Seeing as we all have a lot of time on our hands at the moment I thought I might try to remember some of the gigs I’ve been too… a bit of a challenge for the old brain!
Where to start with something like this?
Uff! That is a good question indeed… I thought I might start by thinking about cities I’ve lived in and going from there… they might not all by in the correct year, but if not I’ll make a group of years.
London / St Albans area (era)
- Ash (twice – once with Placebo supporting!)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Prodigy & Chemical Brothers
- Jamiroquai (twice)
- Brand New Heavies
- Pop Will Eat Iself
- Gogol Bordello
- Orbital (at the Royal Albert Hall)
- Radiohead
- Blur (Birmingham)
- Carter USM
Manchester (1997 – 2001)
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- The Pharcyde
- The Chemical Brothers
- Foo Fighters
- Lots of DJs including: John Carter, Justin Robertson, Dave Clarke, DJ Punk Roc
Barcelona (2002 – 2007)
- Kraftwerk
- Goldfrapp (twice?)
- Gogol Bordello (twice?)
- Macaco
- Depeche Mode
- Goran Bregović (at Palau de la Música Catalana)
- Happy Mondays
- Chemical Brothers
- Too Many DJs
Berlin (2008 – 2014)
- Plaid
- Depeche Mode
- Radiohead
- Other Lives
- First Aid Kit
- Lianne le Havas
- Luke Vibert
- Turbostaat, M82
- Amon Tobin
- Mark Lanegan (at the Passionskirche!)
- Beck
- The Cure
- Prefuse 73
- Joan as Policewoman
- Grizzly Bear
Bristol (2015 – ?)
- Orbital & Plaid
- Django Django
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Plaid
- Charles Hazlewood – A Celebration of David Bowie Philip Glass’ Heroes Symphony / Low Symphony
- Muse
- Primal Scream
- Metronomy
- Mexrissey (twice)
Festivals
- Tribal Gathering 1996: Can’t remember who we saw, but here’s a Mixmag article about who was there
- Benicàssim 2002: Doves, DJ Shadow, Beta Band, Chemical Brothers
- Sónar (lots!): Roots Manuva, Björk
- Malmöfestivalen 2006: Gogol Bordello
- Berlin Festival 2013: Björk, My Bloody Valentine, Pantha du Prince