Homebake @ University Oval

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Reggae & Beck.

Made sure I was early to see Swirl in the side tent.

Tumbleweed were excellent.

Not sure why Spiderbait headlined (though they were the biggest thing around at the time) as most of there set was tuning and fiddling around on stage.

The Crap Facts
This is my 107th concert.
University Oval is the 29th venue I've seen a concert.
University of Sydney is the 24th city I've seen a concert.
This is my 106th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 107th concert in Australia.
This is my 5th Swirl concert.
This is my 3rd Mark Of Cain concert.
This is my 4th Crow concert.
Porkers are the 133rd band I've seen.
This is my 2nd Fauves concert.
This is my 17th Tumbleweed concert.
This is my 4th Regurgitator concert.
This is my 5th Spiderbait concert.

Australia vs West Indies @ SCG

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Benno, Jane, Luvvo and Ashley (Luvvo's American girlfriend).

Beautiful day in the sun.

We sat in the seats by the boundary in front of the Hill / scoreboard.

Day 1 of 5

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat.

Australia 5/244 at the end of day 1.

Final Result: Australia 331 and 4/312. West Indies 304 and 215.  Australia won by 124 runs.

Player of The Match: Glen McGrath (Australia).

Crowd: 8,429

Custard & Powderfinger @ Sydney Opera House Forecourt

Powderfinger Setlist

Custard Setlist

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta and met a bunch of her UNSW friends their.

Nice day, but the wind was swirling and the sound was terrible.

We were standing on a flat part (on the Opera House stairs) and it was really hard to see the stage.  

This was the Crowded House farewell show, but I wasn't enjoying it, so I left even before You Am I came on.  Roberta stayed for the whole show.

The Crap Facts
This is my 106th concert.
The Opera House Forecourt is the 28th venue I've seen a concert in.
This is my 23rd concert in Sydney.
This is my 105th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 106th concert in Australia.
This is my 3rd Custard concert.
This is my 4th Powderfinger concert.

Tumbleweed, The Mark Of Cain, Spdfgh @ The Metro

The Crap Facts
This is my 105th concert.
This is my 20th concert at The Metro.
This is my 22nd concert in Sydney.
This is my 104th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 105th concert in Australia.
Spdfgh are the 132nd band I've seen.
This is my 2nd Mark Of Cain concert.
This is my 16th Tumbleweed concert.

Sex Pistols @ Selina's

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.

A packed Selina's were really into it.

A vocal crowd demanding an encore had the band come out sooner than they wanted, prompty Johnny Rotten to declare "We're old you know?  We just needed to finish a cup of tea."

The Crap Facts
This is my 104th concert.
This is my 10th concert at Selina's.
This is my 10th concert in Coogee.
This is my 103rd concert in New South Wales.
This is my 104th concert in Australia.
Sex Pistols are the 131st band I've seen.
Sex Pistols are the 50th time I've seen a band in 1996.

Garbage & Pollyanna @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta.

Ran into Ian, from work in Chatswood, and his girlfriend.

Garbage was dull.  One of the top 10 worse shows I've seen.

The Crap Facts
This is my 103rd concert.
This is my 14th concert at Hordern Pavilion.
This is my 20th concert in Moore Park.
This is my 102nd concert in New South Wales.
This is my 103rd concert in Australia.
This is my 2nd Pollyanna concert.
Garbage are the 130th band I've seen.

Jesus Lizard & Midget @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Nags.

As good as the Jesus Lizard were earlier this year at the Big Day Out & opening for Rage Against The Machine, they were so much better headlining in a small venue.

The Crap Facts
This is my 102nd concert.
This is my 19th concert at The Metro.
This is my 21st concert in Sydney.
This is my 101st concert in New South Wales.
This is my 102nd concert in Australia.
This is my 2nd Midget concert.
This is my 3rd Jesus Lizard concert.

silverchair, Everclear & Hardware @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta, Reggae, Beck & Marbs.

Everclear were great , and gracious, as openers.

silverchair in the confines of the Metro were fantastic.

