INXS
Dire Straits
The Quo
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen (E Street & Seeger Sessions)
Oasis
Black Grape
The Charlatans
Dodgy
Menswe@r (I do apologies)
Primal Scream
David Johansen & The Harry Smiths
The Felice Brothers
The Raconteurs
Black Keys
Asian Dub Foundation
The Bluetones
Athlete
Joe Strummer
Cornershop
Dandy Warhols
Clint Boon Alstars
Bert Jancsh
Blur
Hayseed Dixie
Iron Maiden
The Stones
Roots Manuva

....times up!

INXS
Dire Straits
The Quo
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen (E Street & Seeger Sessions)
Oasis
Black Grape
The Charlatans
Dodgy
Menswe@r (I do apologies)
Primal Scream
David Johansen & The Harry Smiths
The Felice Brothers
The Raconteurs
Black Keys
Asian Dub Foundation
The Bluetones
Athlete
Joe Strummer
Cornershop
Dandy Warhols
Clint Boon Alstars
Bert Jancsh
Blur
Hayseed Dixie
Iron Maiden
The Stones
Roots Manuva

....times up!

The best of the bunch, maybe I went over 5 minutes...

The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Sparks
Iggy Pop
R.E.M
The Stranglers
Pixies
Wilco
The Damned
Teenage Fanclub
Ramones
Blue Aeroplanes
Velvet Crush
P.I.L
Pavement
The Godfathers
Devo
Shack
Fatima Mansions
Sisters Of Mercy
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Black Flag
Monochrome Set
The Who
Patti Smith
Robyn Hitchcock
Nirvana
The Adicts
Discharge
Killing Joke
The Cramps
B-52's
Julian Cope
Rolling Stones
The Cramps
Pogues
Fuzztones
Gun Club
Hanoi Rocks
Televison
Hoodoo Gurus
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Velvet Underground
Depeche Mode
Kirsty MacColl
Matthew Sweet
Jesus & Mary Chain
Joe Strummer
Primal Scream
Posies

Slade
Hawkwind
Wings
10 cc
Stones
Who
Led Zepplin
Richard Thompson
Fairport Convention
Blondie
Sex Pistols
Clash
Stranglers
Dr Feelgood
Rory Gallagher
Earth Wind & Fire
James Taylor
Cat Stevens
Peter Green
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Wonder
Eurythmics
U2
Bruce Springsteen
Faces
Small Faces
Blue Nile
Van Morrison
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
The Jam
Southside Johnny
Graham Parker
Elvis Costello
Robert Palmer
Bowie
Roxy Music
Thin Lizzy
Queen
Mott the Hoople
Lou Reed
Bad Company
Peter Gabriel
Lindesfarne
Chuck Berry
Alberto Los Trios Paranios
Steel Pulse
Ian Drury & Blockheads
Eddie Reader
Be-Bop Deluxe
John Martyn

Traffic
Free
Wishbone Ash
Rory Gallagher
Roy Harper
Leon Russell
Freddie King
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Ronnie Lane
Jess Roden
Bob Seger
Jethro Tull
Bruce Springsteen
Southside Johnny
Neil Young
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Jackson Browne
Everything But The Girl
Elvis Costello
Teardrop Explodes
Julian Cope
Wah!
Counting Crows
Ryan Adams
Steve Earle
Emmylou Harris
Kim Richey
John Hiatt
Suzy Bogguss
Gretchen Peters
Trisha Yearwood
Ron Sexsmith
Cowboy Junkies
Blue Rodeo
Chuck Prophet
Green On Red
John Martyn
Shawn
Colvin
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Tift Merritt
Patty Griffin
The Jayhawks

Altered Images
Toyah
The Nolan Sisters
Kim Wilde
Eurythmics
X-Mal Deutschland
Sisters of Mercy
The Cult
Sade
Howard Jones
China Crisis
Gary Glitter
The Smiths
Gary Numan
Ultravox
The Cure
Souixsie and the Banshees
OMD
That Petrol Emotion
Chris Issac
A Flock Of Seagulls
My Bloody Valentine
Jesus and Mary Chain
Meat Whiplash
The Shop Assisants
TV Personalities
New Order
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Pastels
The Clouds
The Fizzbombs
The Vaselines
The Vultures
Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes
BMX Bandits
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Dragsters
Velvet Underground
Sonic Youth
Rolling Stones
Brian Wilson
Blondie
Mogwai
The Strokes
Saint Etienne
The Specials
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Arab Strap
Spiritualized
Faithless

Bruce Springsteen
Lindisfarne
Nils Lofgren
The Faces
The Rolling Stones
Boo Hewerdine
Gregson & Collister
Clive Gregson
Christine Collister
Jack the Lad
Tori Amos
Nanci Griffith
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Patti Smith
P J Harvey
Yossou Ndour
Groundhogs
Lou Reed
Peter Hammill
Van der Graaf Generator
Argent
Be-Bop Deluxe
Led Zeppelin
Fox
Ralph McTell
Wizz Jones
Very God
Clayhill
Al Stewart
Strawbs
Bad Company
Jane Siberry
1000 Maniacs
Salif Keita
The Bundu Boys
Davy Graham
John Cale
Gallager & Lyle
Status Quo
Robyn Hitchcock
Shawn Colvin
Christie Moore
Luka Bloom
Mary Coughlan
Freddie White
Regina Spektor
David McAlmont
Bat for Lashes
Karine Polwart
The Church

