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Last night i went to see the late 80's early 90's indie guitar heroes My Bloody Valentine at The Camden Roundhouse.
 It was without a doubt the loudest gig i have been to. They were giving out ear-plugs as you walked in!!!!! The vocals are fairly low in the mix on their records,buit last night they were virtually inaudible over the noise of the guitars. They closed the set with a 20 minute version of their smash hit (lol) 'You Made Me Realise',of which the final 15 minutes were the loudest,most amazing wall of noise. There were people all around me standing with their fingers in their ears! It felt as if i had been hit by a train.

A stunning night.

Kings of Leon @ Doncaster Dome.

amazing night.

also, went to see Placebo @ Blackpool ballroom? or something, which was also incred.

Smaller venues always seem to make it better, more die hard fans usually.

Lol, this sounds terrible!!!

Kanye West in Glasgow, or The Sunshine Underground in Dundee for me.

I've only ever been to one gig in my life, it was this week and it was awful..

New Model Army are my favourite band and favourite live act.  Can't pick one particular gig as being the best though.  Going to see them again in December at the Astoria, so hopefully that'll be the best one.

Best stadium gig I've been to was U2 in 1993 at Wembley.  Brilliant show.

The Waterboys at Rock City Nottingham, 1989 ish

Stadium wise U2 at Elland Road around Joshua Tree album time, just before he got very pretentious, rather than allowably pretentious


recently enjoyed Maximo Park at Cambridge, Foo Fighters in Birmingham

Madness, Peterborough Wirrina   late 70's early 80's.   Although top of the bill,i was more impressed by the talent of the support act , The Go Go's.

If Carlsberg did concerts........................

Blur 1994 - Leeds Town And Country Club - small venue great atmosphere, live on mtv aswell.

Blur 1999 - Wembley Arena - big venue still brilliant!

rem torriaveja spain think it was extra special been on holiday and in holiday mood anyway

Great venue The Rock City,i had a mate who went to the Poly in Nottingham so i used to go regularly.

A couple of other memorable gigs were,Oasis playing in the bar to about 100 people at The Roadmender in Northampton just before Supersonic was released.And REM at the De Montfort hall on the 'Green' toure.

I only saw late vintage REM, all big stadia

would have liked to ahve seen then 87-91ish

Blink 182 were pretty good when they were on their last tour of England before they split up.

Then loads of others in small venues have been incred. Wont bore you with all them details though.

Also,
Even though im not a big fan of them, i thought The Streets at Leeds Festival in 06 were incred, put on a great show.

me2. seen them 3 times, still immense.

I saw Oasis at Sheffield Uni for about a fiver in 1993 before they released Definitely Maybe.  It was a good gig but a mate of mine said that we wouldn't hear from them again :D...

Oasis at Knebworth was another of my faves, but because of The Prodigy mainly, great show and blew us away!

I saw them at Earls Court in about 2000 as well,top live band.

REM at milton Keynes bowl .... Blur were support just Awesome.

In my heavy metal days, Donnington Monsters of rock festival.
Iron Maiden headlining, Metallica, Poison, Guns N Roses, Megadeth.
Awesome, awesome gig

Also in Sydney I saw Crowded House' farewell concert on the steps of the opera house. It was a free concert and an unbelievable occasion.

I'm split between two:-

Dream Theater - Hammersmith Apollo 2004. Three hour show with no support act.
Testament - JB's Dudley in 2005. Without the great Alex Skolnick but still as good as ever.

Rolling Stones -- Don valley stadium 2006

Arctic monkeys/ winehouse/ supergrass -- old trafford cricket club - 2007

hopefully going to see tony bennett in vegas at the end of november (front row of hilton) need to find someone to go with tho. (this will be number 1)

U2 at roundhay park leeds

The eagles at The NIA

oasis at maine road.

All awesome

Ha I was there Kev, right down the front and Blur got banned for playing too long, support band and were on for over 90 mins...yeah it was another of their great ones. Shame Damon Albarn has turned into Sting!

Meatloaf in Leeds Millenium square just edges out Trolleydogshag at the Leadmill in Sheffiled.

