MOSTLY
AUTUMN
<8>
KARNATAKA
<6> |
London
Mean Fiddler |
12/1/2002
|
£--
|
Back
in London for another Mostly Autumn show and this time they impressed
me a bit more. The show was followed by the Karnataka DVD launch
in Picadilly Circus. |
PALLAS
<>
John YOUNG
<36> |
London
Mean Fiddler |
19/1/2002
|
£--
|
Bit
of a double whammy here for me, old favourites Pallas being ably
supported by JY. Wonder how he got the gig? ;o) |
| The
URBANE
<1> |
Reading
Pavlov's Dog |
24/1/2002
|
free |
With
an early rise the following morning I almost didn't make the show
but I'm glad I did, impressive stuff. Some of my photos are on the
Urbane Site.
|
PALLAS
<>
ADN <1> |
Paris Club Dunois |
26/1/2002
|
£--
|
A
first for me, a French gig and on Burns night. |
| BIG
CHIEF
<1> |
Reading The Jazz Club, The Arches |
1/2/2002
|
£--
|
Something
rather jazzier than I'm used to but the Greenslade connection (Tony
Reeves plays bass in both bands) tempted me along and I really enjoyed
the music - similar in places to early 70's Deep Purple style jamming
- must be the Ian Paice slant. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<48>
The PLANETS
<1> |
Auditorium Grimsby |
6/2/2002
|
£26:50 |
After
a number of lacklustre performances since 1998 Purple are back on
tremendous form. A cracking show and excellent first mainland date,
well worth the 250 mile drive. The Planets provided a rather different
support act, one Ritchie may approve of. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<49>
The PLANETS
<2> |
Nottingham
Royal Concert Hall |
7/2/2002
|
£26:50 |
Another
excellent show. I'm wishing I had bought tickets for the whole tour
now. 3 shows in and Gillan is still managing Child In Time. |
| John
YOUNG
<37> (with special guest John WETTON) |
Bentworth Star Inn |
8/2/2002
|
free |
A
surprise guest added to the atmosphere and joined in on a couple
of the latter tracks. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<50>
The PLANETS
<3> |
Oxford
Apollo |
10/2/2002
|
£26:50 |
Woo
Hoo, 50 DP shows. Pity the sod my girlfriend decided to sell her
ticket to didn't hang about to collect and pay for it so I wasn't
in the calmest of moods to enjoy the show as much as I hoped. |
GREENSLADE
<6>
TANTALUS
<1> |
Rotherham Herringthorpe Leisure Centre (CRS) |
16/2/2002
|
£13/£11
|
10
days on and I'm back 'oop North' for something rather less rocky
but grooving none the less. A year ago they recorded a CD in the
same venue and tonight it is available for the first time. Tantalus
put in a good supporting performance and I'm tempted to see them
again. |
GREENSLADE
<7>
John YOUNG
<38> |
Farnham
Maltings |
20/2/2002
|
£12:50 |
A
local gig slipped in at the last minute. A small but appreciative
audience. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<51>
The PLANETS
<4> |
London
Hammersmith Apollo |
22/2/2002
|
£28.00 |
Oh
dear, Gillan's cold has lingered on from around two days after I
saw the band and tonight is the final date of the tour, the last
half dozen shows postponed until September. |
Leslie
West's MOUNTAIN
<4>
STRAY
<3> |
Southampton
The Brook |
28/2/2002
|
£13:50 |
A
rocking set by the three piece that once again includes Corky Laing.