Squeeze, Whitehouse, Roy Harper, Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, PeterHammill, VdGG, Gong, David Sylvian, Crowded House, Nine Horses, Voice of the Beehive, Nine Inch Nails, The Fray, Goldfrapp, The Blue Nile, Jackie Leven, Sarah McLachlan, Venom, Butthole Surfers, Fever Ray, Fieldsof the Nephilim, the Fall, Killing Joke, New Model Army, Amy Winehouse, KMFDM, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, DcBasehead, Silverfish, Fudgetunel, Elton John, Sting, The Police, Pixies,Alison Moyet, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, BB King, The Pretenders, Alison Krauss,Raul Malo, Ian McNabb, Mark Eitzel, American Music Club, Sugar, Bob Mould, Mercury Rev, Cinerama, Sisters of Mercy, Revolting Cocks, Ministry, soft Cell, Shawn Colvin, Richard & Danny Thompson, John Cale, Shellac, Fatima Mansions, Paul weller, Julian Cope, Earth, Sunno)), Swans, M.Gira, Scorn

Todd Rundgren
Bruce Springsteen
Emmylou Harris
Carrie Rodriguez
Sarah Harmer
Dr Feelgood
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Steve Earle
Rodney Crowell
James McMurtry
Hall & Oates
Jackie Oates
The Piranhas
Linda Lewis
Nanci Griffith
Van Morrison
The Police
The Jam
Dexy's
Madness
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Level 42
Eric Clapton
Bowie
John Prine
Gillian Welch
Lucinda Williams
The Stones
Re Beans & Rice
Dale Watson
The Handsome Family
Maze
Diana Ross
James Last (Really!)
Nazareth
Gallagher & Lyle
Joan Armatrading
Mariza
Sharonn Shannon
Mary Coughlan
Mary Black
Frances Black
Kieran Goss
Tom Russell
Rory Gallagher
Dervish
Danu
The Dogs
The Boomtown Rats
The Who

That was more difficult than I expected and a bit of a surprise. I recalled seeing someone at a particular venue, which brought to mind others I'd seen at the same place.

Tom Waits, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, R.E.M, Van Morrison and The Chieftains,The Replacements, Green On Red, Maria McKee, Lone Justice, John Martyn, Richard Thompson, AMC, Bert jansch / Dick Gaughn, Clive Gregson, Waterboys, Hothouse Flowers, Del Amitri, Indigo Girls, Blur, Ryan Adams,Prefab Sprout,Martin Stephenson And The Daintees, Robert Cray, Suzanne Vega, They Might Be Giants, Shawn Colvin,Sarah McLachlan, the Blue Nile, Sting, Ron Sexsmith, Lyle Lovett, Eurythymics , my mate Roddys band and a quite a few I'm too embarrassed to admit to.

Thin Lizzy, The Who, The Jam, The Specials, U2, Altered Images, REM, Prefab Sprout, Little Steven and the Disciples Of Soul, Mari Wilson and The Wilsations, The Pogues, Run DMC, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Loudon Wainwright III, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, David Bowie, Dick Gaughan, Christy Moore, Kate Rusby, Martin Carthy, Waterson : Carthy, The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, Gogol Bordello, Billy Bragg, The Clash, Jali Musa Jawara, Toumani Diabate, Mudhoney, Altan, Cherish The Ladies, Tina Turner, Jordi Savall, Taraf De Haidouks, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Simple Minds, Tinariwen, Peter Gabriel, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Be Good Tanyas, Ray Charles, The Fall, Elvis Costello, The Wolfe Tones...

That must be 50....

What was most surprising was that The Coral came so low down as I’ve seen them on 3 occasions. I’ve even had to include some mates bands (Full Metal Bucket and Silas) as my memory is fading…

Afghan Whigs
Stereolab
Band of Susans
Charlatans
Selecter
Madness
The Cure
Razorlight
Franz Ferdinand
The Strokes
Depeche Mode
New Order
Full Metal Bucket
Elvis Costello
Special Beat
Back To the Planet
Blur
Radiohead
Elastica
Juliana Hatfield
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Flowered Up
Morrissey
World of Twist
Pulp
Sheep On Drugs
Elephant Witch
OMD
Silas
Sonic Youth
Pavement
Primal Scream
The Pogues
Sepultura
The Libertines
The Coral
Starsailor
Alfie
JJ72
Supergrass
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

