Magazine hit town
Sheffield was generally well placed as a city to host bands big and small, with venues to suit most needs. I think this is worth noting as it did mean that upcoming musicians could get to see a lot of visiting artists. Magazine’s first album Real Life on Virgin Records saw the group embark on […]
Playback time
A piece of progressive rock ephemera. Without this little slip of paper who on earth would ever know about this evening at Sheffield’s ABC cinema on June 7th 1978? Given away on the counter at local record shops, you could get in and listen to the album through in full, then I assume dash down […]
In town tonight
Another ticket from our archives; as you’ll see it is a complimentary, given out to staff at local record shops and in this case never used. The gig was actually reviewed in the NME the following week and may have been part of the Be Stiff tour. It took place at Sheffield Polytechnic in the […]
Looking back [1] • YES 1978
Yes, Sheffield City Hall. April 20. 1998 Seeing Yes in 1998 was a little strange. Generally I don’t bother going to see bands again who I saw in their prime back in the Seventies (or bands who suddenly discover that they were always huge friends after all and so decide to reform!). And having seen […]