Tag Archives: Boileroom

The Wedding Present – back at the Boileroom, Guildford

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …’ Three Wedding Present shows in less than three years in my hometown after 30-plus years without a single visit, and again all unfolding at the Boileroom, Stoke … Continue reading →

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The Selecter – Guildford G Live

Posted on November 23, 2019 by

As regular readers of this website know, Guildford and I go way back, and it was as a 13-year-old that I saw my first band at the Civic Hall, catching The Undertones on the Positive Touch tour, a mile and … Continue reading →

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Live and Direct in Guildford – back in my hometown revisiting The Star, the Boileroom and the Holroyd

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

It’s been a long month, and with Spring arriving deceptively early in late February (if only on a fact-finding mission), that last day of January when The Stranglers turned up at one of my old haunts seems an age ago. … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Present / Andy Ruddy – Guildford, Boileroom

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

Many of the bands I love have graced my hometown in the past, yet for some reason it never quite happened with The Wedding Present. First time I went to see them was down the A246 in Fetcham in 1986, … Continue reading →

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