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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#ticketstubwed 29 years ago, Oasis in what felt like a cattle shed (site was used for agriculture shows and had holding pens). The stage featured designs from the Be Here Now cover. This was the first of 4 gigs I saw them for this tour. £17.50, pre-surge pricing, or £35.80 inflation adjusted.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

And I will try to go again, if they’re not putting in £350 surge pricing.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think it was accurate. Anybody claiming Oasis were incredible was either not there or hasn’t seen them before.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Nice. That Chelsea match was something for the crowd alone.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

One of the bands I’ve seen the most, but never with Butler 🙁

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Can remember watching Iggy Pop that first day. The 2nd day was all about The Charlatans for me. The flew out to Turkey the next day after getting about 2 hours sleep.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#ticketstubwed Had to be Oasis. 30 years ago it was Knebworth. Forget the hype, Oasis were bang average. The crowd had changed from the early gigs. The Prodigy were good though if that helps. Manics and the Chemical’s stole the day for me.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It was a very average night though to be honest.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The a side of hounds of love is for the single, the b side is where the real pleasure lies. Worth it for And Dream of Sheep alone.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#ticketstubwed 31 years ago today at the old Wembley, Rolling Stones for the Voodoo Lounge Tour. The overriding memory I had was the inflatables suddenly appearing over the stage set for Sympathy for the Devil.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Beardsley because of the date they left the club. Barnes was there way beyond 1991.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The KLF were nothing short of insane.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Did you ever hear about Jimmy Cauty doing this? Which is why when I saw this in 1996 I barely raised an eyelid. Cauty then used this is done protests somewhere as well. He had fitted them with Audio Cannons.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If he is anti establishment then surely the first policy he will want is to get rid of the royal family? Is there anything more establishment than the royal family.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

TBH, I don't think it's his fanbase at all. What you're seeing is anyone but Farage come out.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

London outdoor gigs are really suffering with tickets sales this year. Was at Wolf Alice at the weekend and the Maccabees tonight, neither sold out. Are we seeing just over saturation of outdoor gigs in the capital or has the cost of gigs just reached a tipping point?

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Stage time clashing with Prodigy as well, that's one tough gig.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The NME stage is worth the entrance alone. @electrasy.online any memories from this one?

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The only other time would be due to transport issues getting back from London.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#ticketstubwed Anniversary week for these 2 gigs. It was wet. By the 2nd the Finsbury Park was like a swamp. Oasis were awful, not helped by the weather. By the 2nd night we walked out halfway through. The support acts were brilliant though, especially The Charlatans.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I love the Magic Numbers. But nothing tops them owning a guest house in the Harry Hill movie.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Why is it that the opening salvo of any racist rant or comment often starts with “I’m not a racist but…”. Why do people think I want to hear this crap as well? Here’s something for you, what you’re saying is racist and that makes you a racist.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This isn’t about replacing those engineers. This is about giving them a co-worker to carry out this. They were still responsible for rolling out the fixes in a controlled manner. There is so much more than making a cartoon version of a picture. 4/4

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It is highly likely we would still be on that support call now if it wasn’t for that. Add to that, every support call at a critical level costs us additional money. Estimates are that it saved us, after costs, around £8000. AI is a tool, how we’re benefit from it is up to us. 3/x

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

From that we were able to issue a fix, get users back fully operational and produce a full report to management on the issue. It saved us around 24 hours of additional engineering. It freed up our engineers to carry on with other work, rather than being sat on a support call. 2/x

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Yesterday it analysed 3 log files for me. Each one it truncated to 50K lines. I told it which one was the system showing errors. That analysis took it around 2 minutes to come up with a fix. This was after watching the supplier support not solve it for 48 hours. 1/x

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I’m so glad somebody pointed out the obvious. 👏

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Can we please have one last REM tour? I’m willing to sell my soul to attend if it helps.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The opening salvo is a call of intent. I love that opening so much, before a single word is sang. Wonderful!

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Saw them for the first time in 95 to match this release as well. Now all I need is for Gaz to look his age because he’s putting all of us to shame.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Bloody auto correct, it’s if, if, if!

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Of it doesn’t include Summer Breeze then it’s not a summer jams list 😊

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I get that feeling of overcrowded at so many venues now. PJ Harvey though! 😍

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#TicketStubWed Been away so haven’t had one for a few weeks. Let’s do this though, The Stone Roses at Heaton Park, 14 years ago. We were so far back but it still felt like we were down the front. Amazing atmosphere, stunning gig from a band I missed the first time around.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I’m going to echo the “possibly the best record of all time” here… or is it Strangeways… or is it just The Smiths.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Try searching it and you’ll find plenty of studies. Multiple theories why this happens, including the energy needed to defend said food would be higher than the energy gained from it. It not altruistic it seems, more common sense. Maybe it’s time to start attacking the hoarders 🤔

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Chemical Brothers are the one bands everybody should see if on at a festival they’re at. Saw them a few times this way and it’s such a communal feel good experience.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

As one of those children, this block is a pointless exercise. As an IT consultant for many years I always understood that my children knew more about bypassing such blocks than I did. They’re trying to control the most technically able generation ever and it won’t work.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Like many a person of a certain age, my first album was a Mike Batt number called Remember You’re a Womble.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A bit. I was a really heavy drinker at that time so barely registered for me. Glorious sunshine though and got in to catch the Bluestones 😂

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Absolutely great person and very sadly missed. Had the same youth as you.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I was, kind of. Euro 96 had started the day before and the Sunday hosted 3 matches. Watched there first 2 matches in a pub on the Seven Sisters Road before finally making it in to Finsbury Park 😂

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Saw them for the first time last year. Ended up in the after show party.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

That is one lineup! His n Hers is such a great album and features my favourite Pulp tracks.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I was so close to going with my stub from the Wrecking Ball tour today. I saved it because next week is closer to the anniversary date.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Members of the Vaccines & New order, Bonehead & Liam Gallagher, James Dean Bradfield were all present. Motorcycles Emptiness on acoustic was pure musical genius. Liam, Bonehead and The Charlatans playing My Sweet Lord (on YouTube) was just sublime. 🫡 Jon.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#TicketStubWed @thecharlatans.bsky.social & Friends - A Night for Jon Brookes. Those not familiar with The Charlatans, Jon was their drummer who sadly passed away from a brain tumour. A generational talent and all round wonderful person. This night for him was truly deserved. 1/2

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Saw Bjork in 1996. She was very special to say the least.

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Young Robbo @youngrobbo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great starter. The Between Two Lungs album is an absolute masterclass in song writing.

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