Delphine and I found ourselves back down in Shepherds Bush for another of the MTV five night residency shows. This time we were here to see Placebo. I'd seen Placebo live twice before, but both times had been at festivals (Glastonbury and V97) so I was looking forward to seeing them headlining their own gig. … Continue reading GIG 369: Placebo / Gomez / Idlewild – Shepherds Bush Empire – 27th May 1998
Placebo
GIG 346: V97 Day 2 : The Prodigy / Daft Punk / Gene / Longpigs / Sneaker Pimps / Placebo / Echobelly / Veruca Salt / Fluke / Apollo 440 / No Way Sis / Feeder – V97 Festival Chelmsford, 17th August 1997
Day two of V97 saw Feeder kick the proceedings off. I'd seen them a couple of times before supporting other bands and they had really impressed me. They certainly were a great opening act for the festival and got the crowd really geared up for the day. In a few years time they'd be at … Continue reading GIG 346: V97 Day 2 : The Prodigy / Daft Punk / Gene / Longpigs / Sneaker Pimps / Placebo / Echobelly / Veruca Salt / Fluke / Apollo 440 / No Way Sis / Feeder – V97 Festival Chelmsford, 17th August 1997
GIG 337: Glastonbury ’97 Day 1: The Prodigy / Smashing Pumpkins / Placebo / The Divine Comedy / Beck / The Levellers / Terrorvision – Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 1997
My first Glastonbury Festival. Only cost £75 back in 1997, a far cry from the £355 that the 2024 festival is costing. Mind you there were also only 90,000 tickets back in 1997 whilst next year sees 210,000 people - so it's grown a fair bit in the last 25+ years since I first went. … Continue reading GIG 337: Glastonbury ’97 Day 1: The Prodigy / Smashing Pumpkins / Placebo / The Divine Comedy / Beck / The Levellers / Terrorvision – Glastonbury Festival, 27th June 1997
Voices From The Pulpit 