On 27th September 1979 The BTRs hit the road for the start of their FAOS tour. A few weeks later I went to my first ever gig at The New Theatre Oxford. The Boomtown Rats. I can still remember all my emotions, the excitement at it being my first, the awe, the atmosphere and having BG only a number of feet away from me in the same room.
I was 14. What was your first gig? Was it The Rats? Which tour? How old were you?
First gig… I was 13… March, 28, 1980..
The Boomtown Rats, Chicago… 💚
My 1st time as well FAOS at Leicester de Montfort hall I was 15
My first ever gig……….Gary Glitter at the Ipswich Gaumont, about 1974. All I remember is the thundering drum intro and nothing more. Obviously we didn’t know then what we now know.
My first Rats gig was May 1978 when I hitch hiked to Oxford to see them at the New Theatre….your stomping ground. Nearly got beaten up by Teddy Boys ( as was the trend against ‘punks’ then, stopped by Police and didn’t know my friend has a knife in his boot ( what was he thinking FFS!) and hot home exhausted, but elated 24 hours after we first arrived in Oxford. Still remember so much about it!