Bands you've seen live the most

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Off the top of my head, multiple band viewings include:

The Twilight Sad - 11
ballboy - 9
Spiritualized - 7
Mogwai - 5
The Wildhearts - 4
Honeyblood - 4
Eels - 4
King Crimson - 3
Earth/Dylan Carlson - 3
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 3
The Flaming Lips - 3
Iron Maiden - 2
Julian Cope - 2
Radiohead - 2
GY!BE - 2
Manics - 2
The War On Drugs - 2
Belle & Sebastian - 2
Maiden Scotland (Iron Maiden covers) - 2
The Australian Pink Floyd (nuff said) - 2

Biggest regret? Probably only seeing R.E.M. once and never seeing Pulp at all :frowning:

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With Rolo?

Best time I think was with Metz and Titus Andronicus. Line up that

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Godamn!

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Yeah but missed Rolo. Kerrang or NME Shred Yr Face tour… Seen them since so alls good

… we’ve definitely had this discussion more than once on here… totally worth multiple discussions though

Damian ended up ‘singing’ a song or two from the toilets. Top 5 gigs of all time

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Rock Sound Shred Yr Face! We have haha.

They were really good this year but I had an eye op the next day so wasnt too into it

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The Cribs 96
Los Campesinos! 16
Manic Street Preachers 15

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Fuck sake. Pretty sure you corrected me on that point last time it was mentioned too ha. I’ll never learn. La la la (ears in lugs… don’t make me jeslous)

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The Cribs 96
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Christ. This is going to a beating! You from Wakefield or summat?

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96! Outstanding :+1:

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Oh fuck this… I’ve edited this 3 times… I give up

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Pished

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Haha, thanks! No, I’m from Kent. They just clicked with me as my favourite band in 2005, first saw them in 2006 and then every London gig for a couple of years and then started travelling to see them… met a lot of great people through the band and end up doing entire tours.
2017 was a busy year - saw them 28 times… they did the Men’s Needs 10 year anniversary and then promotion / mini tour for the next album (24-7 Rock Star Shit) and Cribsmas III in December (quickly followed by a January tour in 2018).

Here’s a poster I got signed when I saw them in Tokyo:

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And my friend who runs the fanzine and is a fan of spreadsheets made up this document:

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So many far-flung regions of the UK I’d never have visited had it not been for this band. Best times of my life have been following The Cribs.

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Mogwai somewhere around 20.
Part chimp and Hey Colossus probably pushing 25.
It’s an evening out.

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Went to tons of gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh in the early-to-mid 2000s and there was a few bands who turned up absolutely everywhere -Idlewild, Aberfeldy, James Yorkston, King Creosote, Mull Historical Society… I’m probably close to double figures with all of them due to charity appearances, support slots, student union gigs, etc.

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Voivod and Dizzee Rascal, both 5 times. Anybody else match that much difference between acts?

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Not a huge fan of either bands but due to their touring probably seen British Sea Power around 15 times and Allo Darlin’ the same number (although they’ve now folded).

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I’ve seen Pulp four times and REM once too. I’m very jealous of the number of times you’ve seen Ballboy. Three times for me; they’re brilliant.

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British Sea Power

As a teen was obsessed with their debut album - for me still one of the best British albums of the 2000s - and consequently saw them 7/8 times on that tour alone.

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Reckon I’ve seen the Futureheads about 12 times, I was in Newcastle and going to festivals when they made it big so it just kind of happened. Seen the Manics about 10 times too I reckon, and Morrissey a similar amount, largely due to festivals…

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Black Midi - 7
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - 5
Laura Marling - 5
Flying Lotus - 5

Lots of acts with 4 and 3.

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