The Crap Facts

This is my 101st concert.
This is my 18th concert at The Metro.
This is my 20th concert in Sydney.
This is my 100th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 101st concert in Australia.
Hardware are the 128th band I've seen.
Everclear are the 129th band I've seen.
This is my 6th silverchair concert.

You Am I & Drop City @ The Metro

The Crap Facts
This is my 100th concert.
This is my 17th concert at The Metro.
This is my 19th concert in Sydney.
This is my 99th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 100th concert in Australia.
Drop City are the 127th band I've seen.
This is my 8th You Am I concert.

Sydney Swans vs Essendon Bombers @ SCG

Sydney Swans 10.10.70 (Daryn Cresswell 3, Dale Lewis 3, Paul Kelly 2, Troy Luff, Tony Lockett goals) defeated Essendon 10.9.69 (James Hird 3, Steven Alessio 2, Gary O'Donnell, Che Cockatoo-Collins, James Blumfield, Michael Symons, Dean Wallis goals)

Crowd: 41,731

Crank & Bush Punk Cowboys @ Phantom Records

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.  

Small venue, but a good crowd for an afternoon in-store concert.

The Crap Facts
This is my 99th concert.
Phantom Records is the 27th venue I've seen a concert in.
This is my 18th concert in Sydney.
This is my 98th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 99th concert in Australia.
Bush Punk Cowboys are the 126th band I've seen.
This is my 3rd Crank concert.

Unwritten Law & Crank @ Annandale Hotel

What I remember (in 2024)...

Again was invited by Kern's workmate.

Unwritten Law had the crowd packed in and were amazing.  There was condensation dripping from the ceiling.  It would be the first of many Unwritten Law concerts.  Great live band.

The Crap Facts

This is my 98th concert.

This is my 6th concert at Annandale Hotel.

This is my 6th concert in Annandale.

This is my 97th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 98th concert in Australia.

This is my 2nd Crank concert.

Unwritten Law are the 125th band I've seen.

Wests Magpies vs Cronulla Sharks @ Parramatta Stadium

What I remember (in 2024)...

Drove out from Coogee with Rberta and Kelly.

Cronulla Sharks 20 (Paul Green 2, Paul Donaghy tries, Mat Rogers 4 goals) defeated Wests Magpies 12 (Darren Willis, Paul Bell tries, Andrew Leeds 2 goals)

Crowd: 22,433

Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles @ SCG

Sydney Swans 12.13.85 (Derek Kickett 3, Simon Garlick 2, Daryn Cresswell, Greg Stafford, Michael O' Loughlin, Simon Arnott, Troy Luff, Craig O'Brien, Stuart Maxfield goals) defeated West Coast Eagles 6.14.50 (Mitchell White 2, Peter Sumich 2, Chad Morrison, Anthony Lovell goals)

Sydney

Daryn Cresswell, Paul Kelly, Dale Lewis, Kevin Dyson, Brad Seymour, Greg Stafford, Daniel McPherson, Shannon Grant, Michael O'Loughlin, Derek Kickett, Simon Garlick, Simon Arnott, Troy Luff, Adam Heuskes, Paul Roos, Jason Mooney, Craig O'Brien, Andrew Dunkley, Mark Bayes, Stuart Maxfield, Wade Chapman

West Coast
Drew Banfield, Chris Waterman, Chad Morrison, Anthony Lovell, Ben Cousins, Tony Evans, Guy McKenna, Brayden Lyle, Mitchell White, Brett Heady, Fraser Gehrig, Ryan Turnbull, David Wirrpanda, Daniel Metropolis, Jarrad Schofield, Chris Lewis, Ian Downsborough, Chris Mainwaring, Peter Sumich, Ashley McIntosh, Peter Matera

Crowd: 29,517

Pursuit Of Happiness, Nitocris & Mr Blonde @ The Metro

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own, on the basis of Pursuit of Happiness' I'm An Adult Now, which they played.

