Gigs From History: 1999

Here's all the gigs we played in 1999, along with any details of the night I can remember. If there's a blog entry you can click on the date to read it.

Sunday 17 January 1999	The Durham Ox, Leicester A LollopaLeicester special, with The Durham Ox Singers and, I think, Kev Hewick.
Sunday 17 January 1999	The Durham Ox, Leicester The Durham Ox Singers set at LollopaLeicester.
Monday 18 January 1999	The Loft (Derby), Derby Playing with Sienna - I think this may have been their final gig.
Wednesday 20 January 1999	Upstairs At The Garage, London Originally I thought this gig was at The Bull & Gate, because the note for this gig said "A good night, after which I gave Steve Lamacq a demo tape. I bet that'd never happened to him before", and I distinctly remember doing that there. HOWEVER research some twenty years later by Mr FA Machine revealed a RECIEPT for payment for this gig Upstairs At The Garage, and a few months later Ms R Delgado posted a picture of the actual flyer, so this was definitely where it happened. I think I also seperately gave Steve Lamacq a tape after a John Sims gig at The Bull & Gate, hence the confusion!
Monday 25 January 1999	The Factory, Leicester The Durham Ox Singers at LollopaLeicester, with Pala
Monday 22 February 1999	The Factory, Leicester The Durham Ox Singers at LollopaLeicester, with Johnny Domino, The Kittiwakes and Desert Sands Motel.
Monday 8 March 1999	The Factory, Leicester Emergency stand-in at LollopaLeicester as someone pulled out.
Monday 8 March 1999	The Factory, Leicester The Durham Ox Singers set at LollopaLeicester - Mr D Dixey has recently confirmed that this was the gig with Alternative TV, also Lazarus Clamp and Bronco Bullfrog.
Sunday 11 April 1999	The Durham Ox, Leicester Two sets from me at an all-dayer in aid of Kosovo - first set pretty much as normal, second set, some hours later, was my version of 'Ask', accompanied on bongo by A Hippy.
Monday 19 April 1999	The Blessington Carriage, Derby Singing The Company Song at the AAS AGM.
Sunday 25 April 1999	Pontin's Holiday Camp, Brighton Sitting on the table outside the pub, BELLOWING, at The Bowlie Festival.
Monday 26 April 1999	Victoria Inn, Derby Validators Full Band Set Our first ever gig, supporting Half Man Half Biscuit.
Saturday 29 May 1999	A Wedding, Leicester Chris & Sharon's wedding!
Tuesday 13 July 1999	Pump & Tap, Leicester Supporting Saloon and Lazer Guided.
Sunday 18 July 1999	Bull & Gate, London Validators Full Band Set A trip to London by train for our second ever gig.
Saturday 14 August 1999	Abbey Park, Leicester Validators Full Band Set I'd been there since 7am, so by the time we went onstage I was pissed out of my mind
Saturday 4 September 1999	Off The Tracks Festival, Derby The Durham Ox Singers final gig!
Sunday 12 September 1999	The Charlotte, Leicester Validators Full Band Set Early appearance of 80% of the Classic Vlads Line-Up as me, Tom, Tim and Rob play some quiet songs upstairs during a Sorted All-Dayer.
Sunday 19 September 1999	The Durham Ox, Leicester Validators Full Band Set Benefit gig, with lots of folk singers
Saturday 2 October 1999	Pump & Tap, Leicester Me and Tim ended up doing this as nobody else could come, so we made up for it afterwards by getting pissed up and shouting about things.
Sunday 31 October 1999	The Durham Ox, Leicester Supporting Kev Hewick