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a brief history 

When you’re a young person growing up in Nottingham then 

you either lack a developed sense of musical taste or you 

spend a lot of time at Rock City. These days most cities 

have a decent-sized club and live music venue (usually some sort of 

corporate and sydicated ‘academy’ affair) but it’s not always been like 

that and there is something about ‘City’ that singles it out from the 

rest. Maybe it’s the fact that it remains staunchly independent Maybe 

it’s because it consistently brings in great live acts Maybe it’s because 

you always hear great new tunes at its club nights Or maybe it’s a 

mix of all these factors and more… 

Rock City is one of the biggest names on the UK club and live music circuit 

and has been since it first opened its doors three decades ago. To put its 

longevity into perspective the venue has been alive for longer than either 

Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix managed. It’s been open for 

more than twice as long as it took Bill Gates to go from being a college 

geek to the richest man in the world. It’s more than four times as long as it 

took Axl Rose to make Chinese Democracy! 

On Thursday 11 December 1980, the day Rock City fi rst opened its 

doors, Abba were at number one with Super Trouper, John Lennon had 

just been shot, The Empire Strikes Back was still on its initial cinema run, 

Margaret Thatcher was just a year into her reign as Prime Minister and a 

packet of 20 cigarettes cost less than 40p! 

So how did it all start Well, before it was called Rock City, there was 

a venue on the same premises called The Heart of the Midlands. It was 

the kind of place that put on ‘variety acts’ and comedians who told 

mother-in-law jokes, to punters with chicken-in-a-basket meals. Eventually 

the building was taken over by local bookmaker George Akins (senior) 

and Sammy Jackson (who ran a club called the Retford Porterhouse) and 

turned into a full-on rock palace. Sammy had already booked the likes of 

AC/DC, Motorhead and The Clash at his smaller venue and fancied 

moving up in the world. George, ever eager to break into new markets, 

saw the opportunity and bankrolled it. 

The fi rst band scheduled to play at the venue were Iron Maiden, who 

were on their way to becoming the biggest metal act on the planet. Sadly 

the gig had to be postponed as the electrics were not fi nished. So instead 

The Undertones, led by Feargal Sharkey, stepped up and finished the fi rst 

ever Rock City gig with a rendition of Teenage Kicks – offi cially the best 

song ever according to a certain Mr John Peel (RIP). 

During the 1980s the place became a haven for music-lovers from 

Nottingham and beyond. It would be rammed out with new-romantics one 

night as people flocked to see Duran Duran, The Smiths or The Human 

League then hip-hop heads would descend upon the place another night 

to see the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, LL Cool J and Public Enemy. But the 

place always kept its balls-out rock credentials too and the likes of The 

Ramones, Faith No More, Guns and Roses, REM and The Pixies played 

some of their fi rst UK gigs here. 

Like all good venues it moved with the times and the nineties saw 

appearances from grunge and punk royalty like Nirvana, the Red Hot 

Chilli Peppers, Rage Against The Machine, Janes Addiction, Sonic Youth, 

Pearl Jam, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, Foo Fighters and The 

Offspring. Then just as Brit-pop kicked off the likes of Oasis, Blur, Pulp, 

Ian Brown, Supergrass, Ash, Black Grape, Catatonia, Super Furry Animals 

and The Charlatans used it as a regular pit stop too. 

Since the turn of the millennium things have become even more eclectic. 

During one fi ve day period in late October 2002 DJ Shadow, Death 

in Vegas, Doves, the Coral, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Rebel 

Motorcycle Club, The Libertines, The Vines, The Streets and Blackalicious 

all played back to back. On some nights you might walk in and see Thin 

Lizzy, Motorhead or the Rollins Band, but on others you catch The Flaming 

Lips or Lee Scratch Perry, Basement Jaxx or Scissor Sisters. 

Basically Rock City is all things to all people. There’s never really been 

a golden era, because it’s continued to evolve all the way through the 

years – keeping in touch with new music trends as they happen – while 

also inviting old friends back to play every now and then. I’m no longer a 

teenager, but I still feel like one every time I walk through those hallowed 

front doors on Talbot Street. Here’s to another 30 years of great nights 

out in Nottingham. 

Jared Wilson 

Rock City Regular 1994-Present 

Contributors 

Words: Jared Wilson and Al Needham 

Photography: David Baird and Matthew Rhodes 

Design: Rebecca Hibberd 

Posters: The Goodall Gallery and Rock City designers 

Produced in association with LeftLion Magazine. View this online at leftlion.co.uk/rockcityis30 

Rock City 30th Anniversary Magazine 3

what the musicians say 

“We always 

had a bit of 

an affinity with 

Rock City before 

we’d ever been 

there because 

we were always 

reading about 

it in Kerrang! 

Magazine when 

we were kids. Ash and Rock City 

have a healthy respect for each other 

– I can’t wait to get back there!” 

Rick McMurray, Ash 

“I’ve played 

here quite a few 

times over the 

last twenty years. 

To be honest 

my memories of 

Rock City are a 

bit vague as I’m 

usually off my 

face at gigs, but 

I know the crowd 

here are always 

good.” 

Shaun Ryder 

“Rock City is great! 

It’s a dirty stinking 

venue. What can you 

say I love it! It would 

be great to go back 

and do a live sweaty 

gig in that place.” 

Liam Howlett, The 

Prodigy 

“Rock City is 

dope! I been to 

play Nottingham 

a lot of times 

and it means 

something to me 

because I think 

Robin Hood is the 

greatest story 

ever told.” 

Ice T 

“Out of all the gigs I’ve ever done with 

The Pogues, Rock City is one of the 

best venues to play in the country. The 

audience and atmosphere are always 

fantastic.” 

Spider 

Stacy, The 

Pogues 

“Rock City has been fundamental in the formation of our 

band. I used to come to here with Jamie every Thursday for 

three years when I was a student in Nottingham. I’ve got a 

crack on my front tooth where I once got smacked by a girl 

who saw me kissing another girl on the dancefloor here. In 

terms of indie clubs there is nowhere else in the world that has 

the vibe this place has. It’s an institution as a nightclub and it’s 

one of the country’s best gig venues too. “ 

Simon Taylor-Davis, The Klaxons 

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“Rock City has a great friendly 

crowd. I enjoyed the gig I 

played here. I’ll come back 

again!” 

Ziggy Marley 

“This place is 

like part of 

my make-up 

really. I’ve 

been playing 

here since I was 

in my twenties 

and it’s one of 

those places 

you always look 

forward to coming 

to and playing in 

front of a crowd 

who are always up 

for it.” 

Tim Burgess, 

The Charlatans 

“Rock City is my favourite gig ever. There’s 

something about this place that is just amazing to 

play. It’s like Mecca for me!” 

Mark Richardson, Skunk Anansie 

“I love playing here. The audiences 

are always so enthusiastic and 

there always seem to be a lot of 

nice girls.” 

Tim Booth, James 

“Rock City is 

a great British 

music institution. I 

remember really 

loving the place from 

the fi rst moment I 

walked in. We’ve 

always done well 

here and it’s the kind 

of place that our 

fans like too. Yes it’s 

a scumhole, probably 

less of a scumhole 

than it used to be 

now as the sticky 

carpets have been 

replaced by wipe 

clean surfaces, but everybody who is anybody has played here 

and the place has a great history.” 

Justin Sullivan, New Model Army 

“The fi rst time we played Rock City 

was on our first UK tour. I remember it 

being packed and we were confused 

as to why because we’d never been 

to the UK before. The history of the 

place is awesome and to have been 

on the same stage as people like 

David Bowie and Mike Patton is a 

real honour.” 

“We were wondering what we were 

going to put in the set for Rock City back 

in 1987 and we decided to play this jam 

we made for the fi rst time. We decided to 

play it fi rst, because we knew the crowd 

were gonna be hype regardless, so you 

know you can’t lose. The name of the song 

was Bring The Noise and the Nottingham 

crowd went bonkers. We was like, oh, 

shit!” 

Chuck D, Public Enemy 

Alex Rosamilia, Gaslight Anthem 

“Rock City is the hairiest venue in the UK in a good way. 

Genuinely everyone who’s works there makes it very easy 

for us. And The Bodega is but a few blocks away where we 

can get messy later. There’s a reason why we always end 

up here.” 

Winston Marshall, Mumford and Sons 


The man behind the music 

George Akins has been running Rock City the last sixteen years. 

We put some questions to him about staying independent, his 

love of Rolf Harris and taking over the UK’s best known rock club 

at the age of nineteen… 

What’s your first memory of Rock City 

I was about eight years old when my dad told me a story that 

people were making a big deal about Rock City not serving milk 

anymore. Even at that age I wondered why people would want 

to go out to a nightclub and drink milk. Maybe they were lining 

their stomachs or something 

When did you take over the reigns 

My fi rst show as manager was The Ramones on 26th September 

1994. I’d worked here on the bar and cloakroom for a year 

before to get a bit of money together. I was in Australia about 

halfway through my travels when I got a call from the old man 

asking me to come back and take over as all the previous 

management had left. 

So what’s it like to take over a massive music venue at the 

age of nineteen 

It was hard at first. I had to do interviews with the licensing 

police and pass a fit and proper persons test. Being that young 

and running the place was a massive challenge. There certainly 

weren’t many nightclubs run by people aged nineteen back then. 

In fact there weren’t that many nightclubs in Nottingham at all. 

You had Ritzy (now Oceana), MGM (now Ocean), the Garage 

(now Lizard Lounge) and the Black Orchid (now Isis) and that was 

about it. But the mentality was different too – it’s changed a lot 

because of licensing laws. Back then at 11pm on a weekend you 

were guaranteed numbers through the door straight after the 

pubs closed. Now you have to work harder for it because people 

can just stay in the bar and drink instead 

So I guess you’ve grown up around a lot of rock stars. Is there 

anybody that you get star-struck by 

Well, although my old man owned the place when I was a kid 

he always had a manager to run it, so meeting famous people 

wasn’t that regular an occurrence. But obviously in my late teens 

and early twenties I met quite a few. Funnily enough I really got 

the jitters when I met Rolf Harris. He defi nitely played one of 

the greatest gigs we’ve ever had here and is just an interesting 

character. I grew up seeing him on TV for all those years and the 

great songs he played resonated with me. But you still get that 

every now and then too. I met Nick Cave this year when we had 

Grinderman in for a gig and I just thought ‘what a legend!’ 

Who are the nicest, most humble rock stars you’ve met 

Well Marcus Mumford (of Mumford and Sons) was a really nice and 

down to earth guy. Damon Albam was a really nice guy too – and 

Ozzy Osborne has always been lovely when we’ve put him on. I also 

get on really well with Huey from the Fun Lovin’ Criminals – he’s played 

here quite a few times and we always have a really good night out 

afterwards. But then you get the other side of people who have massive 

egos and can be a nightmare to work with. 

Want to name any of those 

I suppose I shouldn’t but Yngwie Malmsteen was just an absolute dick to 

the staff and we wouldn’t ever want him back here! Michael Hutchence 

bought a lot of attitude with him too, although obviously I don’t want to 

speak too ill of the dead there. 

So how do you manage to keep Rock City so fresh after all 

these years 

Well, I think one of the keys to our success is that we’ve never allowed 

ourselves to get stuck in a rut. From the name alone people always 

6 Rock City 30th Anniversary Magazine 

associate us with rock music. We did have a very successful rock club 

night for many years, but that’s not all we’re about. We’ve been good 

at moving quickly when things are obviously changing in the music scene. 

The club nights have evolved regularly to match the climate and gig-wise 

we’ve always had promoters who are pro-active and don’t just hold a 

diary and wait for national promoters to come along and book shows in. 

We always try to keep the diary as full and successful as we can - and it 

seems to be working. 

What other venues do you benchmark Rock City against 

Well, we’re one of the few big independents still around. You’ve got the 

Leadmill in Sheffi eld and Glasgow Barrowlands. But there’s not that many 

others that have stayed independent and the rise of the Academies in 

major cities has made it a much more mainstream thing to go out and see 

live music. The academies are okay, but the end of the day they all look 

the same and there’s not a lot of heart and soul in going to or playing in 

a venue that’s part of a big chain. 

What have been your personal favourite Rock City shows 

Well, I’ve already mentioned Rolf Harris and that’s at the top of the list. 

I still can’t believe how many people we had crowdsurfi ng at it - you’d 

expect it for Pantera or Slipknot, but not that gig. Other favourites include

Queens of the Stone Age on their Songs for the Deaf Tour and the first 

Ryan Adams gig. Adams forgot many of his lyrics during the set, yet still 

played brilliantly! Faith No More have played here loads, but early 

on they played a gig here on a club night in the middle of the biggest 

crowd they’d seen up to that point. It was a major turning point for them 

as a band and they credited ‘the people of Nottingham’ on one of their 

albums for it afterwards. 

The 30th Anniversary celebrations are shaping up well… 

Yeah, it’s really nice to get some of our old friends back here. Madness 

are a massive coup as they obviously fi ll big park gigs these days. I’m 

also really happy at getting Fatboy Slim and Ian Brown in too. They’re all 

huge acts who play gigs at much bigger venues, but they just appreciate 

our vibe and enjoy playing here. 

What’s your favourite spot in Rock City for watching the bands from 

When I was younger I just wanted to be jumping around in the middle of 

the crowd. But these days I’ve got a little area on the balcony which only 

I, guests of the bands and a few others have access to. 

What bands have you never managed to get into Rock City that you’d 

like to 

There’s not many. We’ve had Iron Maiden a few times and we’ve had 

Bruce Dickinson in here solo too, but we’ve never had Iron Maiden with 

Bruce on vocals. Every time an anniversary comes up they’re the fi rst band 

I put a call into to try and see if they’ll do it. It hasn’t happened as yet, 

but hopefully one day it will. I don’t think we’ve ever had The Strokes here 

either. We’ve had them at The Social when they were tiny, but we’ve not 

had them in here as yet. It would be nice to sort that out. 

Where do you see Rock City in another ten years time 

Hopefully doing similarly good things as an independent. Our club nights 

are really strong again at the moment, really connecting with people and 

I hope that can carry on for as long as I’m here and beyond. 

Tales from the dressing room... 

Axl Rose 

In 1987, a world before Chinese Democracy 

and band-sacking, Guns and Roses played Rock 

City on their fi rst European tour. Axl, ever the 

exhibitionist, arrived alone at the front doors 

dressed in only a bath towel – for reasons 

we’re still not entirely clear on. Receptionist 

Christine had dealt with various nutters over 

the years and refused him entry. A good while 

passed before he came back clutching his 

security pass. 

Bruce Dickinson 

The Iron Maiden frontman is a part-time airline 

pilot and liked to fl y to Nottingham himself. 

Rock City sent out their manager to meet him 

at the airport and he duly waited in the control 

tower. Bruce was on the microphone saying “I 

can see the airport, but there are not many 

lights.” He eventually landed and found his 

landing really bumpy. It took a while for all 

parties to realise he’d landed at a different 

airport (in Langar) two miles south and was the 

fi rst person to land there since World War II. 

Courtney Love 

Thirteen months after Kurt’s death, Courtney 

Love’s band Hole played Rock City. Towards 

the end of the set a fuse blew in one of the 

speakers and all the lights and the PA went 

out. When it was fi nally sorted an increasingly 

angry Courtney refused to come back on 

and the crowd were eventually sent home. 

Afterwards a member of Rock City staff 

reported her as “not being shy to undress in 

front of crew backstage” with a distinct look of 

horror, rather than pleasure, in his eyes. 

Damon Albam 

The fi rst Blur gig after Beetlebum got to number 

one was at Rock City. But rather than necking 

loads of champagne and complaining about 

a bad stomach, Damon was more worried 

about having ‘fluffy teeth’ and refused to go 

on before he had brushed. It’s not easy to buy 

a toothbrush in town at 9pm, but the backstage 

staff promptly obliged. The next day said brush 

was auctioned off for charity on local radio. 

David Bowie 

Every rock star loves a bit of pampering, but 

David Bowie’s backstage set-up was probably 

the most impressive ever seen at Rock City. 

He was touring his 1997 Earthling LP and four 

couches and a Persian carpet were brought in 

to make the dressing room look respectable. His 

gig was worth it though. 

Marilyn Manson 

Good old Marilyn arrived at the venue 

pleading of a throat infection, although 

everyone knew that he was just hungover from 

the MTV Music Awards the night before. He 

pulled out of the gig, irritating his Nottingham 

fanbase – who pretty much all refused to turn 

up to the rescheduled date four months later. 

One of the crew backstage told us how Marilyn 

didn’t like people to see him eating and so the 

staff had to put a cubicle up for him to eat his 

dinner inside. 

Metallica 

The American rock phenomenons were booked 

to play an unbilled Monsters of Rock warm-up 

show at Rock City on the regular Friday club 

night. It would have been a nice surprise for the 

crowd, were it not for the fact that drummer 

Lars Ulrich drank everything in sight beforehand 

and thus the band had to pull out as he was far 

too wasted to actually appear. 

Ozzy Osbourne 

Rock City appeared to have pulled off a major 

coup booking Ozzy for one of only three live 

appearances worldwide in 1988. Unfortunately 

Ozzy locked himself into a hotel room less 

than 500 yards up the road and refused to 

play – despite hours spent attempting to coax 

him out. Eventually the crowd were told to go 

home and in the minutes that followed the first 

and only real Rock City riot ensued. No-one 

got seriously hurt, but a speaker landing on the 

chief of police made interesting fodder for the 

local paper the next day. Ozzy made amends 

a few years later by doing an unbilled gig on 

the Friday rock night. 

Pearl Jam 

It was just a few songs into the February 

1992 night when Eddie Vedder decided to 

crowdsurf. Unfortunately rather than being 

carried halfway into the crowd and then back 

to the stage, he made it all the way to the old 

food bar at the back. The band played on 

as Vedder, no longer sure of how to get back 

onstage, grabbed a bag of hotdog rolls and 

offered them to a crowd willing to part for 

bread. 

Rage Against The Machine 

When fi rst booked, RATM were relatively 

unknown and scheduled for the basement on 

a regular club night. Between then and the 

gig, the bands profi le increased massively and 

attempts were made to move them upstairs. 

However the band always liked the sweaty 

intimate club atmosphere and refused. Hence 

came one of the most chaotic Rock City club 

nights ever as thousands of people tried to 

get into a room that only holds a couple of 

hundred. 

REM 

The 1984 Nottingham show by Michael Stipe 

and co was broadcast on radio and voted 

one of the 100 greatest gigs of all-time by Q 

Magazine. During the gig Stipe’s heel came off 

and he asked the crowd if anyone had a spare 

size 9 ½ he could borrow. A member of the 

crowd duly obliged and they swapped shoes 

and the gig went on. If any of our readers have 

that shoe in their possession it’s worth a few 

bob these days. 

Robbie Williams 

Just after leaving Take That and before he 

released Angels Mr Williams played an early 

solo gig at Rock City. Surprisingly the gig did 

not sell out, but those who were there got to see 

him perform much of it naked behind his guitar. 

Shane MacGowan 

Everyone knows Shane is partial to a drink and 

this made him miss his fi rst train to Nottingham, 

Eventually when he did arrive it took a tour 

manager shining a laser pen in his eyes trying 

to keep him awake before the gig. When he 

eventually made it onstage he was so blind 

drunk that he sang several of their songs to the 

curtain rather than the crowd. 


the definitive 

Gig listings 

part one 

December 1980 

Thu 11 THE UNDERTONES 

Fri 12 SHAKIN STEVENS 

Sat 13 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

Thu 18 STEVE HARLEY 

Fri 19 KINKS 

Sat 20 X.T.C. 

Mon 22 Q TIPS 

Tue 23 HINKLEYS HEROES 

Wed 24 GARY GLITTER 

Wed 31 OTWAY AND BARRETT 

January 1981 

Thu 15 U.F.O. 

Thu 22 TEA SET 

Sat 24 MEMBERS 

Thu 29 HUANG CHUNG 

Fri 30 TOYAH 

February 1981 

Sat 07 HAZEL O’CONNOR 

Sun 08 MEGAHYPE 

Thu 12 ALEX HARVEY BAND 

Fri 13 PSYCHEDELIC FURS 

Sat 14 BAD MANNERS 

Mon 16 GEORGE MELLY 

Wed 18 MADNESS 

Thu 19 STRANGLERS 

Fri 20 A.T.F. 

Sat 21 ALTERED IMAGES 

Wed 25 PASSIONS 

Thu 26 UK SUBS 

Fri 27 GORDON GILTRAP 

Sat 28 ODYSSEY 

March 1981 

Wed 04 GILLAN 

Thu 05 DURAN DURAN 

Fri 06 DARTS 

Sat 07 SWEET 

Tue 10 DR FEELGOOD 

Tue 10 FRANKIE VALLI 

Thu 12 ALBERTO-Y-COS-TRIOS-PARANOIAS 

Thu 19 SPLODGENESSABOUNDS 

Fri 20 WASTED YOUTH 

Sat 21 SELECTER 

Tue 24 ROSE ROYCE 

April 1981 

Thu 02 BOW-WOW-WOW 

Sat 04 ATHLETICO SPIZZ 80 

Wed 08 NEW ORDER 

Thu 09 B MOVIE 

Fri 10 CULTURE 

Sat 11 BLUES BAND 

Sat 18 A CERTAIN RATIO 

Thu 23 TYGERS OF PAN TANG 

Fri 24 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

Sat 25 NINE NINE NINE 

Wed 29 BILLIE JO SPEARS 

Thu 30 GEORGE THOROGOOD 

May 1981 

Fri 01 FREEZ 

Sat 02 GARY GLITTER 

Mon 04 BEAT 

Thu 07 JAPAN 

Fri 08 ALEX HARVEY BAND 


Sat 09 THE UNDERTONES 

Thu 14 THE CRAMPS 

Fri 15 PSYCHEDELIC FURS 

Sat 16 SQUEEZE 

Tue 26 GIRLSCHOOL 

Wed 27 X.T.C. 

