Update

[jaynedoll]

Got new book on the history of the Riverside (this was a legendary gig/club venue in newcastle that ran from the mid 80s to about 1999 & started off as a workers co-operative). Over the years they had gigs by Sonic Youth, Henry Rollins, Hole, Nirvana (their 1st ever European gig!), Jane's Addiction, Oasis, Manic Street Preachers, Lydia Lunch, and

Comments

[mysteriousaliwz]

I saw Siouxsie & the Banshees at the Mayfair in early 1995, which must have been not long before it closed down. I was about 8 months pregnant at the time, so I have an inkling that this may have been a factor in my older daughter turning out to have decided goth/emo tendences! (She wears an awful lot of black *g*)

[jaynedoll]

I think in the Riverside book they said it closed about 1999 & clearly you cannot deny the power of Siouxsie *g*

I was very fond of the Mayfair as a gig venue.