REM
The Cure
Bruce Springsteen & E-Street Band
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
The Band
Beastie Boys
The House of Love
Loop
Lush
Dawn of the Replicants
Baby Bird
Billy Bragg
Gene
Seafood
Half Man, Half Biscuit
Bon Iver
Fleetwood Mac
Manic Street Preachers
Radiohead
Galaxie 500
Sinead O’Connor
De La Soul
Foo Fighters
The Pogues
New Order
Pixies
Throwing Muses
Belle & Sebastian
Ryan Adams
The Verve
The Stone Roses
Brian Wilson
Afro Cuban All Stars
Waterson:Carthy
Counting Crows
Ramones
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
The Blue Nile
Paul Buchanan (solo)
Primal Scream
Cornershop
Sugarcubes
Spacemen 3
Hole (oh dear *sigh*)
The Waterboys
The Impossible Truth
U2

David Bowie
Mott The Hoople
Queen
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Thin Lizzy
BTO
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Brendan Croker & The 5 O'Clock Shadows
Steve Winwood
Hammersmith Gorillas
XTC
Boomtown Rats
The Jam
The Smirks
The Pop Group
Ultravox
Squeeze
Steel Pulse
UK Subs
Killing Joke
The Clash
Buzzcocks
The Cure
The Cramps
The Raincoats
The Specials
Generation X
Glenn Tilbrook
UB40
Elvis Costello
Little Feat
Tower of Power
Gary Glitter
Otis Rush
Nick Lowe
Pretenders
B-52s
Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders
Omar & The Howlers
Julian Cope
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Richard Thompson
John Hiatt
Van Morrison
Gregson & Collister
Boo Hewerdine
Nine Below Zero
Which One's Pink?

David Bowie
Wishbone ash
Nick lowe
Boomtown rats
tom Verlaine
Chieftains
Van Morrison
Paul Weller
Primal Scream
Cure
Talking heads
Macy Gray
who
Paul Mccartney solo
Wings
Jamie Cullum
Dammned
Madness
Elvis Costello
Pogues
Diff Juzz
Cocteau Twins
Echo & the Bunnymen
Bruce Springsteen
Cliff richard
Clannad
Rich Kids
Ian Dury
Ian Hunter
Lou Reed
Laurie Anderson
New order
Queen
Rolling Stones
Sugarcubes
Bjork
Aswad
Courtney Pine
Dr Feelgood
Nils Lofgren
Motorhead
Ian Dury
Stray cats
Cure
Sex Pistols
Beth Orton
Mott the hoople
.......out of time

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/50-gigs#comment-158007

Stackridge, Oasis, ELP, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Village People, Madonna, U2, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Talking Heads, Dire Straits, Damned, Clash, Boomtown Rats, AC/DC, Patti Smith, Asia, Bangles, Todd Rungren, Deaf School, Jethro Tull, Van der Graaf Generator, Runrig, Mott the Hoople, Def Leppard, Lancashire Hotpots, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, REM, Garbage, The Jam, Fairport Convention, Rick Wakeman, Mostly Autumn, Karnataka, Pat Benatar, England, Focus, Wishbone Ash, Gary Glitter....stop!

Darn it. Only managed to type 44 in 5 minutes.

* I lied in haste when I said Garbage - I meant to type Texas. How could I forget Hearsay? (although it was only the soundcheck...)

Todd Rundgren,Dr Feelgood,Ian Dury & The Blockheads,Hall & Oates,The Piranhas,Van Morrison,Elton John,Elvis Costello, Bowie,The Handsome Family,Incredible String Band,Adam Faith,Sex Pistols,Captain Beefheart,Frank Zappa,Dolly Parton,Kilburn & The High Roads,Ry Cooder,Bob Marley and the Wailers,Clash,Stranglers,Television,Blondie,Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Little Feat,Bob Dylan,Eric Clapton, Nils Lofgren, Kings of Leon, Black Grape, Arthur Lee, Ray Davies, Gong, Principle Edwards Magic Theatre, James Brown, Dire Straits, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Specials, U2, Loudon Wainwright III, Jam, Killers,Franz Ferdinand,
Kaiser Chiefs,Lou Reed,XTC,Buzzcocks,Brinsley Schwartz,Rockpile,Pink Floyd,Nick Lowe,Grateful Dead... and relax

but it's disappeared. I can't be arsed to do it again. Solstice were the last band I thought of...

Wishbone Ash
Camel
Sky
Scorpions
Rick Wakeman
UB40
Elvis Costello
Wilco
Alabama 3
Primal Scream
Billy Bragg
Beth Orton
Ryan Adams
Lambchop
Squeeze
Chris Difford
Glenn Tilbrook
Be Good Tanyas
David Ford
David Gray
The Waifs
The Handsome Family
Steve Harley
Nick Lowe
Nick Harper
Kate Rusby
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Jeff Tweedy
The Beat
Nevile Staple
HMHB
Beautiful South
Jayhawks
Mark Olson
Proclaimers
Dr John
Gurrumul
Elvis Perkins
Al Gree
Bruce Springsteen
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
...

5 minutes up there. Not easy, I started chronologically then it went into almost a stream of consciousness!
So I typed 43, already spotting the misses such as Teenage Fanclub, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh solo, Howe Gelb, etc. and then going through other people's lists it's "oh yeah, them as well".

