October 8th 1996 it was, two days before my sixteenth birthday. They were absolutely awesome that night as well, from what I remember of it, they did the one of the most ferocious versions of
Stay Beautiful I've ever heard. It was only the second gig I'd been to, actually, and I did my first ever crowd-surf that night (the first of what must be thousands by now!), to
Faster, no less. Ah, those halcyon days............
Did you go to the gig at Manchester NYnex in 1997/8ish, the one that got filmed and broadcast live on Radio 1? I was at that as well, but it wasn't anywhere near as good. They come across much better in the smaller venues, I think.