Best Band you've seen live

[bathseagull]

oasis at earls court'95

Oh Yes

Shepherds Bush Empire aswell

The Verve at Brixton Academy 98/9ish

Faithless at Cambridge Corn Exchange

Doves anywhere...

 

[Goring Gull]

Oasis - Maine Road, Manchester

Ocean Colour scene did a corking gig at the event back in the 90's aswell fantastic.

Also wehn the Long pigs supported Cast at the Brighton Centre, they were so good half the audience disapeared halfway throw Cast's set

 

[Bob!]

Queen Earls Court Jubilee Day 1977....

That's mine as well !!!

 

[m20gull]

Motorhead, many many times

Gets my vote, too. Last year in the pit at the Odeon the best of all.

Hawkwind a close second.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Teenage Fanclub used to be bloody good live - I always came out of their shows wanting to be in a band again. Pavement, The Pixies, Throwing Muses, Cocteau Twins, Bowie, The Pogues, The Waterboys, Dylan, Blue Aeroplanes, Jeff Buckley, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jnr, Black Grape, Pale Saints and The Wedding Present have all at one time or other knocked me sideways.

over the last year or so I've seen some storming gigs

American Music Club, Flaming Lips, Tindersticks, Grandaddy, Mark Laneghan, Yo La Tengo, Lambchop

Nick Cave on Hastings pier was probably the pick of the bunch but the best I ever saw was Red House Painters at the Dutchess in Leeds in the early 90s - astonishing scenes

 

[Grunty]

Cabaret Voltaire- Bton Jenkinsons 1981?
U2 -Bton Top Rank[ October tour] 1981
The Chameleons-[ London The Venue 1983?]
Goldfrapp- London Union Chapel 2002
Tanya Donelly- London Bush Hall 2004

Also: Great gig memories of - The Chills, Altered Images[ oh Clare !]
,Delgados,
Shop Assistants, 10,000 Maniacs.......

 

[tedebear]

Probably Love at the Dome a few years ago.....absolutely amazing - felt it in my soul where ever that is....

 

[bhafc99]

Tanya Donelly- London Bush Hall 2004

I went to that too! Damn hot as far as I can recall.

 

[Grunty]

like your taste in music Pevensey Gull,
Mark Laneghan at the old market was great[ I was a bit pissed for that one]

I saw Nick Cave at the escape club in the early 80's - that was a good one,
I saw Nick Cave about 10 years ago in a basketball stadium in athens[ Greece] that was superb!
as was Julian Cope at the escape

Flaming Lips at the Centre was a good one too[ I think i was pissed for that one too, but that was appropriatte]
I saw the Cocteaus a couple of times- once at Bton Dome and once at the Centre supporting OMD.

I think i am getting old!
But still going to gigs.....

 

[Brixtaan]

Cabaret Voltaire- Bton Jenkinsons 1981?

Interesting,i loved them.What was it like?

Spiritualized - Brixton Academy 3 yrs ago

 

[jodcm007]

Cream - Sussex University, late sixties.

Hendrix - also at Sussex University

The Doors - Isle of Wight

The Beatles - Maney Church Hall, Sutton Coldfield, early sixties

Thinking about things, maybe I need to get out a bit more these days.

you never saw bucks fizz
at worthing then
now that was a gig

 

[Grunty]

Cabs- Blew me away,
Their first time with a real drummer,
I expected it to be hard work but it just was perfection...

long time ago
I was only 16 , should not have been allowed in..

 

[Brixtaan]

what were their main instruments then? ZX80's?

 

[Grunty]

Er cant remember that much!

Saw depeche mode the same year- same venue and they were using a Revox B77

 

[jevs]

Thouroughly enjoyed the Levellers unplugged at the Bluebell railway festival this summer.

ELO part 2 at the Btn centre around 1990 was awesome.

 

[Brixtaan]

Thouroughly enjoyed the Levellers unplugged at the Bluebell railway festival this summer.

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Not Chav n Dave at the Apples n Pears?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I am not a great concert goer - but I have seen the Stones, Who, Bowie, Springsteen, Jam and others. But the best gig was a really hot summers evening at the Galtimore (I think it was) on Kilburn High Road where we saw UB40 - who I didn't rate at the time, but the whole place was up for a good time, and everything was simply magical. Fantastic memories.

 

[El Presidente]

The Jam at The Brighton Centre- their last gig

U2 at the NEC in '87

REM at the NEC in '89

The Chameleons at The Witchwood in 2001

Placebo, Wembley Arena, last month

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Leftfield at The Event - best and LOUDEST by far. People were open FLEEING from the sound system. When they played Brixton Academy a week later, it caused plaster to fall off the ceiling and they were promptly banned from the venue forevermore. Which turned out to be quite a short ban as it happened cos they were rarely seen out in public again. We won't see their like again. R.I.P.

Leftfield just breasted the line ahead of Underworld who have been absolutely glorious Every Single Time i've seen them. From the Essential Music Festival in Stanmer Park to the Brixton Academy when they were reduced to two men. Magic.

 

[Beach Hut]

Queen - Knebworth
Simple Minds - Milton Keynes
David Bowie - Brixton Academy, Wembley, Maine Road, Milton Keynes
Pink Floyd - Maine Road
U2 - Joshua Tree Tour Wembley, awesome
Madonna - Blond Ambition Tour