Best live band you've ever seen?

[robith]

I'm so glad I've finally read some negative reviews of that set. I gave it a miss on the basis of, well, hating nearly all of his Beatles songs except Blackbird. After the tidal wave of 'BEST. SET. EVER.' comments I thought I'd made a massive mistake, saw some youtube videos of it recently and was thoroughly unimpressed but thought it could have just come across badly on an internet video. This has made me feel much better.

Were you at one of the MBV Roundhouse shows? Thought that was slightly anti-climatic to be honest, although I'd built it up so much that it could probably never have been as good I thought it was going to be. Sometimes I thought it was getting to the point of too loud and the subtleties got lost. Then I saw them at Bestival and it was an absolute EXPLOSION OF JOY. Never thought MBV could make me dance so much, sound was perfect, the atmosphere was amazing, it was like a cheesy pop show or something but with tidal waves of feedback being met with rapture, incredible.

As for of Montreal, I've seen them 4 times and one show definitely fell victim to poor levels and another was at Field Day, which if you've ever been speaks for itself. The other two, at Cargo & Koko, were fantastic though, at Koko they ended with Smells Like Teen Spirit, the whole place went off, it was incredible.. not to mention the never ending costume changes/confetti explosions/dance routines etc.

Just realised I left Broken Social Scene and Tilly & The Wall off my original list, will I ever forgive myself?

[gemstarrr]

the killers last night in manchester has to be one of the best gigs i've ever been to!

just amazing. really brought day and age to life. and brandons voice just blew me away!

they should really do a live album.

[myusernameishere]

Festival: Kings of Leon (oxegen 08) wud like to say muse but was 2 wasted 2 remember them

Foals (Electric Picnic 08)

Gig: The Cooper Temple Clause (Belfast 07)

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[micawber]

In no particular order:

Kasabian - The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ 2006 I think

Muse - Shepherds Bush

Ash - The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - 2008

RHCP - Canvas Club, Kings Cross - 2006

Iron Maiden - Hammersmith Odeon - Number of the Beast tour - Early 80's

JEW - Astoria

Frank Turner/The Gaslight Anthem - Concorde2, Brighton - 2009

Ozzy Osbourne - Wembley Arena - Blizzard of Oz tour -80's

[.jay.]

Queens of the Stone Age

Eagles of Death Metal

Kasabian

Pearl Jam

Muse

Gogol Bordello

[festival fever]

The Pogues

[JameSemajj]

How many glastos you been to and its the frigging Pogues!!

erm.... i'd say any Radiohead myself.. incredible, another leauge.

[grumpyhack]

1. Springsteen

2. Muse

3.Seasick Steve

4. Tommy Emmanuel-for pure genius and knowing there isnt anyone in the world this good at guitar

Edited March 10, 2009 by grumpyhack

[pehaw]

1 Stone Roses (Blackpool 1989)

2 Spiritualized (too many to mention)

3 Jesus and Mary Chain (Whitley Bay Ice Rink 1992 - supported by My Bloody Valentine + Dinosaur Jr + Blur)

[Okky]

Muse - Wembley stadium

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Fatboy Slim - friday night '08

[sifi]

The better gigs that I've seen include Queen, INXS, Anthrax, Roy Orbinson, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Joan Armatrading, Quireboys, Faith No More, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses (1988 version), Soundgarden, Nirvana, Black Crowes, Queensryche, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Roy Harper, AC/DC, ,WASP, Izzy Stradlin, Slayer x10, Erasure, Megadeth, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lynyrd Synyrd, Pantera, Napalm Death, Alison Moyet, Pearl Jam, Machine Head, Basement Jaxx, The Answer, Gary Moore, David Bowie, Sepultura, Ministry, The Wildhearts, Billy Idol, David Lee Roth, Diana Ross, The Cult, NIN, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Faithless, Orbital, The White Stripes, Tracy Chapman, Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Sir Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon, Arthur Lee and Love, Terrorvision, Matchbox Twenty, Moby, Tool, Underworld and Macy Gray.

[Wm.!]

