Top 5/10 gigs you've ever been to!

[Babyquack]

Looked and searched for quite some time and not found a thread like this here on the board so thought it'd be nice to share some stories of past gigs, albeit a year, 5 years, 10 years or however many years ago, it'd be nice to hear what people's fondest gig memories are!

Also, I guess we're including festival sets aswell, as they can be just as good, if not better, than an artists or bands own concerts!

[thegremlin_1999]

I'd always say the one I enjoyed most was muse at wembley first time around but blur at Glastonbury a couple years ago was close.

Indoors, chris Cornell at rock city touring his second solo LP was phenomenal.

Some bands I've seen a few times and are consistently brilliant so it's difficult to pick a particular show (Metallica/NiN/the wildhearts and Ginger/skindred come to mind)

New bands that have blown me away live

Kvelertak at download this year. Truly astonishingly good, really recommend them!

[kaosmark2]

Best one, head and shoulders above anything else is Flaming Lips at Jodrell Bank 2 years ago. Phenomenal show, just everything was magical. I didn't have a drop to drink and I wouldn't have been safe to drive back from the euphoria I was in at the end of it.

NIN at Reading 07 would be the next best show, and definitely the most consistently amazing live band I've seen. They keep on mixing up their set and stage show between tours while still keeping it incredibly intense.

Other highlights would be Roger Waters performing The Wall, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Cave, Moby doing an acoustic set, David Byrne, Belle & Sebastian, The Cure, LCD Soundsystem, Neil Young, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. I'd say I've seen a "perfect" show from all of them and would struggle to whittle it down to a top 10. All very different types of shows so hard to pick favourites beyond that top 2.

[russycarps]

Best one, head and shoulders above anything else is Flaming Lips at Jodrell Bank 2 years ago. Phenomenal show, just everything was magical. I didn't have a drop to drink and I wouldn't have been safe to drive back from the euphoria I was in at the end of it.

NIN at Reading 07 would be the next best show, and definitely the most consistently amazing live band I've seen. They keep on mixing up their set and stage show between tours while still keeping it incredibly intense.

Other highlights would be Roger Waters performing The Wall, Sufjan Stevens, Nick Cave, Moby doing an acoustic set, David Byrne, Belle & Sebastian, The Cure, LCD Soundsystem, Neil Young, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. I'd say I've seen a "perfect" show from all of them and would struggle to whittle it down to a top 10. All very different types of shows so hard to pick favourites beyond that top 2.

[russycarps]

Arctic Monkeys - Liverpool Academy

Faithless - V Festival

Jason Mraz - Glastonbury

Hayseed Dixie - Glastonbury

Charlatans - Birmingham Academy

These five come to mind for various reasons so must of been good but some are defo more to do with reasoning above and beyond the performance.

For example V Festival was a fucking awful time for me and the Mrs. Pissed it down and had a big falling out with friends. But that evening the sun came out, the rain fucked off and it was just me and the Mrs going mental to fucking awesome performance by Faithless (one and only time we have seen them) Seems like a million years ago now

Been to so many though its hard to do a top 5/10...

[kaosmark2]

Did you see flaming lips at glastonbury in 2010? was jodrell bank better than that?

Best gig I've seen recently was portishead at glastonbury this year. A truly mindblowing experience.

[russycarps]

No. I've seen them a few times though and it was head and shoulders above all their other performances. Phenomenal display.

Portishead were bloody good when I saw them at ATP. Was very gutted to miss out on Glasto tickets this year, would have loved to see them again.

[kaosmark2]

Good stuff, wish I'd gone to that.

I'm going to that Jodrell Bank thing to see Sigur Ros tomorrow funnily enough. Looking forward to it.

yeh I hadnt even really thought of portishead in probably 10 years and only went to see them as there wasnt much else on, and it turned out to be possibly the greatest gig of my life! happy days

[Uncle Liam]

I still say the time I saw Arcade Fire in Barcelona at Summercase is the best gig I've ever seen.

Having said that, each band is different so I just like to recall my favourite gigs by individual bands.

Soooooooo...

Interpol- Zurich Volkhaus 2007

Doves- The Ritz (Carling 24, anyone remember that?) 2005

British Sea Power- Glastonbury 2004 or The Haunt in Brighton last year

I Am Kloot- Astoria in 2005

Dutch Uncles- Gorilla this year

LCD Soundsystem- Manchester Academy 2007

The Killers- Manchester Academy on the NME tour in 2005 or at Sziget last year

Manics- Liverpool Royal Court 2005

Morrissey- Probably the last night at the London Palladium in 2006

Foals- Manchester Academy earlier this year

I could go on all day...

