Best gig or event you've been to?

I'm just watching chemical brothers on sky arts. Not everyone's cup of tea of course but I'd go to their gig right now if I could. I've seen them twice live and they are epic. I wouldn't stick their CD on in the car though!

I'm not sure I can name just one event as my best ever, but Screamadelica by Primal Scream at the FIB festival in Benicassim would be up there. Any time I've seen the prodigy live I've been blown away. Oasis in Marley Park would be on the list or Green Day because I waited years to see them live. Bruce Springstein is undoubtedly one of the best live performers I've ever seen. Then again, something as simple as the show "Wicked" which I saw first on Broadway and recently in Dublin is one of the most memorable shows I've been to and I would have watched it again straight away when it was over.

So, what's the best gig or event you've ever attended? It could have been a music festival or opera, an F1 race, or even Cheltenham.

galwayrush

Hard to pick from Rush 18 times,Led Zeppelin at O2 London , The Wall or Rammstein, all brilliant and memorable.

Herb Powell

Has to be And So I Watch You From Afar.

The best gig ever, every time.

xzanti

Creamfields 2002... Underworld were epic imho!

weiland79

Impossible to pick one Queens of the stone age last year Foo fighters in marley park my first blow job at a Metallica gig in the nineties. Sometimes a gig night just aligns itself perfectly. Great pre gig pints and banter the perfect set list, great crowd. And then the ones you expect to be epic just fall apart, im looking at you soundgarden in the O2.

Gehad_JoyRider

Your all wrong Daft Punk Marley Park it was EPIC!!!!

maybe that was the drugs too

Northern Monkey

The flaming lips in vicar street.

fermanagh_man

Snow Patrol intimate acoustic gig in Belfast only about 80 people there twas unreal hi

AC/DC at punchestown was immense aswell

Too Tough To Die

Slane

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Who in Marley Park in 2007, It was an awesome show supported by NI's The Answer and Scotland's Biffy Clyro.

Obviously Keith Moon and John Entwistle where no longer with us but Daltrey and Townsend gave an awesome performance that night. Ringo Starr's son Zack Starkey played drums.

I was 19 at the time. I went with my Dad, who introduced me to the Who, growing up in that house I was subjected to his entire 60s/70s collection which I'm grateful to him for. That gig is one of my fondest memories spent with him.

Mrs Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks this July.

ROCKMAN

AC /DC Monsters OF Rock ,Donington Park 1991



Close the thread:D

WesternZulu

Slane 2003!

PJ Harvey
Feeder
Queens of the Stone Age
Foo Fighters
Red Hot Chili Peppers

What a line up, it was brilliant!

holystungun9

Erykah Badu
Jill Scott
Incognito
Chic

They were the last four gigs and they were all fantastic. Great great music and great venues too.

Mariasofia

Nick Cave was unbelievable at live at the marquee Cork.

AgileMyth

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Garth Brooks this July.

If you think that going in to it, it definitely won't be.

stimpson

Johnny Vegas at the first Cat Laughs festival in Killkenny.

I honestly thought he was going to physically attack a member of the audience.

Merkin

Sven Vath in Amnesia, Ibiza was UNBELIEVABLE. I love that man! Can't remember what year as its all a blur, I think 2006.

beertons

Rolling Stones in Slane.

Menas

The Stone roses in Heaton park is up there for me....aided by the 25 year wait.
Iggy Pop at kilmainham was suprisingly fantastic as were a few of the metalica dublin gigs.
When I was a young fella U2 at croke park in 86 (or was it 87) was a big deal too but I would not cross the street to see them now.

On the sports front the kentucky derby 2001 was great craic all together.

beano345

Sunrise festival in poland

castletownman

The B Sharps at the intimate setting of Moe's Tavern

RiverOfLove

Michael Buble at the Aviva Stadium in 2010.
Michael Buble at the o2 last year.

