No need to be a smart ass mate .
I'm nearly 60 for feck sake. Been going to M related gigs since Smiths ones, from '84 onward, I went to a few gigs on every UK tour.
Went to a number of gigs on every UK tour since he first starting touring as a solo act .
So I ended up bumping into M here and fecking there (and Johnny,Andy and Mike )
I used to go to Camden alot from 88 to 96.
Which was around the time M was with Jake. Loads of people in the area knew Jake, those in the know, know why
I met Jake on his own, not with M. He was top bloke in someways , fecking scum bag in others .
I was into Rockabilly and the Polecats so met Boz a bunch of times and Alain. I've also been to one of Alains gigs while working in LA.
I met Linder a few times at Magazine gigs, at M's Ally Pally gig in the 90s, the Xmas one with Shane McGowan in support .
I've also been to a few of her shows , one in Cornwall and one in Mexico
I've never been a stalker stalker but I used to place myself in the action , too fecking old now
If you must fecking know I also met Howard Devoto a few times and Paul Weller and a feck load of indie folk Thom York , Ian Brown , Brett Anderson , Luke Haines , Liam Gallagher, Terry Hall (I loved that guy ) and all of Massive Attack (I'm from Bristol ), I met the Blur boys. Met the New Order crew and Bobby G from Primal Scream.
I live in Hastings so spend a load of time in Brighton, so I have met some of the Brighton and Hove crew ,
Nick Cave, Preston from the ordinary boys , all of Doll and the Kicks , Martin from Gene, one of The Levellers , singer from Royal Blood and even fecking Jordan (I made one song I think )
It's not hard mate , a couple on here have spoken about meeting Peter Hook when you go to a feck load of gigs you meet music people. Music bands go to other people's gigs , and the indie music scene is pretty small