June 1981 

Thu 04 TRUST 

Fri 05 SHOCK 

Sat 06 JUDIE TZUKE 

Thu 11 CLASSIX NOUVEAUX 

Fri 12 TEARDROP EXPLODES 

Tue 16 TOOTS 

Fri 19 BAUHAUS 

Wed 24 KRAFTWERK 

Thu 25 JOE JACKSON 

Fri 26 SPLIT ENZ 

Sat 27 JUDIE TZUKE 

July 1981 

Wed 01 DURAN DURAN 

Sat 04 ROSE TATTOO 

Thu 09 IGGY POP 

Fri 24 HAZEL O’CONNOR 

Thu 30 SPIRIT 

August 1981 

Sat 01 PHOTOS 

Thu 27 STEVE HACKETT 

September 1981 

Sat 12 LANDSCAPE 

Thu 17 SIMPLE MINDS 

Fri 25 NAZARETH 

October 1981 

Fri 02 U2 

Sat 03 SAD CAFÉ 

Sat 10 ODYSSEY 

Fri 16 THOMPSON TWINS 

Wed 21 JUNIOR WALKER 

Sat 24 BLUES BAND 

Wed 28 JOOLS HOLLAND 

Thu 29 GO-GO’S 

Fri 30 GILLAN 

November 1981 

Tue 05 DEPECHE MODE 

Fri 06 KOOL AND THE GANG 

Sat 07 BAUHAUS 

Thu 12 ALTERED IMAGES 

Fri 13 NINE BELOW ZERO 

Fri 20 THE STRANGLERS 

Thu 26 LINX 

December 1981 

Thu 03 RORY GALLAGHER 

Fri 04 ASWAD 

Sat 05 ROSE TATTOO 

Wed 09 BUREAU 

Thu 10 STEVE HARLEY 

Fri 11 SQUEEZE 

Sat 12 NILS LOFGREN 

Wed 16 SLADE 

Fri 18 SUZI QUATTRO 

Tue 22 STRAY CATS 

Thu 31 NINE BELOW ZERO 

January 1982 

Fri 08 AFTER THE FIRE 

Thu 21 CLIMAX BLUES BAND 

Fri 29 SAD CAFÉ 

February 1982 

Fri 26 FASHION 

March 1982 

Fri 05 THOMPSON TWINS 

Thu 11 HAIRCUT 100 

Wed 17 JOHN COOPER CLARKE 

Thu 18 DAVE EDMUNDS 

Fri 26 NINE BELOW ZERO 

April 1982 

Fri 16 

May 1982 

Wed 05 

Thu 06 

Fri 07 

Tue 18 

Wed 19 

Thu 20 

Wed 26 

Thu 27 

June 1982 

Tue 01 

Thu 03 

Thu 10 

Fri 11 

Wed 16 

Tue 22 

Wed 23 

July 1982 

Tue 20 

Wed 28 

August 1982 

Thu 26 

JUDIE TZUKE 

NICK LOWE 

ROSE ROYCE 

JUNIOR WALKER 

WISHBONE ASH 

TODD RUNDGREN 

KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS 

CABARET VOLTAIRE 

B B KING 

BLUES BAND 

LINDISFARNE 

BO DIDDLEY 

DIAMOND HEAD 

GANG OF FOUR 

FREDDIE McGREGOR 

DEFUNKT 

S.O.S. 

JOE JACKSON 

BLUE RONDO A LA TURK 


Thu 09 YAZOO 

Tue 14 LEVEL 42 

Thu 23 BLUES BAND 

October 1982 

Tue 05 JOHN MARTYN 

Thu 07 KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS 

Tue 12 SAD CAFÉ 

Tue 19 BAUHAUS 

Wed 20 JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS 

Tue 26 THOMPSON TWINS 

Wed 27 GILLAN 

November 1982 

Tue 02 SQUEEZE 

Tue 09 A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS 

Wed 10 TALK TALK 

Wed 24 SHALAMAR 

December 1982 

Wed 01 GARY MOORE 

Wed 08 BOW-WOW-WOW 

Tue 14 BLANCMANGE

February 1983 

Wed 02 EVELYN KING 

Wed 09 FAD GADJET 

Tue 21 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

March 1983 

Tue 01 DEF LEPPARD 


Mon 21 AZTEC CAMERA 

Wed 23 UFO 

Tue 29 THE UNDERTONES 

Wed 30 MARILLION 

April 1983 

Tue 05 

Thur 07 

Tue 12 

Thur 14 

May 1983 

Wed 11 

Wed 25 

Tue 31 

June 1983 

Wed 01 

Tue 07 

Wed 08 

Tue 14 

Wed 15 

Tue 21 

Wed 29 

July 1983 

Wed 13 

Wed 27 

August 1983 

Wed 17 

ORANGE JUICE 

TWISTED SISTER 

FASTWAY 

BIG COUNTRY 

MAZE 

HANOI ROCKS 

MAGNUM 

CHINA CRISIS 

RAVEN 

JO BOXERS 

BLANCMANGE 

FUN BOY THREE 

HIGSONS 

BIG COUNTRY 

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

THE KILLING JOKE 

CABARET VOLTAIRE 


Tue 06 OMD 

Wed 14 LEVEL 42 

Tue 27 THE FALL 

Wed 28 PAUL YOUNG 

October 1983 

Mon 10 JO BOXERS 

Mon 17 JOHN FOXX 

Tue 18 XMAL DEUTSCHLAND 

Mon 24 SEX GANG CHILDREN 

Tue 25 MUSICAL YOUTH 

November 1983 

Tue 08 A CERTAIN RATIO 

Tue 15 SPECIMEN 

Wed 16 THE CHAMELEONS 

Tue 22 THE CULT 

Wed 23 Y AND T 

Tue 29 VIRGIN PRUNES 

December 1983 

Wed 07 PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED 

Mon 19 THE KILLING JOKE 

Tue 20 HOWARD JONES 

Tue 27 MARILLION 

January 1984 

Wed 25 ACCEPT 

February 1984 

Wed 01 RED GO RED 

Mon 06 GARY MOORE 

Tue 07 THE ALARM 

Wed 15 THE SMITHS 

Mon 20 GARY GLITTER 

Tue 21 MAGNUM 

Wed 22 FAD GADGET 

Wed 29 THOMAS DOLBY 

March 1984 

Mon 05 DANCE SOCIETY 

Wed 04 MANOWAR 

Mon 19 HEAVY PETTIN 

Wed 21 JULIAN COPE 

April 1984 

Wed 04 

Wed 18 

Tue 24 

PALLAS 

NICK CAVE 

SPEAR OF DESTINY 

Wed 25 

May 1984 

Wed 02 

Wed 09 

Tue 15 

Wed 16 

Tue 22 

Wed 23 

Fri 25 

July 1984 

Sun 01 

Wed 04 

Thu 12 

Fri 20 

Mon 30 

SWANS WAY 

SISTERS OF MERCY 

BRUCE FOXTON 

PREFAB SPROUT 

DEATH CULT 

BLANCMANGE 

PSYCHEDELIC FURS 

CAMEO 

SHANNON 

XMAL DEUTSCHLAND 

VICIOUS PINK PHENOMNON 

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA 

EBONY QUEEN 

August 1984 

Wed 22 ARMOURY SHOW 

Mon 27 JOHNNY THUNDERS 


Sun 02 KLEER 

Wed 05 ALIEN SEX FIEND 

Wed 12 JEFF MARSH 


Wed 19 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

Mon 24 DIFFORD AND TILBROOK 

Tue 25 LLOYD COLE 


October 1984 

Tue 02 NAZARETH 

Tue 09 AZTEC CAMERA 

Sun 14 AFRIKA BAMBAATAA 

Wed 17 SISTERS OF MERCY 

Tue 23 GUN CLUB 

Wed 24 SPEAR OF DESTINY 

Tue 30 ELVIS COSTELLO 

Wed 31 MARC ALMOND 

November 1984 

Mon 05 BRONSKI BEAT 

Wed 07 THE ALARM 

Fri 09 COOL NOTES 

Tue 13 MARCH VIOLETS 

December 1984 

Tue 04 ARCHITECTS 

Wed 12 UFO 

Tue 18 FLAT-TOPS 

Wed 19 THE CULT 

February 1985 

Wed 13 KILLING JOKE 

Mon 18 KING 

Mon 25 URIAH HEAP 

Wed 27 PLAY DEAD 

March 1985 

Wed 06 THE POGUES 

Mon 25 LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH 

Wed 27 SISTERS OF MERCY 

Sun 31 VISIBLE TARGETS 

April 1985 

Mon 08 

Tue 16 

Wed 24 

Sun 28 

Tue 30 

May 1985 

Tue 07 

Mon 13 

Tue 14 

Wed 15 

Mon 20 

Wed 29 

June 1985 

Tue 04 

Mon 10 

Tue 11 

Mon 17 

Tue 25 

July 1985 

Wed 03 

FRANKIE PAUL 

MAMA’S BOYS 

NICK CAVE 

LOOSE ENDS 

NEW MODEL ARMY 

COLOUR FIELD 

LLOYD COLE 

CHINA CRISIS 


MAGNUM 

EXPLORERS 

HAWKWIND 

THE POGUES 

WISHBONE ASH 

SLY 

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 

THE DAMNED 

August 1985 

Thu 08 VITAMIN Z 

Mon 26 ALIEN SEX FIEND 


Mon 02 NO TEARS 

Sun 08 WOMACK AND WOMACK 

Mon 23 JAKI GRAHAM 

Tue 24 HUSKER DU 


October 1985 

Wed 02 THE WATERBOYS 

Mon 07 LONG RIDERS 

Tue 08 ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE 

Sun 13 ROY AYRES 

Mon 14 SPEAR OF DESTINY 


Wed 16 WAYSTED 

Mon 21 R.E.M. 

