Love stuff like that.
Me and the Mrs went to see St Etienne at the Leadmill a while back (when they played the whole of Foxbase Alpha).
Saw loads of old faces and the smoking/vaping area outside was full of ex ravers showing each other pictures of their kids (instead of sorting out the pills...
Ha ha! Never saw Black Grape but I can imagine.... Some great tunes though.
Saw the Mondays at a gig in Manchester in about 2005/6 with The Farm, Stereo MCs and Clint Boone DJing. A load of us got a minibus over from Sheffield. Brilliant night.
Just found it, was 31/10/05...
Having mentioned the Adam and the Ants gig that it seems half of NSC went to as kids, that wasn't actually the first one I went to.
I can't remember which it was but either UB40 (with my mum) or Shawaddywaddy (with my stepmum). Both when I was about 5 or 6.
Remember being engrossed by seeing...