Best band you ever seen live.

[Leekbrookgull]

2,for me. Graham Parker and the Rumour. In Brighton in the 80,s. AND a certain Mr Springsteen. 4 times.

 

[wigman]

Too many to list but;

The Clash Brighton about1980
u2 MK Bowl 1985
would be my favourites.

 

[vegster]

Difficult call.... saw Thin Lizzy twice.. brilliant ! ..... I saw Belle and Sebastian at the Dome last year and they were bloody good... .... from what I have seen on Youtube, The Wombats look dead good too ...I have tickets for REM at the Rosebowl in August so we may have to re-open this post then ?

 

[1234andcounting]

Hard to chose

I was going to put The Clash; they did play the Top Rank, Brighton in Jan 1980.

The Who - Charlton, '76 - still the loudest ever concert, I think.
Bob Marley at the Brighton Conference Centre, 1980
Any one of the many times I saw The Jam

Mojo article this month reminded me how entertaining Kid Creole and The Coconuts were live.

 

[Horsham Gull]

Greenday at MK bowl closely followed by Feeder the other night at C2 in Brighton

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Motorhead - every time I've seen them.
The Meteors, again, every time I've seen them.

And, er, Bon Jovi.

 

[Market Porter]

King Crimson......
Thin Lizzy...lots of times up till the end
Budgie........No they were good....honestly
Motorhead....Nuff said
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.
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Spandau Ballet....Me and my man Gary at Heaven.

What went wrong?

Since then....Fun Song Factory on DVD

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Kaizer Cheifs at the Brighton centre, 2006 and 2007.

 

[webbyson]

Stones.........by far

 

[wigman]

Kaizer Cheifs at the Brighton centre, 2006 and 2007.

I was at the 2006 gig when the lead singer sang a song from the back of the auditorium.

 

[clapham_gull]

Nirvana

 

[Frutos]

And, er, Bon Jovi.

They're my pick (to probably very little surprise from those who know me). They were absolutely fantastic live in 2006, 2 hours + of great entertainment and stadium rock at it's very best. Can't wait to see them again on June 11th.

Honourable mention to country singers Kenny Chesney and Pat Green, who I saw at MSG in New York last year, and who are very good live performers.

I also hope to add REM to my list after I see them in Cardiff in August.

 

[Buffalo Seagull]

The Violent Femmes in 1992

 

[Norman Potting]

Thin Lizzy (twice, the third time sadly was very average) and Springsteen at Earls Court who far exceeded my already high expectations.

Anyone remember "The Drivers" who came from the East Grinstead area and played all over the South East 25+ years ago and particularly "The Cartoon" in Croydon (but I forgive them for that). Consistently excellent live band with good original material

 

[CHAPPERS]

Super Furry Animals live @ Somerset House 2004 (i think)

 

[The Offspring]

Bay Area Thrashers, Testament, seen them every year they have toured the UK since 1987.

 

[Marc]

Pennywise....multiple times!

 

[PrioryRoad]

Muse - Reading festival.

 

[uc.xtreme]

Westlife

 

[Happy Seagull]

Oasis in Milton Keynes.