Tue 22 PLAY DEAD 

Wed 23 PREFAB SPROUT 

Sun 27 GEORGE COBER 

Wed 30 PROPAGANDA 

November 1985 

Tue 05 THE CULT 

Wed 06 COOL NOTES 

Mon 11 RICHARD THOMPSON BAND 

Tue 12 HAWKWIND 

Mon 18 SIMPLY RED 

Tue 19 ROBERT CRAY BAND 

Wed 20 LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH 

Thu 21 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE 

Mon 25 NEW MODEL ARMY 

Wed 27 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE 

December 1985 

Sun 01 CAMEO 

Mon 02 MAGNUM 

Mon 09 THE POGUES 

Mon 23 THE DAMNED 

February 1986 

Tue 11 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 

Mon 24 TERRY AND GERRY 

March 1986 

Mon 03 SAD CAFÉ 

Sun 09 KURTIS BLOW 

Mon 17 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL 

Wed 19 HUSKER DU 

Mon 31 DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS 

April 1986 

Mon 07 

Wed 16 

Mon 21 

Tue 22 

Tue 29 

May 1986 

Mon 05 

Wed 07 

thu 08 

Wed 14 

Mon 19 

Tue 20 

Wed 21 

Thu 22 

Mon 26 

Tue 27 

Wed 28 

June 1986 

Wed 04 

Thu 05 

Mon 16 

Tue 17 

Wed 18 

Mon 23 

Wed 25 

July 1986 

Tue 08 

Wed 09 

Wed 16 

August 1986 

Wed 06 

FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 

IQ 

THE BLOW MONKEYS 

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE 

PETE SHELLEY 

HIPSWAY 

THE WATERBOYS 

STATE OF PLAY 

BALAAM AND THE ANGEL 

RAMONES 

BELOUIS SOME 

INXS 

THE CRAMPS 

THE CHERRY BOMBS 

COMMUNARDS 

MISSION 

THE HOUSEMARTINS 

A CLARET SKY 

LATIN QUARTER 

GENE LOVES JEZEBEL 

THE POGUES 

GIL SCOTT-HERON 

DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS 

KILLING JOKE 

THE ALARM 

VINDALOO PACKAGE 

DINOSAURS 


Mon 11 LOVE OR MONEY 

Wed 13 CLINT BESTWOOD 

Tue 19 SPLASH 

Wed 20 SAXON 

Mon 25 ZODIAC MINDWARP 

Wed 27 DREAM 


Mon 15 IT BITES 

Wed 17 BALAAM AND THE ANGEL 

Wed 24 BILLY BRAGG 

Mon 29 LOVE AND ROCKETTS 

October 1986 

Tue 07 TERRY AND GERRY 


Wed 15 ICICLE WORKS 

Wed 22 ROBERT CRAY BAND 

Sun 26 LISA LISA AND THE CULT JAM 

Tue 28 THE MISSION 

Wed 29 PETE MURPHY 

November 1986 

Tue 04 THE DAMNED 

Mon 10 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE 

Wed 19 RICHARD THOMPSON 

Mon 24 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS 

Tue 25 THE KILLING JOKE 

Wed 26 THE MISSION 

December 1986 


Wed 03 MUD 


Mon 15 FUZZBOX 

Mon 29 GARY GLITTER 

Tue 30 GARY GLITTER 

January 1987 

Mon 26 FAIRPORT CONVENTION 

Wed 28 CHATSHOW 

February 1987 

Wed 04 RED BEARDS FROM TEXAS 

Sun 08 MANTRONIX 

Tue 10 GHOST DANCE 

Mon 16 ICICLE WORKS 

tue 17 BOB 


Tue 24 CHINA CRISIS 

March 1987 

Wed 11 CARDIACS 

Mon 16 XMAL DEUTSCHLAND 

Mon 23 THE MISSION 

Tue 24 THEODORE HAWKINS JNR 

Wed 25 TED HAWKINS 

April 1987 

Mon 13 ERASURE 

Tue 14 SPEAR OF DESTINY 


Sun 19 DEF JAM SOUL ATTACK 


Tue 21 SLAYER 

Mon 27 JULIAN COPE 


Wed 29 CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT 

May 1987 

Mon 04 THE ALARM 

Tue 05 THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS 

Wed 06 ZODIAC MINDWARP 

Mon 11 SCHOOLY D 

Wed 13 THAT PETROL EMOTION 


Tue 26 IQ 

June 1987 

Wed 03 LOOSE TUBES 

Mon 08 DR FEELGOOD 

Tue 09 KEN BOOTHE 

Wed 10 LATIN QUARTER 

Mon 15 THE CHRISTIANS 

Wed 24 TERRY AND GERRY 

Tue 30 ROBYN HITCHCOCK 

July 1987 

Tue 07 NILS LOFGREN 

Sun 12 JOCELYN BROWN 

Mon 20 KENI STEVENS 


August 1987 

Mon 10 CRAZYHEAD 

Sat 15 LOVE AND ROCKETTS 

Wed 19 HAWKWIND 

Mon 31 GAY BIKERS ON ACID 


Wed 02 GEORGIA SATELLITES 

Tue 08 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 

Tue 29 MOTORHEAD 

October 1987 

Mon 05 GUNS N ROSES 

Tue 06 JOHN MARTIN 

Wed 07 LOVE AND ROCKETTS 

Mon 12 RORY GALLAGHER 

Tue 13 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL 

Wed 14 R CAJUN 

Tue 20 THE RAMONES 

Sun 25 KENI BURKE 

Mon 26 ALL ABOUT EVE 

Tue 27 CELTIC FROST 

Wed 28 THE CHRISTIANS 

November 1987 

Mon 02 GAY BIKERS ON ACID 

Tue 03 ANTHRAX 


Tue 17 FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM 

Wed 18 JOHN SCHOFIELD QUARTET 

Tue 24 VOW WOW 

Sun 29 LL COOL J 

Mon 30 ICICLE WORKS 

December 1987 

Tue 01 DENNIS BROWN 

Sun 13 FATBACK BAND 

Mon 14 T’PAU 

Tue 15 BIG COUNTRY 

Wed 16 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 

Wed 23 NEW MODEL ARMY 

January 1988 

Wed 13 FAIRPORT CONVENTION 

Sun 24 HEAVY D 

Tue 26 FAITH NO MORE 

February 1988 

Mon 08 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS 

Tue 09 BALAAM AND THE ANGEL 

Wed 10 SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS 


Tue 16 THE WOODENTOPS 

Wed 24 CROSS 

Mon 29 HOOTERS 

March 1988 

Tue 08 THE POGUES 

Sat 12 JONANNA AND THE GURKHAS 

Mon 14 STUMP 

Wed 16 ZODIAC MINDWARP 

Tue 22 JOHN MARTIN 

Wed 23 THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG 

Mon 28 ASWAD 


Wed 30 THE MISSION 

April 1988 


Mon 11 SABBAT 

Mon 25 MARTIN STEPHENSON 

May 1988 

Mon 02 NANCI GRIFFITH 

Tue 03 PRIMITIVES 

Wed 04 WAS NOT WAS 

Mon 09 GRAHAM PARKER 

Tue 10 ICICLE WORKS 

Wed 11 FAITH NO MORE 

Mon 16 FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM 

Tue 17 MEGADETH 

Wed 18 PUBLIC ENEMY 

Mon 23 GROUNDHOGS 

Wed 25 RUNRIG 

Tue 31 THE MACC LADS 

June 1988 

Wed 01 DAMNED 

Mon 13 SWANS 

Tue 21 AZTEC CAMERA 

Wed 22 LIPSTICK KILLERS 

Mon 27 

Wed 29 

July 1988 

Tue 12 

Mon 18 

Thu 21 

Mon 25 

Wed 27 

GHOST DANCE 

GEORGIA SATELLITES 

DEATH ANGEL 

OZZY OSBOURNE 

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE 

VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE 

WRAITH 

August 1988 

Wed 03 JOE STRUMMER 

Mon 08 YAMAHA BAND EXPLOSION 


Tue 13 FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM 

Mon 19 SLAYER 

Mon 26 THAT PETROL EMOTION 

Tue 27 THE PIXIES 

October 1988 

Mon 03 MARC ALMOND 

Mon 10 TRANSVISION VAMP 

Tue 11 BALAAM AND THE ANGEL 

Wed 12 PLAY ACID DEAD HOUSE 

Mon 17 DEACON BLUE 

Tue 18 THE BLUES BAND 

Tue 25 THE WONDER STUFF 

November 1988 

Tue 01 SPEAR OF DESTINY 

Tue 08 QUEENSRYCHE 

Mon 14 GODFATHERS 


Wed 16 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN 

Mon 21 RICHARD THOMPSON 

Tue 22 CINDERELLA 

Wed 23 GENE LOVES JEZEBEL 

Tue 29 RORY GALLAGHER 

Wed 30 SUICIDAL TENDANCIES 

December 1988 

Mon 05 THE MACC LADS 

Tue 06 IGGY POP 


Mon 12 THE FALL 

Wed 14 VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE 

Wed 21 MOTORHEAD 

February 1989 

Mon 06 THRASHING DOVES 

Wed 22 VIXEN 

Tue 28 NEW MODEL ARMY 

March 1989 

Wed 01 STRAY CATS 

Tue 07 THE WATERBOYS 

Mon 13 FEMME FATALE 

Tue 14 DOGS D’AMOUR 

Wed 15 CRAZYHEAD 

Wed 22 ROACHFORD 

April 1989 

Tue 18 

May 1989 

Tue 30 

Wed 31 

June 1989 

Wed 07 

Tue 13 

Mon 19 

Wed 21 

Mon 24 

July 1989 

Tue 04 

Wed 09 

Sat 12 

Tue 15 

Mon 21 

KREATOR 

SABBAT 

CHINA CRISIS 

HAWKWIND 

BAD MANNERS 

THROWING MUSES 

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES 

GUN 

GEORGIA SATELLITES 

TIGERTAILZ 

ROMEO’S DAUGHTER 

FM 

WRAITH 


Mon 18 BULLET BOYS 

Wed 20 DANNY WILSON 

Mon 25 TEMPEST 

October 1989 

Mon 09 GUN 

Tue 10 THE SUGARCUBES

Wed 11 

Mon 16 

Tue 17 

Mon 23 

Mon 30 

Tue 31 

LES NEGRESSES VERTES 

CLAYTOWN TROUPE 

DOGS D’AMOUR 

LITTLE ANGELS 

LAWNMOWER DETH 

THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 

November 1989 

Tue 07 THE WEDDING PRESENT 

Mon 13 THE QUIREBOYS 

Tue 14 NAPALM DEATH 

Wed 15 PRIMITIVES 

Wed 22 INNOCENT VICTIM 

Mon 27 DEBBIE HARRY 

December 1989 


Wed 06 MICHELLE SHOCKED 

Mon 11 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE 

Tue 12 FASTER PUSSYCAT 


Janruary 1990 

Wed 17 DAN REED NETWORK 

February 1990 

Mon 05 FAITH NO MORE 

Tue 13 HUNTER AND RONSON 

Wed 14 MICHAEL MONROE 

Wed 21 THE CREATURES 

March 1990 

Wed 07 RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS 

Mon 12 THUNDER 

Tue 13 GEORGIA SATELLITES 

Wed 14 HOUSE OF LOVE 

Mon 19 WOLFSBANE 

Tue 20 SAXON 

Mon 26 GRACE JONES 

April 1990 

Wed 04 

Mon 09 

Wed 11 

Tue 17 

Wed 25 

May 1990 

Tue 01 

Tue 22 

Wed 23 

Moy 28 

June 1990 

Mon 04 

Tue 05 

Wed 13 

Mon 18 

Tue 19 

Wed 20 

July 1990 

Wed 11 

Tue 24 

IT BITES 

KINGS X 

JIMMY SOMERVILLE 

THE BLUES BAND 

FAITH NO MORE 

INSPIRAL CARPETS 

LITTLE ANGELS 

MARTIN STEPHENSON 

TIGERTAILZ 

DRIVE SHE SAID 

DEATH ANGEL 

DOGS D’AMOUR 

JAMES 

THE BLOW MONKEYS 

BRUCE DICKINSON 

THE ALMIGHTY 

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM 

August 1990 

Wed 01 THE SOUP DRAGONS 

Wed 08 LOVE HATE 

Wed 15 POISON 

Mon 27 DAN REED NETWORK 


Tue 04 ANNIHILATOR 

Wed 05 SONIC YOUTH 

Mon 10 STEVE EARLE 

Tue 11 VIXEN 

Wed 12 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 

Tue 25 SLAUGHTER 

October 1990 

Mon 01 TACKHEAD 

Wed 03 JANE’S ADDICTION 

Mon 08 THE BUZZCOCKS 

Wed 10 LIVING COLOUR 

Mon 15 ADAMSKI 


Mon 22 JESUS JONES 

Wed 24 RATT 

Tue 30 POP WILL EAT ITSELF 

Wed 31 THE PAT TRAVERS BAND 

November 1990 

Mon 12 THE CHARLATANS 

Tue 13 DEL AMITRI 

Tue 20 NILS LOFGREN 

Wed 21 ANDY TAYLOR 

Mon 26 LAWNMOWER DETH 

Tue 27 MAGNUM 

Wed 28 THE FARM 

December 1990 

Wed 05 THE MACC LADS 



Wed 19 RORY GALLAGHER 

January 1991 

Mon 07 LOVE HATE 

February 1991 

Tue 19 JESUS JONES 

Tue 26 NO SWEAT 

March 1991 

Mon 04 URIAH HEAP 

Tue 05 RIDE 

Tue 12 JANES ADDICTION 

Wed 27 ALARM 

April 1991 

Tue 02 

Tue 09 

Wed 24 

Tue 30 

May 1991 

Tue 07 

Tue 14 

Wed 15 

Mon 20 

Tue 28 

June 1991 

Tue 04 

Wed 05 

Mon 10 

Tue 11 

Wed 12 

Mon 17 

Tue 18 

Mon 24 

Wed 26 

July 1991 

Tue 16 

Wed 17 

Mon 29 

NED’S ATOMIC DUSTBIN 

CHEAP AND NASTY 

PAUL WELLER MOVEMENT 

KINGS X 

MR BIG 

ENUFF Z’NUFF 

MORBID ANGEL 

EMF 

EXTREME 

SPECIAL BEAT 

WHITE LION 

LAWNMOWER DETH 

ROACHFORD 

WINGER 

THE ALMIGHTY 

NORTHSIDE 

SEPULTURA 

THEATRE OF HATE 

KING OF THE HILL 

FM 

DIAMOND HEAD 

August 1991 

Mon 12 DANIELLE DAY 

Tue 13 DE LA SOUL 


Tue 03 GREAT WHITE 

Tue 10 THE LEVELLERS 

Wed 11 SCREAMING JETS 

Tue 17 UK SUBS 

Mon 23 SAXON 

October 1991 

Tue 15 BILLY BRAGG 


Mon 21 THE CRAMPS 

Mon 28 CARTER 

November 1991 

Tue 05 WOLFSBANE 


Tue 12 DISCHARGE 

Wed 13 TESLA 

Wed 27 TIGERTAILZ 

December 1991 

Tue 03 NIRVANA 

Wed 04 THE MACC LADS 

Wed 11 THE SAW DOCTORS 

Mon 16 THE BAY CITY ROLLERS 

Tue 17 SHAM 69 

Mon 23 LA GUNS 

Thu 26 THUNDER 

February 1992 

Wed 19 BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST 

Tue 25 PEARL JAM 

March 1992 

Tue 03 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY 

Tue 10 SEPULTURA 

Tue 17 MEGA CITY FOUR 

Tue 24 LOVE HATE 

Tue 31 SOUNDGARDEN 

April 1992 

Mon 27 

Tue 28 

May 1992 

Tue 05 

Wed 06 

Mon 11 

Tue 12 

Wed 13 

Mon 18 

June 1992 

Mon 08 

Tue 16 

Mon 29 

July 1992 

Wed 15 

Tue 16 

Mon 20 

Wed 29 

THE CURE 

EMF 

THE LEVELLERS 

THE LEVELLERS 

DISMEMBER 

HAWKWIND 

FAITH NO MORE 

BJORN AGAIN 

SULTANS OF PING 

BANG TANGO 

ELECTRIC BOYS 

BADLANDS 

BANG TANGO 

FISHBONE 

FM 

August 1992 

Sat 01 PATRICIA MORRISON 

Fri 07 ROMEO’S DAUGHTER 


Wed 09 DANZIG 

October 1992 

Sun 04 GWAR 

Mon 05 POP WILL EAT ITSELF 

Tue 06 THE STRANGLERS 

Wed 07 THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS 

Fri 09 GIRLSCHOOL 

Sun 11 UGLY KID JOE 

Mon 12 THE POGUES 

Tue 13 EMF 

Wed 14 MAGNUM 

Mon 19 MUDHONEY 

Tue 20 THE SAW DOCTORS 

Wed 21 QUIREBOYS 

Mon 26 INSPIRAL CARPETS 

November 1992 

Wed 04 DREAMGIRLS 


Tue10 SPEAR OF DESTINY 

Sat 14 MIKE PETERS 

Tue 17 MINISTRY 

December 1992 

Wed 02 AUSTRALIAN DOORS 

Wed 09 IZZY STRADLIN & THE JUJU HOUNDS 

Fri 11 LITTLE ANGELS 

Sun 13 SONIC YOUTH 

Tue 15 THE RAMONES 

Wed 16 SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS 

Thu 24 BJORN AGAIN 

January 1993 

Sat 09 FUSE 

Wed 13 JULIAN COPE 

February 1993 


Mon 08 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 

Wed 10 PANTERA 

Wed 17 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 

Mon 22 DINOSAUR JNR. 

Wed 24 NEW CRANES 

March 1993 

Wed 03 ALICE IN CHAINS 

Tue 09 ATOM SEEDS 

Wed 10 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 

Sat 13 BIRDLAND 

Mon 15 SHAMEN 


Wed 17 NEW CRANES 

Sat 20 THERAPY 

Mon 22 SPIN DOCTORS 

Mon 29 JESUS JONES 

April 1993 

Sun 04 LIVING COLOUR 

Mon 05 FISH 

Tue 06 QUIREBOYS 

Mon 19 POISON 

May 1993 

Sat 01 SHEEP ON DRUGS 

Thu 06 CHICAGO BLUES BROS 

Fri 07 TERRORVISION 

Mon 10 P J HARVEY 

Fri 14 SCREAMING JETS 

Tue 18 WORLD PARTY 

Sat 22 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 

Tue 25 WOLFSBANE 

Wed 26 BUZZCOCKS 

Mon 31 FISHBONE 

June 1993 

Thu 03 MEGADETH 

Tue 22 MINDFUNK 

Thu 24 UTAH SAINTS 

July 1993 

Mon 05 THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS 

Tue 13 SUICIDAL TENDENCIES 

Wed 14 JEFF HEALEY 

Fri 16 LOVE HATE 

Mon 19 HOUSE OF PAIN 

Wed 21 INXS 

August 1993 

Mon 02 WALTER TROUT BAND 

Tue 03 DAN REED NETWORK 

Fri 20 IGGY POP 

Septmeber 1993 


Tue 21 SMASHING PUMPKINS 

Thu 30 SENSER 

October 1993 

Sat 02 CREDIT TO THE NATION 

Mon 04 THE BREEDERS 

Wed 06 BAD BRAINS 

Mon 11 THE ALMIGHTY 

Tue 12 THE AUSTRALIAN DOORS 

Wed 13 TOOL 

Fri 15 GREEN JELLY 

Sat 16 MEGA CITY FOUR 

Fri 22 THUNDER 

Sun 24 THE LEMONHEADS 

Mon 25 CURVE 

Tue 26 SPIRITUALISED 

Wed 27 PELE 

November 1993 

Wed 03 FIGHT 

Wed 10 ANTHRAX 


Wed 17 JIMMY BARNES 

Fri 19 DUFF MCKAGAN 

Sat 20 CEMENT 

Mon 22 WARRIOR SOUL 

Wed 24 DREAM THEATER 

Mon 29 TEENAGE FANCLUB 

Tue 30 CNN 

December 1993 

Fri 03 THE STRANGLERS 

Mon 06 SEPULTURA 



Fri 10 MR BIG 

Mon 13 DAMNED 

Tue 14 THE POGUES 

Wed 15 BODY COUNT 

Sun 19 BACK TO THE PLANET 


Mon 27 NEW CRANES 

Janruary 1994 

Sat 15 REDEMPTION 

Sat 22 MEDICINE 

Tue 25 PAUL RODGERS 

Sat 29 SULTANS OF PING 


February 1994 

Wed 09 THE COCTEAU TWINS 

Sat 12 CAPTAIN SENSIBLE 

Mon 14 MISSION 


Mon 21 PAVEMENT 

Sat 26 MARIONETTES 

March 1994 

Tue 01 THERAPY 

Fri 04 PHANTOM BLUE 

Sat 06 PAW 

Wed 09 THE WILDHEARTS 

Fri 11 RAGING SLAB 

Sat 12 AD 

Thu 17 SAD 

Fri 18 TYKETTO 

Thu 24 DONE LYING DOWN 

Fri 25 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 

Tue 29 PRIMAL SCREAM 

Thu 31 DUB WAR 

April 1994 

Fri 01 MACHINE 

Sat 02 BACK TO THE PLANET 

Fri 08 OPTIMUM WOUND PROFILE 

Tue 12 SOUNDGARDEN 

Thu 14 HONKY 

Fri 15 COLLAPSED LUNG 

Sat 16 KERBDOG 

Mon 18 MAGNUM 

Tue 19 KILLING JOKE 

Thu 21 DOPPLEGANGERS 

Fri 22 JAIMZ GANG 

Tue 26 AIMEE MANN 

Thu 28 SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS 

Fri 29 RIVERDOGS 

May 1994 

Sun 01 BRAND NEW HEAVIES 

Wed 04 WALTER TROUT BAND 

Thu 05 JUNK ORANGE 

Fri 06 DEAD LOCK 

Tue 10 BLUR 

Wed 11 MAGNUM 

Fri 13 SKIN 

Thu 19 SCATTER 

Thu 26 SHED SEVEN 

Fri 27 AINT LIZZY 

June 1994 

Wed 01 COMPULSION 

Thu 02 THE FAMILY CAT 

Fri 03 CRY OF LOVE 

Thu 09 PELE 

Fri 10 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN 

Thu 16 SHEEP ON DRUGS 

Fri 17 GUN 

Mon 20 HELMET 

Tue 21 PRONG 

Wed 22 BIG COUNTRY 

Mon 27 PAUL YOUNG 

Tue 28 GALLIANO 

Thu 30 MUTHAS DAY OUT 

July 1994 


Thu 07 SMASH 

Fri 08 KLAW 

Mon 11 CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS 

Fri 15 PRIDE AND GLORY 


Sat 23 HEADSWIM 

Mon 25 TOOL 

Wed 27 HOUSE OF PAIN 

Thu 28 JUNK CULTURE 

Fri 29 ZODIAC MINDWARP 

August 1994 

Mon 01 OASIS 

Fri 05 MOTHER MARY 

Sat 06 MIDDLEMEN 

Fri 12 SKIN 

Sat 13 MUCKY PUP 

Sat 27 CHILDREN ON STUN 

Wed 31 PARADISE LOST 


Mon 05 GUN 

Fri 09 STRANGEWAYS 

Sat 10 HUGE BABY 

Sat 24 REV HAMMER 

Mon 26 THE RAMONES 

October 1994 

Wed 05 GRANT LEE BUFFALO 

Sat 09 ETERNAL 

Wed 12 OYSTERBAND 

Sat 15 THE SPIN DOCTORS 

Wed 19 BAD COMPANY 

Sat 23 THE CRASH TEST DUMIES 

Tue 25 THE AUSTRALIAN DOORS 

Fri 28 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 

Mon 31 INCUBUS SUCCUBUS 

November 1994 

Mon 07 SKIN 

Mon 14 INDIGO GIRLS 

Sat 19 NED’S ATOMIC DUSTBIN 

Mon 21 THE ALMIGHTY 

Tue 22 ROGER TAYLOR 

Sat 26 PSYCHO GROOVE MOTHERS 


December 1994 


Sun 04 THUNDER 

Tue 06 WATERBRATZ 

Sat 10 NEVERLAND 

Sun 11 SQUEEZE 

Mon 12 DAMNED 

Fri 16 FM 

Sat 17 GLORY STRUMMERS 

Wed 21 MACHINE HEAD 

Mon 26 EDDIE BURKE 

January 1995 

Sat 07 RAYMONDS 

Sat 14 REEF 

Wed 18 SPONGE 

Sat 21 WASP FACTORY 

Sun 22 SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES 

Wed 25 JUNK CULTURE 

Thu 26 CHICAGO BLUES BROS 

Sat 28 SALLY IN THE WOODS 

Tue 31 THE KILLING JOKE 

February 1995 

Wed 01 CABALA 

Fri 03 VIVID 

Sat 04 PATRICIA MORRISON 


Wed 15 SENSER 

Sat 18 GRILL 

Tue 21 SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS 

Wed 22 DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS 

Fri 24 BLASTCAGE 

Sat 25 NUBILES 

Mon 27 HEADSWIM 

March 1995 

Wed 01 OBVIOUSLY FOR BELIEVERS 

Fri 03 APES PIGS AND SPACEMEN 

Sat 04 GRAVEDIGGAZ 

Mon 06 THE MISSION 

Wed 08 CALVIN RUSSELL 


Sat 11 REEF 

Mon 13 POP WILL EAT ITSELF 


Fri 17 BLOW 

Sat 18 THIRTEEN CANDLES 

Wed 22 SPINOUT 

Fri 24 BANG TANGO 

Sat 25 WARRIOR SOUL 

Wed 29 ELASTIC 

April 1995 

Sat 01 ORANGE DELUX 

Wed 05 ENGLISH ROSE 

Thu 06 THE FAB FOUR 

Fri 07 BRUCE DICKINSON 

Sat 08 FIFTY FOUR FOURTY 

Wed 12 UTTER MADNESS 


Fri 14 TED POLEY’S BONE MACHINE 

Sat 15 RAGGITY ANNE 

Wed 19 WARREN G 

Fri 21 STRETCH 

Sat 22 HEMP 

Tue 25 OFFSPRING 

Wed 26 JEFF HEALEY

May 1995 

Wed 03 HOLE 

Fri 05 THE KILLERS 

Sat 06 SALAD 

Sun 07 NATURAL RHYTHM 


Tue 09 GETHSEMANE 

Sat 13 JOYRIDER 

Fri 19 UGLY KID JOE 

Tue 23 MUDHONEY 

Wed 24 THE CRANBERRIES 

Tue 30 JIM ROSE CIRCUS 

June 1995 


Fri 09 OZZY OSBOURNE 

Sat 10 HONEYCRACK 

Mon 12 WARRIOR SOUL 

Wed 14 THERAPY 

Thu 15 ROLF HARRIS 

Tue 20 WALTER TROUT BAND 

Wed 21 REMI ONGALA 

Sat 24 NIGHTMOVES 

July 1995 

Mon 03 THE WILDHEARTS 

Tue 04 EXTREME 

Wed 12 SLASH’S SNAKE PIT 

Sat 22 SOLAR RACE 

Tue 25 NEW CRANES 

Sat 29 CREDIT TO THE NATION 

August 1995 

Sat 05 CAPTAIN SENSIBLE 

Fri 08 HEADSWIM 

Sat 19 JAMES HALL 

Sat 25 NOSFERATU 


Fri 01 R.A.N. 


Fri 15 FREE SPIRIT 

Sat 16 PRIMUS 

October 1995 

Sun 01 BLACK GRAPE 

Tue 03 JULIAN COPE 

Wed 04 BOO RADLEYS 

Sun 08 PJ AND DUNCAN 

Mon 09 PULP 

Fri 13 TIGERTAILZ 

Sat 14 OUT OF MY HAIR 

Sun 15 MARION 

Wed 18 SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS 

Wed 25 PETER FRAMPTON 

Thu 26 EDWYN COLLINS 


November 1995 

Sun 05 RADIOHEAD 

Wed 08 SKID ROW 

Sun 12 OZZY OSBOURNE 

Mon 13 WHALE 

Mon 13 BAD MANNERS 


December 1995 

Fri 01 THUNDER 

Sat 02 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 

Mon 04 THE MACC LADS 

Wed 06 REEF 

Fri 08 THE ALMIGHTY 

Sat 09 CHARLATANS 

Sun 10 THE STRANGLERS 

Mon 11 TEN FIFTYONE 

Wed 13 SQUEEZE 


Fri 15 SKIN 

Sat 16 THE POGUES 

January 1996 

Sat 06 SUGAR KILL 

Wed 10 CATHEDRAL 

Fri 12 ACES HIGH 

Sat 13 GIN GOBLINS 

Tue 16 GENE 

Thu 18 SKUNK ANANSIE 

Fri 19 SONS OF GOD 

Sat 20 SUGAR RAY 


Thu 25 EMILY SAID 


February 1996 

Fri 02 IRON MAIDEN 

Sat 03 CHUMBAWANBA 

Fri 09 AT THE GATE 

Thu 15 COAST 

Fri 16 LIFE OF AGONY 

Sat 17 HONKY 


Thu 22 ECHOBELLY 

Fri 23 WHITE TRASH 

Sat 24 GRAVEYARD 

Tue 27 SUPERGRASS 

Thu 29 THE BLUETONES 

March 1996 

Sat 02 FIELD DAY 

Sun 03 MENSWEAR 

Thu 07 EASE 

Fri 08 MESHUGGAH 

Fri 22 RAN 

Sat 23 THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG 

Wed 27 GARBAGE 

Fri 29 PARADISE LOST 

Sat 30 KIRK BRANDON 

April 1996 

Mon 01 GARY NUMAN 

Sat 06 TERRORVISION 


Sat 20 SOLAR RACE 

Tue 23 LEFTFIELD 

Thu 25 BORGANOVA 

Fri 26 BABY CHAOS 

Sat 27 KALIPHZ 

Sun 28 SHED SEVEN 

Mon 29 STEVE EARLE 

May 1996 

Tue 02 SLAYER 

Sat 04 LAST GREAT DREAMERS 

Wed 08 MARION 


Mon 13 THE BUZZCOCKS 

Wed 15 WHITE ZOMBIE 

Sat 18 NEFILIM 

Sun 19 NORTHERN UPROAR 

Tue 21 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 

Wed 22 SLEEPER 

Fri 24 TRIBUTE TO NOTHING 

Tue 30 ASH 

June 1996 

Sat 01 BLAMELESS 

Tue 04 RANCID 

Thu 06 MADBALL 


Sat 08 FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY 

Wed 12 PLACEBO 

Fri 14 BLASTCAGE 

Sat 22 ROLF HARRIS 

Sun 24 CRADLE OF FILTH 

Wed 26 POP WILL EAT ITSELF 

Thu 27 FRAMES 

July 1996 

Thu 04 SULTANS OF PING 

Fri 05 CONDEMNED SOUL 

Sat 06 MISSION 

Tue 09 FEAR FACTORY 

Thu 11 DARMUS 

Mon 15 THE FLAMING LIPS 

Tue 16 PRISONERS 


Fri 19 NEUK 


Thu 25 BAKE RAINBOW 

Tue 30 RIGHT SAID FRED 

August 1996 

Thu 01 NOVOCAINE 

Fri 02 SKIN 


Sat 10 CONSUMED 

Thu 15 THRUM 

Sat 17 DRIVEN 


Fri 23 BAD BLOOD 

Thu 29 TRACY BONHAM 


Wed 04 THREE MINUTE HEROES 

Thu 05 BESWICK 

Fri 06 SKIN 

Sun 15 RED KROSS 

Wed 18 TERRORVISION 

Thu 19 WIDE EYED WONDER 

Thu 26 MIKE PETERS 

October 1996 

Thu 03 MERC 

Sat 05 HYBIRDS 

Sun 06 RIGHT SAID FRED 

Tue 08 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 

Sat 12 HOLY BARBARIANS 


Sun 20 HONEYCRACK 

Mon 21 DODGY 

Sun 27 AUDIOWEB 

November 1996 

Fri 01 FEEDER 

Tue 05 THESE ANIMAL MEN 

Sat 09 SPEAR OF DESTINY 

Sun 10 CARDIGANS 

Tue 12 IMPERIAL DRAG 

Fri 15 LOADSTAR 

Wed 20 UKG 

Sat 23 GLAN HUGHES 

Tue 26 SKUNK ANANSIE 

Sat 30 ENUFF Z’NUFF 

December 1996 


Fri 12 THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG 

Sun 14 HYBIRDS 

Tue16 NO-WAY-SIS 

Wed 17 SPACE 

Fri 19 PETER GREEN 

Sat 20 DEARLY BEHEADED 

Sun 21 DUB WAR 

Tue 23 SATURNALIA 

January 1997 

Fri 24 REAL TV 

February 1997 

Wed 05 BUSH 

Mon 10 EXPLOITED 

Thu 13 CORE 

Sat 15 PLACEBO 

Sun 16 THUNDER 

Thu 20 URESEI YATSURA 


Wed 26 FREEBASE 


March 1997 

Sat 01 PERFUME 

Sun 02 RED KROSS 

Mon 03 GENE 

Sat 08 SILVERCHAIR 

Tue 11 GRAVITY KILLS 

Sat 15 THREE COLOURS RED 


Fri 21 ENTOMBED 

Fri 28 PIST.ON 

Mon 31 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

April 1997 

Wed 02 

Thu 03 

Fri 04 

Fri 11 

Sat 12 

Sun 13 

Fri 18 

Sat 19 

Thu 24 

Fri 25 

Sun 27 

Wed 30 

May 1997 

Thu 01 

Fri 02 

Sat 03 

Tue 06 

Thu 08 

Fri 09 

BIOHAZARD 

MR. MIYAGI 

BLOOD DIVINE 

CULTURE SPIRIT FREAK 

FLAMING STARS 

TRICKY 

CROWBAR 

BRUCE DICKINSON 

HUSK 

VIOLATION 

MY LIFE STORY 

BILLY BRAGG 

SGT. SOAP 

SUGAR BLAST 

EELS 

TYPE O NEGATIVE 

STRAP ON SALLY 

CORE 


Sat 10 CARTER 

Sun 11 BECK 

Wed 14 FAITH NO MORE 

Thu 15 JESUS JONES 

Sun 18 SUPERNATURALS 

Wed 21 FOO FIGHTERS 

Thu 22 SILVER SUN 

Sat 24 KENICKIE 

Mon 26 HELMET 

Tue 27 MARILYN MANSON 

Wed 28 BODY COUNT 

Thu 29 SENSATION 

Fri 30 WASP 

Sat 31 THEATRE OF HATE 

June 1997 

Mon 02 SYMPOSIUM 

Wed 04 BOOT EASE 

Thu 05 CHARMERS 

Fri 06 PULKAS 


Mon 09 SEAHORSES 

Thu 12 CABLE 

Fri 13 GRIP INC. 

