Concerts

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1970's

Slade 1974

This is the one concert I did not get to go to. I had the ticket (from the Slade Fan Club) to go to the filming of the Slade in Flame concert at the Hamersmith Odeon.

I had to go to school instead because I was not allowed to go on my own and my dad would not take me !!!!

Nick Turner's Inner City Unit Falaise Hall, Hastings.

Nick Turner signed the back of my ticket

Cracked Mirror supported I seem to remember

Reading 77

I did not go to this but I have a badge - This was bought by me brother who did go

The lineup consisted of - Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, Hawkwind, The Doobie Bros, Uriah Heep, Golden Earring, John Miles, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Ultravox etc............

Blackbushe 1978

I did not go to this event as I did not like Bob Dylan - my brother went and here are his badges

Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Lake, Joan Armatrading, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Merger

Knebworth 1978

Lineup

Roy Harper (Surprise warm up)

Atlanta Rhythm Section

Brand X

Devo

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Jefferson Starship

Genesis (And Then There Were Three)

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Knebworth 1978 - II

Lineup

Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders

Dave Edmunds + Nick Lowe (Rockpile)

The Boomtown Rats

Peter Gabriel

Frank Zappa

The Tubes

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1978/9 Savoty Theatre - Who's Life is it Anyway - Tom Conti

Frank Zappa 1979 - Brighton Centre

Brighton Centre - Lineup

Frank Zappa - Guitar / Vocals

Vinnie Colaiuta (Vince) - Drums

Denny Walley - Guitar

Ike Willis - Guitar / Vocals

Peter Wolf - Keyboards

Arthur Barrow - Bass

Ed Mann - Percussion

Tommy Mars - Keyboards

Warren Cucurrullo - Stunt Guitar

Knebworth 1979

Lineup (Second Show August 11th)

Chas and Dave

The New Commander Cody Band

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Todd Rundgren and Utopia

Led Zeppelin

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BrandX 1979 - The Venue

Featuring Phil Collins on drums

Morris pert - Percussion

John Goodsall - Guitar

Percy Jones - Bass

Robin Lumley - Keys

Mike Oldfield 1979 - Wembley Arena

(with Maddy Prior on Vocals)

Me and Chris went back stage after the show, Mike Oldfield waved at us as he was driven passed in his limo.

We wanted to see Pierre Moerlen but had a chat with his brother Benoit, who signed our Programs.

The Tubes 1979 - The Brighton Centre.

This was the Remote Control tour. Me and Chris could not bring ourselves to buy a program. It was far to expensive. But then it did cost 3 quid to get in !!! How would we have afforded a kebab for the trip home?

Steve Hackett 1979 - Brighton Dome

At the end a guy leapt on stage and nicked his E-bow.

Steve Hillage 1979 - Brighton Dome

Gong 1979 - The Venue, London

There were two performances of this show on the same evening. We picked the earlier one because I had exams the next day. At the end of the first performance (mainly Time is the Key and Downwind) we were told that we could stay for the next performance if we wanted to. We didn't need asking twice. I did stay awake during the exam.

Toots and the Maytals 1980

Were supported by all girl Ska Band The Bodysnatchers

Aswad 1979 - The Venue, London

1980's

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Zappa 1980 - Wembley Arena, London

Musicians:

Ray White - Guitar/Vocals

Ike Willis - Guitar/Vocals

Tommy Mars - Keyboards/Vocals

Arthur Barrow - Bass/Keyboards/Stunt Vocals

David Logeman - Drums

Frank Zappa - Guitar/Vocals

Rainbow 1980 - Brighton Centre

Featuring Richie Blackmore formally of Deep Purple. He spent most of the set playing backstage for some reason.

Genesis 1980 - Brighton Centre

12th April

Mike Oldfield 1980 - Brighton Centre

Weather Report 1980 - Brighton Centre

Jaco Pastorius - need I say more?

Glastonbury 1981

Bands I remember seeing:

Beverly Thompson / Stan Webb's Chicken Shack

Matumbi / Robert Hunter / Roy Harper

Ginger Baker / Jazz Slutts / Aswad

New Order / Hawkwind (from the tent)

Gong / Gordon Giltrap / Talisman / Taj Mahal

One Drop

No Pictures I am afraid - I left my camera on site.

We went back for it but it had gone.

