Just discovered this thread when trawling through the Arkles and thought I'd post afew of the gigs I've been to!
1st gig was The Cult at Liverpool Royal Court - March 13th 1987 - Amazing experience! Also saw The Cult at Wembley Arena in '88 - My then girlfriend payed £100 for a return trip in a cab from N.Wales!
Then the floodgates opened... in no particular order except the next group:
Iron Maiden - Donnington Monsters of Rock 1988 - August 20, 1988
* Iron Maiden
* KISS
* David Lee Roth
* Guns N' Roses - 2 people got crushed to death during this set, the ground was thick with mud.
* Megadeth
* Helloween
Manchester Apollo 1988 - I got thrown out before the encores, got back in and missed my train home so had to sleep on the platform til 6am!
Monsters of Rock - August 18, 1990
* Whitesnake
* Aerosmith
* Poison
* Quireboys
* Thunder
Monsters of Rock - August 22, 1992
* Iron Maiden
* Skid Row
* Thunder
* Slayer
* W.A.S.P.
* The Almighty
High-on Maiden @ Ruskin Arms, West Ham - December 1st 2002
Maiden played their 1st gig here in 1976. Met original singer Paul Di Anno and drummer Clive Burr!
Earls Court - Dec. 23rd 2006 and Brixton Academy - June 24th 2007.
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Other memorable gigs include Hawkwind at Liverpool Royal Court 1990, also @ the Rock 'n' Blues bike rally in 1992 - It was outdoors and totally awesome with the sound and light show! Man!
And to top it all they played in Rhyl in 1994(?)
There have been many others including Dream Theater, Girlschool, Rory Gallagher, The Stranglers, Saxon, Doctor and the Medics, Big Country, The Alarm, and tons of other I can't remember plus more bands at festivals and bike rallies including IQ Zero, Insanity Beach, The Hamsters, The Original Fling (Barn dance music - Yeeehaaar!) Cruzer and ABCD - an AC/DC cover band and they were bloody awesome!
I could go on but I won't!
Good times and great memories!