|
John
YOUNG <8>
|
Salisbury
The Famous Old Ale House |
13/1/2000
|
free |
First
gig of the year and a new venue. The last time JY played here there
was a decent sized, appreciative, audience. Tonight it was Tracy
and I, a few young girlies and a couple of older blokes that made
their presence known towards the end of the show. |
| QANGO
<1>
[alt: JY
site tour overview] |
Newcastle
Dome |
2/02/2000
|
£ |
A
long trip to the start of what turned out to be a short-lived live
project from 3/4 of what was almost the reformed Asia. |
| QANGO
<2> |
Birmingham
Robin Hood 1 |
3/02/2000
|
£ |
Second
night and a brave move was made to record the show for posterity.
Now available as 'Live in the Hood'. See if you recognise the photos... |
| QANGO
<3> |
London Astoria
2 |
4/02/2000
|
£ |
A
special guest popped on for Fanfare for the Common Man - Keith Emerson.
Pity he didn't know I was almost out of film by then. :o(
Possibly the best of the first batch of dates - not that Classic
Rock mag agreed. |
| QANGO
<4> |
Southampton,
The Brook |
5/02/2000
|
£ |
The
closest to a 'home town' show for John and, as such, there were
a number of familiar faces from solo shows in the crowd. |
| QANGO
<5> |
Milton Keynes
Stables, Wavendon |
6/02/2000
|
£15.50,
£18.50 |
This
was the original Stables, a long thin venue that provided a close
view of the band. Problems with the Wetton bass stack provided a
mid show break and a slight rearranging of the set. By the time
I returned to see Greenslade later in the year the new hall was
finished. |
| John
YOUNG <9> |
Gosport Olivers |
11/02/2000
|
free |
A
bit of a return to the real world for John - and a less appreciative
audience than for Qango. |
| John
YOUNG <10> |
Chippenham,
The George Inn |
20/02/2000
|
free |
We
missed the first set because we couldn't find the venue. Make sure
you check your details before leaving home! |
| John YOUNG
<11> |
Bentworth
The Star |
3/03/2000
|
free |
A
return to the friendly Star Inn - a special venue for John and his
fans. |
| JUMP
<8> |
Beethovens,
Oxford Road, Tilehurst, Reading |
4/03/2000
|
£2 after
8pm |
First
show of the year/tour and the first time the new album 'Matthew'
went on sale. |
| John YOUNG
<12> |
Southampton
Talking Heads, |
9/03/2000
|
£3 |
Just
down the road from The Brook and normally home to Irish folk bands.
Not the best of venues for John you may think but it does provide
a separate music room to keep those folk uninterested in the music
away. |
| JUMP <9> |
Railway Inn,
Hungerford |
10/03/2000
|
free |
A return
to this less-than-perfect venue but, as it is spring, the problem
with punters walking continuously between band and audience does
not recur to spoil the evening. |
| JUMP <10> |
Millennium
Hall, Lacey Green |
18/03/2000
|
£ |
A
return to the home village of Mr Jones and thankfully there is no
snow about. |
| COMPANY
OF SNAKES <4> |
Chiddingfold,
Chiddingfold Hall |
25/03/2000
|
£10 |
A
stonking two and a quarter hour set from an on-form band. One you
should have been at. |
| JUMP <11> |
The Wheatsheaf,
Leighton Buzzard |
7/04/2000
|
free |
Our first
trip here en-route to a holiday in Scotland. We arrived a little
late but caught most of the show. |
Bob CATLEY
<1>
NATIVE CAIN <1>
|
Monroes, Workington |
8/04/2000
|
£8 |
First
