Wonderful show Gents…. And Echoing what Pete said…. The UK Connection is wonderful and something I very much look forward to … Thank you, gentlemen, truly, for all your time and all you do
I absolutely love the stories that involved going to & from from the concerts. Kind of liked a failed version of The Warriors, where instead of jumping from train to train, it was basically either ring your mum up, or sleep at the station. I think there should be an anecdotal show where you don’t specifically talk about the band or music, but anecdotes of interesting, funny, or shocking incidents when going to a concert, going to buy an album, or single, or first time hearing a band or song on the radio or TV. Steven Reed could be Sea of Tranquility’s answer to Billy Connolly when it comes to his music themed anecdotes.
86-91 was the height of my concert experiences. From meatloaf in a small club in Rockland County to the stones in Philly.. I spent way too much money seeing groups.. and don’t regret any of it
Another fun show. My three concerts all in Cardiff 's St. David's Hall where Anthrax with King's X in 1988(my first gig at 14); Faster Pussycat with The Almighty and Dangerous Toys in 1989 and Saxon on the 10 Years of Denim and Leather tour. Going to gigs for me was difficult as it relied on friends going and I was always being forgotten in the mix or they weren't into the same bands as me. However, courtesy of my brother I did not get to see Metallica on the ...And Justice tour, Fish on the Vigil tour (and he wasn't really a fan ) or Queensryche on the Empire tour. OK he was three years older , but all I needed was a lift. Thanks Steven for the comment on our participation. As to what Simon said about Newport Centre, definitely true. But, in the 80's South Wales the larger venues of choice were St. David's Hall , Cardiff Student Union or Newport Centre. Then in 90's there was Cardiff Ice Rink and later in the decade Cardiff International Aircraft hanger, I mean Arena.
only my opinion I find the Hudson valley squares videos too busy but really enjoy these and the ones with Martin keep up the good work love your enthusiasm for music
Another great UK Connection episode and returned from travels just in time to see it today. Still have to watch last week and will be away next week but this show definitely will hold me over for a bit. Simon's skull and faith-no-more, Steven's travels - or trevails - and Pete's episode in the City That Never (or maybe occassionally does) Sleep so entertaining and laugh filled that already looking forward to the next episodes. To keep it on point, concerts seen during that time include Fleetwood Mac (the Buckingham-Nicks version), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on a swing through their hometown, the Smithereens, the Cars, and surely a couple of others that don't readily come to mind. Thanks, gents, for spending some of your time regaling us with your tales of concerts and travels. Cheers!
Hi there, always entertaining to hear the stories linked to your concert experiences! Well, not too many concerts for me in that period - but chosen ones : 29-03-88 : Marillion (Pétange / Luxembourg) - last concert with Fish 22-04-88 : Al di Meola and Band (Saarbrücken / Germany) - featuring Kei Akagi on keyboards who later played with Miles Davis 18-06-88 : Pink Floyd (Mannheim / Germany) - first time I saw them, goosebumps at 'The great gig in the sky' 04-05-89 : Grobschnitt (Saarbrücken / Germany) - last tour before these Krauts disbanded for several years 30-05-89 : Santana (Remich / Luxembourg) - former Weather Report member Alphonso Johnson on bass 18-06-89 : Pink Floyd (Köln / Germany) - once again 22-10-89 : Marillion (Pétange / Luxembourg) - first concert with Steve Hogarth 11-11-89 : Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (Köln / Germany) - "Yes", first time I saw these guys 04-11-90 : Blood, Sweat & Tears (Luxbg. City / Luxembourg) - with original singer David Clayton-Thomas N.B. And I won't miss The Stranglers playing Luxembourg this October!
Thanks for a great show. It is so good of you to give up your Saturday evenings(UK) and afternoon(USA) for our entertainment. By the way it has not changed my life!🤣
As a teenager I used to 'Blu-Tack' my tickets for upcoming concerts to my bedroom wall, along with all the posters etc. That habit only lasted until the day I was on the bus to the gig and I remembered my ticket was still on my bedroom wall !!!!!!!!
I never miss anything when both Simon and Steven are going to be on the show Pete: no matter what you’re going to discuss! I really do believe that they’ve missed their calling to becoming stand up comedians Cuz they really are THE highlight of the UK 🇬🇧 Connection and I do look 👀 forward to your tapings first hand every single Saturday or whenever I get my notice it’ll be coming up at certain times lol 😂 Sincerely yours, DJP Boston Massachusetts 🇺🇸 I cannot wait to see you three!
Flashback time again So in 1988 I seen Sting ( Mon Feb 15 at Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Canada ) The first of many Sting shows for me. This was on the Nothing Like the Sun tour. Loved it. Then Manteca . A fantastic Canadian jazz band. Lots of percussion. Lots of band members on stage. ( Fri April 22 North Bay) Next would be Pink Floyd in Toronto on May 13. but then................Sun Sept 25 at the University of Toronto UZEB on the Noisy Nights tour. Wow!! this was such a cool intimate powerful show. What a band 1989 had Tom Cochrane & Red Rider in Sudbury Canada on Sat Feb 18. And then in the summer my first Yes concert in the form of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. I was so close the dry ice fog was rolling over my head. So amazing to see Bruford play Yes songs. 1990 Tom Cochrane again ( I`ve seen Tom many many times ) Rush in Toronto Thur May 17. This was the Presto tour I believe. Really good show. And finally in the summer at Kingswood theatre north of Toronto, Joe Satriani with Stu Hamm and Jonathan Mover. Hell of a concert. Flying in a Blue Dream tour and perhaps the best time to see him.
Lot of talk about trips home from gigs. One I mentioned during this time was the Mandela concert in 1988. Taking the Tube from Wembley to Kings Cross after the gig, some idiot decided to pull the communication chord and the train came to a sudden halt, opposite another station on a different line. (This was an overground part). The driver came walking through the train to find the cu-culprit and next thing we knew was the driver roughly escorting the silly young man over to the other station. The driver, back in his came came over the tannoy and said, "Ladies and gentlemen. Apologises for the delay but some tw@t pulled the chord. I have put said tw@t on the opposite station and told him to wait for the next train. What he doesn't know is that train will be along at 6am. Thankyou for your patience'. A huge cheer and applause rang the the train as we made our way back to Kings Cross.
In 1989 I was in England ( after touring Wales and Ireland supporting the New Zealand Rugby team the All Blacks) and saw The Who Aerosmith and Stevie Nicks at Wembley Arena. I love this show so much fun.
Great video gentlemen! My first gig was 1990, I was 11, it was It Bites, and they were great!! They split up later that year! I also saw Dan Reed Network that year, they were pretty good too!!
I saw that same Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray Vaughan show that Pete saw, at the Skydome in Toronto. The opening act there was Jeff Healey. I still remember Terry Bozzio's all-black drum kit.
Well, there are two sides of this coin. I was around Steven's age at this time. I think I've mentioned this before but, my mom's boss was friends w/a lady who worked for Ticketmaster. In 1988, my concert of choice was INXS during their Kick tour. They were huge at the time and I had a huge crush on the lead singer. My mom, who also liked them, took me and we had amazing seats. The only members I couldn't see were the drummer, who was hidden by his drum kit, and the keyboardist/guitarist, Andrew Farriss. I saw everyone else perfectly. The concert was also extremely loud and we couldn't hear for the first few minutes after we walked out. My ears rung for two day and stopped when I heard the telephone ring and it was my best friend calling. Of course I told him how great the concert was. He was so jealous😂😂 The other side is the shows I passed on. I could've seen Def Leppard on their Hysteria tour but, I passed. I lived in Kansas City at the time and some of their fans scared me. I also passed on Van Halen while Sammy Hagar was their singer. I also could've seen Michael Jackson kick off his Bad tour and his live performance of Another Part of Me played on MTV. Damn, I could've seen Michael Jackson kick off his tour in my city and I could've been in a music video! Oh, Steven, I've got another car story for you. Well, actually two. I was living in Los Angeles at the time. It was a Saturday afternoon and, my car ran out of gas while I was driving home. Luckily, I pulled into a gas station and the car stopped right in front of a gas pump. The second time it happened was in Beverly Hills. I went to the library to do some research and parked my car in a residential neighborhood. When the library closed, I went to my car and, it wouldn't start. I walked around the corner, called AAA on a pay phone and waited by my car, in the dark for someone to show. When they did, I thought my battery or alternator went bad. It turns out I ran out of gas again! So, I got a fill-up and drove home. Luckily, my apartment was ten minutes away. Of course, my mom was calling wanting to know where I'd been. Since then, I fill my car when it's down to half a tank. At that time I was driving a Nissan Sentra. Now, I an SUV so, I more conscious about keeping the tank full. As you know, my first story had to do w/stolen gas. Oh, a quick note about that. The thieves stole about $20 worth of gas and caused about $1,000 worth of damage to my car. Luckily, I had insurance.
I saw Stage Dolls opening for Mr Big at Cambridge Corn Exchange , looking forward to seeing them, got to our seats in the balcony while they were already on stage , just for them to say, thank you and this is our final song!, actually it was probably Still In Love!
I've had that happen a couple of timesChris. The most notable being Danny Vaughn opening for Asia. Unfortunately he was the main reason we went - but Asia with Jon Payne were awesome!
Funny mention the live cassette tapes from record fairs, I still have one from this actual Mr Big concert, the guy taping it must had been located near by as you can hear my wife screaming out Eric, Eric. Another one I have is a Megadeth one, what I didn't realise was at the end of the show, Tommy Vance came on, saying that was broadcasted for the Friday rock show, so basically the tape seller had taped it off the radio, and packaged it up as bootleg, and I had been stupid enough to buy it, take care Steven, and don't mention the football.
First time Def Leppard Belle View speedway Manchester. Played in the social club lol. On Through The Night Tour Audience about 150 lol. Saw Def Leppard on Hysteria Tour in Manchester
Cracking show yet again. Just finished listening to most of the Queen catalogue again and looking forward to the Saxon show as a relative newcomer to their work being I am discovering rock bands again after a couple of decades spent in jazz and funk.
