The Jam, Sophia Gardens, 10 Nov 1980
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The Jam, Sophia Gardens, 10 Nov 1980
Sabbath Capital, Queen , Tull, Rory Gallagher all at Capital Theatre .
Bad Brains Pill Labour Hall .
Husku Du , Butthole Surfers Stow Hill Newport.
Lizzy Reading Festival Last Mainland Gig.
Steve Ray Vaughan Reading.
Dylan and Clapton Blackbush 250k plus crowd lol.
Jessie Malin anywhere on earth.
Marah and Black Keys Barfly.
Springsteen Earls Court .
Ryan Adams Brixham.
Ted Hawkins Newport
Every TJ gig ( too many greats to list )
what the venue on stow Hill in Newport that had the dragon in the roof ?
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk tour, Wembley, June 1980
Tina Turner, Wildest Dreams, Arms Park, July 1996
It rocked my world too. But looking back it was just OK. Shit venue. Awful sound. I loved the Jam, but apart from a view songs, I don't get it anymore. They were a singles band. All Mod Cons is their only complete album and it's still far from a classic. Billy Hunt? I'd rather listen to This Is The Modern World, which is considered a second album slump.
2 spring to mind.
BB King in Norwich in the late 80s. Probably didnt appreciate it enough at the time but so glad I went.
Secondly Kate Bush at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2014. Her first concerts for 35 years and wouldn't surprise me if she never played live again.
Haha yes probably.
For those of us in our 40s and 50s I'm sure we would have bumped into each other at various venues in South Wales
I am sad no one bought TJs and kept it going.
I thought John Sicolo deserved some recognition for his services to music in South Wales, it's sad he passed away without that happening.
I was such a regular that John used to let me in late or when TJs was full because he knew I was either playing football or watching city. He always used to ask about city's results. He was around for almost every gig at TJs... The stories he must have had.
The amazing thing about TJs was that the diversity in acts was unbelievable... From world famous metal bands, up and coming indie bands and even boy bands. Brilliant.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers at Capitol Theatre in the mid 70’s. Virtually unknown , supporting Nils Lofgren. They blew him away, and were the only support band to get the audience on their feet. You just knew this band were going to be huge. And they were.
Iggy Pop, at the Birmingham Hummingbird, January 1991. Unbelievable. See Iggy and die.
Elvis Costello - numerous occasions. The consumate performer.
Pixies - numerous occasions. Brilliant band, both live and recorded.
Yes, a fine singer / songwriter. Like you, I bought his album. 'On Broadway,' and this track are excellent tracks from that album.
https://youtu.be/uir5yFjzerw
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Roden
StT.
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I'm not trying to get in an argument with you, but can you imagine being a teenager in South Wales in 1960? I can't. I know you can imagine it in 1980. It wasn't that great then. But we had Sounds, Melody Maker, Radio 1, Radio Luxembourg, TOTP, OGWT, Tommy Vance if that was your thing and John ****ing Peel! In 1960, CVL probably didn't have a TV or a home phone.
Has to be Bruce Springsteen at Wembley Stadium in the 80s, think it was his Born In The USA tour, best performance I have ever seen by a mile.