Gigs From History: 2005

Here's all the gigs we played in 2005, along with any details of the night I can remember. If there's a blog entry you can click on the date to read it.

Monday 10 January 2005	Archway Tavern, London  (setlist) The night I did a gig in the lavatory afterwards
Tuesday 11 January 2005	Victoria Inn, Derby  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set A Stressed fundraiser
Saturday 15 January 2005	Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich  (setlist) A Hibbett & McClure special
Saturday 29 January 2005	Bull & Gate, London  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set The night we bought the DVD of the gig
Wednesday 2 February 2005	The Lamp, Hull A Hibbett & McClure special performance
Friday 4 February 2005	Carpe Diem, Leeds  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set With Galitza and Heavy Stereo
Thursday 10 February 2005	Rescue Rooms, Nottingham Validators Full Band Set Supporting Half Man Half Biscuit
Wednesday 23 February 2005	Lark In The Park, London  (setlist) With The Fighting Cocks
Wednesday 2 March 2005	An Brog Bar, Cork Supporting The Chalets
Thursday 3 March 2005	Slattery's, Dublin Second leg of the Tour of Ireland
Saturday 5 March 2005	Tapton Halls of Residence, Sheffield The Tapton Music Festival
Thursday 17 March 2005	Fox & Firkin, London  (setlist) With UpCDownCLeftCRightC
Monday 28 March 2005	New Cross Inn, London  (setlist) An experimental 2Bob night in a new venue
Wednesday 13 April 2005	Man On The Moon, Cambridge  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set With Colonel Bastard and Unit
Thursday 28 April 2005	The 12 Bar Club, London  (setlist) At Heironymous Bisch Bosch
Monday 2 May 2005	University of Sheffield Students' Union, Sheffield  (setlist) The Fuzz Club All Day BBQ
Sunday 8 May 2005	The Windmill, London  (setlist) With Mitch Benn and Gary LeStrange at an Unpeeled Night
Monday 16 May 2005	Fringe Bar, Brighton  (setlist) Semi-Ukelele gig, at The Ukelele Research And Development Society
Monday 30 May 2005	Firebug, Leicester  (setlist) Retribution all-dayer
Tuesday 31 May 2005	Catch 22, London  (setlist) With Winston Echo and The Diskettes
Saturday 18 June 2005	The Victory, Leicester  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set With The Fighting Cocks
Thursday 23 June 2005	Bull & Gate, London  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set With The Courtesy Group and Vaccine
Saturday 9 July 2005	Crazy Bear Hotel, Oxford  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Nic and Emma's wedding!
Friday 15 July 2005	The Whistle Stop, Peterborough  (setlist) Blyth Power's Tallington Ashes weekender
Saturday 16 July 2005	Sanctuary Cafe, Brighton  (setlist) The Brighton Anti-Folk Weekender
Thursday 21 July 2005	The Bull's Head, Birmingham  (setlist) At Ben Calvert's Bohemian Jukebox
Sunday 24 July 2005	The Victoria, London  (setlist) Fortuna Pop! Acoustic Afternoon
Thursday 28 July 2005	The 12 Bar Club, London  (setlist) 10th Anniversary of Heironymous Bisch Bosch
Saturday 13 August 2005	Flapper & Firkin, Birmingham  (setlist) With The Graham Parsnip Liquidiser Torture Experiment
Saturday 13 August 2005	Ray's Mum's Back Garden, Stourbridge  (setlist) Ray's birthday party!
Saturday 3 September 2005	Orange & Blue Studios, London  (setlist) Malcfest!
Thursday 8 September 2005	CB2 Bar, Cambridge  (setlist) Cambridge acoustic club
Saturday 10 September 2005	The Avenue, Manchester  (setlist) The Retrovision Convention
Thursday 15 September 2005	Fox & Firkin, London  (setlist) With The Nathan Persad Allstars
Monday 19 September 2005	Orange & Blue Studios, London  (setlist) Recording session for 'The Uberset'
Friday 23 September 2005	The Water Rats, London  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Supporting The Woodchildren
Thursday 29 September 2005	Bar Tomate, Palma, Majorca  (setlist) Mid-holiday gig bonus!
Thursday 6 October 2005	The Charlotte, Leicester  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set The Sorted Records extravaganza, with Chapter 24, Flying Ant Day, Don's Mobile Barbers and more - onstage 10.15pm
Friday 7 October 2005	Wimbledon AFC, London  (setlist) With Boo Hewerdine and Peter Bruntnell
Sunday 16 October 2005	Firebug, Leicester  (setlist) Validators Full Band Set The First International Horsefair, with Thomas Traux, Misterlee, The Chemistry Experiment and more - onstage 6pm
Sunday 23 October 2005	Fox & Firkin, London  (setlist) Sunday Acoustic Session
Saturday 29 October 2005	University of Sheffield Students' Union, Sheffield  (setlist) The Fuzztival
Saturday 5 November 2005	The Labour Club, Northampton  (setlist) The Cattle Market
Sunday 6 November 2005	The Lion, Stoke Newington, London  (setlist) The Light Programme
Saturday 19 November 2005	Fox & Firkin, London  (setlist) Onstage at 12.50pm, kicking off FOXFEST.
Wednesday 23 November 2005	Cake Shop, New York  (setlist) It's an open mic slot, so we'll meet up at 7pm there, go and sign up at 7.45pm, then hopefully be on early!
Saturday 10 December 2005	Avaganda, Whakatane, New Zealand  (setlist) My brother and (now!) sister-in-law's wedding reception.