Best gig you have ever been to!

[Biscuit]

Cardiff's Millenium Stadium, to see the Rolling Stones supported by the Kooks!



What an amazing weekend that was, I'd just got back from 2 weeks in Ibiza, then I went to Cardiff with my Dad to see the Stones, and the next day I moved into halls at Uni!

 

[Icy Gull]

1) Pink Floyd at Marlowe Theatre Canterbury just after Saucerful of Secrets came out

2) Don Henley at either Wembley Arena or Earl's Court

3) Jackson Browne at The Royal Albert Hall

 

[jevs]

Watched the Levellers at Horsted Keynes a few years ago doing an acoustic set in a marquee.
It was a beautiful evening with lots of people sitting round outside having picnics and a few beers with the family and everyone having a good time whilst listening to some good music

 

[Gully]

James at the SECC in Glasgow.

 

[Legend]

Aerosmith at Wembley Stadium

 

[Frutos]

Bon Jovi, last June at St. Mary's in Southampton, supported by Nickelback.

 

[Trufflehound]

Gang of Four, Hammersmith Palais, 1981. Accept no substitutes...

 

[tinx]

I have three stand out performances:-

1) Spiritualized at the Royal Albert Hall, back by a full orchestra

2) Radiohead at Glastonbury 97

3) Manics at the London Town and Country Club on their first UK tour for generation terrorists.

 

[Trufflehound]

1) Spiritualized at the Royal Albert Hall, back by a full orchestra

Wasn't there, but I do have the CD. Does that count?

 

[tinx]

Wasn't there, but I do have the CD. Does that count?

I still love that CD because I was there it brings back great memories, I have never had the hairs on the back of my neck stand up for so much of a gig before or since truly amazing.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Bob Marley at the Rainbow.

 

[Binney on acid]

Springsteen 2 consecutive nights at The Brighton Centre May 1981
Jackson Browne Royal Albert Hall, 3 consecutive nights 'I'm Alive' Tour, 1994..
Jonathan Richmond, Concorde about 8 years ago.
Rolling Stones March 10th 1971, Big Apple Brighton.
Ry Cooder, Brighton Dome about 1981/2/3.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

UB40 at (I think it was the Galtimore) on Kilburn High Road. I think Labor of Love was just released. It was a fantastic hot summers evening, the entire crowd was really up for it, it seemed like everyone was legless - but in a celebratory way. It was a proper band at a proper dance hall - with people dancing and singing and laughing, and just having the best of times.

For me it beats these sit down and watch stadium-style concerts.

 

[Pigsy]

1)Nirvana at Nottingham Rock City.

2)Dog On a Rope at Bradford Polish Servicemens Club - memorable for the huge fight afterwards rather than the music. Which was shit.

 

[Gwylan]

This subject crops up with amazing regularity. Still, I love reliving some of great gigs.

There have been quite a few but highlights are: The Clash (and Buzzcocks, Slits, Subway Sect) at Sussex Uni; Patti Smith at the Roundhouse; Ramones and Talking Heads, also at the Roundhouse; Can at Croydon Greyhound; Gang of Four at Leeds Poly; Bob Marley at Brighton Centre; Culture at the Rainbow; Kassav' at Zenit, Paris; Cheb Khaled at outdoor area in Sfax, Tunisia; Christie Moore at an Irish ballroom in Kilburn and Kraftwerk at Brixton Academy.

Oh, an Estonian band whose name I can't remember but who played a storming set at the White Horse Brixton in 1989.

 

[pasty]

Queen, Knebworth 1986. What turned out to be their last ever gig.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Shortlisted:

1. The Clash at the Rock Against Racism Festival, Victoria Park, Hackney (1978)

2. U2 at the Marquee Club, Wardour Street (1978?)

3. Underworld at the Essential Music Festival, Stanmer Park (mid-nineties sometime)

 

[scooter1]

Libertines at Brixton Academy before they finally imploded, supported by Chas n Dave..

Or maybe the Manic Street Preachers at what was the Richmond

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Cream at Sussex University. Late sixties.

 

[Lush]

Specials/Madness/the Selecter at Top Rank 1979
Piranhas at the Alhambra (most sundays circa 1979-80)
a-ha at Royal Albert Hall 2002
The Real Tuesday Weld at Michael Tippet Centre, Bath 2006
Goldie Lookin' Chain Concorde 2 2006