Glad to see I'm not the only one to fess up to seeing Wishbone Ash!

Argent
The Who
Barclay James Harvest
Stackridge
Fairport Convention
Led Zeppelin
Wishbone Ash
Yes
Genesis
Dylan
Van the Grump Generator
Stormu Yamash'ta
The Ronnie Scott Quartet
Capt.Beefheart & His Magic Band
Roxy Music
Thin Lizzy
Hawkwind
Gong
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
The Jam
The Clash
Joni Mitchell
The Band
C.S.N.&Y
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Specials
The Smiths
New Order
Magazine
X-Ray Spex
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Joe Jackson
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
David Bowie
Doves
The Four Tops
Steel Pulse
Madness
Roy Harper
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
John Martyn
Golden Earring (bloody awful,only stayed for first three numbers)
Ry Cooder
Robin Williamson
Dr.Feelgood
Iggy Pop
Echo & The Bunnymen
Lou Reed

Dylan
Quo
Springsteen
Dr Feelgood
Hanoi Rocks
Deus
Chuck Berry
Motorhead
Def Lep
Queen
Eric Clapton
The Waterboys
The Hothouse Flowers
World Party
Lone Justice
The Wonder Stuff
The Cure
The Mission
The Hollow Men
The Stone Roses
Primal Scream
James
The Happy Mondays
Don Mclean
Ted Hawkins
The Alarm
Big Country
The Cult
Rainbow
Chuck Berry
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Iggy Pop
Sham 69
The Jam
Slade
Eddie And The Hot Rods
Lone Star
Aerosmith
Whitesnake
ZZ Top
AC/DC
Bad News
Tygers Of Pan Tang
The Ramones
The Boo Radleys
Oasis
John Otway
Dr And The Medics
Hawkwind

Edit - Damn! I forgot the Sensational Alex Harvey Band - one of my favourites!

manfred mann, dylan, the beat, the specials, the clash, Richard thompson, fairports , nick drake, public image, king sunny ade, beach boys, the faces, jimmy cliff, the move, linton kwesi, jah wobble, loudon wainwright, john prine, family, blodwyn pig, liverpool scene , sarah harmer, omd, sly and the family stone, talkinhg heads, emmylou, buddy miller, christine collister, elvis costello, any trouble, ten pol tudor, xtc,led zepplelin, howlin wolf, freddie king,black uhuru, the pretenders,echo and the bunnymen,steeleye span, little feat, the bonzos, joni mitchell, jackson browne, man, edgar broughton, east of eden,kid creole,

Elton John
David Bowie
AC/DC
Big Country
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Steve Earle
The Lightning Seeds
Crowded House
Neil Finn
The Finn Brothers
The Kinks
Paul Weller
Tom McRae
Teddy Thompson
Robert Cray
Jack L
Primal Scream
INXS
Eric Bibb
Peter Gabriel
Duran Duran
Goldfrapp
Christy Moore
Paddy Reilly
The Dublin Cuty Ramblers
The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur
The Rolling Stones
Teenage Fanclub

32 acts in five minutes.

18.08

plus some of these might not count as my band were supporting them at the time...anyway i managed 34 - one for each year of my life.

Tom Waits
Squeeze
The Shadows (1983, silver anniversary tour, first gig I ever saw)
Eric Clapton (when he had phil collins on drums)
Flaming Lips
Dickies
Dr Feelgood
Jackson Browne
Willie Nelson
Blue Nile
Belle and Sebastien
Magic Band
Beautiful south
james blunt
paolo nutini
REM
zutons
feeder
brian wilson
hazy janes
oi polloi
wizz jones
karine polwart
jonathan richman
snuff
michael hurley
green gartside
hal
hidden cameras
zombies
hawkwind
mudhoney
simple minds
alice donut
dick gaughan
incredible string band

paul mccartney
van morrison
paul weller
10cc
santana
rory gallagher
ian dury & the blockheads
the who (complete)
steely dan
elvis costello
joni mitchell
yes
supertramp
eric clapton
frankie valli & the four seasons
be bop deluxe
crosby stills & nash
genesis
thin lizzy
gary moore

times up ...crumbs that goes quick

The Rolling Stones
The Monkees
The Beach Boys
The Shadows
Eric Clapton
Dire Straits
Graham Parker and The Rumour
Chapman Whitney Streetwalkers
Freddie King
Boz Scaggs
Quiver
Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
Traffic
Dave Mason
Robben Ford
John Martyn
Jackson Browne
Linda Ronstadt
Warren Zevon
Crosby and Nash
Neil Young
Chicken Shack
Mott The Hoople
Kilburn and The High Roads
Elvis Costello
Squeeze
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Deep Purple
Ten Years After
Supertramp
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Steve Goodman
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Fairport Convention
Colin Blunstone
Horse
Richard and Linda Thompson
Crowded House
Ry Cooder
Man
New Riders of The Purple Sage
Meal Ticket
Nic Jones
David Bromberg
Brinsley Schwarz
Bert Jansch
UFO
Cat Stevens
Poco
Vinegar Joe
Robert Palmer
Nils Lofgren
Wishbone Ash

but forgot

Bowie
Roxy Music
Lou Reed
Clash
Roy Harper
Emmylou Harris
Led Zeppelin
Kokomo
Dorris Henderson's Eclection
Zombies
Charlie Dore
Peter Bellamy
Van Morrison

and so many more..........