Stipe had a right pop at the stewards for not spraying the crowd at the front with water, he ended up getting bottle after bottle and spraying the crowd himself ... was a blistering hot day, and the best atmo i have ever experienced at a gig.

Lol, totally forgot I saw The Vengaboys at my graduation ball at the weekend. They abs rule! Was awesome!1!11one!

I saw The Pogues at Leicester Uni in about 1986,they were magnificent,and i'm sure Shane had a different bottle of spirits for each song!!
Then i saw them a couple of years later and they were disappointing,the booze must have had its effect by then.

Wonderstuff at Brixton Academy in about 94 (I think)

Also, Rage Against The Machine followed by Prodigy at Reading in 96 - awesome, best night ever

vegabus is back in town whoooooo whoooooooo one and one just me and you whooooooooo whooooooooooo (lets have some fun)

oh and Rammstein at Brixton was f'kin amazing too :D  Even if you don't like the music, if you ever get the chance to see them, you must go.

And...you've got me started now, there was always something good about seeing the Stone Roses live too, really good live band.

Great venue, and I've heard that Rammstein are good live.

never saw the roses live but ive seen brown live and a wouldnt watch him again if i was in jail. Crowd full of hooligans horrid live voice and seems to want to preach instead of sing thsese days.

Sure you didn't go to see Ian Paisley by mistake?

:dontask:

He was great in the Stone Roses, still couldn't sing, but the whole band were amazing, John Squire is just inspired and there was a great feel to them.

Brixton is ftw, the best venue bar none imo.

Not very PC these days,  but Gary Gltter's Xmas Eve gig in 1979 at Rock City Nottingham was a truly stupendous gig.

I believe it was a comeback tour, and I will always cherish that evening sitting on the shelf in front of the balcony. He was one hell of a performer and the place really rocked that night.

However, showing my age here, I did live in Toronto for a few years during the 1970's, and during my sojourn attended many great gigs including Lou Reed, JJ Cale, Muddy Waters, The Sweet (don't ask), The Ramones, John Martyn and a few that I can't remember  ::)

The one that sticks out in my mind is The Rolling Stones playing Maple Leaf Gardens in either 1972 or 1973 with Bobby Keys playing horns and various other glitterati supporting, but the opening act was Stevie Wonder.

Hi Ralph, I am hoping you might be able to help me here. I have heard Life on Mars by Bowie down the uyears and never really liked it much but I bought the soundtrack to the TV show Life on Mars the other week and now I have heard it a few times I think it is a superb song. Ny question is wtf is it about?

think I was at that one


and both of them.

too many to name them all but  spectacular ones that stand out

dust brothers @ brixton accademy before they became chemical brothers

orbital @ glastonbury

bowie @ glastonbury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars%3F

Seen the Stereophonics around 7 times, but best gig was at the scala - 700ish capacity.  Shepherd's Bush Empire a close second.  

Also saw the Killers last year in Paris in a relatively small venue - was awesome.

u know itttttttttttttt

Shebeen Live Recording on the Renfrew Ferry!!

oh, and Liberty X at Chigaco's Luton, BB4.

Cheers Kin, I did find that write up but it only kinda skirts around the background of it(strange fact that it has the same chords as My Way tho). The first verse seems to be about a grl getting pregnant and having an abortion, the rest of the song sounds/could be about a string of things the girl see/remembers whilst under the in fuence of the drugs but maybe thts just how I see it and Im not really sure.

Siouxsie and the banshees with the cure as support!!!!! 1978 DeMontfort Hall Leicester
Killing Joke at the Ajanta Cinema Derby
Blancmange at Jokers in Leicester

Saw Maiden a few times best was at Birmingham odeon supported by metallica i think or Anthrax circa 1986?
Awesome in a smaller venue

Yeah, it didn't make much sense to me either - so I thought I'd post the link :D

Ooohh too many to count.

A few highlights that immediately spring to mind.

Blur (the week There's No Other Way made the charts) King Tuts Wah Wah Hut - Damon swinging from the rafters then getting into a fight with Alex mid-song.

PJ Harvey also at King Tuts - most amazing charisma. Zero movement on stage yet entire crowd were totally in awe of her.

