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#IWasThere6Music - what should be on the ultimate 'before they were famous' playlist?

Jon Hillcock sits in for Tom Robinson and asks listeners to suggest a playlist based on artists they saw before they were famous.

On Now Playing Jon Hilcock, with the help of the listeners, compiles a playlist around those artists and bands you saw before they were famous.

Rounding off Lammo's Independent Venues Week on 6 Music - where he did his 4-7pm show every day this week (23-27 Jan) from an independent music venue - we thought it only fitting to hear the listener memories of the independent venues/clubs/raves where they saw an artist/band/DJ before they went stratospheric.

What is your 'I WAS THERE' moment - did you see The Ramones at CBGB's in '74, Pearl Jam at Off Ramp Cafe in '90, The Beatles at Tiny Club in '62, The Smiths at the Hacienda in '83, The Strokes at Arlene's Grocery in '00...the list goes on.

When you think of your 'I WAS THERE' moment, think of a song that stood out and get it to Jon via the hashtag #IWasThere6Music to help create the playlist or email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Blur

    She's So High

    • LEISURE.
    • Food.
  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Virgin.
  • Amy Winehouse & The James Taylor Quartet

    Stronger Than Me

    • Island.
  • Placebo

    Teenage Angst

    • Virgin.
  • The Libertines

    Time for Heroes

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Sing a Song

    • The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire.
    • Columbia.
  • Fugees

    Fu-Gee-La

    • The Score.
    • Columbia.
  • Radiohead

    Anyone Can Play Guitar

    • Parlophone.
  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.
  • Green Day

    When I Come Around

    • Reprise.
  • U2

    A Day Without Me

    • Island.
  • New Order

    Blue Monday

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.
  • Sex Pistols

    Pretty Vacant

    • Virgin.
  • Daft Punk

    Da Funk

    • (CD Single).
    • VIRGIN.
    • 3.
  • The Cure

    10:15 Saturday Night

    • FICTION.
  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Pulp

    Babies

    • Island.
  • Kirsty MacColl

    They Don't Know

    • Galore - The Best Of Kirsty MacColl.
    • Virgin.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    Motorcycle Emptiness

    • Ultimate... Drive (Various Artists).
    • Legacy Recordings.
  • The White Stripes

    Hotel Yorba

    • XL.
  • Culture Club

    Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

    • Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever.
    • Virgin.
  • Queens of the Stone Age

    Feel Good Hit Of The Summer

    • Universal Music TV.
  • Dinosaur Jr.

    Freak Scene

    • Blast First.
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Just Like Honey

    • Emperor Norton.
  • Ramones

    Judy Is A Punk

    • RHINO.
  • Rage Against the Machine

    Know Your Enemy

    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Jan 2017 18:00