Sat 14 HYBIRDS 

Thu 19 BEEKEEPERS 

Fri 20 HANSOM AND MIDGET 

Sat 21 MINDCORE 

Thu 26 RIALTO 

Fri 27 FREAK SPERT 

July 1997 

Wed 02 HOWARD NEW 

Thu 03 MERC 

Fri 04 WHATEVER 

Sat 05 MANGACIDE 

Tue 08 MEGADETH 

Thu 10 ONE NIL DOWN 

Fri 11 EVOKE 

Tue 15 ELCKA 

Wed 16 SIX BY SEVEN 

Thu 17 BEEKEEPERS 

Fri 18 DOG EAT DOG 

Sat 19 DIE LAUGHING 

Thu 24 HOOVERDAM 

Fri 25 MEDULA NOCTE 

Sat 26 REBECCA 


Thu 31 STRAP ON SALLY 

August 1997 

Mon 04 SPIDERS FROM MARS 

Tue 05 DAVID BOWIE 

Thu 07 NAOMI 


Sat 09 CORE 

Thu14 SARGENT 

Sat 16 BULLRUSH 

Thu 21 FLYSCREEN 

Fri 22 THIRTEEN CANDLES 


Thu 28 FRIDGE 

Fri 29 SKIN 

Sat 30 HIROSHIMA 


Fri 05 SIXTY SECOND ASSASSINS 

Sat 06 HUGE BABY 


Fri 12 REAL TV 

Fri 19 JNR.LOADED 

Sat 20 CHINA DRUM 

Fri 26 MINDCORE 

October 1997 

Fri 03 ENTOMBED 

Sat 04 GROOP DOGDRILL 

Sun 05 DANNI MINOGUE 

Tue 07 MANSUN 

Wed 08 STEREOPHONICS 

Thu 09 GARAGELAND 

Fri 10 DEFTONES 

Sat 11 FRIDGE 

Mon 13 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 


Thu 16 CARRY 

Fri 17 GRIDLOCK 

Sat 18 SPIRITUALISED 

Sun 19 MOTORHEAD 

Fri 24 STRAPPING YOUNG LAD 

Sat 30 PORCUPINE TREE 


November 1997 

Sat 01 RADISH 

Wed 05 GARY NUMAN 

Thu 06 BEE KEEPERS 

Fri 07 SIXTY SECOND ASSASSINS 


Sun 09 DAFT PUNK 

Mon 10 OZRIC TENTACLES 

Thu 13 LACUNA 


Tue 18 CAST 


Fri 21 BREED 

Sat 22 BACKYARD BABIES 

Thu 27 REAL PEOPLE 

Sat 29 FLAMING STARS 

December 1997 

Wed 03 BLACK GRAPE 

Thu 04 FAITH NO MORE 

Fri 05 CORE 

Sat 06 LEATHERFACE 

Sun 07 EMBRACE 

Mon 08 SHANE MACGOWAN AND THE POPES 

Tue 09 NO-WAY-SIS 

Thu 11 HYBIRDS 

Fri 12 COAL CHAMBER 

Sat 13 CLAWFINGER 


Thu 18 TRAVIS 

Fri 19 DEARLY BEHEADED 

Sat 20 ONE MINUTE SILENCE 

January 1998 

Fri 09 BIAS 

Thu 15 CATATONIA 

Fri 16 IRON MONKEY 

Sat 17 FOIL 

Sun 18 SUPERGRASS 


Thu 22 HEADSWIM 

Sat 24 NEW JERSEY 

Jan 29 MIDGIT 

Fri 30 INCUBUS 


February 1998 

Fri 06 OASISN’T 

Sat 07 PITCHSHIFTER 

Mon 09 PRIMAL SCREAM 

Thu 12 RED FRIDGE 

Fri 13 VIOLATION 

Sat 14 RACHEL STAMP 

Sun 15 UFO 

Tue 19 BALLROOM 

Sat 21 SENSER 

Mon 23 DEFTONES 

Sat 28 UNSANE 

March 1998 

Tue 03 BEEKEEPERS 

Thu 05 JANUS STARK 

Sat 07 CATHERINE WHEEL 



Tue 10 DL’S 

Thu 12 FLIPSIDE 

Sat 14 ZELIC 

Tue 17 THE BLUETONES 

Thu 19 SNUFF 

Sat 21 A 

Sun 22 SPIRITUALISED 

Tue 24 VITIMIN A 

Thu 26 FU MAN CHU 

Sat 28 SPACECAKE 

Sun 29 FINLAY QUAYE 

Mon 30 KULA SHAKER 

Tue 31 SIX BY SEVEN 

April 1998 

Thu 02 THERAPY 

Sat 04 ABCD 

Thu 09 CAFFEINE 

Sat 11 MEDICINE TREE 

Sun 12 DUST JUNKIES 

Thu 16 PIE TASTERS 

Sat 18 SKIN 

Tue 21 EARL BRUTUS 

Thu 23 SPEAR OF DESTINY 


Tue 28 

Thu 30 

May 1998 

Sat 02 

Thu 07 

Sat 09 

Mon 11 

Tue 12 

Thu 14 

Sat 16 

Tue 19 

Wed 20 

Wed 20 

Thu 21 

Sat 23 

Mon 25 

Thu 28 

Sat 30 

MASSIVE ATTACK 

JOLT 

TURA SATANA 

JELLYS 

INCUBUS 

THUNDER 

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 

BULLYRAG 

STIMULATOR 

BIG COUNTRY 

SOUL FLY 

SYMPOSIUM 

HUNDRED WATT SMILE 

NINE BELOW ZERO 

NEW MODEL ARMY 

NOFX 

NEW JERSEY 

June 1998 

Thu 04 HEADSWIM 

Sat 06 STUCK MOJO 

Sun 07 CHRISTIAN DEATH 

Tue 09 RANCID 

Thu 11 AVICULTURE 

Sun 14 SKATE FESTIVAL 

Tue 16 RADIUM 88 

Thu 18 MR MIYAGI 

Wed 24 MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES 

Sat 27 ZELIG 

Tue 30 LILO 

July 1998 

Sat 04 

Tue 07 

Thu 09 

Sat 11 

Wed 15 

Sat 18 

Mon 20 

Tue 21 

Wed 23 

Tue 28 

Thu 30 

SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS 

FLOWER HOUSE 

TINSTAR 

CAFFEINE 

CHEAP TRICK 

YELLOW MONKEY 

RUN DMC 

CHRYSLERS 

TINSTAR 

IMPERIAL 

TINSTAR 

August 1998 

Tue 04 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

Thu 06 PESKI 

Sat 08 KING PRAWN 

Thu 13 NAOMI 

Sat 15 SACK TRICK 

Thu 18 HEIGHTS 

Sat 22 SPUNGE 

Wed 26 GREEN DAY 


Tue 01 SHORTWAVE 

Thu 10 PYSCORE 

Sat 12 24 CARAT PURPLE 

Mon 14 BRUCE DICKINSON 

Thu 17 ELLIOT PARK 


Thu 24 RED FRIDGE 

Sat 26 MISERY LOVES CO. 

Tue 29 AUDIENCE 

October 1998 

Thu 01 KENICKIE 

Sat 03 TYLA 

Sun 04 SASH 

Wed 07 ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT 

Thu 08 JESUS LIZARD 

Mon 12 BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 

Tue 13 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

Wed 14 IAN DRURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS 

Thu 15 STONEY SLEEP 

Sat 17 ANATHEMA 


Tue 20 PLACEBO 


Thu 22 ELLIOT PARK 


Tue 27 BERNARD BUTLER 

Thu 29 SILVER SUN 

Thu 29 REPUBLICA 

Sat 31 THEODORA 

November 1998 

Mon 02 MARILLION

Fly Posters 

Before the days of email lists, 

text alerts and Facebook 

invites, a gig lived and died 

by the posters that advertised 

it. From the DIY-style of the inhouse 

to the more grandiose 

illustrations commissioned to 

the Richard Goodall Gallery 

(richardgoodallgallery. 

com) here are some of our 

favourites from Rock City over 

the years.


