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      • The 1970s
        • 1975 to 1977
          • Rory Gallagher – Newcastle City Hall, 18th February 1977
          • Ted Nugent – Newcastle City Hall 26th February 1977
          • Uriah Heep – Newcastle City Hall 9th March 1977
          • UFO – Newcastle Mayfair 10th June 1977
          • The Stranglers – Newcastle City Hall 15th June 1977
          • The Jam – Seaburn Hall, Sunderland 17th June 1977
        • 1978
          • Judas Priest – Newcastle City Hall 2nd February 1978
          • Geordie and Rocky – New Tyne Theatre, Newcastle 5th February 1978
          • Rush – Newcastle City Hall, 15th February 1978
          • Budgie – Newcastle City Hall 28th February 1978
          • Gordon Giltrap – Newcastle City Hall 10th March 1978
          • John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett – Maxwells, Tynemouth 15th March 1978
          • Tangerine Dream – Newcastle City Hall 23rd March 1978
          • Cheap Trick – Newcastle Mayfair 31st March 1978
          • Rory Gallagher – Newcastle City Hall 11th April 1978
          • Dave Swarbrick & Friends, Sunderland Empire 19th April 1978
          • Eldron, Famous Five & The Squad – 1st May 1978, Newcastle Polytechnic
          • AC/DC – Newcastle Mayfair 5th May 1978
          • Black Sabbath – Newcastle City Hall 21st May 1978
          • Blue Oyster Cult – Newcastle City Hall 1st June 1978
          • Lindisfarne – Newcastle City Hall 6th June 1978
          • Thin Lizzy – Newcastle City Hall 20th June 1978
          • UFO – Newcastle Mayfair 23rd June 1978
          • Bob Dylan – Blackbushe Aerodrome 15th July 1978
          • Dire Straits – Newcastle Polytechnic, 3rd November 1978
        • 1979
          • Racing Cars – Sunderland Poly 20th January 1979
          • Ian Gillan – Sunderland Mayfair 2nd February 1979
          • UFO – Newcastle City Hall 11th February 1979
          • Billy Joel – Newcastle City Hall 20th February 1979
          • Steve Hillage – Newcastle City Hall 22nd February 1979
          • Bad Company – Newcastle City Hall 1st March 1979
          • Joan Armatrading – Newcastle City Hall 3rd March 1979
          • Graham Parker and the Rumour – Newcastle City Hall, 5th March 1979
          • Van Morrison – Newcastle City Hall 19th March 1979
          • Ralph McTell – Newton Aycliffe Recreation Centre 22nd March 1979
          • Tom Robinson Band – Sunderland Mayfair 28th March 1979
          • Kate Bush – Manchester Apollo 10th April 1979
          • Thin Lizzy – Newcastle City Hall 12th April 1979
          • Rush – Newcastle City Hall 24th April 1979
          • Rachel Sweet – Newcastle Polytechnic 2nd May 1979
          • The Tubes – Newcastle City Hall 13th May 1979
          • Fairport Convention – Sunderland Poly 19th May 1979
          • Judas Priest – Newcastle City Hall 23rd May 1979
          • Harry Chapin – Newcastle City Hall 31st May 1979
          • Dire Straits – Newcastle City Hall 14th June 1979
          • Domefest – Durham 15th July 1979 and 29th June 1980
          • Led Zeppelin – Knebworth 4th August 1979
      • The 1980s
        • 1980
          • Alex Harvey, Newcastle City Hall 11th January 1980
          • UFO – Newcastle City Hall 17th & 18th January 1980
          • Wishbone Ash – Newcastle City Hall 21st January 1980
          • Uriah Heep – Newcastle City Hall 6th February 1980
          • Sammy Hagar – Newcastle City Hall 14th February 1980
          • Peter Gabriel – Newcastle City Hall 3rd March 1980
          • Girlschool – Sunderland Poly 1st March 1980 and Sunderland Mayfair 7th March 1980
          • Judas Priest & Iron Maiden – Newcastle Mayfair 21st March 1980
          • The Police – Newcastle City Hall 28th April 1980 (Late show)
          • Genesis – Newcastle City Hall 29th & 30th April 1980
          • Black Sabbath – Newcastle City Hall 18th May 1980
          • Mike Oldfield – Newcastle City Hall 22nd May 1980
          • Wishbone Ash – Sunderland Mayfair 28th May 1980
          • Rush – Newcastle City Hall 13th June 1980
          • Styx – Hammersmith Odeon 21st June 1980
          • Fleetwood Mac – Wembley Arena 22nd June 1980
          • Domefest – Durham 15th July 1979 and 29th June 1980
        • 1981
          • Budgie – Sunderland Mayfair 9th January 1981
          • Climax Blues Band, Salford University, 23rd January 1981
          • Black Sabbath, Leeds Queens Hall 24th January 1981
