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Red

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Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« on: February 11, 2015, 10:01:57 AM »
I'm sure this has been on here before so I will list mine again :)

Rock City,Nottingham  23rd Feb 87 (First NMA gig)
Town & Country Club, Kentish Town Feb 89 (both nights we're excellent)
Windsor Baths,Bradford July 1995
Beverley Folk Festival June 2007 (my daughters first NMA gig)
Block 33 Thessaloniki Greece November 2013 ( my first overseas gig)



At last a thread that Space cannot comment on or can he :) :)

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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2015, 10:45:44 AM »
Well now.......

The Forum Dec 2014
Nottingham 2014
Poole 2010
Nottingham 30th Anniversary shows (can't decide between them)
Cologne 2014

The Poole gig was my first NMA gig so all recent choices
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2015, 11:00:10 AM »
Kentish Town Forum 2014
Rebellion Festival 2013
Kentish Town Forum 30th Anniversary 2010 (counting both nights as one)
Sonisphere 2014 (mostly because I was right in the front row, hanging over the barrier!)
Electric Brixton 2011

It's hard to leave out any NMA gig I've been to, because they're always incredible, but those ones have stuck in my memory a bit more for whatever reason. It's all about personal experience, I guess.

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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2015, 11:50:21 AM »
Notts 2003
Notts 2012
Notts 2014
Northampton 2013
Leeds 2013
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2015, 12:56:32 PM »
Manchester 1987 Early)
Manchester 1987 (Late)
Manchester 1988
Preston 2013
Buckley 2013
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2015, 01:02:42 PM »
New Cross - May 92
20th Gigs - London December 00
30th gigs London December 10
Devizes June 13
Nottingham December 14

..............The Next One

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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2015, 04:53:22 PM »
Ooh now there's a thing...

Bridport Electric Palace 2011?
Electric Brixton 2010
Devizes Fest whenever it was - 2013?
Bilston 2014
Amsterdam Melkweg any time

Advisory on the dates, these mostly coincided with drinking much cider so hazy happy memories hence them being in the list
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2015, 05:21:58 PM »
Swansea 2010(I think)tiny crowd and really intimate
Buckley(early 90's I think)
Kentish town Forum 30th Ann shows
Bilston 2014
Birmingham Hummingbird with Terrorvision supporting(years ago)
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2015, 05:39:40 PM »
I've only seen the band in France, so...:

1) 30th birthday at le Trabendo of Paris, 1st evening
2) 30th birthday at le Trabendo of Paris, 2nd evening
3) 25th birthday at la Locomotive of Paris
4) February gig in 2006 at le Big Band Café of Hérouville Saint Clair/November gig in 2007 at le BBC of Hérouville Saint Clair
5) Weird, one hour fun gig at Les Mascarets, a free festival in town Pont-Audemer (Normandie) the 13th of July 2006

All these gigs were good times and sometimes, more than that! 8) 8)
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2015, 07:49:50 PM »
Wow... I've seen NMA so many times... it must be pushing 100 now...do we have to do them in order? If not, here's my opinion...

Nottingham, Christmas last year.
Manchester Academy, 1990, Impurity tour... my first...
Preston, 53 Degrees, about 8 years ago... sweat-drenched, crammed-in-tight mayhem!
One of the London Astoria dates, can't remember what year, but we all got kicked off roundabout 9pm because Rachel bloody Stevens (silly pop muppet, for those of you outside of the UK) was playing a late show...
... are we allowed to put up JSAF gigs here?  If so, when Justin played The Limelight club in Crewe, a great (and now sadly gone) venue that was my local for a good many years, and it was literally a one-minute walk from my flat!  Anyone else had Justin play one minute away from their home?   ;)

But I can honestly say that the lads have never let me down, never a bad gig...
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2015, 08:35:12 PM »
Manchester Hacienda 1984
Manchester Ritz 1985
Manchester Academy 1993
Manchester Academy 2 2005
Manchester Academy 2 2007

I think the dates are correct, my memory isn't what it was ::)
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2015, 09:31:48 PM »
Quote from: Master Ray on February 11, 2015, 07:49:50 PM
Wow... I've seen NMA so many times... it must be pushing 100 now...do we have to do them in order? If not, here's my opinion...