the definitive 

Gig listings 

Tue 03 

Wed 04 

Thu 05 

Sat 07 

Wed 11 

Thu 12 

Sat 14 

Thu 19 

Sat 21 

Sun 22 

Mon 23 

Thu 26 

Sat 28 

Sat 28 

Sun 29 

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH 

THE STRANGLERS 

SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS 

GOLD BLADE 

BILLY BRAGG 

SENSATION 

MOLETALLICA 

NAOMI 

VIOLATION 

REEF 

SPACE 

I SPY 

SEPULTURA 

RACHEL STAMP 

EDDI READER 

December 1998 

Sat 05 BRUCE DICKINSON 


Sat 12 ROB ZOMBIE 

Tue 15 P J HARVEY 

Sat 19 FEAR FACTORY 

January 1999 


Sat 09 ZELIG 


Thu 14 SLIDER 

Sat 16 JNR LOADED 

Thu 21 BOY CALLED BETTY 

Sat 23 JELLYS 

Tue 26 FAITHLESS 

Thu 28 MIDGIT 

February 1999 

Thu 04 INFRADIG 

Sat 06 CORE 

Sat 13 JELLYS 

Sat 27 SCARRED FOR LIFE 


March 1999 



Sun 07 GENE 

Thu 11 CAMPAG VELOCET 


Sun 14 RED SKY COVEN 

Thu 18 YOUNGER YOUNGER 28’S 

Sat 20 GOOBER PATROL 


Wed 31 ROGER TAYLOR 

April 1999 

Thu 01 NAOMI 

Sat 03 STAMPING GROUND 

Tue 06 SILVERCHAIR 

Wed 07 ASH 


Mon 12 ULTRASOUND 

Tue 15 RADIATOR 

Sat 17 KINGS X 

Sun 18 GARY NUMAN 

Thu 22 YOUNGER YOUNGER 28’S 

Sat 24 MEDULA NOCTE 

Sun 25 ECHO AND THE BUNN MEN 

Mon 26 TERRORVISION 

Tue 27 SCORPIONS 

May 1999 

Sun 01 PIST.ON 

Tue 04 MERCURY REV 

Sat 08 YO YO’S 

Sat 15 SPACE AGE PLAYBOYS 

Mon 17 GAY DAD 

Tue 18 SYSTEM OF A DOWN 

Thu 20 SKINNY 

Sat 22 TOILET BOYS 


Sun 23 

Thu 27 

June 1999 

Tue 01 

Thu 03 

Tue 08 

Thu 10 

Sat 12 

Sat 26 

July 1999 

Thu 01 

Sat 03 

Mon 05 

Thu 08 

Sat 10 

Thu 15 

Sun 18 

Wed 21 

Thu 22 

FEEDER 

FRAMES 

PLAN B 

SEBADOH 

MILES HUNT 

PARADISE LOST 

CAY 

MOLETALLICA 

PANEENI 

JANUS STARK 

GARY MOORE 

SOUTHERN FLY 

STROKE 

SPUNGE 

DRUNK IN PUBLIC 

THE BLACK CROWES 

SHORTWAVE 

August 1999 

Wed 04 THE CREATURES 

Thu 05 RICO 

Sat 07 CONSUMED 

Thu 12 CYCLEFLY 

Tue 17 LIVING END 

Wed 18 BUCKCHERRY 

Sat 21 PLAN B 

Thu 26 SHACK RAG DEFENDERS 

Sat 28 SACK TRICK 


Sat 04 MY RUIN 

Wed 08 MEGADETH 

Thu 09 GRAND THEFT AUTO 

Sat 11 SYMPOSIUM 

Thu 16 SISTERS OF MURPHY 


Mon 27 GODSMACK 

Wed 29 BETA BAND 

Wed 29 A 

October 1999 

Thu 05 SUPERGRASS 

Sat 09 KILL 2 THIS 

Tue 14 CONTEMPO 

Sat 16 LA DOORS 

Sun 17 MICHAEL MONROE 

Mon 18 JOE STRUMMER 

Tue 19 ATARI TEENAGE RIOT 

Wed 20 TRAVIS 

Thu 21 SKUNK ANANSIE 

Sat 23 SOUNDPROOF 

Thu 28 THE BLOODHOUND GANG 

Sat 30 GROOP DOGDRILL 

November 1999 

Mon 01 FEAR FACTORY 

Tue 02 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 

Thu 04 CF CANE 

Sat 06 THE CROCKETTS 

Tue 09 MORRISSEY 


Thu 11 SUGAR PLUM FAIRIES 

Sat 13 THE FLAMING LIPS 

Wed 17 MARILLION 

Thu 18 SHORTWAVE 

Sat 20 DEMENTED ARE GO 


Wed 24 MISSION 

Sat 27 EARTHTONE 9 

December 1999 

Sat 04 ABCD 

Sun 05 

Mon 06 

Tue 07 

Sat 11 

Sun 12 

Mon 13 

Wed 15 

Sat 18 

FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

IAN BROWN 

THUNDER 

SPUNGE 


THERAPY 

BEN FOLDS FIVE 

MACHINE HEAD 

January 2000 

Sat 08 LUKAN 

Sat 15 VICIOUS CIRCLE 

Sat 29 BLOODHOUND GANG 

Sun 30 SEX GANG 

February 2000 


Sat12 FREAK SPERT 

Sat 19 THRILLCREAM 

Wed 23 SLACKERS 

Sat 26 LIBERTY 37 

Sun 27 BUSH 

March 2000 

Thu 02 SLIPKNOT 

Sat 04 RAGING SPEEDHORN 

Wed 08 PRIMAL SCREAM 

Thu 09 JUSTIN LEWIS ORCHESTRA 

Sat 11 TUNG 


Sat 18 PYSCORE 

Thu 23 CAY 

Sat 25 DOWNWARD THING 

Mon 27 HOWARD MARKS 

April 2000 

Sat 01 

Wed 05 

Thu 06 

Sat 08 

Sat 15 

Mon 17 

Thu 20 

Sat 22 

Mon 24 

Wed 26 

May 2000 

Sat 06 

Mon 08 

Wed 10 

Sat 13 

Tue 16 

Sat 20 

Wed 24 

Thu 25 

Sat 27 

Wed 31 

June 2000 

Thu 01 

Sat 03 

Wed 07 

Thu 08 

Sat 10 

Thu 15 

Sat 17 

Sun 18 

Thu 22 

Thu 29 

July 2000 

Sat 01 

Thu 06 

Sat 08 

Sun 09 

Wed 12 

Thu 13 

part two 

IDLEWILD 

DREAM THEATER 

BO HO SUB BAND 

FREEBASE 

BOB CATLEY 

GENE LOVES JEZEBEL 

GROOP DOGDRILL 

KILL 2 THIS 

MOLETALLICA 

INCUBUS 

VAUGHN 

DIO 

SOULWAX 

DEMENTED ARE GO 

LEFTFIELD 

LA DOORS 

BIG COUNTRY 

HIM 

ONE MINUTE SILENCE 

TWO WITCHES 

JELLYS 


THE THE 

BRASSY 

VEGATONES 

SLAYER 

SUGARFIX 

KITTIE 

METHODS OF MAYHEM 

LEATHERFACE 

ANTI PRODUCT 

CYLS 

KINGS X 

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY 

GRAHAM COXON 

ULTRAVIOLET

Sat 15 

Thu 20 

Sat 22 

Thu 27 

Sat 29 

A PERFECT CIRCLE 

MOHOBISHOPI 

SOUTHPORT 

FANTOMAS 

LEVELLERS 

August 2000 

Sat 05 FATTY JONES 

Thu 10 THRILLCREAM 

Sat 12 ULTRAVIOLENCE 

Sat 19 ANXIETY 9 

Mon 21 BELLATRIX 


Sat 02 TUNG 

Sun 03 SISTERS OF MERCY 

Tue 05 STRAW 

Thu 07 TITAN 

Sat 09 MR BUNGLE 

Sat 09 DOWNWARD THING 

Tue 12 SHOT GUN 

Thu 14 PLAN A 

Sat 16 KILLING MIRANDA 

Thu 21 WIZO 

Sat 23 YO YO’S 

Tue 26 VOI 

Wed 27 RACHEL STAMP 

Thu 28 THE CROCKETTS 

Sat 30 TOPLOADER 

Sat 30 VAUGHN 

October 2000 

Sun 01 CAST 

Tue 03 CRASHLAND 

Wed 04 MORCHEEBA 

Sat 07 EARTHTONE 9 

Tue 10 JULIAN COPE 

Thu 12 KILL 2 THIS 

Sat 14 TWENTYEIGHT DAYS 

Mon 16 THE WATERBOYS 

Tue 17 DAVID GRAY 

Thu 19 MY VITRIOL 

Sat 21 SPIRITUAL BEGGARS 


Tue 24 QUEEN ADREENA 

Thu 26 TAILGUNNER 

Sat 28 THE ALMIGHTY 

Mon 30 PLACEBO 

November 2000 

Wed 01 EMBRACE 

Sat 04 SHORTWAVE 

Mon 06 OYSTER BAND 

Tue 07 JAMES 

Thu 09 AUTONOMY 

Sat 11 GOLD BLADE 

Sun 12 TERRORGRUPPE 

Tue 14 HEFNER 

Wed 15 VAST 

Thu 16 POWDERFINGER 

Sat 18 HIM 

Sun 19 QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE 

Mon 20 ROACHFORD 


Thu 23 REAL MCKENZIES 

Sat 25 SPUNGE 

Mon 27 UFO 

Tue 28 THIN LIZZY 

Wed 29 SHORTWAVE 

December 2000 


Sat 02 BREED 77 

Mon 04 HALFORD 

Tue 05 SOULFLY 


Thu 07 DUM DUMS 

Sat 09 SICK OF IT ALL 

Tue 12 SHANE MACGOWAN AND THE POPES 

Wed 13 ALARM 2000 

Sat 16 DAMNED 

Sun 17 BILLY BRAGG 

Mon 18 THE SAW DOCTORS 

Tue 19 ONE MINUTE SILENCE 

January 2001 

Sat 13 TRIP SWITCH 

Sat 20 TUNG 

Thu 25 LINEA 77 


Wed 31 PAPA ROACH 

February 2001 

Sat 03 SNOW DOGS 

Mon 05 MY VITRIOL 

Thu 08 SACK TRICK 


Tue 13 HADLEY NORMAN KEEBLE 

Wed 14 SOULWAX 

Sat 17 MINDLAPSE 


Tue 20 GARY NUMAN 

Thu 22 I AM KLOOT 

Sat 24 GREAT WHITE 

Sat 24 DIRTY HARRY 

March 2001 

Thu 01 SPUNGE 

Sat 03 KING PRAWN 

Sun 04 AINSLEY LISTER 

Mon 05 GOLD FINGER 

Tue 06 SUNNA 

Thu 08 NERVE 

Sat 10 HELLACOPTERS 

Mon 12 GRAND THEFT AUDIO 

Thu 15 TWIST 

Sat 17 JANUS STARK 

Mon 19 HELLOWEEN 

Tue 20 THE ANSWER IS NO 

Thu 22 MALLUKA 

Sat 24 CATHEDRAL 

Sun 25 COUSTEAU 

Tue 27 GAY DAD 

Sat 31 THE MELVINS 

Apri 2001 

Mon 02 HAWKWIND 

Tue 03 GARY MOORE 


Sat 07 LESS THAN JAKE 

Sat 07 ORANGE GOBLIN 

Sun 08 MUSE 

Wed 11 FEEDER 

Thu 12 COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS 

Sat 14 CRADLE OF FILTH 

Sun 15 CALEXICO 

Thu 19 PILLBOX 

Sat 21 ANTI PRODUCT 

Mon 23 SOFT BOYS 

Thu 26 BOY HITS CAR 

Sat 28 ATARIS 

May 2001 

Tue 01 RHEORIC 

Wed 02 RED SKY COVEN 

Thu 03 REVEREND HORTON HEAT 

Sat 05 SNUB 

Sun 06 ARAB STRAP 

Wed 09 SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK 

Thu 10 VOODOO GLOW SKULLS 

Sat 12 ENUFF Z’NUFF 

Mon 14 RODDY CROWELL 

Thu 17 NEW FOUND GLORY 

Sat 19 MOTORHEAD 

Thu 24 PROUD MARY 

Sat 26 LAMBS 

Mon 28 JJ72 

Tue 29 UNION UNDERGROUND 

Thu 31 REGULAR FRIES 

June 2001 

Sat 02 LINEA 77 

Mon 04 INCUBUS 

Tue 05 DOG FASHION DISCO 

Sat 09 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN 

Sat 16 REEL BIG FISH 

Mon 18 JOHN MAYALL 

Tue 19 THE WILDHEARTS 

Thu 21 FOUR STAR MARY 

Sat 23 EMMA CONQUEST 

Tue 26 JASON DOWNS 

Thu 28 SACK TRICK 

Sat 30 PIST ON 

July 2001 

Tue 03 NASHVILLE PUSSY 

Thu 05 HAVEN 

Sat 07 SNOWDOGS 

Tue 10 WHEATUS 

Wed 11 MEGADETH 

Thu 12 NERVE 

Sat 14 KATASTROPHY WIFE 

Thu 19 CONSUMED 

Sat 21 MEDULLA NOCTE 

Thu 26 VEX RED 

Sat 28 B MOVIE HEROES 

August 2001 

Sat 04 TED POLEY 

Mon 06 BAD MANNERS 

Sat 18 DANNY VAUGHN 

Wed 22 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 

Thu 23 LESS THAN ZERO 

Thu 30 HOPEWELL 


Sat 01 MEDULLA NOCTE 

Sat 08 LOST PROPHETS 

Thu 13 SHOOTIN GOON 

Sat 15 TRIBUTE TO NOTHING 

Sun 16 AINSLEY LISTER 

Mon 17 VISION OF DISORDER 

Tue 18 COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE 

Thu 20 SIZER BARKER 

Sat 22 LA GUNS 

Sun 23 ROY HARPER 


October 2001 

Sat 06 NUMBER ONE SON 

Wed 10 SUPERCHUNK 

Sat 13 QUEEN ADREENA 

Wed 17 SHED SEVEN 

Thu 18 PHONOTYPE 

Sat 20 EELS 

Sat 20 LITTLE TEN 

Sun 21 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY 

Mon 22 FOOLS GOLD 

Tue 23 AIR 

Wed 24 DIVINE COMEDY 

Thu 25 WATERDOWN 

Sat 27 THE QUIREBOYS 

Sat 27 FOUR STAR MARY 

Sun 28 STARSAILOR 

Mon 29 MY VITRIOL 

Wed 31 EMBRACE 

November 2001 

Thu 01 THE WATERBOYS 

Sat 03 OPM 

Sat 03 THREE D HOUSE OF BEEF 

Sun 04 HOWARD MARKS 

Mon 05 GENE 

Tue 06 FEAR FACTORY 


Thu 08 SPUNGE 

Sat 10 SILVER GINGER 5 

Wed 14 THE AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD 

Thu 15 BOMB JAX 

Sat 17 MEDICATION 

Sun 18 PULP 

Thu 22 KATSCAN 

Thu 22 CORTIZONE 

Sat 24 LA DOORS 

Wed 28 DELIRIOUS 

Thu 29 TOM HINGLEY 

December 2001 

Sat 01 BUCK O NINE 

Mon 03 THERAPY 

Wed 05 HUMAN LEAGUE 

Thu 06 BLACK ROCK 

Sat 08 DEVIN TOWNSEND 

Sun 09 ZEN GUERILLA 



Thu 13 HALO 

Sat 15 SENSER 

Sun 16 CHRIS HELME 

Mon 17 NEW FOUND GLORY 

Thu 20 TYLA 

Sat 22 SCHISM 

Mon 31 SPUNGE 

January 2002 

Sat 05 SANCTUM 

Sat 12 TEN 

Wed 16 THE MILES HUNT CLUB 

Thu 17 SPOONFED 

Sat 19 TOILET BOYS 


Sun 20 

Tue 22 

Wed 23 

Thu 24 

Sat 26 

Thu 31 

ROLLINS BAND 

CLUTCH 

MAD CADDIES 

CHARGER 

ABCD 

LIT 

February 2002 

Sat 02 SEACHANGE 

Tue 05 THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE 

Thu 07 THE HIVES 

Thu 07 NOSFERATU 

Sat 09 FASTER PUSSYCAT 

Sun 10 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

Wed 13 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 

Thu 14 HALO 

Sat16 VIOLENT DELIGHT 

Wed 20 IAN BROWN 

Thu 21 TRIBUTE TO NOTHING 

Sat 23 HUNDRED REASONS 

Mon 25 A 


Thu 28 HAVEN 

March 2002 

Sat 02 LOKUST 

Sat 02 APOPTYGMA BERZERK 

Wed 06 SUM 41 

Thu 07 CYCLEFLY 

Sat 09 DIAMOND HEAD 

Sat 09 AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE 


Thu 14 PLAN A 

Sat 16 BABES IN TOYLAND 

Thu 21 ELLIS 

Sat 23 ASIA 

Thu 28 VACANT STARE 

Sat 30 TOBY JEPSON 

April 2002 

Thu 04 ADEMA 

Sat 06 GILBY CLARKE 

Sat 06 TRIPSWITCH 

Sun 07 BELL RAYS 

Tue 09 SHINING 

Thu 11 AUTONOMY 

Sat 13 MORTIIS 

Tue 16 FOOLS GOLD 

Wed 17 SIX BY SEVEN 

Thu 18 LO FIDELITY ALL STARS 

Sat 20 FENIX TX 

Sat 20 LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH 

Tue 23 GUTTERMOUTH 


Thu 25 COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE 

Thu 25 BREED 77 

Sat 27 MIKE TRAMP 

May 2002 

Thu 02 

Sat 04 

Mon 06 

Wed 08 

Thu 09 

Sat 11 

Mon 13 

Tue 14 

Wed 15 

Thu 16 

Sat 18 

Sat 18 

Mon 20 

Tue 21 

Thu 23 

Sat 25 

Tue 28 

Thu 30 

June 2002 

Sat 01 

Sun 02 

Tue 04 

Thu 06 

Tue 11 

Sat 15 

Tue 18 

Thu 20 

NUMBER ONE SON 

CAPDOWN 

THE ALARM 

MOSTLY AUTUMN 

SUICIDE MACHINES 

RACHEL STAMP 

ALIEN ANT FARM 

JESUS JONES 

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB 

KING PRAWN 

HIM 

SPUNGE 

IAN HUNTER 

ZEKE 

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE 

MANUSKRIPT 

JIMMY EAT WORLD 

CATHERTERS 

GUTWORM 

COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE 

SOIL 

SERAPHIN 

SIDESHOW 

SAXON 

THEORY OF EVERYTHING 

DFOUR 

Sat 22 ELLIS 

Tue 25 AIRHAMMER 


July 2002 

Tue 02 PITTSTOPS 

Thu 04 BIFFY CLYRO 

Tue 09 HOOBERSTANK 

Sat 13 BONE-BOX 

Tue 16 SOULMONKEY 

Sat 20 ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN 

Sun 21 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

Tue 23 LENDER 

Thu 25 JESSE JAMES 

Sat 27 TOBY JEPSON 

Sun 28 SUGA COMA 

Tue 30 TERRASHIMA 

Wed 31 PATTI SMITH 

August 2002 

Thu 08 HALO 

Tue 13 SPLINT 

Thu 15 SHORTWAVE 

Tue 20 NUTRON STARS 

Thu 22 DRAGPIPE 

Sat 24 MISCONDUCT 

Tue 27 OVERLOAD 


Sun 01 IN ME 

Tue 03 ANGEL ORANGE 

Sat 07 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN 

Tue vv10 AFTER SUBURBIA 

Thu 12 BULLETPROOF 

Sat 14 DIAMOND HEAD 

Tue 17 BELL RAYS 

Thu 19 GOLD BLADE 

Sat 21 BOWES AND MORLEY 

Tue 24 BEECHER 

Thu 26 SEACHANGE 


October 2002 

Tue 01 PITCHSHIFTER 

Thu 03 CRESENT 

Sat 05 MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES 

Tue 08 MISS BLACK AMERICA 

Thu 10 MARTIN GRECH 

Sat 12 TUFF 

Mon 14 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 

Tue 15 SUPERGRASS 

Thu 17 KOSHEEN 

Sat 19 BOWLING FOR SOUP 

Sun 20 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY 

Mon 21 THE POLYPHONIC SPREE 

Tue 22 COASTAL DUNE 

Wed 23 FUGAZI 

Thu 24 LIGHT YEAR 

Sat 26 A 

Sun 27 DJ SHADOW 

Mon 28 DOVES 

Tue 29 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 

Wed 30 THE VINES 

Thu 31 THE STREETS 

November 2002 


Sun 03 GARY MOORE 

Tue 05 MAGENTA 

Wed 06 HUNDRED REASONS 

Thu 07 FOUR STAR MARY 

Sat 09 JUSTIN SULLIVAN 

Sun 10 MOSTLY AUTUMN 

Wed 13 KIDS NEAR WATER 

Thu 14 BULLET PROOF 

Sat 16 HANOI ROCKS 

Sun 17 FISHBONE 

Tue 19 LEVELLERS 

Wed 20 RICHARD ASHCROFT 


Sat 23 DFOUR 

Mon 25 VANDALS 

Tue 26 GOMEZ 

Wed 27 SPUNGE 

Thu 28 SNAPCASE 

Thu 28 BUDGIE 

Sat 30 PRONG 

December 2002 

Mon 02 GROOVE ARMADA 

Tue 03 NUTRON STARS 

Wed 04 BADLY DRAWN BOY 

Thu 05 DISTURBED 

Sat 07 

Mon 09 

Wed 11 

Thu 12 

Sat 14 

Sat 14 

Sun 15 

Tue 17 

Sat 28 

JESSE JAMES 

MURDERDOLLS 

IDLEWILD 

BULLET PROOF 

MAGNUM 

TRIPSWITCH 

THE DAMNED 

THE PITTSTOPS 

CYBERPOLIS 

January 2003 

Wed 08 MUSIC 

Sat 11 FRAID 

Tue 14 DAWN PARADE 

Sat 18 LURKERS 

Mon 20 THE FLAMING LIPS 

Wed 22 INME 

Thu 23 EASYWORLD 

Thu 30 THE JOHN SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION 

February 2003 

Sat 01 GUTWORM 

Tue 04 NME TOUR: THE DATSUNS, THE 

POLYPHONIC SPREE, INTERPOL AND THE 

THRILLS 

Wed 05 REEL BIG FISH 

Sat 08 PRETTY BOY FLOYD 

Sun 09 ELECTRIC SIX 

Tue 11 STEREO MC’S 

Thu 13 THE RAVEONETTES 

Sat 15 CAVE IN 

Sun 16 STEVE-O FROM JACKASS 

Wed 19 FEEDER 

Thu 20 ATARIS 

Mon 24 STONE SOUR 

Tue 25 BOWLING FOR SOUP 

Thu 27 YEAH YEAH YEAH’S 

March 2003 

Sat 01 CAESARS 

Mon 03 LINKIN PARK 

Sun 09 TURIN BRAKES 


Tue 11 BIFFY CLYRO 

Sat 15 OPETH 

Sun 16 LAIKIA DOGS 

Mon 17 FOOLS GOLD 

Thu 20 TRICKSTER 


Sun 23 FARSE 

Tue 25 FINCH 

Wed 26 REEF 

Thu 27 HARRY 

Sat 29 MAD CAPSULE MARKETS 

April 2003 

Sat 05 

