Most years I manage to get to around 20 gigs. This year I’ve more than doubled that ending up on 42, a number that’ll please any Douglas Adams or Mozart fans reading this. Actually it’s even more than that because I’ve not included any of the bands I’ve seen sharing the bill at my band’s gigs.
It’s been great fun and I’ve enjoyed them all so it seemed pretty pointless to try and rank them. Instead I’ll just list them in chronological order with a selection of not particularly good photos.
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- Seazoo @ Telfords Warehouse Chester January 2019
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- Spare Snare @ 81 Renshaw, Liverpool January 2019
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- The Wave Picture @ Telfords Warehouse Chester January 2019
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- Wilko Johnson & Norman Watt-Roy @ Parr Hall Warrington, March 2019
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- Matt Tiller @ Gullivers Manchester 2019
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- MJ Hibbett @ Gullivers Manchester 2019
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- Mammoth Penguins @ Telfords Warehouse, Chester 2019
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- John Otway @ The Salty Dog, Northwich 2019
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- Glenn Tilbrook & Norman Watt-Roy @ Parr Hall Warrington, March 2019
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- my mate Paul onstage with Bob Log III @ Night & Day Cafe, Manchester, March 2019
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- Sleaford Mods @ The Live Rooms, Chester 2019
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- Liines @ The Live Rooms, Chester 2019
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- Joe Jackson @ Ritz Manchester 2019
Just found this video on my phone. @sleafordmods doing "Stick In A Five And Go" at their Chester gig last April. pic.twitter.com/zpuKGVuFCz
— Trust the Wizards (@trustthewizards) January 3, 2020
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- Robyn Hitchcock @ St Marys Creative Space, Chester May 2019
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- Jessica Lee Morgan @ St Marys Creative Space, Chester May 2019
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- The Ramonas @ The Salty Dog, Northwich 2019
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- The Wedding Present @ The Live Rooms Chester May 2019
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- Gwenno @ Ritz Manchester May 2019
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- Manic Street Preachers @ Ritz Manchester May 2019
"6 minutes of guitar solo mixed with existential despair"#ManicStreetPreachers Motorcycle Emptiness live at @O2RitzManc pic.twitter.com/a14YWJFEU4
— Trust the Wizards (@trustthewizards) May 20, 2019
Sacred Paws @ YES, Manchester
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- The Wedding Present @ Bristol Academy, June 2019
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- Sidney Gish @ Gorilla, Manchester June 2019
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- Sacred Paws @ Yes, Manchester June 2019
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- My Name Is Ian & Quiet Marauder & Mathias Kom @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester 2019
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- The Vanity Project @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester 2019
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- The Burning Hell @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester 2019
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- Three Dimensional Tanx @ The Castle Hotel, Manchester 2019
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- The Wedding Present @ Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool 2019
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- The Catenary Wires @ Gullivers, Manchester July 2019
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- Milky Wimpshake @ Gullivers, Manchester July 2019
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- k.d. lang @ Liverpool Philharmonic July 2019
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- Horace Andy @ Manchester International Festival 2019
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- Courtney Barnett @ Manchester Psych Festival August 2019
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- Goat Girl @ Manchester Psych Festival August 2019
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- Tacocat @ Gullivers Manchester August 2019
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- The Bleaches @ Manchester Psych Festival August 2019
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- The Lovely Eggs @ Manchester Psych Festival August 2019
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- TWEN @ Gullivers Manchester August 2019
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- Eels @ Albert Hall Manchester 2019
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- Gruff Rhys @ Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda September 2019
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- Muzi @ Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda September 2019
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- Alice Hubble @ The Eagle Inn, Salford October 2019
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- Dumb @ The Eagle Inn, Salford October 2019
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- Rodney Cromwell @ The Eagle Inn, Salford October 2019
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- Saint Etienne @ Everyman, LiverpoolOctober 2019
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- Squid @ EBGBs, Liverpool October 2019
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- Personal Trainer @ Gorilla Manchester October 2019
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- Pip Blom @ Gorilla Manchester October 2019
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- The Wave Pictures @ Jacaranda Phase One, Liverpool November 2019
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- Billy Bragg @ Manchester Academy 2019
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- The Delines @ St Phillips Church Salford
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- Those Pretty Wrongs @ St Phillips Church Salford 2019
Graham Parker @ The Live Rooms, Chester (December 2019)
Exactly half the gigs (21) were in Manchester or Salford. There were 7 in Chester (not bad for a city that doesn’t have much of a gig scene) and 6 in Liverpool. The closure of the much-missed Central Station in Wrexham meant that I saw only 2 gigs in Wales this year.
Hello and thanks to all friends who’ve attended these gigs with me: Mrs Garbanzo, Kicker of Elves, Texas Paul, Matt, Rebel Rikkit, Tom a.k.a. Daysleeper, Jules, Glenys, Big Rick, Jeff, Pompey Mike, Comedy Paul, Kevin, Linda, The Lancashire Toreador, Tom W, Mr Fingers, Simon B, Nigel, Leslie, Ed, Jono, Susie, Jo K, Jo D & Jean-Paul.
Sorry to say that one of those friends sadly passed on before the year was through so this one goes out to her.
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