Gigs of 1999


Date
Artist or Production
Concert Hall or Theatre
Rating (out of 10)
Comments

Fri 15/01/99

Angra
Support: Stratovarius
 

La Laiterie, Strasbourg, FRANCE

Angra 8
Stratovarius 8.5

A good show played in front of a very keen crowd.

Sat 16/01/99

Angra
Support: Stratovarius,
Superior

Le Zenith, Paris, FRANCE

Angra 8.5
Stratovarius 8.5
Superior 8

A great party for the crowd of almost 5000. A real event.

Fri 05/02/99

The Gathering
Support: Complicity, Cry Havoc

The Garage, London

8.5

Great show, but a bit short.

Sun 21/02/99

Threshold
Support: Landmarq

The Astoria II, London

Landmarq 7.5
Threshold 4.5

Great neo-prog, disappointing heavy prog!

Sun 21/03/99

IQ

The Astoria, London

8

Great music, great visuals, happy crowd.

Thurs 25/03/99

KISS

Wembley Arena, London

5

Some great Visuals, but the music sounded lousy.

Thurs 15/04/99

Kings X

The Electric Ballroom, London

7.5

Good show and a great audience. Come back Soon!

Fri 07/05/99

Cathedral
Support: Anathema

Astoria II, London

6

15 mins of Anathema wasn't enough, but Cathedral were just laughable.

Sat 29/05/99

Angra, Vanden Plas, Edguy, Freedom Call, Gamma Ray + others

L'arenes de L'Agora, Evry, FRANCE

8

An interesting mix of bands, good and bad

Sun 30/05/99

Angra + Edguy + Freedom Call

Le Splendide, Lille, FRANCE

9

The audience were hot and the bands responded - in spades!

Thurs 03/06/99

Thunder
Support: Lukan

Shepherd's Bush Empire, London

7.5

Good old, good-time rock n' roll

Wed 09/06/99

Paradise Lost

The Scala, London

8

They've changed on disk, once again, but they remain a heavy band on stage.

Fri 11/06/99

Pendragon
Support: Chandler/Orford

Astoria II, London

8

Excellent Prog show from all concerned.

Thurs 01/07/99

Live
Support: Dark Star

Camden Electric Ballroom, London

8.5

Excellent but sweaty show. Great audience reaction too. Show Review on its way.

Thurs 08/07/99

Ministry

Astoria, London

7.5

Crunchy Industrial fare. Bizarre audience!

Thurs 26/08/99

Kick

The Borderline, London

4.5

Formulaic Hard-Rock, I left after about 5 numbers

Tue 07/09/99

The Urbane

The basement at the Fitz and Firkin, London

7

Rocky stuff - some indie influences, but I also heard a bit of new wave in there too, I'm sure

Wed 15/09/99

Vanden Plas (free acoustic show)

The Virgin Megastore, Strasbourg, FRANCE

8

A first outing for some of the material from 'Far Off Grace', but pretty solid. Good Sound, small crowd.

Thurs 16/09/99

Vanden Plas (free acoustic show)

The Virgin Megastore, Champs Elysees, Paris, FRANCE

8.5

Big crowd, great atmosphere and fantastic singing from Andy Kuntz. Almost an hour long!

Fri 01/10/99

Megadeth
Support: Godsmack

Forum, London

7

an end of the tour show. So-so, no more. Wasn't too thrilled by the new stuff.

Sat 02/10/99

Spocks Beard

Astoria II, London

8.5

Pretty flawless. Fun, proggy, emotional. Great Stuff!

Fri 15/10/99

Re-Genesis

Astoria II, London

7

Decent run through the old classics, but something was missing.

Tue 19/10/99

Arena
Support: Grey Lady Down

Astoria II, London

8.0

Solid stuff! Excellent rendition of 'The Visitor' material and with 2 new guys on board, not a bad first gig for the new line-up.

Mon 08/11/99

Porcupine Tree

The Scala, London

9.0

Truely unique and special. Really progressive. Just Excellent

Thurs 11/11/99

Dream Theater
Support: Tiles

Ijsselhal, Zwolle, THE NETHERLANDS

9.5

Pretty Damn good. A few mistakes, but such excellent music that it was hard to fault.

Fri 12/11/99

Dream Theater
Support: Tiles

The Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BELGIUM

9.5

Just Edged out the previous night's show - probably gig of the year.

Sun 14/11/99

ProgPower featuring, Threshold, Superior, Lemur Voice, Pain of Salvation, Mayadome, Evergrey, Forever Times, Poverty's No Crime, Symmetry and Wolverine

013, Tilburg, THE NETHERLANDS

8.0

Monster Prog event! 10 good bands, but it was Lemur Voice who stole the show for me.

Fri 26/11/99

Saga

The Astoria II, London

5.0

Boring, Boring

Fri 03/12/99

Pendragon
Support: Chandler/Orford

Astoria II, London

8.0

Good Show, Good Show

Sun 05/12/99

Black Sabbath

The Astoria, London

6.5

Haven't improved with the years. So-So despite the crowd's expectations.

Concerts that I missed

Fri 23/04/99

John Wetton

The Borderline, London

Mon 26/07/99

Marillion

The Zodiac Club, Oxford

Mon 10/5/99

Porcupine Tree

Bloomsbury Theater, London

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The Zodiac Club, Oxford

Mon 10/5/99

Porcupine Tree

Bloomsbury Theater, London