Camel 1982 - Brighton Dome

Lineup

Andy Latimer

David Paton

Chris Rainbow

Stuart Tosh

Kit Watkins

Andy Dalby

Glastonbury 1982

Bands I remember seeing:

John Cooper Clark / Aswad / Van Morrison

The Blues Band / Sad Cafe / Jean-Phillipe Rykiel and Didiere Malherbe / Talisman / Climax Blues band

The Chieftans / Jackson Browne / Judie Tzuke

Ritchie Havens

No Pictures - I lost my camera last year !!!!

Genesis 1982 - Milton Keynes Bowl

with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett

I bought my ticket from a guy on a roundabout - thank you whoever you were.

Glastonbury 1985

Bands I remember seeing:

The Pogues / Third World / Joe Cocker

Aswad / Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Rory McCloud / Billy Bragg / Hugh Masakela

Style Council / Misty in Roots

No Photos

Glastonbury 1986

Bands I remember seeing:

Amazulu / The Waterboys / The Psychodelic Furs

Latin Quarter / John Martyn

The Electric Chamber Ensemble (Darryl Way and Francis Monkman)

Black Uhuru and the Wailers / The Cure

The Robert Cray Band / Simply Red / Madness

Level42 / Gill Scott-Heron

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Queen 1986 Cologne Football Stadium

The lineup for this open air event included:

Level 42, Gary Moore and Marillion.

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Suzanne Vega 1987 - Brighton Centre

Glastonbury 1987

Bands I remember seeing:

Nick Turners Allstarts / World Party / Husker Du

Ben E. King / Robert Cray Band / New Order

The Bhundu Boys / Los Lobos / Elvis Costello

Misty in Roots / The Proclaimers / Trouble Funk

Van Morrison / Taj Mahal / Coutney Pine

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Genesis 1987 - Wembley Stadium

We went prepared with Vodka and orange juice for this one - the loos would be a long way away we thought.

The program was bought outside - a bootlegged version - the pukka program was way to expensive.

Miller Magic 1988 - Brighton Dome

I took my dad to see this bit of nostalgia.

Frank Zappa 1988 - Brighton Centre

Lineup

Frank Zappa - Guitar/ Vocals

Ike Willis - Guitar / Vocals

Scott Thunes - Bass

Chad Wackerman - Drums

Bobby Martin - Keyboards / Vocals

Ed Mann - Percussion

Mike Keneally - Stunt Guitar

Bruce Fowler - Trombone

Walt Fowler - Trumpet / Flugelhorn / Synth

Albert Wing - Tenor Sax / Flute

Paul Carmen - Alto Sax / Flute

Kurt McGettrick - Baritone/Bass Sax

Glastonbury 1989

Bands I remember seeing:

David Rudder / All About Eve / Suzanne Vega

Van Morrison / Elvis Costello / Black Uhuru

The Waterboys / Youssou N'Dour (+Peter Gabriel)

Fela Kuti

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Royal Philhamonic Orchestra

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy 1989

White Rock Theatre, Hastings

Phil and his harmonica played Shostakovich's 5th Symphony

1990's

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Glastonbury 1990

Bands I remember seeing:

The Cure, The Pogues, Hawkwind, Ry Cooder, Sinead O,Conner, De La Soul, Aswad, Happy Mondays, Ozric Tentacles, Archaos, Del Amitri, Deacon Blue

Bottom 1991

Live recording at the BBC

Bexhill Blues Festival 1991

Van Morrison 1991 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings

I would like to thank by brother for being ill and giving me the tickets for this concert.

Seats right in front of the mixer - what more could you ask?

Glastonbury 1992

Bands I remember seeing:

Jah Wobble / Gary Clail / The Orb

Albert Lee / Kirsy MacColl / Run Rig / Carter USM

Lonnie Liston Smith / Joan Armatrading

The Sawdoctors / Lou Reed / Shakespears Sister

Caparcaillie / Alison Moyet / Buddy Guy /Van Morrison

Youssou N'Dour / Misty in Roots / Judie Tzuke

World Party 1993 - The Forum, London

Supported by Dodgy

Glastonbury 1993

Bands I remember seeing:

