Top 5 Live Performances of 2014

[russycarps]

In the order I saw them:

Lykke Li - Village Underground, London

Neutral Milk Hotel - Roundhouse

Flaming Lips - Brixton

Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

Massive Attack - Glastonbury

worst gig: Art Garfunkel - Festival Hall

[scrippit]

Kate Bush - Apollo

Arcade Fire - Earls Court

Janelle Monae - Birmingham Institute

St Vincent - Glastonbury

Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

[POKERDUDE]

Prince - Glasgow Hydro

Jack White - Glastonbury

Beirut - Green Man

Neil Young - Hyde Park

St Vincent - Glastonbury

[TheBoz]

Pearl Jam - Werchter

Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

Royal Blood - Newcastle Riverside

Foals - Werchter

Neutral Milk Hotel - Leeds SU

[Ipayne]

1. Jane's Addiction - Manchester Apollo

2. Pearl Jam - Leeds arena

3. Jack White - Leeds arena

4. Robert Plant - Newcastle Academy

5. Antemasque - Leeds Brudenell

Honourable:

Sabbath/Soundgarden/FNM - BST

RHCP & Biffy Clyro - Isle of Wight (Yes, I know..)

[JonSnuh]

The national- O2

Arcade Fire- Earls Court

Jack White- Apollo

Death from above- O2 academy bristol

Qotsa- reading fest

[Gnomicide]

1. Jane's Addiction - Manchester Apollo

Can't believe I missed that. Didn't know it was happening until it was too late, one of my top 5 ever is Jane's Addiction at Manchester International 2.

[Ipayne]

Can't believe I missed that. Didn't know it was happening until it was too late, one of my top 5 ever is Jane's Addiction at Manchester International 2.

Aw unfortunate man! That sounds awesome though, which tour was that on?

[The Nal]

Jim Jones Revue last ever show at the Forum

Argh! Never got to see them!

[ghandi]

Haven't seen too much this year outside of Glastonbury but;

1) St Vincent - Glastonbury

2) Goldfrapp -Glastonbury

3) St Vincent - Rounhouse Camden

4) Shalama - O2 Indigo Greenwich

5) Emiliana Torrini - Glastonbury

[Gucci Piggy]

Hardly been to anything this year, but:

1. Metallica - Glastonbury

2. Massive Attack - Glastonbury

3. Nine Inch Nails - Nottingham Arena

4. Neutral Milk Hotel - Leeds SU

5. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

[cdm22]

Hans Zimmer Revealed - Hammersmith Apollo

The Holy Shits (Foo Fighters) - Islington Assembley Hall

Damon Albarn - Great Hall, Queen Mary University / Royal Albert Hall / Latitude Festival

John Grant & Royal Northern Sinfonia - Royal Festival Hall

Metallica - Glastonbury

Honorable mentions...

I Break Horses - Green Man

Goldfrapp (& London Contemporary Orchestra) - Royal Albert Hall

Karen O - Bush Hall

The Cure - Royal Albert Hall

Royal Blood - The Junction, Cambridge

Clint Mansell - Barbican

Jagwar Ma - Glastonbury

Gaz Coombes - Glastonbury

Tori Amos - Royal Albert Hall

Mogwai - Latitude Festival

Blood Red Shoes - 200 Trees

Pixies - Primavera Festival

Loads of great gigs this year so very difficult to limit it to 5. I'm still sure I have forgotten a couple as well!

Edited December 8, 2014 by cdm22

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

1. Jane's Addiction - Manchester Apollo

Damn it, I forgot to include this in my list.

[jamesrfisher]

In no particular order

The Amazing Snakeheads - The Haunt, Brighton

Damon Albarn - Latitude

The War On Drugs - Latitude

Kate Bush - Apollo

St Vincent - Glastonbury

Mentioned in Dipatches - Arcade Fire, Massive Attack, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (all at Glastonbury), Anna Calvi, Vaults, Goat (all at Latitude)

[tiffpietiff]

Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

Neutral Milk Hotel - Camden Roundhouse

tUnE-yArDs - Electric Brixton

Los Campesinos! - Village Underground

The Antlers - Hackney Empire

special mentions to the Correspondents secret set at SGP, Arcade Fire at Earls Court 1, and Johnny Flynn/Cosmo Sheldrake in Newcastle.

[Gnomicide]

Aw unfortunate man! That sounds awesome though, which tour was that on?

Ritual tour 1990.

Just found someones uploaded the bootleg I used to have of it to You Tube.

