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Festivals: Donington 1988

February 13, 2026

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

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My old band T-shirts from the 80s

February 12, 2026

Here’s my old band T-shirts again, given a new lease of life on TikTok

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Donington Monsters Remembered

August 22, 2023

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

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Gig Anniversaries – August

October 28, 2022

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

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If you owned a Time Machine…?

December 6, 2020

I recently ran a poll on the Music in the Attic Facebook Group asking members to…

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Vintage Merch Part 1 – smelly old T-shirts

October 4, 2020

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You’ve probably come to realise by now that I’m a bit of a hoarder? I prefer…

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Triumph and Tragedy at Donington 1988

August 22, 2020

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

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Donington before Download – 1984

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

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The night Ozzy caused a Rock City Riot

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