Boardsies Top 20 Live Performances of the Decade

Xavi6

So yeah, I like lists! Thought this might be a good one.

1. Muse (The Olympia, 2004)
2. Rage Against The Machine (Big Day Out, 2008)
3. Interpol (Metro City Perth, 2008)
4. Biffy Clyro (Capitol Bar Perth, 2009)
5. Arcade Fire (Big Day Out, 2008)
6. Death Cab For Cutie (Metro City Fremantle, 2008)
7. Idlewild (The Ambassador, 2005)
8. Muse (Dublin Castle, 2002)
9. The Killers (Oxegen, 2004)
10. Green Day (The Ambassador, 2004)
11. Doves (The Olympia, 2005)
12. Seafood (The Olympia, 2001)
13. JJ72 (The Olympia, 2003)
14. Foo Fighters (Slane, 2003)
15. Bon Jovi (RDS, 2001)
16. Jimmy Eat World (Wittness, 2002)
17. Delays (The Village, 2007)
18. The Prodigy (Big Day Out, 2009)
19. The Music (Joondalup Arena Perth, 2009)
20. Feeder (The Olympia, 2005)

fillmore jive

1. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
2. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
3. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
4. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
5. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
6. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
7. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
8. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
9. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
10. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
11. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
12. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
13. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
14. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
15. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
16. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
17. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
18. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
19. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005
20. Pixies, Landsdowne road 2005

S.M.B.

Must put a bit of thought into this, should be a little more achievable then the Top 20 Songs list.

bluto63

Not gonna do 20, so I'll do top 3

1. Radiohead - Marlay Park 2006
2. Muse - Marlay Park 2008
3. Blur - Oxegen 2009

homerun_homer

I’m trying to limit mine to 1 performance per band which is tough as the list could easily be filled with multiple by the same band(s). So, in chronological order, with the useless memory I have today and bearing in mind the decade isn’t over yet (I’ve still got Depeche Mode to go to tomorrow), here’s my list.

*Most of the below are based on performances I came out of with such a good post-gig buzz from, be it for craziness of the crowd+band, performance or whatever. Where are the Radiohead's and Sigur Ros's?? They were fantastic but this is what I enjoyed.*

Beck – Witnness 2000
Muse – Galway 2001
U2 – Slane 2001
Breeders – Ambassador 2002
Manic Street Preachers – Oxegen 2003 (Seen them many times but this was the best hour+ set I’ve seen them play)
Queens of the Stone Age – Slane 2003
Muse – Olympia 2004
Interpol – Oxegen 2005 (there’s other performances by them I could use but this one was so good)
Ladytron – Bennicassim 2005
Arcade Fire – Electric Picnic 2005
Klaxons – Crawdaddy 2006 (They performed a blinder of a set @ EP 09 but this was just a mental gig)
The Cribs – Edinburgh Potterow Student’s Union 2007
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – The Village 2007
Kasabian – Dolans Warehouse 2007
LCD Soundsystem – Tripod 2007
Jape – Dolans upstairs 2008
Humanzi – Whelans Upstairs 2008
Franz Ferdinand – Dolans Warehouse 2009
Passion Pit – Electric Picnic 2009
Pixies – Olympia 2009 (Friday)

bogmanfan

1. Boredoms - The Village, 2007
2. Boredoms - 77 Boadrum NYC, 2007
3. Broken Social Scene - TBMC, 2006
4. At The Drive In - TBMC, 2000
5. Dan Deacon - Crawdaddy, 2007
6. The Go Team - The Village, 2005
7. Sigur Ros - TBMC, 2001
8. Boredoms - TBMC, 2006
9. James Brown - Vicar St, 2005
10. Joanna Newsom - Olympia, 2007
11. Stars Of The Lid - Whelans, 2007
12. Battles - Whelans, 2006
13. Joanna Newsom - Sugar Club, 2004
14. Dan Deacon - Whelans, 2007
15. Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians - NCH, 2006
16. Do Make Say Think - Whelans, 2000
17. Broken Social Scene - Tripod, 2007
18. Cut Copy - The Village, 2008
19. Yann Tiersen - Vicar St, 2003
20. Lambchop - Tripod, 2008

fitzcarraldo

I'm useless with dates to i'll update when I double check but

TV on the Radio - TBMC 2006
Weezer - Whelans 2005
Muse - Olympia 2005
QOTSA - Slane 2003
Daft Punk - Marley Park 2006
Dan Deacon - Electric Picnic 2008
Arcade Fire - Electric Picnic 2005
The Who - Glastonbury 2007
The Subways - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 2006
Passion Pit - Electric Picnic 2009
Chemical Brothers - Glastonbury 2007
Coldplay - Witnness 2003
Damien Rice - Witnness 2002
Interpol - Oxegen 2007
Editors - Glastonbury 2007
James Brown - Oxegen 2004
Friendly Fires - Oxegen 2009
The Prodigy - Witnness 2002
Nine Inch Nails - Oxegen 2009
Rancid - The Olympia 2003

ElaElaElano

Nice one fitz, I saw QOTSA at Slane in 2003 and it was definitely one of the highlights, fantastic.

