Saint RoseMissed Corporation:Blend last night, got to the Garage too late, but Saint Rose were the middle band on, and were quite MOR, but much better than King Adora... a poor mans Manics, when the Manics were a poor mans Guns'n'Roses...... SupergrassMore Folkestone gigs action, Supergrass play the Leas Cliff Hall on the 21st of May, see Folkestone gigs for more details, or get tickets from hereFor loads more gigs, see folkestonegerald.com...... SuedeSuede play London, 12th of December, bit steep though... do I do nothing but complain about costs? Am I mean? At least it's a proper gig that we have a chance of getting tickets to, after the fiasco that was the ICA.Latitude Festival 2012: Weekend in... Darkness Tickets 2003As you are no doubt aware, all dates for The Darkness' tour of the UK in October are now SOLD OUT. This has left a lot of you unable to get tickets, so it's with great pleasure that we announce that with immediate effect we are upgrading the venues o... Nirvana @ Birmingham HummingbirdTime for another bit of back-blogging... this day in 1991 I was at Birmingham Hummingbird to see Nirvana... I was just inspired to add this by stumbling across NirvanaGuide.com, which has the following details for the gig:Setlist:Drain YouAneurysmFlo... Oasis @ Portsmouth Wedgewood RoomsI was there at The Wedge, ace gig, and I really do remember this one, unlike the Nirvana @ Birmingham Hummingbird one I wrote up the other day...Found this bit of text from an NME interview, written by Simon Williams, quoting the band talking about t... Gig tonight. CANCELLEDWas planning to see Captain Soul tonight at a venue called 22 Inverness Street, which I'd never heard of before. So, night out in Stokey again, probably The Defoe, then Il Bacio, then a big fight on the way home!Am waiting for the bummers on popbitch... Brixton Gig<a href="http://www.popex.com/popEx/1/0/3/8/8/9/7/">MJ Hibbett and the Validators @ Bar Lorca, Brixton</a>... DAMN, how did I get the date wrong? I was convinced this was on the 30th... Sorry Mark!Suede @ London AstoriaMan I'm spending too much on gigs, but it's turning into a really good year for good bands touring... Just got Suede tickets, it's good that they've added a new date at a smaller venue... Also GOOD that it's a Saturday night, we can really make a day... Darkness Cancelled!There's a rumour going around that tonigh's show at Leas Cliff Hall might be off, because Justin Hawkins has lost his voice... Call the venue to check if you're travelling a long way!I'm still looking for a ticket for it, or the rescheduled show...... New Darkness gig announced<a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/stokey/44/8/">Carling homecoming at the Astoria, November 11th</a>!<br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/stokey/44/8/">tickets here</a>Mr GigFound <a href="http://www.mrgig.com/venues">mrgig.com/venues</a> while searching for details of <strong>The Happy Frenchman</strong>, it lists venues, bands, and gigs in the East <strong>Kent</strong> area...The day of the gig<a href="http://www.xfm.co.uk">XFM</a> might still be giving away tickets for the <strong>Darkness Carling Homecoming</strong> today, listen online at <a href="http://www.xfm.co.uk">xfm.co.uk</a>...Suede were amazingSo glad we went to the Astoria to see Suede on Saturday, they were fantastic. They played two sets, the first being all the non singles that they say they wanted to play - coincidentally it was all their best songs, all the songs they've been ignorin... My Morning JacketMy Morning Jacket, the favourites of Dave Grohl and also Clare's brother, are playing the Astoria in February...My Morning Jacket @ ASTORIA, LONDON, (Thu 5 Feb 2004)If you'd like to know when My Morning Jacket tickets become available click here if y... Kings of Leon secret gigOh dear, Queens of Noize are in a situation, Time Out have said there's a secret Kings of Leon gig at the Barfly on the 2nd of Jan... there's not, updating the barfly website to reflect this misunderstanding...... Gigs at The Black Horse Monks HortonSunday 26th November Counterfiet Notes from 8.30Sunday 3rd December Acoustic Blues from 8.30food served from 7pmcavery every Sunday from 12 noon open all day 4 real ales and traditional ciderthebestpubintheparish.com... David Gray Passport Gig<strong>David Gray</strong> plays a <strong>music passport</strong> show at <strong>Barfly London</strong> today... no interest in going to that. To be fair, not much opportunity either.Ash Passport Gig<strong>Ash</strong> play a <strong>music passport</strong> show at <strong>Barfly London</strong>... Ash have done warm up type shows at Barfly before, so not interested in going to this one, seen them too many times.The Darkness Passport Gig<strong>The Darkness</strong> play a <strong>music passport</strong> show at <strong>Barfly London</strong>... Not sure whether to use up one of my competition entries on them, as I've seen them so many times...The Cure Passport GigClare is going to insist on my using all my competition entries on this one gig... will certainly be the smallest venue I've ever seen The Cure in, it's been strictly Glastonbury only for me so far... fingers crossed!... It's been a weekTime to mention the bus again, the 106 is back on track, not being diverted via Stoke Newington Church Street and so on, got me into work a bit too quick today... further investigations into Folkestone Metronome reveal that Zodiac Mindwarp and