Gig #90 Sex Pistols & Frank Carter at Piece Hall tonight, with support from Undertones and Panic Shack. A brilliant night and a brilliant front man. Don't think there was anyone here tonight saying its not the Pistols without John. And now they are showing England on the big screen

Gig #89 An afternoon gig by Mellon Collies at Grayson Unity in Halifax, warm up for tonight's gig

Gig #88 Marmozets tonight in a local gig for them and a new venue for me, Kirkgate Community Centre in Shipley.

Gig #87 The Dirty Nil (and Bruise Control) again, tonight at Key Club in Leeds

Gig #86 A rare gig on. Monday, Vandoliers at Deaf Institute (downstairs in "The Lodge" rather than the usual upstairs room)

Gig #85 Birkenhead Punk Festival today. A two day event but I could only make it to day 2. All the bands I saw were great. Best new discovery were Stuntface. Band of the day (and the main reason I went) were @randomhand.co.uk

Gig #84 I went to see the Dirty Nil at Rebellion in Manchester tonight because of the support band (Bruise Control)

Gig #83 The 1 in 12 Club in Bradford tonight for Harijan, Plot 32, Deadbeat at Dawn and Smoking Fingers

Gig #82 Back to slightly smaller gigs, Chris Helme (ex Seahorses) tonight at the Parish.

Gig #81 A hometown gig tonight for Def Leppard at Sheffield Arena, with support from Extreme. Back to smaller gigs for while after a couple biggies recently

Gig #80 I don't go to many stadium gigs but I made an exception tonight for Metallica at the Principality (formerly Millennium) Stadium in Cardiff. The roof was closed so it didn't feel like being in a stadium. An epic night (even if everyone is miles away!)

Gig #79. Sleuth Gang tonight in a sold out Room 2 of the Key Club in Leeds. Not been in this room before so it's another new venue for me too.

Gig #78 Back to Piece Hall tonight for Garbage and Skunk Anansie co headline show. Another top night and the rain stayed away.

Gig #77 First visit of the year to Piece Hall in Halifax for Madness tonight. Top night of non stop hits

Gig #76 The Wildhearts tonight in Huddersfield at a sold out Parish

Gig #75 Riskee and the Ridicule this afternoon at York Crescent. Following up yesterdays set at NW Calling with a headline show today

Gig #74 North West Calling at Manchester Academy today. Eleven bands, eleven hours, one stage (and only £35). A brilliant (and tiring) day. All the bands were great but my favourite on the day were the Meffs (pictured)

Gig #73 The Bug Club at Brudenell Social Club tonight

Gig #72 Marmozets tonight at the Foundry in Sheffield. Third time seeing them since they reformed but first since their new album came out. Top night

Gig #71 Sugar tonight at Leeds Irish Centre. A band i thought I'd never get to see live as these are their first shows in over 30 years.

Gig #70 Virgin Marys tonight at Hyde Park Book Club.

Gig #69 Tonights gig was supposed to be Half Man Half Biscuit at Nottingham Rock City, unfortunately this was postponed a couple of months ago. Fortunately Wolfsbane were playing next door at the Rescue Rooms, it was their 40th anniversary tour, still with the original, unchanged line up

Gig #68 London again and Pixies again. My first ever visit to the Royal Albert Hall to see them tonight. The band were on fine form but this was probably the best of the three times I've seen them on this tour.

Gig #67 Pixies again tonight at a new venue for me, Aviva Studios in Manchester (and possibly the best toilets I've ever seen in a venue)

I did have a ticket to see Pixies tonight in Manchester but decided instead to go to Wembley to watch Bolton get promoted to the Championship. Gigs resume tomorrow 😁

Gig #66 Ruts DC tonight at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds

Gig #65 Back to the Parish for another gig celebrating their 20th birthday. The Wedding Present tonight

Gig #64 Parish tonight for Ferocious Dog, part of their final year of touring before they pack it all in.

Gig #63 York Barbican tonight for Pixies on their 40th Anniversary tour. One of my all time favourite live bands. Top night

Gig #62 back to Manchester for Hillbilly Moon Explosion at Night & Day cafe tonight

Gig #61 Early start and early finish for Wonk Unit today, at the Star & Garter in Manchester

Gig #60 I've been to almost 200 gigs at the Parish since it moved to it's new home in 2021, and tonights sold out Terrorvision gig was one of the best I've seen there

Gig #59 Suburban Legends tonight at Key Club in Leeds

Gig #58 back at Amped again,. tonight it was Deadbeat Brass (apologies for the poor photo, not the best lighting for a pic)

Gig #57 Really Good Time tonight at Amped. Early finish which is always good on a school night.

Gig #56 Scott Lavene tonight, playing 2 sets (no support) at Amped in Huddersfield

Gig #55 Parish tonight to see Faintest Idea. Support from Hot Squash

Gig #54 Goo tonight at Hyde Park Book Club. An album release show for their debut album, Oh wow, oh well, which was released today and played in full tonight (plus a couple of older tracks too).

Gig #53 An afternoon UK Subs gig at the Brudenell in Leeds. Charlie still sounding great at 81. And home in time for tea

Gig #52 The Hazy Janes tonight at Grayston Unity in Halifax

Gig #51 Bar Stool Preachers tonight at the Parish. Support from Carol Hodge

Gig #50 Skindred album launch gig tonight at Leeds Beckett Uni

Gig #49 Massive Wagons tonight at Holmfirth Picturedrome

Gig #48 Sky Valley Mistress tonight at Northern Quarter in Huddersfield

Gig #47 Burned as Witches tonight at Night and Day Cafe in Manchester, the solo metal side project of Ash drummer Rick McMurray. On the album (out tomorrow) he sings and plays all the instruments, tonight he has a band with him so he's on guitar and vocals.

Gig #46 Jim Jones All Stars tonight at the Parish

Gig #45 Frank Turner tonight at Manchester Academy 2. With surgeon Dave Hause

Gig #44 Manchester Punk Festival (Day 3) Final day of this year's festival. Another great day. 9 bands today, band of the day were Split Dogs (pictured). Already got my ticket for next years festival

Gig #44 Manchester Punk Festival (Day 2) Another great day in Manchester, just 7 bands today. Band of the day was Riskee and the Ridicule in the Union

Gig #44 Manchester Punk Festival (Day 1) first of 3 days. Ten bands across 4 venues. I'd only seen 2 of the 10 previously. Favourite band of the day was Slow Gherkin (pictured)