- The Fall - Hazel Grove Youth Club (1979) - ‘We are The Fall. Rule One: no-one gets on stage. Rule Two: no spitting. Rule Three: no requests.’
- The Chameleons - Salford University (1984) - The Manchester gigs just seemed so much more manic.
- The Fall - Stockport College (1979) - Not so much a stage as a large step. Standing three feet away from a snarling Mark E. Smith and his carrier bag.
- The Chameleons - Gallery (1982) - Notable for a gigantic leap by skinhead from the gallery onto the dance floor. When we left, we found him lying semi-conscious on the pavement outside.
- The Fall - Manchester Poly (1980) - Compered by the late John Peel. Smith waded into the crowd to sort out a brave individual who doused him in lager.
- The Smiths - Brixton Academy (1986) - Little did we know it but turned out to be the final Smiths show. Morrissey walking on wielding ‘The Queen is dead’ placard. Pure theatre.
- The Smiths, The Fall and New Order - G-Mex (1986) - If The Chameleons had been present, my life would have been complete.
- The Fall - Walthamstow (1986) - ‘Bend Sinister’ tour with Brix and two drummers. So fantastic we went to Woolwich the next night.
- U2 - Warwick University Arts Centre (1981) - U2 blown away by an unknown support band; ‘Hi - We’re The Chameleons and we’re from Manchester.’
- The Chameleons - Shepherd’s Bush Empire (2001) - Reunion gig - After 14 long years, as if they had never been away.
- The Fall - Lyceum Ballroom (1984) - sad to say, I went on my own and taped this show with a cheap Saisho walkman from Dixons.