time seeing Bob solo. His support act became his backing band. The
solo material was a little ponderous in places but things picked
up for the Magnum numbers towards the end of the set. |
| WOLFSTONE |
Inverness
Eden Court |
10/04/2000
|
£10.50 |
(CANCELLED) The keyboard player died a couple of days before the
show. |
| WOLFSTONE |
Keeper
Lit: Scrumbles Function Hall, |
14/04/2000
|
£10 |
(CANCELLED) Wish we'd known as these shows were the main reason
we travelled North. |
| JUMP <12> |
Beethovens,
Oxford Road, Tilehurst, Reading |
15/04/2000
|
£2 after
8pm |
Another
regular trip to Beethovens to see our favourite band. |
| QANGO <6>
[alt: JY
site tour overview] |
Liscombe Park,
Soulbury |
26/04/2000
|
£? |
A dress
rehearsal for the tour |
| QANGO
<7> |
Bilston The
Robin 2 |
27/04/2000
|
£ |
The
'other' Robin, smaller and better set out. |
| QANGO <8> |
Bridgend The
Rec |
28/04/2000
|
£ |
A
gig in the Sports Centre but it drew a reasonable crowd and somebody
mistook me for someone he knew years before.. |
| QANGO
<9> |
Rotherham
HLC (C.R.S. gig) (CRS review) |
29/04/2000
|
£ |
A
show celebrating the 100th issue of the CRS magazine. |
| QANGO
<10> |
Liverpool
The Royal Court Theatre |
30/04/2000
|
£ |
Wetton
had a cold and his voice really suffered though most of the audience
accepted that these things happen. The bonus was that JY had his
only chance to sing Last One Home at a Qango show. |
| QANGO
<11> |
Croydon The
Ashcroft Theatre |
1/05/2000
|
£ |
this was
the only proper theatre show the band played. Nice comfy seats
plus decent sound and lights.
|
| QANGO
<12> |
Southampton,
The Brook |
2/05/2000
|
£ |
Final
Qango show and not as busy as their first visit but it was a mid
week show. |
| DIO <> |
London Forum |
7/05/2000
|
£14.50
advance |
First
time I'd seen the 'wee man' in a few years but a great show despite
most of the latest album, which I'd not heard, being played in one
chunk. |
JUMP <13>
Matthew
<1> |
Zaks, Milton
Keynes |
13/05/2000
|
£ |
We
were goaded out of the 'royal box' to stand in front of a barrel.
The things we do for this band. |
JADIS
<1>
John
WETTON & Martin ORFORD
<1> |
London
L.A.2, |
19/05/2000
|
£ |
A
surprise support and a busy Martin Orford. |
BLACKMORES
NIGHT
<1>
MOSTLY AUTUMN
<1> |
London Cambridge
Theatre |
25/05/2000
|
£17.50 |
I
only decided to go on the day of the show, mainly as Mostly Autumn
had been added as a last minute support act. Mr Blackmore decided
to get the bands in the mood by bussing them all to the Tower of
London. He reckoned without London traffic and, even though they
failed to reach the Tower, the show was late in starting, eventually
finishing just before midnight. |
JUMP
<14>
KARNATAKA
<1> |
Half Moon,
Putney |
27/05/2000
|
£6 |
The
first London headline gig Jump had played in years. I was rather
distracted during the show as, while driving into London, a woman
had rear-ended my car. Thankfully it was still driveable. |
| John
YOUNG <13> |
The
Star, Bentworth |
9/06/2000
|
free |
. |
JUMP
<15>
Matthew
<2> |
Reading
Beethovens |
10/06/2000
|
£2 |
. |
|
MOUNTAIN
<3>
STRAY
<1>
|
Southampton,
The Brook |
13/06/2000
|
£ |
Only
just over 75 minutes of Mountain but openers Stray proved themselves
with a thunderous support slot. |
PAICE
ASHTON LORD
<1>
COMPANY of SNAKES (inc.
