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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

947.0. "Gig of the year, 1991 (Can we still say "gig"?)" by RUTILE::LETCHER (Call that lunch?) Thu Dec 05 1991 13:58

    
    Well, why not?
    
    
    My vote is predictable:
    
    Carter USM at l'Usine, Geneva.
    
    Piers
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947.1Two for meXSTACY::NBLEHEINThu Dec 05 1991 14:0413
    808-STATE  @ the Jetland Center in Limerick ; Apr 1991
    
     Incredible laser show and I got backstage. Incredible night.
    
    
    
    Pixies, Point Theatre in Dublin ;June 1991
    
     Awesome energy . Planet of Sound was amazing. (so was Kim Deal)
    
    
              Niall
    
947.2NEWOA::PALKThu Dec 05 1991 14:177
    
    Ronnie Scott at the Concorde Club; May 1991
    
    Bhudu Boys at the Concorde Club ;March? 1991
    
    Two great shows in a great club
    
947.3are we allowed to say gig??YUPPY::PANESSo thats how they did it??Thu Dec 05 1991 15:019
	Carter - Brixton Academy.

        Jolly japes, loads of drinks, and 2000 people chanting "You fat b......"
        Rock with the ambience of a well natured soccer crowd.


        Stuart
        
947.4Unreservedly .... (IMHO)UPROAR::WEIGHTMAct Don't ReactThu Dec 05 1991 17:137
	Buddy Guy, Town & Country Club, Nov 91


	There, I've said it.

	Mike
947.5noSCOAYR::SROBERTSONThu Dec 05 1991 22:288
    Chapterhouse - QMU,Glasgow
    
    Cranberries - Sub Club,Glasgow
    
    Curve - QMU,Glasgow.
    
    
    					stuart.
947.6It's got to be......SCOAYR::GMCPHEATORNever shit on a trampolineFri Dec 06 1991 08:1618
    
    Dannielle Dax ... Glasgow Poly (I'm in love ;^) 
    
    Closely followed by,
    
    Carter ... Glasgow Barrowlands    
    
    and of course not forgetting the one and only...
    
    Neds Atomic Dustbin ... Ayr Piv
    
    
    Sadly missed....   Pixies ... SECC, Would have been a good night if it
    weren't for some health and safety nice person calling a halt to
    proceedings 8*( ........ No refund too!!!
    
    Gordon.
    
947.7for me...IOSG::CROOKDRichieFri Dec 06 1991 13:316
    
    The Men They Couldn't Hang.....Bristol Bierkeller
    
    Pixies.....Gloucester Leisure Centre (was that this year? - think so)
    
    Dale.
947.8a few I can remember....SCOAYR::AMOONEYFri Dec 06 1991 16:3515
    
    
    Buzzcocks.............Barrowlands,Glasgow.
    
    Havana 3 a.m..........King Tuts,Glasgow.
    
    The Hummingbirds......Nice 'n' Sleazy,Glasgow.
    
    Dolphin City/Real McCoy....Glasgow Green.
    
    
    
    Andy.
    
    
947.9KERNEL::LOATBored...bored........BORED!!!!Fri Dec 06 1991 17:225
    
    The whole of the Reading Festival!
    
    Steve.
    
947.10"Golf Girl"BRUMMY::CLARKEThe Girl With Kaleidoscope EyesMon Dec 09 1991 14:214
    Without a doubt
    
    Caravan  -  Wolverhampton Civic Hall
    
947.11WELCLU::GREENBThe biscuit gameWed Dec 11 1991 12:193
    Fatima Mansions at the ULU, definitely.
    
    Bob
947.12weird tastes?SCOAYR::JFOSTERWed Dec 18 1991 10:568
    The Buzzcocks - glasgow
    
    Guns n' Roses - wembley (can i mention this kind of thing in uk_music)
    
    Joe Jackson - glasgow..........
    
    jim f.
    
947.13Long live the Stuffies!KERNEL::LOATBored...bored........BORED!!!!Thu Dec 19 1991 11:2410
    One new one
    
    Wonderstuff 17th December - Brixton Academy
    
    Brilliant!
    
    Steve.
    
    Almost forgot - Wonderstuff - The Big Day Out - Walsall FC.
    
947.14"My, my, pigs might fly, love can't be bad..."RDGENG::LIBRARYHeaven oblivionThu Jan 02 1992 13:089
    re .10
    
    Caravan!
    
    Didn't know they were still around!
    
    Are they touring??
    
    	Alice T.
947.15Where only boy scouts stop to thinkBRUMMY::CLARKEThe Girl With Kaleidoscope EyesThu Jan 09 1992 11:529
    They are doing odd gigs here and there.
    
    They are also working on a new album.
    
    At the gig I got a handout saying Caravan were available for "private
    parties".....
    
    Mary Ann
    
947.16God of the cabaret singerARRODS::OHAGANBAre you with me Doctor Wu?Thu Jan 09 1992 13:016
    Tony Bennett, the singing suntan, recorded for TV, probably at the 
    Palladium. Tone could show your Rides, Blurs, Lush's a thing or two
    about showbusiness. What a performer.
    
    Barry.