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Wolfgang Flur - 229 London
16 March 2024



	Wolfgang Flur, one of the classic line up of Kraftwerk, in London so we had to go. An interesting set, more a DJ set than a gig but high tempo dance music with many a Kraftwerk influence and some great nostalgic imagery of vintage Kraftwerk. Good support from Tiny Magnetic Pets as well.

2023

James - Royal Albert Hall, London
17 May 2023



	James with an orchestra and choir at the Royal Albert Hall is not something I ever expected to see so when it was announced it was a definite yes from me. Went with the old Autoliv crew of Paul and Lee so once again good to catch up with them. View was from very high up and standing which isn't great at my age but it was certainly a good experience. Good arrangements of songs to incorporate the extra elements.

	Set list. Set 1 01. Magic Bus 02. Beautiful Beaches 03. The Lake 04. Dust Motes 05. The Shining 06. Seven 07. We're Going to Miss You 08. Ten Below 09. Moving On 10. Say Something 11. Born of Frustration 12. Nothing but Love Set 2 13. Bolero 14. Sit Down 15. Love Make a Fool 16. Medieval 17. Hello 18. Someone's Got It in for Me 19. Alaskan Pipeline 20. She's a Star 21. Just Like Fred Astaire 22. Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) 23. All the Colours of You 24. Many Faces Encore: 25. Hymn From a Village 26. Tomorrow 27. Sometimes (Lester Piggott)

Midge Ure - Theatre Royal, Brighton
27 April 2023



	A bittersweet experience as this gig should have been in the company of my friend Graham Underwood who sadly died of cancer a month earlier. This event ahad itself been delayed a year due to Covid. For a man in his (very) late 60s he can still sing and a very underrated musician. Great performance.

	Set list. 01. Dear God 02. If I Was 03. Fade to Grey 04. No Regrets 05. The Voice 06. We Stand Alone 07. The Thin Wall 08. I Remember (Death in the Afternoon) 09. Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again) 10. Rage in Eden 11. Reap the Wild Wind 12. Mine for Life 13. We Came to Dance 14. Serenade 15. Hymn 16. Visions in Blue Encore: 17. Astradyne 18. Vienna 19. All Stood Still

2022

ABBA - ABBA Arena, London
26 June 2022



	Well maybe not the real ABBA but certainly one of the most impressive 3D hologram experiences ever. If you had not known it was not real beforehand you would struggle to know. A great mix of hologram and a live band interacting with the audience made it a unique experience, I never got to see the real ABBA live but so glad I went to this.

	Set list. 01. The Visitors 02. Hole in Your Soul 03. SOS 04. Knowing Me, Knowing You 05. Chiquitita 06. Fernando 07. Mamma Mia 08. Does Your Mother Know 09. Eagle 10. Lay All Your Love on Me 11. Summer Night City 12. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 13. Voulez-vous 14. When All Is Said and Done 15. Don't Shut Me Down 16. I Still Have Faith in You 17. Waterloo 18. Thank You for the Music 19. Dancing Queen Encore: 20. The Winner Takes It All

Gary Numan - Brighton Centre, Brighton
01 May 2022



	Gary Numan is back at the bigger Brighton Centre as opposed to the usual Brighton Dome, not sure this was an improvement as I quite like the Dome as a venue. Musically the sound was immaculate, producing a very "heavy" sound, unfortunately, it was slightly lacking in the vocals. Not sure if this was dues to the sound of the venue or the strain in his voice of Gary himself. Even with this shortcoming, it was still a very enjoyable gig.

	Set list. 01. Intruder 02. Me! I Disconnect From You 03. Everything Comes Down to This 04. The Gift 05. Metal 06. The End of Things 07. Is This World Not Enough 08. Films 09. Pure 10. Resurrection 11. Down in the Park 12. And It Breaks Me Again 13. Dead Sun Rising 14. Cars 15. My Name Is Ruin 16. Love Hurt Bleed 17. The Chosen 18. Remind Me to Smile Encore: 19. The Fall 20. Are 'Friends' Electric?

