Best performances you've ever seen

[kaosmark2]

In contrast to the other thread, lets have some positivity!

I'm including more because there are far more that stand out as being particularly awesome than awful, tis gooooooooooooooood.

1) Flaming Lips (Jodrell Bank 11)

2) Moby (Palace Theatre 09)

3) NIN (Reading 07)

4) Sufjan Stevens (Royal Festival Hall 11)

5) Sonic Youth (Roundhouse 07)

6) Flaming Lips (Alexandra Palace 11)

7) Nick Cave (Palace Theatre 09)

8 ) David Byrne (New Theatre Oxford 09)

9) My Bloody Valentine (Manchester Apollo 08)

10) The Cure (Bestival 11)

11) LCD Soundsystem (Manchester Academy 10)

12) Pulp (Reading 11)

13) Roger Waters (O2 arena 11)

14) Band of Horses (Koko 10)

15) Radiohead (Rock Werchter 08)

16) Belle & Sebastian (Colston Hall 10)

17) Built to Spill (O2 Academy Oxford 08)

18) Godspeed! You Black Emperor (Anson Rooms 10)

19) Justice (Rock Werchter 08)

20) The National (O2 Academy Bristol 10)

21) Neil Young (Rock Werchter 08)

22) Mark Lanegan (Scala 10)

23) Josh T Pearson (ATP Nightmare Before Christmas 09)

24) Portishead (ATP I'll Be Your Mirror 11)

25) De La Soul (ATP Nightmare Before Christmas 09)

Honourable mentions to The Who, Grinderman, Underworld, Moby's other performances, NIN's other performances, The National's other performances, Arcade Fire, Silversun Pickups, Battles and Mogwai.

(And yes, I am showing off a bit here)

[Andre91]

Top 10:

Weezer @ Leeds 2010

Biffy Clyro @ Sonisphere 2011

Arctic Monkeys 2011

Dizzee Rascal 2010

Weezer @ Sonisphere 2011

The Vaccines (supporting Arctic Monkeys 2011)

Green Day 2009

The King Blues @ Leeds 2010

Sum 41 @ Sonisphere 2011

Beady Eye @ Leeds 2011

Miles Kane and The Offspring were both awesome at Leeds last year. As were Limp Bizkit in 2010. Blink at Leeds 2010 was one of the best I've seen, but not for their live quality, just the atmosphere and how it felt for a massive fan to see.

Edited May 18, 2012 by Andre91

[Dukeeyyy]

Foo's - MK

Greenday - Wembley

The Prodigy - Blackpool

The Gaslight Anthem - Leeds

Pendulum - Leeds

Weezer - Leeds Fest

Blink 182 - Manchester

[rug568]

In no particular order:

Weezer Reading (2010)

Pulp Reading (2011)

Arctic Monekeys O2 arena (2011)

Death in Vegas Cambridge Junction (2011)

Orbtial Cambridge Corn Exchange (2012)

Libertines Reading (2010)

Foo Fighters MK bowl (2011)

Edited May 18, 2012 by rug568

[Gucci Piggy]

Top 5 (Only including each act's best performance, and not support acts):

Muse @ Wembley Stadium '10

Pulp @ Leeds Festival '11

Arctic Monkeys @ Don Valley '11

White Lies @ Leeds Academy '11

Elbow @ Leeds Festival '11

I only started going to gigs properly in late 2010

[kev1664]

This is more like it

Weezer (10 Leeds festival)

Rage against the machine, gallows & gogol bordello (09 Finsbury Park)

System of a down (11 download festival)

Arcade fire (10 Leeds festival)

Foo fighters (11 MKBOWL)

Rage against the machine (08 Leeds featival)

Pulp (11 Leeds festival)

Manic street preachers (08 Leeds)

Royal republic (11 O2 academy 2 Newcastle)

Linkin Park with Biffy clyro ( 08 MEN arena)

Foo Fighters (07 metro radio arena)

Muse (11 Leeds festival)