I arrived for the last song by the support act, Stray. |
| KARNATAKA
<7> |
Reading
Roebuck's Tavern |
1/3/2002
|
£2.00
|
Half
the audience, the ones that watched rather than played pool/talked,
seemed to have come from Wales or Bristol. |
MAGNUM
<>
TYLA <1> |
Newport
TJ's; Gwent Wales |
2/3/2002
|
£12.50 |
1st
official gig after over 5 years and very loud!! |
| Jackie
LEVEN
<> |
Southampton
Talking Heads |
5/3/2002
|
£5.00 |
Quieter
than the last time but the colleague I took along thoroughly enjoyed
himself and bought a CD. |
| The
URBANE
<2> |
Reading
Purple Turtle |
19/3/2002
|
free |
Downstairs
in the dim and long venue. The band rock but the venue leaves a
lot to be desired. |
| COMPANY
OF SNAKES
<> |
Southampton
The Brook |
22/3/2002
|
£12.50 |
With
a new album of original material to promote this isn't a tribute
show all the way as at least half the material is from the new 'Burst
the Bubble' CD. Some of it fares far better than I imagined. |
| JUMP
<45> |
Aylesbury
Limelight Theatre |
23/3/2002
|
£7.50 |
Theatre
show but I wasn't in the mood. |
| Keith
EMERSON & The NICE
<1> |
London
100 Club |
9/4/2002
|
free |
Press
show for the release of a piano only album from Keith Emerson. Former
members of the Nice, Lee Jackson and Brian Davison joined him onstage
for around 20 minutes. |
| MERCHANTS
VICE
<1> |
Farnborough
Tumble Down Dick |
11/4/2002
|
free |
First
gig of what I assume is a localish prog band. The sounded, vocally
at any rate, a bit like Euan Lowson era Pallas. |
| Ken
HENSLEY's Free Spirit
<1> |
Southampton
The Brook |
17/4/2002
|
£ |
No
JY in the band and the Wetton songs played at the Forum in December
have been replaced by tracks from the new Running Blind CD . |
| JUMP
<46> |
Marlow
Bottom TJ O'Reilley |
19/4/2002
|
£7 |
Much
more enjoyable show this time despite the singer having a good go
at me from the stage. Words off a Doug's back! |
| OZRIC
TENTACLES
<1> |
Reading
Fez Club |
24/4/2002
|
£ |
Something
rather likeHawkwind and none the worse for it. Plenty of aromatic
ciggies in evidence! |
MOSTLY
AUTUMN
<9>
John YOUNG
<39> |
Southampton
The Brook |
1/5/2002
|
£7.00 |
Nice
to see JY in the Brook again. Maybe next time he'll be headlining
himself. Mostly Autumn played some tracks off the Lord of the Rings
inspired album and they proved some of the best (and heaviest) material
they've produced. I enjoyed this show. |
| John
YOUNG
<40> |
Bentworth
The Star |
3/5/2002
|
free |
Somebody
called John Wetton once again turned up and sang the final track,
Last One Home, with JY. |
|
The URBANE
<3> |
Reading
3Bs |
9/5/2002
|
free |
Third
time in Reading and yet another venue. This is the best of the three
though more like seeing the band in your (large) lounge. An unexpected
encore proved a problem for John Mitchell who'd thrown his guitar
down at the end of the main set - knocking it well out of tune.
|
| BLUEHORSES
<1> |
Windsor
Arts Centre |
10/5/2002
|
£ |
It
is always nice to find a new band (thanks Lynn) to enjoy and the
Bluehorses were certainly that with a blend of folk, rock and fun
that entranced the crowd. |
JUMP
<47>
DERRIN NAUENDORF
<1> |
Rotherham
Herringthorpe Leisure Centre |
11/5/2002
|
£ |
Original
support was to be
Gina DOOTSON but for whatever reason we had to suffer the guitar
and drums of the antipodean duo for around half an hour. John
Dexter Jones must have liked then as he mentioned asking then
to play the Horses Head Soup Festival. Luckily they didn't make
that bill.
|
BLUE
OYSTER CULT
<>
John YOUNG
<41> |
Milton
Keynes The Stables, Wavendon |
14/5/2002
|
£12.50 |
Stuck
right at the back I was a little out of the atmosphere.Tthe audience
were silent for JY though what most of the hardcore BOC fans made
of him I don't know. BOC seemed a little jetlagged as the set wasn't
as powerful as I expected/hoped. |
CLEAR
BLUE SKY
<1>
TANTALUS
<2> |
London
Royal Standard |
16/5/2002
|
£ |
.
|
BLUE
OYSTER CULT
<>
Carl PALMER
<1> |
London
Astoria |
17/5/2002
|
£12.50 |
.
