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

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

May 29

STRAY

Date: May 28, 2025

Venue: Half Moon Putney

Price: £20.00

Time Machine/After The Storm/Jericho/Son Of The Father/I Am/Black Sun/Percy The Pimp/1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/Living The Dream/Houdini/I Believe It/Buying Time/All In Your Mind/One Night In Texas

ONE NIGHT IN TEXAS VIDEO

May 28

TROY REDFERN/RED GIANT/KIRRIS RIVIERE & THE DELTA DU BRUIT

Date: May 27, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £15.00

Shakin’/Takin’ My Soul/Take Me High/Sitar Interlude

Left during the extended Sitar solo. Too loud…

Red Giant

The Dark Of Me/Monsters/Don’t/Was It All My Fault?/Why?/Bad Penny/Tell Me/Free Me/All Along The Watchtower

Leno meets the bassist. Quelle surprise?

Kirris Riviere & The Delta Du Bruit

Left Me In The Cold (Railroad Tracks)/I Just Can’t Be Satisfied/The Delta Du Bruit/Loose Cannon (Daisy Jane)/Down To The Border/I Ain’t Got Time (Swamp ‘Til Morning)/No Fuss Bus/Louisiana

May 24

CHANTEL MCGREGOR

Date: May 23, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £21.00

Broken Heartless Liar/Stand On My Own/Eternal Dream/Walk On Land/Take The Power/Echoes/Undercover

Somewhat directionless and dull. No crowd atmosphere – just silence between tracks. Left after a few…

May 22

ROBIN TROWER

Date: May 21, 2025

Venue: Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Price: £35.00

The Razor’s Edge/Too Rolling Stoned/Wither On The Vine/Somebody Calling/Distant Places Of The Heart/One Go Round/It’s Too Late/Day Of The Eagle/Bridge Of Sighs/No More Worlds To Conquer/Daydream/Little Bit Of Sympathy/Rise Up Like The Sun/Birdsong

Dom Martin

Daylight I Will Find/Belfast Blues/Haunted/Hell For You/Easy Way Out

May 15

MICHAEL SCHENKER

Date: May 14, 2025

Venue: Indigo2

Price: £42.40

Natural Thing/Only You Can Rock Me/Hot ‘n’ Ready/Doctor Doctor/Mother Mary/I’m A Loser/This Kid’s/Lights Out/Lipstick Traces//Between The Walls/Belladonna/Love To Love/Let It Roll/Can You Roll Her/Reasons Love/Rock Bottom/Shoot Shoot/Too Hot To Handle

Wytch Hazel

The Fire’s Control/I Am Redeemed/Still We Fight/Archangel/Dry Bones/The Devil Is Here/Woven/Elements/Spirit And Fire/Healing Power

May 13

ECLIPSE

Date: May 12, 2025

Venue: Camden Underworld

Price: £29.57

Roses On Your Grave/Falling To My Knees/Run For Cover/The Storm/Shoreline/The House Of The Rising Sun/Anthem/All I Want/Saturday Night (Hallelujah)/Caroline/The Masquerade /Bleed & Scream/Battlegrounds/The Downfall Of Eden/Heaven And Hell/Black Rain/Never Look Back/Got It!/Twilight/The Hardest Part Is Losing You/Viva La Victoria

May 05

EUREKA MACHINES

Date: May 4, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £14.00

Everything/Scream Eureka/Pop Star/Back In The Back Of Beyond/These Are The People Who Live in My House/Paranoia/Brainwaves/Black And White/Wish You Were Her/The Lovers And The Lost/The Story Of My Life/(I’m) Wasting My Time (Yet Again)/Champion The Underdog/Zero Hero