This was a lot harder second time around - l won't dare go for another 50

The Rolling Stones
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (I remembered them this time)
Thin Lizzy
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Adam And The Ants
Culture Club
Van Morrison
Johnny Cash
Billy Bragg
Robyn Hitchcock
Katrina and the Waves
Gary Glitter
Kasabian
The Cherry Bombz
Golden Earing
Saxon
Gillan
Wilko Johnson
Jonathan Richman
The Pixies
Reef
Jet
The Polyphonic Spree
Placebo
Reverend And The Makers
The Ting Tings
Squeeze
Radio Stars
U2
Patti Smith
The Pretenders
Graham Parker And The Rumour
UFO
The Lurkers
The Spin Doctors
Simple Minds
Teenage Fanclub
Penetration
The Buzzcocks
Teardrop Explodes
Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Stranglers
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
The Blue Aeroplanes
Fairground Attraction
A House
Grant Lee Buffalo
Hamell On Trial
Geno Washington

Camel
The Jam
Peter Gabriel
Steve Hackett
Gary Glitter (!)
Climax Blues Band
Barclay James harvest
Nine Below Zero
Roy Harper
The Stranglers
The Skids
The Cure
Slade
Mud
John Martyn
Pentangle
Bert Jansch
Richard and Linda Thompson
Richard Thompson
Toyah
Judie Tzuke
The Rolling Stones
Waterboys
The Beat
Neil Young
Elbow
Nick Cave
Dreadzone
Rodrigo y Gabriella
The Egg
Flaming Lips
Moby
Richie Havens
The Who
Eels
Zero 7
Groove Armada
Air
EST
Andy Sheppard
Courtney Pine
John renbourn
Richard Hawley
Smoke Fairies

Next gig will be Laura Veirs

Funny how my memory is good on early gigs that I saw as a teenanger and at college and on more recent gigs, but there is a whole wadge of time between about 1985 and 2000 where my memory is a blur...

hang on

Michelle Shocked
Joan Armatrading
John McLaughlin
L Shankar
Ravi Shankar (that was special)

....errrrr.

Costello/Attractions
The Who
Pixies
Roxy Music
Jethro Tull
Procol Harum
Little Feat
Lucinda Williams
Richard Thompson
Madness
Caravan
Ian Dury/Blockheads
Neville Brothers
Supergrass
Cat Power
Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Fairport Convention
Talking Heads
Lou Reed
White Stripes
Mountain Goats
Stooges
Rory Gallagher
James Brown
Wishbone Ash (worst gig ever!!)
Lindisfarne
Magic Numbers
Toy Love
Split Enz
Costello/Filthy Few
Bob Marley
The Faces
John Martyn
Toots & Maytals
(…. Phew.. is that 50?... Naah only 35.)

Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
Loudon Wainwright
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Ry Cooder
Roy Harper
John Martyn
The Who
David Bowie
Van Morrison
Frank Zappa
Richard Thompson
Ginger Baker's Airforce
Pink Floyd (with and without Syd)
The Move
Zoot Money
Cat Stevens
Walker Bros
Englebert Humperdink
Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green)
Taste
Keef Hartley Band
Jethro Tull (with and without Mick Abrahams)
Rolling Stones
Gerry & the Pacemakers
Cilla Black
Roger Waters
King Crimson
Zappa Plays Zappa
Donovan
Fairport Convention
Third Ear Band
Bert Jansch
John Renbourn
Ralph McTell
Long John Baldrey
Family
B.B.King
Albert King
Freddie King
Davy Graham
Metallica
Def Leppard
Steve Vai
Snow Patrol
Four Tops
Incredible String Band
Leon Russell
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Slayer
Tom Robinson
Dr. Feelgood

Paul McCartney
REM
Bob Dylan
The Cure
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Paul Weller
Oasis
Pulp
The Charlatans
Dodgy
Whiskeytown
Pernice Brothers
Shivaree
Neal Casal
Peter Bruntnell
Morrissey
The Verve
Elton John
Manic Street Preachers
The Stone Roses
The Lilac Time
Gary Clark
The Blow Monkeys
Wilco
The Bluetones
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Teenage Fanclub
The Divine Comedy
Darts
Richmond Fontaine
Squeeze
Bruce Springsteen
The Stranglers
The Killers
Gene
Pet Shop Boys
Jesse Malin
Cosmic Rough Riders
Supergrass
Cast
The Lightning Seeds
Wreckless Eric
Suede
The Proclaimers
Richard Hawley
The Housemartins
James Brown
Damien Jurado
James Taylor
Iggy Pop

