Gig List

This is a list of every band I can remember seeing. There may be more, but some of this is stretching back 25 years, and my memory ain’t what it used to be.

  • 16 Tambourines (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • The 1975 (713 Music Hall, Houston)
  • 65 Days of Static (2006 Ancienne Belgique)
  • All About Eve (Portsmouth)
  • Arctic Monkeys (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Aswad (1986 Glastonbury)
  • Back To The Planet (Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms)
  • BB King (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • BEAT (21-Sep-2024 Bayou Music Center, Houston TX)
  • Beck (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Be Your Own Pet (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Belly (Portsmouth Pyramids)
  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2016 Houston House of Blues)
  • Black Uhuru and The Wailers (Glastonbury)
  • The Bible (Portsmouth Polytechnic Students’ Union)
  • Billy Bragg (1986 Glastonbury)
  • The Black Angels (2007 The Warehouse, Houston)
  • The Black Keys (2007 The Warehouse, Houston)
  • Bob Dylan (1996 Vorst Nationaal; 2004 Verizon Wireless Houston)
  • The Bolshoi (Portsmouth)
  • Broken Social Scene (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Buffalo Tom (1993 Portsmouth Pyramids)
  • Built To Spill (2008 Warehouse Houston, 2012 Fitzgerald’s Houston)
  • The Charlatans (1992 Reading Festival; 12-JAN-2024 Houston House of Blues)
  • Chapterhouse
  • Cocteau Twins (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Cornershop (Portsmouth Guldhall Square)
  • The Cranberries (1995 Werchter)
  • Crowded House (1994 Vorst Nationaal)
  • The Cult (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • The Cure (1986 Glastonbury; 1988 Glastonbury; 1995 Werchter; 2008 Toyota Center Houston; 2023 Toyota Center Houston)
  • DAAU (Ancienne Belgique)
  • The Damned (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • David Bowie (1990 Milton Keynes Bowl)
  • David Byrne (Cirque Royale)
  • Deap Valley (2016, Houston, House of Blues)
  • Death Cab For Cutie (2011 Verizon Wireless theater Houston, TX; 2023 Germania Stadium, Austin)
  • Death From Above 1979 (2016, Houston, House of Blues)
  • The Decemberists (2009 Chicago Riviera Theater; 2018 White Oak Music Hall Houston, 15-May-2024 Austin)
  • Deep Purple (Vorst Nationaal)
  • Dinosaur Jr (2007 The Warehouse, Houston)
  • Dinosaur Feathers (2012 Fitzgerald’s Houston)
  • dEUS (1995 Werchter)
  • Dr. & the Medics (Portsmouth)
  • Drab Majesty (11-May-2024 White Oak Music Hall Houston)
  • Drive-By Truckers (19-Jun-2024 House of Blues, Houston)
  • The Eagles (Antwerp, Belgium)
  • Eek-a-mouse (Portsmouth Polytechnic Students’ Union)
  • Elastica (1994 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms)
  • Elvis Costello (1988 Glastonbury)
  • The Enid (Portsmouth Polytechnic Student’s Union)
  • Everything But The Girl (Guildford Civic)
  • Fields of the Nephilim (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • The Frank Chickens (Glastonbury)
  • Frank Zappa (Brighton Civic; Alte Oper Frankfurt)
  • Friends Again (Portsmouth Polytechnic Student’s Union)
  • Guster (2019 Heights Theater Houston; 2023 White Oak Music Hall, Houston; 09-Mar-2024 Heights Theater Houston)
  • Grateful Dead (1990 Wembley Arena)
  • Hawkwind (Guildford Civic; 1985 Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Henry Rollins (Glastonbury)
  • Horse (1987 Portsmouth Guildhall; 1993 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms, 1994 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms)
  • The Housemartins (1986 Glastonbury)
  • Hue and Cry (Portsmouth Polytechnic Students’ Union; Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Inspiral Carpets (Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth Guildhall Square)
  • Iron Maiden (1982 Hammersmith Odeon; 1983 Hammersmith Odeon)
  • James Varda (Portsmouth New Theater Royal)
  • Jane Leo (29-Feb-2024, Houston The Secret Group)