Wolfsb... A quarter of commuters have found love in the tubeaccording to a poll by London Underground. And who's printing this shite? Yes, Metro. What should the sharpest response be? The other 75% can never find love becuase they've gnawed off their genitals in sheer frustration at the poor service? Stuck at... Updated Folkestone gig historyFrom someone on mr gig:Toft's Jazz Club was just down the hill from the Harp Club. Stand outside the harp, turn left (looking at the roundabout). Cross the road to the library, turn left and walk down past the roundabout. Its a big building on the... RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyirrelevant fact: The New Cross Venue used to be called The Harp Club.RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyMy mum used to go out with Noel Redding way back in the 60's so I can confirm that Hendrix played in Folkestone, but not in Tofts as everybody guesses she says vaguely that it was a social club on Grace Hill, but I quote "Don't ask me the name it was... Gig MentalSo, yet another "modern" band books into the Leas Cliff Hall, when The Charlatans come to town on the 3rd of June... not a good day for us, as if all goes according to plan we're seeing The Pixies at Brixton Academy that day... an odd one for the Lea... Ghost of the RobotJust found out that annoyingly Ghost of the Robot play The Forum while we're on holiday... this is James Marsters band, he is Spike from Buffy...Other fun links of the day, tonnes of Darkness mp3 bootlegs at http://n00b.org.uk/thedarkness and there's... The Cure reviewUnbelievably, we got into The Cure last night at Barfly Camden, and here is my review... This was the Music Passport charity show, a privileged audience of about 200 competition winners and successful ebay bidders, and then a handful of people like u... RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyI think the name of the club on <strong>Grace Hill</strong> was the <strong>Sundowner Club</strong>.Ash Passport gigCraig David Passport gigThe Darkness Passport gigThe Cure Passport gigAmazing, we got in to the <strong>Barfly</strong>, read my <strong>Cure review</strong>.Pet Shop Boys Passport gigGene Loves JezebelNot sure if the gig was actually at the Metronome or not, were you there, do you know?Faith No MoreSetlist: Chinese, Faster, R'n'R, Crab, Care, Sweet, Blood, Spirit, Bowen, War Pigs, Grade, Anne, Bother, Jungle... not sure where this gig took place.Little AngelsSecret thank you thing as "Jammy Little Devils" to make up for cancelling a gig at <strong>Portsmouth Guildhall</strong>RadioheadI was not at this Radiohead gig, it's not meant to be showing up in <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/misc/gigography/">my gigography</a>...David DevantAlbum launch gigThe FallA benefit gig for a journalist Leo Finlay, with Ash and possibly Tiger and Formula 1. Matt Lucas was there. Possibly Travis also played...... SuedeLast gig ever! Played some great sets, the gig seemingly got chopped short, we left to the ghostly strains of "We'll Meet Again"... I hope we do.The Tearsplus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really.... SassafrasMistakenly originally spelled <strong>Sasafrass</strong>, sorry, think I got that from a <strong>Leas Cliff Hall</strong> <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/gig/Judas-Priest-Leas-Cliff-Hall/17496.html">poster from 1975</a>.SuedeFan club gig, played the new album, then a hits set, then a "wheel of fortune" set including best songs "My Dark Star" and "The Living Dead"...WASPNot sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to...... The DarknessBig proper gig, with label mate support from <strong>Sweatmaster</strong> and <strong>Sludgefeast</strong>.The DarknessAce in-store gig, then a free barbecue on the roof too.The DarknessThe Darkness on the turn I would say, possibly the last good gig...Anthraxplus <strong>Living Colour</strong>. My first proper gig, went up on a coach trip. See the patches on my denim jacket m/Skid Rowplus <strong>LA Guns</strong> and <strong>Love / Hate</strong>. The latter announced a "secret" gig they were doing the next day in London, I should have gone they were one of my fave bands of the day.WolfsbaneFound the ticket now! I went to the gig on my own, then got the last train up to Rugby, where I was staying for college. Can't find details anywhere online. Much stage diving, one of my favourite gig.sThe TearsBrett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all.... Belle & SebastianNot a gig, a weird press conference thing.TurbonegroWhole lot of sailor hats in the audience, great gig!Paul McCartney<strong>Mothers Day</strong> present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us before...AC/DCSpecial gig, we had to queue all day for tickets. Support from <strong>Hundred Reasons</strong>.Revolting Cocksplus <strong>Godflesh</strong> and <strong>Bomb Everything</strong> (AKA) <strong>Bomb Disneyland</strong>. Got a video of this gig, <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/13089/Me+stagediving">you can see me stagediving on it</a>.The Vinessupported by <strong>The Libertines</strong>. Two gigs in one night, think I saw either <strong>The Darkness</strong> or <strong>Neds Atomic Dustbin</strong> this day too...Bitch AidThe party to raise some money for popbitch - putting it here as a gig as I met <strong>John Deacon</strong> that day, I just found an autographed receipt in with my tickets...