Month: October 2020

1997 Glastonbury Venues

Glastonbury 1997 – the start of a 20 year love affair…

October 24, 2020
Ian
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1997 was a memorable year. Princess Diana died. I turned 30. I went to Glastonbury Festival…

Bury - The Met Cornwall - Boardmasters Gig tickets Liverpool - Buyers Club Liverpool - Kazimier Liverpool - O2 Academy London - London Stadium Manchester - Academy 1 Manchester - Albert Hall Manchester - Apollo Manchester - Bridgewater Hall Manchester - Deaf Institute Manchester - Etihad Stadium Manchester - Gorilla Manchester - Joshua Brooks Manchester - MEN Arena Manchester - Sale Waterside Manchester - Soup Kitchen Manchester - Thirsty Scholar Mannchester - Ritz Memorabilia Nottingham Rescue Rooms Salford - The Eagle Inn Salford - The Lowry Venues Warrington - Parr Hall Wembley Stadium (new)

Gig Tickets part 4 – the 2010s

October 18, 2020
Ian
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Another decade and another eclectic mix of artists! This was the decade in which I witnessed…

1985 Gig tickets Knebworth Videos

Bin bags, fags and potato wine – Knebworth 1985

October 16, 2020
Ian
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Deep Purple were without doubt the first proper ‘heavy rock’ band I got into after my…

1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1984 1985 Audio Tapes BBC Charts (Top 40) Donington (Monsters of Rock) Friday Rock Show Knebworth Nottingham - Hucknall Miners Welfare Nottingham - Theatre Royal Reading Festival

Old tapes reveal hidden treasures…

October 14, 2020
Ian
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No, I’m not referring to the dodgy old video tapes I errr ‘came into possession of’…

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Merchandise patches and badges

Vintage Merch Part 2 – Patches and Badges

October 4, 2020
Ian
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Before I was old enough to go to gigs I started to collect rock patches and…

Birmingham - NEC Donington (Monsters of Rock) Leicester De Montfort Hall Merchandise Nottingham Television Centre Reading Festival T-shirts

Vintage Merch Part 1 – smelly old T-shirts

October 4, 2020
Ian
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You’ve probably come to realise by now that I’m a bit of a hoarder? I prefer…