          • John Cooper Clarke – Rafters Manchester 6th February 1981
          • Gary Glitter – Salford University 11th February 1981
          • Roy Harper – Salford University, 23rd February 1981
          • Judie Tzuke – Salford University 3rd March 1981
          • Crispy Ambulance – Cypress Tavern, Manchester 8th March 1981
          • Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias – University of Manchester Union 13th March 1981
          • Bow Wow Wow (Boy George) – University of Manchester union 14th March 1981
          • Dr Filth – Cypress Tavern, Manchester 15th March 1981
          • The Sound – Rafters, Manchester 1st May 1981
          • Echo and the Bunnymen – Manchester Apollo, 3rd May 1981
          • Echo & the Bunnymen, Eyeless in Gaza – Coventry 7th May 1981
          • Echo & the Bunnymen – Birmingham Odeon 8th May 1981
          • Bruce Springsteen – Newcastle City Hall 11th May 1981
          • Bruce Springsteen – Manchester Apollo 13th may 1981
          • Cabaret Futura – Manchester Poly 19th May 1981
          • Altered Images – Manchester Poly 30th May 1981
          • The Polcats – Salford University 4th June 1981
          • Bruce Springsteen – Birmingham N.E.C. 8th June 1981
          • The Teardrop Explodes – Newcastle Mayfair 25th June 1981
          • Bob Dylan – Earls Court 28th June 1981
          • Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, U2 – Rock on the Tyne, Gateshead 29th August 1981
        • 1982
          • Sad Cafe – Salford University 28th January 1982
          • Haircut 100 – Salford University 12th March 1982
          • The Fall – Manchester Poly 27th March 1982
          • De Danann – Castle Irwell, Salford University 14th May 1982
          • Simon and Garfunkel – Wembley Stadium 19th June 1982
          • The Rolling Stones – Wembley Stadium 25th June 1982
        • 1983
          • Pinkies – Salford University 11th February 1983
          • The Daze – Holmlee Hotel, Salford 18th February 1983
          • Danse Society/The Daze – The Gallery, Manchester 8th March 1983
          • Aztec Camera – Salford University 12th March 1983
          • Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul – The Hacienda, Manchester 4th May 1983
          • Weapon of Peace – Salford University 6th May 1983
          • John Cooper Clarke – Dingwalls, Newcastle 19th May 1983
        • 1984
          • The Alarm Salford and Newcastle 1984
          • Danse Society – Newcastle Tiffanys 29th February 1984
          • Michael Chapman – Washington Arts Centre 9th March 1984
          • Cocteau Twins – Tiffanys, Newcastle 19th April 1984
          • Jazawaki – Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle 4th May 1984
          • Liverpool Poets – Newcastle Playhouse 14th May 1984
          • Glastonbury 1984
        • 1985
          • Jazawaki – Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle 15th March 1985
          • Billy Bragg – Stoke Newington Town Hall, London 11th April 1985
          • Hank Wangford – Victoria Park, Hackney 5th May 1985
          • Gil Scott Heron, John Martyn – Jubilee Gardens, London 2nd June 1985
          • Roy Harper – Cricketers, London 3rd June 1985
          • Roy Harper – Burgess Park, London 6th June 1985
          • Glastonbury 1985
        • 1986
          • Clannad – Greenwich Borough Hall 31st January 1986
          • Loudon Wainwright III – Half Moon Putney 20th March 1986
          • Pet Shop Boys/We've Got a Fuzzbox - Old Grey Whistle Test 29th April 1986
        • 1987
          • Michelle Shocked – North London Poly 10th February 1987
          • Sterling – The Marquee 18th February 1987
          • Timbuk 3 – Albany Empire Deptford 1st March 1987
          • Simply Red – Hammersmith Odeon 24th March 1987
          • Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Wembley Arena, London 3rd June 1987
        • 1988
          • Robert Plant – Hammersmith Odeon 17th April 1988
          • Roy Harper – Bloomsbury Theatre, London 9th April 1988
        • 1989
          • Buckwheat Zydeco – Mean Fiddler, London 27th January 1989
          • The Jeff Healey Band – Town & Country Club, London 14th April 1989
          • Mark Germino – Mean Fiddler Acoustic Room, London 19th April 1989
          • Roy Harper – Powerhaus, London 21st April 1989
          • Bob Dylan – Wembley Arena 8th June 1989
          • Glastonbury 1989
      • The 1990s
