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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
Boxer, Crawler, Moon – Newcastle City Hall 16th July 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
Salford University Graduation Ball – 1983 & 1984
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
Bob Dylan – St James Park, Newcastle 5th July 1984
Bob Dylan – Wembley Stadium, 7th July 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
GLC Jobs for a Change festival, Battersea Park, London 7th July 1985
Salford University Graduation Ball – 1983 & 1984
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
Roy Harper – Virgin Megastore, London 18th July 1986
Rod Stewart – Ahoy Stadium, Rotterdam 3rd September 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
Nelson Mandela Rally – Hyde Park London 17th July 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
Here & Now/Daevid Allen – T&C2, London 14th 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
Phish – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 11th July 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
Parklife, Gillingham 1997 & 1998
1998
Widespread Panic – The Borderline, London 3rd April 1998
Gurus of the New Millennium 1998-1999
Parklife, Gillingham 1997 & 1998
1999
Singing Loins – Old Neptune, Whitstable 18th February 1999
Gurus of the New Millennium 1998-1999
Singing Loins – Queen Charlotte, Rochester 2nd May 1999
Where’s Merlin? Ken Kesey August 1999
2000 to 2009
2000
2001
S Club 7 – Wembley Arena 29th May 2001
Roy Harper – Royal Festival Hall 10th June 2001
Crawley Folk Festival, the Hawth 1st July 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
Ratdog 2003 Tour
Canterbury Fayre 23rd/24th August 2003
2004
String Cheese Incident – Mean Fiddler, London 30th March 2004
Moe. – The Garage, London 14th July 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
Leo Kelly-Gee, The Barge, Gillingham 19th July 2014
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
The Utopia Strong – The Cluny, Newcastle – 17th December 2019
2020 onwards
2020
2021
2022
Rock and Roll stories and other tales!
Liverpool, Double Fantasy and the Cavern
Hey Jack Kerouac!
Where’s Merlin? Ken Kesey August 1999
Total Eclipse, Cornwall – 11th August 1999
Jim Morrison’s grave – Père Lachaise, Paris
Photography
Recent Music Photographs
Favourite Music Photos
Gig Photography
The Cosmic Dead
The Pretty Things
Train Photographs
Ffestiniog Railway
Locomotion
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
Stone Circles and other Ancient Sites
England
The Merry Maidens – Cornwall
The Hurlers and the Cheesewring – Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Millennium Stone, Danby High Moor
Marker Stone – Near Stanhope, County Durham
Scotland
Tomnaverie Stone Circle
Cullerie
East Aquhorthies Stone Circle
Orkney
The Ring of Brodgar – Orkney
Wales
Graianog Standing Stone, North Wales
Angelsey
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2020 onwards
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