Can't think of 20 gigs that I've been to and been blown away by, but here's a few anyway-

-Life at these Speeds/Sciene of Yabra in Kilcoole, 2004 I think- despite having never heard of either of these bands prior to going to the gig, it remains the best one I've ever, ever been at. Absolutely amazing.

-Biffy Clyro at Róisin Dubh, 2005- the good old days of vertigo tunes getting blasted out and opening with bodies in flight!

-Minus the Bear at Manchester Academy 3, 2007

-Noah and the Whale in Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht- 2009. Happened to be in Holland and they were playing, turns out they were really good. 2 hour plus set which is a rarity and it was only about €10.

-QOTSA at Slane in 2003 as mentioned above, they were immense and I flew through the air in an inflatable sofa which was equally as fun.

-Cursive (probably the best band in the world) at Hare and Hounds in Birmingham, 2009

-Arcade Fire at Manc Academy, 2005- awe inspiring.

-Beck at the Point in 2002 or so, with My Morning Jacket as support- that was pretty ace too.

Miguel_Sanchez

Luckily I've only been to 20 gigs in the last decade.

Right I can't do them in order so here they are as I think of them (with only one mention per band):

Pixies - Olympia, Dublin 2009
Smog - Roisin Dubh, Galway 2001
Sigur Ros - Ambassador, Dublin 2002
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Ambassador, Dublin 2002
Sonic Youth - Vicar Street, Dublin 2009
Wilco - Vicar Street, Dublin 2007
Leonard Cohen, Kilmainham, Dublin 2008
Chic - Electric Picnic, Laois 2009
Caribou - Whelans, Dublin 2007
Redneck Manifesto - Roisin Dubh, Galway 2004(?)
Jape & Dan Deacon - Vicar Street, Dublin 2008
Grinderman - Electric Picnic, Laois 2008
Weezer - The Point, Dublin 2005
Micah P Hinson - Whelans, Dublin 2005(?)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Olympia, Dublin 2001
My Bloody Valentine - Apollo, Manchester 2008
Radiohead - Punchestown, Kildare - 2000
Battles - ATP, Minehead 2008
Animal Collective - ATP, Minehead 2008
Yo La Tengo - Tripod, Dublin 2009


That was hard. Too bad Elliott Smith played TBMC with Quasi in 1999 or else that'd be there too.

Driver 8

Ok, may do this in two categories

1:
1. Bruce Springsteen, RDS 09, Night 1
2. Bruce Springsteen, RDS 09, Night 2
3. Bruce Springsteen, RDS 08, Night 3
4. Bruce Springsteen, RDS 08, Night 1
5. Bruce Springsteen, The Point, November 06
6. Bruce Springsteen, Hyde Park 09
7. Bruce Springsteen, RDS 08, Night 2
8. Bruce Springsteen, Odyssey Arena, December 07
9. Bruce Springsteen, Old Trafford, May 08
10. Bruce Springsteen, The Point, May 06



2:

1. R.E.M., Marlay Park 2003
2. Radiohead, The Point 2003
3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dublin Castle 2008
4. Neil Young, Hyde Park 2009
5. R.E.M., Olympia 2007
6. The Dresden Dolls, TBMC, May 2008
7. Radiohead, Marlay Park 2006
8. Green Day, October 2009
9. Muse, November 2006
10. PJ Harvey, August 2004

whiterob81

This is going to be a tough one because i've been to some amazing gigs this decade. In no particular order:

