Stuart Dredge

Well, some of them. I’ve just realised that UEA (the university I went to) has lists of gigs at its venues going back to before my time there in 1995-98. THUS I can piece together who I saw in those three years.

UEA LCR (the bigger venue): Black Grape, Pulp, Menswear, Stone Roses, Echobelly, Bluetones, Ash, Sleeper, Manics, Bluetones, Kula Shaker, Suede, Dodgy, Shed Seven, Belinda Carlisle, Space, Reef, Baby Bird, The Orb, Robbie Williams, Supergrass, Propellerheads, Super Furry Animals.

Waterfront (the smaller venue): Bluetones, Marion / Northern Uproar, Cast, Powder, Terrorvision, Shed Seven, Lionrock, Longpigs, Super Furry Animals, Bis, Octopus, Longpigs, CJ Bolland, Navigator, Ben Folds Five, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Death in Vegas, Sleeper, Roni Size, Lo-Fidelity All Stars.

This probably explains a lot.

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