Oct 06

WELCOME

Welcome to FlyingVs.com.

Over 800 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. And below at Camden Underworld September 21 2022. Check out the Flying Vs Hall of Fame

Oct 25

WISHBONE ASH

Date: October 24, 2024

Venue: Islington Assembly

Price: £35.00

Real Guitars Have Wings/We Stand As One/The King Will Come/Warrior/Throw Down The Sword/Deep Blues/Runaway/F.U.B.B./Standing In The Rain/Jail Bait/Living Proof/Blowin’ Free/Phoenix

Leon Tilbrook

Oh Well/High Expectations/For Once In My Life/So Quiet/Help

Oct 09

SCARLET REBELS

Date: October 8, 2024

Venue: The Garage

Price: £20.00

Secret Drug/How Much Is Enough/My House My Rules/I’m Alive/Take You Home/You Take My Breath Away/Streets Of Fire/Got My Mind Set On You/Save Me/It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)/Grace/Who Wants To Be In Love Anyway/These Days/Divide And Conquer/It Was Beautiful/Declining/Let Me In

Oct 07

SAMANTHA FISH

Date: October 6, 2024

Venue: Koko

Price: £32.50

Kick Out The Jams/Wild Heart/Better Be Lonely/Kill Or Be Kind/Watch It Die/Chills & Fever/Bulletproof/Miles To Go/Never Gonna Cry/Somebody’s Always Trying/Poor Black Mattie/Dream Girl/Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down/Black Wind Howlin’/I Put A Spell On You/Goin’ Down South

The Zac Schulze Gang

Laundromat/Woman/Walkin’ The Dog/She Does It Right/Hole In My Pocket/Dry Spell/Ballyshannon Blues/Messin’ With The Kid/Oh Well

Oct 04

WISHBONE ASH

Date: October 3, 2024

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £27.50

The King Will Come/Helpless/Lady Jay/F*U*B*B*/Persephone/Lorelei/Runaway/The Way Of The World (Parts 1 & 2)/Time Was/(In All My Dreams) You Rescue Me/Goodbye Baby, Hello Friend/Rock ‘n’ Roll Widow/Doctor/Blowin’ Free/Warrior/Throw Down The Sword/Blind Eye/Jail Bait

Sep 27

THE KARMA EFFECT/AUSTIN GOLD

Date: September 26, 2024

Venue: Camden Black Heart

Price: £16.00

Livin’ It Up/Doubt She’s Coming Back/All Night Long/Wrong Again/Slow And Easy/See You Again/Wild Honey/Be My Salvation/The River/Nine Times/Testify/Stand/Steal Your Heart/Promised Land

Austin Gold

Brand New Low/Hell Or High Water/Invincible/The Wire Defines/Another Kinda Bad/Home Ain’t Home/Mountain/Never End

Sep 23

SILVEROLLER

Date: September 22, 2024

Venue: The Grace

Price: £16.50

Other Side/Start Walkin’/Nobody’s Business/Ways Of Saying/The Weight/Trouble Follows Me/Come On, Come In/Higher Power/Turn To Gold/Black Crow/Hold

The Trouble

Strolling On/In The Garden Of My Mind/Something I Can’t Explain/Love Buzz

The Witch/Miracle Man (Cadillac)/Hold On/Magic Potion/Get On Up

Send Me A Postcard/Helter Skelter

Sep 22

The Dead Daisies, The Treatment, The Bites

Date: September 21, 2024

Venue: Shepherds Bush Empire

Price: £38.00

Light ‘Em Up/Rise Up/Dead And Gone/Make Some Noise/I Wanna Be Your Bitch/Unspoken/Bustle And Flow/Lock ‘N’ Load/I’m Gonna Ride/Born To Fly/Take A Long Line/Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Seven Nation Army/Children Of The Grave/Whole Lotta Love/Join Together/I’m Ready/Fortunate Son/Mexico/Midnight Moses/Long Way To Go/Helter Skelter

The Treatment

Let’s Wake Up This Town/Let It Begin/Eyes On You/When Thunder And Lightning Strikes/This Fire Still Burns/Man On The Highwire/Bite Back/Running With The Dogs

The Bites

Knockin’ On The Door/Pretty Boys/Dirty City/War Pigs/Heather Leather/Squeeze/Fire In Hollywood/Do Me A Favor

Sep 15

BLACKBERRY SMOKE

Date: September 14, 2024

Venue: Hammersmith Apollo

Price: £46.25

Live It Down/Good One Comin’ On/Hammer And The Nail/Rock And Roll Again/Pretty Little Lie/Waiting For The Thunder/Hey Delilah/Let It Burn/Like It Was Yesterday/Sleeping Dogs/Long Haired Country Boy/Shakin’ Hands With The Holy Ghost/Azalea/Ain’t The Same/Whatcha Know Good/Old Scarecrow/Ain’t Got The Blues/Run Away From It All/One Horse Town/Little Bit Crazy/Don’t Mind If I Do/Ain’t Much Left Of Me/Mississippi Kid

Sep 13

Tyketto

Date: September 12, 2024

Venue: O2 Academy Islington

Price: £33.00

Nothing But Love/Reach/Wings/Tearing Down The Sky/Dig In Deep/Circle The Wagons/Rescue Me/Catch My Fall/Kick Like A Mule/Seasons/The Run/Standing Alone/The Last Sunset/Forever Young

Little Caesar: Down To The Wire, Mama Tried

Sep 11

Peter Cox

Date: September 10 2024

Venue: Pizza Express Holborn

Price: £65.00

Too Far Gone/She Wants Magic/Shame The Devil/Jupiter/Tough It Out/Love Will Lift Us Up/If You Walk Away/Dream Burning Down/Things We Never Did/We Close Our Eyes/Change/Brave New World/One More Kiss/Call Me/Stilettos/Confidant/Sleep/King Of Wishful Thinking/November/Ain’t Gonna Cry Again