A collection of gig posters, tix, reviews and more, from the UK and NZ – 1980s/1990s (mostly).

 Like most people I enjoy music, and over the years I’ve purchased plenty. And been to many live gigs (my first was Gary Glitter supported by Mark Williams in the early 1970s at the Theatre Royal, Timaru, NZ) – this site will be an archive of that, beginning early 1980s, when I was going to see friends’ bands around Timaru and Christchurch, New Zealand; but also national and international artists (it won’t be a definitive record). The first entries are from late 1987 until early 1996 when I lived in London, UK, with my wife Chrissie (who suffered through some of these, but would never come to see The Fall) – this archive is mostly from that period. Some other gig information might form part of this archive; it will be added to as time permits, until it’s ‘finished’. I hope you enjoy what you see – maybe it invokes (hopefully happy) memories of your own. My music ‘taste’ has been nurtured by the influence of friends, Radio U, Rip It Up, NME and (most of all) John Peel (R.I.P.); more recently rdu and The Joint (Fraser and Herb Whisperer, excellent curators of very cool music, now on 8k.com), and RNZ’s Music 101. Thanks for looking – Greg (and Chrissie).

Dedicated to the memory of Barrie Thompson (04/13/1960 – 10/12/2017), Myles Richardson (12/04/62 – 10/04/2022), Colin Bower (04/20/1962 – 02/17/2019), Steve Cowan (10/15/1959 – 07/19/1986), Geoff Hopkins and my dear Dad “Dick” Dodds (10/22/1935 – 04/19/2022), who was a musician and also a music lover.

Also to John Peel (and John Walters, Peel’s producer), Barry Jenkin (Dr Rock), David Bowie, Ian Curtis, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Kurt Cobain, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Mark E Smith, Pete Shelley, Joe Strummer, Tom Verlaine, Jamie Reid, Kirsty McColl, Keith Levene, Mark Lanegan, Bo Diddley, Andy Gill, Andy Rourke, Richard H. Kirk, Ian Dury, David McComb, Lux Interior, Bryan Gregory, Nick Knox, Prince, Hamish Kilgour, Peter Gutteridge, Chris Sheehan, Andrew Brough, Wayne Elsey, Martyn Bull, Roy Colbert, Tony Peake, Malcolm Black, Grant Fell, David D'Ath, Jim Laing, Peter Stapleton, Darcy Clay, Celia Mancini, Steve McCabe, Brian Jones, Syd Barrett, Alex Chilton, Fred “Sonic” Smith, Shane MacGowan, Roland S Howard, Elvis Presley, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, Jim Morrison, Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Terry Hall, Toots Hibbert, Gregory Isaacs, Bob Marley, U-Roy, I-Roy, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Robbie Shakespeare, Jackie Mittoo, Jah Shaka, David (Dave) Jolicoeur (aka Trugoy the Dove, De La Soul), Malik Izaak Taylor (aka Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest), Lamont Dozier, James Brown, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Cesária Évora, Charlie Gillett, Fela Kuti, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Keith Edward Elam (Guru), MF DOOM, George Harrison, Tom Petty, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Jeff Beck, Phil Lynott, John Entwistle, Nico, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Johnny Cash, Curtis Mayfield, Muddy Waters, BB King, Adam “MCA” Yauch, Grant McLennan, Chris Bailey, Grant Hart, D. Boon, Dave Roback, Mary Hansen (Stereolab), Andrew Weatherall, Pete de Freitas, Alan Vega, Marcus Intalex (Marcus Kaye), Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya (Kemistry & Storm), Lhasa de Sela, Stephen Samuel Gordon (Spaceape), Tracey Pew, Conway Savage, Roland Wolf, Nikki Sudden, Poly Styrene, The Jazz Butcher (Pat Fish), Justin Townes Earle, Ron Asheton, Wayne Kramer, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Damo Suzuki, Michael Nesmith, John McGeogh, Nikki Sudden, Epic Soundtracks, Dick Dale, Anita Lane, Sid Vicious, Ari Up, most of The Ramones (Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy), Johnny Thunders, Martin Hannett, Martin Rushent, Stuart Adamson, Anthony Wilson, Snakefinger, Malcolm McLaren, Warren Zevon, Andy Fletcher, Sinéad O’Connor, Darryl Hunt (The Pogues), Steve Harley, Andy Barker (808 State), Mark Sandman, Mark Linkous, Vaughan Oliver, Storm Thorgerson, Lemmy…

Header photo: Joe Strummer performing at Amnesty International benefit gig, Milton Keynes Bowl, 06/18-19/1988.