Dag 465: I just can't get you out of my head

Following on from a great weekend in Stockholm which included a top of the range Kent concert (about which I will write more later) I managed to go and see Tori Amos last night thanks to DJ just happening to mention that his wife was going to the consert on Monday lunchtime. I had no idea that she was doing a tour, although I had bought The Beekeeper with the money I got for my old volvo 1800ES a month or so ago, but had only listened to the first few songs, so I got straight onto the interweb, and after establishing that there were tickets left I then tried to russle up a group of hangers on to accompany me there. After failing to do this I booked a single ticket for myself.

I bought my first Tory Amos album (Little Earthquakes) on cassette back in the early nineties when I used to spend all my time writing and recording songs and she was one of my inspirations (although my piano playing can't even be mentioned in the same sentence as hers - if it could I would probably be famous for my music rather than my blog). Anyway I liked her music more and more as her subsequent albums came out and once I had got my hands on From the Choirgirl hotel, I never played any other cd for about a year. This was around the late 90s and then I started getting into Swedish music in 2000, such as Eva Dahlgren, Marie fredriksson and Kent so Tori did get sidelined a little, but I did order a Tori Amos t-shirt off the web while I was working in Sweden. The t-shirt bore the legend "when pianos try to be guitars" which is a line from Northern Lad, one of my favourate Tori Amos tracks.

So I went to the concert on my own wearing my Kent tour t-shirt so I could look more cool than all the traditionalists who had turned up in their Tori Amos t-shirts. I have to confess to not knowing all the songs, but she did play Northern Lad, which was fantastic and a number of other of her bast songs. It was a shame she didn't do any songs from the studio part of To Venus and Back, but it was still a great concert and I had waited many many years to get to see here play live.

The complete set list was as follows:
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Glasgow, U.K. - Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo)

Original Sinsuality | Father Lucifer | Cars and Guitars | Northern Lad | Jamaica Inn | Cooling | Bells for Her

Tori's Piano Bar: Nothing Ever Happens (Del Amitri) | Turn (Travis)

Ruby Through the Looking-Glass | Marianne | Mother Revolution | Yes, Anastasia | The Beekeeper

E n c o r e 1 : Silent All These Years | Merman

E n c o r e 2 : Twinkle | Toast | Hey Jupiter

I have a list in my head of groups I want to see and this list has diminished considerably over the last few years as its not very oftern that somebody gets added to it. Tori Amos was one of the key members of this list, so I thought I had better round this off with a list off all the groups I can remember going to see (in approximate reverse order). This is quite a long list so you may want to make a cup of tea and this point.

Editor's note: I have just decided to update this and include locations and dates where known - I will return to this each time a get a bit more info for it. Please let me know if you have any of the missing information.

Editor's note 10/06/2005: I think I have got about as far as I can get with the dates/venues on this list. If you happen to come accross this and you can help me with any missing/incorrect info please add a comment - thanks.

Editor's note 12/12/2007: My master gig list has expanded again and is now being managed on last.fm and can be seen here.

Tori Amos - Glasgow, SECC - 07/06/2005
Kent - Stockholm - 28/05/2005
Kings of Convenience - Edinburgh, Queens Hall - 12/10/2004
Call and Response - Edinburgh, Queens Hall - 12/10/2004
Kings of Convenience - Glasgow, The Arches - 23/06/2004
Kraftwerk - London, Brixton Academy - 20/03/2003
Roxette - Brussels, Vorst National - 22/10/2001
Björk - Brussels, Cirque royal - 26/09/2001
Sting - Stockholm, Skansen - 09/06/2001
Capercaillie - Scotland, Huntley - 4th - 6th August 2000
Yes - Sheffield, City Hall - 10/02/2000
Karen Matheson - Glasgow, Celtic Connections Gaelic concert
Dougie MacLean - Darlington, The Arts Centre - 1999?
Robin Williamson - Halifax, Square chapel - 28/11/1998
Capercaillie - York, Barbican Centre - 21/09/1997
Clannad - Harrogate, Conference centre -
Everything but the girl - Harrogate, Conference centre -
Cocteau Twins - Leeds, Town and Country Club - 10/02/1994
Emerson lake and Palmer - Newcastle, City Hall - 26/11/1992
Genesis - Leeds, Roundhay Park - 31/07/1992
Cocteau Twins - Sheffield, City Hall - 28/10/1990
Notting Hillbillies - York, Opera House - 29/04/1990
Peter Hammill - Leeds, Irish Centre - 21/02/1990
Donovan - Manchester
Rick Wakeman - York, Opera House - 1989?
Yes (ABWH) - Houston, summit - 28/08/1989
Peter Hammill - Leeds, Irish Centre - 19/04/1989
Here and now - Leeds, polytechnic
Bruce Springsteen - Leeds, Roundhay Park - 07/07/1985
Associates - Manchester, Hacienda
The Psychadelic Furs - Manchester, Apollo - 24/05/1984
Blancmange - Leeds, University - 18/05/1984
Hawkwind - Bradford, University - 01/03/1984
Peter Gabriel - London, Crystal Palace - 09/07/1983
The Undertones - London, Crystal Palace - 09/07/1983
God Squad - Harrogate, Cairn Hotel
Simple Minds - Leeds, University - 27/11/1982
China Crisis - Leeds, University - 27/11/1982
Yazoo - Leeds, university - 06/11/1982
Hawkwind - Bradford, St Georges Hall - 24/10/1982
John Martyn - Leeds, university - 09/10/1982
Genesis (6 of the best) - Milton keynes, bowl - 02/10/1982
John Martyn - Milton keynes, bowl - 02/10/1982
Talk Talk - Milton keynes, bowl - 02/10/1982
Rolling Stones - Leeds, Roundhay Park - 25/07/1982
New Order - Leeds, Tiffany's - 09/03/1982
Caberet Valtaire - London, ICA - 30/12/1980
TG - Manchester, Rafters - 04/12/1980
Killing Joke - London, Trafalgar square - 26/10/1980
U2 - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
Soft Cell - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
Echo and the bunnymen - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
The League of Gentlemen - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
I'm so hollow - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
Altered images - Leeds, Futurama - 13/09/1980
Bauhaus - Leeds, Fan Club - 21/08/1980
TG - Leeds, Fan Club - 24/02/1980
Steve Hackett - Bradford, St Georges Hall - 29/10/1979
Peter gabriel - Bath, Pavillion - 23/08/1979
Random Hold - Bath, Pavillion - 23/08/1979
Steve Hackett - Sheffield, City Hall - 22/06/1979
Magazine -Leeds, University - 05/05/1979
Human League - Leeds, University - 05/05/1979
Simple Minds - Leeds, University - 05/05/1979
Peter Gabriel - London, Hammersmith odeon - 22/12/1978
Penetration - Leeds, Polytechnic?
John Cooper Clark - Leeds, Polytechnic?
The Rezillos - Leeds, Fan Club?
Human League - Sheffield and Wakefield
Orange Juice - Leeds?
Joseph K - Leeds?
Vice Versa (before they changed their name to ABC) - Leeds, Warehouse?
The Buzzcocks - Sheffield, City Hall
999 - Leeds, Fan Club -
Wire - Harrogate, PGs - 29/04/1978
x-ray spex - Harrogate, PGs - 22/04/1978
The Boomtown rats - Leeds, University - 11/12/1977

I may have also seen: Roy Harper, Thompson twins and Rema Rema, but I can't quite remember...


Doesn't that bring back memories?

If you have been to any concerts with me that are not on this list, remind me and I'll add them on.