Nottingham, Christmas last year.
Manchester Academy, 1990, Impurity tour... my first...
Preston, 53 Degrees, about 8 years ago... sweat-drenched, crammed-in-tight mayhem!
One of the London Astoria dates, can't remember what year, but we all got kicked off roundabout 9pm because Rachel bloody Stevens (silly pop muppet, for those of you outside of the UK) was playing a late show...
... are we allowed to put up JSAF gigs here?  If so, when Justin played The Limelight club in Crewe, a great (and now sadly gone) venue that was my local for a good many years, and it was literally a one-minute walk from my flat!  Anyone else had Justin play one minute away from their home?   ;)

But I can honestly say that the lads have never let me down, never a bad gig...



Yes!
When Justin and Dean played the Beacon Court in Gillingham I am just down the road!
And it was one of the worst gigs, all down to the crowd I hastily admit!
Really embarrassing on your home pitch
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2015, 09:37:27 PM »
Quote from: claireinblack on February 11, 2015, 09:31:48 PM
Quote from: Master Ray on February 11, 2015, 07:49:50 PM
Wow... I've seen NMA so many times... it must be pushing 100 now...do we have to do them in order? If not, here's my opinion...

Nottingham, Christmas last year.
Manchester Academy, 1990, Impurity tour... my first...
Preston, 53 Degrees, about 8 years ago... sweat-drenched, crammed-in-tight mayhem!
One of the London Astoria dates, can't remember what year, but we all got kicked off roundabout 9pm because Rachel bloody Stevens (silly pop muppet, for those of you outside of the UK) was playing a late show...
... are we allowed to put up JSAF gigs here?  If so, when Justin played The Limelight club in Crewe, a great (and now sadly gone) venue that was my local for a good many years, and it was literally a one-minute walk from my flat!  Anyone else had Justin play one minute away from their home?   ;)

But I can honestly say that the lads have never let me down, never a bad gig...



Yes!
When Justin and Dean played the Beacon Court in Gillingham I am just down the road!
And it was one of the worst gigs, all down to the crowd I hastily admit!
Really embarrassing on your home pitch

Ha, Claire, same experience for me!  It was a 400 capacity venue and there was only about 30 people there!  SO embarrassed for my home town!   :-[

Although it was the first time I ever managed a post-gig chat with Justin and he was ok with it...
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2015, 11:44:01 AM »
Chippenham Goldiggers - 17/11/1985(Ist NMA gig)
Brixton Academy 21/04/1989
Frome Cheese & Grain 20/11/13
Bristol Studio 20/02/1989
Newport Centre 21/10/1990

I saw the band at Goldiggers a number of times, a really great venue, saw loads of other bands there, now sadly gone and a block of flats I believe.... :'(
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Re: Top 5 favourite NMA gigs
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2015, 12:16:16 PM »
Quote from: gizzard on February 13, 2015, 11:44:01 AM
Chippenham Goldiggers - 17/11/1985(Ist NMA gig)
Brixton Academy 21/04/1989
Frome Cheese & Grain 20/11/13
Bristol Studio 20/02/1989
Newport Centre 21/10/1990

I saw the band at Goldiggers a number of times, a really great venue, saw loads of other bands there, now sadly gone and a block of flats I believe.... :'(

I have a bad memory of Chippenham Goldiggers

Sept 87 the 7 date White coats minitour and I was hitching from Manchester where the band had played the night before and I got stopped by police for being on the slip road on the M5 near the Evesham junction, I was only just past the start of motorway sign.

The coppers were not very happy and charged me and gave me a date to attend court in Worcester, I pleaded guilty by letter and the gave me a fine including costs of £80 which was a lot of money then. :'( :'(

I did eventually get to the gig and needless to say I've never hitched on a motorway since :) :)
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