Faster Pussy Cat @ Camden Underworld

Faster Pussy Cat
Beautiful Creatures
Bang Tango

Priest Feast @ Wembley Arena

Judas Priest
Megadeth
Testament

AC/DC @ o2 Arena

AC/DC
The Answer

Battalions of Steel World Tour II @ Kentish Town Forum

Saxon
Doro
Sweet Savage

Download Festival @ Donington Park

The Prodigy
Marilyn Manson
Limp Bizkit
Slipknot
Staind
Billy Talent
ZZ Top
Faith No More
Dream Theater
Journey
Whitesnake
Lacuna Coil
Def Leppard
Opeth
Mötley Crüe
DragonForce
Hatebreed
DevilDriver
Tesla
God Forbid
Skin
Five Finger Death Punch
Down
The Blackout
In This Moment
Thunder
Anvil
Stone Gods
Steel Panther
Lawnmower Deth
Steadlur…

Would die to see but unlikely to happen:

Led Zeppelin - Didnt get tickets in the "lotto" ;(
Black Sabbath - Missed Download '05 kicking myself since.
Pink Floyd - Too young to seen them play live
David Bowie - A god/icon, must see when he next tours (if).
Van Halen - Went to New York to seem the play but they cancelled the gig ;(
The Rolling Stones - Not a huge fan but they have a bunch of classics, its the stones man.
A Perfect Circle - Love to seem them but Tool is still about, rather Tool…

My 2nd Reading Festival, my 3rd festival in total and my 1st festival alone :( none of my friends could afford to come/timing wrong etc. (thats what they told me, maybe there is a huge conspiracy and they all hate me!! just kidding) real shame, thats part of the festival experience, part of the fun. I originally got my Reading ticket solely because of The Smashing Pumpkins (didnt think they would do shows before hand – saw them in London in June before Reading), and even a few months before Reading i still was abit narrow minded with the…

So my summer is looking amazing 2 gigs, 1 festival and 1 sunny holiday.

The Smashing Pumpkins @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London

The return of the Pumpkins, their first UK gig in 7 years and they are playing to a tiny crowd of just 2000 people, this gig has the makings of something special. It will be my first time to actually see the pumpkins live, i was too young back when they broke up to really get into their music and i only started listening to pumpkins around the time of Zwan from an amazing friend who showed me…