Best Live gig you've been to

[Pevenseagull]

probably one of these

Red House Painters - Dutchess of York, Leeds
American Music Club - Dutchess of York, Leeds
Paw - Dutchess of York, Leeds
Pixies - The Event
Sugar - anywhere
Cocteau Twins - T&C, London
Pavement - Leeds Met
Nick Cave - Hastings Pier
My Bloody Valentine, support Sonic Boom - ULU
Rollercoaster (MBV, Dinosaur Jnr, JAMC, Blur) - Brighton Centre
Primal Scream - Event
Pale Saints, support Ride - ULU
David Bowie - Docklands Arena
Longpigs - Subterannea
Guided by Voices - Kings Cross
Echo & The Bunnymen - Brighton Centre
Dylan - Hammersmith Odean
Michael Nyman - Barbican
Cure - Wembley Arena
Bingo Hand Job (REM) - Borderline
Morrissey - Wolverhampton
Sonic Youth, supported by Pavement - T&C Leeds
Wedding Present - Forum Tunbridge Wells

or maybe

Flaming Lips - Brighton Centre

or maybe another one


I've been lucky

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Mine were in no particular order

Boomtown Rats - Top Rank Suite Brighton 1982

Squeeze - Top Rank Suite 1987 (hence username)

Undertones - Top Rank Suite 1983 and at concorde 2 in 2004 (reminded me how great they were)



The Jam - Brighton Centre 1982 (final gig)

Big Country Top Rank Suite 1983 ( They were great anytime anyplace)

Live Aid Wembley Stadium 1985

I went to The Jam's final gig. Don't remember it as one of the greats though. More memorbale for a lot of trouble.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Wasn't that the hottest gig ever? I nearly melted. Costello was fantastic.

My best ever, though, was Six of the Best (Genesis with Peter Gabriel) at Milton Keynes Bowl, 1981

Other fantastic stand-out gigs of the hundreds I've been to are:

Queen at Knebworth
Queen at the Brighton Centre
Rush
Thin Lizzy
Pretenders / UB40
The Who
Rolling Stones
Wings
ABBA (honestly!)
Pink Floyd (The Wall)

Best gig week was Peter Gabriel at Earls Court followed by Genesis at Wembley a couple of days later.

Gully..were you my stalker? I went to MKB in 1981, and the gabriel /Genesis gigs.

 

[Stinky Kat]

I went to The Jam's final gig. Don't remember it as one of the greats though. More memorbale for a lot of trouble.

I had a seat for that and had to do a make a made dash through the door to get downstairs.

Lots of fighting beforehand between concert goers and the old bill.

Got a 5 tickets off a tout for £75.00 - that was a fortune in those days

 

[chip]

Greatful Dead - Wembley 1990ish
Frank Zappa - BC 1988
Desmond Decker - Bangor 1987
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Leadmill 1990s
Kraftwork - Leicester 1990s

All good for different reasons, not usually the music though.

 

[Sorrel]

Mike Scott, at Glastonbury 1995 for me.

 

[Skaville]

Happy Mondays 1991 Wembley Arena
The Vines - 2003
Radiohead - Glastonbury 1997 (? they all blur into one)
Roni Size

Worst - Primal Scream at Glastonbury, Stone Roses at brighton centre.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Roni Size

Saw him at the Jazz Cafe in Camden - brilliant live

 

[Skaville]

Stunning isn't it.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Stunning isn't it.

They began the gig with Brown Paper Bag, all of the Reprazent band coming on one by one as it played: firstly, the guy on double bass, he played for a minute or so, then the drummer came on, then a few minutes after the others had arrived, Roni Size himself. Think there were only about 200 of us there, such an amazing night.

 

[Curious Orange]

They began the gig with Brown Paper Bag, all of the Reprazent band coming on one by one as it played: firstly, the guy on double bass, he played for a minute or so, then the drummer came on, then a few minutes after the others had arrived, Roni Size himself. Think there were only about 200 of us there, such an amazing night.

A mate of mine saw Roni Size at Cardiff Uni in the mid-to-late 90's. Apparently the gig only lasted about 20 minutes because the fire alarm went off. But rather than immediately evacuating the band weaved their music around the sound of the alarm!

 

[Trufflehound]

Brown Paper Bag was good to see, but I thought his performance tailed off a bit after that.

I forgot to add Carter USM to my list. Apeldoorn 1991, in front of only about 20 people, but brilliant.

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

supergrass and idlewild at the concorde was great. bob dylan at the brighton centre was like seeing him 20 years too late. i enjoyed seeing muse/foos at reading.

 

[Bono]

The Macc Ladds - Sector 5, Leicester - 1986
U2 - Too many to mention, Paris Zoo TV 1992 or Twickenham this year maybe
The Who - Watford Town Hall 2001
Stone Roses - Wembley 1997
Simple Minds - Margate 2003

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

been to loads but led zeppelin and david bowie (ziggy stardust farewell concert) were the best

 

[Skaville]

They began the gig with Brown Paper Bag, all of the Reprazent band coming on one by one as it played: firstly, the guy on double bass, he played for a minute or so, then the drummer came on, then a few minutes after the others had arrived, Roni Size himself. Think there were only about 200 of us there, such an amazing night.

The first time I saw Reprazent was at glastonbury during a really wet year. I was standing in about a foot of water and got chatting to a couple of blokes in front of me. One of them offered me a snort of some white powder. Thinking it was coke or speed I happily tucked in, unaware that it was MDMA powder cut with ketamine (and at the time I had never even done a pill). That sodden field instantly became one of the best dancefloors in the world!

Looking back it was a really, really stupid thing to do but what a night!

 

[Sheebo]

The Streets at the Concorde last August was top notch but the Beastie Boys at Wembley arena supported by Jungle Brothers and Bentley Rhythm Ace tops them all.

u talking the August of 2004?

mine is the streets at ally pally

their MEANT to be at the dome in btown soon too

 

[Brighton Breezy]

The Streets and The Ordinary Boys at Brixton although I loved seeing Editors in Brighton earlier this year and The Ordinary Boys at The New Adelphi in Hull was mental.

 

[CHAPPERS]

u talking the August of 2004?

mine is the streets at ally pally

their MEANT to be at the dome in btown soon too

Yeah, 2004. Or 2003 actually.

Probably 2003, yeah, 2003.

Touring the first album.

 

[Skaville]

Yeah, 2004. Or 2003 actually.

Probably 2003, yeah, 2003.

Touring the first album.

I saw that tour twice. The first gig was outstanding, the second was distinctly average. You wouldn't think it was the same people.