Oct 06

WELCOME

Welcome to FlyingVs.com.

Over 850 gigs. 100+ venues. Over 1,500 bands. Rock on.

I have been going to gigs for over 50 years, and when sober enough I have kept all the tickets and set lists.

Search by band or venue and see if you were there. Send in a comment.

The Sex Pistols for £1.75 anyone? Iron Maiden for £3.00? Extraordinary stuff.

To celebrate what can happen when you go out to listen to live music, check out this YouTube clip. I went out to see Diesel Park West at the Half Moon in Putney, discovered the bassist was ill, and ended up filling in: LIKE PRINCES DO. You never know….

I was asked back for the encore:

WHEN THE HOODOO COMES

THE WAKING HOUR

Rock on, and let me know your experiences.

On the blues front, it was good to be featured in the same set list as Bonnie Raitt and Mose Allison

And here is my old band Fastback, showing how a Flying V should really be used.

Laurence Archer of Grand Slam, April 8, 2022, Islington Assembly Hall.

Check out the Flying Vs Hall of Fame…

Sep 19

FM/BRAVE RIVAL

Date: September 18, 2025

Venue: Islington Academy

Price: £35.00

Synchronized/Turn This Car Around/Someday (You’ll Come Running)/Living On The Run

Left early. Sound was unbearable at over 100db.

Brave Rival

Bad Choices/Poison/Control/Wild child/Heavy/Fairytale

Sep 12

WISHBONE ASH

Date: September 11, 2025

Venue: 229

Price: £27.50

The King Will Come/Written In The Stars /Errors Of My Way/Persephone/Ballad Of The Beacon/Front Page News/Lady Jay/Phoenix/Sometime World/The Pilgrim/Rock ‘N Roll Widow/F.U.B.B./You See Red/Blowin’ Free/Doctor/Living Proof/Jail Bait

Ballad Of The Beacon video

Sep 08

TEN

Date: September 6, 2025

Venue: The Cluny, Newcastle

Price: £22.00

The Gates Of Jerusalem/Arabian Nights /Alone In The Dark Tonight/Spellbound/Fear The Force/The Tidal Wave/Wildest Dreams/The Hourglass And The Landslide/After The Love Has Gone/The Robe

Support: Fury

Sep 05

NINE BELOW ZERO/THE YARDBIRDS

Date: September 4, 2025, £25.00

Venue: Eel Pie Club, The Cabbage Patch Twickenham

Price: £25.00

Don’t Point Your Finger At The Guitar Man/Cold Cruel Heart/Checkin’ On My Baby/Sugar Mama/I’m Ready/Love Song/The Life/Pack Fair And Square/Got My Mojo Working/High Temperature/Talk To Your Daughter/On The Road Again

The Train Kept A-Rollin’/Scratch My Back/The Nazz Are Blue/Sittin’ On Top Of The World/Over Under Sideways Down/Drinkin’ Muddy Water/Louise/Back Where I Started/I’m A Man/Smokestack Lightning

On The Road Again video

Sep 04

Junkyard Drive

Date: September 3, 2025

Venue: Camden Underworld

Price: £25.00

Junkyard Drive

Sucker For Your Love/Tomorrow I Will Be Gone/Electric Love/Geordie

Not a success, this one. Three bands, which was one too many. The sound was ball-breakingly loud and shrill, even in the bar area. The Lazys weren’t due on till 9.30, which is too late. No ear plugs on offer behind the bar, so left after 4 tracks and never saw the headliners. But at least there was an impressive rainbow beforehand.

Sep 01

Dennis Greaves Blues Jam

Date: August 31, 2025

Venue: The Pelton Arms

Price: Free

Hideaway/Come Together/Feel Like Makin’ Love/Don’t Bite The Hand That Feeds/Walking Through The Park*/Spoonful*/Stand By Me/Where Have All The Good Times Gone/You Can’t Do That/C’Est La Vie/I’m Ready/Resurrection Shuffle/Sugar Coated Love/Long Way Home/She’s Tough/Got My Mojo Working/Miss You/Hip Shake/While My Guitar Gently Weeps/Baby What You Want Me To Do/Tell Me What’s Your Name/Watch Yourself/Heatwave

*KD on guitar

Aug 02

SQUEEZE

Date: August 1, 2025

Venue: The Piece Hall, Halifax

Price: £50.00

Black Coffee In Bed/Footprints/Is That Love/Up The Junction/In Quintessence/Some Fantastic Place/If I Didn’t Love You/Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)/Another Nail In My Heart/Annie Get Your Gun/You Get The Feeling/Trixie’s Hell On Earth/Goodbye Girl/Cool For Cats/Cradle To The Grave/Labelled With Love/Slap & Tickle/Tempted/Hourglass/Take Me I’m Yours

Badly Drawn Boy

Silent Sigh/Born In The UK/You Were Right/Once Around The Block

Jul 30

JIMMIE VAUGHAN & THE TILT-A-WHIRL BAND/NINE BELOW ZERO

Date: July 29, 2025

Venue: 229

Price: £45.00

Hold It/Comin’ & Goin’/Roll, Roll, Roll/Dirty Work At The Crossroads /I Ain’t Never/No One To Talk To (But The Blues)/Just A Little Bit/Baby, Please Come Home/Frame For The Blues/Motor Head Baby/Just A Game /Baby, Scratch My Back/Texas Flood/White Boots/Six Strings Down/The Crawl

Nine Below Zero

Kiddio/Sitting On Top Of The World/Ridin’ On The L & N/One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (Ride A White Swan)/Sunny/Move It On Over/Carmelita/Ice Cream Man/What’s Going On/Stone Fox Chase

Met Dennis Greaves, Sonny Greaves, and Paddy from Jawbone

Jul 25

LITA FORD/VIXEN/BOBBIE DAZZLE

Date: July 24, 2025

Venue: Indigo2

Price: £50.00

Gotta Let Go/Larger Than Life/Relentless/Hungry/The Bitch Is Back/Playin’ With Fire/Back To The Cave/Can’t Catch Me/Cherry Bomb

Vixen

Rev It Up/Charmed Life/How Much Love/Cruisin’/Cryin’/Not A Minute Too Soon//Runnin’ With the Devil/I Want You To Rock Me/Perfect Strangers/Hard 16/Love Is A Killer/Edge Of A Broken Heart

Bobbie Dazzle

Flowers On Mars/Revolution!!!/Back To The City/Merry-Go-Round/Watch Out/Lightning Fantasy

Jul 20

LYNYRD SKYNYRD/BLACKBERRY SMOKE

Date: July 19, 2025

Venue: Wembley Arena

Price: £100.00

Workin’ For MCA/What’s Your Name/You Got That Right/That Smell/I Know A Little/Saturday Night Special/Down South Jukin’/Gimme Back My Bullets/Cry For The Bad Man/The Needle And The Spoon/Tuesday’s Gone/Simple Man/Gimme Three Steps/Call Me The Breeze/Sweet Home Alabama/Free Bird

Blackberry Smoke

A Little Bit Crazy/Hammer And The Nail/Good One Comin’ On/Let It Burn/Waiting For The Thunder/Sleeping Dogs/Shakin’ Hands With The Holy Ghost/Old Scarecrow/Run Away From It All/One Horse Town/Ain’t Much Left Of Me//When the Levee Breaks