Genesis
ELP
Yes
Weather Report
Frank Zappa
Pretenders
Van der Graaf Generator
Groundhogs
PFM
Gentle Giant
String Driven Thing
Split Enz
Ultravox!
Stranglers
SAHB
10cc
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
Feast of Fiddles
Show Of Hands
Traffic
Camel
Argent
Trapeze
Tir na Nog
Bridget St. John
Chumbawamba
Chas & Dave
Stackridge
Tori Amos
Jack The Lad
Refugee
Bill Nelson
Be Bop Deluxe
Greenslade
Man
Nick Lowe
Billy Bragg
Steeleye Span
Fairport Convention
Kathryn Tickell Bank
Waterson Carthy
Jools Holland's Big Band
King Crimson
Pink FLoyd

Pixies/The Fall/The Wedding Present/Butthole Surfers/John Grant
Polyphonic Spree/Doves/U2/REM/Nirvana
Public Enemy/Beastie Boys/Run DMC/Rapeman/Dinosaur Jr
Sonic Youth/Pavement/Primal Scream/Happy Mondays/KISS
Paul McCartney/Mercury Rev/The Flaming Lips
House Of Love/Saxon/Iggy and The Stooges/Mudhoney
Queens Of The Stone Age/Spiritualized/Sonic Boom/Loop
Sisters Of Mercy/The Divine Comedy/Depeche Mode/Airbourne
Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Sleeper/Garbage/PJ Harvey/The White Stripes
The Black Keys/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Julian Cope/Pulp
DJ Shadow/UNKLE/The Decemberists/Steel Panther/New Order
James/My Bloody Valentine/Saint Etienne/Brian Jonestown Massacre/That Petrol Emotion
Duke Special/The Wonderstuff/Pop Will Eat Itself/
Jesus and Mary Chain/The Ramones/Age Of Chance/Manic Street Preachers/Birdland

I think that's enough.

After sleeping on this I am shocked at how many gigs I had left out.I confess to not strictly adhering to the five minute rule,even with the extra time I allotted myself I still forgot:-Blondie,Asian Dub Foundation,The Kinks,Supertramp,Quiver,Robin Trower,Burning Spear,The Rezillos,Leftfield,The Manic Street Preachers,Skunk Anansie,Underworld,Al Green,Frank Zappa,Little Feat,Tim Buckley,Marc Bolan,The Faces,Tangerine Dream and a shit load more.Stupid Brain.

stones
dylan
neil young
van
joni
ry cooder
tom waits
paul simon
Leonard cohen
Steve winwood
eric clapton
Led Zep
Jethro Tull
Emmylou Harris
Steve earle
Fairport
Richard thompson
John martyn
Tinawarin
Mose fan fan
Oumau sagare
victoria rodregez
john martyn
james taylor
kurt elling
jack bruce
planxty
fleetwood mac
dr. john
bee gees
dire straits
paul brady
Rod and Faces
Who
bothy band
christy moore
rory gallagher
thin lizzy
hawkwind
blind boys of alabama
elvis costello
dr. strangley strange
alison krauss & union station
Page and plant
terence blanchard
Gillian welch
genesis
donovan
pearl jam
jeff beck

bleieve it or not - I forgot Bruce

and I used pedr0's list as a starter....

Nick Lowe
Ian Hunter
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Rufus Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Kate Walsh
Guillemots
Eric Clapton
John Hiatt
Roy Harper
John Martyn
Squeeze
David Bowie
Ry Cooder
Walter Trout
The Zutons
Ian McNabb
Peter Green
Richard Thompson
Steve Winwood
Tinariwen
Ojos De Brujo
Staff benda Bilili
Mahala Rai Banda
Muse
Oasis
Arctic Monkeys
Ocean Colour Scene
Paul Weller
Franz Ferdinand
Tom Baxter
Josh Ritter
Stranglers
Clash
Ramones
XTC
Deaf School
Mark Knopfler
Vibrators
Only Ones
Wishbone Ash
Buzzcocks
Penetration
Jam
Def Leppard
Paul McCartney
Jools Holland
Kylie
Justin Trousersnake
Alicia Keys
REM....................to name but 51

New Order
Electronic
Monaco
Bad Lieutenant
Paul weller
Style Council
Oasis
Noel Gallagher
The Smiths
Morrissey
Echo & The Bunnymen
Bruce Springsteen
Beth Orton
Elvis Costello
James
The Charlatans
Ocean Colour Scene
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul McCartney
Pet Shop Boys
Goldfrapp
Ryan Adams
Roddy Frame
Aztec Camera
Saint Etienne
A Certain Ratio
The Durutti Column
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
David Gray
De La Soul
The Beastie Boys
Happy Mondays
REM
Howard Jones
Everything But The Girl
Kaiser Chiefs
The Stone Roses
Ian Brown
Massive Attack
The Beloved
Mercury Rev
Blur
Rolling Stones
Guillemots
Elbow
Gaslight Anthem
Tackhead
Railway Children
Doves
Martin Stephenson

Here we go.....this is surely were my OCD is a positive! ;

