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| Lance, Preston, UK |
Can't narrow it down to
one! Chester gateway was brilliant . Freshers Ball at
Preston Uni; laughed till we cried at Lee Evans. Got
wrecked on cheap Stella still managed to mosh! The
extremely intimate atmosphere of the Hull Adelphi, kinda
like gigging in someone's front room. The Lomax, the Royal
Court, a proper xmas party! And the Heineken festivals,
all that fun for free. If I`m bangin on a bit, it`s cos
there great memories and they're sadly missed. Regards
and respect to all. |
| Paul, Staffs, UK |
The free gig a
Loughborough when A-live-A-live-O was recorded. Two hours
of great fun and great music - I don't know who enjoyed
it more the crowd or the band! |
| Owen, Southport, UK |
Never saw them live but
have been to the two Amsterdam gigs at the Lomax -
superb!! |
| Martin, Wigan, UK |
Birmingham, Edwards no
8 about 1993ish, the gig was just amazing and I met a
girl there who I went out with for about 2 years after! |
| Lee, Durham, UK |
Middlesbrough - I got completely pissed and danced around all night! |
| Jules, London, UK |
Kent University - I
think it was October 1993...party back at my house
afterwards with Dally, Wayne and Ian...and hundreds of
potential gatecrashers banging at my front door while Ian
poked his head out of the window 'inviting' them all in ....ta Ian.... |
| Mark, Croydon, UK |
When they supported Del
Amitri and it reminded me of thier single Meglomania I
had heard the previous summer. I was so delighted to hear
Policemen as it was sung with such venom I now believe
all policemen to be thieves. Good on you pete. |
| Russell, Portsmouth, UK |
Kingston Uni, just TOP!
Also, most of the Wedgewood Rooms gigs in Pompey were
great too. |
| Steve, Bournmouth, UK |
Warwick University July
1992. I saw Pele about 3 times during my studies at
Warwick but no gig seemed to match the energy of this
one. I particularly remember singing along to
"Fair Blows The Wind For France" with a load of
my friends. |
| Peter, North Yorkshire |
Hull Adelphi because I
met Ian and Nico and had photos taken with them (sad I
know!) |
| Beardy, Barnstaple, UK |
Notts. Rock City years
ago. Top gig and I managed to blag a free T-shirt from
Ian. Thanks matey. |
| Phil, Bournmouth, UK |
Chester Gateway, can't
remember when. Absolute madness. |
| Russell, Bexleyheath, UK |
Marquee Club, summer
1993. Don't really know why - it was just a great gig. |
| Ivan, Santiago de Chile |
I like his folk sound,
a simple band, the lyrics, the honesty. |
| Ian, Colchester, UK |
University of Central
Lancs Freshers Ball. Myself and a few friends got to go
back stage afterwards. I got Ian to sign my copy of Raid
the Palace, which he didn't believe I had because it was
on cassette. |
| Andy, Wirral, UK |
St. Paddies night at
the Uni of Glamorgan, 1996. It was a return visit to my
old uni, reunion with old friends and I was really
looking forward to seeing them, and Pele live
again. I was on the guest list thanks to their then
manager Duncan Lewis (who I used to serve in the Orange
Grove in Hoylake), and when I arranved, half of my mates
couldn't get tickets. I bumped into Ian, and he
sorted me out, and put 8 of my mates on the list
too!! Nice one!! |
| Martyn, Preston, UK |
Has to be the Gateway
Theater gig at Chester. The place was too full, people
were sat on the stairs and Ian got the fans dancing on
stage at the end to the fury of the security
staff...unreal!!! |
| Graham, Stevenage, UK |
At the Heineken Beer
Festival, Stanmer Park. It was free, which is always a
plus point. Also had a great time winding up the security
as they didn't want anyone dancing!!! Ian told me that
the chilli was really hot a the Mexican Food Van.