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with all of you as I have to Old's I don't remember if I when to anything,but I have been lucky to been to two concerts now the first was The watch and got to meet them after the show and got the seven album singed and last week see Antimatter and got to meet Mick Moss after the show spoke to him for a bit 😊
No doubt about it Steven, some of your epic gig travails make me think you might have been better waiting for your favourite band live album releases, then listen at home, surrounded by beer...works for me... 😄🍻
Simon's Motorhead story reminded me of the time I caught them live at Leeds Queens Hall. It was loud, (but not the loudest gig I've ever attended), but horribly distorted. It was so distorted that I was headbanging away to what I thought was Tear You Down, and after a couple of minutes realised that they were playing Capricorn, (which is about half as fast) Doh!! That's how bad the sound was, you couldn't even tell what song they were playing 👎🏻. Saw AC/DC at Newcastle Mayfair on the Back In Black tour and they were louder, and the sound was way clearer 🥰
@@colinrgageYou're being very kind only describing it as 'a bit of a dump' Colin 🤭. It was ****ing horrible. The floor around the edges was soaking where lazy sods had a piss rather than go to the toilets, and the sound was never very good there, but as you said, lots of bands played there as it was the biggest venue in Leeds. I'm pretty sure I only saw 3 gigs there (which was 3 too many 🤭), Rainbow on the Difficult To Cure tour, Sabbath on the Mob Rules tour, and Motorhead on the Ace of Spades tour 🤘🏻
Watching this Sunday night after work, as couldn't watch last night as caught (the mighty) FM at G2 in Glasgow after work- and just as fantastic as alluded to by Simon, and in the previous ranking the studio albums show. But UK connections still the jewel in the crown here
Another week, another great show. Plus Pete's pouring skills on display. Could only find 1 ticket stub for this time period, for Jane's Addiction at Network in Edinburgh. Bit of venue/setlist searching/input from a mate and turns out i was at way more than that. Over those years saw Robert Plant twice, Dread Zeppelin twice (one of those in Glasgow's College of Building & Printing). INXS twice. Van Morrison at least twice. Jethro Tull in Edinburgh, i remember clock watching to catch the last train back to Glasgow so know Steven's travel issues quite well. ABWH, also in Edinburgh. Frank Zappa in Birmingham, also Aerosmith in same place with a young Thunder as support. I seem to remember Steven Tyler doing a somersault from a standing position. Rush at SECC. Was at same Metallica show Steven was at, and an earlier one in Edinburgh on the Justice tour. Also Clash Of The Titans with Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Megadeth, and Slayer at Ingliston another soulless venue like SECC. Suicidal again at the Glasgow Art School, in what seemed to be a gym hall. Ted Nugent and Krokus in Edinburgh. That was really poorly attended, maybe 500 people in the Playhouse that night. Lastly, between late '89 and '90 saw Faith No More 4 times in the space of about 6 months, first in Edinburgh then Glasgow for the rest. Did not have Simon's experience, thought they were fantastic.
Wow Steven, you saw Leppard still with Steve Steamin´ Clark. That is amazing. Well, it just tells you to seize the day and go to a concert when you have the chance. I saw them in London as late as 1992, in the round for the 7-day weekend tour. A very memorable concert, too. Earl´s Court Arena, even the venue is history now.
Steven, the fish show was October 23rd 1989. Here’s the set list: 1. The faith healer 2. The voyeur ( I like to watch) 3. Punch and Judy 4. State of mind 5. The company 6. Script for a jesters tear 7. Family business 8. Warm wet circles 9. Slainte mhath 10. Vigil 11. Big wedge 12. Fugazi Encore 1. Kayleigh 2. Lavender 3. Heart of Lothian 4. Internal exile 5. View from the hill I hope this helped! 👍😊
Thanks Dante! What a setlist! That's now my understanding as well Rik - but I never saw that tour and I definitely saw the band behind nets at some point. Appreciate the help from you both though!
Fun show, guys. Some excellent bands mentioned throughout. "Simon doesn't get off bandwagons. Simon doesn't do that shit." Love it! Even though I'm a fan, listening to Simon's FNM concert experience was hilarious. Steven, what is it with these vehicular mishaps in regards to attending gigs? When you go to concerts these days, do you still take the risk with driving to them? 😂 Agree with everything you said about these 'Fav/Least Fav' episodes, and the comments; They are fun and interesting, and even though it could be challenging to continually find artists where all three of you guys are on board, definitely keep these coming as much as possible. Looking forward to the Saxon episode.
Thanks Knights - appreciated! Yes, I still drive to gigs these days. Public transport and the chance of missing trains etc makes any other way completely impractical. So I still run the risk of mishap every single time!
@@TranquilityFireReid I see... you're a glutton for punishment! 😉😜 Totally get it with the unreliability of public transportation, and whatnot. In some cases (depending on the type of venue, location...), if you're even a minute late to a show, you won't be allowed to sit with the rest of the audience (in the seat that you paid for); You'd have to sit in a hall and watch the show broadcast on a large television from there. That happened to me one time (many years ago), and I wasn't too happy about it. I never allowed that to happen again.
Marston's Old Empire IPA today, going down an absolute treat😀. Vintage concert-going years for me - 1988: The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Jethro Tull; The Cult; Hawkwind 1989: Rory Gallagher (again) ; Pop Will Eat Itself (before they went shit!); Uriah Heep; Dumpy's Rust Nuts; The Kinks; Wishbone Ash; Spirit. 1990: The Stranglers; House of the Nephilim; Curved Air; The Bevis Frond; The Jesus & Mary Chain; The Kinks.
I watch the Sea of Tranquility shows Hudson Valley Squares, In the Prog Seat, the U.K. Connection, the Monsters Den, Comic Book Geezers, and all the other shows because there is nothing on tv worth watching and the Sea of Tranquility shows are more interesting than anything on the networks these days.
This episode was priceless. I have gigs with struggling to return home stories; just not for these years. Here goes the list: The year 1988 I attended at least 8 shows/events involving at least 10 acts. My top 3 that year were (strictly chronological order): 27th March - Sinead O’Connor (w/Andy Rouke & Mike Joyce of the Smiths), duo female rappers @ Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut. Vocally she was great, her spitting somewhat regularly on the stage wasn't. 12th April - 3 (featuring Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer, Robert Berry) @ Toad’s Place. First time seeing Emerson live along with his monstrous Moog system. He didn't disappoint. 4th June - Pink Floyd @ Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Not the first time seeing them, just the largest venue I would ever see them performing live in. The year 1989 I attended at least 10 shows/events involving at least 11 acts. My top 3 that year were (strictly chronological order): 19th January - Living Colour @ Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut (“Open Letter to a Landlord” video shoot). They did the video in 3 (maybe 4 takes). I am in the video if the pre-crowd surfing frame is frozen. 2nd July - The Who @ Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. The "Tommy" tour with Simon Phillips on drums. 6th August - An Evening of Yes Music @ Great Woods Performing Art Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts. Oddly, the only show (of many I attended of that tour) that did not have "Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe" on the ticket. It was a 95 degree tropical environment; and the electronics were giving Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe troubles all night. The fact they soldier through and gave a rock-solid performance had me discover an all new respect for all of them. The year 1990 I attended at least 10 shows/events involving at least 29 acts. My top 3 that year were (strictly chronological order with a slight cheat and two honorable mentions): 11th February - Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker (w/Blues Saraceno) @ Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut. The one and only time I got to see the legendary rhythm section up close. 12th February - Marillion, Flies on Fire @ Toad’s Place. It wasn't the first time seeing Marillion (I did see them open up for Rush when they performed "Misplaced" in its entirety...). It was the first time seeing them with Mr. Hogarth (h). Mr. Stephen Read said it best, "Hogarth was hungry to earn the fans respect". He convinced me that night. Seeing "Season's End" live presented a far different perspective the recording cannot convey. 21st February - 32nd Annual Grammy Awards @ The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California with the following “live” acts I did see: Billy Joel Milli Vanilli (yes, indeed) Bette Midler Ray Charles Stevie Wonder Gloria Estefan Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville Bonnie Raitt DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Michael Bolton (with Kenny G) Fine Young Cannibals Mike + the Mechanics Miles Davis Johnny Cash 21st February - Grammy Gala @ Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California with the following “live” acts I did see: Steve Morse Band Mary’s Danish Vesta Williams Long story short: airfare and lodging free, was notified with about 1 hour notice. How could I refuse? Rented a tux on Sunset Boulevard, and I was in. As this list above denotes; it did become infamous. For the "Gala" Steve Morse was excellent. Since that was all in the month February how could the rest of year not exist? Two honorable mentions: 22nd July - Joe Satriani @ Toad’s Place. Not to repeat Stephen Read's show itinerary, but the smallest venue I ever saw "Satch" in. Scorching set. 3rd August - The Beach Boys, The Moody Blues @ Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut. Two individual occurrences at this show that I never saw again (from a live perspective) Carl Wilson singing "God Only Knows" and Patrick Moraz performing with the Moodies. There were other shows during this period with Physical Grafitti (local Led Zeppelin cover band) and Burn(?) (mostly Deep Purple cover band) but the fog of memory I cannot place accurate dates.
Well I’ve done it now, been pulled back into the ticket saving list making crew. I knew I had a falling apart album of tickets up to about 1996, so I bought a new album and sorted them out last week, and started a list of gigs I remembered but had no tickets for. So 88/89 I have loads of gigs living in London then too many to list, but highlights Queensryche, Aerosmith , Midnight Blue, Priest, UFO , Leppard,. 1990 however went travelling and only caught 3 bands George Thorogood Toronto, Angel and Cheap Trick Melbourne, and Faith No More Melbourne, yes Simon they were pretty awful there too.
