My first Reading Festival came the following weekend that I'd been in Chelmsford for V97. So two festivals in two weekends - with a few days of work squashed inbetween. This time round we had a large group of us pitching our tents and preparing for three days of music and fun. We arrived on … Continue reading GIG 347: Reading ’97 Day 1: Suede / Symposium / Jack / James / Stereolab / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Kenicke / Fountains of Wayne / Strangelove – Reading Festival, 22nd August 1997
Symposium
GIG 345: V97 Day 1 : Blur / Kula Shaker / Dodgy / Symposium / Pavement / Silver Sun / AC Acoustics / Radish – V97 Festival Chelmsford, 16th August 1997
V97 was my second festival of the summer. It was the first (and only) time I attended Virgin's Festival in Chelmsford. I went with one of my best friend of the time, Craig, who sadly passed in 2016. I'm not overly sure why we decided to go to V97 as it seesm to have been … Continue reading GIG 345: V97 Day 1 : Blur / Kula Shaker / Dodgy / Symposium / Pavement / Silver Sun / AC Acoustics / Radish – V97 Festival Chelmsford, 16th August 1997
GIG 331: Symposium – The Electric Ballroom, 4th June 1997
Symposium had been heralded as the "Best Live Band in Britain" by Melody Maker in March 1997 and the band was riding high having scored a #25 hit, "Farewell to Twilight" earlier in the year, with their following up single, "The Answer To Why I Hate You" currently sitting in the Top 40 at the … Continue reading GIG 331: Symposium – The Electric Ballroom, 4th June 1997
Voices From The Pulpit 