Festivals: Donington 1988

I was at Donington in 1988. Grateful to have come home that day. Sadly not everyone…

Music in the Attic is now on TikTok!

Yes, I’ve bitten the bullet and have started posting short videos on TikTok to show off…

Donington Monsters Remembered

As August draws to a close it’s a time for me to reflect on the ‘Monsters…

Artists I wished I’d seen…

A couple of days ago I posted another 1980s’s gig memory over on the Music In…

Monthly Roundup – March 2022

Regular followers of the ‘Music In The Attic’ social media channels get to see an eclectic…

Monthly Roundup – February 2022

Regular followers of the ‘Music In The Attic’ social media channels get to see an eclectic…

Music, Milestones and Movie offers – what a month!

I think it’s fair to say that October 2021 has so far been a bit of…

Special gig No 4: Controversial W.A.S.P gig goes ahead in Nottingham – 1984

Tuesday 25th September 1984 – W.A.S.P at The Palais, Nottingham On this day in 1984 (37…

Special gig No 1: A ghostly stage for Viola Beach (RIP)

This was a very emotional evening. Blossoms + The Vryll Society + Viola Beach,  Manchester Albert…

Special gig No 6: Manic Millennium – Cardiff 1999/2000

I am pretty certain that I’ve only ever been to one gig on New Years Eve…

Scrapbook finds

As a kid growing up in the late 70’s / early 80s I was very much…

Triumph and Tragedy at Donington 1988

It was 32 years ago this week that I went to my fourth and final Monsters…

Get with the programme

When I first started going to gigs as a teenager in the early ’80s I always…

End of the road for Quo….? Never!

In 1984 Status Quo announced that they were going to split up after 22 years together.…

The night Ozzy caused a Rock City Riot

18th July 1988 – Rock City, Nottingham This is one gig I did go to but…

First Ever Gig

The first gig I went to was Saxon at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham on…