Best gig or event you've been to?

flutterflye

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

Foo Fighters in the Olympia 2000. Dave Grohl climbing onto the balcony and walking from one end to the other while playing guitar. Also Dave opening the gig playing the drums. Quality.

Oh I was there - I'd completely forgotten about that gig! I remember being really pi$$ed off coz we had crappy balcony tickets, but then there was Dave up right beside me after jumping up on the speakers I think? and then leaped up onto the balcony. The security guards were having a conniption fit telling everyone to sit back down, and Dave kept telling everyone to stand back up!

JJJJNR

Rage against the machine . Some small place in dub.
Ice T . SFX
Alice in chains . SFX
Mega death and Pantera . Point depot
Sunstroke 93
Oasis cork x2 with the prodigy
U2 croke park
Awakenings in the gashouder amsterdam 2013

smileyj1987

It would be

U2 on the vertigo world tour
Red Hot chili Peppers and The Pixies in the phoenix park
Robbie Williams in 2001 at Lansdowne Road .

Stojkovic

The last ever Thin Lizzy gig.

lukesmom

Oasis at slane was the best gig I was ever at. 2009.

Mr E

Manic Street Preachers in the Point, June 1999.

Lyaiera

Rodrigo y Gabriela in a UCC lecture hall in about 2005 just before they took off. The next summer they started doing festivals and became massive. The gig was unreal. If the ceilings were lower people would have been hanging from them. It was supposed to be a seated gig but by the end people had rushed the front of the lecture hall and there were people dancing on tables.

keith16

Mr E wrote: »

Manic Street Preachers in the Point, June 1999.

I was at that too! Think it was close enough to the Metallica gig.

The Th!ng

I've been to concerts by all of the following (in no particular order)

Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson. I'm not 100% sure as to her identity, But If I'm not mistaken I bought a 'Johnny Cash' guitar pick from June Carter as a souvenir before the show.

Bob Dylan.

Bruce Springsteen.

The Waterboys.

Deep Purple.

Def Leppard.

Mamas Boys.

The Proclaimers.

Marillion.

Horslips. (the reuinion gigs)

Neil Young.

Iron Maiden, Ronnie James Dio & MotorHead.

But for me the absolute best concerts of my life were two of Billy Idol's which I saw in the Point Depot. 2.5 hours of pure energy unleashed from the moment he hit the stage.

ricero

Kasabian in the o2 after the release of west ryder album. Twas some gig place was rocking and noel fielding appeared on stage. Also muse marley park was fantastic and really enjoyed oasis at slane it was a very long but enjoyable day and we were in the pit

Herb Powell

Lyaiera wrote: »

Rodrigo y Gabriela in a UCC lecture hall in about 2005 just before they took off. The next summer they started doing festivals and became massive. The gig was unreal. If the ceilings were lower people would have been hanging from them. It was supposed to be a seated gig but by the end people had rushed the front of the lecture hall and there were people dancing on tables.

This is the one I'm most jealous of! Class!

Bipolar Joe

Arnocorps, in The Pint in Dublin, one or two years ago. Great bunch of lads, hung out with the audience, before and after, had a riot during the other bands, and stayed in character the whole time. Definitely the most fun I've ever had at a gig, and I don't think I'll ever have that much fun again.

marozz

The Police, Leixlip, July 1980.

The Royal Scam

Tom Waits 2008
Prince - Malahide Castle
Inspiral Carpets McGonagles about 1990 ish.
Swervedriver - The Rock Garden Dublin

Jesus Wept

Fleetwood

whirlpool

Almost everyone's responses are indie/rock gigs. Any chance of some variation at all?

Bipolar Joe

Mine is punk. Does that count?

EDIT: Also, I don't see many people going out and having the time of their life at a Norah Jones gig or something.

PropJoe10

Led Zeppelin at the O2 in London in 2007 was very special indeed to me. An unforgettable evening.

whirlpool

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Mine is punk. Does that count?

EDIT: Also, I don't see many people going out and having the time of their life at a Norah Jones gig or something.

Yeah, because if it's not indie or rock, it must be Norah Jones.

Bipolar Joe

whirlpool wrote: »

Yeah, because if it's not indie or rock, it must be Norah Jones.

Exactly. There's indie, rock and Norah Jones. Sometimes they mix it up a bit. Indie rock, Norah rock, indie Jones, indie Jones rock fusion. That's kind of it, really.

orangesoda

Could a strip club count or an adult webcam viewing?

FameHungry

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Absolutely brilliant.

lukesmom

lukesmom wrote: »

Oasis at slane was the best gig I was ever at. 2009.

Kasabian, Prodigy, Oasis. What a line up. Oasis weren't on top form but the others certainly were. Still though, purely for reasons of nostalgia, singing masterplan up on the hill with people I had been friends with since Oasis were in their prime. Yep. It could be up there alright. 5 years ago - feck :eek:

8-10

Michael Jackson in the RDS was a terrific show

8-10

8-10 wrote: »

Michael Jackson in the RDS was a terrific show

Jaysus, how many years ago was that? 16 or 17 maybe?

Man I feel old now. Had forgotten about that

Edit: Google tells me 1997!

roadsmart

James Brown in the Olympia, but even better Ian Dury and the Blockheads, again in the Olympia.

cournioni

Rammstein in the O2 in 2012 or Slayer in the Academy 2013, I have seen them in the old Point twice, Punchestown, the Ambassador, and the Academy was by far the best. The small venue made a huge difference. Got back stage for Metallica, Alice in Chains, Mastodon and Avenged Sevenfold in Marlay Park 2009, that was pretty cool too.

Duck's hoop

Duck's hoop wrote: »

Seeing Nirvana in Top Hat in '91 and not having a clue who they were, yet being pretty damn impressed, will always be one of the most memorable.

The Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire? Seriously?

91 was the year of Smells Like Teen Spirit I think. I'd say they were on top top form alright. Bloody hell, never knew they played Dun Laoghaire. Unless of of course there's some other big famous Top Hat that I've never heard of and then I'll just feel incredibly stupid

SEPT 23 1989

Pairc Ui Chaoimh August 1996

Oasis and the Prodigy at the height of their power

tickets 22 quid

krudler

Tool in 2006 in The Point