Bands you want to see live

karaokeman

Thread in Music gave me the idea for this one.

As opposed to the "All the bands you 'never' saw live" thread I thought I would start one for acts we are hoping to see before they pack it in.

I'll try list my essentials, as there are dozens of bands I want to see but certain ones I may only get a few more chances.

A few off the top of my head....

Kate Bush - highly unlikely, but I can always keep dreaming

Paul McCartney - never heard a bad word about his performances, and only ever played Ireland 4 times:eek:

Neil Young - the godfather of grunge, has a few more years left in him

KISS - put on a mad, crazy, traditional rock 'n' roll show that I missed the last time they played in the O2

Guns 'n' Roses - what I've heard from the last O2 gig is starting to make me change my mind, even though it never will be the same as the golden age

Beach Boys - if they play EP I AM getting a ticket

spitfireIRL

Chemical Brothers. Missed them twice. argh

Motorist

Guns N Roses - I mean the real Guns N Roses , not Axl and friends.

christmas2012

aslan and going to see them too..

Rothko

Neil Young
He's my favourite and I probably won't get that many more chances to see him live so I'll definitely be going to see him whenever he comes here next.

The Flaming Lips
I've become a huge fan of these in the last few months and they're supposed to be one of the best live acts in the world

Radiohead
I've been a big fan of them for years and for a good while they were my favourite band so I would love to see them in person.

My Bloody Valentine
Just to hear anything from Loveless played live would be amazing. I'd have to make sure to bring ear plugs with me though.

Yuck
My favourite new band and their debut is my favourite album from last year. They have the exact kind of sound that I love. I actually had the chance to see them play too but missed it. I saw Thurston Moore in the Button Factory last year and it was only on the day of the gig that I found out that Yuck had played there the night before.

Sonic Youth
Like I already said, I've seen Thurston play solo but to see the whole band together would be fantastic.

Dinosaur Jr.
J Mascis is one of my favourite guitarists and You're Living All Over Me is one of my favourite albums. They have a new album coming out later in the year so hopefully they'll come over here to support it.

Manic Street Preachers
Another one of my favourite bands. They also seem to be a great live act.

Furious-Red

Van Halen
Motley Crue
Pearl Jam
Offspring
Alter Bridge
Chemical Brothers
Daft Punk
Steel Panther
Rise Against

To name a few

david75

Pearl jam(for the 30th time)
animal collective
daft punk
explosions in the sky
janes addiction
of montreal


etc

tattykitty

Vallenfyre
Sisters of Mercy (missed Eldritch when he played a while back)
Paradise Lost (specifically headlining in Dublin - seen 'em in the UK)
Corrosion of Conformity (with Pepper Keenan)
System of a Down
Bjork
Zoe Keating (saw her once as support for Amanda Palmer - would love to see her doing a headline show)
Oomph

I'd love to have seen Type O Negative, but alas, that's not going to happen now that Pete's dead.

Aerosmith would probably be good fun...they're playing in Toronto while I'm there but the tickets are extortionate. I'm not that keen to relive my teenage years. :P

fincollins

Suas11 wrote: »

Neil Young
He's my favourite and I probably won't get that many more chances to see him live so I'll definitely be going to see him whenever he comes here next.

The Flaming Lips
I've become a huge fan of these in the last few months and they're supposed to be one of the best live acts in the world

Radiohead
I've been a big fan of them for years and for a good while they were my favourite band so I would love to see them in person.

My Bloody Valentine
Just to hear anything from Loveless played live would be amazing. I'd have to make sure to bring ear plugs with me though.

Yuck
My favourite new band and their debut is my favourite album from last year. They have the exact kind of sound that I love. I actually had the chance to see them play too but missed it. I saw Thurston Moore in the Button Factory last year and it was only on the day of the gig that I found out that Yuck had played there the night before.

Sonic Youth
Like I already said, I've seen Thurston play solo but to see the whole band together would be fantastic.

Dinosaur Jr.
J Mascis is one of my favourite guitarists and You're Living All Over Me is one of my favourite albums. They have a new album coming out later in the year so hopefully they'll come over here to support it.

Manic Street Preachers
Another one of my favourite bands. They also seem to be a great live act.

You sir/madam have a great taste in music!! :pac:

I've been lucky enough to see all those ppl live, and I have to say they're nearly all in my top gigs....bar Yuck actually. Saw them twice and both times was semi disappointing. The sound was crap too tho.

My list would be Mars Volta, Van Morrison, and Soundgarden. Technically theyr all touring this year- so i really have no excuse.

I'll surely think of more

EyesClosed

Smashing Pumpkins - missed them the last time

Miguel_Sanchez

Suas11 wrote: »

The Flaming Lips
I've become a huge fan of these in the last few months and they're supposed to be one of the best live acts in the world

First time I saw them it was great. But their live show suffers from diminishing returns. The 2nd and 3rd time I was just underwhelmed.

Radiohead
I've been a big fan of them for years and for a good while they were my favourite band so I would love to see them in person.