Introduce one that hasn't been mentioned, because yes Muse is a great live act, and so are Radiohead and The Prodigy, I would have to say INTERPOL. Be sure to get close and get into the vibe. Preferrably to be seen indoors or in the dark.

[spite_and_malice]

Prodigy, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Boys Noize, High Contrast @ Gatecrasher 08

Interpol @ Manchester Apollo 08

Death Cab For Cutie @ Manchester Apollo 08

REM, Editors, Guillemots @ Manchester Cricket Ground 08

36 Crazyfists @ Liverpool Barfly 08

Linkin Park @ Milton Keynes Bowl 08

Kanye West, Common @ MEN Arena 07

Late of the Pier, Tricky @ Store Street, Manchester 08

The Killers @ MEN Arena 09

Fatboy Slim, Ian Brown, The Gossip @ Creamfields 08

Ladyhawke @ Manchester Apollo 09

Travis @ Liverpool Academy 08

Pete Doherty @ 126 Commercial Road, Whitechapel 08

Noisettes, Future of the Left @ Camden Underword 08

Bombay Bicycle Club, Boy Kill Boy @ Electric Ballroom

Edited March 11, 2009 by spite_and_malice

[lazzaa]

Jesus, i forgot about...

The Magnetic Fields - Codagon Hall London 2008. Absolutely magical and enchanting, all that can be said.

Daft Punk - Wireless 2008 - What else can i say?

[spite_and_malice]

Wasnt Daft Punk wireless 07?

[Tugger2k]

Wasnt Daft Punk wireless 07?

[Joe_]

1)Paul McCartney - Liverpool Sound 2008, neither before or since have i seen anything like it. He was amazing.

2)Bruce Springsteeen - Old Trafford 2008, Simply Amazing.

3) Bon Jovi - City Stadium 2006 & 2008. they never fail to amaze me, 2&1/2 hours of solid rock guranteed, quality.

4) Aerosmith- Hyde Park 2007, Great band and Great music!

[Okky]

dj yoda was pretty good...

i'd love to go see some live comedy

[davidd]

the smiths ,what used to be gmex at the festival of the 10th summer, think it was broadcast on radio1 sometime shortly after ,fantastic day of quality bands .

[Monkismo]

Quite a few for me but for different reasons

Oasis - best crowd sing-alongs and biggest sound going.

Arcade Fire - best performance I've ever seen by any band and great to watch as there's so much going on.

Mercury Rev - atmospherically beautiful.

Libertines - total carnage but utterly worth it. The interplay between Pete and Carl will never be rivalled to me

Last Shadow Puppets - if ever a gig felt like a James bond film this was it. Felt sleazy being there!

Richard Thompson - best guitarist I've ever seen. Could watch his fretwork forever.

Chemical Brothers - everyone gets moving even if they can't!! Brilliant.

[podge52]

Faithless

Metallica

Doves

[BlackHole2006]

Since I havn't been to that many gigs (apart from glastonbury) yet I will put my gigs in order of favourites:

The Walkmen, Brighton Concorde 2: Absolutely outstandingly good.

Muse at wembley, Never really been into their music beforehand and only went cause dad and sister wanted me to go but they blew me away.

Guillemots at brixton academy- My first ever gig, will never forget.

Guillmots summerset house- Brilliant in the beautiful weather.

British Sea Power, Brighton corn exchange- Mental Live.

Hard Fi at Worthing- Shit live.

Cheers,

BlackHole2006

Edited March 11, 2009 by BlackHole2006

[sifi]

Oasis - best crowd sing-alongs and biggest sound going.

[Tugger2k]

Oasis - best crowd sing-alongs and biggest sound going.

[blowsagainsttheempire]

its gonna have to be a few,

neil young at paris grand rex theatre last february, utterly mesmerising half acoustic half electric, even preformed rocking in the free world, which im led to believe is pretty rare.

Roger Waters at Hyde Park in 2006 with nick mason preforming dark side of the moon in full and a best of pink floyd set.

John Martyn preforming Solid Air in full at Gateshead Sage, unreal.

And finally DFA1979 in newcastle students union, in the small room with various members of other bands in the small crowd, electric!