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Gig Tickets part 2 – the 1990s

August 30, 2020
Ian
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This was my ‘decade of diversity’ – the era when the heavy metal shackles came off…

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Triumph and Tragedy at Donington 1988

August 22, 2020
Ian
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It was 32 years ago this week that I went to my fourth and final Monsters…

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Gig tickets part 1 – the 1980s

August 16, 2020
Ian
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At some point I’ll probably share my recollections of some of the gigs I went to…

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Get with the programme

August 16, 2020
Ian
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When I first started going to gigs as a teenager in the early ’80s I always…

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Donington before Download – 1984

July 11, 2020
Ian
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Monsters of Rock Festival, Castle Donington – 18th August 1984 The summer of 1984 is remembered…

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End of the road for Quo….? Never!

July 9, 2020
Ian
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In 1984 Status Quo announced that they were going to split up after 22 years together.…

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Guns N’ Roses or Trad Jazz?

July 4, 2020
Ian
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Everyone has a list of gigs they wished they’d been to but didn’t go for a…

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The night Ozzy caused a Rock City Riot

July 4, 2020
Ian
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18th July 1988 – Rock City, Nottingham This is one gig I did go to but…

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First Ever Gig

July 3, 2020
Ian
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The first gig I went to was Saxon at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham on…

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Gig tickets – 1983 to whenever?

July 2, 2020
Ian

I went to my first gig in January 1983 – the mighty Saxon at what was…