Lord/Paice)
<51>
John ENTWISTLE
<1>
HARDIN/YORK
<1>
and others |
Tony Ashton Testimonial
Concert :
London Abbey Road studio's
(other
pics here, and
even more)
Tony
Ashton site, Zak
Starkey site, Luke's
Who site
|
16/06/2000
|
£30
(limited to 300 tickets)
|
I
guess you may be asking just who the heck are PAL? Well, They are
half of what would become Whitesnake and the result of Deep Purple
splitting in 1976. Needless to say you should check out the superlative
'Malice in Wonderland' (Rolling
Stone review) album. This was my once in a lifetime chance to
see PAL live. The show was to raise funds to pay for hospital bills
run up by Tony in his fight against cancer. Since then (Monday May
28th 2001) he has unfortunately lost the fight. :o(
There was a long wait for the 'main event' but the reformation of
5/6 of the 'classic' Whitesnake line-up helped buoy spirits after
a lot of tedious R&B. If only Moody/Marsden & Coverdale
could have settled their differences for one night... |
LYNYRD
SKYNYRD
<1>
COMPANY of SNAKES
<6> |
London
Hammersmith Apollo |
22/06/2000
|
£ |
Six nights
later and a return to the stage used to record part of the classic
'Live in the Hearts of the City' snake album...
I was less impressed with the main act - possibly as the oldies
they played were not, in the main, ones I was familiar with. The
rest of the hall seemed more impressed so perhaps it was just
me. The merchandise was way overpriced - a mid price compilation
CD selling for £15 if memory serves. At the time it was
unreleased - but only for a couple of weeks. Nice way to treat
your fans - bleed them dry with any old rubbish.
|
| John
YOUNG <14> |
Salisbury
Cloisters |
22/06/2000
|
£ |
. |
JUMP
<16>
MOSTLY AUTUMN
<2>
CADRE
<1>
KARNATAKA
<2> |
Horses Head
Soup V Festival,
Millennium Hall, Lacey Green |
24/06/2000
|
£ |
Jump
once again doing their bit to promote other bands. Although we missed
part of the acoustic Karnataka set it was obvious, even in the cut
down version, that they have some good songs. I finally saw the
almost complete Mostly Autumn line-up too. |
| John
YOUNG <15> |
Swallow,
Andover |
9/7/2000
|
free |
. |
| John
YOUNG <16> |
Bentworth, The Star |
21/7/2000
|
free |
. |
| John
YOUNG <17> |
The Boot, Bracknell |
22/7/2000
|
free |
. |
| John
YOUNG <18> |
Talking Heads, Southampton |
27/7/2000
|
free |
. |
|
CELTUS
<1>
MOSTLY AUTUMN
<3>
MARTIN
ORFORD <1>
|
Whitchurch Festival |
4/8/20000
|
£ |
Back
for another year at the Whitchurch festival. One year previously
I'd discovered some great music so hopes were high for this weekend.
The Friday featured a completely new set of bands to the previous
year, Martin Orford previewing his new album on the first night.
Mostly Autumn sounded good through a decent PA though Celtus were
a little too samey to inspire me too much. |
GNIDROLOG
<1>
LANDMARQ <1>
The MORRIGAN
<1> |
Whitchurch
Festival (afternoon session) |
5/8/200
|
free |
A
free afternoon session in the smaller hall to allow the locals in
on the event. The bill changed a little as Landmarq were minus a
guitarist at their due-on time. The Morrigan stepped in to an earlier
slot and impressed with almost all the band changing instruments
between each song. Eat your hearts out Spock's Beard! Gnidrolog
were worth missing half of Haze for - powerful rock from a band
who reformed for the previous years festival. |
|
IQ
<2>
The CARDIACS
<1>
HAZE <2>
|
Whitchurch
Festival |
5/8/2000
|
£ |
Due
to Gnidrolog overrunning we missed half of the Haze set. As we walked
in I was expecting great things after the previous year but the
show seemed to be a rerun of last years show, including the guitarist-walks-in-audience
spot. Disappointing. Even more disappointing were the Cardiacs.