Sun 06 

Tue 08 

Thu 10 

Sat 12 

Sun 13 

Mon 14 

Tue 15 

Thu 17 

Sat 19 

Sun 20 

Wed 23 

Sat 26 

Sun 27 

Tue 29 

May 2003 

Thu 01 

Sat 03 

Sun 04 

Mon 05 

Tue 06 

Thu 08 

Sat 10 

Tue 13 

Sat 17 

Sat 17 

Sun 18 

Mon 19 

Sat 16 

Tue 20 

Thu 22 

Sat 24 

Mon 26 

MURDER ONE 

PUBLIC ENEMY 

GLASSJAW 

WIDESCREEN 


PLACEBO 

DOWNSET 

TRICKSTER 

REVS 

LOVE HATE 

THE BUZZCOCKS 

THE WILDHEARTS 

HELL IS FOR HEROES 

MAD CADDIES 

OCEANSIZE 

VIOLENT DELIGHT 

KATATONIA 

BLAZE OF GLORY 

SERAFIN 

TODAY IS THE DAY 

ZICO 

LESS THAN JAKE 

SKEME 

FASTER PUSSYCAT 

GUANO APES 

COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE 

HAWKWIND 

BOY SETS FIRE 

THUNDER 

A.R.E. WEAPONS 

CLEARLAKE 

JAZZY JEFF AND GRANDMASTER FLASH

Tue 27 MOHAIRE 

Thu 29 PITTSTOPS 

Sat 31 ANTI PRODUCT 

June 2003 

Wed 04 BLUE OYSTER CULT 

Wed 04 WORM 

Thu 05 TORQUE ARMADA 

Sat 07 BOB CATLEY 

Tue 10 YOUNG HEART ATTACK 

Sat 14 GATHERING 

Sun 15 E-CRAFT 

Tue 17 BOY SETS FIRE 

Sat 21 SHEEP ON DRUGS 

Sat 21 PRONG 

Mon 23 ANDROIDS 

Tue 24 KELLY OSBOURNE 

Sat 28 WAKING KILLS THE DREAM 

Sat 28 ANTHRAX 

Sun 29 MINISTRY 

Mon 30 MADBALL 

July 2003 

Tue 01 LOVE WITH ARTHUR LEE 

Wed 02 THE POLYPHONIC SPREE 

Thu 03 NOT KATIES 

Sat 05 TRIPSWITCH 

Sun 06 THE BEAT 

Mon 07 COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS 

Tue 08 STONE SOUR 

Tue 08 MURDERDOLLS 

Wed 09 HOMEGROWN 

Sat 12 ROLLINS BAND 

Tue 15 MINK LUNGS 

Thu 17 TOMAHAWK 

Sat 19 BOSTON CRABS 

Tue 22 BELL X 1 

Sat 26 BUMSNOGGER 

Sun 27 MILLION DEAD 

Tue 29 KALEB 

Thu 31 GA GA’S 

August 2003 

Sat 02 ENGERICA 

Mon 04 QUEEN ADREENA 

Thu 07 METROPOLIS 


Sun 10 UNCLE BRIAN 

Thu 14 PROJECT MAYHEM 

Sat 15 IMOGEN 

Thu 20 ICE T 


Sun 31 SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK 


Tue 02 OCEANSIZE 

Sat 06 INTEGRITY 

Wed 10 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 

Sat 13 ADEMA 

Mon 15 RANCID 

Tue 16 DEFTONES 

Wed 17 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 


Sat 20 KOREY CLARKE’S WARRIOR SOUL 

Tue 23 ALKALINE TRIO 

Wed 24 STARSAILOR 

Thu 25 CRAMPS 

Sat 27 ANDREW WK 

Sat 27 MGF 

Sun 28 WHEATUS 

Mon 29 JESSE JAMES 

Tue 30 HONDO MACLEAN 

October 2003 

Sat 04 SPINESHANK 

Sat 04 REUBEN 


Tue 07 KILLING JOKE 


Thu 09 REGURGITATER 

Sat 11 DARKNESS 

Sat 18 MIKE TRAMP 

Sun 19 THE PARKINSONS 

Wed 22 RAHZEL 

Thu 23 MOHAIRE 

Sat 25 NUMBER ONE SON 

Sun 26 BILLY TALENT 

Tue 28 DEMENTED ARE GO 

Wed 29 LEGENDS OF THE DARK BLACK 

Thu 30 CEPHALLIC CARNAGE 

November 2003 


Tue 04 LINEA 77 

Wed 05 HOT HOT HEAT 

Wed 05 VOODOO GLOW SKULLS 

Thu 06 X IS LOADED 

Fri 07 JANE’S ADDICTION 

Sat 08 LIFE OF AGONY 

Mon 10 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB 

Tue 11 B MOVIE HEROES 

Sat 15 DISTILLERS 

Sat 15 JET PLANE LANDING 

Sun 16 SKID ROW 

Mon 17 LEE SCRATCH PERRY 

Tue 18 CORAL 

Thu 20 FARSE 

Sat 22 HOPE CONSPIRACY 

Sat 22 MARS VOLTA 

Sun 23 HOWARD MARKS 

Mon 24 THUNDER 

Tue 25 SNUFF 

Wed 26 BEATNUTS 

Thu 27 DANDY WARHOLS 

Sat 29 INSPIRAL CARPETS 

December 2003 

Mon 01 HUMAN LEAGUE 

Tue 02 MACHINE HEAD 

Wed 03 SENSER 

Sat 06 STRIKE ANYWHERE 

Sun 07 ELECTRIC SIX 

Mon 08 THE SAW DOCTORS 

Mon 08 STAMPING GROUND 

Tue 09 SHED SEVEN 

Wed 10 LEVELLERS 

Sat 13 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN 

Tue 16 ALL ABOUT EVE 


Thu 18 KINGS OF LEON 

January 2004 

Sun 18 RYAN ADAMS 

Sat 24 RASMUS 

Mon 26 SPIRITUALIZED 

Wed 28 ATHLETE 

Sat 31 HIM 

February 2004 

Mon 02 HARDCORE SUPERSTAR 

Tue 03 NME TOUR: FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND , 

FRANZ FERDINAND, THE RAPTURE AND THE 

VON BONDIES 

Wed 04 THRILLS 

Wed 04 LONGBEACH SHORTBUS 

Thu 05 ENTOMBED 

Sat 07 CAPDOWN 

Sat 07 MILLION DEAD 

Sun 08 A PERFECT CIRCLE 

Mon 09 CHIMAIRA 

Tue 10 JET 

Wed 11 AIR 

Thu 12 BEECHER 

Sat 14 PRIZE FIGHT 

Sun 15 DAMIEN RICE 

Mon 16 WINNEBAGO DEAL 

Tue 17 LOST PROPHETS 

Sat 21 MONSTER MAGNET 


Sun 22 ROCKET SUMMER 

Mon 23 ATARIS 

Tue 24 SOILWORK 

Thu 26 DECAPITATED 

Sat 28 DROPKICK MURPHYS 

Sun 29 SPUNGE 

March 2004 


Sat 06 REALLY HOT CHILLI PEPPERS 

Sun 07 LIMEHOUSE LIZZY 

Tue 09 CKY 

April 2004 

Sat 05 

Sun 06 

Tue 08 

Thu 10 

Sat 12 

Sun 13 

Mon 14 

MURDER ONE 

PUBLIC ENEMY 

GLASSJAW 

WIDESCREEN 


PLACEBO 

DOWNSET 

Tue 15 TRICKSTER 

Thu 17 REVS 

Sat 19 LOVE HATE 

Sun 20 THE BUZZCOCKS 


Sat 26 HELL IS FOR HEROES 

Sun 27 MAD CADDIES 

Tue 29 OCEANSIZE 

May 2004 

Mon 10 NOFX 

Tue 11 FOUR FOOT FINGERS 


Thu 13 BRONX 

Sat 15 JETPLANE LANDING 

Sun 16 THE VINES 

Sun 16 KAMATAKA 

Mon 17 G Z A 

Wed 19 KING ADORA 

Thu 20 NEW DISEASE 


Sat 22 MALIBU STACEY 

Sun 23 MY WAR 

Tue 25 GOMEZ 

Wed 26 ASH 


Sat 29 EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER 

Sun 30 FIGHT 

June 2004 

Tue 01 THE CHARLATANS 

Thu 03 SPEEDWAY 

Sat 05 CYBERPOLIS 

Tue 08 DIRTY AMERICANS 

Wed 09 QUEENSRYCHE 

Thu 10 MASTODON 

Sat 12 TSUNAMI BOMB 

Sun 13 ANTHRAX 

Mon 14 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 

Sat 19 MY AWESOME COMPILATION 

Sat 19 MOTLEY CRUED 

Sun 20 HIDING PLACE 

Tue 22 AGNOSTIC FRONT 

Wed 23 UFO 

Thu 24 NO HOPE IN JERSEY 

Sat 26 KCUF 

Sun 27 WHOLE LOTTA LED 

Moy 28 MESHUGGAH 

July 2004 

Thu 01 HYDROUS 

Sat 03 LARUSO 

Sun 04 VANILLA POD 

Tue 06 DEVIL MADE ME DO IT 

Thu 08 HIDDEN HAND 

Sat 10 K M F D M 

Sun 11 TAT 

Tue 13 ORANGE GOBLIN 

Wed 14 NIGHTWISH 

Thu 15 MINUS 


Sun 18 MANUSKRIPT 

Mon 19 TIMBALAND AND MAGOO 

Thu 22 VAULTS 

Sat 24 DISCHARGE 

Sun 25 NO COMPLY 

Sat 31 DESCENT 

August 2004 

Wed 04 MISSION 

Sat 07 PUNKLES 

Sun 08 BUZZKILL 

Wed 11 LETZ ZEP 

Sat 14 HOPESFALL 

Tue 17 BRING ME THE HORIZON 

Thu 19 HORRORPOPS 

Sat 21 ZODIAC MINDWARP 

Sun 22 CAPTAIN EVERYTHING 

Tue 24 OWING TO THIS 

Thu 26 MCQUEEN 

Sat 28 RASMUS 

Sun 29 TAKING BACK SUNDAY 

Mon 30 NEW FOUND GLORY 


Thu 02 FEATURES 

Sat 04 BLED 

Sat 04 GINGER 

Wed 08 P J HARVEY 

Thu 09 MELODY CLUB 


Sat 11 HURT PROCESS 


Sun 19 LITTLEST MAN BAND 

Mon 20 JOHNNY TRUANT 

Mon 20 MR SCRUFF 

Tue 21 NEEDLES 

Tue 21 BABYSHAMBLES 

Wed 22 THE HIVES 

Sat 25 LIKENESS 

Sat 25 WINNEBAGO DEAL 

Mon 27 MAGNUM 

Wed 29 MUSIC 

Thu 30 RAZORLIGHT 

Thu 30 VIKING SKULL 

October 2004 

Sat 02 HOLIDAY PLAN 

Sat 02 SUGARCULT 

Sun 03 EMBRACE 

Mon 04 THE WONDER STUFF 

Tue 05 MAROON 5 

Wed 06 BOWLING FOR SOUP 



Mon 11 GOLDIE LOOKIN’ CHAIN 


Tue 12 GHOSTRIDE 

Wed 13 RAHZEL 

Thu 14 DRAGONFORCE 

Sat 16 HELL IS FOR HEROES 

Sat 16 BITTERFLY EFFECT 

Sun 17 ZUTONS 

Tue 19 ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY 

Thu 21 CAPTAIN EVERYTHING 

Mon 25 SPUNGE 

Tue 26 MAD CADDIES 

Wed 27 HOOBASTANK 

Thu 28 FILAMENTS 

Sat 30 MIDTOWN 

November 2004 

Tue 02 TERRA DIABLO 

Thu 04 ADEQUATE 7 

Sat 06 WASP 

Sat 06 STERIOGRAM 

Mon 08 KEANE 

Mon 08 TYKETTO 

Tue 09 AMY WINEHOUSE 

Tue 09 AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE 

Sat 13 X IS LOADED 

Sun 14 RED LEMON 

Mon 15 MOTORHEAD 

Tue 16 THE VANDALS 


Thu 18 MY GIRL SLEEPS 

Sat 20 FLOGGING MOLLY 

Sat 20 HIDING PLACE 

Sun 21 FIVE 

Tue 23 MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP 

Wed 24 THE ROOTS 

Sat 27 BLACK VELVETS 

Sun 28 WASTED 

Mon 29 ELECTRIC SIX 

Tue 30 A SCARLET ACE 

December 2004 


Sat 04 YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO 

Mon 06 GROOVE ARMADA 

Tue 07 POISON THE WELL 

Tue 07 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN 

Thu09 FOURWAY KILL 

Sat 11 COLOUR OF FIRE 

Sun 12 FEAR FACTORY 

Mon 13 KASABIAN 


Wed 15 STEVE EARLE 

Sat 18 BLACKBUD 

Sun 19 INTERPOL 

Mon 20 DOGS D’AMOUR 

Tue 21 KINGS OF LEON 

Wed 22 THUNDER 

Thu 23 FIGHT 

Fri 31 MOLETALLICA 

January 2005 

Sat 08 HEAD ON 

Sat 15 TIGER ARMY 

Thu 20 POP WILL EAT ITSELF 

Sat 22 USED 


Sun 23 

Wed 26 

Thu 27 

Sat 29 

NME TOUR: THE KILLERS,THE FUTUREHEADS, 

BLOC PARTY AND KAISER CHIEFS 

TAKING BACK SUNDAY 

HARD-FI 

BEYOND ALL REASON 

February 2005 

Tue 01 HURT PROCESS 

Wed 02 HANOI ROCKS 

Sat 05 MEGADETH 

Sun 06 ROOSTER 

Tue 08 THIN LIZZY 

Thu 10 FOZZY 

Thu 10 OTHERS 

Sat 12 LARS FREDERIKSEN 

Sun 13 QUIET RIOT 

Wed 16 NEW FOUND GLORY 

Thu 17 AKAS 

Sat 19 CAPDOWN 

Sat 19 TOWERS OF LONDON 

Tue 22 DAYS OF WORTH 

Wed 23 THE QUIREBOYS 

Thu 24 FONY 

Fri 25 BJORN AGAIN 

Sat 26 ILL DISPOSED 

Sun 27 BEES 

Mon 28 STUCK MOJO 

March 2005 

Tue 01 THE ORDINARY BOYS 

Thu 03 HAUNTED 

Sun 06 DROPKICK MURPHYS 

Wed 09 ATHLETE 


Sun 13 WILCO 

Tue 15 ASIA 

Thu 17 QUEEN ADREENA 

Sat 19 BLUEPRINT 

Wed 23 GOOD CHARLOTTE 

Thu 24 ONE CONDITION 

Tue 29 DOVES 

April 2005 

Sat 02 

Sat 02 

Mon 04 

Tue 05 

Wed 06 

Thu 07 

Sat 09 

Sat 09 

Mon 11 

Tue 12 

Wed 13 

Thu 14 

Sat 16 

Sun 17 

Tue 19 

Wed 20 

Sat 23 

Sun 24 

Mon 25 

Thu 28 

Sat 30 

Sat 30 

Mon 02 

May 2005 

Tue 03 

Thu 05 

Sat 07 

Tue 10 

Wed 11 

Thu 12 

Sun 15 

Mon 16 

Tue 17 

Wed 18 

Sat 21 

Sun 22 

Mon 23 

Tue 24 

Wed 25 

Thu 26 

Tue 31 

June 2005 

Wed 01 

ENUFF Z’NUFF 

GLITTERATI 

HIGH ON FIRE 

HELL IS FOR HEROES 

THIRTY SIX CRAZYFISTS 

FANS OF KATE 

DO ME BAD THINGS 

TOKYO DRAGONS 

JULIETTE AND THE LICKS 

TERRORVISION 

ATREYU 

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK 

WEDNESDAY THIRTEEN 

IDLEWILD 

DOKKEN 

BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE 

THERAPY 

PRESIDENTS OF THE USA 

ROOSTER 

ISIS 

YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO 

FASTER PUSSYCAT 

BRANT BJORK AND THE BROS 

CARNAL FORGE 

A 

JOHNNY PANIC 

SOLACE 

TRIVIUM 

SILVERSTEIN 

DANZIG 

HOPESFALL 

NO COMPLY 

DIRTBOMBS 

VAIN 

MONDO GENERATOR 

HAWKWIND 

MORCHEEBA 

MR SCRUFF 

THREE CHILDREN OF FORTUNE 

CAPTAIN EVERYTHING 

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN 

Sat 04 VIXEN 

Sun 05 KRS-ONE 

Wed 08 OPEN HAND 

Thu 09 JESSE JAMES 

Mon 13 STYX 

Tue 14 VADER 

Thu 16 DAYS OF WORTH 

Sat 18 ADAM BOMB 

Sun 19 FLOGGING MOLLY 

Wed 22 JIMMY EAT WORLD 

Thu 23 DECK CHEESE PACKAGE 

Sat 25 Y AND T 

Sat 25 INSISION 

Sun 26 DARK SALVATION III 

Mon 27 BLEEDING THROUGH 

Tue 28 NUCLEAR ASSAULT 

Thu 30 ADEQUATE 7 

Thu30 FINCH 

July 2005 

Sat 02 

Wed 06 

Thu 07 

Sat 09 

Mon 11 

Tue 12 

Thu 14 

Sat 16 

Wed 20 

Thu 21 

Sat 23 

Thu 28 

Sat 30 

Sat 30 

EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER 

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND 

FASTLANE 

BEYOND ALL REASON 

UNSANE 

JACKSON UNITED 

UNDER THE EARTH 

AMEN 

BEECHER 

ONE CONDITION 

INME 

HOWARDS ALIAS 

SOUND EXPLOSION 

BABYSHAMBLES 

August 2005 

Thu 04 INNER MANTRA 

Sat 06 OUTCRYFIRE 

Tue 09 SKINNY PUPPY 

Thu 11 NO USE FOR A NAME 

Sat 13 MASCARA STORY 

Thu 18 JET 

Tue 23 WHEATUS 

Wed 24 MXPX 

Thu 25 PROJEKT MAYHEM 

Sat 27 TIGERTAILZ 


Sat 03 SKID ROW 


Sat 10 MISSION 

Sun 11 JAKE AND ELWOOD 

Wed 14 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

Thu 15 DECAPITATED 

Sat 17 MILLION DEAD 

Sun 18 HAYSEED DIXIE 

Tue 20 HIDING PLACE 

Wed 21 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 

Thu 22 OCEANSIZE 


Sat 23 NEVERMORE 

Sun 25 TRIVIUM 

Mon 26 BABYSHAMBLES 

Tue 27 STAMPING GROUND 

Wed 28 SAINTS 

October 2005 

Sat 01 QUEEN ADREENA 

Mon 03 ALABAMA 3 

Tue 04 JAMES BLUNT 

Wed 05 CKY 

Wed 05 LONG VIEW 

Thu 06 ARCTURUS 

Sun 09 GOLDFRAPP 

Mon 10 DIO 

Mon 10 AIDEN 

Wed 12 SUPERGRASS 

Thu 13 GLITTERATI 

Sat 15 MAGIC NUMBERS 

Sat 15 FIGHT 

Sun 16 BLOC PARTY 

Mon 17 TOWERS OF LONDON 

Tue 18 SAXON 

Thu 20 AKERCOCKE 

Thu 20 FILLAMENTS 

Sat 22 DOGS D’AMOUR 

Mon 24 TURIN BRAKES 

Tue 25 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 

Wed 26 CUT COPY 

Wed 26 MR SCRUFF

Thu 27 

Fri 28 

Sat 29 

Mon 31 

SPUNGE 

RASMUS 

TAINT 

KT TUNSTALL 

November 2005 

Tue 01 MOTORHEAD 

Thu 03 NO COMPLY 

Sat 05 WEDNESDAY THIRTEEN 

Mon 07 THE BLOODHOUND GANG 

Tue 08 KUBB 

Thu 10 ZEBRAHEAD 

Sat 12 LOST ALONE 

Sun 13 SOUTH SAN GABRIEL 

Mon 14 THE DAMNED 

Tue 15 STARSAILOR 

Wed 16 SUBWAYS 

Thu 17 BILLY IDOL 

Thu 17 TOMMYS 

Sat 19 ALTER BRIDGE 


Sun 20 THE BRAVERY 

Mon 21 ALKALINE TRIO 

Tue 22 BEYOND ALL REASON 

Wed 23 IAN BROWN 

Thu 24 HAUNTED 

Sat 26 GORGOROTH 

Sat 26 HOUSE OF LORDS 

Sun 27 OPETH 

December 2005 

Thu 01 LAMB OF GOD 

Thu 01 ZICO CHAIN 

Sat 03 BEECHER 

Sun 04 HUMAN LEAGUE 

Mon 05 MADNESS 

Tue 06 MASTODON 


Wed 07 VIKING SKULL 

Thu 08 HARD-FI 

Sat 10 INME 

Sat 10 ENGERICA 

Sun 11 DROPKICK MURPHYS 

Sun 11 OTHERS 

Mon 12 CRADLE OF FILTH 

Tue 13 EMBRACE 


Sat 17 UNDERTONES 

Sun 18 THE STRANGLERS 


Sat 31 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 

January 2006 

Thu 07 RICKY WARWICK 

Thu 07 EVIL SCARECROW 

Thu 12 JULIANA THEORY 

Sat 14 ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK 

Tue 17 KERRANG TOUR: BULLET FOR MY 

VALENTINE, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, 

STILL REMAINS AND AIDEN 

Thu 19 STRETCH ARMSTRONG 

Tue 24 MXPX 

Wed 25 KUBB 

Thu 26 MY RUIN 

Sat 28 FALLOUT BOY 

Sat 28 TEST ICICLES 

Sat 28 JR EWING 

Sun 29 DRAGONFORCE 

Mon 30 FOZZY 

Tue 31 NME TOUR: MAXIMO PARK, ARCTIC 

MONKEYS, WE ARE SCIENTISTS AND MYS 

TERYJETS 

February 2006 

Wed 01 SOULFLY 

Thu 02 DAYS IN DECEMBER 

Sat 04 SOIL 

Sat 04 FASTLANE 

Tue 07 SIMPLE MINDS 

Thu 09 STUCK MOJO 

Sat 11 ADAM BOMB 

Mon 13 ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 

Tue 14 SIMPLE PLAN 

Wed 15 ELBOW 

Thu 16 TOMMYS 

Sat 18 BURST 

Sat 18 HYPOCRISY 

Sun 19 BETH ORTON 

Mon 20 NINE BLACK ALPS 

Tue 21 MUNICIPAL WASTE 

Wed 22 GOLDIE LOOKIN’ CHAIN 

Thu 23 SICK OF IT ALL 

Sat 25 CLAWFINGER 

Sun 26 HORSE THE BAND 

Tue 28 WRENS 

March 2006 

Wed 01 LIKE 

Thu 02 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 

Sat 04 CATHEDRAL 

Mon 06 STAIND 

Wed 08 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 

Thu 09 YELLOWCARD 

Thu 09 HAZE 

Sat 11 TRIVIUM 

Sat 11 NECK 

Sun 12 WILL HAVEN 

Tue 14 THE BUZZCOCKS 

Tue 14 BOYSETSFIRE 

Wed 15 AGAINST ME 

Sat 18 BOOT-LED ZEPPELIN 

Sun 19 RADIO SOULWAX 

Tue 21 THE ORDINARY BOYS 

Fri 24 OCEANSIZE 


Sat 25 IMPERIAL VIPERS 

Mon 27 GINGER AND THE SONIC CIRCUS 

Thu 30 NASHVILLE PUSSY 

April 2006 


Wed 05 LESS THAN JAKE 

Thu 06 MENDEED 

Thu 06 HED(PE) 

