Live Concerts

losthorizon

I was wondering what were the best bands people have seen live and what are the best live performances they have seen on youtube or TV for that matter.

Two that stand out for me would be REM who were incredible and Chic a band I thought I woudnt like at all.


I have seen Queen but they must have had an off day as they werent great on the day I saw them.

These 2 performances blow me away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2O3OAQjng

In this Mick Fleetwood looks like hes going to have a heart attack. Plenty of dodgy substances taken I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6P2_i0Y6ms

Paddy Cow

Went to see Lady Gaga in September and probably wouldn't go again. Man she can talk and talk and talk and talk........ The Darkness were great though. I'd go and see them again.

mardybumbum

3 best for me in order of amazingness would have to be Bon Iver at the 02, Little Dragon at Button Factory, and either Oasis or RHCP at Slane.

I've always been pretty unimpressed by the big acts at EP and Oxygen. Much prefer dancing away in a small shed.

Seachmall

Saw Jay-Z at oxygen a few years back, very good. Dizzee Rascal was also pretty good along with Florence & The Machine although I'm not a fan of either of their music generally.

The Prodigy and that type of music all sound the same to me but I've been to dozens of those type of gigs and they're always great craic.

Daveaherne

I have seen bruce springsteen and the e street band 4 times. All great shows all over 3 hours value for money. Cant wait to see them again this summer.

Where To

The Pretenders were the best I ever saw live.

Showing my age now.:(

Rasheed

Found Robbie Williams unreal in concert, even though I'm not the biggest fan of his music.

Found Eminem very disappointing live.

tommy2bad

The Duke and the King, New Order, Springsteen and E Street band, Flaming Lips.
I suppose I should put dates and places but as they say if you can remember........

8-10

Arcade Fire. Never ever get old live.

Where To

tommy2bad wrote: »

The Duke and the King

John Wayne and Elvis? You're bleeding older than me.:eek:

MickFleetwood

Wish I could have seen Fleetwood Mac or The Doors in their heyday. Two of my favorite bands of all time.

Where To

MickFleetwood wrote: »

Wish I could have seen Fleetwood Mac in their heyday

Wow, you really are Mick Fleetwood

MickFleetwood

Where To wrote: »

Wow, you really are Mick Fleetwood

My username is Mick Fleetwood and I have an avatar of Phil Lynott.

Madness!

Whatsernamex33

Green Day in Marlay Park, back in 2010.
Snow Patrol in the O2, January 2012.

They were amazing.

Arpa

Muse are superb live. Leonard Cohen was moving.

Also, and this will be met with some contention, but U2 live are always spectacular.

Mince Pie

Muse and Devendra Banheart for me. Blew my mind.

MadYaker

I've seen tthe Red Hot Chili Peppers 3 times and they were great every time. Coldplay were fantastic as well. I wish I could have seen Oasis before they split up.

7 7 12

If only there was some sort of Gigs and/or Events forum to discuss these matters

rednik

Thin Lizzy in the late 70s and early 80s, always a great band live.

tommy2bad

Where To wrote: »

John Wayne and Elvis? You're bleeding older than me.:eek:

Even older! http://www.shmoop.com/huckleberry-finn/the-duke-the-king.html

Rented Mule

Roger Waters: The Wall was a surreal experience '10

Eric Clapton/Stevie Ray Vaughn/ Robert Cray - the night SRV was killed in the helicopter crash '90

Jimmy Page - solo show in '88

Chuck Berry w/ Keith Richards - Chicago Blues Festival '86

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers '02

AC/DC - Black in Black tour '80

Jeff Beck: Crossroads Festival '07

Paul McCartney '02

Rage Against the Machine - Lollapalooza '93

Bruce Springsteen '80 and '84 (not even that big of a fan)

I have been incredibly fortunate to see so many amazing shows to think of that I could go on for hours.

7 7 12

Yawn

The Th!ng

Been to see a lot of concerts over the years - Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Ronnie James Dio, Motorhead, Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, but the best for high-energy non-stop rock I've ever been to was two Billy Idol concerts, first in '91 at the Point depot and there again in 2005 or so.

Hope he comes back soon.

BillyMitchel

Swedish House Mafia summer 2012

Can't remember most to be honest, not sure if that's good or bad. Usually find the smaller bands I never heard of to be quiet good, although I'd say I look a bit stupid trying to sing along when I don't know the lyrics.

Turtyturd

Not my favourite gig but went to the revival tour in 2011 and it was a great gig....3 great songwriters in Brian Fallon, Dan Adrian and Chuck Ragan and 1 ok one in Dave Hause playing for over 3 hours, and only 20 euro for the ticket.

Pherekydes

The NSO at the NCH.

The Red Army Central Command Number 1 band. They were unbelieveable.

MaxSteele

Seachmall wrote: »

Saw Jay-Z at oxygen a few years back, very good. Dizzee Rascal was also pretty good along with Florence & The Machine although I'm not a fan of either of their music generally.

The Prodigy and that type of music all sound the same to me but I've been to dozens of those type of gigs and they're always great craic.

I actually fell asleep standing up with my head on my mate's shoulder at Florence and The Machine during Oxegen 2010. Totes awkz.

nocoverart

Fever Ray, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Rodger Waters for me. Was a little disappointed with Radiohead.

sparksfly

Porno Pigs For World Peace.

Live in Lil,s bar, Kildare town last friday night.
Playing again next friday.

Class!

NegativeCreep

Have to say, Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian are amazing live!

bullets

I'm guessing everyones tastes will vary.

New Model Army were my favorite band to listen to Live.