Biffy clyro (09 O2 academy Newcastle)

My chemical romance (11 Leeds)

Blink 182 (10 Leeds)

The prodigy (09 Leeds)

The cribs (10 Leeds)

Slipknot (08 metro radio arena Newcastle)

Korn (03 MEN arena)

Maximo park (07 orange evolution festival)

Nine Black Alps (09 the cluny)

Edited May 18, 2012 by kev1664

[MAD HARRY 27]

In some form of order but I'm not putting too much effort into it... Dates are probably wrong too because I have awful memory

1) Kings Of Leon @ Sheffield arena 2010

2) Arctic Monkeys @ Nottingham arena 2009

3) Biffy Clyro @ Hull arena 2010

4) Prodigy @ Bridlington Spa 2010

5) Courteeners @ Lincoln Engine Shed 2009

6) Black Keys @ Nottingham arena 2012

7) White Lies @ Leeds Fest 2011

8 ) Miles Kane @ Sheffield Don Valley 2011

9) Interpol @ Leeds 2011

10) Vaccines @ Leeds 2011

11) Arctic Monkeys @ Old Trafford Cricket Ground 2008

12) Arctic Monkeys @ Nottingham Arena 2011

13) Muse @ V Fest 2008

14) Bootleg Beatles @ Grimsby Auditorium

15) Kasabian @ Grimsby Auditorium

MCR, Pete Doherty, Horrors, Bloc Party, Bombay Bicycle Club and the Maccabees are worth a mention too among others

Edited May 18, 2012 by MAD HARRY 27

[GRichards23]

My Chemical Romance - Leeds Festival 2011

Slipknot - November 2008 Hammersmith

Arcade Fire - Hyde Park 2011

Mumford and Sons - Hyde Park 2011

The Vaccines - Leeds Festival 2011 and Hyde Park 2011

Elbow - Leeds Festival 2011

Adding to the list this year I presume will be Nickelback, Bruce Springsteen, Enter Shikari, Biffy Clyro, Green Day, Noel Gallagher, Pearl Jam...

[guitarbhoy1888]

arctics, acdc, kasabian, mick jones justic tonight and any of miles kane and the views gigs

and ANY GIG IN THE BARROWLANDS !!

[Tubson]

Chili peppers (coventry '06 , brum '11)

Gallows (the well -leeds '10, '11)

The cribs (on about 10 different occasions)

Feeder (leamington assembly '11)

Deftones (02 academy brum '10- i think)

Soad (download '11)

Slipknot (sonisphere '11)

Edited May 18, 2012 by Tubson

[jazz565]

Weezer - Reading 2010

Miles Kane - Reading 2011

Pulp - Reading 2011

Manchester Orchestra - Supporting Biffy Clyro

Arcade Fire - Reading 2010

Enter Shikari - Reading 2009

Queens Of The Stone Age - Reading 2010

Puled Apart By Horses - Joiners 2010

Brand New - Wembley Arena 2010 They were truly awesome!

[Hart Attack]

Rage Against The Machine (Reading 2008)

Slipknot (Download 2009)

Limp Bizkit (Download 2009)

Nine Inch Nails (Sonisphere 2009)

Paramore (Wembley Arena 2009)

Lostprophets (Brixton Academy 2010)

Bullet For My Valentine (Download 2010)

Weezer (Reading 2010)

Blink-182 (Reading 2010 - haters gonna hate; that was one of the most fun nights of my life)

Avenged Sevenfold (Download 2011)

System Of A Down (Download 2011)

Linkin Park (Download 2011)

Metallica (Sonisphere 2011)

Biffy Clyro (Sonisphere 2011)

Thirty Seconds To Mars (Reading 2011)

My Chemical Romance (Reading 2011)

Alter Bridge (Wembley Arena 2011)

[Uncle Liam]

Blimey

Arcade Fire Barcelona 07, Vienna 07, Leeds 05.