2021

Levellers - O2 Guildhall, Southampton
15 December 2021



	Well with the dreaded plague of “unknown” origin there has been little activity on the concert front and with another impending lockdown, this might be the last for a while. I will admit I hadn’t read much about this concert beforehand and assumed it was promoting a new album when it was in fact celebrating 30 years of “Levelling The Land” which made it even better. Still, without doubt, one of the best live bands around

	Set list. 01. One Way 02. The Game 03. Fifteen Years 04. The Boatman 05. Liberty Song 06. Far From Home 07. Sell Out 08. Another Man's Cause 09. The Road 10. Riverflow 11. Battle of the Beanfield 12. Hope Street 13. Generation Fear 14. Food Roof Family 15. Truth Is 16. Carry Me 17. Cholera Well Encore: 18. Our Future 19. What a Beautiful Day 20. The Devil Went Down to Georgia

2020

Midge Ure - Theatre Royal, Brighton
22 February 2020



	Midge Ure doing the whole of Vienna and selections of Visage, what more could an 80s fan like me want? The voice may not have quite the power of before but still holds up well and he can still play that guitar. The keyboard player also copied Billy Currie's solo's pretty well. Seating could have been better. A fairly drunken weekend was undertaken which included an argument with a guy sat in front of me because I was apparently talking too much during the support act but these things happen.

	Set list. 01. Yellow Pearl 02. Visage 03. Blocks on Blocks 04. The Dancer 05. In the Year 2525 06. Mind of a Toy 07. Glorious 08. Fade to Grey 09. Astradyne 10. New Europeans 11. Private Lives 12. Passing Strangers 13. Sleepwalk 14. Mr. X 15. Western Promise 16. Vienna 17. All Stood Still Encore: 18. Passionate Reply 19. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes 20. The Voice 21. Hymn

2019

OMD - Portsmouth Guildhall
12 November 2019



	Been a long time since I’ve seen OMD, over 30 years since they have played Portsmouth and they still sound good even if the later stuff has been of less interest to me. An ill Paul Humphreys meant that Souvenir had to be sung by Andy McCluskey but his effort was fine. A few songs from the later albums I didn’t know, maybe it’s time I caught up.

	Set list. 01. Stanlow 02. Isotype 03. Messages 04. Tesla Girls 05. History of Modern (Part 1) 06. If You Leave 07. Souvenir 08. Joan of Arc 09. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) 10. Statues 11. Almost 12. Don't Go 13. So in Love 14. Dreaming 15. The Punishment of Luxury 16. Locomotion 17. Sailing on the Seven Seas 18. Enola Gay Encore: 19. Pandora's Box 20. Electricity

The Cult - Portsmouth Guildhall
29 October 2019



	Probably the most "rock" gig I've ever seen and I was not sure it would be my thing but what a great time was had by all. Very, very loud but what a guitar player!. Always a concern when you see older acts is that the singer's voice may have gone but no worries here.

	Set list. 01. Sun King 02. Wild Flower 03. Automatic Blues 04. American Horse 05. Sweet Soul Sister 06. New York City 07. Edie (Ciao Baby) 08. Soul Asylum 09. Rain 10. Spiritwalker 11. The Phoenix 12. Rise 13. American Gothic 14. Fire Woman 15. Love Removal Machine Encore: 16. Lil’ Devil 17. She Sells Sanctuary

Gary Numan - 02 Guildhall, Southampton
5 October 2019



	Another trip to see Gary Numan, how many times now? Celebrating 40+ years in music we got some old classics including That’s To Bad and My Shadow In Vain which I don’t think I’ve heard live since the 80s and Stories which I can’t recall him ever doing live. He was even more chatty than normal and introduced a new song in Intruder which sounds great. Support was by Kanga who was better than most. Great gig

	Set List 01. My Name Is Ruin 02. I Die: You Die 03. That's Too Bad 04. Stories 05. Metal 06. Absolution 07. Films 08. Down in the Park 09. The Promise 10. Cars 11. Here in the Black 12. Me! I Disconnect From You 13. The Fall 14. A Prayer for the Unborn 15. Are 'Friends' Electric? Encore: 16. My Shadow in Vain 17. Remind Me to Smile 18. Intruder 19. Jo the Waiter

Chvrches - Alexandra Palace, London
7 February 2019



	My first sample of Chvrches live and a good experience. Was worried about an overdose of politics but we got none and just a rather chatty and fun Lauren Mayberry in a nice dress. Sound wasn't great with bass that could give you concussion.