Rolf Harris / Midnight Oil / The Velvet Underground

Robert Plant / The Black Crowes

The James Taylor Quartet / The Ozric Tentacles

Alison Moyet / The saw Doctors / The Kinks

Lenny Kravitz / The Bronte Brothers / Van Morrison

Baaba Maal

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Carnival 94 - Stanmer Park, Brighton

Macka B, Dub Syndicate, Jah Wobble

Glastonbury 1994

Bands I remember seeing:

Peter Gabriel / Man / Jackson Browne / Mary Black

Rory McCloud /Van Morrison / Johnny Cash /The Dharma's (from Hastings) / Oui 3

We listened to The Pretenders / Paul Weller / M People

Our tent had been robbed and we felt like staying in for the evening

I have lost my program for this one but you can look at the pictures

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Little Feat 1995, Shepherds Bush Empire

1995 Lineup

Richie Hayward – drums, vocals

Bill Payne – vocals, keyboards

Paul Barrere – vocals, guitar, slide guitar

Sam Clayton – congas, vocals, percussion

Kenny Gradney – bass

Fred Tackett – guitar, mandolin, trumpet, vocals

Shaun Murphy – vocals, tambourine

2000's

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Canterbury Sound Festival 2000 - Faversham, Kent

Mount Ephram Gardens, Canterbury

Bands appearing

Man

Arthur Brown - A very nice man

Coloseum - Featuring Jon Hiseman and Dave Greenslade with Chris Farlow on Vocals.

Gong - Daevid Allen and Gilly Smyth with Mike Howlett on bass.

An exceptional set - every track I could have asked for

Caravan

Composers Ensemble 2000

Igor's Boogie - Conducted by Brad Cohen

Included the following

Igor's Boogie

Be-Bop Tango

Little House where I used to Live

Uncle Meat

Alien Orifice

The Black Page No'2

The Lion King 2001

Canterbury Sound Festival 2002

Featured:

Hawkwind

Porcupine Tree

The Hamsters and Josiah

Osibisa

MC - Arthur Brown

No Photos I am afraid - but there is video below

Hawkwind release their set on a CD.

The Black Horse Festival 2003. Telham, nr Battle

Roger Hubbard & Louise Turpin with Liam Genockey

The Elevators

Big Joe Louis and the Big Town Playboys (boogie-woogie big band)

Hard Rock Vault 2003, 8437 International Drive, Florida, USA

This is the home of the famous Frank Zappa 'Panty Quilt' - it had to be seen.

This is my son's ticket by the way - he was not that impressed.

Some of the audio may be missing from the video clip due to the backgound music !!

David Bowie 2003

Setlist for show

Setlist for the show - could not have been better (well, for me anyway)

01 Rebel Rebel

02 New Killer Star

03 Reality

04 Fashion

05 Cactus

06 Hang On To Yourself

07 Starman

08 China Girl

09 The Loneliest Guy

10 The Man Who Sold The World

11 Hallo Spaceboy

12 Sunday

13 Under Pressure

14 Life On Mars?

15 Ashes To Ashes

16 Be My Wife

17 Fantastic Voyage

18 She'll Drive The Big Car

19 The Jean Genie

20 Afraid

21 I'm Afraid Of Americans

22 "Heroes"

(Encore)

23 White Light, White Heat

24 Five Years

25 Suffragette City

26 Ziggy Stardust

Global Fusion 2003 - Pestalozzi, Sedlescombe

Main attraction:

Bob Geldof

Baka Beyond

Pass the Cat (I jammed with them many years ago)

Global Fusion 2005 - Pestalozzi, Sedlescombe

Main attraction;

Sly and Robbie featuring Bunny Rugs of Third World

Jugnu Bhangra

The Black Horse Festival 2005 - Telham, nr Battle

Main event :

The Blockheads

Zappa play Zappa 2006 - Royal Albert Hall, London

Dweezil Zappa, Napolean Murphey Brock and Steve Vai plus a bunch of very young musicians play the nusic of Frank Zappa.

A stunning set list - could not have asked for more

See Dweezil on celebrity wife swap

Van Morrison 2006 - Battle Abbey, Battle

The evening also featured a set from Chris Farlow and I think some opera singer off the telly.

He played Brown Eyed Girl - we were privileged !!