Another wonderful listen, based on some of my golden years of gigging, accompanied by a bottle of Tangmere Tower, a West Sussex ale named for a WW2 airfield, brewed from hops etc that could have been used at the time.. Now, gigs, 88 - 90. Bloody hell, where do I start... Well, let's start really early in 88 (7th January) with (sorry Steven) Marillion at tha Aberdeen Capitol, supported by Jadis... Then Heart, two nights in a row. Mr Reid and I were then at the same gig as I too went to see Leppard/Loverboy at the Playhouse... onto June, and it's the Priest with Bonfire opening (Playhouse again) and that that years Monsters at Donington (Maiden, Kiss, DLRoth, GnR, Megadeth and Helloween)... I then found myself in the fair City of, not Cardiff Simon, but Paris France, for 3 months ad part of my degree course, and managed a couple of half decent gigs here too. Yngwie (JLT on vocals) with Danish band Fate opening and then, the icing on the year, Metallica with Queensryche at the Zenith arena... On to 89, and I'm going to try and say a bit less so I'll just pick out a few highlights... Gary Moore with Dare at the Playhouse... Simon friends FM and Romeos Daughter at the Capitol and Aerosmith/Thunder at the NEC in Brum... Special mention, though to the sweatiest, tightest packed I can remember attending, at the tiny Edinburgh Venue, where I saw Garth Rocket and his Moonshiners.... some bloke called Ian Gillan on vocals I seem to recall! 1990 seems to be full of smaller club gigs, a lot in Aberdeen, but with some interesting names. Little Angels, Frankie Miller, Jagged Edge, Pat Travers, the Electric Boys, Leatherwolf, Vow Wow. 2 standouts, however, Queensryche at the Playhouse, playing Mindcrime in full and with Pamela Moore playing Mary, fabulous gig... and then I went to see King's X at the Edinburgh Network. I'm not a fan, I'm afraid. I was ever so bored, and spent a lot of their set at the bar. Support band? They were OK. ICON. Dan Wexlers guitar pick nestles in my copy of Night of the Crime to this day... I'm going to finish (hooray, you say?) with a You Saw Who moment. Steven mentioned seeing Marillion with Steve Hogarth using gloves on glass and it was a bit Marcel Marceau. When I was in Paris for those couple on months I went to see him. And he was fabulous. There. Done. Back to my Saxon homework...
I've had Red McGregor. My favourite by Orkney is Dark Island. A truly delicious beer. I don't know the Notts brewery. I'll look them up. I was in Oxford on Saturday supping Tap Social's Inside Out Stout. At my local I was tucking in to a Vibrant Forest/Brew York collaboration How Berry Dare You fruits of the forest gose. As for gigs, lots of small bands at a venue in Croydon who, apart from Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, were mainly blues rock cover bands. Pretty sure I saw Georgia Satellites in London, probably at the Town and Country.
You just came up with a cool idea for a show...Opening bands that became huge, but you saw them while they were nobody. Could be HVS show or UK Connection...or BOTH!
I have seen many bands at Newport Centre including Megadeth, Machine Head, Living Colour, Black Crowes and Pantera. Simon is correct saying it is an odd venue particularly when you are queuing outside and watching people in the swimming pool. There aren’t so many bands going there now. The last band I saw there was Alice in Chains. It’s one of my favourite venues. Incidentally I saw Uriah Heep in St David’s Hall, Cardiff last night. I’m not a huge fan of theirs but I have to say they were absolutely fantastic. I recommend anyone to go see them if they come your way.
I wasn’t even born yet but my dad when to tone of shows around that time, keep in mind he grew up in Syracuse NY so he went to shows all time at weedsport and this was when he graduated from high school and beginning of college. Here are some concerts he went to 1988; august 6th, 1988 at weedsport Guns N Roses opening for Aerosmith at weedsport that was the day their album went to number one, my dad also saw around that time Def Leppard with Europe, whitesnake with great white He also saw Motley Crue with Tesla opening like 1990
Pete seemed somewhat surprised that Leppard played smaller venues here in the UK, but they weren't that big here. I saw them at the Bristol Hippodrome in 87 (3rd row), which is about a 1500 seater. They were great that night. I'd previously seen them in the Colston Hall round the corner in Apr 80 (supported by Magnum) where not only were there still 10 arms on stage (poor taste?!?) but also the great Pete Willis.....they were far better that night!
I think as well that back then bands would play 10-15-20 shows across the UK instead of doing 2 or 3 huge shows like they do these days. It undoubtedly allowed us to see some great bands in 'smaller' venues and I'm sure glad we did. Thanks for watching!
Saw Helloween Pumpkins Tour twice in 🇩🇪 Germany. Long set in Germany no support. Then festival indoor 2 hour set later in that year. Amazing. Agree Stephen its not fair that only Manchester and London booo
1988 I was at a few of the same Playhouse gigs as Steven - Helloween, Cinderella, Maiden, Leppard. Other highlights that year were Dave Lee Roth on the Skyscraper tour, Saxon on the Destiny tour and Whitesnake on the 1987 tour supported by the McAuley Schenker Group Also went to the same Crue gig as Steven in ‘89 - support act was Skid Row I think. Other notables from that year were WASP on the Headless Children tour, Alice Cooper touring Trash and the Scorpions supported by House of Lords 1990 highlights were Queensryche on the Empire tour, when they played all of Mindcrime, the Almighty at the Mayfair in Glasgow and Love/Hate, at the Venue in Edinburgh of all places, on the Blackout in the Red Room tour. 1990 was also my first visit to MOR at Donnington - Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Poison, Quireboys & Thunder
Todays drink: Mirror Pond Pale Ale from the Deschutes Brewery. Notable shows: Pink Floyd @ Hughes stadium, Sacramento. Wed April 20, 1988. Steve Winwood @ Cal Expo, Sacramento. Sat July 23, 1988 W/ Johnny Clegg and Savuka. Scorpions @ Cal Expo. Sun Oct 16, 1988. Day on the Green #1 with The Grateful Dead, Tracy Chapman, Joe Satriani, Los Lobos, Tower of Power and a special apperance by John Fogerty and his band that consisted of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Randy Jackson, and Steve Jordan. Sat May 27, 1989 at Oakland Coliseum Stadium. Heard lots of glorious CCR and John played the song 'Center Field' from an actual center field.😎
Steven, if you thought Helloween were just "good" on the 6th November 88, maybe you could have another listen via. their superb debut live album "Live in the U.K." as that's where it was recorded! There's a bit where Kiske is playing with the crowd about the location and everyone ends up chanting "Scotland!" - does this ring any bells out of interest? It's not that well known but is one of my personal favourite live albums (2nd/3rd hand CD for 2.99 - bonus), Kiske is on absolutely top form, the band is super-tight and their performance of How Many Tears is a great example of a live performance being better than the studio recording (in my opinion of course).
I meant to show my vinyl copy of the album acidarrow! Haven't listened to it in years! I'll need to sort that soon. My understanding was that it was recorded at various shows and pieced together but some it was definitely from the Edinburgh gig - I might be wrong in that though. Thanks for jogging my memory!!
@@acidarrow I'm maybe giving away trade secrets here but Helloween are on the forward log for favourite/least fave/wildcard, so I will def revisit then! Cheers!
Anyone saw the Night of the Guitars show in 1988? Manzanera, Krieger, Randy California, Pete Haycock, Leslie West, Steve Hunter, Alvin Lee,.... a legendary evening indeed!
I love these shows. My choices for these years are: 1988: Bon Jovi - Wembley Arena, John Mellencamp - Hammersmith Odeon, Toto - Hammersmith Odeon, Def Leppard / Loverboy - Wembley Arena. 1989: Aerosmith - Wembley Arena, Beach Boys - Wembley Arena, Rolling Stones / Gun - Wembley Stadium, FM / Romeos Daughter - Hammersmith Odeon 1990: Thunder - Aylesbury Friars (I think), Billy Idol - Wembley Arena, Monsters of Rock, Donnington - Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Poison, Quireboys, Thunder
My shows in that time period: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Cacophony Chastain (7x) Chick Corea Elektric Band (2x) Al Dimeola Fates Warning Flotsom and Jetsom Howe II (3x) Judas Priest King Diamond (2x) Living Colour Manowar Megadeth Metallica Steve Morse Band Queensryche Slauter Xstroyes (3x) Testament (2x) Toxik Vital Information
Loads of bands I wish that I'd seen there George. Would love to have seen Cacophony and Flotsam & Jetsam at that stage. I've also never seen Manowar or King Diamond either, which is a regret.
I love the faces on Simon and Steven when Pete didn't know the Oliver's Army and Elvis Costello connection. LOL, ??? they would play that song a whole lot on MTV and Night Flight in the early 80's on the East Coast. I guess that Pete would change the channel fast when Elvis came on. A true Metalhead 🤘
I was thinking the same thing, lol. As soon as Simon brought up Oliver's Army, I knew Pete wouldn't spot the connection. But of course, it's well-known that he doesn't really follow Costello, along with many of his contemporaries.
Another fantastic show, I can relate to many of the stories and saw some of the tours. Given travel tales are "en vogue" (not the talented female R&B vocal group) I'll share this. Back in 83 (a bit earlier) we had tickets to MSG at Leicester (De Montfort Hall - saw a good few bands their, including Saxon) but we travelled very early, like 5 hours early. Being hungry we decided to get some grub (food) and someone said "I fancy Fish and Chips" to which someone said, "fish and are rubbish in Leicestershire, much better in Yorkshire"....as we had time we travelled to Huddersfield and back to get some fish and chips and returned to Leicester for the gig. I am sure that Steven and Simon will appreciate the ludicrous nature of this "detour". We did get back for the gig and got home in one piece though.
Nova Mob were tremendous Douglas. I only went because a mate at work was going and asked if I wanted to tag along. I'm so glad he did. I had The Last Days of Pompeii on cassette as a copy but loved it and really should get a real copy again now. I have the Nova Mob album on vinyl and it's good without being great. Thanks for watching!