Interpol Zurich 07, Munich 07, Sheffield 08, Liverpool 10, Electric Picnic 11

Muse Belfast 04, Earls Court 04

Doves Manchester 05, Preston 05, Warrington 09, Thetford Forest 10

LCD Soundsystem Barcelona 07, Manchester 07, Manchester 10

British Sea Power Glastonbury 04, Manchester 05, Sziget 11, Sheffield 11

I could go on all day...

[MAD HARRY 27]

Paramore (Wembley Arena 2009)

Lostprophets (Brixton Academy 2010)

Bullet For My Valentine (Download 2010)

Linkin Park (Download 2011)

Thirty Seconds To Mars (Reading 2011)

[Hart Attack]

This is the BEST gigs thread?

[Andre91]

Rage Against The Machine (Reading 2008)

Slipknot (Download 2009)

Limp Bizkit (Download 2009)

Nine Inch Nails (Sonisphere 2009)

Paramore (Wembley Arena 2009)

Lostprophets (Brixton Academy 2010)

Bullet For My Valentine (Download 2010)

Weezer (Reading 2010)

Blink-182 (Reading 2010 - haters gonna hate; that was one of the most fun nights of my life)

Avenged Sevenfold (Download 2011)

System Of A Down (Download 2011)

Linkin Park (Download 2011)

Metallica (Sonisphere 2011)

Biffy Clyro (Sonisphere 2011)

Thirty Seconds To Mars (Reading 2011)

My Chemical Romance (Reading 2011)

Alter Bridge (Wembley Arena 2011)

[MAD HARRY 27]

Umm... yeah?

I take it you didn't enjoy those shows then?

[MAD HARRY 27]

Oh and I completely agree with MCR, that was a great performance

[Hart Attack]

V probably isn't the best place to see 'Prophets, really (haven't been myself, but it doesn't seem like the ideal type of crowd). And they were kinda mediocre last time they played Reading, which I think put a lot of people off them. But they have been really amazing at some of their own shows I've gone to. Same thing with Paramore, actually. I'm hoping they can pull off an MCR this year and win over the naysayers.

[MAD HARRY 27]

I watched a Paramore Live At MTV or something last month, I've got to be honest, as much as I DESPISE synchronised head banging guitarists and terrible gimmicks like that, it was actually quite good, she's a great front woman it's just a shame about the band imo

I think the crowd of screaming little girls really lets it down too

[kaosmark2]

Nine Inch Nails (Sonisphere 2009)

Metallica (Sonisphere 2011)

[Hart Attack]

Were Metallica better at Soni 11 to 09? I didn't go last year but 09 is definitely the best performance I've ever seen from Metallica so far.

[kaosmark2]

Hard to say, really... I enjoyed it more, but that's mainly because I only knew two songs (Sandman and One) in 2009. It was only after that that I started listening to them more.

2011 I was in the front section and really hyped up for it, 2009 I was as far back as the tower and only really caught up in the hype of everyone else rather than being fully excited myself.

[Dead throne]

On the amount of fun I had etc.

ARCHITECTS (HMV Forum '11)

Evanescence (HMV Hammersmith '11)

Iron Maiden (Rock Werchter '11)

Tim Minchin (Royal Albert Hall '12) -Teenage Cancer Trust Gig

Ozzy Osbourne (Hammersmith Apollo '11)

Judas Priest (High Voltage '11)

Young Guns (HMV Forum '11)

Enter Shikari (Reading '11)

Of Mice & Men (Sub89 '12)

Bury Tomorrow (Sub89 '12) -Supporting Of Mice & Men

Every Avenue (HMV Forum '11) -Supporting Young Guns

Muse (Reading '11) -I was sick :'(

Elbow (Reading '11) -bit boring tbh

[Mouseboy11]

Muse - Wembley 2010

Foo Fighters - MK Bowl 2011

Arctic Monkeys - CIA 2011

Kasabian - CIA 2011

Rise Against - Cardiff Students Union 2009?