He's never tried one of my mum's curries... |
| Amanda, Hale, UK |
The Adelphi in May 93 -
it was in a massive ballroom and was far too posh for
Ian's swearing and the crowd throwing themselves around
like we used to! |
| Andrew, London, UK |
Supporting the
Barenaked Ladies at the Shepherds Bush Empire, or Exeter
Cavern prior to the release of Sport of Kings. Both
fantastic. Great live band, and one of the best bands
ever never to have had a hit. |
| Scott, Coventry, UK |
I saw them at the
Borderline, off Charing Cross Road in London, just when
they lost their record deal - I couldn't believe it -
devastated. Top night though! |
| Julie, Warrington, UK |
Exeter, Cavern -
fantastic music of course - the kind of electricity they
always generated. |
| Scott, Coventry, UK |
Loughboro Uni (or was
it Poly then) for the A-Live-A-Live-O recording - amazing
gig (as always) |
| Maclad, Essen, Germany |
Chester - on the stage
with the rest of the crowd making music for the people -
nobody could ever stop you or do it better |
| Richard, Southend-on-Sea,
UK |
Can't remember the
venue. It was near Tottenham Court Road. It was a
fantastic gig, got talking to some really ineresting
people & got drunk. |
| Paul, Staffordshire, UK |
The Old Post Office, Lichfield, Staffs. A very small venue with only a few
dozen peoiple there. Felt like they were in my living
room. The gig was so full of energy and the band played
as if they were in a stadium with 100,000 people. |
| Tim, Portsmouth, UK |
All were memorable, one
in the Big Top in Gosport Prowsey threw me a much needed bevvie. It was summer I was on holiday and I was with a
pal who is now in an almost catatonic state, bless him,
(nothing to do with Pele). Wedgewood Rooms gigs just as
good though, I do not remember a bad one to be honest. |
| Dave, Edgware, UK |
Mean Fiddler, December
1992. Went on myown, just before my 16th birthday, band
came on late and finished about 1am. Had to walk home
didn't know the way, took me three hours! Escellent gig
though! |
| Joynto, Liverpool, UK |
One in the Lomax it was
mental. |
| Ian, Hayes, UK |
Supporting the Bare
Naked Ladies at the Shepherds Bush Empire. The atmosphere
was great, the song set was great and Ian dedicated a
song to us, "the mad dancing fools on the
balcony". |
| Helen, Glasgow, UK |
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
- can't remember the year. I was going back
upstairs before the set and a man was staring fixedly at
my boobs. I gave him a real scowl! It wasn't
until after that I realised it was Ian and that he was
actually staring and smiling at my PELE t-shirt... |
| Kevin, Essex, UK |
Each and every gig was
superb in it`s own right but probably the best was the
Borederline 1995/1996. |
| Martin, London, UK |
The most memorable has
to be the Caberet night at the Portsmouth Wedgewood
Rooms. The audience was a real cross section of society.
Everyone was seated to watch all the comedy & novelty
acts. Then, at around 11:00pm Ian came on and played
"Down in the Tubestation" he was then joined by
the rest of the band. They'd prepared to do a quiet
acoustic set, but there were so many Pele fans in the
place that it turned into a proper Pele gig. The night
over-ran somewhat, but even the old fogies got into it
& enjoyed it. |
| Pete, Stoke, UK |
@ the smellie ellie in
ellesmere port, you were supported by an
ex-girlfriend and brother band "The rope
tricks" Tex up to is usual wha wha solo's |
| Jamie, Liverpool, UK |
Colne Civic Hall or
whatever that godforsaken place was titled. The reason,
because the locals had blocked the roads when they parked
their tractors up. |
| James, Cambridge, UK |
Loughborough Uni have
no idea what the date; 7-0. |
| Kurt, Norwich, UK |
I was at a gig in
Southport at a place called the Citadel ?? or something,
a chair was thrown into the audience and I believe
someone was arrested. |
| Peter Quartley, Salisbury, UK |
First gig I went to -
fantastic. Had a beer and a good chat with Ian after. |
| Ian McTaggart, Liverpool, UK |
The gig at the Irish
Centre because it's a cool place to have a concert and
the atmosphere was more elctric than usual. |
| Nigel Upton, Luton, UK |
There were fookin`
loads!......I never I saw a bad one... There were a few
that stick in my mind, Wolverhampton uni ...... that got
very messy for me after the gig and ended up with me
getting into several kinds of mischief! Kingston-on-thames......where the band were chucking
stuff stolen from the bar out of the upstairs windows,
then I got puked on by a student.....but by then I was
too pissed to care! |
| Victoria Holdsworth, Lancashire, UK |
The Duchess in Leeds
and when they supported del amitri in Birmingham 13th
july 92... coz i met em! I wish they got the recognition
they deserved... fucking best band ever! |
| Mike Stewart, St Andrews, UK |
Because it was the
first time i had seen them. But not the last time! |
| Steve Barton, Blairgowrie, UK |
Lomax 4/11/95. The band
played a good tight set just like the one before 27/4.