Pete My fave was getting kicked outta warm cosy Grand Central after missing the last train..more then once ...so they can "clean"...back when the headliners often went on at 2 am so you knew you were fucked.. Walking in the cold in midtown with everything shuttered and dark...looking for that 24/7 greasy spoon to huddle in...taking that 5:20 am directly to work. So rock and or roll
Fun stories as always. I saw my first 3 concerts in 1990: 12 Oct was Jeff Healey Band, Portsmouth Guildhall, wonderful show 13 Nov was Uncle Sam in the former New Classic Cinema, Kingston Rd, Portsmouth with about 6 other people. 28 Nov was Magnum (support Roko), Portsmouth Guildhall, good show but Goodnight LA wasn't my fav album of theirs
Hmm. Iron Maiden/Megadeth on the 7th Son tour...Metallica/Cult and Metallica/Queensryche on the Justice tour twice...Dio/Megadeth/Savatage on the Dream Evil tour...that might be it.
Lots of stories of catching wrong train ending up 20 miles from venue then taxi in the end. Luckily taxi driver asked what do you normally pay lol. But always cost more than the ticket lol 😆.
Son no. 1 was born in 1989 so very much a fallow period, I'm afraid. I've only got Rory Gallagher that I'm prepared to admit to though I seem to have spent a lot of time at the theatre according to my ticket book.
1988 Marillion Hammy Odean Front row Circle. It was the holy grail for me Fleetwood Mac Wembley Arena. This must have been a hot ticket as it was the only time I saw touts selling £9.50 tickets for £75…… at Kings Cross Station! Mandela 70th Birthday concert Dire Straits headlining with Eric Clapton Wembley Stadium. Also Simple Minds with Steve Van Zandt and Peter Gabriel Bruce Springsteen Brammell Lane Sheffield. Best Show ever 1989 Pink Floyd London Arena (now Excel) On what I always call 'We need to pay for the equipment we left in Russia Tour" Simple Minds Wembley Stadium Fish Cambridge Corn Exchange. And I did buy the hoodie. He didn't play Grendel and Steven, no I don't remember the fishing nets. Sorry Stevie Nicks Wembley Arena Down the front, centre stage to see my favourite singer 1990 Marillion Kentish Town & Country Club Notting Hillbillies (Mark Knopfler) Cambridge Corn Exchange. Great gig, 3 hours of great music and even the maestro can forget to plug in his guitar Knebworth 90. Quo, Genesis and Phil C solo, Percy Plant, Pink Floyd with Clare Torry for Great Gig and the best version of Hey Jude you'll ever hear from Macca. Thunder Cambridge Corn Exchange Went to see The Stones in 1990 but they cancelled 20 minutes before the doors opened! Did see a bit of Roger Waters Berlin concert in 1990….. from about 30000ft as our plane flew over Berlin on our way to Corfu. yes the stage was that big
The Edinburgh Playhouse capacity is about 3000. Steven, your Fish question. I know you've read his notes but why not ask him yourself on his fantastic UA-cam show, Fish on Friday? Shouldn't clash with any S.O.T. stuff 😊
Simon, I saw Faith No More at a small venue in Northampton called the Roadmender. I believe they were using it as a warmup for Donington and they were terrible. At one point Mike Patton stopped the band and just stared at the audience for about a minute and slagged us off for not responding to the band. Well you would not respond to a band that were just going through the motions.
Aerosmith/Guns N' Roses at Starplex Amphitheatre in Dallas, 7/24/88 Metallica/The Cult at Starplex Amphitheatre 8/23/89 The Rolling Stones at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, 11/10 and 11/11/89 Judas Priest/Megadeth/Testament at Reunion Arena in Dallas, 11/17/90 I'm sure I forgot some...
Great stories lads,cant believe I actually saw Pantera in 94 at Newport centre. bit of a shithole but amazing gig as for Cardiff 80% of my gigs have been there and yes I’ve slept at the train station on the floor after a cult gig and payed for taxi home after a c.o c gig which cost me 100 quid to go about 50 miles.and Steven I’m sure I seen that bloke with the drinks still walking around donnington back in 97.
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 absolutely me to. I remember the festival in Germany. Ugly Kid Joe started off I Hate Everything About You lol..and FNM started off with Epic not a good thing to start off with most well known song. Krokus back in the day use to start off with Long Stick Goes Boom 💥 lol.
Hey Steven, get online and buy a replacement mini disc player. My old player broke and I got one from Ireland on eBay. Used but totally mint condition. Unlike you I can now play all my old stuff Great show guys by the way!
I actually think my mini-disc player is still in my loft - not 100% sure. I'll maybe get it back down one of these days but I only have a handful of mini-discs now.
Little Angels were brilliant Craig. They outclassed Cinderella that night as well. They were also the first band I saw twice, because they were support to Marillion as well!
@@TranquilityFireReid love little angels saw them in a club before they were signed toby jepson gave me his baseball cap he wore during the encore of sex pistols holiday in the sun. Still got it. Lovely guys . Wayward sons amazing as well . I don't normally comment because I'm an old guy well half a century but love all you guys on sea of tranquility
@@ccalfc None of us are exactly young bucks craig so you're in good company! LOVED Little Angels and all things Toby Jepson. Did a VERY long interview with Toby a few years back, it's on SoT webzine if you have a spare while. Tope bloke!
@@TranquilityFireReid saw Toby jepson solo backing thunder at St David's Hall cardiff (that's for Pete 😆) absolutely fantastic. Keep up the great work 👍. New cats in space single is so bloody catchy . Also iconic nowhere to run is fire 🔥
Tremendous. Simon. STEVEN. PETE. Makes a boring Saturday afternoon, a wonderful fun time. Keep it up trio. Thx again 👍💯
Thanks Gary!
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 / 👍💯
Always our pleasure Gary!
Wonderful show Gents….
And Echoing what Pete said…. The UK Connection is wonderful and something I very much look forward to …
Thank you, gentlemen, truly, for all your time and all you do
Thanks Robert.
Thank you for watching!
The only show I watch every week..ledges on display👍👍🍺🍺
PS…pete,I’m jealous..would have loved to have seen the stones on the steel wheels tour(great album and the last with Bill Wyman).👍
Thanks rik!
I absolutely love the stories that involved going to & from from the concerts.
Kind of liked a failed version of The Warriors, where instead of jumping from train to train, it was basically either ring your mum up, or sleep at the station.
I think there should be an anecdotal show where you don’t specifically talk about the band or music, but anecdotes of interesting, funny, or shocking incidents when going to a concert, going to buy an album, or single, or first time hearing a band or song on the radio or TV.
Steven Reed could be Sea of Tranquility’s answer to Billy Connolly when it comes to his music themed anecdotes.
Glad Stage Dolls get mentioned. From my hometown. Torstein Flakne I had as a guitar-teacher a few times.
86-91 was the height of my concert experiences. From meatloaf in a small club in Rockland County to the stones in Philly.. I spent way too much money seeing groups.. and don’t regret any of it
UK connection is just sutch good fun, and serious all in 1. Love it 👍
Thanks Mark. Hugely appreciated!
Another fun show. My three concerts all in Cardiff 's St. David's Hall where Anthrax with King's X in 1988(my first gig at 14); Faster Pussycat with The Almighty and Dangerous Toys in 1989 and Saxon on the 10 Years of Denim and Leather tour. Going to gigs for me was difficult as it relied on friends going and I was always being forgotten in the mix or they weren't into the same bands as me.
However, courtesy of my brother I did not get to see Metallica on the ...And Justice tour, Fish on the Vigil tour (and he wasn't really a fan ) or Queensryche on the Empire tour. OK he was three years older , but all I needed was a lift.
Thanks Steven for the comment on our participation. As to what Simon said about Newport Centre, definitely true. But, in the 80's South Wales the larger venues of choice were St. David's Hall , Cardiff Student Union or Newport Centre. Then in 90's there was Cardiff Ice Rink and later in the decade Cardiff International Aircraft hanger, I mean Arena.
Reading the comments is as much fun as putting the shows together, so thank you and everyone else Dai!
Playing catching up with you guys again.
Drink of choice tonight a cheeky Cabernet Sauvignon from California 🍷.
only my opinion I find the Hudson valley squares videos too busy but really enjoy these and the ones with Martin
keep up the good work love your enthusiasm for music
Another great UK Connection episode and returned from travels just in time to see it today. Still have to watch last week and will be away next week but this show definitely will hold me over for a bit. Simon's skull and faith-no-more, Steven's travels - or trevails - and Pete's episode in the City That Never (or maybe occassionally does) Sleep so entertaining and laugh filled that already looking forward to the next episodes. To keep it on point, concerts seen during that time include Fleetwood Mac (the Buckingham-Nicks version), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on a swing through their hometown, the Smithereens, the Cars, and surely a couple of others that don't readily come to mind. Thanks, gents, for spending some of your time regaling us with your tales of concerts and travels. Cheers!
Thanks as always JMW!
One of my regrets will always be never having seen Tom Petty live. Thanks JMW!
Great show as always guys Thank you 😊
Looking forward to that show, my homework for the week lol 😆
Hi there, always entertaining to hear the stories linked to your concert experiences!
Well, not too many concerts for me in that period - but chosen ones :
29-03-88 : Marillion (Pétange / Luxembourg) - last concert with Fish
22-04-88 : Al di Meola and Band (Saarbrücken / Germany) - featuring Kei Akagi on keyboards who later played with Miles Davis
18-06-88 : Pink Floyd (Mannheim / Germany) - first time I saw them, goosebumps at 'The great gig in the sky'
04-05-89 : Grobschnitt (Saarbrücken / Germany) - last tour before these Krauts disbanded for several years
30-05-89 : Santana (Remich / Luxembourg) - former Weather Report member Alphonso Johnson on bass
18-06-89 : Pink Floyd (Köln / Germany) - once again
22-10-89 : Marillion (Pétange / Luxembourg) - first concert with Steve Hogarth
11-11-89 : Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (Köln / Germany) - "Yes", first time I saw these guys
04-11-90 : Blood, Sweat & Tears (Luxbg. City / Luxembourg) - with original singer David Clayton-Thomas
N.B. And I won't miss The Stranglers playing Luxembourg this October!