Metallica - RDS 2006 (Master of Puppets from start to finish. Rawk)
Nomeansno - Whelans 2007
CSS - Ambassador 2007 (When they headlined, not with the Klaxons)
Iron Maiden - Point 2003
Beck - Point 2003
U2 - Slane 2001 (First night with chilli peppers supporting. The 2005 Croke Park gig was a monumental let down after that)
Sonic Youth - Vicar Street 2009(Closely tied with their witnness 2002 performance)
Flaming Lips - Witnness 2003
Nofx - Olympia 2009
Tool - The Point 2006
Torche - Whelans 2008
Futureheads - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 2008
Weezer - Point 2005
Greenday - 02 2009
Pinback - Whelans 2007
In Flames - Point 2006
Rancid - Olympia 2003
REM - Balbriggan Castle 2005
Redneck Manifesto (Whelans 2001)
David Kitt (Witnness 2001)

whatawaster

Paul McCartney, Dec 20th 2009

Bren Jacob

The Specials: Olympia Theatre, Nov 09 - best gig of my life!

lordgoat

whatawaster wrote: »

Paul McCartney, Dec 20th 2009

No way, he'll bore you with stories of how great he is and i remember when john did this... If anyone in music annoyes me more i've yet to encounter them. Although he was in Wings (The band the bealtes could have been)

siltirocker

Pearl Jam, consistently voted the best live act in the world over the past decade. Never seen them do less than 2 and a half hours or under 10 encores.

Creamy Goodness

fitzcarraldo wrote: »

Weezer - Whelans 2005

they only played vicar street and the point, never whelans.

i'm not going to do an order or am i going to do 20.

weezer - vicar street
biffy clyro - whelans
final fantasy - whelans
boss volenti - village
ben folds - vicar street
brendan benson - vicar street
them crooked vultures - metro (chicago)
biffy clyro - voodoo lounge
arcade fire - phoenix park
bloc party - phoenix park
foals - ambassador
idlewild - ambassador
jimmy eat world - olympia
interpol - rds
kings of leon - rds
death cab for cutie - ambassador

DigiGal

Battles-Last night in Tripod
Pixies-The Olympia
Sixteen Layers-Crawdaddy
Neil Young-Malahide Castle
Radiohead, Day 1, Malahide Castle
Radio Soulwax-Dublin Castle
White Denim-The Academy
The National-Whelans
65 dAYS oF sTATIC-tRIPOD
Cathy Davey-Tripod
Slipknot-RDS

eh...i'll be back with the rest later

lordgoat

National in Vicar St/Whelans
T'artic monkeys in Whelans
Jurassic 5 Vicar St
Arcade Fire - EP (bset set at any festival i've seen)
Final Fantasy - Whelans/Vicar St
Wilco - Vicar St 2007
Sigur Ros -Olympia

and many many many more...

X-Calibre

1. RATM - Oxegen 08
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Oxegen 09
3. Bon Iver - Bigtop, Galway 09
4. Daft Punk - Marley Park 05 (?)
5. Hot Chip - Oxegen 08
6. Battles - Tripod (last night!)
7. Brian Wilson - EP 09
8. Foals - Oxegen 09
9. Explosions in The Sky - EP 09
10. Modest Mouse - Academy 09
11. QOFTSA - Slane 2003
12. Fever Ray - Oxegen 09
13. Jimmy Eat World - Olympia 05 (?)
14. Rodrigo y Gabriella - EP 09
15. Muse - Olympia 05 (?)
16. Passion Pit - EP 09
17. Orbital -Tripod 09
18. Florence & The Machine - EP 09

18 will have to do, anything more is just filler!

Mushy

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

them crooked vultures - metro (chicago)

You.....I won't continue cos I'd prob be banned. And thats all just through jealousy. I can wait 6 days(barely!).

Sútalún

Eeehhhh..right off the top of my head.

Interpol RDS
Radiohead Malahide Castle
Radiohead Marlay Castle
Bellx1 Oxegen 2008
Delerentos Whelans
Editors Oxegen 2008
Coldplay Rock Werchter 2009
Hot Chip Manchester Apollo
Julian Plenti Academy
Rodrigo Y Gabriella Olympia
Bellx1 Olympia
Muse Marlay Park
REM Oxegen 2008
David Geraghty Button Factory

Zaph

Radiohead - Olympia 2003
David Byrne - Ambassador 2002
Pixies - Lansdowne Road 2005

indiewindy

The National. Whelans 2005
Mogwai. Camber Sands 2004 (Or red box, academy etc amazing every time)
Aphex Twin. Primavera sound 2009
Deerhoof. Whelans 2009
Arcade Fire. Paris 2007
Explosions in the sky. The hub 2004
Cursive.Sugar Club 2007
Dirty projectors. Whelans 2009
Deerhunter. Andrews Lane Theatre 2009
Neil Young. Primavera Sound 2009

