Mike Sheridan – Birmingham NEC
June 28 – Marrilion, Gary Moore, Jethro Tull, Magnum, Mamas Boys – Milton
Keynes Bowl
Aug 9 – Queen, Big Country, Status Quo, Belouis – Knebworth
Aug 16 – Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Bad News, Warlock –
Donington
Oct 10 – Magnum, FM
Oct 20 – ZZ Top, Terraplane
1987
Mar 3 – Deep Purple, Bad Company – Wembley Areana?
May ? – David Bowie, Wembley Stadium
1989
??? – Wishbone Ash – Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall.
??? – Blues Band – Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall.
??? – Canned Heat – Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall.
1992
Mar – Lou Reed – Wembley Arena
1993
Jun 5 or 6 – Velevet Underground – Wembley Arena
1994
Apr 13 – Black Sabbath,Cinderalla,Godspeed – Hammersmith Odeon
Nov 16 – Rick Wakeman – Alone at last. Harlow Playhouse
1995
Nov 8 – Ozzy Osbourne – Fear Factory – Ipswich. Regent
1996
Feb 24 – Deep Purple – Cambridge Corn Exchange
May 8 – Lou Reed – Hammersmith Odeon
Aug 28 – ELO Part II/Dant’
May 17 – Rick Wakman – Colchester Lesuire World.
Nov 25 – Kiss – Wembley Arena
Dec 13 – Rick Wakeman – Halstead Baptist Church
1997
Feb 27 – Paul Rodgers, ??? The Forum London
Mar 20 – The Roy Wood Big Band – Theatre Royal Norwich
May 3 – Rick Wakeman, English Chamber Choir, English players – Southwark Catherdral.
Jul 10 – Hard Rain – The Oval Norwich
July 22 & 23 – Rick Wakeman – Birmingham Ronnie
Scott’s
July 30 – Son of a Bitch – The Oval Norwich
Sep 12 – Fish – The Oval Norwich
Oct 1 – Hard Rain – The Oval Norwich
Oct 21 – ELO Part II – Ipswich, Regent
Nov 18 – Rick Wakeman – Norwich Theatre
Royal
Dec 4 – Black Sabbath, Fear Factory – Birmingham
NEC
Dec 22 – Roy Wood Big Band,Dr and the Medics,
Trextasy – Thertre Royal Norwich
1998
Feb 7 – UFO / Dirty Deeds – Norwich UEA
Feb 15 – Wishbone Ash – Oval – Norwich
Feb 20 – Blues Band – Ipswich Corn Exchange
Mar 5 – Yes – Hammersmith Apollo
April 10 – Rick Wakeman – Stalham Baptist Church
April 21 – Yes – Brighton – Dome
May 2 – Fish – The Oval
May 31- Rick Wakeman – The Philharmonic Hall
Liverpool
Jun 22- GOWAN – Colchester, Oliver Twist
Oct 14 – Deep Purple – Wembley
Oct 18 – Motorhead – Norwich UEA
Oct 22 – Uriah Heep/Dio – The Forum, Kentish Town,
London
Oct 24 – Praying Mantis – Bears, Epsom, London
Nov 1 – Praying Mantis – Kings Head Putney, London
Nov 3 – Praying Mantis Dean Swift, Commerical Road,
Aldgate East, London
Nov 4 – Praying Mantis – Royal Standard- Walthamstow,
London
Nov 9 – Praying Mantis – Macana, Sendai Japan
Nov 10 – Praying Mantis – Banana Hall, Osaka
Nov 11 – Praying Mantis – Bottom Line, Nagoya
Nov 12 – Praying Mantis – Club Citta, Kawasaki
Dec 1 – Squeeze – Ipswich Regent
1999
Jan 22 – Bob Catley And Emerald Rain – Midway
Park Hotel Castleton
Feb 20 – Blues Band – Ipswich Corn Exchange
Mar 8 – Roy Wood – Norwich Theatre Royal
Mar 10 – Uriah Heep – The Waterfront Norwich
Mar 25 – Kiss, Wembley London
Apr 8 – Porcupine Tree – Colchester Arts Centre
Apr 30 – Lyadrive (Also Blackfoot Sue and Groundhogs)
– Astroia 2, London
May 28 – ELO Part II with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra – Royal Albert Hall
10 Jun – Rick Wakeman – Norwich Cathedral
11 Jun- Rick Wakeman – Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
26 Jul – Praying
Mantis (1981 lineup) – Shebeen, Acton, London
26 Sep – Deep Purple and Friends – Royal Albert
Hall
1 Oct – Amazing Blondel/Annie Haslam/Caravan
14 Oct – Def Leppard – Wembley Arena
21 Oct – Schindler/The Stranglers – Ipswich
Regent
29 Oct – Gary Moore – Norwich UEA
26 Nov – Roy Wood Army Spectacular – Brentwood
Leisure Centre
27 Nov – Jethro Tull – Ipswich Regent
18 Dec – Praying Mantis – 10 Year Party – Dean
Swift
19 Dec – T-Rextasy, BC Sweet and Slade II –
Ipswich Corn Exchange
2000
19 Feb – Blues Band – Corn Exchange, Ipswich
20 Feb – Yes – Royal Albert Hall
6 Mar – Rick Wakeman – Sudbury Quay Theatre
7 Mar – Rick Wakeman – Sudbury Quay Theatre
16 Mar – Rick Wakeman – Spa Pavilion Felixstowe
26 Mar – Gary Moore – Cambridge Corn Exchange
23 Apr – Bob Catley/Native Caine/??? – Chinnery’s
Southend-On-Sea
16 May – Peter Green’s Splinter Group/John Mayall’s
Blues Breakers – Ipswich Regent
18 May – Lou Reed – Royal Albert Hall
19 May – Alarm-2000/Big Country – UEA Norwich
