AndySpeedway

Lived, loved, played and danced my arse off in Manchester for three glorious years. Off to the land of the free for a year to rim adoring tourists in a theme park before 'seeing the world'. Hopefully discover some fabulous new music along the way?

Past...
Spice Girls at Wembley Stadium on September 25th, 1998
Spice Girls at Manchester Evening News Arena on December 8th, 1999
Elton John at Highfield Road Stadium, Coventry on June 11th, 2005
Massive Attack with Spiritualized at Birmingham Academy on February 6th, 2007
Frank Turner at Birmingham Bar Academy on February 12th, 2007
Kate Nash at Wolverhampton Little Civic on March 27th, 2007
Klaxons at Birmingham Academy on May 7th, 2007
Carling Leeds Festival on August 24-26th, 2007
The Teenagers at Birmingham Bar Academy on September 4th, 2007
Gossip at Birmingham Academy on September 7th, 2007
The Go! Team and Operator Please at Warwick University Student Union on October 5th, 2007
Kate Nash at Birmingham Irish Centre on November 9th, 2007
Adele at The Hospital London on November 16th, 2007
CSS at Birmingham Academy on December 7th, 2007
Spice Girls at the O2 London on December 18th, 2007
Palladium and Alphabeat at Birmingham Bar Academy on February 2nd, 2008
Crystal Castles at Birmingham Bar Academy on February 14th, 2008
Editors at Birmingham NIA on February 29th, 2008
Kate Nash with Black Kids at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on March 1st, 2008
Kate Nash with Black Kids at Lincoln Engine Shed on March 8th, 2008
Alphabeat and Frankmusik at Birmingham Bar Academy on April 22nd, 2008
Adele at Birmingham Alexandra Theatre on May 4th, 2008
The Wombats at Birmingham Academy on May 10th, 2008
Robyn with Sam Sparro at Birmingham Academy on June 7th, 2008
Madonna at Wembley Stadium on September 11th, 2008
Foals on October 14th, 2008
Lady GaGa at Heaven, London on January 17th, 2009
The Brit Awards at Earls Court, London on February 18th, 2009
P!nk at Birmingham NIA on April 17th, 2009
Ciara at Heaven, London on April 25th, 2009
Girls Aloud at the O2, London on April 26th, 2009
Ladyhawke at the Birmingham Academy 2 on May 20th, 2009
Gossip at the Scala, London on May 28th, 2009
Britney Spears with Ciara at the O2, London on June 6th, 2009
La Roux at the Coventry Kasbah on June 23rd, 2009
Madonna at the O2, London on July 5th, 2009
Tori Amos at HMV Apollo, London on September 11th, 2009
Bat for Lashes with Yeasayer at Manchester Academy on October 14th, 2009
Beyonce at the O2, London on November 15th, 2009
Gossip with SSION at Manchester Academy on November 30th, 2009
Lady GaGa with Alphabeat at the O2, London on February 26th, 2010
Alphabeat at the Academy 2, Manchester on April 24th, 2010
Hurts at the Academy 3, Manchester on April 28th, 2010
Rihanna at the Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester on May 16th, 2010
Alicia Keys at the Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester on May 29th, 2010
Robyn at Heaven, London on June 17th, 2010
P!nk at Ricoh Arena, Coventry on June 24th, 2010
Kelis at Shepherds Bush Empire, London on October 1st, 2010
Robyn at Manchester Academy 2 on October 15th, 2010
Janelle Monae at Manchester Academy 2 on December 6th, 2010
Hurts at Manchester Academy on February 8th, 2011
Janelle Monae at Manchester Academy on February 28th, 2011
Parklife at Platt Fields Park, Manchester on June 11-12th, 2011
Cyndi Lauper at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on June 20th, 2011
Bjork at Campfield Market Hall, Manchester on June 30th, 2011
Bjork at Campfield Market Hall, Manchester on July 3rd, 2011
Rihanna at Manchester MEN Arena on October 9th, 2011
Erasure at Manchester Apollo on October 20th, 2011
Lykke Li at Manchester Academy 2 on October 31st, 2011
Tori Amos at Royal Albert Hall, London on November 2nd, 2011
Tori Amos at Manchester Apollo on November 4th, 2011
Zola Jesus at Club Academy, Manchester on November 24th, 2011
Still Corners at Kraak, Manchester on February 3rd, 2012
Azealia Banks at Plug, Sheffield on February 7th, 2012
Melanie C at Club Academy, Manchester on February 25th, 2012
Kylie Minogue at Manchester Academy on April 1st, 2012
Madonna at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona on June 20th, 2012
Blondie at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL on September 23rd, 2012
Madonna at the American Airlines Arena, Miami on November 19th, 2012
Ellie Goulding at Hard Rock Live, Orlando on January 17th, 2013
The xx at the Beacham Theatre, Orlando on February 4th, 2013
P!nk at the Amway Arena, Orlando on February 24th, 2013
Rihanna at the Bay Times Forum, Tampa on April 19th, 2013

...at festivals...
Leeds Festival 2007
Gym Class Heroes - Hellogoodbye - Lostprophets - Gossip - The Long Blondes - Gogol Bordello - Maximo Park - Kings of Leon - Razorlight - Bloc Party - Arcade Fire - New Young Pony Club - Cold War Kids - Jamie T - CSS - LCD Soundsystem - Kate Nash - Maps - Operator Please
Latitude Festival 2009
Grace Jones - Pet Shop Boys - Bat for Lashes - Gossip - Regina Spektor - The Pretenders - Lykke Li - Fever Ray - Thom Yorke - Mika - Alela Diane - Dockers MC - Saint Etienne - Emmy the Great - Bishi - Doves - White Lies - Jo Brand - Shappi Khorsandi - Stephen K Amos - Elvis McGonagall
Latitude Festival 2010
The xx - Vampire Weekend - Florence + the Machine - Empire of the Sun - Crystal Castles - First Aid Kit - The Good Natured - Mumford & Sons - Laura Marling - The Temper Trap - Dirty Projectors - Angus & Julia Stone - Yeasayer - Lauren Pritchard - Stephen K. Amos - Royal Opera House Presents: Pleasure's Progress - Phil Jupitus - Amber Tamblyn - Kate Tempest - Laura Dockrill
Parklife Festival 2011
Fenech-Soler - Hercules & Love Affair - Erol Alkan - Hudson Mohawke - Kelis - Katy B - Simian Mobile Disco - Mark Ronson - Annie Mac - Riot Jazz
Parklife Festival 2012
CHIC feat. Nile Rodgers - Kelis - Crystal Castles - Tom Vek - Jessie Ware - Other Lives - Julio Bashmore - Annie Mac - De La Soul - Spector
BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend 2012
Rihanna - Florence + the Machine - Azealia Banks - Jessie J - Ben Howard

...and future
Fleetwood Mac at the Bay Times Forum, Tampa on June 7th, 2013