GIGS and FESTIVALS

I've attempted to put together a list of all the gigs I've attended over the years. It's really tough to remember them all and I'm sure I'll add more as and when they come to mind. They're almost chronological (cannot find dates for all of them, but it's pretty close to being in order) and where I wrote articles about them here, I've included a link. But my memory is hazy for some of the older ones, so forgive me. Support bands are included where I've remembered them or found out via t'internet.

Act (+support)	Venue	Town/City	Date	Link to post
The Wedding Present (+ Heart Throbs)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1988	Read here [Updated repost]
R.E.M. (+ Throwing Muses)	Wembley Arena	London	June 1989	Read here
All About Eve (+ Summerhill)	Hippodrome	Bristol	November 1989
The Wedding Present (+ The Groove Farm)	The Studio	Bristol	January 1990
The Mission (+ Something Happens)	Hippodrome	Bristol	March 1990	Read here
Pixies (+ Barkmarket)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1990	Read here
Ride (+ Bleach)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	October 1990
The Charlatans (+ Easy)	Great Hall	Exeter	November 1990
An Emotional Fish	Lemon Grove	Exeter	August 1990
Birdland (+ Chunk)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	March 1991
Ned's Atomic Dustbin (+ Doughboys, Drop)	Great Hall	Exeter	March 1991
Inspiral Carpets (+ Blue Orchids)	Great Hall	Exeter	April 1991
EMF	Great Hall	Exeter	May 1991	Read here
Youssou N'Dour	HMV Oxford Circus	London	Summer 1991
Levellers (+ Sandkings)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	October 1991	Read here
James (+ Thousand Yard Stare)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1991
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (+ Resque)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1991	Read here
All About Eve	Great Hall	Exeter	November 1991
My Bloody Valentine (+ Silverfish)	Great Hall	Exeter	December 1991	Read here
Hole (+ Therapy?, Daisy Chainsaw, Spar)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	December 1991	Read here
Teenage Fanclub (+ Royal Trux)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	January 1992	Read here
Ride (+ Mercury Rev)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	March 1992
Chumbawamba (+ Shudder To Think, Sweet Thangs)	Bierkeller	Bristol	June 1992	Read here
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL Primal Scream, Blue Aeroplanes, Tom Jones, Lou Reed, Youssou N'Dour, etc.	Worthy Farm	Pilton, nr. Glastonbury	June 1992	Read here
Chumbawamba (+ Papa Brittle)	The Anchor	Westward Ho!	August 1992	Read here
Chumbawamba (+ Back To The Planet and six other acts)	Pannier Market	Tavistock	August 1992
READING FESTIVAL Nirvana, Public Enemy, Bjorn Again, L7, etc.	Richfield Avenue	Reading	August 1992	Part 1 Part 2
Silverfish	The Cavern	Exeter	1992	Read here
Inspiral Carpets (+ Real People, Family Gotown)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1992
Pop Will Eat Itself (+ Scorpio Rising)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1992
Chumbawamba (+ Papa Brittle)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	November 1992
Levellers (+ Back To The Planet)	Brighton Centre	Brighton	December 1992	Read here
Radiohead	Lemon Grove	Exeter	February 1993
Chumbawamba (+ Credit To The Nation)	Kaos	Barnstaple	March 1993
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL Rolf Harris, The Kinks, The Ukranians, Velvet Underground, etc.	Worthy Farm	Pilton, nr. Glastonbury	June 1993	Read here
Manic Street Preachers (+ Blaggers ITA, Credit To The Nation)	Riviera Centre	Torquay	Summer 1993	Read here
Papa Brittle	The Anchor	Westward Ho!	Summer 1993
Papa Brittle	The Cavern	Exeter	September 1993
Tar (+ Grotus, Naked i)	TJ's	Newport	November 1993	Read here
Levellers (+ Back To The Planet)	Pavilions	Plymouth	1993
Back To The Planet (+ The Sea, Electric Orange)	Kaos	Barnstaple	1993
Utah Saints	Kaos	Barnstaple	1993/4?
