First Gig, Best Gig, How Many Gigs?

[bobby89]

First gig: Stoke Sugarmill, Jan 2008.
Best gig: Never seen them do a bad gig but best one was probs Brum in 2008
How many: 16

[Alandria]

First Gig: Warrington Parr Hall 2007? vague memory maybe feb 2008
Best Gig: Too many really, HMV midnight album release all the way to the apollo gigs in Manchester
How Many: Will have to check ticket stumps but easily over 20

[Andy]

seen 3 times

First: Hull Welly (Sept 07 I think)
Second: Hull Uni - Asylum (St. Jude Tour - Apr 08)
Third: Hull Uni - Asylum (Falcon Tour - March 10)

Best: Falcon Tour - absolute brill hearing the new tuneage

[Darren]

Great thread but I'm too embarrassed to post my 1 and only gig

[mufctreble99]

First - Seen them first at V 2009, only really knew about 4 songs. First time I actually went to see them was Liverpool Academy 2009.

Best - Gmex, easily. Though MEN and Liverpool were good.

How many - Including a few festival performances...around 8.

EDIT: How could I forget?? Best gig was Fibbers in York by a country mile and that's saying something because Gmex was brilliant.

[post]

First - Manchester Apollo 2008

Best - Keel Uni 2008 (Very small venue so was ace)

How many - Apollo, Keele Uni, Liverpool Uni, GMex, MEN, Haigh Hall, V 2010 and 2011.

[cocobongo]

First gig: Leeds O2 - the only one that I spent right up at the barriers the whole time before realizing that its a whole load more fun being that bit further back and actually dancing and drinking and having fun. Saying that it was amazing and made me sad that I hadn't got tickets for the Ruby Lounge

Best gig: I'm torn between the MEN and Delamere Forest. The MEN; home coming gig, the sheer enormity of them managing to sell out the MEN, it all felt very special, amazing atmosphere, extended set list, everyone chanting along to What Took You So Long in the tunnel out of there. Just amazing, and I was apprehensive about them doing such a big gig as generally I think smaller ones are better. Delamere was just a perfect day - sunny, bring your own booze, good support act, and generally just fantastic but I don't know whether the atmosphere quite lived up to the MEN, but it was still amazing.

How many: Leeds, Leicester, MEN, Haigh Hall, Delamere - only 5. Wish I had gone to so many more. Doing the Apollo Hatrick in December and already itching for them to release a March tour.

[sarahcharleston]

first gig: blackpool empress ballroom (i think)
best gig: Haigh hall, they were absolutly amazing there! i really s=dont think their M.E.N gig was that good compaired to all of the others!
how many: blackpool, blackburn, men, haigh hall, apollo

[lgb]

First Gig: T in the Park 2009 - King Tuts Wah Wah Tent on Friday night pre-headliner slot.
Best Gig: See above or Walk the Line Festival at The Hague
How Many: 4 (TitP2009, Walk the Line Festival May 2010, TitP2010, Glasgow Barrowlands Dec 2010)

[icantplayguitar]

First Gig: Leeds Festival 2009
Best Gig: Has to be MEN, simply because of the atmosphere in the place. I've never seen anything like it before.
How Many: 12 (Leeds Festival 2009, V Festival 2010, MEN Arena 2010, Haigh Hall 2011, V Festival 2011, 8th 9th 10th Apollo 2011, Chester Rocks 2012, Albert Square 2012, T in the Park 2012, Leeds Festival 2012)

[irregularregular]

Hello, I am new to the forums but have been following the lads for well over 4 years now.
Best current band in the UK, hands down.

First gig: The Faversham, Leeds Sep 2007
Best gig: Fibbers, York Sep 2010
How many: 10 (Leeds Faversham Sep 2007, Kings College London Dec 2007, HMV London Apr 2008, Leeds Met Uni Apr 2008, Wireless Festival Jul 2008, Leeds Academy Oct 2008, Manchester Central Dec 2009, York Fibbers Sep 2010, Leeds Academy Dec 2010, Manchester Apollo Dec 2011)

[ant]

First: Warrington Parr Hall Dec 2009
Best: MEN just over Liverpool uni in early 2010
How many: Warrington Parr Hall, GMEX, Liverpool Uni, MEN, Apollo (saturday) So 5 :-)

[manno]

First Gig - Supporting Babyshambles at Barrowlands in February 2008 (I bought the tickets purely due to them supporting. It counts)

Best Gig - Either Glasgow QMU in April 2008, or Barrowlands in December 2010

How Many - 8

[thesycophant]

and i thought i was massive fan boy with 7- I'm only part time although i do have the sleigh disadvantage of not being in the north west!!

1st- oxford o2 academy for st jude

best-MEN was f*****g amazing best night of my life!!