Best performances you've ever seen

[VCK]

Blur - Glastonbury 2009

Metallica - Leeds 2008

Radiohead - Leeds 2009

Manic Street Preachers - Sheffield Academy 2010

Morrissey - Leeds Academy 2009

Foo Fighters - Manchester MEN Arena 2007

The Specials - Glastonbury 2009

Arcade Fire - Leeds 2007

Bruce Springsteen - Glastonbury 2009

Super Furry Animals - O2 Wireless 2006

Rage Against The Machine - Leeds 2008

Happy Mondays - Leeds Academy...the other night

[beards]

Muse at Teignmouth in 2009, travelling 5 minutes from my house and getting to see Muse was amazing!

Radiohead at Reading 2009.

System of a Down at Rock am Ring 2011.

Modest Mouse at Manchester Ritz in either 2008 or 2009... Can't remember when exactly but it was perfect.

Rammstein at the MEN Arena this year, unbelievable!

[MEGABOWL]

I'll keep it to festival favouites....

Pulp, V96 Warrington

Beck, V97 Leeds

David Bowie, Move Fest Lancashire Cricket Ground 2002

REM, Glastonbury 2003

Radiohead, Glastonbury 2003

Doves, Glastonbury 2003

Morrissey, Move fest Lancashire Cricket Ground 2004

Foo Fighters, Leeds 2005

Kings of Leon, Leeds 2007

Gaslight Anthem, Glastonbury 2009

The Specials, Glastonbury 2009

Bon Iver, Glastonbury 2009 (Park Stage)

Blur, Glastonbury 2009

The Prodigy, Leeds 2009

Flaming Lips, Glastonbury 2010

The National, Glastonbury 2010

Pet Shop Boys, Glastonbury 2010

Stevie Wonder, Glastonbury 2010

Elbow, Glastonbury 2011

Pulp, Reading 2011

[Vacant0]

Surely huge lists kind of defeats the point of 'best performances ever seen'? Some must have been a bit more stand out than others.

[lightning1000]

Ben folds at Sheffield academy Feb 11

Arcade fire Leeds 10

Daft punk global gathering 06

Flaming lips Manchester academy Nov 09

[Mouseboy11]

Jay z and Kanye could go straight to the top of my list.....unreal performance!

[morland]

RATM in 2008 and Radiohead 2009 are my reading highlights

Prince at Sziget last year was amazing as i thought he would be pants.

Probably the best set ive seen has to be Rammstien at rock am ring in 2010 the atmosphere was electric

[lharris92]

InMe - each time i've seen them they keep getting better

[A-Rob]

Some of my favorite gigs include

1.White Stripes (Wireless 2007)

2.Placebo (Secc 2006)

3.Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Birmingham Academy 2009)

4.Primal Scream (T in the park 2011)

5.Massive Attack (Hurricane 2010)

6.Manic Street Preachers (Manchester Central 2007)

7.Faithless (Hurricane 2010)

8.Kasabian (Secc 2011)

9.Fantomas (London Astoria 2008)

10.Noah and the Whale (Manchester Apollo 2012)

[rug568]

Surely huge lists kind of defeats the point of 'best performances ever seen'? Some must have been a bit more stand out than others.

[kaosmark2]

Leave them be, it allows people to enhance their egos by showing us how many awesome bands they have seen.

[evilduck]

Top 10, in no particular order, because choosing just ten was hard enough!

Daft Punk - Eurocks 06

Queens of the Stone Age - Glasto 11

Muse - Wembley Stadium 07

Placebo - Wembley Arena 04

Arcade Fire - Eurocks 07

The Dresden Dolls - Roundhouse 06

Pixies - Troxy 10

The Prodigy - Brixton 05

The Libertines - Reading 10

Nine Inch Nails - O2 Arena 09

[mikecloud1984]

I think it was in 1998, or 99 - but my favourite gig ever was at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, 400 capacity, Muse supported by Coldplay.....

....cost me £7.

As for performances, Its pretty difficult for me to look past Muse. Either at their Earls Courts Xmas gig in 2004 (Bing Crosby playing as it snowed on us at the end) and their Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the RAH in 2009(?) - A stripped back Muse, just the 3 lads, no silly lights or production - just them playing (including Matt on the main RAH organ for megalomania)

[Stylo92]

Pearl Jam - MEN Arena 2009

Muse - Lancashire Cricket Ground 2010

Arcade Fire - Leeds Festival 2010

Gorillaz - MEN Arena 2010

Deftones - O2 Apollo 2010

The Black Keys - O2 Academy Liverpool 2010

[VCK]

I think it was in 1998, or 99 - but my favourite gig ever was at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, 400 capacity, Muse supported by Coldplay.....

[MEGABOWL]

Leave them be, it allows people to enhance their egos by showing us how many awesome bands they have seen.

[kaosmark2]

And here was me thinking it was a music-related discussion board. Silly me. It's an ego massage thing. How did I miss that?

[chickenfire]

Arcade Fire - Edinburgh Castle. Just Perfect. 2011

Death Cab For Cutie - o2 academy Glasgow 2011

Enter Shikari - Corn Exchange - 2012

Green Day - secc - 2009

Kings of Leon - 2008

Rush - 2011

Metallica - o2 Arena - 2008

Weezer - Sonisphere

Muse - Leeds 2011

Florence and the Machine - 2012

Biffy Clyro - Corn Exchange - 2008

Mastodon - Barrowlands - 2012

These are just the ones that spring to mind just now

[Whittick]

Can't remember all of the years, but:

Napalm Death-2008- Some place in Prague

Arcade Fire 2007- Alexandria I think

Rage Factor-2010

Nine Inch Nails- Reading- 2007?

Muse- Coachella- 2010

Rammstein- Sonisphere- 2011

Radiohead- Reading- 2010

[Stylo92]

Can't remember all of the years, but:

Napalm Death-2008- Some place in Prague

Arcade Fire 2007- Alexandria I think

Rage Factor-2010

Nine Inch Nails- Reading- 2007?

Muse- Coachella- 2010

Rammstein- Sonisphere- 2011

Radiohead- Reading- 2010

[MAD HARRY 27]

I think your mistaken, Radiohead didn't do reading/leeds in 2010.

[Stylo92]

Typos and general human errors are taken VERY seriously here on the Efestivals forums.

[rug568]

And here was me thinking it was a music-related discussion board. Silly me. It's an ego massage thing. How did I miss that?