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.

Check out the Flying Vs Hall of Fame…

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

Jul 19

KENNY WATNE SHEPHERD & BOBBY RUSH

Date: July 18, 2025

Venue: Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Price: £65.50

Woman Like You/She Loves My Automobile/Dirt On My Diamonds/I Got A Woman/Watch You Go/Deja Voodoo/Shame, Shame, Shame/Talk To Me Baby/Long Way From Home/40 Acres (How Long)/You So Fine/Uncle Esau/Who Was That/While We Cry/I’m A King Bee/Blue On Black/Voodoo Chile

Jul 03

JAWBONE

Date: July 2, 2025

Venue: Water Rats

Price: £15.00

Leave No Traces/Horizons Of Hope/The Tide/Rolling On The Underground/Warm Up That Cup/The Last Ones/Paper Scissors Stone/Miss Feelgood/Saved By The Enemy/Freedom At The Renaissance/Two Billion Heartbeats/When Your Gun Is Loaded/Junkyard Of Dreams

Jun 22

STAR CIRCUS

Date: June 21, 2025

Venue: Camden Underworld

Price: £12.00

Love Is The Enemy/Chained To You/The Wreckage/One Hit Wonder/Bridges/Gina In A Bottle/Two Odds Make An Even/Turn The Tide/Over & Over/Times Get Tough/Just Like In A Movie/Before The Song Is Over/Save Your Life

Jun 19

THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND

Date: June 18, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £22.00

Busted Up/The Streets Don’t Lie/Don’t Take It To Heart/Watch Yourself (You’re Gonna Hurt Somebody)/Second Best/Cigarettes (Ain’t Helping Me None)/Chasing After Love (‘ll Burn A Hole In Your Shoes)/Fuck You, Pay Me/Vice City III/Stan Qualen/Chimney/Vice City II

Support: Cardboard

Jun 08

ERIC MARTIN/STAR CIRCUS

Date: June 7, 2025

Venue: Cart & Horses, Stratford

Price: £33.00

I Just Want To Make Love To You/Electrified /Voodoo Kiss/Fragile /Back In Blue

Star Circus

Love Is The Enemy/Bridges/Chained To You/Two Odds Make An Even/Just Like In A Movie/Turn The Tide/Before The Song Is Over/Save Your Life

Jun 07

ROBERT CRAY BAND

Date: June 6, 2025

Venue: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

Price: £45.00

Anything You Want/I Shiver/Where Do I Go From Here/Deep In My Soul/Won’t Be Coming Home/Fix This/Two Steps From The End/Bad Influence/I Guess I Showed Her/To Be With You/Sitting On Top Of The World /You Move Me/Right Next Door (Because Of Me)/Time Makes Two/Phone Booth/This Man

Toby Lee

House On Fire/Preacher/Count On Me/Patiently Waiting For Love/No Need To Lie/Blame Me