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

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…

Oct 17

WISHBONE ASH

Date: October 16, 2025

Venue: Islington Assembly Hall

Price: £39.00

Real Guitars Have Wings/Living Proof/(In All Of My Dreams)/You Rescue Me/Outward Bound/The King Will Come/Warrior/Throw Down The Sword/F.U.B.B./The Way Of The World/Standing In The Rain/Jail Bait/Phoenix/Blowin’ Free/Peace

Oct 16

BRAVE RIVAL

Date: October 15, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £19.00

Five Years On/Let Me Rock ‘N’ Roll/Bad Choices/Poison /Seventeen/On The Next Round/Stars Upon My Scars/What’s Your Name Again?/Wild Child/Control/Try Again/Stand Up/Run And Hide/Heavy

Demi Marriner

Distorted Desires/Repeat Refrain/Think Of Me/Stop Pause Rewind/Sins/Need To Know/Good Guy Act

Oct 15

DEWOLFF

Date: October 14, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £23.00

Night Train/In Love/Natural Woman/RU My Savior?/Treasure City Moonchild/You Keep On Knocking/Snowbird/War Pigs/Freeway Flight/Rosita

Oct 10

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR

Date: Oct 9, 2025,

Venue: Cadogan Hall

Price: £49.50

Stop Messin’ Round/Hell Of A Good Time/Sweet Lil’ Lies/Two Time My Lovin’/Dyin’ To Know/Wicked Soul/Grayer Shade Of Blue/Look What I’ve Become/Summertime/Wanna Be My Lover/Wild Is The Wind /Black Magic/Watch ‘Em Burn/Change Of Heart

Oct 04

SKIDS

Date: October 3, 2025

Venue: 100 Club

Price: £28.00

Happy To Be With You/Out Of Town/One Decree/Circus Games/Hurry On Boys/A Woman In Winter/Goodbye Civilian/Masquerade/Arena/The Saints Are Coming/Into The Valley/TV Stars/Charles/Of One Skin

Sep 19

FM/BRAVE RIVAL

Date: September 18, 2025

Venue: Islington Academy

Price: £35.00

Synchronized/Turn This Car Around/Someday (You’ll Come Running)/Living On The Run

Left early. Sound was unbearable at over 100db.

Brave Rival

Bad Choices/Poison/Control/Wild child/Heavy/Fairytale

Sep 12

WISHBONE ASH

Date: September 11, 2025

Venue: 229

Price: £27.50

The King Will Come/Written In The Stars /Errors Of My Way/Persephone/Ballad Of The Beacon/Front Page News/Lady Jay/Phoenix/Sometime World/The Pilgrim/Rock ‘N Roll Widow/F.U.B.B./You See Red/Blowin’ Free/Doctor/Living Proof/Jail Bait

Ballad Of The Beacon video

Sep 08

TEN

Date: September 6, 2025

Venue: The Cluny, Newcastle

Price: £22.00

The Gates Of Jerusalem/Arabian Nights /Alone In The Dark Tonight/Spellbound/Fear The Force/The Tidal Wave/Wildest Dreams/The Hourglass And The Landslide/After The Love Has Gone/The Robe

Support: Fury

Sep 05

NINE BELOW ZERO/THE YARDBIRDS

Date: September 4, 2025, £25.00

Venue: Eel Pie Club, The Cabbage Patch Twickenham

Price: £25.00

Don’t Point Your Finger At The Guitar Man/Cold Cruel Heart/Checkin’ On My Baby/Sugar Mama/I’m Ready/Love Song/The Life/Pack Fair And Square/Got My Mojo Working/High Temperature/Talk To Your Daughter/On The Road Again

The Train Kept A-Rollin’/Scratch My Back/The Nazz Are Blue/Sittin’ On Top Of The World/Over Under Sideways Down/Drinkin’ Muddy Water/Louise/Back Where I Started/I’m A Man/Smokestack Lightning

On The Road Again video

Sep 04

Junkyard Drive

Date: September 3, 2025

Venue: Camden Underworld

Price: £25.00

Junkyard Drive

Sucker For Your Love/Tomorrow I Will Be Gone/Electric Love/Geordie

Not a success, this one. Three bands, which was one too many. The sound was ball-breakingly loud and shrill, even in the bar area. The Lazys weren’t due on till 9.30, which is too late. No ear plugs on offer behind the bar, so left after 4 tracks and never saw the headliners. But at least there was an impressive rainbow beforehand.