This was Martin & Woodys (ex Voice Of The Beehive) new band. I don’t think Woody did many shows with them.
Month: July 1999
Garbage,@ The Old castle, Singen,Germany 22-7-99
God was that a L-O-N-G walk(CLIMB!) up the hill! Strange sort of outdoor gig. Really wasn’t a crush down the front….almost too “nice” I was more than knackered at this gig. Afterwards, we waited to try meet the band. I think we only saw Shirley in a car. We hadn’t planned this one very well as had no hotel or anything. I think we spent the night on some disused railway carriages ?
Garbage,Ben Harper, Iggy Pop, @ Paleo Festival, Nyon,Switzerland 21-7-99
Somehow Daniel had put us on the guest list for this one (well, actually Claire+3). I cannot really remember what other bands we saw,though i’m pretty sure we saw Fun Lovin Criminals & Ben Harper (as i remember a boring dude with a guitar haha). I noticed on wikipedia it also lists Iggy Pop & Gotthard. But did we see those ?? Claire, Mel? Rob? Oh yeah, we got on the 2nd row & it was super packed/tight. I got talking with a couple of Italian girls on front row & i just knew they wouldn’t last the show. Sure enough they didn’t as bailed a few songs in. A result of this crush etc was that both myself & Rob almost lost our sticky passes. I think mine ended up stuck on my trousers. Hmm, maybe Rob lost his? Memories sometimes lol
EDIT : 7-1-2018 whilst having a clear out of stuff, i found this 
Garbage, Reef, Cardigans, @ Axion Beach Fest, Zeebrugge, Belgium,17-7-99
Myself, Mel & Claire went to this one. Cannot remember why Rob didn’t join us. The show was on a beach & the stage was ridiculously high. Being on the front row, you couldn’t hardly see anything. Man it was also such a fucking hot day. We slept in a tent afterwards (something i don’t like haha). Oh yeah, we met “Dave from Birmingham” here as well. In the morning, we found a wallet outside the tent & it was Daves. Not seen him at Garbage gigs for years. He was never really into the internet, so, soon lost contact. Dave, if you’re online & read this, drop us a line 🙂
Garbage, @ Princess Street Gardens,Edinburgh, Scotland 1-7-99
The “Front Row Crew” (Myself, Rob,Claire & Mel) met up for this one. Stayed at some university accommodation. The show was filmed for Scottish tv. A great gig it was as well. They did an interesting cover of “Don’t Let Me Down”. I seem to recall that after the gig, whilst hanging around, we saw “Big John” (of GMM fame ) leave the venue. Also i have a strange memory of Mel needing a pee & not being able to find anywhere to go….or did she ? 😉