Paul Devlin
@paul-bimltd.bsky.social
Director of Because It Matters Ltd development consultancy. Recent Chair, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS FT. Foodie & music fan. He/Him
21/21 A last rare gig - #KateBush in 2014. Such a special experience! Included the Ninth Wave fliers ("Wave after wave, each mightier than the last'/ Till last, a ninth one, gthering half the deep/ And full of voices, slowly rose and plunged/ Roaring, and all the wave was in a flame")!
December 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
21/21 A last rare gig - #KateBush in 2014. Such a special experience! Included the Ninth Wave fliers ("Wave after wave, each mightier than the last'/ Till last, a ninth one, gthering half the deep/ And full of voices, slowly rose and plunged/ Roaring, and all the wave was in a flame")!
20/n @ba1965.bsky.social is a massive #Prince fan and we saw him in '07. Best bit for me was getting into the aftershow gig which was a three-hour rock guitar set with just a few hundred people in the room!
December 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
20/n @ba1965.bsky.social is a massive #Prince fan and we saw him in '07. Best bit for me was getting into the aftershow gig which was a three-hour rock guitar set with just a few hundred people in the room!
19/n I've seen #PJHarvey some 15 times, but one gig was a small solo set after an interview as part of The New Yorker Festival in '06.... Yup, a trip to New York was organised around the gig!
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
19/n I've seen #PJHarvey some 15 times, but one gig was a small solo set after an interview as part of The New Yorker Festival in '06.... Yup, a trip to New York was organised around the gig!
16/n One of my favourite #JulianCope gigs was in 2000 on his "An audience with the Cope" tour. He wore 8" platform soled boots and his face was painted with wode...
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
16/n One of my favourite #JulianCope gigs was in 2000 on his "An audience with the Cope" tour. He wore 8" platform soled boots and his face was painted with wode...
15/n In '95 I saw #TheCramps in Brixton, with my mate Pete on his first gig after over a year in hospital after a handgliding accident broke his neck. I have vivid memories of a wheelchair accessible policy consisting of burly bouncers lifting him up the stairs...
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
15/n In '95 I saw #TheCramps in Brixton, with my mate Pete on his first gig after over a year in hospital after a handgliding accident broke his neck. I have vivid memories of a wheelchair accessible policy consisting of burly bouncers lifting him up the stairs...
14/n A pre-Christmas treat of Ozric Tentacles back in '94!
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
14/n A pre-Christmas treat of Ozric Tentacles back in '94!
13/n And Floyd again, might have been the first live band at London Arena, if my memory is right
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
13/n And Floyd again, might have been the first live band at London Arena, if my memory is right
12/n Another #PinkFloyd gig from '88 - how to make stadium tours feel like small local venues!
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
12/n Another #PinkFloyd gig from '88 - how to make stadium tours feel like small local venues!
11/n Saw U2 on The Joshua Tree tour... the stadium expereince didn't work for me that time
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
11/n Saw U2 on The Joshua Tree tour... the stadium expereince didn't work for me that time
10/n I saw #RogerWaters on his first solo tour after leaving #PinkFloyd. His tour and the Floyd's one were on at the same time globally, criss-crossing with legal shenanegins in tow... This gig had #EricClapton on guitar, and I'm sure Boris Becker was sat in the row behind me...
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
10/n I saw #RogerWaters on his first solo tour after leaving #PinkFloyd. His tour and the Floyd's one were on at the same time globally, criss-crossing with legal shenanegins in tow... This gig had #EricClapton on guitar, and I'm sure Boris Becker was sat in the row behind me...
9/n I hitchhiked from Hull to Edinburgh to see #DavidBowie on the Serious Moonlight tour. Amazing to see how a performer can hold a stadium crowd
December 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
9/n I hitchhiked from Hull to Edinburgh to see #DavidBowie on the Serious Moonlight tour. Amazing to see how a performer can hold a stadium crowd
8/n First #TheStranglers gig - original line-up all the times I saw them - coach trip to Leeds
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
8/n First #TheStranglers gig - original line-up all the times I saw them - coach trip to Leeds
7/n Back to Birmingham for #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees with Robert Smith on guitar:
December 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
7/n Back to Birmingham for #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees with Robert Smith on guitar:
6/n First time with #AliceCooper was in 1982 - over to Birmingham on my own (felt very exciting going to a gig on my own in those days!)
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
6/n First time with #AliceCooper was in 1982 - over to Birmingham on my own (felt very exciting going to a gig on my own in those days!)
4/n First time I saw #PinkFloyd was one of only 35 performances worldwide of #TheWall with the Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright line up:
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
4/n First time I saw #PinkFloyd was one of only 35 performances worldwide of #TheWall with the Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright line up:
3/n The loudest band I saw was #Motorhead - the Bomber tour
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
3/n The loudest band I saw was #Motorhead - the Bomber tour