My Bloody Valentine
Just to hear anything from Loveless played live would be amazing. I'd have to make sure to bring ear plugs with me though.

Sonic Youth
Like I already said, I've seen Thurston play solo but to see the whole band together would be fantastic.

Dinosaur Jr.
J Mascis is one of my favourite guitarists and You're Living All Over Me is one of my favourite albums. They have a new album coming out later in the year so hopefully they'll come over here to support it.

These bands are all fantastic live, grab any chance you can to see them. Although seeing Sonic Youth might not happen now that Thurston and Kim have divorced.

The Nal

Suas11 wrote: »

Neil Young

Incredible, mad genius. Check out the insanity from 9 mins.

Suas11 wrote: »

Radiohead
I've been a big fan of them for years and for a good while they were my favourite band so I would love to see them in person.

One of the worst gigs Ive ever seen by a big band. Humourless, dull nonsense. Not a hint of joy from them. Anti music, everything I hate about music actually.

Suas11 wrote: »

Sonic Youth
Like I already said, I've seen Thurston play solo but to see the whole band together would be fantastic

They played Vicar St last year. Good gig. Skimmed on the hits though.

Robinwood

But one will never feel the same who have been to Concept of Micheal Jackson ! RIP Miky

Mansized Wreath

R.E.M.,sadly they've hung up their boots but Michael Stipe what a frontman he was!

THEZAPPA

Soundgarden
Alice In Chains (already have but would have been amazing if Layne was still alive)
Pearl Jam
Dinosaur Jr
Mudhoney
Mark Lanegan (for the 3rd time)
Neil Young
The black keys
Chris Cornell (Again)
Temple of the dog
Stone Temple Pilots
The Screaming Trees
Primus

The list could go on!

RINO87

Steely Dan, with full session band. I wet myself at the thought!

Miguel_Sanchez

The Nal wrote: »

They played Vicar St last year. Good gig. Skimmed on the hits though.

Sonic Youth don't normally play the hits at their headline shows, they tend to concentrate more on newer material. But they do rock out a lot more of them at festivals apparently.

languagenerd

The Offspring
Panic(!) at the Disco
Bouncing Souls
Sum 41
Mayday Parade

^^ All bands I had tickets to see, but then the music festival collapsed (Pukkelpop), Sum 41 pulled out at the last minute (Kerrang Tour) and Mayday were supposed to support YMA6 but they couldn't reschedule when the gig was postponed so I'm still waiting

Set Your Goals
Allison
Oreskaband
Feeder
Biffy Clyro
Nickelback (I know all their radio songs sound the same, but I reckon they'd be fun in an arena)

And then there's plenty of bands that I'd like to see again too!

languagenerd

Furious-Red wrote: »

Van Halen
Motley Crue
Pearl Jam
Offspring
Alter Bridge
Chemical Brothers
Daft Punk
Steel Panther
Rise Against

To name a few

R.A. haven't played headline shows here in a few years - the scene's too small for what it costs to get here so they often skip over us on European tours . I went to Birmingham to see them last year and ended up meeting two of them on the street there. Best €50 Ryanair flight ever :P They are one of the best bands I've seen live though (have seen them twice), so if you get a chance, definitely go see them!

green day rule

The offspring I was too young to go and see them the last time they played
Sum 41 Cancelled the K! Tour
All Time Low might be going to see them in August
Bowling Fir Soup going to see them soon!

Furious-Red

languagenerd wrote: »

R.A. haven't played headline shows here in a few years - the scene's too small for what it costs to get here so they often skip over us on European tours . I went to Birmingham to see them last year and ended up meeting two of them on the street there. Best €50 Ryanair flight ever :P They are one of the best bands I've seen live though (have seen them twice), so if you get a chance, definitely go see them!

Didnt they sell out the Academy last time they were here? Think i was un-decided about going at that time . Im raging they keep skipping over here(but can understand Travel cost etc may not make it feasable)

StaticAge11

Bands I want to see

ACDC
Iron Maiden
Trivium
The Offspring
Bullet For My Valentine
Stone Sour
Slipknot

Bands I need to see again because they are awesome live
Metallica
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Alice In Chains
Biffy Clyro

languagenerd

Furious-Red wrote: »

Didnt they sell out the Academy last time they were here? Think i was un-decided about going at that time . Im raging they keep skipping over here(but can understand Travel cost etc may not make it feasable)

I was at that show, I'm not sure if it was fully sold out - but even if it was, that's only 600-800 people. The show in Birmingham was a 3000+ capacity venue and they were playing that size room every night, so I guess it mightn't be worth all the extra travel costs and currency change for a venue a quarter the size of what they play every other night!
Zack (guitarist) was telling us that they were surprised that they weren't booked for Dublin (though I suppose he had to say that :pac:). They played Oxegen in 2010 too, but I couldn't get off work that weekend to go. Maybe on the next tour *crosses fingers*

Mickolution

The Nal wrote: »

They played Vicar St last year. Good gig. Skimmed on the hits though.

