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Hi I have finally come clean and admitted to myself that I am totally addicted to going to rock concerts.  I have also realised that all attempts at treatment are futile, and anyway I don’t want to be cured! This blog is part of my treatment, in creating a permanent record of the gigs that I go to. So far I have just succeeded in listing the gigs I have been to over the past two or three years.
Update on 29 Dec 2011. My new years resolution is to write a blog each day, which will be a challenge, as at the moment I have been posting when I go to a concert, which is roughly about once a week. I’m going to use this project to catalogue my concert experiences over the years. So for some of the blogs, I’ll select a concert that I attended, and try to remember as much as I can about it (which may be difficult as my memory is not good these days). This will take me back to the late 60s and early 70s and will include concerts by The Who, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Abba, T Rex, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Kate Bush and events such as Reading Festivals, Donington Monsters of Rock, Live Aid and Live 8, and significant recent reunions such as Zeppelin at the O2 and Cream at the Albert Hall. I have a collection of ticket stubs and programmes from many of the concerts that I have been to (I have almost always bought a programme) and will scan these in and include them within my posts. I’m going to start my project on January 1st 2012, and aim to write 365 blogs in 365 days. When I attend a new concert, that will be my blog for the next day; I’ll fill the other days with selected past concerts, and other things that interest me. I’ve just checked, and I have around 1,000 ticket stubs, so there should be plenty of concerts to write about. I’ll also be including memories of some significant gigs where I don’t have a ticket stub, such as club gigs, or gigs where the ticket was given up at the door.
Update on 10 April 2012. I have managed a post a day so far this year, but this is taking up a lot more time than I figured! However it is fun doing it. I’ve jumped around a little but have decided to revert to working through it alphabetically. I’ve worked through all my letter A ticket stubs and programmes and am now on letter B. I’ll continue to jump around now and then and feature gigs I am attending and relate past gigs to those where I can. This is going to take years…..