28th May 1978 - Ipswich Gaumont (as it was then!)
We were in town on the Saturday afternoon - 27th - and did our usual stroll up to the Gaumont to see what was on and upcoming - these were the days before the internet, get tickets on the door the same day or day before for about a fiver...!...so who was playing....the next night it was Black Sabbath ! - Hmmm, worth a visit BUT it was a school night!, a few of us were skint etc....after much debate and promises of loans, it was still dodgy...."Tell you what", Keith says, "shall we decide when we find out who's supporting...?"..."Yeah O.K." came the call....
After a bit of scratching about we found out it was a band called...Van Halen
"Never heard of them....let's not bother then...!"
We walked away, the rest is history...!