Sat 08 TIGERTAILZ 

Sat 08 ZODIAC MINDWARP 

Mon 10 FEAR FACTORY 


Thu 13 THE ARTIC MONKEYS 

Sat 15 ORANGE GOBLIN 

Wed 19 MORTIIS 

Thu 20 GARY NUMAN 

Thu 20 THREE QUARTERS 

Sat 22 CULT OF LUNA 

Tue 25 TOWERS OF LONDON 

Thu 27 PANIC AT THE DISCO 

Thu 27 MULTI-PURPOSE CHEMICAL 

Fri 28 ATARIS 

Fri 28 NOISETTES 

Sat 29 KILLING JOKE 

May 2006 


Wed 03 THE STREETS 

Thu 04 BRIGADE 

Sat 06 SCARLING 


Mon 08 ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES 

Wed 10 DIRTY PRETTY THINGS 

Fri 12 DUNGEN 

Sat 13 DECAPITATED 

Sun 14 EVERY TIME I DIE 

Mon 15 THE RAKES 

Tue 16 TRASHLIGHT VISION 

Thu 18 HAZE 

Fri 19 THE SHINS 

Sun 21 STILL REMAINS 

Wed 24 DOWN 

Thu 25 ZERO 7 

Thu 25 SIDESHOW 

Fri 26 JASON MRAZ 

Sat 27 COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE 

Sat 27 DOGS D’AMOUR 

Sun 28 BRITISH SEA POWER 

Tue 30 KANO, SWAY, KLASNEKOFF AND JEHST 

Wed 31 THE ZUTONS 

June 2006 

Thu 01 TIGER ARMY 

Fri 02 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 

Sat 03 FUTUREHEADS 

Sun 04 TED NUGENT 

Sun 04 PENKNIFELOVELIFE 

Mon 05 EPICA 

Tue 06 CRYSTAL PISTOL 

Thu 08 TEN YEARS 

Tue 13 TRASHLIGHT VISION 

Wed 14 TO DIE FOR 

Thu 15 ZEBRAHEAD 

Sat 17 LEGION OF DOOM 

Wed 21 THREE QUARTERS 

Thu 22 I-DEF-I 

Sun 25 

Wed 28 

Thu 29 

DAMIAN ‘JR GONG’ MARLEY 

HANOI ROCKS 

ADZUKI 

July 2006 


Mon 03 GOGOL BORDELLO 

Thu 06 LOGAN 

Sat 08 DR. JOHN AND THE LOWER 911 

Tue 11 DEFTONES 

Wed 12 LOST PROPHETS 

Thu 13 WINNEBAGO DEAL 

Sat 15 HELLS BELLS 

Sun 16 SNOW PATROL 

Tue 18 TWIN ZERO 

Wed 19 BIRTHDAY MASSACRE 

Thu 20 FIGHT 

Sat 22 FOUR FIGHTERS 

Sun 23 AGNOSTIC FRONT 

Wed 26 RICKY WARWICK 

Thu 27 HEDRONS 

Sat 29 SCARE 

August 2005 

Sat 05 VIXEN 

Tue 08 WHITESNAKE 

Sun 13 CRYTOPSY 

Thu 17 MULTI PURPOSE CHEMICAL 

Sun 20 PRESIDENTS OF THE USA 

Tue 22 JARIUS 

Wed 23 COHEED AND CAMBRIA 

Thu 24 CIRCLESOUND 

Thu 31 DISCO ENSEMBLE 


Tue 05 SUBWAYS 

Thu 07 UK GUNS AND ROSES 

Sat 09 BUCKCHERRY 

Tue 12 EIGHTEEN VISIONS 

Thu 14 FOREVER NEVER 

Sat 16 AIDEN 

Sat 16 WHOLE LOTTA LED 

Sun 17 FIREBALL MINISTRY 

Mon 18 BREED 77 

Tue 19 KID EGO 

Wed 20 SATYRICON 

Thu 21 SOILWORK 

Sat 23 BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART 


Sun 24 RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS 

Tue 26 KOOKS 

Wed 27 OMNIUM GATHERUM 

Thu 28 GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY 


Sat 30 ZEBRAHEAD 

October 2006 

Mon 02 SEETHER 

Tue 03 GHOST FACE KILLER 

Wed 04 DISTURBED 

Thu 05 AIR TRAFFIC 

Sat 07 BULLETS & OCTANE 

Sun 08 BABYSHAMBLES 

Mon 09 GOO GOO DOLLS 

Tue 10 A F I 

Wed 11 LACUNA COIL 

Thu 12 SUSPERIA 

Sat 14 FIGHTSTAR 

Mon 16 ORSON 

Thu 19 VNV NATION 

Fri 20 BRONX 

Sat 21 SKINDRED 

Mon 23 THE RACONTEURS 

Tue 24 HUNDRED REASONS 

Thu 26 LORDI 

Fri 27 EXPLOITED 

Sat 28 FIREFEST 

Sun 29 TRAVIS LEDOYT 

Mon 30 WASP 

Tue 31 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 

November 2006 

Wed 01 INME 

Wed 01 ROOSTER 

Thu 02 DAUGHTERS 

Sat 04 WE ARE SCIENTISTS 

Sat 04 DOG EAT DOG 

Sun 05 DEATHSTARS 

Tue 07 OPETH 

Thu 09 DORO 

Sat 11 WALLS OF JERICHO 


Sun 12 RANCID 

Wed 15 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 

Thu 16 FEELING 

Sat 18 HAYSEED DIXIE 

Sun 19 MOTORHEAD 

Mon 20 TAKING BACK SUNDAY 

Tue 21 MR SCRUFF 

Wed 22 PRIMAL SCREAM 

Thu 23 DAMAGED GODS 

Sat 25 THE KILLERS 

Sun 26 NEW FOUND GLORY 

Mon 27 DIRTY PRETTY THINGS 

Tue 28 UFO 


Thu 30 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 

December 2006 

Fri 01 ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK 

Sat 02 DRAGONFORCE 

Sun 03 BEYOND ALL REASON 

Mon 04 GOLDIE LOOKIN’ CHAIN 

Tue 05 GARY NUMAN 

Wed 06 ENTER SHIKARI 


Sun10 PAULO NUTINI 

Tue 12 DJ SHADOW 

Wed 13 BABYSHAMBLES 

Thu 14 MUDBONE 

Fri 15 MALPRACTICE 

Sat 16 SABBAT 

Sun 17 LONGEST DAY 

Wes 20 THUNDER 

Tue 26 THE ALMIGHTY 

January 2007 

Sun 07 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 

Tue 16 KERRANG TOUR: BIFFY CLYRO, THE 

BRONX, THE AUDITION AND I AM GHOST 

Fri 19 WILHELM SCREAM 

Sat 20 AMEN 

Sun 21 BLOOD BROTHERS 

Mon 22 SOIL 

Tue 23 BONNIE PRINCE BILLY 

Wed 24 NIGHTMARE OF YOU 


Wed 31 CHARIOT 

February 2007 

Thu 01 NOT YOUR HERO 

Sat 03 SUPERSUCKERS 

Tue 06 HELL IS FOR HEROES 

Wed 07 BRUTAL TRUTH 

Thu 08 WOLFMOTHER 

Sat 10 VAUGHN 

Sun 11 BLOC PARTY 

Mon 12 GUILLEMOTS 

Tue 13 BOWLING FOR SOUP 

Wed 14 NME TOUR: THE AUTOMATIC, THE VIEW, 

THE HORRORS AND MUMM-RA 

Thu 15 CAR DOWN 

Fri 16 THE FRATELLIS 

Sat 17 THE FRATELLIS 

Sun 18 THE BLACK KEYS 

Mon 19 REUBEN 

Tue 20 STEVEN SEAGAL AND THUNDERBOX 

Fri 23 GENTLEMEN 

Sat 24 LONG BLONDES 

Mon 26 MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN 

Tue 27 AMEN 

Wed 28 BLEEDING THROUGH 

March 2007 

Thu 01 LOST ALONE 

Fri 02 I WAS A CUB SCOUT 

Sat 03 SLAVES TO GRAVITY 

Sun 04 SHINY TOY GUN 

Mon 05 AMY WINEHOUSE 

Tue 06 TOWERS OF LONDON 

Wed 07 SAXON 

Sat 10 MY ALAMO 

Sun 11 LILLY ALLEN 

Tue 13 MASTADON 

Wed 14 DEFTONES 

Thu 15 LETZ ZEP 

Sat 17 CELTIC FROST 

Mon 19 THE RAKES 

Tue 20 BEEP BEEP TOUR 

Wed 21 UNEARTH 

Thu 22 BUCK CHERRY 



Wed 28 SCOTT MATHEWS 

Thu 29 LIGHT 

Sat 31 YOUNG KNIVES 

April 2007 

Thu 05 DEATHSTARS 

Fri 06 CAPTAIN DANGEROUS 

Sat 07 BRING ME THE HORIZON 

Sun 08 BLACKOUT 

Mon 09 DROWNING POOL 

Tue 10 THIRTY SIX CRAZYFISTS 

Wed 11 LAGWAGON 

Thu 12 CLUTCH 

Fri 13 YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO 

Sat 14 AMON AMARATH 

Tue 17 TRIVIUM 

Wed 18 WILL HAVEN 

Thu 19 BAYSIDE 


Sun 22 PORCUPINE TREE 

Mon 23 BREED 77 

Tue 24 ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY 

Wed 25 MAXIMO PARK 

Thu 26 MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE 

Sat 28 CRADLE OF FILTH 

May 2007 

Tue 01 USED 

Wed 02 ALEXISONFIRE 

Thu 03 SPIRYTOS 

Fri 04 HARMFUL 

Sat 05 THE WILDHEARTS 

Sat 05 TIGER ARMY 

Tue 08 KLAXONS 

Thu 10 EPHEL DUATH 

Fri11 STERIOGRAM 

Sat 12 HIDDEN HAND 

Sun 13 SIXTYFIVE DAYS OF STATIC 

Mon 14 FUNERAL FOR A FREIND 

Tue 15 GROOVE ARMADA 

Wed 16 SAXON 

Thu17 JEFF HEALEY 

Fri 18 HARRY AND THE POTTERS 

Sat 19 MAGNUM 

Mon 21 JOE JACKSON 

Tue 22 ISIS 

Thu 24 THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS 

Fri 25 EXIT TEN 

Sat 26 FU MANCHU 

Sun 27 DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 

Mon 28 MODEST MOUSE 

Tue 29 SIXTYNINE EYES 

Thu 31 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 

June 2007 

Mon 04 SWITCHED ONTO SOUND 

Tue 05 HOO DOO 

Wed 06 ONLY ONES 

Mon 11 YO CHOMSKY 


Wed 13 FOREVER LIKE RED 

Sat 16 RIDERS ON THE STORM 

Mon 18 KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 

Sat 23 HOT CROSS 

Tue 26 ZIGGY MARLEY 

Thu 28 CALIBAN 

Sat 30 CRIME IN STEREO 

July 2007 

Sun 01 BOOD BROTHERS 

Wed 04 CONVERGE 

Thu 05 MNEMIC 

Sat 07 BURY YOUR HEAD 

Wed 11 GOSSIP 

Thu 12 ARCHITECTS 

Fri 13 ELLIOT MINOR 

Fri 20 MEXICOLAS 

Sat 21 THE SEX PISTOLS EXPERIENCE 


Thu 26 FURTHEST DRIVE HOME 

Sat 28 ZICO CHAIN 

August 2007 

Thu 09 DWARVES 

Sat 11 FOUR FOOT FINGERS 

Mon 13 SILVERCHAIR 

Tue 21 FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES 

Wed 22 LIVING END 

Thu 23 JAIRUS 


Thu 30 BEYOND THE GRAVE 



Wed 05 CHRIS CORNEL 

Thu 06 FEAR FROM THE MARCH OF FLAMES 

Sat 08 MULTI PURPOSE CHEMICAL 

Sun 09 RICHARD HAWLEY 

Thu 13 AFTER FOREVER 

Fri 14 BERZERKER 

Sat 15 TURISAS 

Tue 18 WEEBLE 

Wed 19 HOLLOWAYS 

Thu 20 IN ME 

Fri 21 LOST ALONE 

Sat 22 KILL HANNAH 

Sun 23 DYKEENIES 

Tue 25 YOUR FAVORITE ENEMIES 

Thu 27 HAPPY MONDAYS 

Sat 29 DIMMI BORGIR 

October 2007 

Mon 01 MADINA LAKE 

Tue 02 ATHLETE 

Wed 03 JUST JACK 

Thu 04 CHIMAIRA 

Fri 05 KOOPA 


Sun 07 REVERAND AND THE MAKERS 

Mon 08 THE CORAL 

Tue 09 THE ENEMY 

Wed 10 THE MACCABEES 

Thu 11 MANU CHAO 


Sun 14 UNDERWORLD 

Tue 16 IAN BROWN 

Wed 17 VALVE SOUND SYSTEM 

Thu 18 ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE 

Fri 19 PANIC CELL 

Sat 20 MCQUEEN 

Sun 21 JOSE GONZALEZ 

Mon 22 SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 

Tue 23 ASH 

Wed 24 TWANG 

Thu 25 EDITORS 

Fri 26 CAPDOWN 


Sun 28 RATT 

Mon 29 KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 

Tue 30 JUST JACK 

Wed 31 FRAY 

November 2007 

Thu 01 Y AND T 

Fri 02 SAVING AIMEE 

Sat 03 WASP 

Sat 03 FISHBONE 

Tue 06 PIGEON DETECTIVES 

Thu 08 TESLA 

Fri 09 HELL IS FOR HEROES 

Sat 10 SPUNGE 

Sun 11 JELLO BIAFRA 

Tue 13 AMSTERDAMNED 

Wed 14 BIFFY CLYRO 

Thu 15 JEFFREY STARR 

Sat 17 ALEXISONFIRE 

Sun 18 GARY MOORE 

Mon 19 PENDULUM 

Tue 20 NEWTON FAULKNER 

Thu 22 GOGOROTH 

Sat 24 BEYOND ALL REASON 

Mon 26 SUM 41 

Tue 27 NEW MODEL ARMY 

Tue 27 ZICO CHAIN 

Wed 28 SHAI HULUD 

December 2007 

Sat 01 BRING ME THE HORIZON 

Mon 03 SHED SEVEN 

Tue 04 FROM THE JAM 

Thu 06 SILVERSTEIRD 

Fri 07 FUTURE OF THE LEFT 

Sat 08 SACK SABBATH 

Sun 09 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 

Mon 10 PORCUPINE TREE 

Tue 11 ONE NIGHT ONLY 

Wed 12 SLACKERS 

Thu 13 EVILE 

Fri 14 ADAM BOMB 

Sat 15 GOGOL BORDELLO

Wed 19 

Thu 20 

Wed 26 

Mon 31 

THUNDER 

LUNARMILE 

THE ALMIGHTY 

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 

January 2008 


Tue 22 PLAIN WHITE T’S 

Wed 23 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 

Thu 24 WILHELM SCREAM 

Fri 25 STONE GODS 

Sat 26 THE ALMIGHTY 

Mon 28 KERRANG TOUR: DEFTONES, COHEED AND 

CAMBRIA, MADINA LAKE AND CIRCA 

SURVIVE. 

Tue 29 GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP 

Thu 31 MALFRICE 

February 2008 

Sat 02 HEADWAY 

Tue 05 I WAS A CUB SCOUT 

Wed 06 STILL REMAIN 

Thu 07 DARK TRANQUILITY 

Fri 08 TONIGHT IS GOODBYE 

Mon 11 AIRBOURNE 

Tue 12 NME TOUR: THE CRIBS, TING 

TINGS , JOE LEAN AND THE JING JANG 

JONG AND DOES IT OFFEND YOU, 

YEAH 

Wed 13 JUSTICE 

Fri 15 TELLISION 

Sat 16 LETZ ZEP 

Mon18 MEGADETH 

Tue 19 GALLOWS 

Thu 21 JOE BONAMASSA 

Fri 22 MAYHEM 

Sat 23 RISE OF RAPHIA 

Sun 24 REEL BIG FISH 

Tue 26 HOOSIERS 

Thu 28 SUM 41 

Thu 28 AUDITION 

March 2008 

Sat 01 DISCHARGE 

Sun 02 KATE NASH 

Mon 03 HANOI ROCKS 

Tue 04 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 


Thu 06 SANZEN 

Fri 07 EPICA 


Mon 10 FEELING 

Tue 11 ASIA 

Thu 13 WE ARE THE OCEAN 

Sat 15 PANIC AT THE DISCO 

Sun 23 A CONCERT FOR LIAM 

Tue 25 SWORD 

Thu 27 MINUS 

Sat 29 VAST 

April 2008 

Wed 02 

Thu 03 

Fri 04 

Sat 05 

Mon 07 

Tue 08 

Thu 10 

Fri 11 

Sat 12 

Sun 13 

Mon 14 

Tue 15 

Wed 16 

Thu 17 

Sat 19 

Sun 20 

Wed 23 

Thu 24 

Sat 26 

Sun 27 

Mon 28 

May 2008 

Thu 01 

Fri 02 

Sat 03 

Tue 06 

Thu 08 

Sat 10 

MARAH 

KILL CHAOS 

SLAVES TO GRAVITY 

AIDEN 

FISHBONE 

CHIMAIRA 

SLAVES TO GRAVITY 


LIVEWIRE 

SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 

ELBOW 

SUPERGRASS 

THE HIVES 

FEI COMODO 

WE ARE SCIENTISTS 

SIMPLE PLAN 

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT 

DATORA 

BEATSTICKS 

RADIO SOULWAX 

VADER 

DIAMOND HEAD 

PARKWAY DRIVE 

ABDOUJAPAROV 

MARK RONSON 

WOMBATS 

JIMI JAMISON 

Mon 12 TONY HADLEY 

Tue 13 PENDULUM 

Sat 17 CRIME IN STEREO 

Sun 18 HADOUKEN 

Mon 19 CANCER BATS 

Thu 22 TERRORVISION 

Tue 27 DE LA SOUL 

Wed 28 PUBLIC ENEMY 

Thu 29 KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 

Sat 31 RATT 

June 2008 

Tue 03 GUILLEMOTS 

Thu 05 PARAMORE 

Fri 06 EXIT TEN 

Sat 07 TARGETS 

Mon 09 REO SPEEDWAGON 

Sat 21 SPIRYTUS 

Mon 23 MELT BANANA 

July 2008 

Sat 04 GALVATRONS 

Mon 07 BEN FOLDS 

Tue 08 GOO GOO DOLLS 

Thu 10 MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE 

Fri 11 FURTHEST DRIVE HOME 

Tue 22 ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK 

Sat 26 BRIGADE 

August 2008 

Wed 27 GASLIGHT ANTHEM 

Sun 31 BRUTAL TRUTH 


Wed 03 BACKYARD BABIES 

Sat 13 MESUGGAH 

Sun 14 SUBHUMANS 

Thu 18 FIREWIND 

Fri 19 FIGHTING WITH WIRE 

Sat 20 DUFF MCKAGENS LOADED 

Sun 21 FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS 

Tue 23 ATTACK ATTACK 

Wed 24 TING TINGS 

Sat 27 MILLENCOLIN 

Tue 20 FOALS 

October 2008 

Wed 01 DRAGON FORCE 

Thu 02 KILL HANNAH 

Sat 04 ENTER SHIKARI 

Sat 04 BRITNY FOX 

Wed 08 DISTURBED 

Thu 09 SEASICK STEVE 

Fri 10 GLAMOUR OF THE KILL 

Sat 11 GREEN DATE 

Sun 12 ROOTS MANUVA 

Mon 13 NEBULA 

Tue 14 THE COURTEENERS 

Wed 15 ONE NIGHT ONLY 

Thu 16 SCRIPT 

Fri 17 TOWERS OF LONDON 

Sat 18 THE STREETS 

Mon 20 TASTE OF CHAOS 

Wed 22 ZEBRAHEAD 

Wed 22 BRING ME THE HORIZON 


Sun 26 FIREFEST 

Mon 27 FEEDER 

Tue 28 FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND 

November 2008 

Sat 01 HANOI ROCKS 

Mon 03 MARTHA WAINWRIGHT 

Thu 06 MGMT 

Fri 07 HELL IS FOR HEROES 


Mon 10 RANCID 

Tue 11 THE BLACK KEYS 

Thu 13 ALTERBRIDGE 

Fri 14 GO:AUDIO 

Sat 15 SACK SABBATH 

Sat 15 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 

Mon 17 CAGE THE ELEPHANT 


Wed 19 BILLY BRAGG 

Thu 20 AIRBOURNE 

Fri 21 THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES 

Sat 22 OPETH 

Sun 23 FINCH 

Mon 24 GOGOL BORDELLO 

Tue 25 SUBWAYS 

Wed 26 GORGOROTH 

Thu 27 PRIMAL SCREAM 

Fri 28 ATTACK ATTACK 

Sat 29 NEW FOUND GLORY 

December 2008 

Mon 01 ROOTS 

Thu 04 VIKING SKULL 

Thu 04 APOCALYPTICA 

Fri 05 TWIN ATLANTIC 

Sat 06 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE 

Sat 06 SPUNGE 

Sun 07 ISOBEL CAMPBELL AND MARK LANEGAN 

Mon 08 BAYSIDE 

Tue 09 WARRIOR SOUL 

Tue 09 HOLD STEADY 

Wed 10 FROM THE JAM 

Thu 11 HAWKWIND 

Thu 11 BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART 


Tue 16 PIGEON DETECTIVES 


Thu 18 FRATELLIS 

Fri 19 HEADWAY 

Sat 20 GHOST OF A THOUSAND 

January 2009 

Sat 17 LIMEHOUSE LIZZY 

Wed 21 THE BUZZCOCKS 

Thu 22 KERRANG TOUR 

Sat 24 WE ARE THE OCEAN 

February 2009 

Mon 09 SOULFLY 

Wed 11 NME TOUR: GLASVEGAS, FRIENDLY FIRES, 

WHITE LIES, FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 

Sat 14 ALKALINE TRIO 

Tue 17 CHILDREN OF BLOOM 

Thu 19 REEL BIG FISH 

Sun 22 THIS CITY 

March 2009 

Tue 03 GAS LIGHT ANTHEM 

Sat 07 PROTEST THE HERO 

Wed 18 BABYSHAMBLES 



Sat 28 THE ENEMY 

April 2009 

Sat 04 EVIL SCARECROW 

Tue 07 DANKO JONES 

Wed 09 MC LARS 

Sat 11 THE RASMUS 

Sun 12 CONCERT FOR LIFE 

Tue 21 BASEMENT JAXX 

Wed 22 N-DUBZ 

Sat 25 NIGHTMARE OF YOU 

Sun 26 THE LEVELLERS 

Mon 27 EVILE 

Wed 29 ALESTORM 

Wed 29 MADINA LAKE 

May 2009 

Fri 01 SPEAR OF DESTINY 

Sat 02 CANCER BATS 

Tue 05 DOVES 

Thu 07 CANTERBURY 

Sat 09 NEMHAIN 

Sun 10 BUTTERFLY EFFECT 


Fri 15 REEMER 

Wed 20 MAXIMO PARK 

Fri 22 YOUNG GUNS 


Fri 29 IN CASE OF FIRE 

Sun 31 WE THE KINGS 

June 2009 

Fri 05 EYES OF A TRAITOR 

Mon 08 DE LA SOUL 

Thu 11 MIDDLE CLASS RUT 

Fri 12 PRONG 

Sun 14 JARVIS COCKER 

Wed 17 UFO 

Sun 21 XCERTS 

Wed 24 KASABIAN 

Sat 27 FAILSAFE 


July 2009 


Fri 10 BIRTHDAY MASSACRE 

Sat 11 MARTYR DEFILED 

Tue 14 KYLESA 

Wed 15 LETS WRESTLE 

Sat 18 TURBOWOLF 

Wed 22 SAVING AIMEE 

Thu 23 IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION 

Sat 25 NEW 1920 

Thu 30 PEPPER 

August 2009 

Sat 01 BUCKCHERRY 

Tue 04 ZEBRAHEAD 

Thu 06 ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY 

Sun 09 YOUNG GUNS 

Sat 15 OUTCRY COLLECTIVE 

Sat 22 DAMAGED STOCK 


Thu 03 NEKTAR 


Wed 09 JET 

Fri 11 BRIGGS 

Sat 12 LIVEWIRE AC/DC 

Thu 17 DEAD SWANS 


Sun 20 BLACKHOLE 

Fri 25 FINNTROLL 

Mon 28 PAULO NUTINI 

Tue 29 MISERY SIGNALS 

Wed 30 GENERAL FIASCO 

October 2009 

Fri 02 XCERTS AND THIS CITY 

Sat 03 FLOOD OF RED 

Mon 05 THE MACCABEES 

Wed 07 PAPA ROACH 

Fri 09 BADDIES 

Sat 10 EASTPACK TOUR 

Mon 12 BAT FOR LASHES 

Tue 13 DIZZEE RASCAL 

Wed 14 GO AUDIO 

Thu 15 WOLF 

Sat 17 ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 

Sun 18 FRANK TURNER 

Mon 19 DEVIL DRIVER 

Wed 21 ENTER SHIKARI 

Thu 22 THIS WILL DESTROY YOU 

Fri 23 EDITORS 


Sun 25 CALVIN HARRIS 

Tue 27 FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND 

Wed 28 BLOC PARTY 

Thu 29 STEEL PANTHER 

Fri 30 SIGHTS & SOUNDS 


November 2009 

Sun 01 ABSU 

Tue 03 BILLY TALENT 

Wed 04 MAGNUM 

Thu 05 SHINEDOWN 

Sun 08 BIFFY CLYRO 

Mon 09 SAXON 

Tue 10 JUST JACK 

Wed 11 SETH LAKEMAN 

Thu 12 ALABAMA 3 

Fri 13 MISSION DISTRICT 

Sat 14 GUN 

Mon 16 ARUSHA ACCORD 

Tue 17 LA ROUX 

Fri 20 PANIC CELL 

Sat 21 THE SPECIALS 

Sun 22 THE SPECIALS 

Mon 23 OUT OF SIGHT 

Wed 25 WHITE LIES 


Fri 27 BUTTERFLY EFFECT 

Sat 28 WASP 

December 2009 

Tue 01 ANSWER 

Tue 01 VAIN 


Thu 03 SONIC SYNDICATE 


Sat 05 MONSTER MAGNET 


Sun 06 

Tue 08 

Wed 09 

Thu 10 

Sat 12 

Sun 13 

Thu 17 

Sat 19 

Sun 20 

ALICE IN CHAINS 

PROPAGHANDI 

SHED SEVEN 

ALESTORM 

SKIN 

DRAG THE RIVER 

DEAF HAVANA 

YOUR DEMISE 

BABYSHAMBLES 

January 2010 

Sun 17 TWENTY TWENTY 

Tue 19 JAMIE T 

Thu 21 EVILE 

Sat 23 ZICO CHAIN 

Sun 24 CARS ON FIRE 

Mon 25 GLASSJAW 


Sat 30 EMILE AUTUMN 

February 2010 

Fri 05 OCEANSIZE 

Sun 07 LOST PROPHETS 

Mon 08 TWIN ATLANTIC 

Tue 09 NME TOUR: BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB, 

THE BIG PINK, THE DRUMS AND THE 

MACCABEES 

Sat 13 BLAYZE BAILEY 

Mon 15 HOT CHIP 

Wed 17 FUTURES 

Fri 19 NITZER EBB 

Sat 20 EVIL SCARECROW 

Sat 20 DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER 

Mon 22 NOISETTES 

Tue 23 MASTODON 

Wed 24 CHIPMUNK 

March 2010 

Wed 03 THE STRANGLERS 

Thu 04 HAYSEED DIXIE 

Fri 05 HEAVENS BASEMENT 

Sat 06 TRIVIUM 

Mon 08 COURTEENERS 

Tue 09 PASSION PIT 

Thu 11 KATATONIA 

Fri 12 SIXTYNINE EYES 

Sat 13 KARNIVOOL 

Sun 14 DARK FUNERAL 

Mon 15 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 

Wed 17 YOU ME AT SIX 

Sat 20 HIM 

Sun 21 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 

Mon 22 DELAIN 

Tue 23 FLYLEAF 

Fri 26 NACHTMYSTIUM 

Sat 27 MADINA LAKE 

Mon 29 BROADCAST 

April 2010 

Mon 05 

Thu 08 

Fri 09 

Sat 10 

Sun 11 

Mon 12 

Wed 14 

Sat 17 

Fri 23 

Tue 27 

Thu 29 

Fri 30 

May 2010 

Sat 01 

Mon 03 

Tue 04 

Wed 05 

Fri 07 

Sat 08 

Sat 08 

Tue 11 

Sat 15 

Sun 16 

Sat 22 

Thu 27 

Fri 28 

Sat 29 

Mon 31 

June 2010 

Tue 01 

AFI 

EYE HATE GOD 

TWENTY TWENTY 

GLAMOUR OF THE KILL 

AIRBOURNE 

RUSSIAN CIRCLES 

ROLO TOMASSI 

DROPKICK MURPHYS 

NOSFERATU 

THE BRONX 

SWOUND 

YOUNG GUNS 

KING BLUES 

TEMPER TRAP 

THE FALL 

TEN SECOND EPIC 

PHILLIP SAYCE 

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 


CHASE AND STATUS 

AZRIEL 

BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART 

HEAT 

DEAR SUPERSTAR 

BREATHE CAROLINA 

DAVE EVANS 

SLAYER 

HIT THE LIGHTS 

Wed 02 ALKALINE TRIO 

Thu 03 DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL 

Sun 06 INME 

Sat 19 CARCER CITY 

July 2010 

Thu 15 SPUNGE 

Fri 16 SLAVE TO GRAVITY 

Sat 22 THIS DISTANCE 

Thu 22 SUMMERLIN 

Sat 24 WILLIAM CONTROL 

August 2010 

Thu 05 IT PREVAILS 

Thu 12 GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY 

Fri 20 SABBAT 


Thu 09 ELLIOT MINOR 

Tue 14 BARENAKED LADIES 

Sat 18 RICKY WARWICK 

Thu 23 TRC 

Fri 24 RECKLESS LOVE 

Sat 25 GRINDERMAN 

October 2010 

Wed 06 PLAN B 

Sat 09 Y & T 

Sun 10 BOWLING FOR SOUP 

Mon 11 EXAMPLE 

Tue 12 THE CHARLATANS 

Thu 14 ATTACK! ATTACK! 