He was so good. He had me laughing and crying, singing and dancing.

hynesie08

Don't think it would be possible to pick just one, limp bizkit in the Olympia? Frank turner in brixton? Bruce in 09? AC/DC In punchestown? Gaslight Dublin night 2? Ask me 10 times and I'll give ya 10 answers. Don't trust anyone who can give a definitive answer

DEFTLEFTHAND

Trigger Happy wrote: »

The Stone roses in Heaton park is up there for me....aided by the 25 year wait.
Iggy Pop at kilmainham was suprisingly fantastic as were a few of the metalica dublin gigs.
When I was a young fella U2 at croke park in 86 (or was it 87) was a big deal too but I would not cross the street to see them now.

On the sports front the kentucky derby 2001 was great craic all together.

What was the sound like with the Stone Roses that night? Did Brown's voice hold up?

Legs.Eleven

I should probably say Nine Simmone in Chicago in 2001 or Joe Strummer in the Olympia in (I can't remember the year) but it was Gorky's Zygotic Mynci in (can't remember the name of the venue) in Dublin in 2001 or there about (I'm **** with dates and venues).

I went alone as no one else would come with me, brought my whole CD collection (about 10 CDs in total including singles, EPs etc). I knocked back a load of beers and got the Dutch Courage to approach the band who were having a drink before the gig. I sat down with them and chatted to them while they signed all of them for me. Met a guy from my hometown who was also a fan and I didn't know, so I'd someone to hang out with. I was buzzing for weeks after! Great memories.

Also meeting Dave Couse from A House at a solo gig in London in 2006. I'm a big A House fan, so decided to go up and talk to him after the gig. He was so sound. Told him my story about I used one of his CDs as a mirror in the changing room at work to put on some mascara and it slipped behind the hand-dryer and how any time the hand-dryer was turned on, you'd hear the CD banging of it (I must've been baloobas telling him that story. Scarla for me! ). He thought it was hilarious and gave me another signed copy of the CD and a t-shirt and asked me to join him for pints after (I couldn't go as I had to get the last bus home and work the next day).

Good times.

Merkin

Mamma Mia on Broadway was another one. Everyone up in the theatre aisles singing and dancing, it was great fun!

usersame

WesternZulu wrote: »

Slane 2003!

PJ Harvey
Feeder
Queens of the Stone Age
Foo Fighters
Red Hot Chili Peppers

What a line up, it was brilliant!

That's a sick line up, didn't even realise that went down, was slightly too young

Menas

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

What was the sound like with the Stone Roses that night? Did Brown's voice hold up?

It certainly did. Sounds better in the Made of Stone footage but that will be the auto tune for ya.

Banjo String

ROCKMAN wrote: »

AC /DC Monsters OF Rock ,Donington Park 1991



Close the thread:D

I won all expenses paid, (flights and accommodation and backstage passes) vip tickets to see them in Donnington in 2010.

Yep, was right up there as one of the best days of my life so far.

Brian Johnston is a really sound bloke, they all were tbh, but he went out of his way to relate with you (starting telling me of some Irish pubs he was locked in in his time)

Coldplay in Belfasts Odyssey (05 or 06, not sure) was pretty good too.

washiskin

holystungun9 wrote: »

Erykah Badu
Jill Scott
Incognito
Chic

They were the last four gigs and they were all fantastic. Great great music and great venues too.

As in "Always There" Incognito???? :eek:

If so, where???? when????

Mint Sauce

Micheal Jackson, Dangerous Tour, Wembley.

Closely followed by Ash, at the London Astoria '97.

GAAman

One of three for me, Slane 2003 (Foo Fighters and RHCP were unreal!) ACDC at punchestown or the Metallica gig where they played Master of Puppets in its entirety for the anniversary which is still my favourite album of theirs and the first album I ever bought.

If I HAD to pick one of those, it would be the ACDC gig. Had wanted to see them since I was a kid and never got a chance to. Always said if I could put together a dream concert it would be them, Hendrix and Nirvana.

All unreal gigs though!

laugh

Radiohead RDS 1997.

Son Of A Vidic

Kosheen playing at the The Scala in London back in 2001. I didn't even know who they were at the time and stumbled upon them playing live at a regular club of mine.