Bon Jovi
Skunk Anansie
Alishas Attic (yes really!)
Ocean Colour Scene
Doves
Bob Dylan
Joanna Newsom
The National
James
Leonard Cohen
Billy Bragg
The Saw Doctors
Ian Brown
Elbow
Belle & Sebastian
Duffy
The Rolling Stones
Coldplay
Jay-Z
K'Naan
Scott Matthews
Linkin Park
Kylie Minogue
Take That
Madonna
Stereophonics
Happy Mondays
Neil Young
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
Editors
Adem
Yeasayer
Tony Bennett
The Fall
Divine Comedy
The Cure
Puressence
Duke Special
Willy Mason
Dizzee Rascal
Pet Shop Boys
Radiohead
Idlewild
No Doubt
Interpol
Nick Cave
Ryan Adams
Prince

4 1/2 minutes -much harder than I thought! First 4 were in order & then it went to pot & I adopted the scatter gun approach! Very surprised athow far down the list some of them were!!

I can remember when this would have been titled Meg Memory Test. Even considering a gig would have been unthinkable!

1. The Clash
2. Kathleen Edwards
3. Madness
4. Squeeze
5. John Hiatt
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
8. Paul McCartney
9. The Beat
10. The Specials
11. Sex Pistols
12. Man
13. Badfinger
14. Argent
15. John Martyn
16. Crowded House
17. Texas
18. KT Tunstall
19. The Who
20. The Rolling Stones
21. The Kinks
22. Show Of Hands
23. Roxy Music
24. Rockpile
25. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
26. Aimee Mann
27. Dr Feelgood
28. Wilko Johnson
29. Del Amitri
30. Roy Hill Band
31. Decameron
32. Fairport Convention
33. Steeleye Span
34. Steely Dan
35. Hank Wangford
36. Dubstar
37. Lightning Seeds
38. Sheryl Crow
39. Graham Parker & The Rumour
40. Ry Cooder
41. Nick Lowe
42. Teddy Thompson
43. Richard Thompson
44. Talking Heads
45. Stackridge
46. Walter Trout
47. Robin Trower
48. Bob Dylan
49. Gary Glitter
50. Slade

Beck Bogart and Appice
Curved Air
Black Widow
Pete Brown & Piblokto
Free
Paul Rodgers’ Peace
Mighty Baby
Van Der Graaf Generator
Bad Company
Steely Dan
Kursaal Flyers
Mallard
Stranglers
Frankie Miller
Vibrators
Damned
Horslips
Fruup
F.B.I.
Roogalator
Audience
Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias
Gary Wright’s Wonderwheel
Tir Na Nog
Tubes
Dave Edmund’s Rockpile
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
Boxer
Darryl Way’s Wolf
Chris Farlowe/Thunderbirds
Albert Lee
Jody Grind
Vince Gill
Webb Brothers
Smith Perkins & Smith
String-Driven Thing
Mckendree Spring
Laura Cantrell
Celtus
Aimee Mann
Forevermore
Moving Hearts
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Steve Earle
David Gray
Saw Doctors
Semisonic
Waterboys
Magic Numbers
Rodney Crowell

But my ability to type quickly means that I will have to cheat - 5 minutes?
bruce springsteen
byrds
roger mcguinn
gene parsons
jimmy webb
jimmy webb and the webb brothers
the webb brothers
plainsong
judy collins
warren zevon
linda ronstadt
crosby & nash
jd souther
jackson browne
gallagher & lyle
ralph mctell
strawbs
tom petty & the hearbreakers
joan baez
mott the hoople
supertramp
the nice
blodwyn pig
joan osborne
art garfunkel
brian wilson
mary hopkin
everly brothers
eric clapton
buffy sainte-marie
john trudell
don maclean
long ryders
david essex(!)
elvis costello
house
john stewart
rick wakeman
nils lofgren
bare naked ladies
kinks
arlo guthrie
dave cousins & brian willoughby
searchers
albert lee
horslips
meat loaf
bob dylan
east of eden
faiport connetion

Titter ye not!

gary glitter
queen
boomtown rats
tom robinson band
stiff little fingers
graham parker and the rumour
ian dury and the blockheads
elvis costello and the attractions
the police
joe jackson
josef k
the clash
orange juice
the specials
dexy's midnight runners
u2
stray cats
the smiths
john otway and wild willy barrett
japan
haircut one hundred
stevie wonder
prince
fred wesley and the horny horns
simply red
terence trent d'arby
tom waits
deacon blue
style council
aztec camera
kraftwerk
oasis
paul weller
neil young
leftfield
bob dylan
van morrison
bruce springsteen
suede
primal scream
chemical brothers
manic street preachers
leftfield
james
nick cave and the bad seeds
five blind boys of alabama
the the
magazine
green day
ac/dc