|
| PENDRAGON
(no support)
<> |
London
Mean Fiddler |
21/5/2002
|
£9.50 |
No
support but the live Greenslade CD was played over the PA before
the band came on. |
MOSTLY
AUTUMN
<10>
John LAWTON
<1> |
London
Mean Fiddler |
25/5/2002
|
£ |
A
double headliner with both acts being filmed for future DVD release.
|
Jackie
LEVEN
<>
Jason McNIFF
<1>
Gina KAZ
<1> |
London
12 Bar Club |
28/5/2002
|
£ |
Strange
venue but some good music and Frankie Miller was in the audience
and had a song dedicated to him. |
| John
YOUNG
<42> |
Bentworth
Queens Jubilee celebrations |
3/6/2002
|
£5 |
Just
a short 15 minute set due to delays with other local bands. |
| JUMP
<48> |
Reading
Roebuck Tavern |
7/6/2002
|
free |
.
|
The
URBANE
<4>
Lloyd
& Dean
<1> |
Reading
Pavlov's Dog |
13/6/2002
|
free |
The
acoustic doodlings of Lloyd and Dean was soon blown away by the
powerchording of the Urbane to the usual student audience. |
| Roger
WATERS
<1> |
London
Wembley Arena |
27/6/2002
|
£ |
I
won tickets for this show on Total Rock. Nick Mason played drums
on one early track at this last show of a world tour. |
| The
URBANE <5> |
Reading
The Purple Turtle |
4/7/2002
|
free |
.
|
|
JADIS <7>
John
MITCHELL
<2>
|
Southampton
The Brook |
6/7/2002
|
£ |
.
|
JADIS
<8>
John MITCHELL
<3> |
London
Mean Fiddler |
12/7/2002
|
£10.00 |
The
first official John Young Band photo was squeezed in between sets,
John Mitchell supporting John Jowitt and Steve Christey in Jadis.
JY was along for the show so it seemed like an opportunity not to
be missed. |
KARNATAKA
<8>
SLEEPING GIANT
<1> |
Aylesbury
Limelight Theatre |
13/7/2002
|
£7.50 |
I
would have preferred to see the Morrigan nearer home but I was over
ruled, fortuitously as it turned out, as I managed to have a chat
with Dave Kilminster and found out about his forthcoming part in
the Nice reunion tour. |
JUMP
<49>
(overview)
ORFORD & CHANDLER
<>
GALAHAD
<4> |
Whitchurch
Festival |
2/8/2002
|
£10 |
Three
acts I'd seen before, one for the first time at Whitchurch 1993.
A good evenings entertainment. |
HAZE
<>
(overview)
John MITCHELL
<4>
Keith BELL
<>
ONE IOTA
<> |
Whitchurch
Festival (afternoon) |
3/8/2002
|
£15
(all day ticket) |
A
little late in arriving but I managed to catch 95% of the music.
John Mitchell surprised a few people with both choice of song and
the laid back manner in which the rockier Urbane songs were adapted
for an acoustic set. Haze were even better than the first time I
saw them in 1999. |
FRANCIS
DUNNERY
<> (overview)
JOHN WAYNE
<>
PRIMITIVE INSTINCT
<> |
Whitchurch
Festival (evening) |
3/8/2002
|
£15
(all day ticket) |
SUMMER INDOORS were due to play this evening but pulled out a few
weeks in advance of the event. Primitive Instinct were promoted
to an evening slot and John Mitchell added to replace them in the
afternoon. |
TREEBEARD
<>
(overview)
Damian
WILSON
<>
Keith
BELL
<>
ROLF
<>
|
Whitchurch
Festival (afternoon) |
4/8/2002
|
£15
(all day ticket) |
Late
again and this time I missed more than the opening number of the
unexpected first act. Damian Wilson was the hit of the afternoon
though and far superior live to the few tracks I'd previously heard. |
|
FOCUS
<> (overview)
HENRY FOOL
<>
SPHERE
<>
|
Whitchurch
Festival (evening) |
4/8/2002
|
£15
(all day ticket) |
Two
out of three bands impressed, Henry Fool being the odd one out.