Washington Wizards v Detroit Pistons - 2007 - Verizon Center, Washington DC

Not music but great entertainment

The Black Horse Festival 2007 - Telham, Nr Battle

The Blockheads with Wilko Johnson

Osibisa

Think Floyd 2007 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings

Great tribute band

Gong + Steve Hillage 2009 - Lounge on the Farm, Nr Canterbury, Kent

Main memories

I applied for free ticked via Southern TV and got them - wicked!!!

Gong with Steve Hillage

Syd Arthur

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One Love - Reggae festival 2009 - Port Lympne, Kent

2010's

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Guitar Month 2010 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings

Allan Holdsworth

Matt Schofield

High Voltage Festival 2010 - Victoria Park, London

High Voltage Festival 2010 was held in Victoria Park, London on the 24 and 25 July 2010.

During the first festival, the Heaven and Hell set was a tribute concert to Ronnie James Dio who had died some months earlier. Jørn Lande and Glenn Hughes performed the vocals for the set.

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High Voltage Festival 2010 - Lineup

Classic Rock Stage

Saturday

ZZ Top
Heaven and Hell
Foreigner
Gary Moore
The Answer
The Union

Sunday

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Setlist: Karn Evil First Impression Pt 2, The Barbarian, Bitches Crystal, Knife Edge, From The Beginning, Touch and Go, Take a Pebble/Tarkus, Farewell To Arms, Lucky Man, Pictures at an Exhibition, Fanfare for the Common Man/Drum Solo/Rondo.

Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz
Ian Hunter
Joe Bonamassa
Bachman & Turner
UFO
The Quireboys

Prog Stage

Saturday

Transatlantic
Asia
Zappa Plays Zappa
Bigelf
Focus
Pendragon
Touchstone

Sunday

Marillion
Argent
Uriah Heep
Magnum
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash
Steve Hackett
The Reasoning

Metal Hammer Stage

Saturday

Black Label Society
Saxon
Cathedral
HammerFall
Orange Goblin
Black Spiders
New Device

Sunday

Down
Venom (did not appear)
Opeth
Clutch
High on Fire
Audrey Horne
Lethargy

2015 Classic Legends of Rock and Folk - White Rock Theatre, Hastings

The Strawbs

Carl Palmer

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - 2015 - White Rock Theatre, Hastings

www.whitehouse2002.co.uk/I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - 6301 - 2015-07-13 - Miles Jupp, A Musical Joke.mp3

Dismaland 2015 - Weston-Super-Mere

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My Videos

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The Blockheads June 2016 - St Mary in the Castle, Hastings

This venue was too small for the volume really - there were good though

Rory McCloud 2016 - Rye Festival

Wilko Johnson - De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill

13th August 2016

Stomp - the Ambassadors Theatre, London

September 2016

Super show - a must see - very entertaining

A New Day Festival 2017 - Faversham, Kent

Friday

The Strawbs - a nice set - they sound great

Dr Feelgood - well I had not seen this band since they were on Geordie Scene in the 80's and they were brilliant

Martin Barre Band - well they really sound like Jethro Tull - pitty I missed them last year

Kaz Hawkes Band - a larger than life figure - irish with a gutsy voice - really good

Big Country - well what can I say - Scottish guitar riffs - boring

Saturday

Edgar Broughton - well I thought I would like this guy - I remember listening to the Edgar Broughton Band many years ago - he was on his own this time - he has a voice like marmite - but I like marmite - I did not like Edgar Broughton

Solstice - The guitarist is keen - a very expressive face - the singer looked out of place a bit and the drummer, with his huge kit did not appear to know what to do with it.

IO Earth - really good - the singer wore an interesting top !!

Soft Machine - Brilliant. Shook John Etheridges hand after the show and had a chat with him at the merchandise tent here he a signed a couple of CD's

Barclay James Harvest - played all of the good ones - really good

Uriah Heep - enjoyed them more at the High Voltage fest as they played the whole of Deamons and Wizards.

Sunday

House of X - ex UFO members - really good stuff. Woke me up

Gryphon - played an excellent set - all the good tunes. And went down a storm

Focus - as good as the last time I saw them - a great bunch of musicians

Slade - a pile of crap - the singer could not even handle the tunes.

We went home before Slade finished their set

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Dweezil Zappa October 2017 - De la Warr Pavillion, Bexhill

Dweezil Zappa plays whatever the f@%k he likes

The band went for lunch as Rock Salt. Dweezil signed the wall during this visit.

