Music in the Attic is now 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…