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Music - what's the best performance you've ever seen
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simmo
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I haven't been to many gigs, but the best I've seen would be a toss up between Pink Floyd Earls Court '95 and the full day Oasis gig at Loch Lomond in '96.
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Ian_Davies
Conditional
Ministry, Brixton Academy, 1992.
Elbow in Thetford Forest June 2017
Saw many good sets at The Cherry Hinton Folk Festival........Kathryn Tickell, The Saw Doctors, Chas And Dave, Fairground Attraction (even managed to get my daughter backstage for that performance) Runrig, Afro Celt Sound System........also Ray Davies top slot on a Sunday afternoon but was disappointing.
David Byrne’s American Utopia tour in 2018 was brilliant. There were no wires or cables, the musicians and singers all wore the same suits and danced and moved around the stage in choreographed formations. The music mainly consisted of fresh versions of his best stuff.
By the way the tour had almost nothing to do with the disappointing album of the same name.
By the way the tour had almost nothing to do with the disappointing album of the same name.
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Robicheaux
Apprentice
Gil Scott Heron. Leeds Irish Centre 1993.
Santana. Hammersmith Odeon 1994ish.
The Specials. Brighton Centre 2012.
Those three stick in my memory.
Santana. Hammersmith Odeon 1994ish.
The Specials. Brighton Centre 2012.
Those three stick in my memory.
Euronymous
Senior Jockey
Queen - Elland Road Leeds 1982
Motley Crue - Edinburgh Playhouse 1986
Slayer - Manchester Apollo 1987
Anthrax - Manchester Apollo 1988
Radiohead - Old Trafford Cricket Ground 2008
Neurosis - Lausanne 2018
Motley Crue - Edinburgh Playhouse 1986
Slayer - Manchester Apollo 1987
Anthrax - Manchester Apollo 1988
Radiohead - Old Trafford Cricket Ground 2008
Neurosis - Lausanne 2018
archie
Senior Jockey
Del Shannon - Manchester Apollo 1962
Beach Boys - Birmingham 1966
Simon & Garfunkel - Birmingham 1967
Neil Young - Royal Festival Hall 1971
Byrds - Albert Hall 1971
Manassas (Steve Stills) - Rainbow 1972
Wings - Wembley Arena 1976
Eagles - Wembley Arena 1977 (Hotel California tour)
Btuce Springsteen - Wembley Arena 1981 (The River tour)
Jackson Browne - Manchester 2014
Brian Wilson - Liverpool 2016 (Pet Sounds 50th anniversary)
Don Henley - Manchester 2016
If pushed for one, probably Springsteen.
Beach Boys - Birmingham 1966
Simon & Garfunkel - Birmingham 1967
Neil Young - Royal Festival Hall 1971
Byrds - Albert Hall 1971
Manassas (Steve Stills) - Rainbow 1972
Wings - Wembley Arena 1976
Eagles - Wembley Arena 1977 (Hotel California tour)
Btuce Springsteen - Wembley Arena 1981 (The River tour)
Jackson Browne - Manchester 2014
Brian Wilson - Liverpool 2016 (Pet Sounds 50th anniversary)
Don Henley - Manchester 2016
If pushed for one, probably Springsteen.
Wow Archie! I sat up when I saw 1962 then saw Eagles 1977 & thought no it was '75 then realised I saw them at Wembley Stadium (midsummer madness) whereas you saw them at the Arena. Also Bruce, saw him 3 weeks before you but at the Manchester Apollo.
That's an impressive list though.
Ian_Davies
Conditional
I have to respect a gig before I was even born.
This seems to have evolved into lists of gigs people have been to - I'll have a bit of THAT....
Girlschool, Wellington (Welly) Club, Hull 1980
Motörhead, St George's Hall, Bradford, 1980
Ozzy Osbourne, Blizzard Of Oz, Hull City Hall, 1981
Dedringer, some Hull dive, 1981
Iron Maiden, Hull City Hall, 1981
Saxon, Hull City Hall, 1981
Rush, Bingley Hall, 1981
Motley Crue, Warwick University Students Union, 1982
Judas Priest, somewhere in Birmingham, 1983
Nitzer Ebb, The Astoria, London 1990
Front242, Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, London, 1990
Sheep On Drugs, somewhere in NW London, 1990
Gary Numan, Camden Town, London, 1990
Lydia Lunch, New Cross, South London, 1991
Miranda Sex Garden, North London Poly, 1992
Ministry Brixton Academy, 1992
The Orb, Brixton Academy, 1993
Frontline Assembly, The Astoria, 1994
Killing Joke, Shepherd's Bush Empire, 1995
I'm just getting started - will keep returning to this post and adding to it (though possibly not the most shameful ones on what is already a shameful list) with edits until it breaks the internet....
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archie
Senior Jockey
Wasn't my first gig. I saw the Shadows at the same venue a few months before. In those days there were a whole series of acts on a bill and the lead act only played a few numbers. I've still got the programme for the Rolling Stones in Birmingham in 1965 and apart from the Stones the list of performers is
Spencer Davis Group
Charles Dickens and the Habits
The Checkmates
The End
Unit 4 + 2
My gig list is stored on a site called setlist.fm and is far longer than the favourites listed earlier.
archie
Senior Jockey
From 74 to 94 I lived in North Wembley, Northwood Hills and St Albans so I was well placed for Wembley gigs although I never did one at the stadium. Likewise, for 6 months in 70/71 we had a flat opposite Highbury stadium which was a handy 20 minute stroll from the Rainbow in Finsbury Park allowing me to go along on spec if I was at a loose end.
Was the 75 Eagles gig the one where the Beach Boys wowed a whole new audience? A friend (who went on to become a junior minister in the first Blair government and now sits in the Lords) had tickets and stayed at my place in Northwood Hills. He said it was a brilliant day's entertainment but, unfortunately, I had to work and missed out.
Yes, the Beach Boys were sensational that day archie. Unfortunately I still bore for England on my recollections of the day.
