RIP Newport Centre

[exiledclaseboy]

We must have been standing next to each other at the Singleton Park show mate because when he dived off the stack there he brushed me as he landed. Genuinely.

Definitely would have been stood next to each other, left hand side front, pretty mad. I’m actually wondering now if I have it the right way around, maybe Singleton happened first and then Newport?

According to a quick google the Newport gig was 10 July and Singleton Park was later than that in August I’m sure. Pretty sure I was at the Newport one too. Saw the a few times on that tour.

 

[Itchysphincter]

Definitely would have been stood next to each other, left hand side front, pretty mad. I’m actually wondering now if I have it the right way around, maybe Singleton happened first and then Newport?

According to a quick google the Newport gig was 10 July and Singleton Park was later than that in August I’m sure. Pretty sure I was at the Newport one too. Saw the a few times on that tour.

I think that’s right. Pretty sure I saw them a few times touring that album - maybe Bristol and/or Cardiff as well as Newport.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

According to a quick google the Newport gig was 10 July and Singleton Park was later than that in August I’m sure. Pretty sure I was at the Newport one too. Saw the a few times on that tour.

I think that’s right. Pretty sure I saw them a few times touring that album - maybe Bristol and/or Cardiff as well as Newport.

They played Cardiff uni earlier the following year. I was at that one. We could have been chums if only we knew it.

 

[Itchysphincter]

I think that’s right. Pretty sure I saw them a few times touring that album - maybe Bristol and/or Cardiff as well as Newport.

They played Cardiff uni earlier the following year. I was at that one. We could have been chums if only we knew it.

Yes, Cardiff, I was there, packed and hot in there. They were a great rock and roll band.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

They played Cardiff uni earlier the following year. I was at that one. We could have been chums if only we knew it.

Yes, Cardiff, I was there, packed and hot in there. They were a great rock and roll band.

They were. It’s quite sad seeing what they are now. Although the latest record has some value. I’m just not sure why.

 

[Jack2jack]

Just looking at the photo of the folk and bands that have played there, unbelievable. Must have hosted everyone of note back in the day.

I’d love to see a book published with the history of all who played there. Would be a fascinating read. Last band to play there were Newport’s own Goldie Looking Chain. A venue they’d always wanted to play all their lives.

Not in recent times mind, however.The Brangwyn Hall in Swansea hosted some top bands back in the day.
I'll have to search the net to see if theres any info. Swansea boy see, only been to Newport once.
https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/brangwyn-hall
Thought there had been more, if I'm honest.

 

[Ebo]

Nah, Newport first I think, and we intentionally positioned ourselves where we did in Singleton. Did you see Richey give us the eyes? We knew what he was going to do do.

I can’t remember much about any other bands that played that day, only the Tansads. Any one else?

I went that weekend as well. Can remember Jools Holland, The Strawbs, Labi Siffre, and a band called Pele.

 

[Itchysphincter]

Nah, Newport first I think, and we intentionally positioned ourselves where we did in Singleton. Did you see Richey give us the eyes? We knew what he was going to do do.

I can’t remember much about any other bands that played that day, only the Tansads. Any one else?

I went that weekend as well. Can remember Jools Holland, The Strawbs, Labi Siffre, and a band called Pele.

Crikey, quite a memory. I do remember a band playing Stranglers covers.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

That manics gig was made more brilliant by the hostility of the audience. They the band amd the band hated them and it was brilliant all round.

 

[Itchysphincter]

That manics gig was made more brilliant by the hostility of the audience. They the band amd the band hated them and it was brilliant all round.

It was great, they got through ‘Sleepflower’ which was one of their best and a great opener and that was pretty much that. Nicky Wire dressed up as an old granny and smashing up his bass in a tantrum was quite a sight.

 

[Costello]

Seen the manics there a good few times. The Cure at least twice. And many more, as they say.

I saw the Manics there when they were still good. It was a big gig for them then on the Gold Against The Soul tour. Me and a mate were just in front of the Richey James monitor stack and we were watching him because when we’d seen them a couple of years earlier when Motown Junk came out he didn’t play a note on stage, JDB covered all the guitar parts and Richey just f*cked about with his guitar unplugged. He climbed up on the stack and me and my mate waved him to come down and he stage dived on to us. A few weeks later they played the Heineken festival in Swansea so we took up the same spot and the same thing happened, just before they got bottled off for the finial time.

I was at the free Heineken festival when they got bottled off. Wasn't Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel on the same bill? Can't fully remember as I'd had a few in the Cricketers first

 

[Professor]

Wonderstuff 1989.

Was at that one

 

[Professor]

Great shame

Saw REM (my favourite ever gig), Wonderstuff,
Wedding Present, Inspiral Carpets, The Cure and the legendary Stone Roses gig late 80s and early 90s

 

[Costello]

I saw the Manics there when they were still good. It was a big gig for them then on the Gold Against The Soul tour. Me and a mate were just in front of the Richey James monitor stack and we were watching him because when we’d seen them a couple of years earlier when Motown Junk came out he didn’t play a note on stage, JDB covered all the guitar parts and Richey just f*cked about with his guitar unplugged. He climbed up on the stack and me and my mate waved him to come down and he stage dived on to us. A few weeks later they played the Heineken festival in Swansea so we took up the same spot and the same thing happened, just before they got bottled off for the finial time.

I was at the free Heineken festival when they got bottled off. Wasn't Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel on the same bill? Can't fully remember as I'd had a few in the Cricketers first

After a quick internet check Steve Harley was 1991 - phew. Thinking about that was getting on my nerves

 

[Ebo]

Great shame

Saw REM (my favourite ever gig), Wonderstuff,
Wedding Present, Inspiral Carpets, The Cure and the legendary Stone Roses gig late 80s and early 90s

The last time I went there must have been late 80's / early 90's to see The Mission. Gig cancelled as soon as we arrived. Wayne Hussey had 'a sore throat'. Or in reality, 40 cans of kestrel super and comatose on the tour bus. We went to the Riverside club and got pissed instead.