Stone Roses - live in a circus big top on Glasgow Green just after Spike Island. Crap sound, amazing vibe, and the most pungent marijuana aroma ever.

Waterboys supported by Saw Doctors on Hogmanay at Glasgow Barrowlands. Brought a full pipe band onto the stage for the bells.

Another Barras gig was when Simple Minds did a 'cash for kids' charity do and played basically two hours of their singles, going right back to the first album, at a time when they were usually headlining stadiums and playing shite.

Yet another Barras gig. Blur (again) supported by an up and coming act called...Radiohead.

Charlatans at the V festival down in Cheltenham was an amazing gig. Very emotional as their keyboard player Rob Collins had died in a car crash just a few weeks earlier, but they came out and totally rocked the place.

More recently Killers at House of Blues, Mandalay Bay. The homecoming gig just after Hot Fuss had gone mega. Lucked out with that one!

Finally, just to prove I am really getting old. You aint lived til you've seen Tom Jones live. Saw him play an open air gig in Hyde Park a few years ago, and he was amazing. What a voice, and what a performance. Fantastic showmanship.

it's either got ot be the red hot chilli peppers at reading or hyde park, or live aid in hyde park

Hi Phil, I can remember really well living in a flat in Earl's Court with a couple of other degenerate hippy types and our various girlfriends circa 1971 and the first record that went on the turntable (a lenco goldring if memory serves) every morning for months on end was Hunky Dory, usually followed by America, but having listened to Life on Mars many hundreds of times i must confess to not having the slightest clue what it is all about, nor indeed ever being too bothered about it. How shallow we were after a couple of spliffs....

no probs mate, I picked up about 6 Bowie cd's the other day and Hunky Dory was one of em, then I found a Bowie greatest hits for just £7 so put em all back again and stuck to that. Will pick up a copy when I return to blghty.

I also think it would be great to read a 'Red Dog' style diary from you, you always sound like you have lived a bit and loved every minute of it.

Saw Brian Wilson at T in the park last year, that was amazing, dancing about pissed to the beach boys tunes, was a feel good concert.

Seen Eminem at Milton Keynes that was excellent.For some reason after we'd stood wating to get in for about 4 hours me m8 decided to sign Barbie Girl by Aqua at the top of his voice absolutely hilarious and the gig was class too.

Brixton Academy was my local venue through the 80s & 90s. I remember particularly Ian Dury & the Blockheads, The Clash, Divine Comedy, even The Orb, but the best was Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

But the most memorable was Squeeze at the Albany Empire, Deptford.

hmmmm i seem to have lived a sheltered life lol.   Only seen Level 42 (3 times), Cool and the gang, Radical Dance Faction and FarCry (all over 18 years ago - eek)

Oh and got dragged to some crappy 02 concert thing to see some boring ol bloke at a piano - all the women were screaming madly and I just couldnt see it myself - it was a bit slit your wrists music for me.  Jeeze, cannot for the life of me remember who the hell it was now.

Cant wait to see ironside in concert though - thats a must I've heard  ;)

Tori Amos, Shaw Theatre '92 - just her and a piano. Spine tingling.

Prince, Wembley Arena '86 - heck of a showman.

QFMFT - saw him at Brixton on the Abattoir Blues tour and it was totally mesmerising, he completely pwned the stage.

Other standout gigs for me

Therapy? at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on the Troublegum tour (94)
Supergrass at the Wulfren hall next door (94)
Magnetic Fields at Birmingham Ronnie Scotts (2000)
Flaming Lips at Birmingham Academy (2003?)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion upstairs at the Birmingham Academy (2003)
Low at Shepherds Bush Empire last year.
A Silver Mt Zion at the Scala (2007 & 2008)

Saw Therapy? on the same tour in Sheffield.  They told the crowd to 'fuck off' when a second (or third) encore was requested.  They said that they were thirsty.

Ten minutes later they were at the bar with everyone else!  Was a good night.

Queensryche...Livecrime tour.

end off.

The Rolling Stones @ the old Wembley 1995..Jagger still runs around like a loon. all on herbal tea......