        • 1990
          • Bob Dylan – Hammersmith Odeon 6th February 1990
          • Jethro Tull – Sunderland Empire 6th May 1990
        • 1991
          • Iggy Pop, The Humming Bird, Birmingham 17th January 1991
          • Gong Maison – The Fridge, Brixton 5th May 1991
          • Voice of the Beehive – The Underworld, Camden 28th June 1991
          • Dread Zeppelin – Town & Country Club, London 4th July 1991
        • 1992
          • The Australian Doors – Powerhaus, Islington 18th February 1992
          • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Hammersmith Odeon 29th February 1992
          • Crosby Stills and Nash – Hammersmith Odeon 29th March 1992
          • The Levellers – Brixton Academy, London 15th May 1992
        • 1993
          • Levellers – Paradiso Amsterdam 3rd February 1993
          • Bob Dylan – Hammersmith Odeon 9th February 1993
          • The Orb – Brixton Academy 18th April 1993
          • Arrested Development – Brixton Academy 23rd April 1993
        • 1994
        • 1995
          • Fairport Convention – Walthamstow Assembly Rooms 27th January 1995
          • William Clarke Blues Band - Manny's Carwash Blues Club, New York 15th June 1995
          • Summerstage – Central Park, New York 17th June 1995
        • 1996
          • Gong – The Junction, Cambridge 11th April 1996
          • The Dharmas – Maidstone Green Fair 27th May 1996
          • Steve Bruton – The Borderline 6th June 1996
        • 1997
          • Phish – European Spring Tour 1997
          • Marshall Crenshaw – The Borderline 5th June 1997
          • Phish – Royal Albert Hall, London 16th June 1997
          • Phish – Paradiso, Amsterdam 1st and 2nd July 1997
        • 1998
          • Widespread Panic – The Borderline, London 3rd April 1998
          • Gurus of the New Millennium 1998-1999
        • 1999
          • Singing Loins – Old Neptune, Whitstable 18th February 1999
          • Gurus of the New Millennium 1998-1999
          • Singing Loins – Queen Charlotte, Rochester 2nd May 1999
      • 2000 to 2009
        • 2000
        • 2001
          • S Club 7 – Wembley Arena 29th May 2001
          • Roy Harper – Royal Festival Hall 10th June 2001
        • 2002
          • Limehouse Lizzy – Beacon Court, Gillingham 5th April 2002
          • Bob Dylan – Brighton Centre, 4th May 2002
          • The Aquitaine Progression, The Ambience -The Barge Gillingham (Tidal Flow Exhibition exhibition) 9th May 2002
          • Ratdog – Astoria, London 3rd July 2002
        • 2003
          • Michael Messer – The Hawth, Crawley 24th January 2003
          • Celtic Connections – Glasgow January 2003
          • Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers featuring Victoria Williams- Borderline,London 24th February 2003
          • Drop Another Hat – Hawth Theatre, Crawley 21st March 2003
          • The Muffin Men – The Borderline, London 25 April 2003
          • Branford Marsalis Quartet – Barbican, London 11th May 2003
          • John Stewart – The Borderline, London 15th May 2003
          • Neil Young (Greendale) – Hammersmith Odeon 18th May 2003
          • Tom Ovans – The Twelve Bar Club, London 10th June 2003
          • Chuck Prophet – The Borderline, London 18th June 2003
          • String Cheese Incident – Union Chapel, London 30th June 2003
        • 2004
          • String Cheese Incident – Mean Fiddler, London 30th March 2004
        • 2005
          • Libera - St. John's church, Upper Norwood 4th March 2005
          • Government Mule – Mean Fiddler London 7th April 2005
          • Sonny Rollins – Barbican, London 13th May 2006
        • 2006
          • Singing Loins – Cellar Bar, Chatham 7th March 2006
          • Little Britain – Brighton Centre 7th April 2006
          • Sonny Rollins – Barbican, London 13th May 2006
        • 2007
          • Libera - St. John's Church 23rd March 2007
        • 2008
          • Tyrannosaurus Alan – Beacon Court 12th January 2008
          • Sur les Docks/Singing Loins – Gordon House Hotel, Rochester 4th May 2008
          • Tyrannosaurus Alan – Beacon Court, Gillingham – 5th June 2008
          • Singing Loins – Love Music Hate Racism, Command House, Chatham 7th June 2008
          • Gong, The Forum London
          • SoL 2008
          • Madonna, Wembley Stadium
        • 2009
          • 1967 (and all that) at the Barge, Gillingham
          • Exposure – RAFA Chatham 3rd April 2009
