After more than 5,000 gigs over 35 years, rock fan Ray Morrissey can claim to be Britain's most prolific concert-goer. On piles of notebook pages in Mr Morrissey's front room, thousands of gigs are listed, one per line, all with a mark out of 10 circled at the end.

And stacks of diaries have more details of the shows, three or four a week – what they were like, what they played, who was there.

It is a personal history of British music, documenting the hazy glory of rock 'n' roll superstars and long-forgotten bands alike in meticulous, matter-of-fact detail.

A few years ago, he spent six months putting most of the information onto his personal website .

The 49-year-old started going to gigs in 1973, when he would sneak into his local venue, the Hammersmith Odeon, now the Apollo, without paying.

His first gig there was Mott the Hoople, supported by an up-and-coming Queen. "I remember Freddie Mercury's big teeth more than anything," Mr Morrissey says. But he was hooked when punk came along. In 1976, hearing that two older boys from his school had formed a band, he went to check them out. They were called The Sex Pistols.
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I will spread the mashup virus in Berlin, Germany next Thursday
at Szimpla Kaffeehause
this will be a lounge, chill thing
the place is small but nice, come early!

Nowadays, the majority of indie bands have a growing collection of poster art that is just too incredible to simply throw away once the show has ended.  Not surprisingly, this has led to the gig poster being something of a collectors item for music fanatics everywhere.

The following are 50 hand picked gig posters whose creativity and imagination blew the wellmedicated away.  Here is the collection, a must see!! [via wire to ear]

If you love music, like we do, you love to go out as well. Finding the right events is tuff and good recommendations are always useful. So we have a new service for you dear AudioPorn Freakz! The Global Orgy Guide!!!! Check out the sidebar if you haven’t sen it already, we have a massive and constantly updated list of the APC recommended events, parties, gigs, concerts, festivals etc…

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Everyone who has something to do with electronic/dance/club music  will be in Miami next week at the Winter Music Conference. The even is huge and many things will happen simultaneously. The xlr8r has a gig guide to help you to find the best gigs.