Some great stuff there Frank!
Thanks for a great show. It is so good of you to give up your Saturday evenings(UK) and afternoon(USA) for our entertainment. By the way it has not changed my life!🤣
😂😂😂If it's any consolation Kenny... we pre-record the show! Sorry to spoil the illusion. 😀
@@TranquilityFireReid Och No, Michty me min I dinna ken fit to say aboot that!
@@kennycraig6769 Crivvens, Jings, Help Ma Boab!
As a teenager I used to 'Blu-Tack' my tickets for upcoming concerts to my bedroom wall, along with all the posters etc.
That habit only lasted until the day I was on the bus to the gig and I remembered my ticket was still on my bedroom wall !!!!!!!!
Ha! Excellent. I hope you got in eventually!
Nightmare David!!
By miles the best You Tube channel thank you 😊.
I never miss anything when both Simon and Steven are going to be on the show Pete: no matter what you’re going to discuss! I really do believe that they’ve missed their calling to becoming stand up comedians Cuz they really are THE highlight of the UK 🇬🇧 Connection and I do look 👀 forward to your tapings first hand every single Saturday or whenever I get my notice it’ll be coming up at certain times lol 😂 Sincerely yours, DJP Boston Massachusetts 🇺🇸 I cannot wait to see you three!
Flashback time again So in 1988 I seen Sting ( Mon Feb 15 at Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Canada ) The first of many Sting shows for me. This was on the Nothing Like the Sun tour. Loved it. Then Manteca . A fantastic Canadian jazz band. Lots of percussion. Lots of band members on stage. ( Fri April 22 North Bay) Next would be Pink Floyd in Toronto on May 13. but then................Sun Sept 25 at the University of Toronto UZEB on the Noisy Nights tour. Wow!! this was such a cool intimate powerful show. What a band 1989 had Tom Cochrane & Red Rider in Sudbury Canada on Sat Feb 18. And then in the summer my first Yes concert in the form of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. I was so close the dry ice fog was rolling over my head. So amazing to see Bruford play Yes songs. 1990 Tom Cochrane again ( I`ve seen Tom many many times ) Rush in Toronto Thur May 17. This was the Presto tour I believe. Really good show. And finally in the summer at Kingswood theatre north of Toronto, Joe Satriani with Stu Hamm and Jonathan Mover. Hell of a concert. Flying in a Blue Dream tour and perhaps the best time to see him.
Great stories guys as always
Lot of talk about trips home from gigs. One I mentioned during this time was the Mandela concert in 1988. Taking the Tube from Wembley to Kings Cross after the gig, some idiot decided to pull the communication chord and the train came to a sudden halt, opposite another station on a different line. (This was an overground part). The driver came walking through the train to find the
cu-culprit and next thing we knew was the driver roughly escorting the silly young man over to the other station. The driver, back in his came came over the tannoy and said, "Ladies and gentlemen. Apologises for the delay but some tw@t pulled the chord. I have put said tw@t on the opposite station and told him to wait for the next train. What he doesn't know is that train will be along at 6am. Thankyou for your patience'. A huge cheer and applause rang the the train as we made our way back to Kings Cross.
Love it!!
CHEERS! And thank you again for great stories of your concert fun/misery, you 3 never disappoint.
In 1989 I was in England ( after touring Wales and Ireland supporting the New Zealand Rugby team the All Blacks) and saw The Who Aerosmith and Stevie Nicks at Wembley Arena. I love this show so much fun.
Go the All Blacks!
Great video gentlemen! My first gig was 1990, I was 11, it was It Bites, and they were great!! They split up later that year! I also saw Dan Reed Network that year, they were pretty good too!!
A couple of great bands there Matt!
I saw that same Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray Vaughan show that Pete saw, at the Skydome in Toronto. The opening act there was Jeff Healey. I still remember Terry Bozzio's all-black drum kit.
You had me at Captain Hindsight. Cheers guys, awesome content and a great accompaniment to 'Booze O' Clock'.
Thanks for the support Phil.
I’m looking forward to the Saxon episode 💪
Well, there are two sides of this coin. I was around Steven's age at this time. I think I've mentioned this before but, my mom's boss was friends w/a lady who worked for Ticketmaster. In 1988, my concert of choice was INXS during their Kick tour. They were huge at the time and I had a huge crush on the lead singer. My mom, who also liked them, took me and we had amazing seats. The only members I couldn't see were the drummer, who was hidden by his drum kit, and the keyboardist/guitarist, Andrew Farriss. I saw everyone else perfectly. The concert was also extremely loud and we couldn't hear for the first few minutes after we walked out. My ears rung for two day and stopped when I heard the telephone ring and it was my best friend calling. Of course I told him how great the concert was. He was so jealous😂😂
The other side is the shows I passed on. I could've seen Def Leppard on their Hysteria tour but, I passed. I lived in Kansas City at the time and some of their fans scared me. I also passed on Van Halen while Sammy Hagar was their singer. I also could've seen Michael Jackson kick off his Bad tour and his live performance of Another Part of Me played on MTV. Damn, I could've seen Michael Jackson kick off his tour in my city and I could've been in a music video!
Oh, Steven, I've got another car story for you. Well, actually two. I was living in Los Angeles at the time. It was a Saturday afternoon and, my car ran out of gas while I was driving home. Luckily, I pulled into a gas station and the car stopped right in front of a gas pump.
The second time it happened was in Beverly Hills. I went to the library to do some research and parked my car in a residential neighborhood. When the library closed, I went to my car and, it wouldn't start. I walked around the corner, called AAA on a pay phone and waited by my car, in the dark for someone to show. When they did, I thought my battery or alternator went bad. It turns out I ran out of gas again! So, I got a fill-up and drove home. Luckily, my apartment was ten minutes away. Of course, my mom was calling wanting to know where I'd been. Since then, I fill my car when it's down to half a tank. At that time I was driving a Nissan Sentra. Now, I an SUV so, I more conscious about keeping the tank full. As you know, my first story had to do w/stolen gas. Oh, a quick note about that. The thieves stole about $20 worth of gas and caused about $1,000 worth of damage to my car. Luckily, I had insurance.
Great stuff Kimberly! Love reading these recollections! I probably still have a car story or two to come!!!
@@TranquilityFireReid What is w/us and cars? It's an odd relationship isn't it? If I come to the UK again, I probably shouldn't drive😂😂
@@kimberlywalker3970 😂😂Where would be the fun in that Kimberly! 😂😂
@@TranquilityFireReid Keep that sense of humor😊😊Between you and Simon, Saturdays have become more interesting. See you on the next show!
Pete that Priest Painkiller Tour was awesome here in the UK 🇬🇧
I saw Stage Dolls opening for Mr Big at Cambridge Corn Exchange , looking forward to seeing them, got to our seats in the balcony while they were already on stage , just for them to say, thank you and this is our final song!, actually it was probably Still In Love!
I've had that happen a couple of timesChris. The most notable being Danny Vaughn opening for Asia. Unfortunately he was the main reason we went - but Asia with Jon Payne were awesome!
Funny mention the live cassette tapes from record fairs, I still have one from this actual Mr Big concert, the guy taping it must had been located near by as you can hear my wife screaming out Eric, Eric. Another one I have is a Megadeth one, what I didn't realise was at the end of the show, Tommy Vance came on, saying that was broadcasted for the Friday rock show, so basically the tape seller had taped it off the radio, and packaged it up as bootleg, and I had been stupid enough to buy it, take care Steven, and don't mention the football.
@@chrisharper6088 Those were the days Chris - and yes, my lips are sealed!
I came for the in-jokes and stayed for the stories. Another awesome show, guys 🍻
Thanks Dan!
First time Def Leppard Belle View speedway Manchester.
Played in the social club lol.
On Through The Night Tour
Audience about 150 lol.
Saw Def Leppard on Hysteria Tour in Manchester
The best power trio on the web
Pardo, Reid and Bray
Thanks Jonathan!
We need an episode just with Steve's stories. 😅
I agree! Who knows, another one of his car related ones could just be around the corner 😂
Cracking show yet again. Just finished listening to most of the Queen catalogue again and looking forward to the Saxon show as a relative newcomer to their work being I am discovering rock bands again after a couple of decades spent in jazz and funk.
Saxon is proving sooooooooo difficult.
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 You get us really excited now, Simon. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing all about it.
Superb early intervention from Simon there..."Pete gets messages all the DAMN time"...takes time to hone skills like that...
Thanks Colin!
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 Always a pleasure, Simon. Off to a flyer there....😄
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with all of you as I have to Old's I don't remember if I when to anything,but I have been lucky to been to two concerts now the first was The watch and got to meet them after the show and got the seven album singed and last week see Antimatter and got to meet Mick Moss after the show spoke to him for a bit 😊
88 to 90 for me was a golden area for going to gigs
No doubt about it Steven, some of your epic gig travails make me think you might have been better waiting for your favourite band live album releases, then listen at home, surrounded by beer...works for me... 😄🍻
You night just have a point Colin! Still love going to gigs though!
@@TranquilityFireReid Hahaha. Nah, who would we get to regale us with all these excellent musical tales of woe, if you stopped at home? 😄
@@noohoozfurra Very true Colin!
Simon's Motorhead story reminded me of the time I caught them live at Leeds Queens Hall. It was loud, (but not the loudest gig I've ever attended), but horribly distorted. It was so distorted that I was headbanging away to what I thought was Tear You Down, and after a couple of minutes realised that they were playing Capricorn, (which is about half as fast) Doh!! That's how bad the sound was, you couldn't even tell what song they were playing 👎🏻. Saw AC/DC at Newcastle Mayfair on the Back In Black tour and they were louder, and the sound was way clearer 🥰
Motorhead were loudest band I ever saw plus distortion lol
@@747jono was the sound so bad that you couldn't even tell what they were playing tho?
