Gigs of 2000
| Date | Artist or Production | Concert Hall or Theatre | Rating (out of 10) | Comments |
| Fri 4/02/2000 | Quango | The Astoria II, London | 7.5 |
A good mixture of old classics played by some of the best prog musicians ever. |
| Sun 6/02/2000 | Queensryche Support: The Tea Party |
The Brixton Academy, London | 8.0 |
Worth going for the Old stuff, but the recent material is instantly forgetable. |
| Sun 13/02/2000 | Vanden
Plas Support: Headline & Chinchila |
L'Elysee Montmatre, Paris, FRANCE | 8.5 |
Headline were even better than expected. Vanden Plas were excellent as always, but not quite as phenomenal, as I'd hoped. |
| Fri 25/02/2000 | Paradise
Lost Support: Kill II This |
The Astoria II, London | 7.0 |
Heavy performance but crap sound. |
| Mon 3/04/2000 | Dream Theater Support: Spocks Beard |
The The Academy, Manchester | 9.5 |
Pretty damn near perfect. Great sets from both bands. |
| Tue 4/04/2000 | Dream Theater Support: Spocks Beard |
The Shepherd's Bush Empire, London | 8.5 |
A 2nd great performance, slightly spoiled for me by the oiks near the bar who talked all the way through the bloody set! |
| Sat 15/04/2000 | Lacuna Coil | The Borderline, London | 8.5 |
4 gigs in the British Isles - what is happening! |
| Sat 19/04/2000 | Quango | Herringthorpe Leisure centre, Rotherham | 8.0 |
Good solid show - these guys can still deliver. |
| Sat 13/05/2000 | Stratovarius + Rhapsody + Sonarta Arctica | Le Transbordeur, Lyon, FRANCE | 9.5 |
Damn near perfect!. |
| Sun 14/05/2000 | Stratovarius + Rhapsody + Sonarta Arctica | Le Splendid, Lille, FRANCE | 9.0 |
Excellent show - but it was hot, hot, hot! |
| Fri 19/05/2000 | Jadis Support: John Wetton |
The Astoria II, London | 8.0 |
Nice long show with the band on fine form - unfortunately I wasn't too well and had to leave before the end. |
| Fri 26/05/2000 | Samson Support: Angelwitch |
The Astoria II, London | 6.5 |
NWOBHM celebrations. Unfortunately Praying Mantis cancelled. Samson were OK, but Angelwitch were crap. |
| Wed 31/05/2000 | Porcupine Tree | The Scala, London, UK | 7.5 |
A long set showcasing a lot of the material from the 'Lightbulb Sun' disk. |
| Mon 05/06/2000 | Planet X | The Garage, London, UK | 6.0 |
Great musicians but not very interesting music. |
| Fri 16/06/2000 | Iron Maiden Support: Slayer + Entombed |
Earls Court, London, UK | 7.0 |
New Disk, new line-up - shame about the support |
| Sat 24/06/2000 | Joe Satriani | The Labbats Apollo, Manchester, UK | 7.5 |
Long, long set covering all the favourites, but sound was a bit Shrill |
| Sun 09/07/2000 | BosPop Festival - feat Within Temptation, Spocks Beard, Anathema, Vanden Plas, Joe Satriani, Dream Theater and others | Boshoven, Weert, The Netherlands | 8.0 |
Great sets from Spocks Beard and the stunning Anathema, but after a 12hr wait DT bored the ass off me! |
| Mon 31/07/2000 | Praying Mantis | The Dean Swift Pub, London | 8.0 |
2 great run-throughs of their Wacken set. |
| Wed 27/09/2000 | Arena Support: Jump |
London Astoria II | 8.0 |
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| Wed 18/10/2000 | Jadis Support: Mostly Autumn |
London Astoria II | 7.5 |
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| Sat 21/10/2000 | Dream Theater Support: Porcupine Tree |
The Hammersmith Apollo, London | 8.0 |
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| Wed 22/11/2000 | Glen Hughes Support: Praying Mantis |
London Astoria II | 6.5 |
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| Fri 24/11/2000 | Thin Lizzy | The Academy, Manchester | 6.5 |
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| Sat 25/11/2000 | Symphony X, Metallium, Majestic, Double Dealer, Avalon, Heavenly | Paris L'Elysee Montmatre | 8.5 |
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| ??/12/2000 | Paradise Lost Support: Him |
London Astoria II | 8.0 |
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| ??/12/2000 | Halford Support: Dragonheart |
London Astoria II | 9.0 |
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| Fri 8/12/2000 | IQ | London Astoria II | 7.5 |
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| ??/12/2000 | Stratovarius Support: Dragonheart |
The Underworld, Camden, London | 9.7 |