Heartland

I'm going to see the Jesus & Mary Chain tonight which will be just the second time I've seen them.

I checked the date for the last time I saw them and it was May 8th 1986, supported by Sonic Youth, in other words a slightly disturbing thirty five and a half years ago. Is this a record?

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-jesu ... 3bcd7.html

Beats my best - Saw The Nephilim in September for the first time since 1991, and seeing NMA next week, also the first time since 1991

Saw Jesus and Mary Chain last night in Manchester, very good indeed. Darklands was ace and then the setlist for the second half was very good as well-enjoy.
As for gaps between seeing bands I saw the Rezillos in 1978-I think at Lancaster Uni and then in 2018 at Manc Academy. Suprised I survived never mind them...!

40 years won't be beaten I reckon.

I actually had a 16 year gap between Sisters Wembley 1990 and Astoria 2006 which on reflection is a bit silly. Wandered by mistake and all that.

I've seen The Fields Of The Nephilim twice, once in October 1990, once in October 2012. Only 22 years gap

Can't beat those statistics. My first concert was Harry Belafonte in Canada (1981). He's 94 now so I don't think I'll be seeing him again and making a 40 year gap.

My gap between The Sisters was the RAH in 1985 and Leeds in 2015 so 3 decades

Saw The Rose of Avalanche the other night. I last saw them 28.5 years ago.

Ride in 1991 and then again in 2018, only a paltry 27 year gap - not even on the podium!

Supporting The Cure both times, which was nice.

To be fair I couldn't have seen them for about 35 of those years as they were split or touring as the Revillos...!!

I saw Judas Priest in 1983, if I was to go and see them support Ozzy in 2024 that would be 41, but I don't have tickets and the tour will almost certainly never actually happen.

I saw Siouxsie and her Banshees in Rouen 1985, then next in 2013 at the Meltdown thing

didnt see NMA at all from Strange Brotherhood to Carnival. apart frorm Slade everyone else had left or died. and it was 10 years between TSOM at reading & the 20th anniversary gigs. seems ages but i guess it wasnt reallly.

To continue a theme Front 242 tomorrow at Islington Academy, first time since April 1989. A gap which has been extended by a couple of years due to Covid as this show was originally scheduled for May 2020, then February 2021, then July 2021, then February 2022, and now for tomorrow.

Fingers crossed..

Tomorrow i have
Lord of The Lost
Airbourne
Iron Maiden in Athens
A warming up for what's to come
My first big live after all those lockdowns

ruffers wrote: ↑15 Jul 2022, 20:56 To continue a theme Front 242 tomorrow at Islington Academy, first time since April 1989. A gap which has been extended by a couple of years due to Covid as this show was originally scheduled for May 2020, then February 2021, then July 2021, then February 2022, and now for tomorrow.

Fingers crossed..

Nice saw them well into their lifespan at Eurorock in 2000, feckin marvellous they were! Consequenty had tickets to see them some time thereafter at the Manchester Academy but the gig was binned for unremembered reasons. Have a top nite out Sir

I saw Iggy Pop at Reading in '91 and somehow didn't get around to seeing him (solo) until this year in France so 31 years is my personal best/worst.

ruffers wrote: ↑19 Nov 2021, 16:31 40 years won't be beaten I reckon.

I actually had a 16 year gap between Sisters Wembley 1990 and Astoria 2006 which on reflection is a bit silly. Wandered by mistake and all that.

Thread necro because next month I'm off to see Judas Priest in the Peoples Republic only 40 years and 3 months since I saw them at Leicester De Montfort Hall on December 20th 1983. I actually really do like Priest as well.

ribbons69 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 03:28

ruffers wrote: ↑19 Nov 2021, 16:31 40 years won't be beaten I reckon.

I actually had a 16 year gap between Sisters Wembley 1990 and Astoria 2006 which on reflection is a bit silly. Wandered by mistake and all that.

Thread necro because next month I'm off to see Judas Priest in the Peoples Republic only 40 years and 3 months since I saw them at Leicester De Montfort Hall on December 20th 1983. I actually really do like Priest as well.

everybody played DeMontfort Hall back then didnt they? Great venue and comparable only to Rock City & Leicester / Notts unis/polys.

And Also The Trees in 1991 and then not until 2016.

ruffers wrote: ↑19 Nov 2021, 11:11 I'm going to see the Jesus & Mary Chain tonight which will be just the second time I've seen them.

I checked the date for the last time I saw them and it was May 8th 1986, supported by Sonic Youth, in other words a slightly disturbing thirty five and a half years ago. Is this a record?

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-jesu ... 3bcd7.html

Saw them the 24/11...first time it was and thought i could see them once again last saturday. Well i didn't travel to Heidelberg. I saw the Sisters 3 times: 2009, 2019, 2023. I had tickets for Berlin 2016, but it was postponed and I missed it. Well it depends on my mood and what the gig gave me in terms of feelings, so I decide to see a band once a year. Actually i look for bands i never saw on stage

My first ever gig was ska revival band, Bad Manners at Leeds Polytechnic.

I was only 12 or 13 which would make it 1982 or 83 but I don't have the actually date & when I decided to make a list of all the gigs I've attended, a couple of years ago, I sadly couldn't find the date of this first gig anywhere on line.

Fast forward to a couple of years ago & I found myself at Hull Uni, December 2021, watching Bad Manners again, for the second time.

So somewhere around 38-39 years between seeing the artist, is my record.

One other 30 year plus mention, goes to.

Ghost Dance June 1988 - January 2023