Kenickie – Leeds Cockpit 7th October 1998

Kenickie and Lauren Laverne before she was famous…..I think this was 1998? Could’ve been the year before when they played here in May. My memory is hazy here. I first saw Kenickie at Reading Festival 1997 and was going to see them at Breeze…

The Wedding Present – Morley Town Hall 9th October 2016

Playing town halls in small towns seems to be a thing in 2016. So when one of my favourite bands The Wedding Present announced they were playing my hometown then I’m there. The Wedding Present Let’s be honest the gig wasn’t exactly sold out…

Savages Leeds Cockpit (upstairs venue) 28th July 2012

Here’s one I posted on the Burning Up Time forums which I stumbled upon – Don’t think Savages had played many gigs at this point and I also don’t think they had any material out. It’s not very often I’d drag myself along to…

Teleman – Leeds Wardrobe 2nd April 2016

First up support band NZCA Lines.  Not a bad slab of electro pop.  Every song seemed to start off pretty interesting and showed promised but then it just washed over me.  I need to give them another go I think.  Also, I thought Charlotte…

The Stranglers – Leeds 25th March 2016

I was at this gig – Don’t remember much about it thanks to my good friend alcohol! It was good- they played Black and White for the first half of the gig then followed it up with hits and bits.