If you could have been at any musical gig in history, what would it be?

[pasty]

Live Aid
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

Either of those

 

[wellquickwoody]

The jam, last concert brighton centre 1982.

Was there.

With hindsight, I would wish to be able to say the same about Live Aid. Live 8 was s**t!

Am pleased to have seen a band very close to qualify as a 'supergroup' at a very local, intimate gig. Foo Fighters at the Concorde, 2007.

 

[Max Paper]

Probably been posted but oasis at knebworth

 

[Twizzle]

also would loved to have seen this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIC_NEfeWMQ

Revered, but actually one horrible example for Hendrix in live performance - he was poor, was pissed off, and overworked. The playing was very bad by his standards - this tune was perhaps the only reasonable performed, and his vocals were throwaway. Better to have been at Maui for the Rainbow Bridge performance, by far.

 

[BadFish]

The Beatles in Hamburg
The pistols in 76
The stone roses in one of their warehouse gigs in Manchester.

 

[The Modfather]

Sex Pistols at the 100 club

 

[The Modfather]

Very much this! Never got to see The Jam live
If anyone has a ticket stub from this gig, you know where I am by the way!!

Sill got my ticket stub, but I am not letting it go

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

Revered, but actually one horrible example for Hendrix in live performance - he was poor, was pissed off, and overworked. The playing was very bad by his standards - this tune was perhaps the only reasonable performed, and his vocals were throwaway. Better to have been at Maui for the Rainbow Bridge performance, by far.

i actualy ment the festival not just hendrix
line up included


Andy Roberts • Arrival • Black Widow • Cactus • Chicago • David Bromberg • Donovan • Emerson Lake and Palmer • Everyone • Fairfield Parlour • Family • Gary Farr • GilbertoGil • Good News • Groundhogs • Hawkwind • Heaven • Howl • Jethro Tull • Jimi Hendrix • Joan Baez • John Sebastian • Joni Mitchell • Judas Jump • Kathysmith • Kris Kristofferson • Leonard Cohen • Lighthouse • Melanie • Mighty Baby • Miles Davis • Pentangle • Procol Harum • Ralph McTell • Redbone • Richie Havens • Rosalie Sorrels • Shawn Phillips • Sly and the Family Stone • Supertramp • Taste • Ten Years After • Terry Reid • The Doors • The Moody Blues • The Voices of East Harlem • The Who • Tiny Tim • Tony Joe White •

 

[element]

The jam, last concert brighton centre 1982.

Had seen them both times they had played The Centre already in '82, so didn't bother getting a ticket for the December (and final!) show, and didn't realise/hear about the significance until it was well sold out! DOH!!!

 

[jakarta]

The Space Ritual Tour by Hawkwind in 1972 - luckily we have the Space Ritual Live Album to make up for this!

 

[Pixelated Penguin]

ELO... Wembley '77
U2 ...Red Rocks '83
Floyd ...Earls Court '94
Led Zep ...(Any)
Live Aid

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Hawkwind performing the Space Ritual

Yes, yes, yes! In the Academy with some sugar cubes!

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Big Day Out festival in Australia in 2000. Not going to be known by many on here but show cased a lot my my favourite artists

Went in 1998 - Powderfinger, Underworld, Roni Size and Fat boy Slim. Awesome!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

my Dad went to that Dome gig.

So did my mother and father. Father also saw The Stones and Mother saw The Beatles, in the '60s. They saw a lot of other artists from that time as wel.

 

[Return of the Rev]

This one



Got to see them at the Top Rank in 86 but this always looks immense to me.

Saw them at the top rank around 77 great night!

 

[Twizzle]

i actualy ment the festival not just hendrix
line up included


Andy Roberts • Arrival • Black Widow • Cactus • Chicago • David Bromberg • Donovan • Emerson Lake and Palmer • Everyone • Fairfield Parlour • Family • Gary Farr • GilbertoGil • Good News • Groundhogs • Hawkwind • Heaven • Howl • Jethro Tull • Jimi Hendrix • Joan Baez • John Sebastian • Joni Mitchell • Judas Jump • Kathysmith • Kris Kristofferson • Leonard Cohen • Lighthouse • Melanie • Mighty Baby • Miles Davis • Pentangle • Procol Harum • Ralph McTell • Redbone • Richie Havens • Rosalie Sorrels • Shawn Phillips • Sly and the Family Stone • Supertramp • Taste • Ten Years After • Terry Reid • The Doors • The Moody Blues • The Voices of East Harlem • The Who • Tiny Tim • Tony Joe White •

With you on that, and it often occurs to me - the question of how much more fulfilling would it be to go to back to an original event we attended, if we could and had a time machine specifically for gigs?

I'd like to have seen Sandy Denny's Fairport Convention, with support by Nick Drake - almost forgot that one!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZsfTZ3EDI

 

[Mr Smggles]

The Rolling Stones at Coca Cabana Beach would have been pretty special.

 

[life on mars 73]

Saw Ziggy at The Dome, July 73.....Bowie was at his absolute peak, Ronson was magnificent....how I wish I could relive that fantastic show......

 

[Wally Gould]

Queen, Wembley 1986

or

Pink Floyd, Pompeii 1972

Pink Floyd, Pompeii 1972 - I saw a film showing the gig. Loved to have been there. Bought the album (LP) Fantastic