Fri 15 MAYBESHEWILL 

Sat 16 MELT BANANA 

Mon 18 TRICKY 

Wed 20 ALTER BRIDGE 

Thu 21 CRYSTAL CASTLES 

Fri 22 NEW MODEL ARMY 

Sat 23 NEW MODEL ARMY 

Mon 25 THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE 

Wed 27 MY PASSION 

November 2010 

Wed 03 VOODOO SIX 

Thu 04 THE BLACK KEYS 

Sat 06 FOALS 

Mon 08 DEVIL DRIVER AND 36 CRAZY 

FISTS 

Tue 09 ELLIE GOULDING 

Wed 10 DEMON HUNTER 

Thu 11 WINGS OF PLAGUE 

Fri 12 ALEXISONFIRE 


Sun 14 KLAXONS 

Tue 16 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM 

Wed 17 SKUNK ANANSIE 

Thu 18 ATHLETE 

Fri 19 DEFTONES 

Sat 20 W.A.S.P 

Sat 20 DEAR SUPERSTAR 

Tue 23 STRAIGHT LINES 

Wed 24 INTERPOL 

Thu 25 NECRO 

Fri 26 JOE BROOKS 

Sat 27 WE ARE SCIENTISTS 


December 2010 

Thu 02 BILLY BRAGG 

Fri 03 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE 

CLUB 

Sat 04 REEF 

Sun 05 THE DRUMS 

Mon 06 THE SWELLERS 

Tue 07 MADNESS 

Wed 08 THE WEDDING PRESENT 

Thu 09 SONIC BOOM SIX 

Fri 10 SUMMERLIN / KISS CORONA 


Sun 12 FATBOY SLIM 

Sun 12 EMAROSA 


Wed 15 FEAR FACTORY 

Thu 16 IAN BROWN 

Sat 18 SKIN

other dhp venues 

The Bodega 

First opened as The Social in November 1999 by Heavenly Records, this quickly became one of the best underground bars in 

Nottingham. It was originally intended to create the laid back vibes of the London-based Heavenly establishments, but with a less 

touristy crowd. The bar ran successfully for several years, before it was taken over by DHP Group in 2005 and brought into the 

Rock City family as a cool younger cousin to Rescue Rooms. 

Anton Lockwood, now overlord of the Rescue Rooms, was in charge of the booking here for several years and had a serious knack 

for catching bands just before they broke in a big way. The likes of The Strokes, Coldplay, The White Stripes, The Libertines, 

Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Scissor Sisters all played here just before they went supernova – on a stage where 

the acts are literally close enough for the audience to touch. More recently Mumford and Sons, The XX, MGMT and the Mystery 

Jets have continued this trend. 

The name of the bar was changed back to its fi rst incarnation The Bodega in 2009. It still serves great beer and offers funky 

party vibes all week round! 

The Bodega, 23 Pelham Street, Nottingham. NG1 2ED 

thebodegasocialclub.co.uk 

The Rescue Rooms 

So if you already have the biggest dedicated live music venue in Nottingham, what do you do next Start building 

the second biggest of course… 

First opened in 2003 as a more intimate and selective alternative to Rock City, the Rescue Rooms is a haven for 

indie and alternative music lovers in Nottingham and beyond. 

The venue consists of a bar with loads of old records to leaf through, two dedicated beer garden areas, a 450 

capacity live room and the upstairs Red Room, which is ideal for DJ performances. The décor is subtle and relaxed, 

with bold murals on some of the walls and comfy seating all over the place. 

Bands who have passed through here include: Bloc Party, Candi Staton, Ellie Goulding, Foals , Friendly Fires, 

Glasvegas, Graham Coxon, Happy Mondays, Hot Chip, Jack Peñate, Jamie T, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, La Roux, 

Quantic Soul Orchestra, Razorlight, The Futureheads, The Killers, The Kooks, The Libertines, Tinchy Stryder, Travis, 

We Are Scientists and many more. 

The Rescue Rooms, Masonic Place, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JT 

rescuerooms.com 

Stealth 

Stealth was opened in May 2004 out of the remains of RKO sports bar and Envy nightclub. At the time Nottingham was 

missing out on a large dance venue and the venue soon tapped into that market by offering revellers a place to boogie 

until well after the sun came up. 

Over the last six years the venue has seen appearances from the likes of 2manydjs, Annie Mac, Autechre, Chase and 

Status, Death In Vegas, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Premier, Erol Alkan, Giles Peterson, Goldie, Grooverider, Hot Chip, Justice, 

Klaxons, Laurent Garnier, Lethal Bizzle, Mr Scruff, Sasha, Squarepusher, Timo Maas and Zed Bias. 

It’s capacity is 700 over two fl oors, although that goes up even more on weekends as the doors between Stealth and the 

Rescue Rooms are flung open to it expand it all into one big superclub. Tech-heads will be blown away by the state of the 

art sound system and the upstairs DJ booth has more bright lights than the control room at East Midlands Airport. 

Stealth, Masonic Place, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JT 

stealthattack.co.uk 

Thekla 

Based in Bristol, the Thekla is a bar, club and live music venue onboard a ship moored in Bristol’s Mud Dock. 

Originally brought to Bristol as the Old Profanity Showboat, it was a late 1982 middle-of-the-night brainchild of novelist 

Ki Longfellow, the wife of Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band). The showboat was based on the idea of creating, 

owning and running a theatre on a sea-going ship and using it to showcase music and art. During the 1990s it was run as 

a rent-a-nightclub and Bristol-based artist Banksy was a regular, doing one of his infamous paintings (of a skeleton in a 

rowing boat) on the side of the vessel. 

Before its incarnation as a showboat, the Thekla (built in Germany in 1959 and powered by a U-boat engine left over 

from the Second World War), was used for more than twenty years to transport timber to and from various ports of the 

Baltic Sea. 

DHP Group purchased the Thekla in 2006 and artists such as Franz Ferdinand, The New York Dolls, Pete Doherty, 

Santigold, James Blunt, Crowded House, Duffy and numerous local bands from Bristol and Bath have played there since. In 

May 2009 the Thekla celebrated its 25th anniversary with a day and night long event featuring bands carefully selected 

to represent the best of what is currently happening on the diverse Bristol music scene. 

Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, Bristol BS1 4RB 

theklabristol.co.uk 


Old School 

DJ Jonathan (aka Jonathan Woodliffe) spent almost a decade working 

behind the scenes at Rock City in the eighties. During this time he helped 

establish some of the club nights that still run today, as well as lending bands his 

shoelaces and buckets to be sick into… 

So how did you get roped into joining the Rock City crew 

I used to DJ at a club called Camelot on Bridlesmith gate and Paul Mason, the then 

manager, used to come down to our club. He approached me with a view to DJing 

at as they were planning a major refit in the summer of 1982 and wanted to start a 

student night on Thursdays. They already had a successful Futurist night on Saturdays 

and I keenly accepted. The first Thursday night we had about 400 people in and 

gradually it built up over the next year to become a sell-out most weeks. 

You started the Rock City Friday nights off too, right 

Yes, that came a little later. The original plan was to do a dance night playing a 

mixture of European electronic and American new releases, but after the first three 

months it was apparent this wasn’t going to work. So I asked Paul if we could change 

the night to a jazz, funk and soul night, which I wanted to build by word of mouth. 

Over the next three months the numbers increased week by week until eventually we 

had people travelling in from Birmingham, Sheffi eld, Leeds, Manchester and London. 

I would DJ upstairs in the main room and downstairs (Disco Two) Eric and Floyd 

played Jazz. My music policy was focused on new releases from America, I’d play 

what had come out that week for the fi rst hour and then as soon as we’d got enough 

people in we’d put some of the current big tunes on. The response was a packed 

dancefloor and a fantastic atmosphere. 

Where did you get your tunes from at the time 

I bought pretty much everything from Arcade records. They’d always know what we’d 

played on a Friday - as on Saturday mornings there 

would be a ton of people in the shop trying to buy 

certain tunes. The rate we broke records at was 

astounding! I was spending £100-200 a week in 

there at that time. 

What was the venue like back then in terms of 

kit 

Rock City had a major refit in the summer of 1982 

and had a purpose-built sound system installed 

across the dance floor. It sounded brilliant and you 

had a great view all around the club. There was 

also an amazing lighting rig and a giant laser, 

which was something a lot of people had never 

seen before, along with two giant video screens. I 

think a lot of bands held the venue in very high 

esteem because on a sold out gig the atmosphere 

was electric! 

You worked with a certain Mr Dale Winton back 

then too 

Yeah, I knew Dale really well. He did the dance show on Radio Trent back then and 

used to play at Rock City. Like me he would buy records in Nottingham, but he also 

used to nip to London regularly too. To my knowledge he was the first person to play 

Herbie Hancock’s Rockit on the radio. The day after his show Arcade records had 

hundreds of calls asking for it, a week or so before they could get hold of any stock. 

So tell us about the Saturday all-day Rock City hip-hop jams that happened in 

the 1980’s. 

Well, bizarrely enough it started as a kids disco at the request of Trent FM. We 

were a bit dubious of the idea at first, but it was good publicity for the club and they 

advertised it like hell on the radio. So lots of kids of all ages came down, some with 

their parents and some without – and it was just soft drinks behind the bar. 

It worked reasonably well, but eventually the radio DJ’s lost interest in it and it 

seemed that the people there were less into pop music and more into the underground 

stuff. Trent FM eventually pulled out and we changed it into this Saturday 

afternoon session that revolved around hip-hop. There was never a licensed bar, so 

age was never a problem and lots of people who couldn’t get in on Friday nights 

came along to dance and listen. I don’t think that anyone who came along at the time 

realised that nearly thirty years later it would have become such a landmark event in 

their lives. There were some of the most amazing breakdancers you will ever see and 

a few now-famous people like Goldie used to come down too. 

Tell us about some of the best bands you saw in your time. 

Mark Spivey was brilliant at booking bands and he had the foresight to book acts 

like REM, Guns and Roses and The Cult before they went Supernova. But probably 

the best, most intense performances I ever saw at Rock City came from The Ramones, 

who we had the pleasure of putting on twice. 

There are loads of funny stories 

from the gigs too. I remember 

Joan Jett being sick in a bucket 

at the side of the stage just 

before she went on, I remember 

Morrissey having daffodils 

thrown at him from his adoring 

fans at the height of his fame 

with The Smiths. Stuart Adamson 

from Big Country borrowing a 

pair of shoelaces before their 

gig as his had snapped - I never did get them back! 

How does Rock City compare to other clubs you’ve worked in across the world 

Still to this day I would say that it is the best club I’ve ever worked in – and I’ve 

worked in quite a few. House music pioneer Larry Heard came to do a gig with us 

once on a Chicago Trax tour and he has since cited that gig as being an important 

moment in his career. He said the gig made him realise what it must have felt like 

to be Michael Jackson by having 1700 people in Rock City on a Sunday afternoon 

singing along with him! 

I played in the Hacienda before it became a household name and I didn’t really rate 

the way it was set up by comparison. Back then their DJ booth was hidden in a room 

at the side of the stage and you just had a small slit to look out onto the dancefloor 

where you didn’t really feel part of the crowd. Whereas at Rock City it’s always 

been the opposite and as a DJ you feel part of the crowd and see how they react to 

what you’re playing. 


New School 

James Busby is one of the founders of Detonate, a drum and bass night that 

takes over Rock City four times a year and turns the place into a heaving palace 

of beats, bleeps and breaks… 

What was the first gig you ever saw at Rock City 

I can’t remember, to be honest – but the first dance gig I saw there would have been 

Metalheadz in 1996, with Goldie, Grooverider, Adam F and the like. I do remember 

practically living there all week when Radio 1 were there in 2002 

What’s the best gig you’ve put on there 

KRS-One completely blew me away. It was at the time when UK hip-hop was 

breaking through, and I was watching so many crews who did their sets in the same 

way. So when I got to see one of the true originals showing people how it was really 

done, it was unbelievable. 

The first Detonate session at Rock City took place in October 2003. Was it a risk 

stepping up to such a big venue 

It was a massive risk! We were always looking to make the jump, but we were only 

going to do it at the right time. It was a big leap to go to a venue with a 2,000-plus 

capacity – we had to match our largest attendance figure at the time just to break 

even. It was a very nervous time, because we weren’t used to selling so many tickets 

in advance and had nothing to compare ticket sales with. We had done multi-genre 

events before, but this was on a higher level. 

And it wasn’t long before you took over Stealth and the Rescue Rooms too 

Yeah, just a couple of years later we started doing all three for the Detonate all-day 

festivals. By that time we were selling out our Bank Holiday events, and the proximity 

of the venues made it tempting. We also wanted the freedom to put on more genres 

which the extra venues allowed. 

What’s your policy on what goes where at a Detonate festival 

Do you automatically siphon the name acts towards the Rock 

City main stage, or are the rooms genre-specific 

We’ve always had the drum and bass on the main stage, and we 

tend to keep the more electro stuff at Stealth. Dubstep as a genre 

is massive at the moment, so it needs its own venue. As for name 

acts, we put them where their act is best suited; for example, one 

year we had Grandmaster Flash in the basement at Rock City – we 

could have put him in a bigger venue, but the intimacy of the place 

made it perfect for him. 

How do your source your acts for Rock City gigs 

The nature of dance music and the power of the internet means 

that there will always be acts that get so big so quickly, and you 

have to keep tabs on everything and make sure you place them 

accordingly months in advance. It’s a case of sitting back and trying 

to gauge what’s bubbling up and what people are really into at 

the moment. 

What are the biggest expenses 

It’s always the artists fi rst, obviously. Let’s have a look at one of the previous 

accounts… (rummages through papers) Detonate New Years Eve 2009… the artist 

spend was around £45, 000. So artists fi rst, equipment hire next, and then promotion. 

What kind of riders are we talking about here Are DJs less piss-takey 

than bands 

When it comes to dance music you’re essentially booking one or a couple of people 

per act, as opposed to more in a band. The nature of the job also means that DJs 

are out the car, in the venue, onstage and out again with minimal fuss. You do get 

the odd mad one, though – KRS-One had a rider that went on for pages and pages, 

detailing everything right down to the room temperature. We actually got a phone 

call from his manager two weeks before the gig stating that he was on his way, which 

threw us in a panic. Then we were told he’d actually just got on the QE2, because he 

hates fl ying… 

So would you say being a dance promoter is an easier life than, say, someone 

who puts on bands 

It may be easier in certain ways, but we put on far more acts and lots of them can 

be doing up to four gigs in a night, so there’s far more that can go wrong. We’ve 

had events on where I’ve known that six of the acts I’ve booked are stuck in the same 

traffi c jam on the M1, which is very stressful. Artists not turning up is always the worst 

thing that can happen. 

At what point of the night on a Detonate festival do you stop worrying and start 

enjoying yourself 

Usually about five o’clock in the morning, when the last acts have gone on. I usually 

stop stressing around then. On a regular Detonate festival night, you’ll have sixty 

acts to deal with. It can be very 

demanding. Making sure those 

that are staying in town are 

where they need to be is pretty 

much always the last job of 

the night. 

Who’ve been the most 

awkward acts you’ve had to 

deal with 

Rahzel was a bit of nightmare 

– although with US rappers, you often fi nd it’s the tour manager who is the real 

problem. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry in 2003 was awkward, but in a more mad way; my 

mate drove him on to the next gig in Manchester, and they had to make a stop-off 

at Asda where he spent hours picking up everything silver or refl ective to stick on his 

outfi t. Girls hair grips etc. 

So how does Rock City shape up as a dance venue 

For dance music, you have to judge venues by their vibe; some places have it, some 

places don’t. For dance music – for any kind of music, really – Rock City defi nitely 

has it. The shape of the room is so well-contained; there’s nowhere where you feel 

too far away from the stage. The artists love playing there; the crowd is virtually on 

top of you, and the noise that comes back at you is unbelievable. The fact that there 

are only a few windows available a year to promote at Rock City makes it a very 

special night for us. 


Festivals 

As well as running Rock City and various other venues, DHP 

group also runs tours for bands and sometimes puts on awesome 

music festivals. Here is a taste of the latter… 

Splendour Festival 

Splendour is a festival run by DHP Group in association with Nottingham City 

Council. Seen as a natural successor to City In The Park, the fi rst festival took 

place on 19-20 July 2008 and featured Kate Nash, Paulo Nutini, the Charlatans, 

Ocean Colour Scene, Lightspeed Champion, Rufus Wainwright, Duke 

Special and Liam Gerner. Other stages were supplied by LeftLion (who put on 

a variety of local acts including Captain Dangerous and the Petebox) and Just 

The Tonic Comedy Club. 

By 2009, it was decided to reign the festival back in as a one-day affair – 

but the main stage line-up was still bursting with acts including Madness, The 

Pogues, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Imelda May, Kid British and The Rifl es. Ash headed 

things up on a brand new second stage, LeftLion once again held it down in 

the courtyard with the likes of Yunioshi and Natalie Duncan and Funhouse took 

over the comedy with a stage headlined by Simon Bligh. 

By its third year Splendour had really found it’s feet and people waited in anticipation 

to see who the headliners would be. They weren’t disappointed either 

when, fresh from headline performances at Bestival and Glastonbury The Pet 

Shop Boys (above) came to town. Also on a line-up that had now grown to fi ve 

stages were Calvin Harris, Noisettes, Athlete, OKGO, Talvin Singh, Terrorvision, 

Shed Seven, James Walsh (Starsailor) and Dog is Dead. 

Dot to Dot Festival 

The Dot to Dot festival is a three-day annual event run by DHP promotions 

and now held in Nottingham, Manchester and Bristol. It started out as a fairly 

modest event in Nottingham in 2005 and the acts included Ladytron, Radio 4 

and The Rakes. In 2006 it featured British Sea Power, The Mystery Jets and The 

Long Blondes. 

By 2007 it began to operate in Bristol, as well as Nottingham and featured 

The Cribs, New Young Pony Club, Kate Nash, Annuals, Erol Alkan, Kano and 

Blonde Redhead. In 2008, the festival operated a third location in Shoreditch, 

London, known as Hox to Dot. This leg catered for the more electronic extreme 

of the indie music spectrum, hosting acts such as Juiceboxxx and Cutting Pink 

With Knives. The Bristol and Nottingham venues, meanwhile, had the likes of 

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Dirty Pretty Things, Spiritualized and The Holloways 

on show. 

In 2009 the Nottingham and Bristol events went from strength to strength with 

the likes of Friendly Fires, Ladyhawke, Cage the Elephant, Patrick Wolf and 

Mumford & Sons and The xx. In 2010 a Manchester leg of the festival was 

announced and bands such as Mystery Jets, Los Campesinos!, Ellie Goulding, 

Beach House and Wild Beasts played at all three venues. 

City In The Park 

City In The Park was an annual event run by DHP that first started in Wollaton 

Park, Nottingham in 1998 with a distinct Irish theme, as Shane MacGowan, The 

Saw Doctors and Mary Black all played. 

1999 was the year it really got going though, with a packed crowd of 30,000 

plus attending to see The Corrs, Jimmy Nail and Del Amitri. Acts who appeared 

at the festival in 2000 had a distinct pop edge with the likes of All Saints, 

Ronan Keating, Vengaboys and Precious all part of the line-up. 

By 2001 the festival had expanded to a three day event, but the outbreak 

of foot and mouth disease that year saw it moved to the Trent Embankment 

instead, as Wollaton Park was cordoned off. The party still went off 

undeterred though as Bryan Adams, James and Gabrielle all performed on the 

‘pop’ day. Day 3 was branded as ‘The Longest Day’ and featured The Wonder 

Stuff, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Terrorvision and New Model Army. Day was titled 

‘Extreme’ with Less Than Jake, Pitchshifter, The Ataris and The Voodoo Glow 

Skulls performing and loads of skate ramps set up for members of the public 

to test out their boarding skills. City in the Park ended after this, but the third 

day of the event provided the inspiration for a brand new Rock City outdoor 

event – Distortion. 

Distortion 

On 20 July 2002 DHP Group decided to stretch themselves and put on an 

all-day rock and punk festival called Distortion at Wollaton. This came on the 

back of the nearby Monsters of Rock festival at Donnington Park shutting up 

shop – it’s successor Download was still just a twinkle in the eyes of Live Nation 

executives at this time. 

The Distortion line-up, over two stages, included Capdown, Snuff, Spunge, Face 

To Face, Raging Speedhorn, The Levellers, Hundred Reasons, A, Rival Schools, 

The Wildhearts, Iggy Pop and headliners Green Day. 

Many punters remember the day for a pyrotechnic-heavy set from Billie Joe 

and co as they trotted through classic hits like Basketcase, When I Come Around 

and Minority. Or for an energetic and sweary performance from Mr Pop as he 

strutted and stomped around topless through hits like Passenger, Lust For Life, 

and Wild One. Or for a new record of crowdsurfers in Wollaton Park.

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