Pursuit of Happiness Setlist

The Crap Facts

This is my 97th concert.
This is my 16th concert at The Metro.
This is my 17th concert in Sydney.
This is my 96th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 97th concert in Australia.
This is my 3rd Nitocris concert.
Mr Blonde are the 123rd band I've seen.
The Pursuit Of Happiness is the 124th band I've seen.

Presidents Of The USA & Custard @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.

The Crap Facts

This is my 96th concert.

This is my 13th concert at Hordern Pavilion.

This is my 19th concert in Moore Park.

This is my 95th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 96th concert in Australia.

This is my 2nd Custard concert.
Custard are the 50th band I've seen at least twice.

Presidents Of The United States are the 122nd band I've seen.
Presidents Of The United States are the 50th time I've seen an American band.

Sydney Swans vs Adelaide Crows @ SCG

Sydney 16.14.110 (Michael O'Loughlin 4, Craig O'Brien 2, Tony Lockett 2, Jason Mooney 2, Stuart Maxfield, Shannon Grant, Troy Luff, Derek Kickett, Scott Direen, Clinton King goals) defeated Adelaide 12.16.88 (Nigel Smart 3, Matthew Robran 3, Andrew McLeod 3, Matthew Connell 2, Peter Craven goals)

Sydney

Paul Kelly, Paul Roos, Michael O'Loughlin, Stuart Maxfield, Shannon Grant, Troy Luff, Derek Kickett, Simon Garlick, Scott Direen, Brad Seymour, Craig O'Brien, Greg Stafford, Adam Heuskes, Tony Lockett, Daniel McPherson, Jason Mooney, Andrew Dunkley, Kevin Dyson, Dion Myles, Clinton King, Troy Gray

Adelaide

Darren Jarman, Troy Bond, Matthew Connell, Greg Anderson, Mark Bickley, Nigel Smart, Mark Ricciuto, Matthew Robran, Andrew McLeod, Mark Viska, Ben Hart, David Brown, Matthew Collins, Peter Caven, David Pittman, Tony McGuinness, Rod Jameson, Matthew Liptak, Matthew Kluzek, Wayne Weidemann, Tony Modra

Crowd: 29,174

Sydney Swans vs Geelong Cats @ SCG

Swans 18.17.125 (Tony Lockett 6, Stuart Maxfield 2, Dale Lewis 2, Craig O'Brien 2, Darren Cresswell, Michael O'Loughlin, Shannon Grant, Troy Luff, Jason Mooney goals) defeated Geelong 11.8.74 (Bill Brownless 3, Gary Ablett 2, Leigh Tudor 2, Peter Riccardi, Brad Sholl, Steven King, John Barnes goals)

Crowd: 44,047

What I remember (in 2024)...

Going to an AFL game came about because of the Super League splitting allegiances with rugby league fans.  That, and the fact that the Swans were performing better than ever.

Record Swans crowd.  Also biggest SCG crowd since it became fully seated.

Smashing Pumpkins & Def FX @ Hordern Pavilion

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went on my own.

Rescheduled show from March 14.

Def FX were great.  A big stage was good for them

Smashing Pumpkins were OK.

The Crap Facts
This is my 95th concert.
This is my 12th concert at Hordern Pavilion.
This is my 18th concert in Moore Park.
This is my 94th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 95th concert in Australia.
This is my 6th Def FX concert.
This is my 2nd Smashing Pumpkins concert.

Red Hot Chili Peppers & Regurgitator @ Entertainment Centre

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Roberta, Kelly & Luvvo.

Kelly's first concert.

Dave Navarro played guitar as most songs were off the current One Hot Minute LP.

The Crap Facts

This is my 94th concert.

This is my 3rd concert at Entertainment Centre.

This is my 3rd concert in Haymarket.

This is my 93rd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 94th concert in Australia.

This is my 3rd Regurgitator concert.

This is my 2nd Red Hot Chili Peppers concert.

Unseen @ Iron Duke Hotel

The Crap Facts
This is my 93rd concert.
Iron Duke Hotel is the 26th venue I've seen a concert in.
Zetland is the 23rd city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 92nd concert in New South Wales.
This is my 93rd concert in Australia.
This is my 11th Unseen concert.