24 May – Blackmore’s Night/Mostly Autumn
– Cambridge Corn Exchange
26 May – Samson/Angel Witch – Astoria 2, London
27 May – Saxon – Astoria 2 London
14 June – Santana – Wembley Arena
20 June – Lynyrd Skynyrd / Company Of Snakes
– Hammersmith Apollo
15 July – Uriah Heep – London Astoria
31 July – Praying Mantis – Dean Swift, Dean Cross
Street, London
1 Aug – Praying Mantis -The Cartoon, London Road,
Croydon
4 Aug – Praying Mantis – Wacken Open Air Festival
26 Aug – Rick Wakeman – Marlborough
5 Sept – Lou Reed – Shepherds Bush Empire
5 Oct – Camel – Waterfront, Norwich
11 Oct – Jeff Healey – Norwich UEA
20 Oct – Hawkwind – Brixton Academy
31 Oct – Praying
Mantis – The Cartoon, Croydon
2 Nov – Praying
Mantis – Dean Swift, London
4 Nov – Praying
Mantis – The Gods Festival Maximes, Wigan
5 Nov – Rick Wakeman – Spa Pavilion Felixstowe
21 Nov – Praying
Mantis – Dean Swift
22 Nov – Praying
Mantis – London Astoria 2
6 Dec – Status Quo – Ipswich Regent
9 Dec – Uriah Heep – Mermaid Theatre
15 Dec – Rick Wakeman –
Winter Gardens, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight
2001
23 Feb – Paul Rodgers / Asia – Ipswich Regent
25 Mar – Rick Wakeman – Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone
27 Mar – Apocalyptica – Kings College, London
31 Mar – Gary Moore – Ipswich Regent
27 Apr – Erik Norlander/Lana Lane – DeBoerderji, Zoetermeer,
NL
28 Apr – Erik Norlander/Lana Lane/Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon)
– Theatre ‘t Spant, Bussum, NL
28 Apr – Rick Wakeman – Theatre ‘t Spant, Bussum,
NL
6 May – Fish/Skyclad – The Junction, Cambridge
17 May – Rick Wakeman –
Daphne Du Maurier Festival, Fowey, Cornwall
30 Jun – Mostly Autumn – Mean Fiddler, London
5 Jul – Remus Down Boulevard – Walthamstow Standard
27 July – Blues
Band – Christchurch Park Ipswich
11 Aug – Mostly Autumn/Sam Brown – Halesworth
18 Aug – U2/Kelis – Earls Court
31 Aug – Rick Wakeman –
Braintree Institute
20 Sep – Mostly Autumn
– DVD Premier
25 Sep – Mostly Autumn/Blackmore’s
Night – York Opera House
29 Sep – Rick Wakeman and
Friends – The Oakwood Centre Rotherham
27 Oct – Karnataka/John
Sloman – The Mean Fiddler, London
21 Nov – Mostly Autumn
– The Junction, Cambridge
24 Nov – Mostly Autumn/Uriah
Heep – York Opera House
1 Dec – Yes – Brighton Centre
7 Dec – Uriah Heep ‘
Shepherd’s Bush
8 Dec – Mostly
Autumn/Ken Hensley And John Wetton – The Forum Kentish Town London
19 Dec – Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band – Ipswich
Corn Exchange
2002
12 Jan – Mostly Autumn/Karnataka
– Mean Fiddler, London
16 Jan – Dave Gilmour – The Royal Festival Hall,
London
12 Mar – Magnum – Waterfront Norwich
13 Apr – Gabriel/Damian Wilson – Oakwood Centre,
Rotherham
28 Apr – Mostly Autumn/John Young – Cambridge
Junction
5 May – Mostly Autumn – The Waterfront Norwich
17 May – Rick Wakeman/Gina Dootson – Oakwood
Centre Rotherham
27 Jun – Roger Waters – Wembley Arena
13 Jul – Karnataka/Sleeping Giant – Limelight
Theatre Aylsbusy
10 Aug – Gabriel/Mostly Autumn – Halesworth
26 Aug – Sonja Kristina – Astor Theatre – Deal
19 Sep – Deep Purple – Ipswich Regent
28 Sep – Star One Featuring Ayreon – De Boerderij, Zoetermeer
29 Sep – Star One Featuring Ayreon – 013, Tilburg
28 Nov – Karnataka/John Lawton Band – Mean Fiddler
2003
4 Apr – The Rubettes/The Sweet – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
19 Apr – The Rubettes/The Sweet – The Orchard, Dartford
21 Apr – Rick Wakeman – Spa Pavilion Felixstowe
22 Apr – Rick Wakeman – Leisure World, Colchester
19 May – Rick Wakeman – Cliffs Pavilion Southend
On Sea
25 May – Mostly Autumn – The Waterfront Norwich
29 May – Rick Wakeman – Fernham Hall, Fareham
30 May – Rick Wakeman – The Cresset, Peterborough
29 Nov – Damian Wilson – Oakwood Centre Rotherham
2004
30 April – Mostly Autumn – Norwich Art Centre
15 May – Karnataka – The Oakwood Centre, Rotherham
12 July – Yes – Braintree, Towerlands Arena
18 Sep – Lana Lane & Erik Norlander Band/Oliver Wakeman Band – Herringthorpe
Leisure Centre, Rotherham
2 Oct – Landmarq/Focus – Oakwood Centre, Rotherham
14 Oct – Mask – Bar-Ginglik, Shepherd’s Bush Green, London
2005-2006
Oh boy I hope I can re-trace these gigs someday. I just don’t have the
time/energy nowadays
2007
20 Jan – Headspace/Landmaq – Herringthorpe Leisure
Centre, Rotherham