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Top 5 Bands You've Seen For Free


Liverpool Bud

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ever been lucky enough to be on a guest list - own a laminate pass - or simply blag a free ticket for a concert?

1 Sept 86 - Runrig - stirling Town Hall - dad worked for stv - who were filming it

2 March 89 - 2nd yr at uni - dated a girl whose cousin was in a band who were playing the wee lounge at liverpool polytechnic - his name was john squire and his band the stone roses went on to become quite big

3 Various 91 - 94 Del Amitri - by some quirk of fate - befriend a bloke called dave who was guitarist for the dels ..........many a drunken nite .......great laugh in liverpool hippodrome - except justin currie was the great big - dont you know who i am gimp!

4 June 96 Manic Street preachers - pal from uni grew up in the same shit hole welsh mining village as them - just used to turn up at stage door of various gig venues across the north west and say ..........tell nicky "tappa's " here.......then procedeed to drink free red stripe and play heady tennis after sound checks!!

5 99- 2006 Belle and sebastian - perk of having a drummer cousin!

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Top class on the Manics

1. Julian Cope - jammed with him in Nottingham

2. Roger Taylor (Queen) - Jammed with him in Burnley

3. Jack Bruce (Cream) - Jammed with him in the Highlands

4. Wham - got kicked out their video shoot in London for shagging on camera (not with either member of Wham I hasten to add)

5. The Scheme - top day up in Kelvingrove, tonic wine and a thick atmosphere :)

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1) Pixies at Meadowbank 2005

2) Snow Patrol, Barras 2004

3) The last 4 T in the Parks

4) Reading Festival 2003

5) The NME awards 2003 (pretending to be a Daily Ranger music writer)

The benefits of having a friend who works in promotions! :D

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Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Glenburn Community Centre, 2003/4

Marmalade - Butlins, Ayr, 1990(ish).

Carol Laula - Impromptu jam session in my mate's mum's house, 1980(ish).

Bad Manners - Strathclyde Uni Union, 1994(ish).

Carter USM - Livingstone somewhere, early 90's.

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