Probably missing a few there,would need to dig out my old gig tickets for the rest!

punchdrunk

Depeche Mode 02 2009
Neil Young Point 2001
RATM oxegen 2008
Radiohead olympia 2003
the Frames Witness 2001
Portishead Edinburgh 2008
Neil Young Glasto 2009
Jeff Tweedy Vicar st 2008
Yo La Tengo route du rock 2005
MBV electric Picnic 2008
Wilco Vicar st 2007
Arcade Fire Electric Picnic 2005
Elbow Vicar St 2008
Blur Glasto 2009
Radiohead the big top 2000
Sonic Youth Route Du Rock 2005
the Frames Road Records 2003
Leonard Cohen kilmainham 2008
Beck the point 2003
nada surf whelans 2005
QOTSA ambassador 2008

thebossanova

not much of a gig goer but anyway...

Pixies - Olympia 2009(Friday)
Pixies - Albany 2005
Radiohead - Punchestown 2000
Muse - Dublin Castle 2002
Weezer - Vicar Street 2006
Manic Street Preachers - Witnness 2001
Muse - Witnness 2001
Green Day - Witnness 2002
Paul McCartney - RDS 2003
The Subways - Vicar Street 2006
The Thrills - Witnness 2003
The Hives - Witnness 2002
Dave Mathews Band - NY 2005

I should really get out more

L'prof

My unordered list, plenty of omissions, I'm sure:

• Kronos Quartet Radisson 2009
• Arcade Fire Olympia 2007
• 2 many DJ's Electric Picnic 2009
• Radiohead Barcelona 2008
• Mercury Rev Roisín Dubh 2008
• The Flaming Lips Kilkenny 2006
• Coldplay The Point 2001-2003???
• U2 & RHCP Slane 2001

Johnny_Fontane

In no particular order

Ryan Adams - 2001 (?) - Watergate Theatre - Kilkenny
Do Make Say think - 2000 - whelans
Will Olham with Dave Pajo - vicar street - 2003?
Hammell on Trial - cleeres - 2002?
Built to Spill - Whelans 2008
Radiohead - Belfast ice rink - 15th sept 2001
Joanna Newsom - Olympia 2007
Arab strap with Bright eyes - Red box -2003 (?)
Modest Mouse - Academy 2009
Shellac - Temple bar music centre 2008
Les Savy Fav - that tiny place downstairs on parnell street with the big pillar in the middle of the room. somewhere in 02/03

I'm not including anything at festivals as bands rarely get (a) enough time, (b) decent sound (c) people think its ****ing karaoke time and sing in my ear and really annoy me.

homerun_homer

I might have to knock out one of my 20 to make space for Depeche Mode at the O2 last Thursday, great performance and set. Just wish I was standing at it now.

_sparkie_

bloc party, phoenix park 2007.

smashing pumpkins, RDS 2008 (i know it wasnt their best show but it might have been the closest i ever get to seeing the 'real' band and i knew the words to every song!)

placebo, oxegen 2006

daft punk, oxegen 2007

ash, last week in the button factory. it was really great.

Miguel_Sanchez

Gah! Knew I'd forget some. Ok. Got to add Menomena after what was a truly stunning set in The Sugar Club last year. I'm very tempted to add Modest Mouse, Deerhoof and The Dirty Three after seeing them all this weekend but I'll hold off and see how I feel when I've recovered fully from ATP.

Pixies - Olympia, Dublin 2009
Smog - Roisin Dubh, Galway 2001
Sigur Ros - Ambassador, Dublin 2002
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Ambassador, Dublin 2002
Sonic Youth - Vicar Street, Dublin 2009
Wilco - Vicar Street, Dublin 2007
Leonard Cohen, Kilmainham, Dublin 2008
Caribou - Whelans, Dublin 2007
Redneck Manifesto - Roisin Dubh, Galway 2004(?)
Jape & Dan Deacon - Vicar Street, Dublin 2008
Grinderman - Electric Picnic, Laois 2008
Weezer - The Point, Dublin 2005
Micah P Hinson - Whelans, Dublin 2005(?)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Olympia, Dublin 2001
My Bloody Valentine - Apollo, Manchester 2008
Radiohead - Punchestown, Kildare - 2000
Battles - ATP, Minehead 2008
Animal Collective - ATP, Minehead 2008
Yo La Tengo - Tripod, Dublin 2009
New addition:
Menomena - Sugar Club, Dublin 2008

