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 30

ORIANTHI

Date: January 29, 2026

Venue: O2 Academy Islington

Price: £32.00

First Time Blues/Sinners Hymn/You Don’t Wanna Know/Never Make Your Move Too Soon/Attention/Rescue Me/Where Did Your Heart Go/Before You Accuse Me/Light It Up/Heaven In This Hell /What’s It Gonna Be/Sharp Dressed Man/Dark Days Are Gone/How Do You Sleep?/Give In To Me/Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)/Third Stone From The Sun

Jan 26

Dennis Greaves Blues Jam

Date: January 25, 2026

Venue: The Pelton Arms

Price: Free

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See That Woman/Move On Up/Just My Imagination/Jessica/Me And My Woman/Sugar Mama*/Watch Yourself*/The Hunter/I Shall Be Released/Not Fade Away/Sunny/Come Together/Do The Prom/Born Under A Bad Sign/Heatwave/Evil Ways/Black Magic Woman/I Saw Her Standing There/Superstition/Proud Mary/What’s Going On (Pandas In The Snow)/Don’t Bite The Hand That Feeds You/Talk To Your Daughter/Goin’ Down/Strange Effect/Treat Her Right/Walk In My Shadow/Feel Like Makin’ Love

*KD on guitar

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