  • Jane’s Addiction (2023 Toyota Center Houston; 19-Aug-2024, 713 Music Hall, Houston)
  • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (2022 Houston)
  • Jeff Buckley (1995 Werchter)
  • Jeff Healey (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain (Portsmouth Guildhall, 2017 Houston White Oak)
  • John Otway (Portsmouth Polytechnic Students’ Union)
  • Keane (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • King (Portsmouth Polytechnic Student’s Union)
  • King Kurt (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Kings of Leon (Verizon Wireless Houston)
  • Kristeen Young (2006 Ancienne Belgique)
  • L7 (1992 Reading Festival)
  • Love and Rockets (19-Aug-2024, 713 Music Hall, Houston)
  • Love and Money (Porsmouth Polytechnic Students’ Union)
  • Lucero (2012 Fitzgerald’s Houston)
  • Massive Attack (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • The Meat Puppets (2008 Houston Warehouse)
  • Melissa Etheridge (Hammersmith Odeon; 1994 Vorst Nationaal)
  • The Mission (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Mogwai (2006 Ancienne Belgique)
  • Morphine (1995 Werchter)
  • Morrissey (2006 Ancienne Belgique)
  • Muse (2011 Toyota Center Houston)
  • My Morning Jacket (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Nick Cave (1992 Reading Festival)
  • Nirvana (1992 Reading Festival)
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Glastonbury)
  • Peter Gabriel (21-Oct-2023 Toyota Center)
  • PJ Harvey (Portsmouth Pyramids, 1995 Werchter)
  • Placebo (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • The Pogues (Glastonbury)
  • Pooka (Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms)
  • Pop Will Eat Itself (Portsmouth Guildhall Square)
  • The Postal Service (2023 Germania Stadium, Austin)
  • Primal Scream (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Psychedelic Furs (Glastonbury)
  • Public Enemy (1992 Reading Festival)
  • The Raconteurs (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Radiohead (Portsmouth Pyramids; 2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Regina Spektor (Verizon Wireless Houston)
  • Ride (Portsmouth, 12-JAN-2024 Houston House of Blues)
  • REM (1995 Werchter)
  • Robert Cray Band (Glastonbury)
  • Roy Harper (Aldershot West End Center, Portsmouth New Theater Royal)
  • Ruby Turner (1986 Glastonbury)
  • Scissor Sisters (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Senser (1995 Werchter)
  • Sidi Bou Said (Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms)
  • Silversun Pickups (2011 Toyota Center Houston)
  • Simple Minds (1991 Stuttgart)
  • Simply Red (1986 Glastonbury)
  • Sinead O’Connor (1986 Glastonbury)
  • Slowdive (11-May-2024 White Oak Music Hall, Houston)
  • Smashing Pumpkins (2023? Toyota Center)
  • Snow Patrol (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Sonic Youth (1992 Brixton Academy)
  • Spear of Destiny (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • The Strange Boys (2007 The Warehouse, Houston)
  • The Strokes (Verizon Wireless Houston)
  • Suede (Portsmouth Pyramids; Singapore)
  • Telekinesis! (2011 Verizon Wireless theater Houston, TX)
  • The The (Portsmouth Guildhall)
  • Therapy? (1995 Werchter)
  • Throwing Muses (1992 Portsmouth Pyramids)
  • Tricky (Botanique)
  • TV On The Radio (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • The Twilight Singers feat. Mark Lanegan (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Voxtrot (29-Feb-2024, Houston The Secret Group)
  • The War On Drugs (2016 Houston House of Blues)
  • The Waterboys (Portsmouth, Guildhall; Glastonbury Festival)
  • We Are Scientists (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • The White Stripes (Verizon Wireless Houston)
  • Whitesnake (1984 Hammersmith Odeon)
  • Wolf Eyes (Ancienne Belgique)
  • The Wonderstuff (1992 Reading Festival)
  • World Party (1986 Glastonbury)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2006 Pukkelpop)
  • Yellowman (Portsmouth Polytechnic Students’ Union)