That_Guy

I'll do my top 4

1 - Brand New (Tripod, 2007)
2 - Editors (Olympia, 2009)
3 - AC/DC (Punchestown, 2009)
4 - Pearl Jam (Point, 2006)

whiterob81

whiterob81 wrote: »

This is going to be a tough one because i've been to some amazing gigs this decade. In no particular order:

Metallica - RDS 2006 (Master of Puppets from start to finish. Rawk)
Nomeansno - Whelans 2007
CSS - Ambassador 2007 (When they headlined, not with the Klaxons)
Iron Maiden - Point 2003
Beck - Point 2003
U2 - Slane 2001 (First night with chilli peppers supporting. The 2005 Croke Park gig was a monumental let down after that)
Sonic Youth - Vicar Street 2009(Closely tied with their witnness 2002 performance)
Flaming Lips - Witnness 2003
Nofx - Olympia 2009
Tool - The Point 2006
Torche - Whelans 2008
Futureheads - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 2008
Weezer - Point 2005
Greenday - 02 2009
Pinback - Whelans 2007
In Flames - Point 2006
Rancid - Olympia 2003
REM - Balbriggan Castle 2005
Redneck Manifesto (Whelans 2001)
David Kitt (Witnness 2001)

Actually I have to make a lot of changes to that list. I forgot some brilliant gigs

Metallica - RDS 2006 (Master of Puppets from start to finish. Rawk)
Nomeansno - Whelans 2007
CSS - Ambassador 2007 (When they headlined, not with the Klaxons)
Iron Maiden - Point 2003
Beck - Point 2003
U2 - Slane 2001 (First night with chilli peppers supporting. The 2005 Croke Park gig was a monumental let down after that)
Sonic Youth - Vicar Street 2009(Closely tied with their witnness 2002 performance)
Flaming Lips - Witnness 2003
Nofx - Olympia 2009
Tool - The Point 2006
Melt Banana - Crawdaddy 2008
Futureheads - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 2008
Weezer - Point 2005
Greenday - 02 2009
Pinback - Whelans 2007
Slackers - Crawdaddy 2007
Rancid - Olympia 2003
REM - Balbriggan Castle 2005
Go Betweens - Olympia 2000 (i was fortunate enough to meet the band after. Grant McLennan was a genuinely nice bloke)
David Kitt (Witnness 2001)

i'll possibly end up making more changes before the year is out as other gigs come back to me

WindSock

Can't remember a lot. I'll put down what I remember that I enjoyed in no particular order. Well ok in order of year because this is all I can think of at the moment.

Radiohead - Punchestown 2000
Radiohead - Sydney 2003
U2 - Melbourne 2006
Old Crow Medicine Show - The Village 2008
The Black Seeds - Whelans 2009

The rest were ok, not great but not bad.

Biggest Let Downs:

The Who - Marlay Park 2007
Bob Dylan - The 02 2009

I guess I went to a hell of a lot more in the preceding decade. One of the best live acts were the Prodigy in Trip to Tipp 1997. Probably should have gone to them last week but meh.

whatawaster

whatawaster wrote: »

Paul McCartney, Dec 20th 2009

yep

ToTheSea:

My top four are for sure. I Need to think hard about the order of the other 16 though. I'm feeling i'm missing some though. also think the years are wrong in some. :P

1. Muse olympia 2004
2. blur olympia 2003
3. bloody beetroots button factory 2009
4. bell x1 malahide castle 2007
5. subways oxegen 2008
6. the strokes oxegen 2006
7. republic of loose the acedemy 08?(great most times live, this one was just unreal for me though.)
8.the holloways+the wombats the village 07
9.primal scream oxegen 2006
10. the cribs the ambassador 2008
11. jape tivoli theatre 08
12. editors supporting franz at the point 2005/6?
13. calvin harris oxegen 2006 &08
14. cold war kids ambassador 08
15. pidgeon detectives button fatory 07
16. ben folds oxegen 08
17. velvet revolver the point 06
18. radiohead malahide castle 08
19. swell season st louis 09
20. guillemots the academy 08

WindSock

WindSock wrote: »

Radiohead - Punchestown 2000
Radiohead - Sydney 2003
U2 - Melbourne 2006
Old Crow Medicine Show - The Village 2008
The Black Seeds - Whelans 2009

Remembered a few more ones I enjoyed...