@@terrywalker8446 indeed it was.
I was to the left of the stage about 20 feet from the front, the cabinets were shaking lol .
Madness.
Everyone seemed to play Queens hall back in the 80s, bit of a dump lol
@@colinrgageYou're being very kind only describing it as 'a bit of a dump' Colin 🤭. It was ****ing horrible. The floor around the edges was soaking where lazy sods had a piss rather than go to the toilets, and the sound was never very good there, but as you said, lots of bands played there as it was the biggest venue in Leeds. I'm pretty sure I only saw 3 gigs there (which was 3 too many 🤭), Rainbow on the Difficult To Cure tour, Sabbath on the Mob Rules tour, and Motorhead on the Ace of Spades tour 🤘🏻
Watching this Sunday night after work, as couldn't watch last night as caught (the mighty) FM at G2 in Glasgow after work- and just as fantastic as alluded to by Simon, and in the previous ranking the studio albums show. But UK connections still the jewel in the crown here
Another week, another great show. Plus Pete's pouring skills on display. Could only find 1 ticket stub for this time period, for Jane's Addiction at Network in Edinburgh. Bit of venue/setlist searching/input from a mate and turns out i was at way more than that. Over those years saw Robert Plant twice, Dread Zeppelin twice (one of those in Glasgow's College of Building & Printing). INXS twice. Van Morrison at least twice. Jethro Tull in Edinburgh, i remember clock watching to catch the last train back to Glasgow so know Steven's travel issues quite well. ABWH, also in Edinburgh. Frank Zappa in Birmingham, also Aerosmith in same place with a young Thunder as support. I seem to remember Steven Tyler doing a somersault from a standing position. Rush at SECC. Was at same Metallica show Steven was at, and an earlier one in Edinburgh on the Justice tour.
Also Clash Of The Titans with Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Megadeth, and Slayer at Ingliston another soulless venue like SECC. Suicidal again at the Glasgow Art School, in what seemed to be a gym hall. Ted Nugent and Krokus in Edinburgh. That was really poorly attended, maybe 500 people in the Playhouse that night.
Lastly, between late '89 and '90 saw Faith No More 4 times in the space of about 6 months, first in Edinburgh then Glasgow for the rest. Did not have Simon's experience, thought they were fantastic.
Wow. Some amazing shows there Ron! Loved reading that!
@@TranquilityFireReid Thanks Steven. There might have been some more but the olds kicked in.
Wow Steven, you saw Leppard still with Steve Steamin´ Clark. That is amazing. Well, it just tells you to seize the day and go to a concert when you have the chance. I saw them in London as late as 1992, in the round for the 7-day weekend tour. A very memorable concert, too. Earl´s Court Arena, even the venue is history now.
I saw Def Leppard 4 times with Steve Clark R.I.P.
Wise words indeed Gert!
I saw them in Grimsby around 80-81 we'll be back next year they said,still waiting LOL
Cheers!
Steven, the fish show was October 23rd 1989. Here’s the set list:
1. The faith healer
2. The voyeur ( I like to watch)
3. Punch and Judy
4. State of mind
5. The company
6. Script for a jesters tear
7. Family business
8. Warm wet circles
9. Slainte mhath
10. Vigil
11. Big wedge
12. Fugazi
Encore
1. Kayleigh
2. Lavender
3. Heart of Lothian
4. Internal exile
5. View from the hill
I hope this helped! 👍😊
I think the fishnets were on the sushi tour..93?
Thanks Dante! What a setlist! That's now my understanding as well Rik - but I never saw that tour and I definitely saw the band behind nets at some point. Appreciate the help from you both though!
Your welcome Steven! 👍
And your shows are brilliant because you never judge,unlike the reaction channels.
That's unusual because in real life I am spectacularly judgemental!
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 lol Simon I meant that you never argue and accept other opinions 😉 lol.
Fun show, guys. Some excellent bands mentioned throughout.
"Simon doesn't get off bandwagons. Simon doesn't do that shit." Love it! Even though I'm a fan, listening to Simon's FNM concert experience was hilarious.
Steven, what is it with these vehicular mishaps in regards to attending gigs? When you go to concerts these days, do you still take the risk with driving to them? 😂 Agree with everything you said about these 'Fav/Least Fav' episodes, and the comments; They are fun and interesting, and even though it could be challenging to continually find artists where all three of you guys are on board, definitely keep these coming as much as possible.
Looking forward to the Saxon episode.
Thanks Knights - appreciated!
Yes, I still drive to gigs these days. Public transport and the chance of missing trains etc makes any other way completely impractical. So I still run the risk of mishap every single time!
Simon doesn't like people who refer to themselves in the third person either.
@@TranquilityFireReid I see... you're a glutton for punishment! 😉😜 Totally get it with the unreliability of public transportation, and whatnot. In some cases (depending on the type of venue, location...), if you're even a minute late to a show, you won't be allowed to sit with the rest of the audience (in the seat that you paid for); You'd have to sit in a hall and watch the show broadcast on a large television from there. That happened to me one time (many years ago), and I wasn't too happy about it. I never allowed that to happen again.
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 Hahahaha!
Marston's Old Empire IPA today, going down an absolute treat😀.
Vintage concert-going years for me -
1988: The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, Jethro Tull; The Cult; Hawkwind
1989: Rory Gallagher (again) ; Pop Will Eat Itself (before they went shit!); Uriah Heep; Dumpy's Rust Nuts; The Kinks; Wishbone Ash; Spirit.
1990: The Stranglers; House of the Nephilim; Curved Air; The Bevis Frond; The Jesus & Mary Chain; The Kinks.
Great stuff Jim. Enjoy the brews!
I watch the Sea of Tranquility shows Hudson Valley Squares, In the Prog Seat, the U.K. Connection, the Monsters Den,
Comic Book Geezers, and all the other shows because there is nothing on tv worth watching and the Sea of Tranquility
shows are more interesting than anything on the networks these days.
Thanks Roger.
Thanks Roger!
I saw that Judas Priest Painkiller tour also. Excellent show. Loved Megadeth and Testament as well.
Saw the Stones/Gun, ZZ Top/Brian Adams, Black Crows, Johnny Winter, Aerosmith around that time.
This episode was priceless. I have gigs with struggling to return home stories; just not for these years. Here goes the list:
The year 1988 I attended at least 8 shows/events involving at least 10 acts. My top 3 that year were (strictly chronological order):
27th March - Sinead O’Connor (w/Andy Rouke & Mike Joyce of the Smiths), duo female rappers @ Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut. Vocally she was great, her spitting somewhat regularly on the stage wasn't.
12th April - 3 (featuring Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer, Robert Berry) @ Toad’s Place. First time seeing Emerson live along with his monstrous Moog system. He didn't disappoint.
4th June - Pink Floyd @ Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Not the first time seeing them, just the largest venue I would ever see them performing live in.
The year 1989 I attended at least 10 shows/events involving at least 11 acts. My top 3 that year were (strictly chronological order):
19th January - Living Colour @ Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut (“Open Letter to a Landlord” video shoot). They did the video in 3 (maybe 4 takes). I am in the video if the pre-crowd surfing frame is frozen.
2nd July - The Who @ Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. The "Tommy" tour with Simon Phillips on drums.
6th August - An Evening of Yes Music @ Great Woods Performing Art Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts. Oddly, the only show (of many I attended of that tour) that did not have "Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe" on the ticket. It was a 95 degree tropical environment; and the electronics were giving Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe troubles all night. The fact they soldier through and gave a rock-solid performance had me discover an all new respect for all of them.
The year 1990 I attended at least 10 shows/events involving at least 29 acts. My top 3 that year were (strictly chronological order with a slight cheat and two honorable mentions):
11th February - Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker (w/Blues Saraceno) @ Toad’s Place, New Haven, Connecticut. The one and only time I got to see the legendary rhythm section up close.
12th February - Marillion, Flies on Fire @ Toad’s Place. It wasn't the first time seeing Marillion (I did see them open up for Rush when they performed "Misplaced" in its entirety...). It was the first time seeing them with Mr. Hogarth (h). Mr. Stephen Read said it best, "Hogarth was hungry to earn the fans respect". He convinced me that night. Seeing "Season's End" live presented a far different perspective the recording cannot convey.
21st February - 32nd Annual Grammy Awards @ The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California with the following “live” acts I did see:
Billy Joel
Milli Vanilli (yes, indeed)
Bette Midler
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Gloria Estefan
Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
Bonnie Raitt
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Michael Bolton (with Kenny G)
Fine Young Cannibals
Mike + the Mechanics
Miles Davis
Johnny Cash
21st February - Grammy Gala @ Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California with the following “live” acts I did see:
Steve Morse Band
Mary’s Danish
Vesta Williams
Long story short: airfare and lodging free, was notified with about 1 hour notice. How could I refuse? Rented a tux on Sunset Boulevard, and I was in. As this list above denotes; it did become infamous. For the "Gala" Steve Morse was excellent.
Since that was all in the month February how could the rest of year not exist? Two honorable mentions:
22nd July - Joe Satriani @ Toad’s Place. Not to repeat Stephen Read's show itinerary, but the smallest venue I ever saw "Satch" in. Scorching set.
3rd August - The Beach Boys, The Moody Blues @ Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut. Two individual occurrences at this show that I never saw again (from a live perspective) Carl Wilson singing "God Only Knows" and Patrick Moraz performing with the Moodies.
There were other shows during this period with Physical Grafitti (local Led Zeppelin cover band) and Burn(?) (mostly Deep Purple cover band) but the fog of memory I cannot place accurate dates.
That's a great post Joe. Spitting on stage? Bleurgh.
