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

Here is me jamming with the legendary Dennis Greaves of Nine Below Zero. “Turn it down to deafening,” he said. So I did…

 

Watch both tracks in full here:

Checkin’ Up On My Baby

The Hunter

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…

Jan 20

JAMES HUNTER

Date: January 19, 2026

Venue: 229

Price: £34.00

Till I Hear It From You/(Baby) Hold On/Whatever It Takes/Let Me Out Of This Love/A Sure Thing/Nick Of Time/Baby Don’t Do It/Only A Fool/Two Birds One Stone/Okie Dokie Stomp/Brother Or Other/Here And Now/Don’t Do Me No Favours/Off The Fence/Ain’t That A Trip/Strange But True/Believe Me Baby/Carina/Talkin’ ‘Bout My Love

With Lucca Mae

Jan 17

NINE BELOW ZERO

Date: January 16, 2026

Venue: 229

Price: £33.00

One Way Street/Doghouse/Three Times Enough/Don’t Point Your Finger At The Guitar Man/Treat Her Right/You Can’t Please All The People All The Time/Rockin’ Robin/Helen/I Ain’t Comin’ Back To Your Cadillac/Sugar Mama/On The Road Again/Satisfaction/Everyday I Have The Blues/I’m Ready/Stone Fox Chase/Ridin’ On The L&N/I Can’t Help Myself/Homework/Wooly Bully/Can I Get A Witness?/Got My Mojo Working

Jan 10

KING KING

Date: January 9, 2026

Venue: 229

Price: £34.00

More Than I Can Take/Let Love In/Waking Up/Strong/Lose Control/A Long History Of Love/Cried Out For Love/Hurricane/Whatever It Takes To Survive/You Stopped The Rain/Rush Hour/I Will Not Fall/Stranger To Love

Little Odetta

Shake/Little Bit Of Soul/Struck/Leave Me Alone/Out Of The Game/It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World /No Medication/Sweet Release

Jan 05

BAND OF FRIENDS

Date: January 4, 2026

Venue: 229

Price: £28.00

Double Vision/Messing With The Kid/Under The Gun/Lonely Mile/Stand Your Ground/Moonchild/When You Lose A Friend/Bought And Sold/Man ‘O’ The West/Heaven’s Gate/Overnight Bag/Daughter Of The Everglades/Tattoo’d Lady/I Fall Apart/Bad Penny/Shadow Play/Bullfrog Blues

The Stumble

Hellfire/Lover Man/Unnatural/Desensitized/Fill Me Up/Canned Heat

Nov 23

NINE BELOW ZERO

Date: November 22, 2025

Venue: Signature Brew, Walthamstow

Price: £27.50

On The Road Again/Satisfaction/Everyday I Have The Blues/I’m Ready/You Don’t Love Me/Sunny/Don’t Point Your Finger At The Guitar Man/Treat Her Right/Helen/A Little Understanding/Stone Fox Chase/High Temperature/Mama Talk To Your Daughter/Can I Get A Witness?/I Can’t Help Myself/Ridin’ On The L&N/I Can’t Quit You Baby/Homework/Wooly Bully/Got My Mojo Working/Eleven Plus Eleven

Nov 20

BYWATER CALL

Date: November 19, 2025

Venue: Garage

Price: £25.00

Talking Backwards/As If/No One Else/Arizona/Colours/Left Behind/How Long/Way To Go/Ain’t No Friend Of Mine/Clutter/Sweet Maria/Holler/Kashmir/Everybody Knows

Dan Patlansky

Nov 17

ASIA/FOGHAT

Date: November 16, 2025

Venue: Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Price: £65.00

Go/Only Time Will Tell/Silent Nation/Remembrance Day/Don’t Call Me/Who Will Stop The Rain?/Military Man/The Longest Night/Arena/Sole Survivor/Free/Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers/Wildest Dreams/Heat Of The Moment

Foghat

Road Fever/Drivin’ Wheel/My Babe/Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love/She’s A Little Bit Of Everything/It Hurts Me Too/Stone Blue/Home In My Hand/Fool For The City/I Just Want to Make Love to You/Slow Ride

Nov 14

THE BLUETONES

Date: November 13, 2025

Venue: EartH Hall, Stoke Newington

Price: £32.00

Bluetonic/A New Athens/Solomon Bites The Worm/Drive Thru/Keep The Home Fires Burning/The Aristocrats /Carnt Be Trusted/Madeline/Cut Some Rug/Cheap Hotel /Marblehead Johnson/In The Cut/Slight Return/The Last Song But One/Never Going Nowhere/London Weekend Television/My Way/If..

The Supernaturals

The Day Before Yesterday’s Man/Smile

Nov 06

MIKE TRAMP’S WHITE LION

Date: November 5, 2025

Venue: Camden Underworld

Price: £28.00

Out With The Boys/All The Fallen Men/Hungry/Living On The Edge/El Salvador/Little Fighter/Broken Heart/Lights & Thunder/Tell Me/Wait/When The Children Cry/Lady Of The Valley/Radar Love

Nov 01

THE STRANGLERS

Date: October 31, 2025

Venue: Roundhouse

Price ; £50.00

Goodbye Toulouse/Straighten Out/Was It You?/Skin Deep/15 Steps/Five Minutes/Tramp/Instead Of This/Strange Little Girl/Golden Brown/Thrown Away/Pin Up/Peaches/Mercury Rising/White Stallion/Dead Ringer/Breathe/Something Better Change/Duchess/Hanging Around/Always The Sun/Mean To Me/No More Heroes

Buzzcocks

Orgasm Addict/Manchester Rain/Ever Fallen In Love/(With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)/Harmony In My Head