Your top three please.

Here's mine:

3 - The Subways (+Alamos, Sucioperro), Dundee Westport Bar, April (?) 2005, £6

The day after the release of "Oh Yeah", was a tiny 200 capacity venue, right at the very front, no barrier, stage is a foot high, literally about a foot and a half away from Charlotte. Great set, and sneaked up and seen the soundcheck consisting of all the singles and some album tracks with 6-7 people in the room. Got to love shit security (Yeah, we're with the support band). Sucioperro opened, were awesome, Alamos were second, they were god awful.

2 - Shitdisco (+State of Affairs, Trash Superstar), £6 (I think), Dundee Reading Rooms, April 2006

A hell of a gig. Most people were dancing really badly, great fun. Opening band State of Affairs were great too, shame about Trash Superstar. At least they're honest about themselves.

1 - The Zico Chain (+ Pheonix For The Flame, State of Affairs), £4, Arbroath Viewfield, April 2006

I've never, ever seen a venue react for a small band they way they did, about halfway through the first song (the single Rohypnol), literally every single person was jumping or moshing or dancing non-stop, stupidly loud, the band just got better and better as the crowd cheered louder, afterwards they spent ages chatting to the fans, words cannot describe how good it was. Had seen them supporting Nine Black Alps before, thought they were very good, but then seen this, and I'm convinced that they're going to end up in arenas. Unbelievably good.

Not sure about cheap ones.

Went to see Faithless, Thirteen Senses, Razorlight and El Presidente for FREE a few years back. That was cool. And Travis did a show for charity that only cost me 2 quid to get into.

Hi,
I got to see Stereophonic in 1997- for £3 in Nottingham!! How cool is that!!! Pity they are crap now- I probably wouldnt pay £1 to see them now days!!
-NEMESIS-

They do one bad album and everyone hates them. The last album was great.

Wham! for £4.50 in 1984 (ish)

I saw The Killers for a mere £10. To me, that's cheap.

Helpshecantswim for a fiver too. That was pretty damn good.

Hi Ukgigfreak,
lets just see if we are on the same wavelength- which album do you think was bad? Just want to see if it matches the album that really put me off Stereophonics...
cheers
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Word Gets Around - quality
Performance and cocktails - quality
Just enough education to perform - crap grandad rock
You gotta go there to come back - not bad, bit long in the tooth
Sex, Language, Violence, Other - quality

Hi Ukgigfreak,
I'd agree totally with that!!! It was J.E.E.P that really put me off!!
cheers
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Best cheap one was King Prawn in Eddies. It was less than a fiver. The band were really amazing. I think they have broken up now, and Eddies burnt down the other week, so I cant imagine that ill be seeing them there again.

Any gig pre about 1990 - U2, Alarm, Dogs D'Amour, Ozrics, Hawkwind, Gong, Levitation, Chumbawamba, Culture Shock, Meteors.. i have loads.

Saw The White Stripes for £4 i think it was back in the day, also arctic monkeys for £7.... over £6, but a lot less than nowadays!

Maximo Park, for a fiver, last Friday...

http://www.egigs.co.uk/index.php?a=11482

That gig was only a fiver? maximo park have gone up in my books!

Yes. All three shows were a fiver each. Bargain or what?

iron maiden with paul diano - 4.50 in about '90 at the hammy odeon

ok, so im over 30..

Alexisonfire = free
or back in the day when it was 5/6 local bands playing at the portland club cost between 3 and 4 pounds yay

The Nobodys (hopeless records Nobodys that is) @ Trillians, Newcastle in 2002 or 2001 cant remember - was £3

Hmm good thread made think for a whilst, ok here goes

Pre 1991

Janes Addiction Sheffield Leadmill
Dinosaur jr Leadmill
Rapeman AKA Steve Albini Leeds Uni maassive student demos trying to get gig cancelled due to glorifying rape, well controversial!!!
Pixies Sheffield Octagon
Jesus & Mary Chain Sheffield Octagon
The Cross Sheffield Poly Roger Taylor from Queen band project
Bon Jovi Sheffield City hall can't remember whether this was £5 or £10 just before living on a prayer came out
Then Jericho Sheffield Poly

This century

Athlete Hull Adelphi
Athlete Nottingham Orange Tree Bar, had to buy the album to get 2 tickets, limited to just 200
Starsailor London ULU competition prize for exclusive gig
Starsailor Hull Uni
Simple Minds Royal albert Hall, bought 4 tickets of tout for 3rd row seats for a tenner
Oscar & Simon from Ocean Colour Scene Silhouettes Hull Paid the door man a fiver each to let us in sold out gig
Human League Grimsby Auditorium, went to hang around for meet & greet, just walked into the stalls

Must be more but old brain playing hard to remember.

Gary