	Set List 01. Get Out 02. Bury It 03. Gun 04. We Sink 05. Graffiti 06. Graves 07. God's Plan 08. Under the Tide 09. Miracle 10. Science/Visions 11. Really Gone 12. Deliverance 13. Forever 14. Recover 15. Leave a Trace 16. Clearest Blue Encore: 17. The Mother We Share 18. Never Say Die

2018

Gary Numan - Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth
12 March 2018



	Return leg of his 2017 tour and Gary Numan opens at the Pyramid Centre. As per usual the legend will not let you down, nice to see This Wreckage get a play as well. No appearance of his daughter this time on My Name Is Ruin as she did at Brighton, I guess she has to go to school occasionally. A very good support act in the form of Nightmare Air, they will require some looking up.

	Set List 01. Ghost Nation 02. Halo 03. Me! I Disconnect From You 04. Bed of Thorns 05. Down in the Park 06. Pray for the Pain You Serve 07. Here in the Black 08. Haunted 09. The Fall 10. Mercy 11. Love Hurt Bleed 12. My Name Is Ruin 13. Cars 14. When the World Comes Apart 15. Are ‘Friends’ Electric? Encore: 16. This Wreckage 17. Metal

2017

Midge Ure - Guildhall, Portsmouth

9 November 2017



	After a support act of Altered Images and to a lesser extent The Christians it was down to Midge Ure to headline. This was the first time I had seen Midge Ure as a solo act having seen him many times as part of Ultravox and he did not disappoint going through some of the classic Ultravox songs and from his solo career. The guy can sure play guitar and still has a great vocal range.

Altered Images - Guildhall, Portsmouth
9 November 2017



	Finally seen my teenage fantasy in Clare Grogan, only about 30+ years late! Wasn't quite as cringe worthy as I was dreading and was well worth the money. She was great fun, very chatty and also a good performance live.

Gary Numan - Brighton Dome, Brighton
16 October 2017



	The return of Gary Numan to the south coast last night to promote his most successful album of recent years Savage Great concert as per usual, including his daughter Persia taking the stage for backing vocals on My Name Is Ruin. Didn’t see the support act this time

	Set List 01. Ghost Nation 02. Metal 03. The Fall 04. Remind Me to Smile 05. Bed of Thorns 06. Dead Sun Rising 07. Down in the Park 08. Pray for the Pain You Serve 09. Here in the Black 10. Mercy 11. Love Hurt Bleed 12. My Name is Ruin 13. Cars 14. When the World Comes Apart 15. A Prayer for the Unborn Encore: 16. I Die: You Die 17. Are ‘Friends’ Electric?

Kraftwerk - Colston Hall, Bristol
17 June 2017



	Not seen Kraftwerk since the Computer World tour of 1982 Tickets sold out very quick but we managed to get in at Bristol on an absolutely glorious day. Plenty of drink before hand, a necessity as we were going dressed up in traditional red shirt and ties. Kraftwerk were visually impressive, never sure how much they actually play live but that's not the point. It's the total experience of one of musics great pioneers that counts.