Therapy?	Great Hall	Exeter	early 1994
Compulsion (+ Naked i)	The Cavern	Exeter	March 1994
Blyth Power (+ Atilla)	The Cavern	Exeter	June 1994
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL Peter Gabriel, James, Rage Against The Machine, Johnny Cash, etc.	Worthy Farm	Pilton, nr. Glastonbury	June 1994	Part 1 Part 2
Hazel O'Connor	Landmark Theatre	Ilfracombe	1994
Senser (+ Rub Ultra)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	1994	Read here
Theatre Of Hate	The Cavern	Exeter	1994/5?
Chumbawamba (+ Oyster Band)	Lemon Grove	Exeter	March 1995
Back To The Planet	The Cavern	Exeter	March 1995
Tansads	The Cavern	Exeter	March 1995
Blaggers ITA (+ Naked i)	The Cavern	Exeter	April 1995	Read here
China Drum (+ Electric Orange)	Burston Inn	Bow (nr. Exeter)	April 1995
Menswear (+ Powder, Gotham City Gangsters)	The Cavern	Exeter	May 1995
UK Subs	The Cavern	Exeter	May 1995	Read here
Weknowwhereyoulive (+ Naked i)	The Cavern	Exeter	May 1995
Reef	Marisco Tavern	Woolacombe	June 1995
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL PJ Harvey, Oasis, John Otway, Pulp, etc.	Worthy Farm	Pilton, nr. Glastonbury	June 1995	Read here
R.E.M. (+ The Cranberries, Del Amitri, Belly)	Cardiff Arms Park	Cardiff	July 1995
Longpigs & Northern Uproar	Sherry's Bar	Barnstaple	August 1995	Read here
Blameless (+ Star 69)	Golden Lion Tap	Barnstaple	August 1995	Read here
FIRE AND STEEL FESTIVAL Back To The Planet, Electric Groove Temple, Funkabubble, Middle Earth, Electric Orange, Saturday Night Beaver, Annalise, Rug, Athletics, Jellybabes, E-Type, 4 Desperate Men, Hiphoperation, Equus, Shrug, Full Tilt Boogie Band	Vicarage Field	Torrington	August 1995
Chumbawamba (+ Cardiacs)	Pyramids Centre	Portsmouth	November 1995	Read here
The Saw Doctors	Great Hall	Exeter	1995/6?
Lush	The Cavern	Exeter	March 1996	Read here
Bis	The Cavern	Exeter	June 1996	Read here
Feeder	Sailor's Arms	Newquay	July 1996	Read here
SUMMER DAZE FESTIVAL Hawkwind, Trip, Captain Rizz, Bates Motel, etc.	Stapleton Farm	Langtree, nr. Torrington	July 1996	Read here
Oasis (+ The Prodigy and others)	Knebworth Park	nr. Stevenage	August 1996	Read here
Stiff Little Fingers (+ Eddie & The Hot Rods aand others)	Plymouth Hoe	Plymouth	Summer 1996	Read here
Intastella	Golden Lion Tap	Barnstaple	1996
The Wedding Present	Virgin Megastore	Plymouth	1996
Space	Lemon Grove	Exeter	1996
Flyscreen (+ Shrug)	The Cavern	Exeter	1997
Rialto (+ Shrug)	The Cavern	Exeter	1997
Fun Lovin' Criminals	Great Hall	Exeter	September 1998	Read here
Gene	Cooperage	Plymouth	November 1998	Read here
R.E.M. (+ Stereolab)	Earls Court	London	June 1999
Super Furry Animals (+ Clinic)	Great Hall	Exeter	October 1999
White Stripes (+ Von Bondies)	Anson Rooms	Bristol	November 2001	Read here and here
The Hives (+ Von Bondies)	Cardiff International Arena	Cardiff	2002
Flaming Lips (+ Clinic)	Cardiff International Arena	Cardiff	October 2003	Read here
Pixies (+ Graham Coxon)	Brixton Academy	London	June 2004
Morrissey (+ Kristeen Young)	St. David's Hall	Cardiff	May 2006	Read here
Kristin Hersh	Thekla	Bristol	March 2007	Read here
Editors (+ Ra Ra Riot, The Kissaway Trail)	Newport Centre	Newport	October 2007	Read here
Arcade Fire (+ Clinic)	Cardiff International Arena	Cardiff	October 2007	Read here
Imelda May	The Point	Cardiff	February 2009	Read here
Elbow (+ The Acorns)	Newport Centre	Newport	February 2009	Read here
The Wedding Present (+ Ringo Deathstarr)	The Globe	Cardiff	November 2010
The Joy Formidable	Solus	Cardiff	October 2011
Emmy The Great (+ Stealing Sheep)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	October 2011
The Wedding Present (+ Toquiwa)	The Gate	Cardiff	October 2012	Read here
