What's your favourite ever gig?

monkey9

Mine would probably be <snip>No MCD Gigs - Zapp. What was then their last ever one. Absolutely loved them back then. Still do of course. Idolised Richard Ashcroft and to see him on stage was just jaw-dropping. I'll never forget singing along to History as the darkness fell, a full moon shone on the river Boyne and the silouhette of Slane Castle stood on top of the hill to my left. Looking behind, there was just a mass of people going all the way back up the hill without an end in sight, all holding aloft burning paper cups. Just a perfect moment. Can't wait to see them in Belfast.
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cornbb

Fugazi, the Savoy, Limerick, 2002. What a band and what a gig

lordgoat

Wilco in vicar street. the thurs night.

lucyburn

Take That in the point, i can't remember what year!

Ho-Hum

I know its not alternative or indie, but deftones in the ambassador a couple of years ago was absolutely amazing. Chino may as well have been in the middle of the crowd.

BurnsCarpenter

Possibly the Afghan Whigs in the Mean Fiddler around 1998. Great show - they played a good mix of stuff including about 5 songs from Gentlemen.
Greg Dulli: :cool:
Other highlights: Wilco, Nick Cave, Guided by Voices(x7)

RxQueen

the times i saw incubus, defo the best gigs i have ever been to.!

dream brother

Definitely Radiohead but im not sure if the Marley Park was better than Punchetown afew years back! Brillant gig!
Also recommand both damien rice and josh ritter when its more of an more intimate gig!
George Clinton and the PFunk All-Star three hour gig is pretty cool too!

catch--22

Green Day - SFX 1998
<snip>No MCD Gigs - Zapp
Simon & Garfunkel and the Pixes in the summer of 2003 (both responsible for my two fav. albums and I thought I would never see them live)
Radiohead - RDS 1997

T.G Catter

arab strap

king tut's, glasgow.

Xavi6

Muse - Dublin Castle 2002 and inthatvenuewecantsay in Dublin in 2004. Both stunning.
Doves - Dublin 2005
Bon Jovi - RDS 2001. Twas my first gig and went for three hours. Value for money!

slickmcvic

<snip>No MCD gigs or Venues - Zapp

Lands Leaving

<snip> No MCD Gigs or Venues - Zapp, 2002 I think.

or JJ72 in the hub same year.

JæKæ

A few stick out:
Ben Harper in Amsterdam 2006 - what a gig, what a city
Redneck Manifesto at Elec Picnic 2006 - great show, right at the end of Fridays schedule
Modest Mouse - Elec Picnic 2007 - jam packed tent, class act

DadaKopf

Easy: Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich), National Concert Hall.

If I'm limited to band bands, then Silver Jews, Glasgow, 2006.

Zapp Brannigan

Right guys, please try and be careful with your choices as some gigs mentioned can be unmentionable ones. Don't wanna have to go editing.

doonothing

Sigur Ros ooooor... yeah, that's it alright.

Kold

Radiohead 06 but soon to be Radiohead 08

RichyX

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Right guys, please try and be careful with your choices as some gigs mentioned can be unmentionable ones. Don't wanna have to go editing.

What do you mean? Unmentionably crap?

Kold

RichyX wrote: »

What do you mean? Unmentionably crap?

Can't talk about MCD gigs. Sticky in every forum.

John

Most of the gigs mentioned have been MCD gigs. All the Slane ones and several of the others.

SligoBrewer

Arctics in Malahide for me.

1st gig ever for me.. and still the best.

Creamy Goodness

weezer at vicar street.

wow.

ianmc38

<snip>. I remember laughing hysterically the whole way through Majesty Snowbird because it was so mindblowingly good.

No MCD Gigs or Venues are to be discussed - Zapp

eclectichoney

Polly Harvey - Electric Picnic 2006
or <snip> No MCD Gigs - Zapp (i think!)

Zapp Brannigan

Right guys, I'm closing this thread as there's been too much mention of unmentionable gigs.