Magnum 2nd December 1985

I dont have a ticket from this gig at Rock City, Nottingham, but I bought the programme. The band were touring the above album which contains some of their finest songs. A great gig.

Hawkwind November 12th 1985

I dont have a ticket from this gig, but I have the programme. The Chronicle of the Black Sword is a great album and this was a great gig at Rock City, Nottingham. I remember being fairly well to the back as the wall of sound was immense. 

 The band (or some of them) were wearing white lab coats which helped the illusion of mad scientists.

Long Ryders 7th October 1985

I dont have a ticket from this gig at Rock City, Nottingham, but I was there. Long Ryders were touring their 'State of our Union' album with the hit 'Looking for Lewis and Clarke'.

I remember waiting for the gig to start and this tall guy in boots, side burns and cowboy hat walked past me. It wasn't until the band came out that I recognised Sid Griffin. Really great songs with twin guitars.

Magnum 21st January 1985

This was a gig in a night club. Well attended. Played songs from 'The Eleventh Hour'.

Red Guitars 13th July 1984

Red Guitars were a local band who had a hit in the Indie charts with "Good Technology". I don't remember much about the gig except that the venue was packed as it was a miners benefit. I emailed the band website and they have now added this to their gig list, as it was missing. There is lots of information about Red Guitars on the following links and some of the musicians are still playing in other bands.

Saw them again on 16th December 1984 at Spring Street Theatre (Hull Truck's previous venue).

https://www.redguitars.co.uk/index.php
https://www.facebook.com/RedGuitarsUK/
https://loudhailer.net/good-technology/ 

Hawkwind 27th February 1984

This was a bit of stepping into the unknown. I had a few of their albums by this time after being influenced by others in our sixth form. The tour was Earth Ritual with quite alot of tribal music/chanting in amongst more well known songs.

I remember Nik Turner's mad saxaphone and lots of swirling lights and sound effects.
I bought the programme:

Here is the set list

Magnum 24th May 1983

Dingwalls, Hull
This was the first major gig I had been to. I first heard the band on the BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock show. The venue was fairly compact but had an annoying pillar or two to obscure your view in some places. I bought a programme:

I remember the band had an extra person to play flute and acoustic guitar on some pieces - e.g. 'Firebird'. They would have played songs from 1982's 'Chase the Dragon' and also the newly released 'The Eleventh Hour'. No doubt 'Kingdom of Madness' would have been the encore. Bought a T-shirt from a seller outside not realising it was an unofficial copy.