Last year? That was 2009.

Miguel_Sanchez

Mickolution wrote: »

Last year? That was 2009.

Getting old.....

cocoshovel

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
As I lay dying. They're touring with Trivium this year but completely skipping Ireland

Furious-Red

languagenerd wrote: »

I was at that show, I'm not sure if it was fully sold out - but even if it was, that's only 600-800 people. The show in Birmingham was a 3000+ capacity venue and they were playing that size room every night, so I guess it mightn't be worth all the extra travel costs and currency change for a venue a quarter the size of what they play every other night!
Zack (guitarist) was telling us that they were surprised that they weren't booked for Dublin (though I suppose he had to say that :pac:). They played Oxegen in 2010 too, but I couldn't get off work that weekend to go. Maybe on the next tour *crosses fingers*

I caught some of their set at Oxegen while i was on my break onsite . They had a decent size crowd (not massive mind you) . Yea i agree the fact they were playing 2000/3000 min capacity venues in UK why would they drop over here for a 800(max gig)

EDIT: Now ive just realised i have seen Rise Against ha stupid me , but would rather see them at a proper gig or a festival that would suit them like Reading/Download

The Nal

Mickolution wrote: »

Last year? That was 2009.

A lot of whiskey drank since then. Time flies!!

rubadub

karaokeman wrote: »

Kate Bush - highly unlikely, but I can always keep dreaming

+1, she rarely plays live, and if she did it would be a trip to the UK as she supposedly has a fear of flying. Strange that her videos can still not be got on dvd.

I would like to see a few more doing those 'album gigs', e.g. I would love to see Rod Stewart doing all the tracks off Every Picture Tells A Story & Never a Dull Moment from the early 70's. I wouldn't bother to go see him at a normal gig, probably not even if I got free tickets.

O'Doodle

Foster the people
Bombay Bicycle Club
Miike Snow
Franz Ferdinand
Grizzly Bear
Django Django
Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
Hot Chip
Hockey
Haim
Ben Howard
Ellie Goulding

That_Guy

I really hope Brand New come back soon. Their gig in Tripod was amazing.

unplayable

daft punk

BoomSha

Linkin Park
Daft Punk
Pendulum

Linkin Park in particular, I hear they're amazing live.

Furious-Red

BoomSha wrote: »

Linkin Park
Daft Punk
Pendulum

Linkin Park in particular, I hear they're amazing live.

Bad news for ya they broke up there during the week

JamJamJamJam

Frightened Rabbit - tickets go on sale next week for a bunch of gigs around Ireland in September! NEED.

Anyone else hoping to go?








EDIT: While I'm here,
Bruce Springsteen
Pearl Jam
Battles
Admiral Fallow
Biffy (again)
Arctic Monkeys (again)
Band of Horses
Iron and Wine
Elbow
Blink 182, sure!
James Vincent McMorrow
The Frames
The Gaslight Anthem
Jimmy Eat World
The Prodigy (caught a bit of them at Oxegen but wanna see them properly!)
Muse (same)
Mumford and Sons (again)
Brand New
Marmaduke Duke
Radiohead
Villagers
Dave Matthews Band

johnnycnandy

Stone Roses (which I will be doing this week)
Daft Punk
Kiss (only if its the Simmons/Stanley/Ace/Criss line up)
Noel G's High Flying Birds
Bon Jovi
The Cure
No Doubt
Prince
Them Crooked Vultures

karaokeman

Furious-Red wrote: »

Bad news for ya they broke up there during the week

From what I heard they are on a two-year hiatus, but I'm probably wrong, just thought I read somewhere they would be taking a break before recording their next album.

Furious-Red

karaokeman wrote: »

From what I heard they are on a two-year hiatus, but I'm probably wrong, just thought I read somewhere they would be taking a break before recording their next album.

Yea it prob will be that , they will all do their side projects etc and then come back for another album

BoomSha

Furious-Red wrote: »

Bad news for ya they broke up there during the week

Didn't know that when I posted it. Feel like a bit of an eejit now.

Whatsernamex33

Green Day - Again.
Saw them in Marlay Park in 2010, they're unbelievable I reckon... Billie Joe Armstrong. <3

Muse.
Radiohead.
My Chemical Romance.
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Keane.
Oasis (if they were still together...)
Nicki Minaj.
Blink 182.
Bon Jovi.
Linkin Park.


I've loads tbh, just the ones off of the top of my head.

Billgirlylegs

RINO87 wrote: »

Steely Dan, with full session band. I wet myself at the thought!

+1

Boston (currently on tour in US)

nitromaster

Right now:

My Chemical Romance
Motion City Soundtrack
The Story So Far
Frank Turner

finbarrk

Led Zeppelin. Most people here are mentioning bands that are still doing gigs.

Captain Graphite

I've got a long list but the most important ones (in decreasing order of likelihood I'll ever get to see them) are:

PJ Harvey
Feist
Björk
The Knife
Tom Waits
My Bloody Valentine