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My ten best gigs of the half-decade (2020-24)

One of the many minor annoyances of life as a music blogger is to see/hear people banging on about "epic" gigs they went to in their youth. Gigs by the Damned, The Jesus And Mary Chain, New Order, whoever. Sure, they may have been good. Timing is all. Catch one of these bands at the right moment and bang. A memorable event. But what about the great gigs of recent years? Who's getting all nostalgic about these? Well, I am. Sort of. Yes, it's nostalgia for an age yet to come with Niluccio as he recalls the great shows of that long-lost period ... 2020-24. Er, yeah, because having done a 20 best gigs  post for the decade 2010-19 (the first ten years of this mighty blog), it was - I've belatedly realised - absolutely essential that I do a follow-up. Essential . Except, waiting until the end of 2029 for a complete look-back at the 2020s seemed ... hmm ... seemed too long. I could be dead by then. You could be dead by then. The world might have ended. Trump might have g...

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