seeing some recent posts on the MP3 thread, and not wanting to detract from the established protocol, please post your trivia/stories here. Really must be as authentic/trivial as possible.

Here's a starter, following the YES post on the MP3 thread.

The Album, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe was only self-titled as one of the other members of YES (Chris Squire) took legal action to prevent them using the band name.
I met Rick Wakeman in the 1990's as Camberley Civic Hall after a solo gig. Seemed a pleasant enough chap and had his son Adam with him on stage. Adam is a friend of a girl Charlotte who i used to go to University with. I still retain the thought that Rick Wakeman really is totally up his own @r5e.

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I met and shook hands with Rick Wakeman after his gig with Jon Anderson at the Hawth in Crawley.
Came across as a really nice guy. Seemed genuinely interested in chatting with the fans. Had time for everyone.

Pete53, a true highlight, compared to this post.
I awoke on Sunday morning at Glastonbury 1993, rudely awoken by "Who's the c-unit playing the guitar at this ungodly hour ?"

The Lemonheads had played the pyramid stage the previous night, and Evan Dando (lead singer) was standing on top of my mates van giving an impromptu karaoke session. Gave at least 40 minutes of his time, which was nice.

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About 6 years ago I saw Steve Hackett ( Genesis ) at the Wharf on Tavistock. It was a warmup for the Royal Albert Hall a few weeks later. Great concert.
So wife and self decided to see Steve Howe ( Yes ) at the same venue expecting the same but he was rubbish.

A few weeks later, we saw Oliver Wakeman and Gordon Giltrap at the Wharf. After the concert, I was talking with Oliver and told him of my experience with Steve Hackett and then Steve Howe and how Mr Howe was crap.

I didn't know at the time that Oliver was good friends with Mr Howe and both had recently completed a world tour with Yes with Oliver on keyboards instead of his dad. Oliver didn't say anything but probably thought I as a right duckhead.

Some really good tribute bands at the Wharf and the occasional original.

Very likely you did Pete. This record by the Konrads was released on CBS in 1965.
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And, of course, Bowie famously helped organise a music festival on Beckenham Grandstand in 1969.

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Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

When I used to sell merchandise out of the now long gone Nevada Smiths pub on 3rd Ave, Bowie would often walk past the bar (guessing to get tea or Coffee) on a Sunday morning & me & the doorman Chris ( QPR Fan) would often exchange greetings.
In one of the other bars I worked in barely a week would go by without someone famous popping in for a drink.
Suggs/ Madness
Roger Daltry
UB40
Puddle of Mudd
Oasis
Style Council
Ocean Colour Scene to name a few that I can remember as well as a raft of other itinerant celebs as well.
OCS were a bunch of pretencious w***ers & funnily enough on finding out I was a Palace fan rather than Spurs, Chelski, Arse etc Liam Gallagher was a decent bloke.

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