The best concert/gig you've been to

[bumface]

saw them a few times, once supporting REM who were fans of theirs apparently

Was that in Newcastle on the Green tour? I was at that gig myself.

 

[kuepper]

My absolute favourite was Galaxie 500 at Manchester International in 1991. They split soon after. Not seen any of their subsequent projects since then but am seeing Dean Wareham perform the Galaxie 500 On Fire album tomorrow in Leeds and Thursday in Newcastle.
Other favourites include Fanfarlo at the Westgarth, Dark Dark Dark at the Georgian, Jonathan Richman in a church in Newcastle and Gil Scott Heron at the Arena in Boro.

was it 1990?

 

[asredastheycome]

This is an almost impossible task and we have had it before. So without going back and seeing what I posted last time here we go again. In no particular order.

CSN&Y, Joni Mitchell, The Band at Wembley in 1974
10CC the night before thye above show at The Rainbow. The loudest band I have ever seen.
Janis Ian - Leeds
The Sex Pistols - Town Hall Crypt and Rock Garden
Neil Young countless times but one show in Glasgow stands out.
Hall & Oates at Newcastle City Hall when they had just released Abandoned Luncheonette still one of my favourite albums ever.
John Cale - Newcatle Poly or University
David Bowie - Middlesbrough Town Hall
Little Feat Newcastle City Hall
Rolling Stones saw them a few times but maybe Newcastle St James Park or Knebworth.
Undertones - Rock Garden
The Damned at The Coatham Bowl supporting Flamin' Groovies
Roxy Music playing at the Redcar Jazz Club when they were actually support to a Jimi Hendix film.
Tom Petty - Paradisio Amstedam and also supporting Nils Lofgren at Newcastle City Hall. Nils was superb as well.
Barclay James Harvest with full Orchestra at about 1:00am at Weeley Festival.
Clash, TRB, X Ray Specs and others Victoria Park London
Sparks Mayfair Newcastle with Cocney Rebel supporting and also Again at Barrowlands in Glasgow last year.
The Burning Hell numerous times.

and many many more and as I said the list above would change tomorrow.

 

[asredastheycome]

Support was Stereo MCs who were surprisingly good and another band who I'd never heard of who were crap.

Saw Stereo MC's support Happy Mondays at Brixton Academy and all of our group thought they were better by far.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Was that in Newcastle on the Green tour? I was at that gig myself.

REM Green Tour at Newcastle is on my longshort list of possible best gigs. It was a superb show.

 

[Ravs]

Going way back, my favourite gigs from the 60’s in chronological order…
Levon & The Hawks, Toronto 1964
Beach Boys / Sonny & Cher, Toronto 1965
Rolling Stones, Toronto 1965
Grateful Dead, Montreal 1967
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Toronto 1968
Rock & Roll Revival, Toronto 1969 *

* this amazing all-day affair included Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley,
Gene Vincent, Alice Cooper, Junior Walker, Chicago Transit Authority and The Doors
along with surprise performances from John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Going way back, my favourite gigs from the 60’s in chronological order…
Levon & The Hawks, Toronto 1964
Beach Boys / Sonny & Cher, Toronto 1965
Rolling Stones, Toronto 1965
Grateful Dead, Montreal 1967
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Toronto 1968
Rock & Roll Revival, Toronto 1969 *

* this amazing all-day affair included Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley,
Gene Vincent, Alice Cooper, Junior Walker, Chicago Transit Authority and The Doors
along with surprise performances from John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

Did you catch any Frank Zappa shows back in them days ?

 

[Ravs]

Did you catch any Frank Zappa shows back in them days ?

No unfortunately didn’t catch up to Zap and The Mothers

 

[Morton94]

Individually Slipknot at Metro arena in Newcastle!
However Sonisphere 2011 and 2014 were unbelievable

Sonisphere 2011
Big 4 - Metallica - Slayer - Megadeth - Anthrax with Diamond Head
Biffy Clyro
Slipknot

Sonisphere 2014
Metallica
Iron Maiden
The Prodigy (R.I.P Keith)

Favourite gig

Trivium - Whitechapel - Ghost - Rise To Remain - Newcastle!

 

[Zoophonic]

My first gig was Peter Gabriels Genesis at the Rainbow Theatre Finsbury Park - it made such a major impression on me that I can still remember lots from that evening. Magical.

Just looked up the date - 20th October 1973

 

[changingman]

Christ, that's a tough question - far too many to consider. Top of my head currently:

Raconteurs Leeds Festival (2006) - Musicianship was incredible, genuinely stunning performance
Dylan Hop Farm (2010) - effectively a greatest hits set, doubt I'll see him better
Grinderman (2010) - probably the most intense live experience I've ever witnessed (although I've never seen Cave anything other than "sublime" this one was special)
Deerhunter End of the Road Festival (2019) - wanted to see them for years, not discounting seeing them in Portugal when I was leathered, the sound and performance blew me away on the barrier. Could have happily watched them play for hours.

Good to hear the rave reviews for Springsteen, finally getting to see him over in Sweden next summer.

Now just to source Morrissey and Dylan tickets......