Never saw them do a bad gig. |
| Steven Ward, Derby, UK |
I saw them at
Nottingham Rock City in (?)1994 the night before an
A-Level English Literature exam, great gig, failed the
exam, are the two related?? |
| John van Uden, Grantham, UK |
The first gig... went
with a girl who ended up as my wife... great gig. |
| Adam, UK |
I took my then
girlfriend of about a month, consequently she is now our
lass/live in lover/partner of 7 years every place we go
by car a pele tape goes |
| Louise, Loughboro, UK |
Loughborough University everytime. Excellent vibes and band were
kickin'. |
| David, UK |
That one time when you
were on tour with intergalactica, I saw you in transcontinent, and it was wicked! |
| Nick, Zurich, Switzerland |
Loughborough uni
November 5th can't remember what year.... Fireworks night
literally |
| Ruth, Brighton, UK |
Loughborough
university, great gig! with good company, plus a friend
and me saw the band in a petrol station after. A bit sad
I know but it made our night. |
| Nigel, Luton, UK |
Wolverhampton Student
Union... It's a long story about trying to sleep on the
train station and then walking home fuckin` miles in
temperatures of -4... it seemed like a good idea after
the show... But then there was Kingston Poly when the
band were raiding the bar and chucking beer and crisps
out of the first floor window to us as we cued to get
in... oh I dont know, it was all fucking brilliant! |
| Miken, Stirling, UK
(ex-Sunderland) |
Sunderland Uni - Dec
1992. The Xmas ball and we were all pissed, think we gave
Prowse the inspiration for 'The Sport of Kings' after
accusing him of burning down Windsor palace! Magic
Night... |
| Adoir, Barnsley, UK |
Sheffield leadmill
can't remember date. Top gig. Lads sat at bar after gig
got talkin bout football (well Tranmere) and how we
stuffed 3-0 around the time, asked for an autograph
stuffed it in me pocket kept on drinking. Day after
reached in pocket to find this 'autograph' which read 'To
a Barnsley fan you twat'! Suppose thats what you call
scouse wit?! |
| Mark, Braintree, UK |
Loughborough Students'
Union Thursday night free band in late 1991 or early
1992. After weeks of listening to shit this band come
jumping onto the stage shouting "forget that dance
music shit, this is real dance music!" They then
managed to get the very critical and hardened Lufbra
crowd though the tapping foot, swaying side to side and
full on dancing to the music barriers within one song. A
feat never achieved by a Thursday night band in my 4
years there. Thank God a band at last who could write,
play songs with energy and passion. Kept you faith that
despite all the crap around at that time there was
something worth listening to if you looked for it.
