Manchester Apollo

Ian Gillan Band (Mr Universe Tour), Randy California, Samson (Mr Rock and Roll)

Judas Priest, Iron Maiden (support Act)

Hawkwind (Live 79 tour), Vardis

Motorhead (Overkill Tour), Saxon (support Act)

Van Halen (First UK Headline Tour)

Motorhead (Bomber Tour),

Saxon (Wheels of Steel Tour), Tigers of Pang Tang

Steve Hackett (Clocks Tour)

Scorpions, Tigers of Pang Tang (support Act)

Tangerine Dream (Force Major Tour)

Jeff Beck

Rainbow (Since you've been gone Tour)

Whitesnake (Fool for your lovin tour), Gary Moore (G-Force Tour - support Act)

Black Sabbath (Heaven and Hell Tour)

Gary Moore (Victims of the Future Tour)

Ozzy Osbourne, Quire Boys (support Act)

Scorpions, Ratt (support Act)

UFO

Thin Lizzy

Climax Blues Band

Michael Schenker Group (Armed and Ready Tour)

Joe Satriani (Surfing with the Alien Tour)

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Jethro Tull

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Manchester Main Road

Pink Floyd

Manchester Arena

Rush (30th Anniversary Tour)

Manchester Guitar Show(s)

Jerry Donahue, Gordon Giltrap, Jim Marshall x 2

Romiley Forum / Holiday Inn

Vinnie Moore (Solo and UFO) / Rob Beach (of Whitesnake)

Wimslow Centre

Paul Reed Smith

New York, Idinium Club

The Les Paul Trio

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Wishbone Ash

Limelight x 5 (Crewe), Liverpool (Pacific Arts Centre and Neptune Theater) ,
Bolton (Albert Hall), Mansfield Centre (Convention).

Martin Turners Wishbone Ash

Witchwood (Crewe) 2008

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Monsters of Rock, Castle Donnington.

1986
Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motörhead, Bad News, Warlock, Tommy Vance (DJ)

This concert is notable for Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen's return to live performance after the 1984 car accident that severed his left arm.
Jonathan King, dressed as the Pope, introduced headline act Ozzy Osbourne in suitably foul-mouthed fashion.
The Bad News set was filmed for the "More Bad News" episode of The Comic Strip Presents.
Motörhead's set was interrupted mid way through when someone shot a firework rocket at the stage, narrowly missing guitarist Phil Campbell.

1988
Helloween, Guns N' Roses, Megadeth, David Lee Roth (with Steve Vai), KISS, Iron Maiden.

Largest crowd ever, approx 107,000. This was the year 2 people were crushed to -d e a t h- in the mosh pit during the Guns N' Roses set (more specifically, during the song It's So Easy).

1989 (No festival this year, Monsters of Rock was cancelled in 1989 because of the –d e a t h s- of two fans during the Guns N' Roses performance in 1988).

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