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Post by Bagwash on Nov 30, 2020 0:20:49 GMT
Slade Viccy Hall 1972 I was only thinking about them yesterday when Gudbye T Jane came on the radio. Full Crombie uniform as well thank God I don't have any photos otherwise the kids would be wetting themselves  Think Slade might have been my first also but in 73 or 74.Saw Mud around the same time so it may have been them. |
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Post by harryburrows on Nov 30, 2020 6:21:26 GMT
Slade Viccy Hall 1972 I was only thinking about them yesterday when Gudbye T Jane came on the radio. Full Crombie uniform as well thank God I don't have any photos otherwise the kids would be wetting themselves Saw slade a few years earlier at the paddock suite Saturday night disco on Uttoxeter racecourse. They were called Ambrose slade back then |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2020 6:42:02 GMT
First concert 1977 - Gary Glitter. To be fair, we didn’t know at that point. Last concert 2019. - The Dead South. Absolutely worlds apart. I'm a big Dead South fan, what did you think of them live ? They always sound good in the videos of their gigs, just wondered if they're the same "in the flesh" ? |
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Post by duckdownunder59 on Nov 30, 2020 8:40:47 GMT
Slade at the Viccy Hall as well.
If i remember, 90p for a ticket on the top level.
The support acts were an unknown American named Suzi Quatro and an Irish band called Thin Lizzy.
Think they all kicked on a bit.
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Post by yeokel on Nov 30, 2020 11:53:51 GMT
Slade Viccy Hall 1972 I was only thinking about them yesterday when Gudbye T Jane came on the radio. Full Crombie uniform as well thank God I don't have any photos otherwise the kids would be wetting themselves I really wanted to see Slade in those days, but never did as my mum & dad didn't 'get' that kind of music :-( So First Band seen was The Fivepenny Piece at the Vicky Hall (I think) sometime around 1971/72. Why? – Because my mum and dad liked them, and took us to see ‘em. |
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Post by danceswithclams on Nov 30, 2020 12:56:07 GMT
World of Twist, early 90s.
Don't remember who the support was but do recall that whoever it was were a great band.
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Nov 30, 2020 21:28:18 GMT
Bingley Hall by any chance, if so, I was there! My first was Climax Blues Band, Viccy Hall, around 76 I think. Couldn't get it right just in the charts! I was gobsmacked at how good live music was, loved going concerts ever since. I was at the Boston concert at Bingley Hall as well. Went by train and walked all the way from Stafford station - fortunately got a lift back to the station after the gig. I saw the Climax Blues Band at Viccy Hall as well - small world isn't it ! Sorry my friend, Bismarck, North Dakota.  ...no doubt they were as polished for you as well. |
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Post by wirralstokie1 on Dec 1, 2020 9:32:16 GMT
Dire Straits in Hanley, probably about 1978/79 just before they became famous
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Post by eddyclamp on Dec 1, 2020 10:13:00 GMT
Pink Floyd Trentham Gardens 1974
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 1, 2020 11:58:37 GMT
The Vapors.
Why - because they were the support act for the Jam on the Setting Sons tour in 1979.
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Post by felonious on Dec 1, 2020 13:29:40 GMT
Slade Viccy Hall 1972 I was only thinking about them yesterday when Gudbye T Jane came on the radio. Full Crombie uniform as well thank God I don't have any photos otherwise the kids would be wetting themselves I really wanted to see Slade in those days, but never did as my mum & dad didn't 'get' that kind of music :-( So First Band seen was The Fivepenny Piece at the Vicky Hall (I think) sometime around 1971/72. Why? – Because my mum and dad liked them, and took us to see ‘em. Did they sing irritating gobbledegook? |
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Post by yeokel on Dec 1, 2020 13:48:18 GMT
I really wanted to see Slade in those days, but never did as my mum & dad didn't 'get' that kind of music :-( So First Band seen was The Fivepenny Piece at the Vicky Hall (I think) sometime around 1971/72. Why? – Because my mum and dad liked them, and took us to see ‘em. Did they sing irritating gobbledegook? I can't remember what they sang and what they didn't sing. Is that one of their better ones? |
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Post by Kpsje on Dec 1, 2020 19:50:43 GMT
lindisfarne at the viccy hall.
why? i haven’t a clue - my ma & pa made me go.