Thanks! |
| Paul, West Sussex, UK |
The After Dark Rooms (I
think) in Reading. Front row, right in front of Nico and
the nutter in the crowd getting a good beating for his
"opinions" on the band. |
| Phil, Birmingham, UK |
Supporting Del Amitri -
what a combination. |
| Mark, Barnsley, UK |
Adelphi Ballroom, must
have been about 1992/3, maybe a little earlier. Ian said
he there'd been some complaints from residents about the
noise, then said 'F*** em!' and they carried on about
twice as loud. |
| Graham,
Guildford, UK |
Rummaging through my old cassettes,
found Fireworks. Great album which i played excessively while at Staffs
Uni. Prompted me to search on the internet and found the site. I
remember a fairly "cosy" gig at a place in Newcastle Under Lyme which i
think was called "The Frog"? - must have been Spring 1992? Still love
the whirling Hammond keyboard !! |
Thanks for Paul Smith and Martyn
Rawlinson for some of the dates and results.
tour
results
| The Megalomaniacs Tour,
Feb-April 1992 |
| February |
2-3 |
Buckley Tivoli |
| February |
2-0 |
Liverpool Krazyhouse |
| February |
3-0 |
Kingston Poly |
| February |
2-2 |
Windsor Old
Trout |
| February
4 |
1-3 |
Birmingham
Edwards |
| February
6 |
4-0 |
Kent University |
| February
7 |
2-1 |
Bath Fusion |
| February
8 |
1-0 |
Southampton
Joiners |
| February
10 |
1-1 |
Middlesborough
Arena |
| February
11 |
1-1 |
Newcastle Poly |
| February
12 |
3-3 |
Wolves Palomas |
| February
13 |
1-0 |
Leicester
Princess Charlotte |
| February
14 |
P-P
|
Cardiff
University |
| February
18 |
1-0 |
London Kilburn
National |
| February
20 |
3-0 |
Loughborough
University |
| February
21 |
2-1 |
Bristol Poly |
| February
22 |
4-0 |
Warwick
University |
| February
26 |
3-3 |
Manchester
Boardwalk |
| February
27 |
2-1 |
Newcastle Poly |
| February
28 |
4-1 |
Liverpook
Picket* |
| February
29 |
1-0 |
Sheffield
Leadmill |
| March 6 |
3-0 |
Gloucester Arts
Centre |
| March 7 |
3-0 |
London Mean
Fiddler |
| March 10 |
0-3 |
Central London
Poly |
| March 12 |
1-2 |
Oxford Jericho
Tavern |
| March 13 |
2-1 |
Dudley JB's |
| March 14 |
2-6 |
Taunton |
March
17
|
3-1 |
Portsmouth Poly |
March
18
|
0-1 |
Derby Wherehouse |
| March 20 |
3-2 |
Reading After Dark Club |
| March 21 |
3-0 |
Bath Moles |
| March 24 |
0-0 |
Trowbridge Psychic Pig |
| March 25 |
2-1 |
Stoke Old Frog Inn |
| March |
1-6 |
Newcastle Arts Centre |
| March 28 |
2-1 |
Glasgow King Tuts |
| April 14 |
4-2 |
London The Marquee |
April 15
|
1-0 |
Birmingham The Hibernian |
|
*Winning 4-0 but
the match was abandoned
due to the venue falling down during the
set!
| Tour, May - August 1992 |
| May 16 |
?-? |
Leicester Princess
Charlotte |
| May 18 |
?-? |
Nottingham Trent Poly |
| May 19 |
?-? |
Leeds Duchess of York |
| May 20 |
?-? |
Edinburgh
Calton Studios |
| May 22 |
?-? |
Cardiff
University |
| May
23 |
?-? |
London Mean
Fiddler |
| May
25 |
?-? |
Middlesborough
Town Hall |
| May
28 |
?-? |
Windsor Old
Trout |
| May
29 |
?-? |
Cheshire
College |
| May
30 |
?-? |
Wolves Poly |
| June
3 |
?-? |
Walsall
Junction 10 |
| June
4 |
?-? |
Widnes Queens
Hall |
| June
5 |
?-? |
St Helens
Citadel |
| June
9 |
?-? |
Trowbridge
Psychic Pig |
| June
11 |
?-? |
Loughborough
Uni |
| June
12 |
?-? |
Leicester Poly |
| June
13 |
?-? |
Cambridge
Queens College |
| June
16 |
?-? |
Cambridge St.
