The Mayfair

[Chris]

What bands do you remember seeing at the Mayfair?

[thenorthumbrian]

The band I remember seeing AC/DC a couple of times they were always good value live.

[Leon Fox]

Good gig place. Saw the Smiths, Faith No More, Arrested Developement (no the weren't m*ckems)..... Anyone rememba th Riverside down City Road smallish place bout 300 capcity if that, Pearl Jam, Little Angels, Faith No More....
n the City Hall used t have some great bands there, saw U2 before th w massive. 

[trini]

Saw the Radio 1 roadshow there in the 70's - with Noel Edmonds and the Hairy Monster!

Trini.

[tony]

The Mayfair had a rep for its Friday heavy metal nights - but over the years had a variety of acts on. Best gig I saw there was The Clash in 1978 just after their second album came out. It was the third time they played Newcastle and they were on fire that night, as were the audience. Absolute total mayhem...wonderful!

[Leon Fox]

A didn't get t see The Clash till 1982 at th City Hall, best band eva, still listen t thm tday, RIP Joe Strummer. 

[Fenhamite]

I saw the Proclaimers there who were really good. I played there once and you could feel the history far more than you ever could at the City Hall.  I remember seeing REM at Tiffanys (no, honestly).  Remember when they did the Tube?  They played at Tiffs around the same time and I went to see them - unbelievable even back then.  '82 I think it was??

[Leon Fox]

A quite liked the City Hall, saw a canny few bands there, The Stranglers, The Jam, The Buzzcocks, The Clash, Devo, Bauhaus, Culture Club (aye really!) Simple Minds, Depche Mode, Hothouse Flowers, Aha, Stiff Little Fingers, Tom Robinson Band, Marillion, Megadeath......... before boy/girl bands took over th world, tho the's still good music out there!
 

[Smithy73]

I remember seeing Vixen at the mayfair.


Ok I'll get my coat. lol

[Markat]

Many happy nights - jumping off balcony onto dance floor, Saw clash in 1980 - great venue with no seats and bar on same level - Delby nightclub round the corner was the best in late 70s / early 80s  Psychedelic Furs, Japan, Brian Ferry , Grace Jones etc - anyone have any pics?

[thenorthumbrian]

The only venue which is similar nowadays is probably the O2 academy.

[wilberforce]

The only venue which is similar nowadays is probably the O2 academy.

I'm sure they took the carpet from the Mayfair and laid it in the Academy.

[joydivision]

lOVED THE MAYFAIR ! BIG COUNTRY, THE ALARM, SLF, GR8 NIGHTS !!!!

[arundel54]

The Mayfair! Gawd what memories that brings back!!! Every Friday night without fail we were in there giving it seven nowt! And I had the bonus of having my aunt on the kiosk so i gave her a fiver and giot a fivers worth of change. SIMPLES!!!
 
Saw some awesome bands of the day and some ones which had their time yet to come ... tooooooo many to mention here. BUT the most memorable were Curved Air where Sonja Kristina took her top off! Ditto Annie Lennox and Ekie Brooks with Vinegar Joe (Perv I know but who cares!). And a band called Quintesence who insisted on playing ONE song all night!!! What a bag of [censored] that was!!! Oh and Johnny Nash!!! Hate the songs but the women were in that night in droves!!! 

[iceman]

I remember seeing the Small Faces and Procal Harum at the Mayfair in the late sixties. Expensive nights out but well worth it.