[zero000]

Rough Top 10 in no particular order:

Nine Inch Nails at Reading 2007

Radiohead at Reading 2009

Blur at Glasto 2009

Orbital at Glasto 2010

Foo Fighters in Cardiff 2008

Arcade Fire in Cardiff 2010

LCD Soundsystem/Hot Chip in Cardiff 2010

Caribou/Battles - Manchester 2010

Portishead - I'll Be Your Mirror, London 2011

My Bloody Valentine - Manchester 2013

EDIT: Probably could put the Rolling Stones at Glasto this year in there somewhere, but I got too drunk and blacked out quite a lot of the set.

Edited August 29, 2013 by zero000

[The Nal]

Top of my head

Bowie Dublin Point Depot 03

Macca Glasto 04

Neil Young Glasto 09

Rolling Stones Glasto 13

Prodigy Dublin New Years Eve 95

Patti Smith Vicar St Dublin 2007

Flaming Lips Vicar St Dublin 2007

Couple of Springsteen shows in there too over the years

[gary1979666]

NIN - Leeds 07

Spunge - Rock City 2012 (I think)

Rancid - Leeds 2010 (I think)

Bush - Newcastle Uni 1999

Weezer - Leeds

Lost Prophets - Newcastle Trillians 2001

....loads more

[Wooderson]

Tony Blair's list is the one I'd like to see.

[russycarps]

Tony Blair's list is the one I'd like to see.

[Wooderson]

problem is that would make you 61

[russycarps]

The list I mean - not the gigs.

[BlackHole2006]

Again in no perticular order and just cuz I'm bored shitless:

The Flaming Lips Glastonbury 2010

Stevie Wonder Glastonbury 2010

Nile & Chic Glastonbury 2013

Pixies at The Troxy

Dinosaur JR Glastonbury 2013/Shepherds Bush Empire

The Stones Glastonbury 2013

The Walkmen (You & Me era) Brighton Concorde 2

Pavement Brixton Academy

The Afghan Whigs Alexandra Palace

The GO! Team Brighton Concorde 2

[russycarps]

Again in no perticular order and just cuz I'm bored shitless:

The Flaming Lips Glastonbury 2010

Stevie Wonder Glastonbury 2010

Nile & Chic Glastonbury 2013

Pixies at The Troxy

Dinosaur JR Glastonbury 2013/Shepherds Bush Empire

The Stones Glastonbury 2013

The Walkmen (You & Me era) Brighton Concorde 2

Pavement Brixton Academy

The Afghan Whigs Alexandra Palace

The GO! Team Brighton Concorde 2

Edited August 29, 2013 by russycarps

[BlackHole2006]

You&Me is an absolutely wonderful album

[Spindles]

For me, in order:

REM - Glastonbury 99

Portishead - Glastonbury 13

Ash - Redditch 02

PWEI - Pheonix 94

Gomez - Glastonbury 99

Cypress Hill - Glastonbury 00

Prince (with the staples singers as the best support act ever)- NEC 90

Inspiral Carpets - Pheonix 94

[Guest]

Tony Blair's list is the one I'd like to see.

[Guest]

Tony Blair's list is the one I'd like to see.

[PDAD]

okaaay....

The Who at the Rainbow, '71 (or maybe at The Oval... or Fairfield Halls...)

Stevie Wonder, Rainbow & Glastonbury

Little Feat , Rainbow, ( supporting Doobie Brothers)

I loved the Rainbow!

Faces, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Jeff Beck, Festival Hall playing with White Stripes, John Mclaughlin, Imogen Heap, Paul Rogers... not all at the same time!

Wilco, Shepherds Bush Empire

Springsteen, Wembley Arena '80 & Rome this year

MC5, Phun City '70

Dr Feelgood on numerous ocassions

Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers, Roxy

Rolling Stones, Wembley Arena

Led Zeppelin, Bath festival & Marquee

ooohh... I need reminding.....

[Dead throne]

k here goes...(not in order, that would be too hard)

Iron Maiden, Download 2013

Anaal Nathrakh, London Underworld, 2013

Cancer Bats, Download 2013

Architects, Download 2013

Parkway Drive, Download 2013

Rammstein, Download 2013

Fenech-Soler, London 2013

Enter Shikari Soundsystem, London 2013

Architects, London 2011

Enter Shikari, Reading 2011

[PDAD]

Bright Eyes - Royal Albert Hall

Eels - Brighton Dome

Muse - 02

Enter Shikari - Tunbridge Wells Forum

The Cure - Reading

Chase and Status - Reading

SOAD - Reading

Foo Fighters - Reading

King Blues - Roundhouse

Felice Brothers - Troxy