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The Gigging Years: Merry Christmas, Everybody #It’s Christmas!

by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 0 comments

A few months ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, and one of the acts I mentioned was Slade. I did see them more than once, and felt there was more to add. When I saw them, it was the early 1980s, some years after their heyday as, allegedly, part of...

The Gigging Years: The Voice

by Graeme Cumming | Dec 7, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 6 comments

Some time back, I wrote about the first time I saw Thin Lizzy when the original headliners were supposed to be Ultravox. It was a year later, 1982, before I finally got to see the band I was supposed to. In 1981, their biggest hit, Vienna, was cheated of a number one...

The Gigging Years: Tom Robinson

by Graeme Cumming | Nov 1, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 2 comments

A few weeks ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, but one act in particular warrants more background. Some of the singers and bands I’ve written about have been very high profile – The Rolling Stones, Queen, The Police – and others less so. Tom...

The Gigging Years: Students Union

by Graeme Cumming | Sep 16, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 12 comments

If you’re a regular concert-goer these days, the chances are you attend mainly large venues – arenas and football stadiums. For lesser artists – usually those who had their heyday twenty to forty years ago – you might catch them at concert halls. A place you almost...

The Gigging Years: Monsters of Rock

by Graeme Cumming | Jul 3, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 7 comments

Some time back, I wrote about going to see Status Quo for the first time. The year was 1982, and you can read my account here – it’s worth it if only for the videos! That took place in May. In August, they topped the bill at Monsters of Rock held at Donington Park,...

The Gigging Years: When Grunt Met Phil

by Graeme Cumming | Apr 30, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 0 comments

When I was at school, most of my mates had nicknames. Zim, for example, was not the given name of my best friend. Strangely enough, Boo, El and Fathead weren’t parental choices, either. The closest I got was the mis-pronunciation of my surname – which still happens!...
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