Best live band you have ever seen?

[Dover]

Blue Ox Babes at York Uni circa 85. Or Squeeze 94ish at the Leas Cliffe Hall, Folkestone.

Worst and most disappointing. Joe Bonamassa at the Brighton Centre this year. It may have been that I was just to tired or the venue, but I did shut my eyes for a moment or two!

 

[jemwillett]

Bon Iver @ Greenman Festival 2009
British Sea Power @ Berwick Village Hall last year (1st night)
Neil Young @ Hop Farm
The Clash @ Crawley Leisure Centre 1978
REM @ Brixton 2003'ish

 

[foul old ron]

AC/DC Brighton Centre 1980 (bon Scott)

I'll second that. Greatest ever frontman.

 

[Nibble]

In no particular order, Soundgarden, Springsteen, Rollins Band, Deep Purple, Jane's Addiction, Pearl Jam, Audioslave, NIN, Johnny Cash, AC/DC, Beastie Boys, Prodigy, Black Flag, Fugazi, Iron Maiden, the list is endless really, I was a teenager in a golden era of music.

Top 2 have to be Giant Sand, twice at Old Market and Flaming lips at Brighton Centre. Two amazing bands live.

 

[daveinprague]

Bob Marley @ Brighton Center 1980
Aswad @ Carnival
Steel Pulse...never really into their recordings, good, but never loved, but always loved their concerts.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Oasis at Wembley.

 

[User removed 4]

I would have LOVED to have seen the stiff little fingers live, got a couple of their live LP's and they sound unbelievable.

 

[Nibble]

Disappointed I never got to see The Pixies

 

[Smithy24]

Kasabian

 

[blue'n'white]

THE very best live act in the world is Bruce & the E Street Band. In my (not terribly) humble opinion nobody can touch them.
However if anyone gets the chance to see J J Grey & Mofro grab it cos they come the closest to Springsteen I've ever seen !!
Live AC/DC are great too - always put on a good show and work really hard
Rammstein have to be seen live
If you like blues Lil Ed and the blues imperials, Walter Trout and Tab Benoit are brilliant live

 

[Aristotle]

In order I saw them...
The Wonderstuff
Faithless
Oasis
Neil Young

 

[Jack Daniels]

Iron maiden

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Elbow in Cardiff last year.

AC/DC Brighton Centre 1980 (bon Scott)

Turin Brakes Bristol Academy

I am Kloot - Exeter Uni last year

I seem to remember Angus coming out on the shoulders of a big roadie playing a manic solo, snot going everywhere!

 

[Return of the Rev]

R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

 

[16 bit 44.1]

New Order Kilburn 1982 - One of the best, and moodiest gigs I've ever seen - Barny can't sing for toffee (although he did improve over the years) but as a 16 year old who had missed Joy Division this hit the spot.

Also saw Killing Joke and Uk Decay at the Hammersmith Palais circa 1982/83 which was a bit special.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

The first real rock concert I went to was at the Dome------Argent-----God Gave Rock And Roll To You!!------could not hear properly for two days!
Also a massive mention to Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Dome before the plane crash. Thin Lizzy at Brighton Centre twice cant remember the years? The dodgy smell coming up from the cheap seats at the Dome. Nazareth - people waited till they came on then fecked off during the smoke filling the hall? Wishbone Ash still great. Fecking hell I thought I was going senile, but my brain cells have suddenly come to life!

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

The Allman Brothers at the first Knebworth - 1974(?)
Genesis - the Foxtrot tour (1973?)
Van Morrison about 10 years ago at Portsmouth Guildhall. (Have seen him a handful of times, but that was by far the best.)

 

[HovaGirl]

SLADE - Brighton Centre 1972 (I think) with Thin Lizzy and Susi Quattro in support.

(I'm joking but it was a fun gig)

I do not remember Thin Lizzy or Suzi Quattro supporting Slade. I luved this gig because it was SO LOUD!

 

[lost in hampshire]

Bonzo Dog Do Da Band. Art College Rag Week in the Ballroom at the Grand. Before there were any redbrick Universities.
Rag Week. That's a term you don't hear nowdays.
Just wish I was old enough to have seen the original bonzos, caught roger ruskin spear solo at fareham college early seventies just after moving away from sussex,and saw three bonzos and a piano in chichester a couple of years ago. But would have loved to have seen viv stanshall in his prime. Also exiled amongst the red and white stripes.

 

[Frutos]

Brad Paisley put on a brilliant show at the O2 last year. Thanks for the tipoff Frutos or I would have missed it.

You're welcome.