Top 10 Live

[Apocalypse Now]

On the back of the top 10 albums, what are the top 10 gigs you have been to. In no particular order (dates are all approximate)
The Cure 1983 Birmingham odeon
Carter USM at Villa Leisure Centre and somewhere else in Brum (met Keith Downing and had a beer and a chat)
Oasis civic 1994
New Order Powerhouse 1984
Michael Jackson Wembly 1988
Madonnas Wembly 1987
faith No More Nec 1996
Stereophonics V festival 1999
Sleeper the institute in Brum 1995
Hole the civic 1993

I am sure Nirvana would have been in there but the selfish bugger killed himself before they came to the Villa Leisure Centre.

 

[saturday boy]

Billy Bragg, Michelle Shocked and the Beatnigs - Birmingham 1987
Levellers acoustic - Stourbridge 2005?
Half Man Half Biscuit - 2012
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 1984 (really Trevor Horn and Holly Johnson)
Lou Dalgliesh - Birmingham late 1990s
Neds Atomic Dustbin - Reading University (early 90s)
Billy Bragg - Vicar Street Dublin 2008
Christy Moore - Vicar Street 2006?
Seth Lakeman - Wolverhampton 2005?
Tim Minchin and his orchestra - Birmingham 2011

 

[Netherton Wolf]

Queen
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Led Zepellin
Stones
Pink Floyd
The Who
Cream
Genesis
Judas Priest


All 1970s please don't ask me the year cus I truly cannot remember

 

[Vietnam Wolf]

The Jam - Birmingham Bingley Hall 82
The Clash - Electric Ballroom London 79
Sex Pistols - Electric Ballroom London 78
Joy Division - Electric Ballroom 79
Rory Gallagher - Guild of Students Birmingham Uni - 82
Rolling Stones - Wembley Stadium - 82
The Who - Stafford Bingley Hall - 79
Led Zeppelin - Knebworth - 79
The Who - Royal Albert Hall - 04
Manic Street Preachers - Wembley - 98?

79/80 was a good year for music and for Wolves.

 

[singwolf_1]

Rolling Stones - 2003
Eric Clapton - 1993?
The Specials - 2012
David Bowie - 1983 (Amsterdam) with UB40 opening
Bryan Adams - 1984 (NS, Canada)
The Buzzcocks - 1993?
Elvis Costello - 2011
The Spoons -1983, (NS Canada)
Long John Baldry - 1982 (NS Canada)
The Dub Rifles - 1983 (NS Canada)

All in Singapore unless otherwise stated

 

[singwolf_1]

The Jam - Birmingham Bingley Hall 82
The Clash - Electric Ballroom London 79
Sex Pistols - Electric Ballroom London 78
Joy Division - Electric Ballroom 79
Rory Gallagher - Guild of Students Birmingham Uni - 82
Rolling Stones - Wembley Stadium - 82
The Who - Stafford Bingley Hall - 79
Led Zeppelin - Knebworth - 79
The Who - Royal Albert Hall - 04
Manic Street Preachers - Wembley - 98?

79/80 was a good year for music and for Wolves.

You lucky lucky $$$$$$$!

 

[singwolf_1]

Queen
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Led Zepellin
Stones
Pink Floyd
The Who
Cream
Genesis
Judas Priest


All 1970s please don't ask me the year cus I truly cannot remember

Lucky lucky $$$$$$$ too!

 

[North West Wanderer]

David Bowie
Paul Weller
Arcade Fire
Doves
Massive Attack
Happy Mondays
REM
Kasabian
Band Of Horses
Ash

 

[Apocalypse Now]

The Jam - Birmingham Bingley Hall 82
The Clash - Electric Ballroom London 79
Sex Pistols - Electric Ballroom London 78
Joy Division - Electric Ballroom 79
Rory Gallagher - Guild of Students Birmingham Uni - 82
Rolling Stones - Wembley Stadium - 82
The Who - Stafford Bingley Hall - 79
Led Zeppelin - Knebworth - 79
The Who - Royal Albert Hall - 04
Manic Street Preachers - Wembley - 98?

79/80 was a good year for music and for Wolves.

That first four are just immense. Very very envious

 

[Saltyjim]

Springsteen - Stafford 1981
The Clash - Civic 1978
The Specials, Madness, Selector - Civic 1979?
The Jam - Civic 1980
Bunnymen - Kilburn 1997
Edwyn Collins - 2010
The Jayhawks - 2012
The Duke and the King - 2010
Josh Ritter - 2011
Teenage Fanclub - 2005
(last 5 all in Belfast)

 

[WestChiltingtonwolf]

Oasis tunbridge Wells Forum 94 (before they had released a single).
James and PiL Alton Towers 90's
Teenage Fanclub 90's
Motley Crue 2006
Soulwax 90's
Rage against the Machine Glastonbury 94 or 95
PWEI reformation (possibly better than the 90's gigs, ah nostalgia)
Wonderstuff Never loved Elvis tour
Charlatans Docklands arena 97
Stone Roses Brighton 95

 

[leedswolf]

The Who, Lou Reed, Humble Pie, Bad Company, Jack The Lad - The Valley 1975
David Bowie - Victoria Hall 1973
Led Zep - Trentham Gardens 1971
Santana - MEN Arena 2002 (?)
The Offspring - MEN Arena 2001
Lynryd Skynryd - Birmingham Town Hall 1974
Dr Feelgood - Leeds Astoria 1985
Mott The Hoople - Birmingham Town Hall 1974
AC/DC - NEC 1986
Judas Priest - Stafford CFE SU Bar 1976

 

[Mugwump]

Dates for these are going to be difficult, but ill try to get the venues right, and this is bloody hard to choose from.
Faith No More - Phoenix Festival 1993?
Faith No More - Phoenix Festival 1995?
Faith No More - NEC ( i can remember chairs flying everywhere! )
David Lee Roth - NEC
Metallica - Donnington
AC/DC - Donnington
Terrorvision - Civic
L7 - Civic
Nirvana - Edwards in Birmingham ( i think )
The Pogues - Cork ( maybe!! )

 

[stever]

Numero Uno: Pixies - Stoke Assembly rooms - 90/91?

2. Teenage Fanclub - Wolves Wulfrun - 92.
3. Mudhoney - Wolves Wulfrun - 91
4. Ride - Birmingham academy - 90

Will come back on the rest when i can remember!!

 

[wolf97]

Muse (Wembley 2007)
Kings of Leon (2009 I think)
Manic Street Preachers (2005, NEC, my first concert, 14 years old)
Stereophonics (2008)
REM (2010, one of their last concerts)

That's it I think. I am so envious of the folks who lived in the 70s and 80s and saw all those immense artists. Anyone who saw Queen live is bloody lucky.

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

Best Artists I've seen live are

Plan B
Skepta
Tinie Tempah