I only have one more planned gig to attend in 2018 – Young Fathers at Brixton Academy in December.  This year has been a great year of gigs for me.  The music has been fantastic; I’ve been to venues I haven’t been to before; it’s been sociable, I’ve caught up with old friends, I’ve shared great nights with family (including going out with my 15 year old son, twice); I’ve drunk too much; I got sunburn; I missed my stop on the way home one night; I only ducked out of one gig (hurt my back and my bestie needed me more that evening) and I have started going to gigs on my own again – something I used to do a lot when I was much younger but lost my bottle for it until this year – verdict: it’s fine, not great, but fine.  What this year has taught me though is, I know enough people who like going to live music who I can persuade to come with me or who I can tag along with (the annoying hanger-on!).

I know I’ve not been around here much – I’ve been reading though (loved the Top 10 Pavement @chris7572) just not contributing.  Putting together a playlist of some tracks by the artists I’ve seen this year was pretty quick to do, so I thought I’d share it with you all.    The footage of Pixies and Teenage Fanclub are of the actual gigs I attended.

My biggest, most inspired and uplifting week was definitely seeing David Byrne (awesome), Sons of Kemet (physically joyous – left deaf for a day or so after) and Pixies within 5 days (all week nights too!).

Do you have memories of seeing any of these bands live?  What’s your gigging year been like?