Green Energy - White Stripes/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs/ Von Bondies - Dublin Castle 2002(?)
A Taste Of Rory - Rory Gallagher Tribute - Olympia 2003
Analogue - Rogues Gallery- Grand Canal Dock - 2008

rcaz

I'm crap at making lists... My six most memorable (I was born in 1990, so I was a bit young at the start of this decade :rolleyes:)

1. The Flaming Lips - Live at the Marquee, Cork, 2007
2. Radiohead - Malahide Castle, 2008
3. Micah P. Hinson - Crawdaddy, 2007
4. Wilco - Vicar Street, 2007
5. Deerhoof - Whelan's, 2009
6. The Hold Steady - Temple Bar Music Centre, 2007

(I've seen The Flaming Lips six times and Radiohead twice, they were only allowed one entry each :pac:)

Nettie

One word...
...MUSE.

jefreywithonef

Not in any order:
Pixies Hurricane Festival June 2009
Pixies Olympia Sept 2009
Pixies Olympia Oct 2009
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Hurricane Festival June 2009
The Stooges Kilmainham 2008
Black Francis Vicar St 2008
Modest Mouse Galway Nov 2009

Decuc500

Some highlights for me...

Yo La Tengo - Vicar Street 2000
Ryan Adams - Shelter 2000
Lambchop - Olympia 2000
Tortoise - Olympia 2001
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Witness 2001
Bill Janovitz - Whelans 2002
Marah - Spirit 2002
Luna - Spirit 2002
Neil Young - Vicar Street 2003
Dexys Midnight Runners - Vicar Street 2003
REM - Marley Park 2003
My Morning Jacket - Temple Bar Music Centre 2004
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Olympia Theatre 2006
Neko Case - Crawdaddy 2006
Broken Social Scene - Vicar Street 2006
Buffalo Tom - Carling Academy, Islington, London 2007
Wilco - Vicar Street 2007
Drive By Truckers - Manchester Academy 2008
Buffalo Tom - Tripod 2008
Damon And Naomi - Whelans 2008
Richmond Fontaine - The Sugar Club 2009

Carroller16

Nizlopi - Whelans 2008
Coldplay - Phoenix Park 2009
Paolo Nutini - Olympia 2009

TO_ARTHUR!

The seven best gigs of the past decade for me were:

1 - Santana - Marley Park (2002)
2 - Rage Against The Machine - Oxegen (2008)
3 - U2 - Slane (2001)
4 - Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Oxegen (2006)
5 - Pendulum - RDS (2008)
6 - Blur - Oxegen (2009)
7 - Animal Collective - Stiff Kitten, Belfast (2009)

The Pontiac

Strangely enough one of the best gigs was 'Stars of the Lid 'in a small venue a few years ago. Maybe it was the surprise factor as I'd barely heard of them and the admission fee was only few quid, so I wasn't expecting much. They were awesome, but they're definitely more of a live act. Neil Young and Roger Waters in Cork were the other main highlights for me.

JaneLane

Best gigs for me this decade:

Foo Fighters - The Point 2002
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slane 2003
Muse - Olympia 2004
REM - The Point 2005
The Strokes - The Point 2006
White Stripes - Hyde Park 2007
Queens of the Stone Age - The Ambassador - 2008
Muse - Wembley Stadium 2007
Foo Fighters - Wembley Stadium 2008
Block Party - Phoenix Park 2007
Arcade Fire - Phoenix Park 2007
The Kills (supporting Franz) - Olympia 2004
Kings of Leon - RDS 2007
Faithless - Marlay Park 2006

Here come the army of festival highlights...

Kings of Leon - Oxegen 2004
The Futureheads - Oxegen 2005
Doves -Oxegen 2009
Daft Punk - Oxegen 2007
Bjork - Electric Picnic - 2007
Chemical Brothers - Electric Picnic 2007
The Prodigy - Oxegen 2008
Vampire Weekend - Oxegen 2008
Seasick Steve - Oxegen 2008
The Raconteurs - Oxegen 2008
Sigur Rós - Electric Picnic 2008
The Kills - Electric Picnic2008
Blur - Oxegen 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Oxegen 2009
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Oxegen 2009
Brian Wilson - Electric Picnic 2009
Chic - Electric Picnic 2009
Florence and the Machine - Electric Picnic 2009

and finally:

The Prodigy - The o2 - 2009

They're the main ones, or the ones I can remember anyway!

JerryHandbag

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slane 2003
Sigur Ros - EP 2008
Foo Fighters - Marlay Park 2007
Bellx1 - Dolans Limerick 2004
U2 - Croker 2009
Neil Young - Malahide Castle 2008
Fun Lovin Criminals - Olympia 2002

Really should go to more gigs!