The Gig List
A probably non comprehensive list of all the gigs I've ever been to. In some sort of order, ish.
Festivals:
- Leeds 2001. Manics, Green Day, Travis, QOTSA, Hives
- Leeds 2002. Muse, Foo Fighters, Guns n Roses
- MOVE 2003 (Old Trafford Cricket Ground). Manics, SFA, Flaming Lips, Charlatans, Badly Drawn Boy, REM, John Squire
- Isle Of Wight 2004. Manics, SFA, The Who, David Bowie, Stereophonics. And still working lights/toilets on the campsite by monday morning!
Manic Street Preachers:
- Leeds festival 2001
- Manchester MEN, Dec 2002 (Greatest Hits tour, support from Ian Brown)
- MOVE 2003
- Isle of Wight festival 2004
- Birmingham NEC, 16 Dec 2004 (Lifeblood tour, with Razorlight)
- Birmingham NIA, 8 Dec 2007 (Send Away The Tigers tour, with Cherry Ghost (but we were late and missed them..))
- Cardiff CIA, 21 May 2011 (with The Joy Formidable)
- Newport Centre, 13 Sept 2013 (with Telegram)
- Cardiff Castle, 5 May 2015 - Holy Bible gig! (with Pretty Vicious)
Super Furry Animals:
- MOVE 2003
- Keele, 13 Oct 2003 (with awesome 20 minute 'rave' at the end. Band in 'Golden Retriever' fur suits, mental!)
- Isle of Wight 2004
- Manchester Academy, 15 Sept 2005 (Love Kraft tour)
- Gloucester Guildhall, 28 April 2015
Radiohead: Manchester MEN, 22 November 2003 (with Asian Dub Foundation, who we missed. Also, it was incredibly foggy)
Oasis: City of Manchester Stadium, 2 July 2005 (supported by The Coral)
Charlatans:
- MOVE 2003 (with idiot bottle-of-piss throwing fans, urgh)
- Keele, 22 May 2004
The Hives & Idlewild: Brixton Academy, 12 July 2002 (first real non-festival gig, awww)
Levellers: Keele, 6 December 2005
Tuuli: Sugarmill, 13 Feb 2003
Easyworld: Sugarmill, 25 Feb 2004
Electric Six: Staffs Uni, 18 December 2003
GLC: Monmouth Festival, 29 July 2011
plus many local Stoke bands in an assortment of dodgy pubs and bars