This handily timed, well-priced gig gave me a chance to take the natural next step to seeing The Housemartins and The Beautiful South. No Jackie Abbott tonight due to illness but Heaton carried on regardless.
Tag Archives: Birmingham
The Cure – live in Birmingham…again
Some 38 years after seeing The Cure for the first time, in Birmingham, an older and greyer haired gig goer returns to the city to see another epic show.
Deep Purple – live in Birmingham
My gig going tonight strays into the traditional heavy rock scene – never thought when I was a dismissive punk influenced youth that one day I would be at a Deep Purple gig, lapping up Smoke on the Water along with the hairies.
Billy Idol – live in Birmingham
An old school rock star that I feel I’ve grow up with, but at a distance: Billy Idol.
The Gaslight Anthem – live in Birmingham
Seven years after first hearing The Gaslight Anthem, supporting The Killers at Wembley Stadium, I finally catch up with the band again, having collected several albums and seen them split up since.
Whitesnake live in Birmingham
A rare foray into 70s heavy rock for the grey-haired gig goer. Whitesnake – the Farewell Tour – with Foreigner and Europe providing some solid rock supports. Quite a trio.
Rick Wakeman: live at Birmingham Town Hall
A departure from the usual gigs with a Rick Wakeman experience at Birmingham Town Hall, including the meet and greet beforehand.
Cupid and Psyche – Scritti Politti live
Classic Scritti Politti album Cupid and Psyche is played in full, live, for the first time – well OK the first was last night in Norwich.
A Peaky Blinder played by Alice Cooper, The Stranglers and MC50
In Birmingham to see Alice Cooper and his big show, with just about the best support I could wish for: The Stranglers
“Oh no, they’re playing the NEC.” Birmingham’s premier gig venue revisited.
Looking back at my occasional visits to see bands at the NEC Birmingham in the 80s and 90s and in recent years.
Gigs with Ivan 