Gig Guide

For those who live in the North West (or thereabouts) here's a list of the best up-coming rock/metal gigs:

2008

July

Meat Loaf	-	2nd July (Liverpool Echo Arena)
Yngwie Malmsteen	-	10th July (Birmingham Acdemy)
Elton John	–	12th July (Doncaster Stadium)
Thunder, Whitesnake Def Leppard	-	15th July (Liverpool Echo Arena)
Slade	-	19th July (Newton-Le-Willows, St. Helens)
Budgie	-	25th July (Liverpool Academy)
Billy Idol	-	30th July (Manchester Apollo)

August

R.E.M.	–	8th August (Lancashire County Cricket Club)
Al Atkins/Diamond Head	-	14th August (The Robin, Wolverhampton)

September

Nickelback	–	15th September (M.E.N.)
Y & T	-	23rd September (Liverpool Academy)
Firewind	-	24th September (Manchester Jillys Rockworld)
Dragonforce	-	26th September (Manchester Academy)

October

Michael Bolton	–	14th October (Manchester Apollo)
Status Quo	-	16th-17th October (Manchester Palace Theatre)
Queen & Paul Rodgers	-	18th October (Liverpool Echo Arena)
Firefest	-	25th-26th October (Nottingham Rock City)
Slayer, Trivium and Mastodon	-	27th October (M.E.N.)
Bryan Adams	-	28th October (Liverpool Echo Arena)
		30th October (M.E.N.)

November

Hanoi Rocks	-	3rd November (Manchester Academy 2)
Queen & Paul Rodgers	–	4th November (M.E.N.)
Todd Rundgren	-	6th November (Manchester Academy 2)
Airbourne	-	7th November (Liverpool Academy)
		8th November (Manchester Academy)
Saxon/Motorhead	-	14th November (Manchester Apollo)
Thunder	-	22nd November (Manchester Academy)

December

Black Stone Cherry	-	5th December (Manchester Academy)
Elton John	–	17th December (Liverpool Echo Arena)
		20th December (M.E.N.)

 

2009

March

Tina Turner

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30th/31st March (M.E.N.)

 

 

 

For those who are interested, here’s a list of some of the best gigs I’ve been to in the past few years:

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Wembley Arena, Saturday 21st June, 2003
Live/Bon Jovi – Hyde Park, Saturday 28th June, 2003
ZZ Top – Brixton Academy, Wednesday 30th July, 2003

Young Heart Attack – Manchester Roadhouse, Sunday 24th August, 2004
UFO – Manchester Apollo, Wednesday 16th June, 2004
Alice Cooper – Hammersmith Apollo, Sunday 27th June, 2004
Dio – Manchester Academy, Wednesday 8th September, 2004
Bryan Adams – M.E.N Arena, Friday 22nd October, 2004
The Wildhearts – Manchester Academy, Thursday 9th December, 2004

Velvet Revolver – Hammersmith Apollo, Monday 10th June, 2005
Fozzy – Manchester Bierkeller, Saturday 12th February, 2005
Scorpions/Judas Priest – Hammersmith Apollo, Thursday 17th March, 2005
Status Quo – Liverpool Big Top Arena, Saturday 23rd July, 2005
Dio – Manchester Academy, Saturday 15th October, 2005
Girlschool/Saxon/Motorhead - Hammersmith Apollo, Thursday 16th June, 2005

Whitesnake – Liverpool Big Top Arena, Monday 3rd July, 2006
Billy Joel – M.E.N. Arena, Wednesday, 19th July, 2006
Breed 77 – Manchester Academy, Wednesday 20th September, 2006
Rose Hill Drive/Roadstar/The Answer – Liverpool Academy, Thursday 19th October, 2006

Europe – Liverpool Academy, Friday 9th February, 2007
Saxon – Sunday, 4th March, 2007
Journey – Manchester Apollo, Wednesday 7th March, 2007
Bryan Adams – M.E.N. Arena, Tuesday 8th March, 2007
Scorpions/w Uli Jon Roth – Manchester Apollo, Sunday 29th July, 2007
Heaven & Hell - M.E.N. Arena, Friday 9th November, 2007

Girlschool/Dio – London Astoria, Wednesday 28th May, 2008