Gilbert O'Sullivan
Thin Lizzy
Mott The Hoople
Queen
Tangerine Dream
Dr Feelgood
Bob Dylan
David Essex
Eric Clapton
Joan Armatrading
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Roxy Music
David Bowie
Elvis Costello
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Buzzcocks
Joy Division
Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Clash
Bob Marley & The Wailers
James Brown
Japan
Toots & The Maytals
Heptones
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Chic
B-52s
Joe Jackson
Earth, Wind & Fire
Talking Heads
The Rolling Stones
The Undertones
Van Morrison
Dexys Midnight Runners
Jonathon Richman
The Who
Blondie
Specials
Selector
Madness
The Stranglers
The Jam
Massive Attack
Radiohead
Goldfrapp
Al Green
Kylie Minogue
Scissor Sisters
Beyonce

30 Seconds to Mars
You Me At Six
The Blackout
Paloma Faith
Amy Macdonald
Rufus Wainwright
Bowling For Soup
Panic At The Disco
Fall Out Boy
Martha Wainwright
Regina Spektor
Ultravox!
The Clash
Kiki Dee
ELO
Sparks
Associates
Smiths
Gregory Isaacs
Medina Lake
Cute Is What We Aim For
Vampire Weekend
Jonathan Richman
Franz Ferdinand
All American Rejects
UFO
Uriah Heep
Dr Feelgood
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Elvis Costello
Be Bop Deluxe
T Rex
Buzzcocks
Eurythmics
Vibrators
OneRepublic
3OH!3
Placebo
McFly
Gallagher & Lyle
Lostprophets
Jimmy Cliff
Cobra Starship
Suede
Hoosiers
Bryan Ferry
Tears For Fears
Squeeze
Blondie
Morrisey

I don't think I've been to 50 gigs, but here goes....in 5 minutes -

Boston
Lindisfarne
BB King
Steve Earle
Lucinda Williams
Randy Newman
Ray Lamontagne
Steve Forbert
Emmylou Harris
Billy Bragg
Lyle Lovett
John Hiatt
Slaid Cleaves
Mary Gauthier
Fred Eaglesmith
Amy Rigby
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart
Guy Clark
Amy Allison
Proclaimers
The Blues Band
Tam White
Rod Picott

That took me 5 minutes. I have seen most of them several times so I probably have been to about 50 gigs in total.

Beach Boys
Led Zep
Hawkwind
Jesus and Mary Chain
The Cure
Oasis
Queen
Genesis
The Jam
Argent
Rush
Deep Purple
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Richard Thompson
The The
Wonderstuff
Orbital
Underworld
Pulp
Leftfield
The Who
Coldplay
Paulo Nutini
Roger Waters
Paul Weller
Moby
Quo
Budgie
Rainbow
Little Feat
SAHB
Jefferson Starship
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bob Seger
Bunnymen
Teardrop Explodes
ABC
The Fall
Gang Of Four
Aztec Camera
Kid Creole
Pigbag
Joboxers
Working Week
The Orb
Chumbawamba
PJ Harvey
Van Morrison
The Pogues
That Petrol Emotion
Crowded House
World Party
10,000 Maniacs
Stray Cats
Robert Palmer

Madness (matinee, 1980)
Duran Duran
OMD
Human League
Japan (my favourite teenage angst band)
Everything But The Girl
Dennis Greaves and the Truth
Joan Armatrading
Bruce Springsteen
Queen (really glad I saw them)
Guns n Roses
Quo
INXS
Simple Minds
The Bangles
The Waterboys
The Cult
In Tua Nua (1986)
Crosby, Stills and Nash
KIrsty MacColl
Billy Bragg x 2
Prefab Sprout
Bert Jansch
Turin Brakes
Rolling Stones
Van Morrison/Lonnie Donegan - worst gig ever
U2 - selling T-Shirts, so saw it for free
The Seekers x 2
Average White Band
Carmel (one of the best gigs ever)
Simply Red (not my choice)
Bryan Ferry
Roxy Music
The Beautiful South
Travis, Duran Duran - at a VH1 in the round. We were made to dance at the DD one, it was horrible.
Richard Thompson x 4
Fairport Convention
Neil Young
Simon and Garfunkel (magical)
Tom McRae (my brother was in a band with him)
Bonnie Raitt
Aimee Mann
Linda Thompson
The Waterson Family
Gilbert O'Sullivan
OMD again
Pentangle

Wilco
Oasis
Stone Roses
Modest Mouse
Bright Eyes
Beck
Waterboys
Icicle Works
Happy Mondays
Simple Minds
Big Country
Josh Rouse
Saint Etienne
Spiritualized
Duran Duran
Dexys Midnight Runners
Bruce Springsteen
Guns N Roses
Ryan Adams
The Strokes
The Cribs
Electronic
New Order
Girls Aloud
REM
Morrissey
My Morning Jacket
The Go-Go’s
Shack
Neil Young
Phosphorescent
Status Quo
Jesus & Mary Chain
Pete Wylie/Wah
Mogwai
Neil Finn
Radiohead
Prefab Sprout
U2
Depeche Mode
Band Of Horses
Spoon
MGMT
Arcade Fire
Rilo Kiley
Juliana Hatfield
Maria Mckee
Manic Street Preachers
Cocteau twins
Kings Of Leon
Doves
Cat Power