Muse @ Leeds Fest 06
Foo Fighters @ Leeds Fest 05
New Found Glory @ The Cockpit

Stereophonics in Llangollen International Pavillion, fence climbing rules, as does finding an Argentina shirt with Maradona on the back on the way home...

That'd make for great toilet paper methinks :)

Not for the Welsh!   ;)

:o

oasis earls court 97 was blinding, me and my pal hadnt even bought be here now by the time we went so the songs were mostly new to us but that album was still pretty good i always thought despite what people say and it was a blinding night.

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Ive been to many gigs and Public Enemy are the best band I've ever seen. Another band I had never heard of, Spearhead were awesome


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H7WASrQFg8o

Steel Pulse @ Clayhouse Inn  and Climax Blues Band @ Club Forty      Bermuda 85

ooh yes, public enemy, always superb live. the best probably at reading early 90s

IceCube was superb at the barra's in the late 90's. There was a lock- in after the gig finished because someone got stabbed and the crowd stared chanting 'feck the police' (thats a NWA song for those of you not in the know..lol  ;) ) sad end to a totally mad night....


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=87hllT_d4hQ

Stone Roses -Glasgow green
Happy Mondays -Ku club ,Ibiza
The Farm -Riverside ,Newcastle
Northside -Carlton Studio's ,Edinburgh

But best ever MOTORHEAD ,Edinburgh playhouse.

was that when he toured with Bodycount? I went to the Bradford gig, pretty much the entire west yorkshire constabulary were there at the start as they were sure there'd be trouble. last song played for an encore was fuck the police and the venue emptied with the crowd still singing it. the police didn't hang around to see what happened, just legged it. very strange to watch

Another awesome band I've seen live a couple of times are Mogwai, once in Nice 'N Sleezy's in Glasgow and once we took a bus and ferry trip from Buchanan Street bus station in Glasgow to the Isle of Bute -Rothesay....Tons of glasweigens joined 2 or 3 double decker buses and a film crew who were on my bus. I cant believe I found the link to the trip and gig.........awsome band but take your ear plugs...lol



http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LDGRJkTEt58&feature=related

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My most memorable are;

The Cult - Hammersmith Palais
New Order - Town and Country Club Kentish Town
Springsteen - Wembley 1985

Erm this is a really tricky one.

From a personal point of view, I have to say New Order at the Rock Werchter 05 (Belgium's version of glasto), me and my mates were the only ppl who seemed to have any idea who they were. First time i had seen them and are pretty much heroes of mine, played all the classics inc the joy division ones.

Honourable mentions go to Oasis knebworth and leeds festival 00 (much speculated it would be there last gig beforehand).

Pulp at Sheffield Uni (homecoming gig and all that)

and

Chemical brothers in a monster thunder storm at above Belgian festival, the only ppl left were the hardcore idiot, or the ones who were too drunk to care (me).

I went to see UB40 around '90 for thier home coming gig in the NEC. I think that takes it for me.

Kev did you get to see The Beatles live (was going to ask Tighty but clearly this is way after his generation of music WW1 music ftw ;))

Too many to mention....

Particular highlights:

Pogues at the NEC when Fairytale of New York was first at No 1. Loads of youngsters all crushing near the front, Pogues kick off with Sickbed of Cuchulainn and the Pogues fans went nuts - about 300 crying kids trying to flee for cover  rotflmfao

Springsteen at Bramall Lane, Sheffield - last gig of the Tunnel of Love tour, brought Edwin Starr on to sing War.

Runrig at Loch Lomond - was near the front, looked back up the hill to the castle and the whole f*cking place was jumping.

Simple Minds at Ibrox - awesome.

Black Eyed Peas at Glasgow Carling Academy - bought tickets for friends, got left with one which I couldn't sell - was blown away at the concert.

Big Country, the Alarm, the Alabama3 - any time I saw them - always a fantastic night.

I've been forced to go and see them a couple of times, both times I've really enjoyed it.

lol - Kev and tighty clearly look a lot older than they are!

My list of gigs is severely limited, but I did enjoy a Blur concert once at the NEC, and also recall being impressed with Libertines when they supported Supergrass at Rock City in Notts.

