Your worst concert.

[Nibble]

Rage Against The Machine at Reading. Possibly 1996, can't recall. They played about 2 songs, neither of them classic. Then Zack De La Rocha stripped down naked, covered himself with his guitar and spent 25 mins reading out anti war / poverty poems and listing atrocities across the globe with no music. To say it killed the festival/party vibe is an understatement. I gather he was booed off in the end but most of us had wondered off to a beer tent by then. Was so looking forward to their angry classics but got utter drivel instead. Omnishambles.

 

[Fulking Seagull]

UB 40 - The Brixton Academy circa 4/5 years ago - same dull beat all the way through

 

[Nibble]

Another Reading one. I bought a day ticket for the sole purpose of seeing Soundgarden. They were a no show and Stabbing Westward came on as a replacement. Dire. Poor mans Killing Joke.

 

[Worthingite]

I went to see the Chilli Peppers a few years ago at the Docklands arena, they were great, but The Mars Volta also played that night and they were just simply awful. Cue 5000 odd people stood staring at the stage with a look consisting of confusion, panic and utter disappointment.

On the other side of the coin I saw Kasabian a few years back at the Brighton centre, and they were supported by the fratellis. This was just before Chelsea Dagger was released and it went down well. They were better than Kasabian if I remember rightly, although I was quite well oiled by the time I got there

 

[paul wickens]

UB 40 - The Brixton Academy circa 4/5 years ago - same dull beat all the way through

I saw UB40 at the Brighton Centre in 1984. Poor acoustics, half empty, no atmosphere. Tedious.