Masters In France (+ Candelas, The Winters)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	February 2013	Read here
Primitives (+ Josie Long, The Wave Pictures, Joanna Gruesome and others)	The Gate	Cardiff	March 2013	Read here
British Sea Power (+ Milk And Biscuits)	Coal Exchange	Cardiff	April 2013	Read here
Public Service Broadcasting	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	May 2013
Manic Street Preachers (+ Telegram)	Newport Centre	Newport	September 2013	Read here
The Jim Jones Revue	The Globe	Cardiff	October 2013
Young Knives	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	November 2013
Public Service Broadcasting	The Globe	Cardiff	November 2013
Frank Turner (+ Flogging Molly, Beans On Toast)	Motorpoint Arena	Cardiff	February 2014	Read here
Shonen Knife (+ Small Gang, Former Utopia)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	May 2014	Read here
Drenge (+ The Bohicas)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	June 2014
The Joy Formidable	The Globe	Cardiff	July 2014
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett	The Globe	Cardiff	September 2014	Read here
First Aid Kit (+ Jo Rose)	Colston Hall	Bristol	September 2014	Read here
Inspiral Carpets	The Globe	Cardiff	December 2014
Gruff Rhys (+ Martin Carr)	Sherman Theatre	Cardiff	December 2014	Read here
First Aid Kit (+ Kimberley Anne)	St. David's Hall	Cardiff	January 2015	Read here
Future Of The Left (+ The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, WaLL)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	January 2015
Royal Blood (+ Mini Mansions)	Newport Centre	Newport	March 2015
Wolf Alice (+ Magic Gang, Crows)	The Globe	Cardiff	April 2015	Read here
Super Furry Animals (+ Magic Numbers)	Great Hall	Cardiff	May 2015
Laura Marling (+ Gil Landry)	Colston Hall	Bristol	May 2015
Kizzy Crawford (+ Ellie Makes Music)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	July 2015	Read here
Young Marble Giants (+ Headfall, The Irascibles, Guto Pryce)	The Globe	Cardiff	August 2015
Darling Buds (+ Helen Love, Thee Faction, Burning Ferns)	Le Pub	Newport	October 2015	Read here
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (+ Dead Rat Orchestra)	Colston Hall	Bristol	October 2015	Read here
Slaves (+ Wonk Unit, Spring King)	Great Hall	Cardiff	November 2015
Public Service Broadcasting (+ François And The Atlas Mountains)	Y Plas	Cardiff	November 2015	Read here
Charlatans (+ Frankie & The Heartstrings, Yucatan)	Tramshed	Cardiff	December 2015
Bob Mould (+ Estrons)	The Globe	Cardiff	February 2016	Read here
Snuff (+ Bad Cop Bad Cop, Spoilers)	The Globe	Cardiff	February 2016
Half Man Half Biscuit	Tramshed	Cardiff	May 2016	Read here
Yak (+ Cabbage)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	June 2016	Read here
The Wedding Present (+ Such Small Hands)	Tramshed	Cardiff	September 2016	Read here
Pretty Vicious (+ Fangclub, Hollow Nothing)	The Globe	Cardiff	September 2016	Read here
Le Butcherettes (+ The Picture Books)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	October 2016	Read here
Teleman (+ The Hearts)	The Globe	Cardiff	October 2016	Read here
New Model Army (+ Mad Dog McCrea)	Tramshed	Cardiff	November 2016	Read here
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls (+ Felix Hagen & the Family, Esmé Patterson)	Great Hall	Cardiff	November 2016
Pixies (+ FEWS)	Motorpoint Arena	Cardiff	December 2016	Read here
Placebo (+ Minor Victories)	Newport Centre	Newport	December 2016	Read here
Super Furry Animals (+ Goldie Lookin' Chain, Ffug)	Motorpoint Arena	Cardiff	December 2016	Read here
Future Of The Left (+ USA Nails, Frauds)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	January 2017	Read here
