No top 5 #gigs for me this year but instead looking back at the nine gigs I attended this year following Covid.
Category: Bands
Ash Live at Ulster Hall 16/12/22
30 Years of Ash Back in August, I wrote about the many times that Ash has graced the Ulster Hall with their presence. Since summer I have been so looking forward to the 30th-anniversary show because the Ulster Hall has many precious memories for me seeing bands play there and importantly for Ash, it was … Continue reading Ash Live at Ulster Hall 16/12/22
Therapy? review
So Much For The 30 Year Plan, Limelight, Belfast 07/10/22 Finally, Therapy? make their return to Belfast following the two-year on-off rescheduling due to the COVID pandemic playing at a sold-out Limelight. My original ticket said 26 September 2020. It is going to be worth the wait! Originally meant to celebrate Therapy?’s 30 year anniversary … Continue reading Therapy? review
Ash at the Ulster Hall
Looking back at some classic shows from the band's history Following the success of their 30th-anniversary show at Downpatrick Arts Centre last Sunday, Ash announced their first headline show at the Ulster Hall since their two-nightstand in 2001 during the Free All Angels tour. Formed in 1992, Tim Wheeler (guitars), Rick McMurray (drums) and Mark … Continue reading Ash at the Ulster Hall
Do You Remember The First Time?
Part 2 Beastie Boys Venue: Castlegar Sports Ground, Galway 11/07/98 I was never a big fan of Beastie Boys as I steered clear of rap and wasn’t interested in it. But that was me being a music snob as something changed along the way and it was more of the cross-over appeal between rock and … Continue reading Do You Remember The First Time?
Do You Remember The First Time?
"Do you remember the first time? I can't remember a worse time But you know that we've changed so much since then Oh yeah, We've grown" sang Jarvis Cocker on Pulp's hit single Do You Remember The First Time. This time the blog shifts its focus to all the bands I have seen, the first … Continue reading Do You Remember The First Time?
Review – Iron Maiden, Ormeau Park, Belfast Belsonic Festival 13/06/22
The cancelled gigs of 2020 feel like it really is in the past as Iron Maiden finally made their Belsonic debut two years after it was originally scheduled. This was the band's fifth visit to Belfast overall and the first time that they had played an open-air festival here. Support came from American bands Tempt … Continue reading Review – Iron Maiden, Ormeau Park, Belfast Belsonic Festival 13/06/22
Discogs Part 2 – Filling the Gaps
The online challenge continues as I try to fill in the gaps in my CD collection without going over budget.
Discogs
A new way to buy music from the comfort of your own home and fill in the gaps of your collection.
Nevermind at 30
I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now entertain us, a mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido, vay, vay, a denial, I'm worst at what I do best and for this gift I feel blessed. I found it hard, it was hard to find, oh well, whatever, Nevermind.
Paul’s Gigography 