I really only went to see the support act, Girlschool. What a boring audience as well ! Everyone sat down….well, apart from one guy in the middle of the hall who tried to set a trend 😉
Blue Oyster Cult, Girlschool , @ Royal Centre,Nottingham 9-12-85
Tag: Royal Centre
UFO , @ Royal Centre,Nottingham, 27-11-85
Siouxie & The Banshees, Fur Bible, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham 5-11-85
This was a pretty great gig. Think it might have been a last minute decision to go as we had balcony seats. Lots of classic songs that night. Unfortunately, Siouxie had somehow damaged her leg so she ended up sat on a chair centre stage. Good on her for carrying on. Don’t think i’d had my Sony Pro for very long so my mate Andy ran my old deck whilst i used the Pro. Good thing he did it as my recording ran out of tape….but my mate caught it 🙂 Oh a random moment, we also saw an old school friend near us upstairs 🙂
“Bring me the head of a bouncer man!”.Security were a bunch of jumped up idiots on power trip. Wouldn’t let people dance even. Siouxie wasn’t impressed.Bass player Severin even jumped into crowd to sort out security. Hear the bass crash to the floor & the cheers from the crowd !One of best gigs at the “Royal shit hole”
Saxon, Pretty Maids, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham, 11-9-85
Saxons fortunes were once again back on the up. “Back On the Streets” was a great new song. Around this time Biff was either living in Boston or Wainfleet. I bumped into him in town a couple of times.
Marillion, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham ,18-12-84
Motorhead, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham 25-10-84
Iron Maiden, Waysted , @ Royal Centre,Nottingham 29-9-84
Thanks to an old friend Karen, i was both surprised & shocked when she sent me these photos about 30 years after the event ! I’d totally forgot they’d even been took! Thanks for these great memories Karen 🙂
Whitesnake, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham 4-4-84
When we got there, we couldn’t find our seats, row T, as they’d been taken out to make extra room for the sound desk. We were given new seats in row K, which was fantastic 🙂 The reason why one ticket is white & the other is “aged” is the original was stuck behind the new seats. Didn’t see this for years until i started scanning my tickets !
Scorpions, Royal Centre, Nottingham 31-1-84
I’d wanted to see the Scorpions for ages. Unfortunately, the Royal Centre was the only place i could get to.(we hadn’t started going to Sheffield yet & i’m sure that would have been better ) If i’m honest, i’ve always thought that venue is rather lifeless. But beggars can’t be choosers, so have to make do. It was a cracking set list including all the classics from over the years. When i think about it nowadays, it was pretty much a perfect set list :
Bad Boys Running WildBlackout, Loving You Sunday Morning, Make It Real, Lovedrive, Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep), Coast to Coast, Always Somewhere, Still Loving You, Rock You Like a Hurricane,Can’t Live Without You, Coming Home , Another Piece of Meat ,The Zoo ,Can’t Get Enough ,Dynamite
Def Leppard, Airrace, @ Royal Centre,Nottingham, 4-12-83
Oh how times have changed. I planned to try tape the gig but i forgot an important thing : batteries ! Back then, there were no garages selling all sorts of stuff & as it was a Sunday, most shops were shut! A disaster. Even worse, i knew a mate who was seeing all the shows & this one he decided he wasn’t taping. So this was the show where i got into Snakebites. Not conventionally though : i’d have a pint of cider, then a pint of lager, then a pint of cider…i was young & couldn’t hold my drink (yeah, i know, that’s not changed!) so got pretty pissed up 🙂 It was a good show though !