It has now been painted over (2021)

Setlist

Set-list:

Latex Solar Beef

It Can’t Happen Here

You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here

Bow Tie Daddy

Harry, You’re a Beast

The Orange County Lumber Truck

Motherly Love

Any Way the Wind Blows

Mom & Dad

Tell Me You Love Me

Cruising For Burgers

James Bond Theme

Studebaker Hoch

Rollo

Advance Romance

I’m the Slime

– Interval –

Zomby Woof

Would You Go All the Way?

Wind Up Workin’ in a Gas Station

Dirty Love

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy

What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?

Bwana Dik

Lumpy Gravy

Village Of The Sun

Echidna’s Arf (Of You)

Let’s Move to Cleveland

Inca Roads

Duke of Prunes

Doreen

Dinah-Moe Humm

I Am the Walrus

War Horse January 2018 - The Brighton Centre

A New Day Festival 2018 - Faversham, Kent

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A New Day 2018 - Lineup

Friday:

Feeder

Hugh Cornwell

John Otway

Kanda Bongo Man

Martin Barre

Ruts DC

The Mentulls

Vikki Clayton

Saturday:

Atomic Rooster

Bernie Tormé

Caravan

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy

Curved Air

Dr Schwamp

Gong

Hawkwind

Peatbog Faeries

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The Far Meadow

Sunday

I did not attend on Sunday

Hyde Park July 2018

Steve Winwood

Santana

Eric Clapton (had a pizza while Eric was on)

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The Mousetrap, October 2018 - St Martin's Theatre, London

Gong (Brighton) May 2019 - Concorde2, Brighton

May 2019

Steve Hillage + Gong 2019 - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

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Steve Hillage - Shepherds Bush Set list

Talking to the Sun

It's All Too Much (The Beatles cover)

Aftaglid (Part 7:The Golden Vibe)

The Salmon Song

Sea Nature

Ether Ships

Lunar Musick Suite

Palm Trees (Love Guitar)

The Fire Inside

Motivation

Solar Musick Suite (Part 2: Canterbury Sunrise /… more )

Hurdy Gurdy Man (Donovan cover)

Encore:

Light in the Sky

The Glorious Om Riff

Encore 2:

Not Fade Away

Aswad July 2019 - Hastings Reggae Festival

Easy All Stars July 2019 - Dub Side of the Moon Live - Concorde2, Brighton

A New Day Festival August 2019 - Faversham, Kent

Soft machine

Martin Barre band (with Clive Bunker and Dee Palmer)

Solstice

Focus

Climax Blues Band

Fish etc.......

I did not go on Sunday

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MC Frontalot - DNA Lounge, San Francisco

with Miss Eaves and Schaffer the Dark Lord (who was kind enough to find us a stool to sit on)

Soft Machine November 2019 - Komedia, Brighton

Steve Hackett November 2019 - Brighton Dome

Dweezil Zappa December 2019 - Royal festival Hall

Hot Rats - complete

2020's

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2020 - All Cancelled

This gig was delayed but eventually cancelled due to the passing of John Goodsall. Looks like Percy Jones new band will replace this gig at some point in 2022. My ticket is still open ended

This gig was delayed until 2022 but I did not want to risk a night at Concorde2 which gets very cramped. Probably never get to see them again.

Eddie Izzard - Aug 2020 - De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill - COVID safe gig

A New Day Festival 2021 - Faversham , Kent

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Soft Machine

Ozric Tentacles

Ken from Glasgow with his signed coat

The Horne Section November 2021 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

The Horne Section is a British musical comedy band, appearing regularly on radio, television, and stage. Led by frontman and comedian Alex Horne, the band mix music with comedy and specialise in comedy/spoof songs as well as performing a wide variety of genres including jazz

Henning Wehn December 2021 - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

Tubular Bells May 2021 - Trading Boundaries, Sheffield Green, East Sussex

Played by Internationally-renowned Phil Toms

Kenny Tutt June 2021- Winner of Master Chef - Shelter Hall, Brighton

Not music but great food - prepared and cooked by the Master Chef winner himself

Seasick Steve November 2021 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

Gong February 2022 - Trading Boundaries

I had a ticket to see Gong at Chalk in Brighton 3 days later but because of COVID still being around I though a night in a club might not be a good idea.

I also skipped a chance to see Steel Pulse which was a hard decision.