James, Newcastle O2, 15 Apr 13

First saw James back in 1990 supporting The Cure at Crystal Palace... Tim Booth had a big mop of hair then... not so much now! Had forgot the wacky dancing too, perhaps for good reason.

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The Mission, Newcastle City Hall, 12 Mar 90

Promoting the "carved in sand" album, I recall the band encouraging attendees to record the shows on cassette - my mate Dougie took a huge cassette recorder with him but gave up recording by the end of the first song!

Pixies, London Brixton O2, 6 Oct 09

I saw some great shows during 2009, and an evening with Pixies was not to be missed. I'd last seen these guys 19 years ago to the day back in the early nineties, when they played a show at Preston Guildhall, Lancashire.

Blast from the past - the ticket from 6th October 1990 - Spookily the same date as the 2009 show...

Tonight's show was something more special, being a 20th anniversary concert for the fantastic Doolittle record. The set list comprised of all the period b-sides, the album in it's entirety and a second encore of pixies classics. Added to the flavour there was good support to - with The Big Pink.

Needless to say, but the crowd went mental when debaser kicked in!

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To (cash in or...) top it off for the fans, the show was officially recorded by the band - here's a picture of the copy I bought... Note that the set list is a standard list, the final encore is included but not listed.

And here's the ticket from the show...

In all, Pixies played 4 nights at Brixton - and they all sold out! Subsequent shows in the UK have tended to stick to London and Manchester - it would be great if they'd do a full UK tour...