|
| GALAHAD
<5> |
Bournemouth
Mr Smiths |
10/8/2002
|
£ |
This
was supposed to be the debut complete preformance of the complete
'Year Zero' album. With time running short in the second set some
sections had to be cut so we didn't see the whole album performed.
|
| Adrian
Byron BURNS
<1> |
Kinloss
East Grange Loft |
18/8/2002
|
£5 |
An
interesting bluesy take on some standards as well as plenty of original
material. |
| John
YOUNG
<43> |
Bentworth
The Star |
23/8/2002
|
free |
The
official first live play of a new song from the next CD, something
a little more prog than the material on Significance or Life Underground
- Unknown Soldier, all 14 minutes of it! |
DEEP
PURPLE
<52>
The
PLANETS
<5> |
London
Hammersmith Apollo |
6/09/2002
|
£28.00
+ booking fee |
First
night of the rescheduled dates (and one of the added ones) but only
one video camera present for part of the show this time. I caught
Ian Paice's drum skin which swerved towards me at the last minute.
|
DEEP
PURPLE
<53>
The
PLANETS
<missed them>
|
London
Hammersmith Apollo |
7/09/2002
|
£28.00
+ booking fee |
The
shorter set (20 min less than in February) was repeated tonight
but with the addition of Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain and Janick
Gers of Iron Maiden on Smoke. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<54>
The
PLANETS
<6> |
York
Barbican Centre |
8/09/2002
|
£26.50
+ booking fee |
Standing
venue that everyone complained had poor sound. I can't comment as
I stood in front of the bass backline and my view is tempered by
that. Other than that a good show. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<55>
The
PLANETS
<missed them>
|
Bradford
St. George's Hall |
9/09/2002
|
£26.50
+ booking fee |
Front
row balcony seat tonight so a different view and surprisoingly good
sound. Possibly the best show of the four so far. |
| SWALLOW
<1> |
Reading
3B's |
12/09/2002
|
free |
Local
Reading covers band that finished their set with a female fronted,
pumping, version of Purple's Highway Star complete with switched
perspective vocals. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<56>
The
PLANETS
<7> |
Birmingham
NEC |
14/09/2002
|
£26.50 |
Only
the second gig I've been to on my birthday, the first being Magnum
in 1990, and free tickets care of Stephen Hounslow who couldn't
make the rescheduled date. Good on yer Steve. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<57>
The
PLANETS
<8> |
Portsmouth
Guildhall |
15/09/2002
|
£26.50 |
Second
venue I return to that I first visited on the 1996 tour, Bradford
being the first, and some hassle from security when they thought
my digital camera was a video. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<->
The
PLANETS
<-> |
Plymouth
Pavilions |
17/09/2002
|
£26.50 |
I
had a ticket but work intervened, as well as the 200 mile drive,
so I didn't go. I understand security was heavy handed and kept
the audience seated for at least half the show. |
DEEP
PURPLE
<58>
The
PLANETS
<8> |
Bristol
Colston Hall |
18/09/2002
|
£26.50 |
My
last gig of the tour and Jon Lord's penultimate show as a member
of the band. A sad night though having Bernie Marsden guest on smoke
on the Water took my mind off that. |
BOWES
& MORLEY
<1>
The
URBANE
<6> |
London ULU |
20/09/2002
|
£13:50
|
Well,
that's what the ticket said but on the night I was charged £15.
Still, as the first gig of a short, 2 date, tour and the first ever
Bowes & Morley live show I suppose I wasn't screwed too badly.
