Your Top 3 most seen live acts

[Hungry Joe]

in order...

British Sea Power
Spear of Destiny
The Waterboys

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

British Sea Power
Levellers
Probably the Libertines

 

[Driver8]

Guessing but probably

Hawkwind
REM
Metallica

 

[Icy Gull]

Ezio at least 15 times

 

[Hungry Joe]

Guessing but probably

Hawkwind
REM
Metallica

Actually I think REM tied with The Waterboys now I think of it.

 

[Nitram]

Dr Hook
Hawkwind
Status Quo

 

[Trufflehound]

Nick Cave, if you count all his guises together - The Birthday Party/ Bad Seeds / Grinderman / book siginings

Probably U2 next, but only once since 1981.

Possibly Billy Bragg in 3rd, since there was a time in the 1980s when he cropped up on the bill at just about every event going. Or perennial bridesmaids Delta 5, who supported everyone who ever played in London in the early 80s, but never made the big step up. Of the bands I've specifically paid to see though, probably Gogol Bordello.

 

[Munkfish]

Chase and Status
Bloc Party
Kasabien

 

[SeagullSongs]

White Lies (4 times)
Paloma Faith (thrice)
Joss Stone (twice)

 

[Hungry Joe]

Hawkwind and British Sea Power early pace setters. Who'd have thunk it?.

 

[Trufflehound]

Hawkwind and British Sea Power early pace setters. Who'd have thunk it?.

Only 'once' and 'twice' respectively for me, so some way down the list.

 

[paulie]

U2
Springsteen
Waterboys

Does this confirm that the Wboys have been touring non-stop since 1983?

 

[Hungry Joe]

Does this confirm that the Wboys have been touring non-stop since 1983?

Pretty much.

 

[spring hall convert]

British Sea Power
Electric Soft Parade
Cold Pumas

My most seen non Brighton band is probably Babyshambles/Pete Doherty or Bloc Party, not 100% on that though.

Most seen non British band is Deerhunter, I think.

 

[Brian Fantana]

James Brown was absolutely phenomenal.

Must have seen him half a dozen times, the last of which was as the warm up act for the RHCP.

 

[KZNSeagull]

New Order
The Cure
The Fall

I can confirm that I have NEVER seen the Waterboys

 

[Trufflehound]

My most seen non Brighton band is probably Babyshambles/Pete Doherty

Babyshambles is my most non-seen band, since they've been booked to play at 4 festivals I've been at, and PD has failed to show up every time.

Was equalled by The Horrors, but I finally got to see them at the 5th attempt.

 

[Goldstone1976]

In order:

The Jam
Springsteen
Pink Floyd
Led Zep

Shows my age, I know *sigh*

 

[spring hall convert]

Babyshambles is my most non-seen band, since they've been booked to play at 4 festivals I've been at, and PD has failed to show up every time.

Was equalled by The Horrors, but I finally got to see them at the 5th attempt.

In about 2/3 years of catching them/him as much as I could, in the dark days of the tabloid hysteria, I didn't have a single no-show.

 

[Trufflehound]

I can confirm that I have NEVER seen the Waterboys

Perhaps like me you've seen them but tried to blot it from your memory? First song was great as I recall, but then it descended into tedious and interminable cack. I got bored and went to the pub after 2.5 hours. God only knows how much longer they played on for...