SuperGrover

Madness, SFX Centre. 1985

Cantremember

Woodstock.

ckeego

GAAman wrote: »

One of three for me, Slane 2003 (Foo Fighters and RHCP were unreal!) ACDC at punchestown or the Metallica gig where they played Master of Puppets in its entirety for the anniversary which is still my favourite album of theirs and the first album I ever bought.

If I HAD to pick one of those, it would be the ACDC gig. Had wanted to see them since I was a kid and never got a chance to. Always said if I could put together a dream concert it would be them, Hendrix and Nirvana.

All unreal gigs though!

There's a man who knows his gigs!

Slane 2003 was amongst the best line ups of all time-QOTSA and PJ Harvey were there too!

Shiraz 4.99

Cirque de Soleil - Love: The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtn3m7F4Vog

Saw the preview shows in The Mirage Vegas back in 2006.
Nothing else has come anywhere close.

jonnny68

Couldn't really pick one but could narrow it down to

The Stone Roses - Heaton Park, Manchester 2012

Prodigy - NYE Dublin 1993

Orbital @ Creamfields 2000 I think it was

Basement Jaxx anytime I've seen them live

wazky

Big Tom - McGinleys lounge.

saintsaltynuts

Billy Joel in the 02 Dublin last November was brilliant.

JumpShivers

Green Day in Marlay Park, June 2010.

bodhrandude

Recent: Aphex Twin at Forbidden Fruit 2011
Jon Hopkins at Body & Soul festival 2013.
I suppose my best ever at the time anyway was Pink Floyd at Maine Road Stadium, Manchester 8.8.1988.

leinad

Oasis Cork 1996 as described here http://dontstopliving.net/oasis-live-at-pairc-ui-chaoimh-corcaigh-august-1996/ no affiliation here

Yellowledbetter

Pearl Jam any of the 7 times I've seen them,soon to be 9!! My first one was 96 so that will always be a bit special although I proposed to herself at the Belfast gig in 2010 so that's up there too.
Other stand out gigs;
Radiohead 97
Morrissey 03ish
Korn 02
Stones 07
Chemical Brothers 98 or 99
Foo Fighters(Everytime)
Rage Against The Machine 08 or 09

ROCKMAN

Banjo String wrote: »

I won all expenses paid, (flights and accommodation and backstage passes) vip tickets to see them in Donnington in 2010.

Yep, was right up there as one of the best days of my life so far.

Brian Johnston is a really sound bloke, they all were tbh, but he went out of his way to relate with you (starting telling me of some Irish pubs he was locked in in his time)

Coldplay in Belfasts Odyssey (05 or 06, not sure) was pretty good too.

LUCKY LUCKY B**TARD

joe swanson

Has to be Slane 2001. Coldplay, Chili Peppers and U2. The peppers were unreal

Miprocin

Tool in the SFX 2001. Was my first real gig and they were awesome.

languagenerd

Hard to choose one...

Green Day in the O2 in 2009 - it was the night before my 18th and I'd been waiting years to see them. They were brilliant that night too. Great way to start a week of parties that ended with a Billy Talent show in the Olympia a few days later (they were my two favourite bands at the time, couldn't have been better timing for those shows ).

Two nights of The Gaslight Anthem in the Olympia last summer stand out too. Thought the first night was amazing... the second was better!

Flying to Birmingham for a day to see Rise Against (and meeting them on the street there a few hours before the show) is another one. Tom Morello was supporting with his Nightwatchman solo project - both epic sets, well worth the €58 we spent on Ryanair flights and the 6 hours sleeping on a table in Birmingham airport afterwards :pac:

krustydoyle

There's been a good few now that I think about it.

Ryan Adams anytime he's played ireland

The Rapture in the village (after mcguinness signed them) and supported by The Things

The Police in croke park few years ago was deadly

Fleet Foxes in vicar st few years ago after they played the picnic.

Vintage trouble downstairs in bruxelles few years too and their gig in whelans few months ago was amazing