As Noel gets ready for a Royal Albert Hall gig, he drops in to O2 Academy Bournemouth for a more intimate rehearsal. He airs his High Flying Birds material but doesn’t look back in anger.
Category Archives: Gigs
Judas Priest live and loud in Bournemouth
A rare excursion into the world of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and three bands that featured regularly in my weekly copy of Sounds while in the sixth form of school.
Red Rum Club live in Southampton
Red Rum Club have a top ten album and celebrate it at a sold out Engine Rooms. The Bankes Brothers from Victoria, Canada are there to support them and they are well worth checking out.
Echo and the Bunnymen live in London
Some bands you find weaving into yourself at a critical age – you grow up with them and they are there for life. McCulloch and the Bunnies are that for me. ‘Nothing lasts for ever’ of course.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark live in Leeds
While plotting a tour north to see some different towns and cities, friends and a football match, I noticed OMD were playing – why not and glad I did.
Nouvelle Vague à la 1865
Somehow this French initiative that combines post-punk 80s classics with a bosa nova style had passed me by – well I’ve caught up now. Don’t you miss out.
From Southampton Engine Rooms to The London Palladium: a grey-haired gig goer’s week
Another week of grey-haired gig going but with the novelty of an afternoon records store promotion and the glitz of The London Palladium.
Hugh Cornwell at The Cheese & Grain
Hugh Cornwell continues to produce albums that catch the attention and tonight mixes them up with a crowd pleasing selection of old Stranglers tracks.
Gig Venue: Cheese & Grain, Frome
The Cheese & Grain, keeping Frome on the rock’n’roll map of Britain.
The Vaccines album launch day show – Southsea Pier
Did we get this right? The Vaccines playing on South Parade Pier in Southsea? Surely not. Yup that’s what happened and that’s how I kicked off my new gig year.
Gigs with Ivan 