Music/gigs

[only2garners]

I also saw him with Los Straitjackets 2/3 years ago at Glastonbury, but this time it was just him and his guitar. Quite a contrast to some of the other shows on the Pyramid!

[Herbie6590]

#4 in my old tickets series - Queen & Quo at Maine Road in 1986…quite the double bill. 
Worked in M/cr at the time a little trip down the road from the office. 
 

[Herbie6590]

Just now, Herbie6590 said:

#4 in my old tickets series - Queen & Quo at Maine Road in 1986…quite the double bill. 
Worked in M/cr at the time a little trip down the road from the office. 
 

Not my recording 👀

 

[DeeCee]

23 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

#4 in my old tickets series - Queen & Quo at Maine Road in 1986…quite the double bill. 
Worked in M/cr at the time a little trip down the road from the office. 
 

No ticket collection 😁 I saw Queen at KGH as support band to Mott The Hoople. 1972/3?

[Gav]

Was anyone at the Oasis gig last night? Thinking about it, you'll probably still be in bed if you were!

Massive hysteria for this reunion, especially from a new generation as far as I can tell. I'm looking forward to going myself, but I'm not going over the top. The rest of our group........ completly Mad Fer it!

[Norbert Rassragr]

Oasis were my 3rd favourite band of that genre after Pulp and Super Furry Animals, but the clips I've seen of Cardiff look like they're on form.

 

[Herbie6590]

#5 Trip to the NEC with 3 uni mates to see the Canadian prog exponents. 
First of what would prove to be many Rush concerts over the years. 🇨🇦

[Herbie6590]

#6 Dire Straits were in the midst of a residency at Wembley Arena & moved down the road to play Live Aid on the Saturday. 

[MarkBRFC71]

On 05/07/2025 at 10:25, Gav said:

Was anyone at the Oasis gig last night? Thinking about it, you'll probably still be in bed if you were!

Massive hysteria for this reunion, especially from a new generation as far as I can tell. I'm looking forward to going myself, but I'm not going over the top. The rest of our group........ completly Mad Fer it!

I was at Heaton Park on Weds - wasn't sure it would live up to the hype (nor my memories of Maine Rd and Loch Lomond) but I was wrong.  Still recovering - physically and emotionally.  What a fucking night.  Band on top form, sounded as good as ever.  The crowd was brilliant - no trouble/knobheads - just 80000 people and voices unified.  The only gig I've seen to come close for that communal spirit was the Roses in 2012, but I think this pipped even that.

[Gav]

28 minutes ago, MarkBRFC71 said:

I was at Heaton Park on Weds - wasn't sure it would live up to the hype (nor my memories of Maine Rd and Loch Lomond) but I was wrong.  Still recovering - physically and emotionally.  What a fucking night.  Band on top form, sounded as good as ever.  The crowd was brilliant - no trouble/knobheads - just 80000 people and voices unified.  The only gig I've seen to come close for that communal spirit was the Roses in 2012, but I think this pipped even that.

Cheer Mark, sounded great.

[MarkBRFC71]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

Cheer Mark, sounded great.

No worries.  Are you going?  If so, you'll have a belter.  One for the ages.

[Gav]

4 hours ago, MarkBRFC71 said:

No worries.  Are you going?  If so, you'll have a belter.  One for the ages.

I'm going yes, looking forward to it. 

I'll be honest, I'm intrigued how they have managed to captive a whole new generation of fans, its unheard of in my experience. I’m going to sound really old now, but I guess it says a lot about the current music scene.

But lets face it, I still see Oasis as having bollox, English, lad and football culture crossed with rock n roll, this country at its best and my God we need something to cling on to during these times.

[K-Hod]

I guess it's easy to say Oasis are better than everyone else at the minute, but one could easily argue, that Oasis have 2 good albums and Fontaines D.C. are massive, having a huge impact and already have 4 storming albums.

Can't wait to see them in August.

I feel like it's far too easy to look back, than look forward and nostalgia is a lovely comfort blanket, but music has only ever progressed by things changing and things being done differently, not re-hashing the same things over and over again.

[Upside Down]

Ozzy Osbourne 

Rest In Power 

[Gav]

On 21/07/2025 at 13:53, K-Hod said:

I guess it's easy to say Oasis are better than everyone else at the minute, but one could easily argue, that Oasis have 2 good albums and Fontaines D.C. are massive, having a huge impact and already have 4 storming albums.

Can't wait to see them in August.

I feel like it's far too easy to look back, than look forward and nostalgia is a lovely comfort blanket, but music has only ever progressed by things changing and things being done differently, not re-hashing the same things over and over again.

Lordy Lordy you couldn’t make this stuff up, a Strokes tribute band and I’m being kind, but marginally better than those other Irish rockers Kneecap 😩

Give over man.

Edited 8 hours ago by Gav

[K-Hod]

26 minutes ago, Gav said:

Lordy Lordy you couldn’t make this stuff up, a Strokes tribute band and I’m being kind, but marginally better than those other Irish rockers Kneecap 😩

Give over man.

By saying they’re a ‘Strokes tribute band’, just proves how little of their music you’ve heard or actively listened to.

Don’t just give into nostalgia and sentiment.

I thought you were better than ‘it’s better because it was my era’.

They’re absolutely nothing like Kneecap, only similarity is that they come from the Island of Ireland.

Think on.

 

[Gav]

22 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

By saying they’re a ‘Strokes tribute band’, just proves how little of their music you’ve heard or actively listened to.

Don’t just give into nostalgia and sentiment.

I thought you were better than ‘it’s better because it was my era’.

They’re absolutely nothing like Kneecap, only similarity is that they come from the Island of Ireland.

Think on.

 

You’re right on reflection, I’m being an arsehole, my apologies. 
 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Its lunch break at Blackburn College early 90's and as I pass the Vulcan Pub never say die by Sabbath is blasting out through the Doors.Was never a Metal Head but some fantastic Songs by that group.

R.I.P. Prince of Darkness.

[RevidgeBlue]

Sad news about Ozzie, saw him interviewed many years ago - he was hilarious could have been a stand up comedian.

Sabbath were a great band - just heard a clip of an interview with him and he said they recorded their debut album Black Sabbath in a little back street studio in 12 hours flat.

I find the title track also called Black Sabbath genuinely creepy and unsettling, especially if you listen to it on your own in the dark etc.

RIP