BristolUK

Steely Dan 1974 very different to 1996. Even The Eagles changed a fair bit after Joe Walsh joined, not least because live they did a couple of his greats.

And as Pulaski says, in the days when the tour was promoting an album, the gig was cheap so why not go?

Shard

Yes. Over time it makes sense. Cheap gigs too.

ann m

dbd33

I'm sure I have an original red T shirt with the Q Tips logo, probably acquired at the Marquee though we also went to other places and may have seen them at Dingwall's, Roundhouse, 100 Club, Music Machine (or whatever it was called that year), venues like that.

I can't quite remember what's wrapped in it; carburetors, horse bits, child's first tooth? Something precious but rarely needed,

Shard

Never heard of Q Tips. What song do you recommend?

dbd33

I didn't know they had recorded anything, under that name, until this thread. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted was typical of their live material.

Shard

Thanks, will check. I did like Paul Young's one big hit (back in the day). Regret that I never went to a concert at The Roundhouse, used to live very near, but I seem to recall it being out of commission for some time.

Rete

Not sure what you consider "POP" concerts but I never attended any as a teenager. As an adult I have seen Chicago and the Moody Blues. I'm classical music lover and was a season subscriber to Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center in New York City for years. Definitely not Pop culture.

PETEMJ

Did anyone else goto the Wheely festival in '71, T-Rex and The Faces headlined.

The weeley festival 1971

i remember sitting in a damp field for 48 hours when i was 16ish.

BuckinghamshireBoy

Almost went, but got offered some extra work that weekend, difficult to turn down as an almost penniless ( ) sixteen year old.

Shard

Busy working too, had a massive Meccano construction on the go.

BEVS

Knebworth Festival 1975.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.
Linda Lewis
Captain Beefheart
Steve Miller Band.

I still have the programme somewhere.

We were up quite close to the right of the stage. Captain Beefheart made a hell of a racket.

Some bloke fell in the toilet cess pit and had to be ambulanced out .

BuckinghamshireBoy

Didn't he (they) just?

We were next to the lighting/mixing tower and it was a pretty awful noise from there.

It weren't me in the cesspit...

dbd33

I think I must have been there. I saw Floyd at Knebworth, I saw Captain Beefheart outdoors I saw Steve Miller somewhere. Linda Lewis though? Linda Lewis sounds like she's someone from accounting, not a pop star.

Maybe that was the year we took small cars to Knebworth, one being a Davrian. One of the Midgets got a flat tyre so, since there was a bunch of us, we wandered around until we found another Spridget with wire wheels and no flat tyre, hoicked it up and swapped the wheel. I've lost track of that crowd, I suppose they're leading lights in the Conservative party now.

PETEMJ

I went to a Led Zep concert at Knebworth in 78ish, we got there late and couldn't see or hear anything. Even the video screen was miniscule. Then to cap it all the train back to Waterloo broke down and we missed our connection to Reading. We slept on a bench in Waterloo station and got an early train home on the sunday.