With more time changes than most of the bands on show I guess they
were sort-of progressive but the music did absolutely nothing for
me. A good half the audience obviously felt the same as they adjourned
to the car park for the duration. A swapping of fans for the headline
act, IQ, but they were under rehearsed and again less impressive
than the previous year.. |
| ARENA
Unplugged
<2> |
Whitchurch
Festival (afternoon session) |
6/8/2000
|
free |
Another
under-rehearsed act and the acoustic setting didn't really favour
some of the material, Rob Sowden looking nervous throughout. |
MUNGO
JERRY <1>
Tony McPhee's GROUNDHOGS
<3>
John YOUNG
<19>
GRAVITY
<1> |
Whitchurch
Festival |
6/8/2000
|
£ |
JY
was the only act I was really looking forward to on the Sunday evening
- had he not been on the bill I doubt we'd have hung around for
the others. The show is available from the JY
site in handheld video format if you are interested. Gravity
are a local band who played modernish rock stuff while the Groundhogs
are a heavy blues band and fairly impressive. The biggest surprise
had to be Mungo Jerry - a band I thought would bore me. The good-time
party atmosphere seemed to draw most of the audience into dancing
or at least swaying to the music. It just shows you should never
dismiss a band before experiencing them 'in the flesh'. |
| MOSTLY
AUTUMN
<4> |
York La Plaza, De Grey Rooms |
17/8/2000
|
free |
A
long trip to York for a slightly disappointing show - 3 covers in
90 mins - in an echoey hall. |
| John
YOUNG <20> |
Reading Beethoven's |
3/9/2000
|
free |
. |
| FRAGILE
<1> |
Reading Beethovens |
8/9/2000
|
free |
. |
| Jackie
LEVEN, Andy White & Michael Weston King
<1> |
Southampton
The Brook
'Englishman,
Irishman, Scotsman tour'
|
17/9/2000
|
£ |
. |
| JUMP
<17> |
Swindon The Queen's Tap |
22/9/2000
|
free |
. |
ARENA
<3>
JUMP
<18> |
London Astoria 2 |
27/9/2000
|
£ |
. |
| John
YOUNG <21> |
Bentworth The Star |
29/9/2000
|
free |
. |
| JUMP
<19> |
Stokenchurch Memorial Hall, Bucks |
30/9/2000
|
£ |
. |
DEADLINE
<1>
Andy TILLSON (of PO90 DEGREES)
<1>
|
Rotherham Oakwood Centre Dining Hall (afternoon session) |
7/10/2000
|
£ |
A
bit of a hike this show but I was interested to see Po90 and Jump
on the stage I first encountered them. We missed the first act due
to traffic problems on the M1 but caught the couple of tracks Andy
played solo and the rather more basic rock set by Deadline. Before
heading off for a bit of shopping we helped Jump unload their gear
and I was mistaken for somebody important by Gary Chandler, nice
bloke that he is. |
JADIS
<2>
JUMP <20>
PARALLEL OR 90 DEGREES
<1> |
Rotherham
Oakwood Centre |
7/10/2000
|
£ |
Back
from shopping and the main show was opened by some retro keyboard
heavy material from Po90 Degrees which I enjoyed. I am used to the
odd comment from Mr Jones at Jump shows but I was rather taken aback
when he asked the audience to "tw@t me" for taking notes
on my Psion. Jump almost had an unfavourable review for that comment
but I held back. Jadis played their usual mellow but slightly rocking
set of not-quite prog tunes. I enjoy them more each time I experience
them live. |
| JUMP
<21> |
Leighton Buzzard Wheatsheaf |
13/10/2000
|
£ |
A
more enjoyable, and longer, Jump set and this time it was the potman
who gave me a slagging! |
JADIS
<3>
MOSTLY AUTUMN
<5> |
London
Astoria 2 |
18/10/2000
|
£ |
Mostly
Autumn arrived after we did! Instead of a full band show we were
lucky to get a 30 min acoustic performance. They don't seem to have
much luck in London shows. Jadis played a similar set to the previous
week. |
| JUMP
<22> |
Newbury, King Charles Tavern |
20/10/2000
|
free |
A
tiny venue, almost like having the band play in your front room.