I thought Pete was going to have to pull a "The Warriors" and fight their way back to their home turf.
Well I’ve done it now, been pulled back into the ticket saving list making crew. I knew I had a falling apart album of tickets up to about 1996, so I bought a new album and sorted them out last week, and started a list of gigs I remembered but had no tickets for.
So 88/89 I have loads of gigs living in London then too many to list, but highlights Queensryche, Aerosmith , Midnight Blue, Priest, UFO , Leppard,.
1990 however went travelling and only caught 3 bands
George Thorogood Toronto, Angel and Cheap Trick Melbourne, and Faith No More Melbourne, yes Simon they were pretty awful there too.
Another wonderful listen, based on some of my golden years of gigging, accompanied by a bottle of Tangmere Tower, a West Sussex ale named for a WW2 airfield, brewed from hops etc that could have been used at the time..
Now, gigs, 88 - 90. Bloody hell, where do I start... Well, let's start really early in 88 (7th January) with (sorry Steven) Marillion at tha Aberdeen Capitol, supported by Jadis... Then Heart, two nights in a row. Mr Reid and I were then at the same gig as I too went to see Leppard/Loverboy at the Playhouse... onto June, and it's the Priest with Bonfire opening (Playhouse again) and that that years Monsters at Donington (Maiden, Kiss, DLRoth, GnR, Megadeth and Helloween)... I then found myself in the fair City of, not Cardiff Simon, but Paris France, for 3 months ad part of my degree course, and managed a couple of half decent gigs here too. Yngwie (JLT on vocals) with Danish band Fate opening and then, the icing on the year, Metallica with Queensryche at the Zenith arena...
On to 89, and I'm going to try and say a bit less so I'll just pick out a few highlights... Gary Moore with Dare at the Playhouse... Simon friends FM and Romeos Daughter at the Capitol and Aerosmith/Thunder at the NEC in Brum... Special mention, though to the sweatiest, tightest packed I can remember attending, at the tiny Edinburgh Venue, where I saw Garth Rocket and his Moonshiners.... some bloke called Ian Gillan on vocals I seem to recall!
1990 seems to be full of smaller club gigs, a lot in Aberdeen, but with some interesting names. Little Angels, Frankie Miller, Jagged Edge, Pat Travers, the Electric Boys, Leatherwolf, Vow Wow. 2 standouts, however, Queensryche at the Playhouse, playing Mindcrime in full and with Pamela Moore playing Mary, fabulous gig... and then I went to see King's X at the Edinburgh Network. I'm not a fan, I'm afraid. I was ever so bored, and spent a lot of their set at the bar. Support band? They were OK. ICON. Dan Wexlers guitar pick nestles in my copy of Night of the Crime to this day...
I'm going to finish (hooray, you say?) with a You Saw Who moment. Steven mentioned seeing Marillion with Steve Hogarth using gloves on glass and it was a bit Marcel Marceau. When I was in Paris for those couple on months I went to see him. And he was fabulous.
There. Done. Back to my Saxon homework...
We'll be checking on your Saxon homework so make sure you get it in on time! Interesting sounding beer as well.
I've had Red McGregor. My favourite by Orkney is Dark Island. A truly delicious beer. I don't know the Notts brewery. I'll look them up. I was in Oxford on Saturday supping Tap Social's Inside Out Stout. At my local I was tucking in to a Vibrant Forest/Brew York collaboration How Berry Dare You fruits of the forest gose.
As for gigs, lots of small bands at a venue in Croydon who, apart from Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, were mainly blues rock cover bands. Pretty sure I saw Georgia Satellites in London, probably at the Town and Country.
It is an excellent beer David!
Georgia Satellites?? Never saw them - what a band they were!!
The Cartoon?
@@seethroughhead505 Bloddy hell! Yes! That was the place. The walls were covered in cartoons by Bill Tidy IIRC. I'd completely forgotten that.
best Show on YT! Steven, 1990 were the last Gigs for the Justice Tour from Metallica, the Black Album was released in August 1991... ;-)
Come to think of it that's probably correct!
You just came up with a cool idea for a show...Opening bands that became huge, but you saw them while they were nobody. Could be HVS show or UK Connection...or BOTH!
I saw Maiden support Priest in 1980. Beat that!
I have seen many bands at Newport Centre including Megadeth, Machine Head, Living Colour, Black Crowes and Pantera. Simon is correct saying it is an odd venue particularly when you are queuing outside and watching people in the swimming pool. There aren’t so many bands going there now. The last band I saw there was Alice in Chains. It’s one of my favourite venues.
Incidentally I saw Uriah Heep in St David’s Hall, Cardiff last night. I’m not a huge fan of theirs but I have to say they were absolutely fantastic. I recommend anyone to go see them if they come your way.
I wasn’t even born yet but my dad when to tone of shows around that time, keep in mind he grew up in Syracuse NY so he went to shows all time at weedsport and this was when he graduated from high school and beginning of college. Here are some concerts he went to
1988; august 6th, 1988 at weedsport Guns N Roses opening for Aerosmith at weedsport that was the day their album went to number one, my dad also saw around that time Def Leppard with Europe, whitesnake with great white
He also saw Motley Crue with Tesla opening like 1990
Your Dad saw some great shows!
Pete seemed somewhat surprised that Leppard played smaller venues here in the UK, but they weren't that big here. I saw them at the Bristol Hippodrome in 87 (3rd row), which is about a 1500 seater. They were great that night. I'd previously seen them in the Colston Hall round the corner in Apr 80 (supported by Magnum) where not only were there still 10 arms on stage (poor taste?!?) but also the great Pete Willis.....they were far better that night!
I think as well that back then bands would play 10-15-20 shows across the UK instead of doing 2 or 3 huge shows like they do these days. It undoubtedly allowed us to see some great bands in 'smaller' venues and I'm sure glad we did. Thanks for watching!
Saw Helloween Pumpkins Tour twice in 🇩🇪 Germany.
Long set in Germany no support.
Then festival indoor 2 hour set later in that year.
Amazing.
Agree Stephen its not fair that only Manchester and London booo
I`m just glad tickets have FINALLY arrived after Covid postponements, almost THREE years later !!!
I think we have all done the forgotten where we you sat and can't find ticket stub
1988 I was at a few of the same Playhouse gigs as Steven - Helloween, Cinderella, Maiden, Leppard. Other highlights that year were Dave Lee Roth on the Skyscraper tour, Saxon on the Destiny tour and Whitesnake on the 1987 tour supported by the McAuley Schenker Group
Also went to the same Crue gig as Steven in ‘89 - support act was Skid Row I think. Other notables from that year were WASP on the Headless Children tour, Alice Cooper touring Trash and the Scorpions supported by House of Lords
1990 highlights were Queensryche on the Empire tour, when they played all of Mindcrime, the Almighty at the Mayfair in Glasgow and Love/Hate, at the Venue in Edinburgh of all places, on the Blackout in the Red Room tour.
1990 was also my first visit to MOR at Donnington - Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Poison, Quireboys & Thunder
Todays drink: Mirror Pond Pale Ale from the Deschutes Brewery. Notable shows: Pink Floyd @ Hughes stadium, Sacramento. Wed April 20, 1988. Steve Winwood @ Cal Expo, Sacramento. Sat July 23, 1988 W/ Johnny Clegg and Savuka. Scorpions @ Cal Expo. Sun Oct 16, 1988. Day on the Green #1 with The Grateful Dead, Tracy Chapman, Joe Satriani, Los Lobos, Tower of Power and a special apperance by John Fogerty and his band that consisted of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Randy Jackson, and Steve Jordan. Sat May 27, 1989 at Oakland Coliseum Stadium. Heard lots of glorious CCR and John played the song 'Center Field' from an actual center field.😎
Great stuff uncle!
Steven, if you thought Helloween were just "good" on the 6th November 88, maybe you could have another listen via. their superb debut live album "Live in the U.K." as that's where it was recorded! There's a bit where Kiske is playing with the crowd about the location and everyone ends up chanting "Scotland!" - does this ring any bells out of interest?
It's not that well known but is one of my personal favourite live albums (2nd/3rd hand CD for 2.99 - bonus), Kiske is on absolutely top form, the band is super-tight and their performance of How Many Tears is a great example of a live performance being better than the studio recording (in my opinion of course).
I meant to show my vinyl copy of the album acidarrow! Haven't listened to it in years! I'll need to sort that soon. My understanding was that it was recorded at various shows and pieced together but some it was definitely from the Edinburgh gig - I might be wrong in that though. Thanks for jogging my memory!!
@@TranquilityFireReid I should have guessed you'd have it on vinyl! Another listen is well worth it, the sound is absolutely crystal for a live album.
@@acidarrow I'm maybe giving away trade secrets here but Helloween are on the forward log for favourite/least fave/wildcard, so I will def revisit then! Cheers!
Anyone saw the Night of the Guitars show in 1988? Manzanera, Krieger, Randy California, Pete Haycock, Leslie West, Steve Hunter, Alvin Lee,.... a legendary evening indeed!
If Luis nasser moved to London this show would be incredible but it’s still pretty dam good
I love these shows. My choices for these years are:
1988: Bon Jovi - Wembley Arena, John Mellencamp - Hammersmith Odeon, Toto - Hammersmith Odeon, Def Leppard / Loverboy - Wembley Arena.
1989: Aerosmith - Wembley Arena, Beach Boys - Wembley Arena, Rolling Stones / Gun - Wembley Stadium, FM / Romeos Daughter - Hammersmith Odeon
1990: Thunder - Aylesbury Friars (I think), Billy Idol - Wembley Arena, Monsters of Rock, Donnington - Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Poison, Quireboys, Thunder
A few good years there Parish or Rock, whichever you prefer!