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Post by The man from Utch on Dec 1, 2020 19:58:14 GMT
Boston, I think around 1978 Bingley Hall? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 20:17:44 GMT
I don't think it's 100% complete but I've found this list of concerts at the Viccy Hall going back to 1968, and even a few back in the 50's. I've found quite a few listed that I went to - maybe some of you can find some that you went to ? link |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 20:24:10 GMT
Boston, I think around 1978 Bingley Hall? I've found this Boston ticket stub online - 21st October 1979 at Bingley Hall - £4.50 ticket !  |
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Post by The man from Utch on Dec 1, 2020 21:10:14 GMT
I've found this Boston ticket stub online - 21st October 1979 at Bingley Hall - £4.50 ticket ! I was there too. I went because of their song more than a feeling. To be honest I really did not enjoy the gig that much as I wasn't really into that sound at that time, but hold my hand up and say that musically they were head and shoulders above anything I had seen at that time. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2020 21:13:04 GMT
I've found this Boston ticket stub online - 21st October 1979 at Bingley Hall - £4.50 ticket ! I was there too. I went because of their song more than a feeling. To be honest I really did not enjoy the gig that much as I wasn't really into that sound at that time, but hold my hand up and say that musically they were head and shoulders above anything I had seen at that time. 41 years ago ! Frightening isn it ! |
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Post by The man from Utch on Dec 1, 2020 21:45:30 GMT
I was there too. I went because of their song more than a feeling. To be honest I really did not enjoy the gig that much as I wasn't really into that sound at that time, but hold my hand up and say that musically they were head and shoulders above anything I had seen at that time. 41 years ago ! Frightening isn it ! Yes it is. |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Dec 1, 2020 21:58:25 GMT
Status Quo at Viccy Hall in 1973 (possibly that concert with Savoy Brown as support band). Next one in 1973 was Mott the Hoople at the Viccy Hall, with Queen as support band. Edit: Just googled those 1973 tour dates. Status Quo played the Viccy Hall on 4th October 1973 indeed with Savoy Brown. Mott The Hoople played the Viccy Hall with Queen on 18th November 1973. Apparently, the Victoria Hall (or the bands involved) was nearly done for being in contempt of court in 1973, when band rehearsals interrupted court proceedings at Hanley Town Hall. I think Bowie in '73 was one of the gigs mentioned, along with Slade and Queen - so perhaps Mott the Hoople were conveniently forgotten in that fact. I don't know what happened after that - maybe they turned the volume down or rehearsals only happened after court proceedings had finished. |
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Dec 1, 2020 22:33:59 GMT
41 years ago ! Frightening isn it ! Yes it is. I think I used to draw their logo on everything. The guitar spaceship is still neato man. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 2, 2020 7:57:58 GMT
1971 The Temptations and Four Tops appeared in soul music extravaganza with Aretha Franklyn in Edinburgh. Tickets had been distributed to military free because the take up by the Jocks had been very poor.
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Post by pearo on Dec 2, 2020 8:22:08 GMT
Slade Viccy Hall 1972 I was only thinking about them yesterday when Gudbye T Jane came on the radio. Full Crombie uniform as well thank God I don't have any photos otherwise the kids would be wetting themselves Think Slade might have been my first also but in 73 or 74.Saw Mud around the same time so it may have been them. One of those Slade concerts was my first too, if I remember rightly the support band were called Becket, not 100% sure which year it was though. |
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Post by meggeth on Dec 2, 2020 12:04:14 GMT
I've found this Boston ticket stub online - 21st October 1979 at Bingley Hall - £4.50 ticket ! Got some of my old concert programs out, including Boston from Bingley Hall  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2020 12:32:28 GMT
I've found this Boston ticket stub online - 21st October 1979 at Bingley Hall - £4.50 ticket ! Got some of my old concert programs out, including Boston from Bingley Hall I've got the Boston and Dire Straits ones somewhere (probably in a box in the attic) |
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...no doubt they were as polished for you as well.