Bauhaus around since the 70's were also awesome to see live.

Iron Maiden even though I'm not into metal were fantastic live, one
of the Iron Maiden gigs Marylin Manson was a support act and he was terrible live.

Sisters of Mercy another favorite band I saw once and as much as I loved
their Albums they sounded Crap Live.

The Cure are one of my favorite bands yet I've never ever in all the years
I've been listening to them seen them live. Back in the 80's or 90's I would have loved to have seen them, but nowadays with electric picnic type venues I've not enough interest to make the effort. (Old and Lazy now)

In my teenage years and in my 20's I would have been much more enthusiastic about music and gigs now I'm a few years too close to 40 my music listening consists of random nights where I drunkenly click on links upon links to youtube videos of all the past bands I liked as a youth.

~B

Degag

Metallica in 06.

McChubbin

I just want to see Rammstein again. Sweet merciful Jebus that was an incredible show they put on last Febuary. Even now, just thinking about the opening build up to Sonne gets my heart pumping!

ToddyDoody

They said there was no show like a Joe show but now he's dead

Herb Powell

And So I Watch You From Afar. Holy mother of fucck, that was a gig.

Band of Skulls were great in the O2 as well.

And very differently, I saw Steve Cooney play in a little room. Absolute guitar wizard, excellent concert.

sparksfly

sparksfly wrote: »

Porno Pigs For World Peace.

Live in Lil,s bar, Kildare town last friday night.
Playing again next friday.

Class!

Oh, we can plug acts we know too? Ok......

Stonefree - Sea Sessions, Rory Gallagher Festival and in local pubs. Look em up.

Just plugged your band again too

inmyday

The Prodigy in slane 2009.

I was there to see Oasis and Kasabian. But I was blown away by the Prodigy, amazing live. The whole was going nuts for them.

Great day had by all, but then everyone had to walk for about 4 hours before they could get a bus home

crazygeryy

pearl jam at slane in 1993.they supported neil young and they blew him out of the water.he was **** compared to them,

Michael Jackson - Bad World Tour - Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, 1988

amazing theres no other word for it.

NegativeCreep

crazygeryy wrote: »

pearl jam at slane in 1993.they supported neil young and they blew him out of the water.he was **** compared to them,

Michael Jackson - Bad World Tour - Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, 1988

amazing theres no other word for it.

I'm so fucking jealous right now

Where To

7 7 12 wrote: »

Yawn

A rather obscure choice, where did you see them?

http://yawntheband.com/yawnmain.html

7ofBrian

Rammstein and Muse are the 2 best bands ive ever seen live.
The best gig i was ever at was the Green Day gig in the Ambassador where I got to play drums for them and drink with them after the show.

crazygeryy

inmyday wrote: »

The Prodigy in slane 2009.

I was there to see Oasis and Kasabian. But I was blown away by the Prodigy, amazing live. The whole was going nuts for them.

Great day had by all, but then everyone had to walk for about 4 hours before they could get a bus home

i was at that.i swore id never go to Slane again after that.getting home was a nightmare.just isn't worth it.the right job is to go up two days before the gig and come back two days after it.:)

bigbudda

Metallica, muse and primal scream....all amazing shows

igorbiscan

Pearl jam twice in the 02
Rodger waters about 10 years ago
chilli peppers last gig
ocean colour scene acoustic gig in carlow brill
Ac/dc o2

MadsL

Standout gigs for me include.

Prince - Malahide Castle (was working it so also got to hear the 3.5hr soundcheck)
The Velvet Underground - Glastonbury 93
Amon Tobin - Coachella last year
Tom Waits - Ratzkeller, Phoenix Park (Ticketmaster fkd me over on a front row seat, Grr!)
Rory Gallagher - Birmingham, can't remember year but guessing 1981
Thin Lizzy - also B'ham in the early 80s
Queen - 3 times all NEC B'ham; Crazy tour, Game tour and Works tour.
Radiohead in a pub in Oxford 92 or 93 I think.
Joe Strummer in Prague 94
The Tiger Lillies - Prague 94
Fugazi - Prague 94
Iggy Pop - Prague 96
Sonic Youth - Prague 96, also Vicar St 2010
Paco de Lucia - Albuquerque 12
Massive Attack - Electric Picnic 2010(?) in torrential rain
Pixies - Frankfurt, Doolittle Anniversary tour

The Th!ng

Forgot to mention Marillion (original line-up with Fish on vocals) at Wembley Arena and also at HammerSmith Odeon, both in the late 80's.

cena

Nickelback are very good live.

Kerplunk124

ACDC, Chase and Status, Jay Z are all at the top of my list

Wattle

Pink Floyd Earls Court 94

Roger Waters 02 2007

Dead Can Dance Grand Canal Theatre 12

The Blue Nile Olympia 97

Latchy

Ultravox .

I first saw them play in Dublin way back in the 1980s and didn't see them again until they reformed and played at the Liverpool Philharmonic in 2010 .Then last year they toured again to promote their new album ' Brilliant ' and I so enjoyed the concert at Manchester ,I decided to go see them again the following week at Blackpool .After the concert , I got to meet and have photo taken with Midge Ure ,Billy Curry ( violin /keyboards ) and Warren Cann ( drums ) who all signed my Return To Eden dvd cover .

The Beach Boys ( 3 times ) ,Status Quo ( 4 times ) and Paul McCartney ( 1) would be also be the other great acts I've really enjoyed in concert .

marble

Greenday in marlay park 2010,and kasabian last year in the same venue supportedd by Noel Gallagher.