Pretty poor quality if I remember correctly but I can be seen at one stage landing at Perry's feet, I'll have to watch it when I get home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynerw4MIdsM

During the gig I literally bumped into a lad I used to go to school with and had not seen for 8 years, the crowd surged again and I've not seen him since.

[fightoffyour]

The National - BBC 6music Festival, Manchester

Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Glastonbury

The National - Lucca, Italy

Los Campesinos! - Sound Control, Manchester

[Ipayne]

Ritual tour 1990.

Just found someones uploaded the bootleg I used to have of it to You Tube.

Pretty poor quality if I remember correctly but I can be seen at one stage landing at Perry's feet, I'll have to watch it when I get home.

During the gig I literally bumped into a lad I used to go to school with and had not seen for 8 years, the crowd surged again and I've not seen him since.

Amazing! Would have loved to have seen them around that time although that was 5 years before I was born, the shows they put on back then looked insane even though they're still brilliant now.

[The Placid Casual]

1. Metallica - Glastonbury

2. Neutral Milk Hotel - Roundhouse

3. Massive Attack - Glastonbury

4. The Libertines - Ally Pally (2 of the 3 nights )

5. Foo Fighters - Islington Assembly Hall

6. Slowdive - Village Underground

7. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

8. Biffy Clyro - Troxy

9. St. Vincent - Glastonbury

10. Royal Blood - Glastonbury

Thought I'd be a massive rebel and do 10

Edited December 8, 2014 by WessexBoy

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

In no particular order at all....

Neutral Milk Hotel - Roundhouse

FKA Twigs - Hackney Empire

First Aid Kit - Royal Albert Hall

Blood Orange - Field Day

Koreless - St Johns Church, Hackney

edit: forgot to include Unkle at Royal Festival Hall, that was probably my favourite gig of the year as well, absolutely stunning.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Matt - Ed Banger Records

[Mezhyp1]

The Libertines - Barrowlands

Pearl Jam - Rock Werchter

DFA1979 - Glasgow Garage

Royal Blood - o2ABC2 Glasgow

The War on Drugs - Latitude

Foals - Rock Werchter

Biffy Clyro - Barrowlands

[carpdreamer]

hello. very long time lurker, first time poster.

2014 was a fabulous year for gigs - my top 15:

pixies, field day london 08/06
underworld, royal festival hall london 11/10
manic street preachers, glastonbury festival 28/06
arcade fire, glastonbury festival 27/06
neutral milk hotel, camden roundhouse london 21/05
hot 8 brass band, village underground london 18/05
har mar superstar, brooklyn bowl london 12/09
the bug, outlook festival croatia 06/09
the libertines, alexandra palace london 27/09
lauryn hill, pula amphitheatre croatia 03/09
bonobo, sydney opera house 06/01
sbtrkt, brixton academy london 02/10
smashing pumpkins, koko london 05/12

plus i'll assume paul heaton & jacqui abbott at the camden roundhouse and mclusky at buffalo bar later this month will make the top 10 (if not top 5)

bring on 2015!

[russycarps]

hello. very long time lurker, first time poster.

2014 was a fabulous year for gigs - my top 15:

pixies, field day london 08/06

underworld, royal festival hall london 11/10

manic street preachers, glastonbury festival 28/06

arcade fire, glastonbury festival 27/06

neutral milk hotel, camden roundhouse london 21/05

hot 8 brass band, village underground london 18/05

har mar superstar, brooklyn bowl london 12/09

the bug, outlook festival croatia 06/09

the libertines, alexandra palace london 27/09

lauryn hill, pula amphitheatre croatia 03/09

bonobo, sydney opera house 06/01

sbtrkt, brixton academy london 02/10

smashing pumpkins, koko london 05/12

plus i'll assume paul heaton & jacqui abbott at the camden roundhouse and mclusky at buffalo bar later this month will make the top 10 (if not top 5)

bring on 2015!

welcome to the forum! Neutral milk hotel really were ace werent they. Probably my highlight of the year.

[RossTC]

In no particular order:

Arctic Monkeys - Finsbury Park

Libertines - Benicassim

London Grammer - Glasto

Metallica - Glasto

Kasabian - Bournemouth IC

Catfish & The Bottlemen - Bristol Thekla

[Winslow Leach]

welcome to the forum! Neutral milk hotel really were ace werent they. Probably my highlight of the year.

They really were. When it comes to non-festival sets they're only just beaten to the top of my list by Los Campesinos!, and that's only on the spurious grounds that I had more fun at the LC! gig.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Winslow Leach