Catherines College |
| June
17 |
?-? |
Nottingham |
| June
18 |
?-? |
Manchester
Boardwalk |
| June
19 |
?-? |
Newcastle Uni |
| June
20 |
?-? |
Glasgow King
Tuts |
| June
24 |
?-? |
Stoke
Wheatsheaf |
| June
25 |
?-? |
Derby
Wherehouse |
| June
27 |
?-? |
Nottingham
Heineken Big Top |
| July
1 |
?-? |
Warwick Uni |
| July
2 |
?-? |
Bradford Queens
Hall |
July 11
|
?-? |
Sheffield Don
Valley Bowl |
| July
15 |
?-? |
Gateway |
| August
22 |
?-? |
Heineken Big
Top |
| August
29 |
?-? |
Heineken Big
Top |
| August
30 |
?-? |
Reading
Festival |
|
| Time For Treason Tour,
Autumn/Winter 1992 |
| October
22 |
?-? |
Portsmouth |
| October
23 |
?-? |
Swindon Link Centre |
| October
24 |
?-? |
Kingston Poly |
| October
27 |
?-? |
Trowbridge
Psychic Pig |
| October
29 |
?-? |
Keele
University |
| October
31 |
?-? |
Bradford
University |
| November
2 |
?-? |
Leicester
University |
| November
3 |
?-? |
Birmingham
Edwards |
| November
4 |
?-? |
Manchester
Broadwalk |
| November
5 |
?-? |
Loughborough
University |
| November
6 |
?-? |
Dublin Rock
Garden |
| November
12 |
?-? |
Derby Warehouse |
| November
13 |
?-? |
Reading After
Dark |
| November
14 |
?-? |
Wolverhampton
Poly |
| November
18 |
?-? |
Hull Adelphi |
| November
19 |
?-? |
Liverpool
University |
| November
20 |
?-? |
Colne Municipal
Hall |
| November
21 |
?-? |
Cardiff
University |
| Dececember
1 |
?-? |
Portsmouth
Wedgewood Rooms |
| December
2 |
?-? |
Bristol Thekla |
| December
3 |
?-? |
Kent University |
| December
5 |
?-? |
London Mean
Fiddler |
| December
9 |
?-? |
Stoke
Wheatshief |
| December
10 |
?-? |
Gloucester Arts
Center |
| December
12 |
?-? |
Glasgow King
Tuts |
| December
15 |
?-? |
Leicester De
Montford University |
| December
17 |
?-? |
Manchester
Jabeez Clegg |
|
| Laughing Out Loud Tour, 1993 |
| April 24 |
?-? |
Coventry University |
| April 28 |
?-? |
Exeter Cavern |
| April 29 |
?-? |
Reading University |
| April 30 |
?-? |
Aston
University |
| May 1 |
?-? |
Strathclyde
University |
| May
4 |
?-? |
Keele
University |
| May
5 |
?-? |
Loughborough
University |
| May
6 |
?-? |
Liverpool
Adelphi |
| May
7 |
?-? |
Bradford
University |
| May
8 |
?-? |
Sheffield
Leadmill |
| May
11 |
?-? |
Leicester De
Montfort University |
| May
12 |
?-? |
Manchester
University |
| May
13 |
?-? |
Gloucester
Guildhall Arts Centre |
| May
14 |
?-? |
London ULU |
| May
15 |
?-? |
Notthingham
Trent University |
| May
16 |
?-? |
Surrey
University |
| May
18 |
?-? |
Portsmouth
Wedgewood Rooms |
| May
19 |
?-? |
Derby
Wherehouse |
| May
20 |
?-? |
Lichfield Arts
Centre |
| May
21 |
?-? |
Wolverhampton
University |
| May
22 |
?-? |
Sussex
University |
| May
23 |
?-? |
Colchester Arts
Centre |
| |
2-0 |
Birmingham
Edwards |
| |
4-1 |
Newcastle
Riverside |
| |
3-1 |
Portsmouth