The pub must normally host blues bands as there were plenty of calls
for blues standards throughout the set. I did make for some entertaining
banter between John and the crowd though. I really must finish writing
this one up as it was a great, fun, show. |
| John
YOUNG <22> |
The Swallow, Andover |
22/10/2000
|
free |
. |
ReGENESIS
<2>
John YOUNG
<23> |
The
Astoria 2 |
27/10/2000
|
£ |
We
only really went for JY - and saw the last 5 mins due to traffic
congestion. I'm not a Genesis fan so, no matter how good ReGenesis
were, I'd have nothing worth saying about them. |
| SPOCK'S
BEARD
<> |
LA2,
London |
28/10/2000
|
£ |
. |
| FISH
[alt: JY
site]
<20> |
London Charlie Browns, Wood Green |
29/10/2000
|
£ |
A
convention show and JYs introduction to the world of rabid Fish
fans. Poor guy. |
| FISH
[alt: JY
site]
<21> |
London Charlie Browns, Wood Green |
30/10/2000
|
£ |
Open
to the public but with the downpours the previous evening causing
much of SE England to be flooded the hall was only 1/4 full. The
Raingod returned. |
| John
WETTON
<2> |
London
Borderline |
9/11/2000
|
£ |
A
meeting of world-wide fans almost. £ American ladies had flown
over for the JY con a few days later and Mr Wetton had decided to
slip a one-off show in. Good man. A little short perhaps, just under
80 mins, but good stuff and with new guitarist John Mitchell. |
| JUMP
<23> |
Reading, Tilehurst Beethoven's |
11/11/2000
|
free |
Last
Reading gig of the year. |
| John
YOUNG convention [alt. view: JY
site]
<24> |
The Star, Bentworth |
12/11/2000
|
free |
An
enjoyable day with people travelling a lot further than I did to
be there. |
PALLAS
FRAGILE
<2> |
London
Astoria 2 |
17/11/2000
|
£ |
A
twisted ankle on Tracy care of a wet floor at an underground station
forced me to miss the show and take Tracy to the nearest hospital.
Oh, it was my fault as well - despite me being 30 miles away when
it happened! I did see one and a bit songs by the support act though. |
| JUMP
<24> |
Stokenchurch Memorial Hall, Bucks |
18/11/2000
|
£ |
Tracy
was still recovering so she missed this show. It was a trip through
10 years of Jump history with a between song history lesson care
of John. |
| MOLLY
HATCHET <1> |
London Astoria 2 |
21/11/2000
|
£ |
A
band I've loved since hearing the 'No guts... No Glory' album in
the early 80s. This was their first visit to the UK since 1979 and
I was not about to miss it. None of the original band are still
present but the music still stands tall though why they only played
for 75 minutes I have no idea. |
| GREENSLADE
[alt: JY
site]
<1> |
Wavendon Stables, (Milton Keynes) |
22/11/2000
|
£ |
I
must admit to being dubious in going to the show. I only decided
at 6.30 to go along and missed part of the first set. The sound
was clear but quiet and it was not until the London show a couple
of days later that I began to become converted to the older material. |
| GREENSLADE
[alt: JY
site]
<2> |
London Astoria 2 |
24/11/2000
|
£ |
Standing,
louder PA, more enthusiastic audience - these all helped make this
show more enjoyable. The band seemed a little more confident too
on what was only their third show. The two sets of the previous
shows were compacted into one for the remaining shows. |
| GALAHAD
<3> |
Bournemouth Mr Smiths |
2/12/2000
|
£ |
Back
to Bournemouth for another Galahad show. On release for the first
time was 'Crimes and Misdemeanours III' which contained the first
3 tracks I ever heard by the band - the BBC FRS session. A must
have item. The show featured roughly half of what is destined to
become the next Galahad CD as well as classics from previous albums. |
| The
MORRIGAN <2> |
Southampton Talking Heads |
8/12/2000
|
£ |
A
rough and ready performance but still enjoyable. |