Blur were amazing live during the 90s, cant see them coming back now...this was a great moment:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hfjOmE81yDc

Big Country at Barrowlands was outstanding.
One that stands out from the distant past was Quo at the Apollo Glasgow.Whole place was bouncing.

I went to the Beatles 1st ever "gig" at the Finsbury Park estoria 1963...absolute C*** couldn't hear a thing for the screaming females ...put me off live gigs for life :)

I could not possibly choose one, they all mean something, I have tried to keep a reply below a page and I cant do it.  I go to a lot of gigs they have all been great (only ever walked out of 2), greatest of them all cannot be done.

The previously mentioned Prodigy set at Knebworth on the Saturday of the Oasis gigs don't suppose anybody has a copy of this set?

Taking Back Sunday @ Leeds Uni
Maximo Park @ Leeds Fest

This was incred.

stereophonics morfa stadium swansea
oasis main road
shed seven halifax

erm..i'd have to say Iron Maiden 5th July 2008 at Twickenham :)

I've done so many and for entertainment value I would go for Kid Creole & the Coconuts as they used to put on a real show. I would also go for some of the bands that i went to see before they were famous like UB40/Specials/Dexys/Madness etc. Best thing was that most of these were in small venues so you were close to the bands, rather than being a football pitch away.

But if I had to pick one I would go for Bad Manners at Jenkinsons Cabaret bar in Brighton in 1979. Up on the stage with Buster, superb.
 ;karabiner;

Best - Kasabian

Worst - Razorlight

Saw The Smiths when i was like 12, my dad took me to see them. Totally blew me away. Jeez my Dad was cool to let me go :)

Yeah, reading through this thread I've been struck at how many people have said the best gigs they've been to have been in fields or football stadiums.

Really?

Places where the sound mix is rubbish, where the wind swirls the sounds of the instruments around your head - one minute you can only hear drums, the next you can only hear guitars. Where the performers are tiny little things that can't be seen and you watch the whole thing on a TV where the sound is out of synch with pictures.

Surely gigs where you can see and hear the band properly are going to be much better?

I'm guessing the gig was televised?

I agree. 

My favourite gigs have been at venues that only hold 300-500 people. 

I find that even 'big' bands struggle to make a stadium gig truly brilliant.  When I saw U2 @ Wembley in '93 it was a brilliant show - and for a stadium gig it needs to be exactly that.

I think stadium concerts are full of people who don't go to many gigs and so don't have the better experience of the smaller venues.

Any gig where a guy standing at the back couldn't hit the lead singer by throwing a bottle has too many people at it.

I get your poiint, and Kinboshi's about stadium/outdoor gigs.

I've been to a few of them & I tend to feel they need to be either a) a great show, or b) a great crowd.

I've seen Springsteen, U2, Simple Minds & Runrig as headliners at Stadium/outdoor gigs. Loved each one for different reasons.

Springsteen - fantastic concerts lasting about 4 hours, sound quality excellent (as you'd expect from a stadium veteran). No special effects/support acts - just the Boss, the E-Street Band & the music. Although Edwin Starr blew him off the stage singing WAR at Bramhall Lane.
U2 - Spectacular show, sound quality poor (Murrayfield has great accoustics for a crowd - too much echo for a gig) - was near the speakers though so didn't suffer the echo effects too much. U2 are great showmen. Support couldn't hadle the venue though.
Simple Minds - at Ibrox - huge 'homecoming gig' - crowd were mental, then the band started with Waterfront & the night went ballistic. I thought the sound was good, and people who listened to it from outside said it was as well, but the atmosphere made it for me.
Runrig - live at Loch Lomond. Another gig where the sound seemed OK, but as the whole crowd were singing along & having fun I don't think it mattered.