Not as good as I remember Thunder (Bowes and Morley were vocalist
and guitarist respectively) but then they've left Thunder behind
(except for a brief Alice Cooper support). |
| TANTALUS
<2> |
Kingston,
The Peel, London |
28/9/2002
|
£5.00 |
'Lumen et Caligo 1' Album Launch (Long Set). |
| COMPANY
OF SNAKES
<> |
Chiddingfold
Live Music Club |
5/10/2002
|
£15.00
on door |
£13
in advance. |
| The
NICE
<2> |
London
Royal Festival Hall |
6/10/2002
|
£ |
.
|
DIO
<>
Oliver
/ Dawson SAXON <1> |
Portsmouth
Pyramid Centre |
9/10/2002
|
£14.50
|
.
|
| JUMP
<50> |
Winchester The Railway |
12/10/2002
|
£5
on door |
A
return after a long gap to an old haunt for the band. Despite a
full car park the hall was surprisingly empty, not helped by the
wall hugging audience. This didn't daunt the band and they put in
a sterling performance even though the reception lacked a litte..
|
| The
NICE book signing
<-> |
London Helter Skelter |
19/10/2002
|
free |
Well not quite free as I had to buy the book to get it signed so
£13.99. |
| GALAHAD
<6> |
Poole Mr Kyp's, Dorset |
19/10/2002
|
£7
on door |
.
|
| JUMP
<51> |
Leighton Buzzard Wheatsheaf |
25/10/2002
|
free |
The
new material really made an impression tonight - a brilliant show
and a much better atmosphere that a fortnight earlier. |
| MOSTLY
AUTUMN
<10> |
Southampton
The Brook |
30/10/2002
|
£10.00 |
No
support but a larger crowd than last time and possibly the best
response I've seen for the band. Not bad for a bunch of South coasters.
|
| MOSTLY
AUTUMN
<11> |
Oxford
Zodiac |
1/11/2002
|
£11.00
on door |
£10.00
in advance but an extra quid and NO physical TICKET on the night.
A much smaller crowd than two days ago but this is the first gig
in Oxford. Pity it was spoilt for the band by some people chatting
near the front. They didn't stop despite a polite request from Heather
and the bouncer. |
MOUNTAIN
<5>
STRAY
<4> |
Bisley
Pavilion, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, nr.Woking |
3/11/2002
|
£16.00
on door |
£15.00
in advance. |
| JUMP
<52> |
High Wycombe Zoom Club, Bucks University |
9/11/2002
|
£7.00 |
First
High Wycombe (home town) gig in about three years for Jump in a
relatively new venue that had a remarkable lack of students present.
|
| THE
FLOWER KINGS
<2> |
Rotherham
Herringthorpe Leisure Centre |
16/11/2002
|
£ |
.
|
ALICE
COOPER
<6>
THUNDER
<>
QUIREBOYS
<2>
DOGS
D'AMOUR
<> |
'Monsters
or Rock'
Brighton Centre |
17/11/2002
|
£25 |
.
|
ALICE
COOPER
<7>
THUNDER
<>
QUIREBOYS
<3>
DOGS
D'AMOUR
<> |
'Monsters
or Rock'
Bournemouth Centre |
19/11/2002
|
£25 |
.
|
$IGN
OF 4 <1>
CANDYHEADS
<1>
REDHILL
<1>
|
Oxford
Zodiac |
23/11/2002
|
£9.00 |
Add
a 50p booking fee even when paying cash at the venue though. |
| Jackie
LEVEN <> |
Southampton,
Talking Heads |
27/11/2002
|
£5 |
.
|
CARAVAN
FOCUS
<2>
|
London
Astoria |
28/11/2002
|
£10 |
Focus were excellent CARAVAN were headliners but as I can't say
I was impressed with the album I bought a few months ago I went
downstaris to see the headliners there instead. |
John
LAWTON Band
<2>
KARNATAKA
|
London
Mean Fiddler |
28/11/2002
|
£10 |
I
missed Karnataka due being upstairs watching focus and this was
a different John Lawton Band to the Project videoed i the same venue
a few months earlier. |
ASIA
<2>
URIAH
HEEP (acoustic)
<> |
London
Shepherds Bush Empire |
30/11/2002
|
£10 |
Supposedly
a 20th Anniversary show but no mention was made of that during Asia'a
set which pretty much followed the same setlist as their soon to
be released 'America' DVD. No sign either of rumoured special guests
though John Wetton was present at the show. |
|
Kate TOWNSHEND <2> |
JUMP
Xmas Party, Lacey Green |
/12/2002
|
free |
.
|
