In Concert 1992

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re. my nom d'internet, it comes from the central character in a series of rather good children's books by John Verney - principally 'Friday's Tunnel' (1959), 'February's Road' (1961) and 'ismo' (1964); there are two subsequent books about the same family, but by this time February is grown up and barely features.  The fictional February Callendar is a girl, so you can read Robyn Hitchcock's "Uncorrected Personality Traits" and "Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl" into it if you want.  I don't think my use of the name really came from any such longings, though.

Anyway ...

4th January 1992 - Midge Ure
11th January to 22nd February 1992 - no concerts
29th February 1992 - Billy Bragg and the Redstars
7th March 1992 - Fish
12th March 1992 - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians / World of Twist, plus at 11.20 pm John Lee Hooker and Friends (simultaneously with BBC2)
19th March 1992 - Eric Clapton (originally broadcast in February 1991)
26th March 1992 - Lloyd Cole / Blue Aeroplanes
2nd April 1992 - Wet Wet Wet
9th April 1992 - Lou Reed
16th April 1992 - Shakespears Sister
20th April 1992 - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert live from Wembley
23rd April 1992 - no concert; Sound City from Norwich instead
30th April 1992 - Caron Wheeler and Toshinobu Kubota at the Earth Day Concert at the Budokan, Tokyo
7th May 1992 - Amy Grant
14th May 1992 - Jesus and Mary Chain / Cowboy Junkies
21st May 1992 - Robert Cray (repeat from 13th April 1991)
25th May 1992 - Roxette (repeat from 23rd December 1991) / Michael Bolton
28th May 1992 - Robert Palmer (repeat from 8th June 1991)
4th June 1992 - The Beautiful South
11th June 1992 - Marc Cohn / Hooters (the latter a repeat from 16th April 1988)
18th June 1992 - Japan (recorded March 1981) / Yellow Magic Orchestra (recorded October 1980) - neither of these concerts billed for broadcast originally
20th June 1992 - live from Woburn Abbey all day; Dire Straits, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Was (Not Was)
25th June 1992 - Levellers / Blur
2nd July 1992 - The House of Love / Pele / The Real People
4th July 1992 - American Music Festival live from Crystal Palace Bowl (Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Pops Staples, Jimmy Smith, John Hammond) and James live at Alton Towers
9th July 1992 - Pearl Jam / L7
16th July 1992 - The Cult / Therapy?
21st July 1992 - Elton John live from Barcelona (pre-Olympics)
23rd July 1992 - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy / Gil Scott-Heron (the latter a repeat from 7th April 1990)
30th July 1992 - Lisa Stansfield
2nd August 1992 - Genesis live at Knebworth
6th August 1992 - Crowded House
13th August 1992 - Beverley Craven (repeat from 2nd November 1991)
20th August 1992 - The Orb / Flowered Up at Glastonbury
22nd August 1992 - Donington Monsters of Rock live all day (The Almighty, W*A*S*P*, Slayer, Thunder, Skid Row, Iron Maiden)
27th August 1992 - Bruce Hornsby and the Range (repeat from 3rd February 1989)
30th August 1992 - Party in the Park live all day, either side of the Top 40 (including, among others less reputable, The Farm, Del Amitri and, notoriously, Status Quo ...)
3rd September 1992 - Huey Lewis and the News (repeat from 26th December 1984)
(6th September 1992 - Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells II' from Edinburgh Castle included in Annie Nightingale's show)
10th & 17th September 1992 - Erasure (broadcast in two parts)
24th September 1992 - Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra at the Cambridge Folk Festival
1st October 1992 - Michael Jackson live from Bucharest
8th October 1992 - Los Lobos / Chris Whitley (the latter at Glastonbury)
15th October 1992 - Marillion
22nd October 1992 - The Shamen / Ned's Atomic Dustbin
29th October 1992 - k d lang
5th November 1992 - Dwight Yoakam
12th November 1992 - Erasure (the full concert previously broadcast in September, but now in one night over two hours)
19th November 1992 - Happy Mondays
26th November 1992 - Buffy Sainte-Marie and John Trudell (again two hours)
3rd December 1992 - Kate and Anna McGarrigle
10th December 1992 - Blue Rodeo
17th December 1992 - The Blues Brothers Band (the above four recorded as part of the American Music Festival)
23rd December 1992 - The Winans Family
24th December 1992 - Deacon Blue (repeat from 31st December 1991)
25th December 1992 - Jason Donovan (good grief!  as late as that!) and Michael Jackson (repeat from 1st October 1992)
28th December 1992 - Dire Straits (repeat from 20th June 1992)
29th December 1992 - Bryan Adams
30th December 1992 - Elton John (repeat from 21st July 1992)
1st January 1993 - U2's 'Zoo Radio'

You may *possibly* be getting an impression from some of the above as to why Matthew Bannister was necessary ... that's coming soonish.

Robin Carmody