What was the first ever gig you went to?

[brachiopod]

Mine was The Specials at Leicester Poly (though it could have been de Montfort Hall) circa 1980.

[Philtaz]

The Police, Deeside Leisure Centre, 1979.

[sunflower68]

Duran Duran, Hammersmith Odeon, 1982.  Tickets cost �4.50 and I went with my mum and 3 friends.  Wow my mum would have been just 43!  Fab question brachiopod.

[SASHAGREEN]

in 99 i went to see311. i loved it!

[Morrisonker]

Wheatus, Aberdeen Music Hall, must have been around 1999? Ha, the embarrassment ^_^

[Glossopswift]

Simple Minds at Wembley in 1989 (Texas, Gun and The Silencers in support). I started big and worked my way down to smaller gigs.

[hippy66]

Iron Maiden 1982 Glasgow Apollo, Beast on the Road tour. 

Awesome.

[londondave]

UK Subs at The Clarendon 1981.

[londondave]

brachipod. Do you still live in Leicester? I used to run a Goth club there called "Desire" in Georges Cellar Bar by the clocktower early 93. Promoted a few gigs there too.

[delboy3]

Madness @ The Apollo, Manchester, December 1980. The support act, Frantic Elevators, was fronted by an odd-looking redhead by the name of Mick Hucknall...

[Starman 2112]

Whitesnake at the Hammersmith Odeon on their 'Saints & Sinners' tour with support from Samson in 1983 (I think).

[Smiffy]

I can't remember if it was Cream or the Edgar Broughton Band.

(Yes I am very old!)

[OBonio]

Rollercoaster tour at the NEC in 1991. My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Dinosaur Jr and Jesus and Mary Chain. Damn good stuff.

[nicola_red]

Thunder at the old Preston Polytechnic Student Union in 1989.  I was 14.

[maxi29]

Roxy Music at the Brighton Dome in 1973; I was 16. I remember that my dad gave me a lift down there and stood in amazement at the exotically-clad RM fans. It was an incredible gig, one of Brian Eno's last, for a debut. I think my next one was something a bit more prosaic, The Groundhogs if I remember correctly.

[chilliwitch]

Salt 'n' Peppa,Norwich UEA must've been about 1989-1990 Then EMF,same venue the following year!

[spudqueen]

Neil Reid of 'Mother of Mine' fame (from Opportunity Knocks), oh the Shame of it, in what, 1972?  I was only 10.  Progressed to David Essex in 1975 then The Jam in 1977.

[lizzierose]

the fureys and davey arthur at the leeds city varietys some time in the 90's

[Otrere]

LondonDave - I live in Leicester but I don't remember "Desire" sorry!!

Erm... Manic Street Preachers - in about 1998 in Sheffield. They were supported by Catatonia.

[ludwig]

The Damned at Derby college of art 1977