Pauly ≫ Gigography ≫ 1996 ≫ The Wedding Present
Sat Sep 14 1996
Finsbury Park Powerhaus (Sir George Robey) Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London
Plus Beatnik Filmstars.
I have a hazy memory of seeing The Wedding Present here about now and seeing (and possibly talking to) John Peel. But it is a very hazy memory.
Found in an old Melody Maker gig guide. I see Magic Alex played this night at Camden Dublin Castle, and I definitely saw them in London but it was later than this and probably at The Wag club, and after I had met my wife to be. There are other missing gigs around this time, I remember going to The Red Eye in Islington somewhere, to The Orange out in Kensington, and to Rock Garden in Covent Garden, all to see small bands. A couple of these were pay to play venues I think and I went along with friends probably from uk-indie or possbly NME message board. I hope it'll come back to me at some point.
| date | my gigs | other gigs possibly of interest 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Sep 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | Love / Hate 2 | |
| 10 | Love / Hate 3 | |
| 11 | Elcka 4 | |
| 12 | The Boo Radleys 5 | Ozric Tentacles 6 |
| 13 | Lodestar 7 | |
| 14 | The Wedding Present | Bennett 4 |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 17 | ||
| 18 | Baader Meinhof Revue 8 | Kerbdog 4, Tiger 9 |
| 19 | Camden Crawl II 10 | Prophets of Pop 6 |
| 20 | Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception 11 |
- And possibly not.
- Southend Esplanade.
- Norwich Oval Rock House.
- Southampton Joiners.
- Kilburn National Ballroom.
- Leas Cliff Hall.
- Tunbridge Wells Forum.
- Dingwalls.
- Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms.
- Electric Ballroom.
- Upstairs @ Highbury Garage.
I went to this one, more from this year in my gig history for 1996. I have seen Wedding Present probably six times; Gosport Festival 94 @ Walpole Park (Gosport) ('94), Phoenix 1995 @ Avon Park Raceway (1995), Reading Festival ('96), Finsbury Park Powerhaus (Sir George Robey) (1996), ULU ('97), and The Booking Hall (2017), though I still have some bragging tagging to do so this may go up. Part of a list of every gig I went to from 1987 to 2026. A natural step from my Best Gigs Ever blog post. Yeah I know it's a bit geeky, let's let that go though, I'm having fun remembering these things.
Sat Sep 14 1996