Elbow (+ C Duncan)	Newport Centre	Newport	March 2017	Read here
Grandaddy (+ Amber Arcades)	Colston Hall	Bristol	March 2017	Read here
Saint Etienne	Tramshed	Cardiff	June 2017	Read here
Public Service Broadcasting	Ebbw Vale Institute	Ebbw Vale	June 2017	Read here
The Wedding Present (+ Young Romance)	O2 Academy	Bristol	June 2017	Read here
Wolf Alice (+ Head Noise)	Muni Arts Centre	Pontypridd	August 2017	Read here
Nadine Shah (+ Life)	The Globe	Cardiff	October 2017	Read here
Public Service Broadcasting (+ Palace)	Colston Hall	Bristol	October 2017	Read here
Estrons (+ Chroma, Palomino Party)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	December 2017	Read here
British Sea Power (+ American Mustard)	The Globe	Cardiff	February 2018	Read here
Belly	Glee Club	Cardiff	June 2018	Read here
The Breeders (+ Pip Blom)	O2 Academy	Bristol	July 2018	Read here
Ride (+ Flowers)	Tramshed	Cardiff	September 2018	Read here
Idles (+ Heavy Lungs)	SWX	Bristol	October 2018	Read here
Gwenno (+ Adwaith, Halo Maud)	Tramshed	Cardiff	October 2018
Public Service Broadcasting (+ Perfect Body)	Riverfront Theatre	Newport	October 2018	Read here
Shame (+ HMLTD, Fontaines D.C.)	SWX	Bristol	November 2018	Read here
Courtney Barnett (+ Laura Jean)	Great Hall	Cardiff	November 2018	Read here
Slaves (+ Lady Bird, Willie J. Healey)	Tramshed	Cardiff	November 2018	Read here
Estrons (+ Mellt, Y Sybs)	The Globe	Cardiff	December 2018	Read here
The Coral (+ Cut Glass Kings, Marvin Powell)	Tramshed	Cardiff	March 2019	Read here
The Wedding Present (+ The Flatmates)	Tramshed	Cardiff	May 2019
Goat Girl (+ Pet Grotesque, Teddy Hunter)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	June 2019	Read here
Ash (+ Novacub)	Tramshed	Cardiff	August 2019
Pixies (+ The Big Moon)	Motorpoint Arena	Cardiff	September 2019	Read here
Pom Poko (+ Orchards)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	October 2019	Read here
New Model Army (+ The Secret Faces)	Tramshed	Cardiff	November 2019
Marika Hackman (+ Do Nothing)	The Gate	Cardiff	February 2020
She Drew The Gun (+ Annabel Allum, Show Dogs)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	February 2022
Katy J. Pearson (+ Speedboat)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	September 2022
Cud (+ Silent Forum)	Le Pub	Newport	October 2022
An evening in conversation with David Gedge	Acapela Studios	Pentyrch nr. Cardiff	November 2022	Read here
Yard Act (+ Panic Shack)	Tramshed	Cardiff	November 2022
The Beths (+ Lande Hekt)	SWX	Bristol	May 2023
Bodega (+ Holiday Ghosts, The Outlines)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	September 2023
Das Koolies	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	January 2024
Big Special (+ Grandma's House, Slate)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	April 2024
Sprints (+ The New Cut)	The Thekla	Bristol	April 2024
Big Special (+ Scrounge, Pet Insurance)	Strange Brew	Bristol	May 2024
The Bug Club	City Arms	Cardiff	May 2024	Read here
Coach Party (+ Brass Bambees)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	June 2024
Smashing Pumpkins Weezer (+ Teen Mortgage)	Cardiff Castle	Cardiff	June 2024
Divorce (+ Blood Wizard)	Clwb Ifor Bach	Cardiff	October 2024
Public Service Broadcasting album launch matinee show	Strange Brew	Bristol	October 2024
FANTASTIC RACKET (closing night of Llais 2024) (ft. Nadine Shah & Callum Easter, Norman Blake, Charlotte Church, Lady Leshurr + various writers and poets)	Wales Millennium Centre	Cardiff	October 2024
Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard (+ Nookee, Papa Jupe's T.C.)	Coal Exchange	Newport	November 2024
The Primitives (+ Murder Club)	Le Pub	Newport	November 2024