My shows in that time period:
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Cacophony
Chastain (7x)
Chick Corea Elektric Band (2x)
Al Dimeola
Fates Warning
Flotsom and Jetsom
Howe II (3x)
Judas Priest
King Diamond (2x)
Living Colour
Manowar
Megadeth
Metallica
Steve Morse Band
Queensryche
Slauter Xstroyes (3x)
Testament (2x)
Toxik
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Loads of bands I wish that I'd seen there George. Would love to have seen Cacophony and Flotsam & Jetsam at that stage. I've also never seen Manowar or King Diamond either, which is a regret.
I love the faces on Simon and Steven when Pete didn't know the Oliver's Army and Elvis Costello connection. LOL, ??? they would play that song a whole lot on MTV and Night Flight in the early 80's on the East Coast. I guess that Pete would change the channel fast when Elvis came on. A true Metalhead 🤘
I was thinking the same thing, lol. As soon as Simon brought up Oliver's Army, I knew Pete wouldn't spot the connection. But of course, it's well-known that he doesn't really follow Costello, along with many of his contemporaries.
Stephen my first question would be to my parents have any of you had a 🍸 lol was always a shared taxi.
Another fantastic show, I can relate to many of the stories and saw some of the tours. Given travel tales are "en vogue" (not the talented female R&B vocal group) I'll share this. Back in 83 (a bit earlier) we had tickets to MSG at Leicester (De Montfort Hall - saw a good few bands their, including Saxon) but we travelled very early, like 5 hours early. Being hungry we decided to get some grub (food) and someone said "I fancy Fish and Chips" to which someone said, "fish and are rubbish in Leicestershire, much better in Yorkshire"....as we had time we travelled to Huddersfield and back to get some fish and chips and returned to Leicester for the gig. I am sure that Steven and Simon will appreciate the ludicrous nature of this "detour". We did get back for the gig and got home in one piece though.
That's a tremendous detour!
Steven, I cant believe you saw Grant Hart's Nova Mob. I have that record. That record is good but I love the Grant Hart solo album....
Nova Mob were tremendous Douglas. I only went because a mate at work was going and asked if I wanted to tag along. I'm so glad he did. I had The Last Days of Pompeii on cassette as a copy but loved it and really should get a real copy again now. I have the Nova Mob album on vinyl and it's good without being great. Thanks for watching!
The grant hart solo album "intolerance" is fantastic
@@douglashanau3339 Forgot about that. Yes, indeed it is!
Pete
My fave was getting kicked outta warm cosy Grand Central after missing the last train..more then once ...so they can "clean"...back when the headliners often went on at 2 am so you knew you were fucked.. Walking in the cold in midtown with everything shuttered and dark...looking for that 24/7 greasy spoon to huddle in...taking that 5:20 am directly to work. So rock and or roll
Fun stories as always.
I saw my first 3 concerts in 1990:
12 Oct was Jeff Healey Band, Portsmouth Guildhall, wonderful show
13 Nov was Uncle Sam in the former New Classic Cinema, Kingston Rd, Portsmouth with about 6 other people.
28 Nov was Magnum (support Roko), Portsmouth Guildhall, good show but Goodnight LA wasn't my fav album of theirs
I really enjoyed this concept! Stage Dolls is a very fine band. Seen them several times here in Norway
Fantastic band
Saw them at Firefest a decade or so ago - they were tremendous!
Hmm. Iron Maiden/Megadeth on the 7th Son tour...Metallica/Cult and Metallica/Queensryche on the Justice tour twice...Dio/Megadeth/Savatage on the Dream Evil tour...that might be it.
Lots of stories of catching wrong train ending up 20 miles from venue then taxi in the end.
Luckily taxi driver asked what do you normally pay lol.
But always cost more than the ticket lol 😆.
😂😂
Wow Pete never realised you lived so far from New York city
Son no. 1 was born in 1989 so very much a fallow period, I'm afraid. I've only got Rory Gallagher that I'm prepared to admit to though I seem to have spent a lot of time at the theatre according to my ticket book.
Stephen almost singing the Wombles overground underground
1988
Marillion Hammy Odean Front row Circle. It was the holy grail for me
Fleetwood Mac Wembley Arena. This must have been a hot ticket as it was the only time I saw touts selling £9.50 tickets for £75…… at Kings Cross Station!
Mandela 70th Birthday concert Dire Straits headlining with Eric Clapton Wembley Stadium. Also Simple Minds with Steve Van Zandt and Peter Gabriel
Bruce Springsteen Brammell Lane Sheffield. Best Show ever
1989
Pink Floyd London Arena (now Excel) On what I always call 'We need to pay for the equipment we left in Russia Tour"
Simple Minds Wembley Stadium
Fish Cambridge Corn Exchange. And I did buy the hoodie. He didn't play Grendel and Steven, no I don't remember the fishing nets. Sorry
Stevie Nicks Wembley Arena Down the front, centre stage to see my favourite singer
1990
Marillion Kentish Town & Country Club
Notting Hillbillies (Mark Knopfler) Cambridge Corn Exchange. Great gig, 3 hours of great music and even the maestro can forget to plug in his guitar
Knebworth 90. Quo, Genesis and Phil C solo, Percy Plant, Pink Floyd with Clare Torry for Great Gig and the best version of Hey Jude you'll ever hear from Macca.
Thunder Cambridge Corn Exchange
Went to see The Stones in 1990 but they cancelled 20 minutes before the doors opened!
Did see a bit of Roger Waters Berlin concert in 1990….. from about 30000ft as our plane flew over Berlin on our way to Corfu. yes the stage was that big
Great stuff Stephen! Love the Roger Waters story!
I was at that FM gig in Cardiff
We should have spoken!
The Edinburgh Playhouse capacity is about 3000.
Steven, your Fish question. I know you've read his notes but why not ask him yourself on his fantastic UA-cam show, Fish on Friday? Shouldn't clash with any S.O.T. stuff 😊
Simon, I saw Faith No More at a small venue in Northampton called the Roadmender. I believe they were using it as a warmup for Donington and they were terrible. At one point Mike Patton stopped the band and just stared at the audience for about a minute and slagged us off for not responding to the band. Well you would not respond to a band that were just going through the motions.
Wise words Kenny.
Aerosmith/Guns N' Roses at Starplex Amphitheatre in Dallas, 7/24/88
Metallica/The Cult at Starplex Amphitheatre 8/23/89
The Rolling Stones at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, 11/10 and 11/11/89
Judas Priest/Megadeth/Testament at Reunion Arena in Dallas, 11/17/90
I'm sure I forgot some...
The US tours always provided some amazing bills that we never got in the UK.
@@TranquilityFireReid and vice versa
Guys aren't the ticket prices amazing from those years.
Pete, would you like a flake in that beer?
Great stories lads,cant believe I actually saw Pantera in 94 at Newport centre. bit of a shithole but amazing gig as for Cardiff 80% of my gigs have been there and yes I’ve slept at the train station on the floor after a cult gig and payed for taxi home after a c.o c gig which cost me 100 quid to go about 50 miles.and Steven I’m sure I seen that bloke with the drinks still walking around donnington back in 97.
Wow. Pantera at Newport Centre. Wow.
Hahaha! I bet he's still there now, flat beers in that tray!
Remember Wacken 2011 if you got lost head for Captain Morgan tent ⛺️ lol I was 54 oops
Steven, Ac/dc Ball breaker was 1995.
Thanks Dante!
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Simon agree on Faith No More have same experience with Ugly Kid Joe yuck, saw both at festivals in Germany back to the Biergarten.
Ugly Kid Joe are doing a warm up show in Blackpool next month. I think I might be absolutely anywhere else in the world that night!
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 absolutely me to.
I remember the festival in Germany.
Ugly Kid Joe started off I Hate Everything About You lol..and FNM started off with Epic not a good thing to start off with most well known song.
Krokus back in the day use to start off with Long Stick Goes Boom 💥 lol.
👋. Simon porth rules 🤟
I think I enjoyed the year in Llwynypia more. It was like living in Toytown! We lived on a really big hill in Porth.
@@simonbrayfromsot1375 I live way up as well Mount pleasant up by the mountains. Llwynypia is definitely flatter in places 😆
The Saxon is going to be very hard, going to be a lesser like
Hey Steven, get online and buy a replacement mini disc player. My old player broke and I got one from Ireland on eBay. Used but totally mint condition.
Unlike you I can now play all my old stuff
Great show guys by the way!
I sold my mint Sony MD player on eBay last year for £50 with a few dozen brand new sealed MDs. Prices have gone up, wish I'd waited!
I actually think my mini-disc player is still in my loft - not 100% sure. I'll maybe get it back down one of these days but I only have a handful of mini-discs now.
Steven Reed you never got to see Toto The Seventh One or Kingdom Of Desire Tours? Toto at their heaviest
Saw cinderella with little angels Steven met both bands (little angels were cooler). At Newport leisure centre that Simon mentioned 😀
Little Angels were brilliant Craig. They outclassed Cinderella that night as well. They were also the first band I saw twice, because they were support to Marillion as well!
@@TranquilityFireReid love little angels saw them in a club before they were signed toby jepson gave me his baseball cap he wore during the encore of sex pistols holiday in the sun. Still got it. Lovely guys . Wayward sons amazing as well . I don't normally comment because I'm an old guy well half a century but love all you guys on sea of tranquility
@@ccalfc None of us are exactly young bucks craig so you're in good company! LOVED Little Angels and all things Toby Jepson. Did a VERY long interview with Toby a few years back, it's on SoT webzine if you have a spare while. Tope bloke!
@@TranquilityFireReid saw Toby jepson solo backing thunder at St David's Hall cardiff (that's for Pete 😆) absolutely fantastic. Keep up the great work 👍. New cats in space single is so bloody catchy . Also iconic nowhere to run is fire 🔥
@@ccalfc Yeah, loving the new Cats In Space!
bands you walked out on could be a good topic? for me it was the Verve
I wouldn't have walked in! FNM are the only band in the SoT paradigm that I have ever walked out on.
Simon think it could be Oliver Cromwell 🤔.