University |
| |
1-1 |
Lisbon Gartejo
Club |
| |
0-0 |
Lisbon Gartejo
Club |
| |
4-0 |
Ellesmere Port |
| |
2-0 |
Coventry
University |
| |
3-1 |
Reading
University |
| |
1-3 |
Aston
University |
| |
5-4 |
Strathclyde
University |
| |
3-3 |
Keel University |
| |
1-0 |
Loughborough
University |
| |
4-4 |
Liverpool
Adelphi |
| |
3-0 |
Bradford
University |
| |
3-0 |
Sheffield
Leadmill |
| |
2-3 |
Leicester
University |
| |
1-0 |
Manchester
University |
| |
0-4 |
Portugal
Coimbra |
| |
5-1 |
Notingham Trent
Uni |
| |
1-3 |
Surrey
University |
| |
5-1 |
Portsmouth
Wedgewood Rooms |
| |
2-2 |
Derby Warehouse |
| |
1-1 |
Lichfield Arts
Centre |
| |
5-2 |
Wolves
University |
| |
4-1 |
Sussex
University |
| |
2-4 |
Colchester Arts
Centre |
| |
3-2 |
Preston
Ileineken |
| |
5-0 |
Warwick
University |
| |
3-1 |
Sandbach
Leisure Centre |
|
| Sport of Kings Tour, Autumn 1993 |
| October
1 |
?-? |
Gloucester Arts
Center |
| October
5 |
?-? |
Sussex
University |
| October
6 |
?-? |
Loughborough
University |
| October
9 |
?-? |
University of
Central Lancashire |
| October
10 |
?-? |
Newcastle
Riverside |
| October
14 |
?-? |
Leicester
Uinversity |
| October
15 |
?-? |
Wolverhampton
University |
| October
16 |
?-? |
Reading After
Dark |
| October
19 |
?-? |
Leeds Duchess
of York |
| October
20 |
?-? |
Stoke
Wheatshief |
| October
21 |
?-? |
Derby
Wherehouse |
| October
23 |
?-? |
Cardiff
University |
| October
26 |
?-? |
Portsmouth
Wedgewood Rooms |
| October
27 |
?-? |
Nottingham Rock
City |
| October
28 |
?-? |
Birmingham
Edwards |
| October
29 |
?-? |
Lichfield Arts
Center |
| October
30 |
?-? |
Glasgow King
Tuts |
| October
31 |
?-? |
Edindburgh
Venue |
| November 3 |
?-? |
Exeter Cavern |
| November 5 |
?-? |
Bath Moles |
| November 6 |
?-? |
Kingston-Upon-Thames
Poly |
| November 10 |
?-? |
Loughborough
University |
| November 11 |
?-? |
Hull Adelphi |
| November 12 |
?-? |
Manchester
University |
|
-
| A-Live-A-Live-O Tour,
Spring/Summer 1994 |
| May
26 |
?-? |
Loughborough
University |
| May
31 |
3-0 |
Exeter Cavern |
| June
1 |
4-0 |
Portsmouth
Wedgewood Rooms |
| June
2 |
4-0 |
Leeds Duchess
of York |
| June
3 |
2-1 |
Middlesborough
Arena |
| June
4 |
3-1 |
Gloucester Arts
Centre |
| June
7 |
2-0 |
Sheffield
Leadmill |
| June
8 |
3-0 |
Stoke
Wheatshief |
| June
9 |
2-1 |
Nottingham Rock
City |
| June
10 |
5-1 |
Leicester
Princess Charlotte |
| June
11 |
1-0 |
Reading After
Dark |
| June
13 |
1-1 |
Hamburg Logo
(Germany) |
| June
17 |
4-3 |
Amsterdam Arena
(Holland) |
| June
26 |
3-0 |
Scotland
Tarlair Music Festival |
| July
1 |
7-1 |
Chester Gateway
Theatre |
| July
?? |
5-4 |
Holland (near Maastricht) |
| July
24 |
2-1 |
Gosport
Festival |
| July
?? |
0-2 |
Plesii Rock
(Belgium) |
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