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[senseless]

Hey,

Let's leave the current Lemon Tree story for the other thread. Use this page to record all your memories of the place.

Some of the music acts that have played over the years include:
Ash - Biffy Clyro - Bloc Party - Bob Geldof - The Delgados - The Earlies - Godspeed You Black Emperor - Goldie Lookin Chain - Hot Chip - Idlewild - Kate Nash - KT Tunstall - LCD Soundsystem - Maximo Park - Mogwai - Nerina Pallot - Pigeon Detectives - Radiohead - Shane MacGowen - Sigur Ros - Snow Patrol - Teenage Fanclub

Comedians:
Adam Hills - Craig Hill - Jo Brand - Lee Evans - Lee Mack - Phil Kay - Russell Howard - Stewart Lee

As well as the gigs, there have been numerous award winning theatre companies, dance companies, kids shows, workshops, youth theatres, drama groups, choirs, summer schools, visual art workshops, exhibitions, Rootin Aboot festival, free lunchtime gigs...

[RossP]

Favourite shows:

• Idlewild, with Aereogramme supporting
• Therapy? with Clutch (!) supporting
• Three Colours Red (twice)
• Wildhearts
• Presidents of the United States of America
• Various Fudge Awards
• Part Chimp with PVH
• Last month's Adventures Close to Home
• Symposium and A

EDIT: How could I forget Macrocosmica on that indie/funk bill!?!?!?

[daveofficer]

crowdsurfing 4 times at the symposium gig before being told off for being too big. spoilsports! symposium tearing a big hole in the roof that night was pretty funny as well.

various idlewild gigs were amazing.

juice.

the glory days of fudge.

bonnie prince billy.

playing there with dedalus and kartta. everytime a pleasure.

alasdair roberts set as part of rootin aboot a couple of years ago. total brilliance from start to finish.

phil kay calling my fiance a bar fairy as she stupidly got up and literally skipped to the toilet during his set.

ed byrne making me laugh harder than anyone else, ever.

[Old Gold]

The world seems a little less funny after watching Alan Davidson kicking a monitor off of the Lemon Tree stage.

Presidents of the USA, Lemonheads, Akron/Family... many fine nights.

[Mordred]

Saw Amen, Raging Speedhorn, The Wildhearts, Backyard Babies, Will Haven, Breed77, Stiff Little Fingers, Paradise Lost, The Misfits, Johnny Truant, Kill II This at the Lemon Tree.

Some great gigs, just a shame the bands i like played few and far between at the place

[Chris]

Idlewild
Kelly Joe Phelps (twice)
Bonny Prince Billy
Alasdair Roberts (all the folkies from rootin aboot walking out halfway through was magic)
Wildhearts
All the fudge nights
Ed Byrne
Phil Kay's endurance set (the man wouldn't stop)
Biffy and Eska
A particularly good Hogmany a few years ago

[idol_wild]

Mogwai
Nero
The "A" Team tour, with Angelica, Astrid, and Ariel. Only because I fancied all of Angelica and heckled Astrid relentlessly.
Idlewild
Akron/Family
The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit

The lowest point: The Complete Stone Roses back in 2001, roughly. They were from Norwich yet still spoke in Manc accents and tried to swagger like their idols. I wanted to fight them.

[Alan Cynic]

Originally Posted by SpanishArmada

The world seems a little less funny after watching Alan Davidson kicking a monitor off of the Lemon Tree stage.

One of my 2 'rock' moments!

Gigs which particularly stand out, on first thought..

All the Julian Cope ones,
the Roy Harper ones,
Low
Pentangle
all the Love ones
Bonnie Prince Billy
Lambchop
Gong
Link Wray

but the 2 which I most enjoyed were probably the Ivor Cutler tribute night and Townes Van Zandt.

One which I'll never forget (for all the wrong reasons) was Davy Graham!

[ben_1903]

reef - amazing!
inme - crackout supporting - i was only 15.
goldie lookin chain - fucking fun.

sadly was unable tyo attend funeral for a friend or hell is for heroes

[Mr Owl PhD]

Over the past three years some of the best gigs I've ever been to have been at the Lemon Tree:

Bonnie Prince Billy
Boredoms
Alasdair Roberts and Mary Hampton this year
The Arab Strap Triptych show a couple of years ago with Tape, My Latest Novel and Kieran Hebden

One that particularly stands out was the amazing (though quite poorly attended) show with Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Bills Wells, Tenniscoats, Kama Aina. I went along not knowing what to expect but it was one of the most wonderful things I've ever seen.