          • Ian Cutler – Sweeps Festival, Rochester 3rd May 2009
          • Dylan at the Barge – The Barge, Gillingham 20th June 2009
          • SoL Party (SoLstock)
          • Amadou & Mariam, Roundhouse London
      • 2010 to 2019
        • 2010
        • 2011
          • Didi Bergman, Spindly Killers – Unplugged at the Command House, Chatham 24th April 2011
          • You are Wolf, National Portrait Gallery
        • 2012
          • Flairz, East Grinstead
          • In Tune Springtime Special
          • Dark Star Orchestra, The Garage, London
          • Comus, Borderline
          • Higher State, The Barge, Gillingham
          • Galley Begger, Rochester Sweeps
          • Marton Fenyvesi, Budapest Jazz Club
          • Jazzmozdony 9, Budapest Jazz Club
          • SoL 2012 Part 1
          • SoL 2012 Part 2
          • Prom 44, Royal Albert Hall
          • Ellie Goulding, iTunes Festival, Roundhouse
          • Madness, iTunes Festival, Roundhouse
          • Jefferson Starship, Brook Theatre, Chatham
          • Madness, Brighton Centre
        • 2013
          • Hand of Stabs, Rochester Library
          • Sweeps Festival 2013
          • Leigh Folk Festival 2013
          • SoL 2013
          • Hand of Stabs, Grain Fort
          • AMM, The Veg Box, Canterbury
          • Hand of Stabs LV21
          • Later with Jools Holland
          • In Tune Christmas Special 2013
        • 2014
          • Current 93 Union Chapel
          • Piano in the Woods
          • Hot Club Portugal
          • SoL 2014
          • Phil Lesh, Brooklyn Bowl, London
          • Lindisfarne, Newcastle City Hall
        • 2015
          • Kung Fu Blues, Cumberland Arms, Bishop Auckland
          • SoL 2015 Part 1
          • SoL 2015 Part 2
          • Eliza Carthy, Old Cinema Launderette
          • Jeremy Corbyn Rally
        • 2016
          • Ryley Walker & Danny Thompson, The Arc, Stockton
          • Kamasi Washington, O2 Academy, Manchester
          • SoL 2016 Part 1
          • SoL 2016 Part 2
          • Blind Monk Trio, Matt & Phreds, Manchester
          • Shirley Collins, Rough Trade East, London
          • The Levellers, O2 Academy, Newcastle
        • 2017
          • Tuk Tuk, Matt & Phreds, Manchester
          • Alasdair Roberts, Cumberland Arms, Newcastle
          • Shirley Collins, Sage Gateshead
          • The Late Shows 2017
          • Brian Wilson, Live from Times Square
          • Nurse with Wound – Tusk Festival
        • 2018
          • Live Dead 69, Sage 2, Gateshead
          • Neil C Young Trio, Matt & Phreds, Manchester
          • Sun Ra Arkestra, Gateshead International Jazz Festival – The Sage
          • Barrelhouse Trio, Matt & Phreds, Manchester
          • Misty in Roots – The Cluny
          • Smashby, Cast of Priscilla, Lloyd Daniels, Tess tickle 7 the Dragettes, Durham Pride
          • Let's Rock the North East
          • Billy Bragg, Durham Miners Gala
          • SoL Party 3rd & 4th August part 1
          • SoL Party 3rd & 4th August part 2
          • The Cosmic Dead, The Lanes, Bristol
          • Terry Riley, Sage Gateshead 14th October 2018
          • The Muffin Men, Three Tuns, Gateshead
          • Lost Voice Guy, The Stand Newcastle
          • Stick in the Wheel, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle
        • 2019
          • Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Cluny 2, Newcastle 22nd February 2019
          • Roy Harper – Sage, Gateshead 20th March 2019
          • Meraki – Matt & Phreds, Manchester 3rd April 2019
          • Gong – The Cluny, Newcastle 19th May 2019
          • Steve Hillage Band – The Ritz, Manchester – 7th June 2019
          • SoL Party 2nd/3rd August 2019 – Part 1
          • SoL Party 2nd/3rd August 2019 – Part 2
          • Blind Monk Theory – Matt & Phreds – 23rd October 2019
          • Steve Hillage Band – 02 Academy,Sheffield – 18th November 2019
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2015

Here’s a list of gigs I went to in 2015

4th January Kung Fu Blues – Cumberland Arms, Bishop Auckland  free

24th/25th July – Bevis Frond, Jouis, Nick Harper etc SoL Party, Hawkhurst Kent Part 1 | Part 2

15 August – Eliza Carthy & Saul Rose (support Sarah Hayes) – Old Cinema Launderette, Durham  £16.50 

18th August – Bethany Elen Coyle and the North East Socialist Singers – Jeremy Corbyn Rally at Tyne Theatre Newcastle  free

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