Tuesday 04 January 2022.

Tuesday 04 January 2022. Exclusive news from www.raysgigs.com The supergroup GENERATION SEX have signed up with UK booking agent John Giddings at Solo. John was The Sex Pistols booking agent for their European Tour reunions. The band feature Steve Jones and Paul Cook from The Sex Pistols and Billy Idol and Tony James from Generation X. So far, they have just played two private shows in Los Angeles and New York in 2018. Hopefully Steve Jones will be in the line-up but he has not visited the UK for over a decade. Billy Idol mentioned shows were being planned for 2023, but maybe this year too?

Posted 4th January 2022

My Top 20 Gigs of 2021.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everybody. These are my Top 20 gigs of 2021. Covid messed up the first six months of the year, but the second of the year was much better. I ended up still seeing 95 live music gigs....which brings my gig total to 7184 since 1973. Top 3 gigs of the year...all gigs are in date order. Patti Smith Band - Royal Albert Hall - 04 and 05 Oct 2021 Rick Astley and The Blossoms play The Smiths - Forum - 09 Oct 2021 Coldplay - Shepherds Bush Empire - 12 Oct 2021 Other highlights....all gigs in date order. The Vaccines - Forum - 26 July 2021 The Boomtown Rats + Neville Staple + John Coghlans Quo - Becontree Free Festival - 15 Aug 2021 Elbow - Hammersmith Apollo - 21 Sept 2021 Scritti Politti - Shepherds Bush Empre - 02 Oct 2021 Roger Taylor - Shepherds Bush Empire - 22 Oct 2021 The Waterboys - Roundhouse - 23 Oct 2021 The Professionals - Garage - 24 Oct 2021 Michael Schenker Band Fest - Shepherds Bush Empire - 31 Oct 2021 Richard Ashcroft - Royal Albert Hall - 01 Nov 2021 Biffy Clyro - Forum - 02 Nov 2021 Heaven 17 - Shepherds Bush Empire - 05 Nov 2021 OMD - Hammersmith Apollo - 13 Nov 2021 Soft Cell - Hammersmith Apollo - 15 Nov and 16 Nov 2021 The Stereophonics - Shepherds Bush Empire - 06 Dec 2021 Dave Gahan - Shepherds Bush Empire - 07 Dec 2021 The Darkness - Shepherds Bush Empire - 16 and 17 Dec 2021 The Libertines - Forum - 18 and 19 Dec 2021 ------------------- My band Gun Control (me on drums) also played one gig at The George & Dragon, Acton on 27 Nov 2021