Part one of a four-day wander through this indoor with outdoor bonus festival – so much choice but this was my path through it all.
Tag Archives: Skids
The Skids live – Southampton
The Skids are a band I see regularly these days. A brief update from this latest outing
Scotland Calling: punk day in Glasgow
The Skids and Cockney Rejects head up an all-day punk bash in Glasgow.
Skids in Islington
Grey haired gig goers out in force for the Skids as they bound onstage in Islington
Can I Pick My Top 10 Gigs of 2019 – from 195 performances?
At the end of a mammoth year of gig going, snapping pics as I go, I have reflected on it and tried to pick my top ten gigs.
A Pilgrimage to Dunfermline: Skids and Big Country
The Skids and Big Country at the Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline 28.12.19 What a trip and what a privilege to get here tonight. Up from Poole as a Christmas treat to the home of The Skids and Big Country. I never thought I’d get up here, ever. My fourth Skids gig of 2019 and third Big …
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‘An Evening with Richard Jobson’
St. George’s, Bristol 4.9.19 Beforehand I wasn’t quite sure of the format of Tuesday night’s gig. At one point I had a question mark over whether this was a gig or a chat but ‘an evening with Richard Jobson’ was exactly what it was. A gig and as billed. In the recently renovated, historic and …
The Skids back on track
This week I’m heading to Bristol on Tuesday night to catch THE SKIDS acoustic tour, or ‘An Evening with Richard Jobson of The Skids’ as it’s billed. My first SKIDS gig was 1980 at Hammersmith Palais. Circus Games was high in the charts. Jobbers was sporting cricket whites. Great venue the Palais. Don’t recall any …