Best NME stage performances?

[VCK]

My favourite has to be, hands down, the Manics in 2008, was a truly brilliant way to end my best Leeds. Good thinking putting them on the NME stage because if they were sub headlining Main, the atmosphere would be lost. See: QOTSA '08.

Second place goes to Primal Scream in 2006.

[Budweiser]

Them crooked vultures/Faith no More easily.

[the_mars_volta]

The Mars Volta, Them Crooked Vultures, Faith No More, Peaches, Manic Street Preachers.

Probably forgotten some but oh well.

[thetime]

gene

polyphonic spree

interpol

bdb

to name 4.

and this year little boots.

Edited January 8, 2010 by thetime

[jonnyisRFC]

Gaslight Anthem '09

[rexclark]

2001 - Ash

2002 - Feeder, The Breeders

2003 -Grandaddy, The Polyphonic Spree

2004 - Supergrass, Soulwax

2005 - The Arcade Fire, The Tears

2006 - Primal Scream

2007 - LCD Soundsystem, Ash (again)

2008 - The Cribs, Justice, The Manic Street Preachers

2009 - Them Crooked Vultures

The best performance I've ever seen on that stage was Arcade Fire in 05. It was unbelievable.

[Vieuphoria]

best preformances

Faith No More

Manic Street Preachers

Be Your Own Pet

most dissapointing

Them Crooked Vultures

[luckysalt]

Blood Brothers in 2005 was pretty godamn amazing

I agree with Arcade Fire too, that was mint

[VCK]

I didn't really get a chance to experience TCV in their full glory as we were in the campsite biding our time until Ian Brown so we only caught the last song of their set, and I got impatient and left before it finished!

I should have stuck it out but Fool's Gold was worth the exit.

Edited January 8, 2010 by VCK

[Sparticus]

i would've said tcv but i was a bit dumbfounded that everyone was chanting for dave grohl (and i love the foos, them and oasis are responsible for me being obsessed with music the way i am). Even said to my mate there's a member of led zep on the stage! even dave grohl would concede to this (wish i could've been there to see foos/page/ jones dusting off the zep tunes at wembley).

05 - Kasabian. I loved the album, hadn't seen them, and spent the whole time pogoing, still remember it like it was yesterday.

07 - brand new, had far too much vodka and maulled a few kids in the pit, was actually leaving to go see kol then sic gloria transit started, wasn't going anywhere after that sunshine underground and we are scientists were let downs that year.

08 - the music, i could watch this band every day, best band to come out of britain during the last decade. Pendulum deserve a mention as well, just pure havoc and my mate getting molested by a twelve year old girl being one of the festival highlights lol

09 - frank turner, not as good as the lockup the year before as it was more intimate, but that lad has got some belting anthems.

Jamie T - this lad has got a bit of swagger about him, and didn't realise how many tunes he had until i saw him live (well i'd seen him at summer sundae just as he was emerging, and the cider pretty much claimed my memory), which leads onto...

Faith no more, they were never going to beat edinburgh (they finished with pristina for christ sake, and the venue was smaller than the tent strangely enough), but thank god they came back and have been showing everyone how it's done, i've heard the crowd was small but i was on the front row and didn't notice, the crowd behind were damn loud anyway

[Spitfire]

TCV last year were awesome, oh and lethal bizzle not a fan but i was impressed.

[2reese2]

crystal castle 09

[thomasowen]

2006: FORWARD RUSSIA

2007:LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

2008: PENDULUM

2009: THE HORRORS

[Matticus]

off the top of my head and in no particular order

cooper temple clause 2003

Faith No More 2009

Ash 2007

The Mars Volta 2003

Electric six 2003 ( just for the mass gay bar singalong!)

TCV 2009

[Englishdragon]

Alien Ant Farm - 2003

Electric 6 - 2003

Kasabian - 2005

Pendulum - 2008

Them Crooked Vultures - 2009

Airbourne Toxic Event - 2009

[Rhodri]

either funeral for a friend in 2004 or gallows in 2009

[fat_man_joe]

2008: Manic Street Preachers

2009: Airborne Toxic Event or Metric

[jordanuk90]

TCV last year were awesome, oh and lethal bizzle not a fan but i was impressed.

[luckysalt]

The Vines were class in 2002 as well, I remeber seeing them on tour later in the year cus of the performance and they were all drugged up and were shite. But at Reading they were quality.

Saw some of the Breeders set too and that was class, didn't see much in the tent that year though

[olly!olly!olly!]

08- Vampire weekend, Pendulum, The Cribs

09- Jamie T, Frank Turner

[scottt]

Faith no more, Brand new

[wheres the mudfight]

last year - Gaslight Anthem, Frank Turner and suprisingly for me the Gossip. I've spent years slagging them off but whether it was just cause I was massively drunk they seemed great.

best ever were - Ash a few years ago, Primal Scream a year or two before that and Pendulum in 08

[rexclark]

Flaming Lips headlining in 99 was amazing as well but I think it was just called the Radio 1 tent back then.

[rexclark]

Iirc they were second below Mansun!

[Vieuphoria]

tell you what i'd loved to have seen Mansun back in the day. If they reunite i woudl love to see them at the festival