42 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Good shout re Barrowlands in Glasgow. It definitely hasn’t changed much. Brilliant acoustics.

Saw Big Country there in June or July 1986. ‘The Seer Tour’.

You been to that SWG3 venue in Glasgow @erskblue?  Was there on Thursday night for the first time. Not bad at all as long as you are up at gje front. Wouldn't fancy it so much if I was far back

On 16/04/2023 at 17:08, loz said:

You been to that SWG3 venue in Glasgow @erskblue?  Was there on Thursday night for the first time. Not bad at all as long as you are up at gje front. Wouldn't fancy it so much if I was far back

loz: No haven’t been. 

42 minutes ago, erskblue said:

loz: No haven’t been. 

Decent for a smallish gig. I'd guess about half the capacity of the Barrowlands. 

On 06/04/2023 at 11:10, FlaxenHairedPivot said:

Led Zeppelin @ Knebworth, August 1979, turned out to be their last UK show.

Rory Gallagher @ St Albans City Hall, 1988. Fantastic, beer, sweat and great blues.

Queen @ Alexandra Palace, 1979. Relatively small venue, huge band.

I was at the Zeppelin Knebworth gig too. Lived in Stevenage then so Knebworth was just up the road. In 1988 we actually brought our first house on the outskirts of Knebworth. We could sit in our front garden and hear the music when a festival was on. 

Despite living close to or in Knebworth, the Led Zepp concert was the only big festival I went to there. I regret not going to Queen in 1986, Freddie Mercury's last live gig I think. The wife went with her mates to see Oasis in '96. I didn't bother.

The one concert I really wanted to go to there was the Stones in '76. It was a month before my 15th birthday and my dad had booked the annual family holiday for that week. So while many of my mates went to the festival to witness a piece of rock history, I went to a caravan in Clacton.

Goldfrapp. At Manchester Academy 2010. Not been to see Miley or Maiden.

First gig I ever saw was Bob Marley at Crystal Palace Bowl. That was pretty good. We were kids and we climbed over the fence. Same location a little later I saw Ian Dury & the Blockheads perform a free concert there - An Anti royal Wedding concert. Wonderful. the clash at the Fair Deal in Brixton in 1982.

and so many others since then. . .

The Who at Charlton I'm the early 70's

Support acts Alex Harvey , think Little Feat were on as well.

Pissed down all day and stopped when The Who appeared.

Rod Stewart and the Faces at Brixton Academy in the 70s were a blast.

The Who, Melbourne, January 1968. Stunning. Daltrey doing his thing of hurling the mic out over the heads of the audience and yanking it back again by the cord. Get thee behind me, Health & Safety. Ditto Moon hurling his drumsticks into the audience like javelins at the end of the show before kicking over his kit. For all the managed chaos - Townshend smashing a back-up guitar - utterly professional, note-perfect performance. Supported by the Small Faces who were sloppy, all over the shop, probably thanks to Marriott being so drunk he could hardly stand up.

On 26/08/2024 at 11:31, The Rising Sun said:

Rod Stewart and the Faces at Brixton Academy in the 70s were a blast.

Maybe not the Academy?  Brixton ABC maybe?

14 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Maybe not the Academy?  Brixton ABC maybe?

It was the old Odeon cinema , near the cop shop, Stockwell Road .think it was called the Sundown when Rod played there. The ABC became The Fridge . The Pullman cinema was across the road from the ABC became the Ritz or Ritzy.  

Deep Purple were the first band to play when the Odeon became the Sundown. Bloody hell, a trip down memory lane ! You must know the area to remember the ABC ?!

15 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Maybe not the Academy?  Brixton ABC maybe?

In addition to the cinamas I mentioned there was another one same side of Brixton road as the ABC , just up off the main road probably opposite where the tube station was built.

Can't remember it's name for the life of me, pretty sure it became a Bingo hall.

Btw, The Odeon was also called the Astoria.

EDIT...tha other cinema was called The Granada ..

Edited December 28, 20241 yr by The Rising Sun
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Astoria, Odeon, Magnificent interior, , before it eventually became a music venue.

Tough one. I'm a photographer mostly, and I often get to cover gigs.. Paul Weller is a long time favourite musician, and in about 2012 I  covered a gig at the Hammersmith odeon that included  - Paul Weller and son, Miles Kane and Emile Sandi . 

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On 26/08/2024 at 16:31, The Rising Sun said:

The Who at Charlton I'm the early 70's

Support acts Alex Harvey , think Little Feat were on as well.

Pissed down all day and stopped when The Who appeared.

Rod Stewart and the Faces at Brixton Academy in the 70s were a blast.

The 1974 concert was live on BBC2:

I saw them in '75. Great concert, but I was so near the front that Townshend's footlight completely obscured my view of Keith Moon, who I only saw when he leapt over his drum kit at the end.

On 28/12/2024 at 11:38, The Rising Sun said:

It was the old Odeon cinema , near the cop shop, Stockwell Road .think it was called the Sundown when Rod played there. The ABC became The Fridge . The Pullman cinema was across the road from the ABC became the Ritz or Ritzy.  

Deep Purple were the first band to play when the Odeon became the Sundown. Bloody hell, a trip down memory lane ! You must know the area to remember the ABC ?!

 

 

 

It wasn’t called the academy until 1983. Before that it was called the Fair Deal.  In 82 I saw The Clash there it was called the Fair Deal then. Before that it was a storage place for equipment.

It Was the Sundown in 1972 –but only for four months and then it closed and the site was used by Rank Org for storage. Until the fair deal happened – briefly.

 

The Ram Jam club? it was opposite the police station. Very important venue from the 60s apparently – before my time.  Lots of folks played there.

The Ram Jam Club became the Fridge in the early 80’s – I saw King Kurt play there a lot at that time . . .and the Fridge moved up the road in the mid 1980s ?

*edit The Ram Jam club ended in the early 70s and it became Clouds in 1976.

Clouds nightclub opened in 1976 at the site of the old Ram Jam Club, 390 Brixton Road. T The club did not last long, closing down in 1979(?), after which the first incarnation of The Fridge club opened at the same venue in December 1981. In 1984 the Fridge moved

 

 

Edited December 30, 20241 yr by TheCeleryKing

Thanks for the info mate. I lived behind Brixton cop shop on Loughborough Estate until mid 70's , forgot all about the Ram Jam ! Never went there , but saw Geno Washington and th ram jam band at other venues. .the old Marquee maybe ? 

I'm not sure if the band name was connected to the Brixton club name or not ?

Edited December 30, 20241 yr by The Rising Sun
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