I've been to small venues, I love getting up close to the bands for the concerts, but sometimes the sheer spectacular effect of the outdoors gig has a quality all of its own.

in no particular order

best outdoor gigs
AC/DC, Offspring, Megadeth, Queens of the stonage (who sucked) @ Milton Keynes June 2001
Iron Maiden Donnington'88 with Kiss, Dave Lee Roth, Megadeth, GnR & Helloween
Metallica Big Day Out July 1999 Milton Keynes
Iron Maiden Download festival 2003 with other highlights Marilyn Manson, Reel Big Fish, Disturbed, Less Than Jake, The Darkness,
Freddie Mercury tribute, (esp Metallica & Extreme sets) 1992

Indoor arenas
Metallica Sheffield Load Tour 1996
Metallica NEC Justice Tour 1990

Smaller indoor
Joe Satriani Albert Hall Edible Flesh Giants Tour
Joe Satriani / Steve Vai / Adrian Legg Nottingham Concert Hall G3 tour

Club Gigs
Sum 41 / Reel Big Fish Rock City
Gary Moore Rock City
Bowling For Soup / Simple Plan Rock City

Uni Gigs
Nuclear Assault Trent Polytechnic 1990ish

Not been to many but Marilyn Manson at the NEC was an incredible show.

The man has an unbelievable stage presence.

Levellers at Rock City is always good as well. Although they're getting a bit old looking now  :)

Levellers, New Model Army, Neds Atomic Dustbin - proper bands, proper gigs! 

The Eagles Farewell Tour at Twickenham. I love that band.

I agree about Manson. never paid directly to see him, but he's supported Metallica and Iron Maiden and both times he was very good.

Rage Against the Machine on Saturday at T in the Park was by far the best gig i have ever seen. Amaaaaazing.

Chili peppers @ eastlands James Brown was supporting he was better thean them and they were awesome whata  night!

Gotta say Bryan Adams did it for me. Amazing live - incredible showmanship - and what great song titles - i wanna be your underwear - classic...

Im ashamed to say im nearly 40 and have never been to a live gig....however my girlfriend has bought tickets to see madness in december..better dust off my rude boy clothes..ah they were the days

This thread is making me so gutted I haven't got a Reading ticket.

Looks like I'll need to start queueing with my mate and a crate early on the wednesday morning.

Judie Tzuke - Birmingham 1981 (and many times since)

Others that were nearly as good were:

The Jam - Birmingham 1982
Stiff Little Fingers - many times
The Waterboys - Rock City, Nottingham (possibly around 1989 :-) )
The Undertones - Birmingham 1982
The Smiths - Nottingham Concert Hall c 1985
Jackson Browne - Nottingham Concert Hall 2006
The Rolling Stones - Bristol c 1982
Springsteen - Roundhay Park - c 1985


OK - I'm going to stop listing them now - there are too many concerts that have really moved me

So many but my shortlist is:

Led Zepp - Knebworth 1979
Queen -  Milton Keynes Bowl 1982
Depeche Mode - Manchester Apollo 1982
The Smiths - Hacienda, Manchester 1983
U2/The Pretenders - Roundhay Park, Leeds 1987
Monsters of Rock  - Donnington 1988 (list in a previous post)
Marillion/Gary Moore/Jethro Tull/Magnum/Mamas Boys Milton Keynes Bowl 1986
Pink Floyd - Maine Rd, Manchester 1988 & Earls Ct 1994
Oasis - Maine Rd, Manchester 1996

Ive only been to two live acts, one being awesome the other being very disapointing

Awesome = Bruce Springsteen 2008 - Old Trafford
Ive seen some old dvds (and old school vhs) of his, and always wanted to see him live - tbh i dont think there will be a better performer in my life time. He seems to make every concert special for his fans.

Disapointing  = Bob Dylan 2006 (?) - Nottingham arena
He seemed as tho he was there for the money only - turned up, did his bit and nuffiin else - a complete oposite to the boss who tried to interact with the audience. Also i think he has lost his voice a little from the 'old' days!.

bruce springsteen .. i would recommend n e one to go see - i think him with the e-steet band is best tho

Was at the Proclaimers gig tonite at Edinburgh Castle, very good as usual.

Best gig for me was Morrissey at Glasgow last year, whilst not everyone's cup of tea, he's a great performer.

Geo

Hawkwind, Edinburgh Playhouse. 1987,: was that stoned watched most of it on the tv in the bar.......

Feeder at Manchester! Awesome live band!

oasis at the old wembley stadium