Gigs of the year 2024

[Jarski75]

My top 5 (excluding Glastonbury appearances)

 

1. Fontaines DC / Wunderhorse - Berlin

2. Limp Bizkit - Dreamland Margate

3. Electric 6 - The Booking Hall, Dover

4. Sprints - Kentish Town Forum

5. Michael Kiwanuka - Przym, Kingston

 

Normally I'd have Idles at the top of any list, but I saw them in Brighton in December and it didn't get anywhere near my Glastonbury experience of watching them

[Padjeq]

Top 3 wasn't enough.

 

Girls Aloud (twice!!!) at the NEC, Birmingham. Shows of my entire life.

 

 

Bring Me The Horizon at NIA, Birmingham. Got disturbed towards the end of the show when a woman was waving a phone in my face. Took me a second to register she was showing me her selfie, with me in the background screaming along to Can You Feel My Heart. Pretty funny, gotta say.

 

The 1975 at the NEC, Birmingham. Fifth time, but always a guaranteed blaster of a show. Will never not go and see them.

 

Fontaines DC at The Civic, Wolverhampton. Great package.

 

 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the NEC, Birmingham. 2 hours of songs that take on a life of their own when performed on stage. Mesmerising.

 

Frank Carter at The Wulfrun, Wolverhampton. Reigning it in these days, but still a great frontman.

 

Smashing Pumpkins at the NIA, Birmingham. Sounded incredible. Played for over 2 hours, pushing past curfew.

 

IDLES at Cardiff Castle. What a drama getting there. Twisted tracks, cancelled trains, sweaty fiasco of men piled high in the train toilet. Worth it in the end.

 

 

Dayseeker at the Institute, Birmingham. A few elevated tunes away from being main stage mainstays at Download and the like. Could be a big deal this time next year.

 

Take That at the NIA, Birmingham. Girlfriend was getting wound up by all the women in TT tshirts knocking around town while we were having a drink. Bought the tickets in the pub about 30 minutes before Olly Murs took to the stage.