I really thought that 2023 would be the year I got back into the swing of seeing gigs. But, somehow I ended up seeing even fewer than I did in 2022 – 12, when I saw 16 the previous year. Sometimes, I look at Martin’s monthly gig round-ups and wonder what I’m doing with my… Continue reading 2023 in Gigs
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2022 in Gigs
Rather later than usual (again!) here is my review of the best ten gigs I saw in 2022. For the first time since 2019, I did actually see more than ten gigs in 2022 although my total of sixteen falls well short of my pre-pandemic years. Here are my ten favourite gigs of the year.… Continue reading 2022 in Gigs
2021 in Gigs
A little later than usual, here’s my review of the gigs I saw last year. In 2020, I saw four gigs. In 2021, I almost doubled that to seven. Obviously, we spent a lot of the year with most music venues closed, so those few gigs I saw were all in the second half of… Continue reading 2021 in Gigs
2020 in Gigs
At about this time of the year, I usually write an overview of the gigs I’ve seen in the year. The post always starts with me saying how many gigs I’ve seen during the year. This is the tenth year I’ve been writing these posts and in that time I’ve seen between 35 (2018) and… Continue reading 2020 in Gigs
2019 in Gigs
It’s time that I wrote my now-traditional review of the gigs I saw last year. It felt like I didn’t see so many gigs this year, but Songkick tells me I saw 43 which was more than the previous year (but still some considerable way short of the 60 I saw in 2013). I’ll get… Continue reading 2019 in Gigs
2018 in Gigs
It’s the last day of 2018, and I know I’m not going to a gig tonight, so that sounds like a very good time for my annual review of the gigs I’ve seen this year. Songkick tells me that I saw 35 gigs in 2018. That’s the lowest number since I’ve been counting them. It’s… Continue reading 2018 in Gigs
2017 in Gigs
New Year’s Eve seems about the best date for my review of the gigs I saw this year (I know I’m not seeing another today). I saw 41 gigs in2017. That’s two more than in 2016 and a lot less than my average number (which is more like the high forties). Let’s get the disappointments out… Continue reading 2017 in Gigs
A Gig Without Phones
On Wednesday, I went to a gig without phones for the first time since… well, since before everyone had a camera on their phone. I wasn’t planning to go to a gig on Wednesday but on Tuesday afternoon I received an email from Songkick inviting me to a secret gig by Haim. I accepted the… Continue reading A Gig Without Phones
Top of the Pops and Me
In 2011, the BBC started repeating old episodes of Top of the Pops. Initially, they were showing one episode a week, as close as possible to thirty-five years after the original broadcast (starting with shows from 1976). More recently, they’ve been showing two episodes a week, so we’re currently in early 1983. I’ve been watching… Continue reading Top of the Pops and Me
2016 in Gigs
Time for my traditional round-up of the gigs I saw in the previous year. According to Songkick, I saw 39 gigs in 2016. That’s the lowest number since 2012 (when I saw 36 – but had the excuse that my leg was in plaster for six weeks and I didn’t get out much). Let’s start with… Continue reading 2016 in Gigs