	Set List 01. Numbers 02. Computer World 03. It's More Fun to Compute 04. Computer Love 05. The Man-Machine 06. Spacelab 07. The Model 08. Neon Lights 09. Autobahn 10. Airwaves 11. Intermission / News 12. Geiger Counter / Radioactivity 13. Electric Cafe 14. Tour De France / Prologue / Etape 1 / Chrono / Etape 2 15. Trans Europe Express / Metal on Metal / Abzug Encore: 16. The Robots Encore 2: 17. Aerodynamik 18. Planet of Visions 19. Boing Boom Tschak / Techno Pop / Music Non Stop

2016

The Levellers - Guildhall, Portsmouth
2 December 2016



	Been a few years since I’ve seen the Levellers and don’t really listen to their music that much so not sure what to expect when I went last night. As a live act they are awesome, apart from the leftie political intro I enjoyed every minute. Almost worth missing Janet Devlin for….almost Didn’t see any of the support acts and it was damn cold going home!

	Set List 01. One Way 02. The Game 03. Fifteen Years 04. The Boatman / Boatman Jig 05. Liberty Song 06. Far From Home 07. Sell Out 08. Another Man's Cause 09. The Road 10. The Riverflow 11. Battle of the Beanfield 12. This Garden 13. The Shame 14. Truth Is 15. Carry Me 16. The Cholera Well Encore: 17. Julie / The Flowers of the Forest / The Crags of Stirling 18. Beautiful Day

Gary Numan - Pyramid Centre, Portsmouth
24 September 2016



	Just seen my hero the almighty Mr Gary Numan Certainly one of the best gigs I have seen, he is a legend, An all round good day after Portsmouth had a good win followed by a few beers. Terrible support act though called I Speak Machine !

	Set List 01. Replicas 02. Metal 03. Remind Me to Smile 04. Me! I Disconnect From You 05. Films 06. The Joy Circuit 07. You Are in My Vision 08. M.E. 09. I Dream of Wires 10. The Machman 11. Observer 12. I'm an Agent 13. Down in the Park 14. Tracks 15. We Are Glass 16. Are 'Friends' Electric? 17. Cars 18. I Die: You Die Encore: 19. We Are So Fragile 20. My Shadow in Vain

Money For Nothing - The Brook, Southampton
15 July 2016



	Went to see a Dire Straits tribute act at The Brook in Southampton. Dire Straits are far from one of my favourite bands but it was a good evening and they are a very good tribute band. Musically spot on but I think he could lose the very cheesy headband.

Adam Ant - Portsmouth Guildhall
27 May 2016



	Saw the rather good Adam Ant at the Portsmouth Guildhall. Always a bit of a concern when you see the “old-timers” trying to relive their youth but he was good, only the poor sound system which made his vocals indistinct marred the performance. Personally I only knew about 1 in 4 of the songs but still a good show

	Set List 01. Dog Eat Dog 02. Antmusic 03. Feed Me to the Lions 04. Los Rancheros 05. Ants Invasion 06. Killer in the Home 07. The Magnificent Five 08. Don't Be Square (Be There) 09. Jolly Roger 10. The Human Beings 11. Beat My Guest 12. Christian D'or 13. Stand and Deliver 14. Press Darlings 15. Vive Le Rock 16. Cartrouble 17. Desperate But Not Serious 18. Never Trust a Man (With Egg on His Face) 19. Lady 20. Fall-In 21. Goody Two Shoes 22. Prince Charming Encore: 23. Get It On 24. Red Scab 25. Physical (You're So)

James - 02 Academy, Bournemouth
10 May 2016



	Another excellent concert from Tim Booth and the crew, have they ever done a bad gig? Hadn’t listened to the new CD much prior to the concert so unfamiliar with some of the songs but the classics always enough to keep things kicking along although noticeably this time Laid was missed out along with Sit Down. Also good to catch up with some of the old Autoliv crew in Paul Ryan, Lee Cornwell and Mark Stephen

	Set List 01. She’s a Star 02. Dear John 03. Move Down South 04. Catapult 05. We’re Going to Miss You 06. Alvin 07. Surfer’s Song 08. Sometimes 09. Bitch 10. P.S. 11. Feet Of Clay 12. What For 13. Just Like Fred Astaire 14. Girl at the End of the World 15. Honest Joe 16. Sound 17. Attention Encore: 18. Say Something 19. Moving On 20. Nothing But Love 21. Come Home

Updated - 12/04/2024