Regular followers of the ‘Music In The Attic’ social media channels get to see an eclectic mix of old gig tickets, vintage tour merchandise, dusty old vinyl records and tapes as well as photos and videos from concerts I have recently attended. If you love a bit of music nostalgia then the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds are usually the place to get your regular fix and to indulge in memories of days gone by. Come and join the community and get involved in the discussion!
In the meantime here is a quick roundup of some of the gigs I have been to in the month of OCTOBER since I first started going to concerts back in 1983…
Gig Anniversaries – September
More of my old gig tickets here
Reliving my youth through vinyl
Dusting off my old record collection here
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry! Went to literally hundreds of concerts in the 70’s, partly because of wanting to see certain groups – Led Zeppelin, Mott The Hoople, Queen, Be Bop Deluxe – and partly because I got free tickets! Let me explain, whilst at Liverpool Uni I volunteered to take photos for the Guild Gazette, so they would pay for my ticket and film. Sadly I handed the film over and never kept a single ticket stub! Not only that but only a handful of pictures were ever published. I do have the negatives for a Queen concert, Kiki Dee, John Miles, Barclay James Harvest, Steve Harley and couple of others. Some highlights for me were seeing Queen supporting Mott The Hoople, Tom Petty supporting Nils Lofgren and a couple of fantastic concerts by Thin Lizzy, all at the Liverpool Empire. I do recall in my final year (1977) my tutor sitting me down and saying more work and less concerts!
This is a great website, brings back lots of memories, mostly good!
It doesn’t matter whether you still have the tickets (or any other ‘evidence’ for that matter) – as long as you still have the MEMORIES that’s all that counts and nobody can take those away from you! You’ve seen some great bands which I would have loved to have seen – especially Queen with Freddie – but I was too young and didn’t start ‘gigging’ until 1983 when I was 15.
Thanks for your kind words. Happy New Year!