The Who at Wembley Stadium

The Who
Eddie Vedder
Wembley Stadium, 6 July 2019

Let's face it Wembley Stadium is just one of the worst venues in London to see a gig but when I was offered a free ticket (yes! free!) to see The Who, I could grin and bare it to see old Roger and Pete play live again, even from the back of such a vast stadium. If there's anyone whose music could fill a place as big as this, well, it has to be The Who.

Eddie Vedder at Hammersmith Apollo

Eddie Vedder 
Glen Hansard 
Hammersmith Apollo, 30 & 31 July 2012 

Firstly, there are sadly no videos of this show up on YouTube because Eddie requested no recordings and photos (which is rare, as Pearl Jam always allow this) and people were pretty respectful of this, so the cool posters will have to do instead.

Bob Dylan at the O2 Arena and the Roundhouse

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Bob Dylan And His Band
O2 Arena, 25 April 2009
Roundhouse, 26 April 2009

Years ago, in the mid 90s, I saw Bob Dylan for the first time playing Hyde Park. Backed with a ramshackle group of musicians (mostly dressed in blue I remember) including Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, it was a decidedly disappointing experience despite a set list that included Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Positively Fourth Street, Highway 61 Revisited and Don't Think Twice It's Alright, due to a rather unenthusiastic performance by the man himself, where his voice turned almost to caricature. Although I love his music I thought it was probably best to leave his live shows for the hardcore devotees in the future.

Best Gigs Of 2008

Neil Young at Hammersmith Apollo (5, 6, 8, 9, 14 March)

Back in the UK for the first time since 2003, after Neil Young’s aneurysm I really thought I would never see him live again so I must admit I flipped out when he announced these fairly small (for him) shows at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo and I attended five out of the six shows he played there.