Best gig or event you've been to?

Meanaspie

AC/DC Punchestown 2009

I'll hold my hands up and admit I wasn't a big fan of theirs, but my two brothers were going but turned out one was on call and couldn't go so I got his ticket.

Everything from the performance the stage, and visuals to Angus on his knees in the pissing rain on a raised podium giving it socks, simply amazing

Even Dublin bus making a fcuk up of the buses back to Dublin didn't take away form it

Dermighty

Slane 1993: Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Van Morrison.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Tool. 2006 in the point.

Was amazing, wish they would come back.

It was a good gig!

carolinespring wrote: »

Tom Petty was pretty amazing.

I was underwhelmed (Marquee, Cork, 2013).

PropJoe10

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Tool. 2006 in the point.

Was amazing, wish they would come back.

Had a ticket for that but couldnt go. Still one of my biggest musical regrets. Should have a new album out in about 2020 if we're lucky!

rainbow kirby

Rush in the O2 in 2011, amazing gig and I ended up about 2-3 from the front by the end of it.

Rammstein at the O2 in 2012, for pure explosive awesome.

Sonata Arctica in the Button Factory in 2008 - great craic, and got to see them before they produced several crapulent albums in a row.

Amanda Palmer in the Roundhouse in Camden in July 2013 - had been a huge fan of hers for years so great to finally see her live

For outright craic - the day before and of the Ireland v Croatia game in Poznan. Even if we lost.

For getting to see something I'd wanted to see for around 20 years prior to it - getting to the athletics at the 2012 Olympics.

McG

a couple of Queens of the Stone Age, Broken Social Scene or Wilco gigs I've been to spring to mind but if I had to pick one I'd go with Jeff Tweedy in Vicar St. It was a seated gig and we had the second table back from the stage, right in the centre. It was brilliant.

Tar.Aldarion

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Had a ticket for that but couldnt go. Still one of my biggest musical regrets. Should have a new album out in about 2020 if we're lucky!

The only hope that they will be back, pity you couldn't go, as you'd guess tehy were amazing, here is the setlist

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tool/2006/point-theatre-dublin-ireland-6bd6c2ea.html

Ishmael

Tenacious D and Metaillica, Marlay Park, 2008.

Say Your Number

Airbourne in The Academy last October
Lordi in the Button Factory last May
Black Country Communion Vicar St July 2011

dirkmeister

The best gig I've ever been at was probably when QoTSA tore the roof off of the O2 last November. The crowd were really up for it which helped!

Blur last year at Open'er festival were class, Nick Cave put on some show too!

Jack White, Hallowe'en night '12 was brilliant.

Stone Roses was 2 hours of sentimental heaven!

The National never fail to disappoint either


Kings of Leon were the biggest let down I've ever seen.

Must get me to a Nick Cave gig.

MadsL

Deleted User wrote: »

Must get me to a Nick Cave gig.

Saw him at Coachella last year, visceral experience. That and Amon Tobin's incredible ISAM are some of my gig-going career highs. However Velvet Underground at Glastonbury will be hard to top.

macker33

1989 bad manners at sir henrys in cork

dirkmeister

Deleted User wrote: »

Must get me to a Nick Cave gig.

It was crazy, he had the crowd in the palm of his hand from start to finish!

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The boss - Limerick 2013

unaoz

Metallica about 4? Years ago in marley park, was surprised at how much I enjoyed it! Also the national in olympia few years ago...vanderly crybaby cry..made me cry:)

titan18

Rammstein in the 02 in Dublin 2 years ago, just finished my FYP for college,handed it in and went to Dublin that day. Absolutely amazing live

Sir Arthur Daley

Daniel O Donnell Caribbean Cruise 2013, magical.

rannerap

Queens of the stone age in the olympia a few years ago doing the whole first album with double encore. Or Pixies in the Olympia doing all of doolittle honourable mention for Macca in Vienna last year too

Ash.J.Williams

PropJoe10 wrote: »

If you thought they'd lost it then, you obviously didnt see them in the Phoenix Park a couple of years after that. They were awful! Watch the Slane DVD and then come back to me

i was at the phoenix park gig and after the pixies we sat down and didn't even notice the RHCP had started!!

Ash.J.Williams

Sarannewrap wrote: »

Queens of the stone age in the olympia a few years ago doing the whole first album with double encore. Or Pixies in the Olympia doing all of doolittle honourable mention for Macca in Vienna last year too

we got a rough deal with the pixies that year as they were staying here that week for rehearsals. We got the short gig! As the tour progressed they were adding bigger encores more songs....still was great gig. Last time i saw Kim!

Dub Ste

blueser wrote: »

Queen, Elland Road, May 29th 1982. Scorching hot day and a brilliant concert (except for the Teardrop Explodes being a support act). £9 for the concert and (if memory serves me correctly) a fiver for the coach to the concert from Manchester. Those were the days!

This was my first gig,and what it made it better was that I met John Deacon,Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury the day before.

Fantastic day,don't really remember that much these days as the oul memory is shot to bits,although I do remember getting really sunburnt.......................happy days:D

Thats a hard one, possible the Pogues in the point not sure what year, I don't know how it could have escaped my notice but the Pogues have a big puck following, but they made the gig best atmosphere of anything I was at. I would also rate going to see Fleet wood mac in the point, years ago I went to see Van Morrison in the Gaity and that was fantastic too, I have also had great nights at Whelens I think its had to choose.

Mr. Incognito

galwaytown wrote: »

Slane '99,David Gorgeous Gray,Robbie Williams,Kelly hot hot Jones Steroephonics,Placebo as well I think,the day was just excellent,then Bob Dylan Nowlan Park,Homelands 2000,Fisheries Field David Gray,that was 99 can't remember themonth oh ya Witness weekend fest,Massive Attack deadly!

Bob Dylan Nolan Park was a truly awful awful gig. He was hiding out on his piano behind the orchestra mumbling into the mic.

What was worse was the line up of Ray Lamontagne, and the Flaming Lips blew him away.

Bob Dylan is rubbish live and has been for twenty years.

DrumSteve

Daft Punk at Oxegen a few years back, Rammstein in the Point, Slayer doing Reign In Blood in Full at ATP in London...

... And New Kids On The Block in the BG theatre.

Tar.Aldarion

Tool at the point in 2006. Easy!

nelly17

ROCKMAN wrote: »

AC /DC Monsters OF Rock ,Donington Park 1991



Close the thread:D

What a line up
AC/DC
Metallica
Mötley Crüe
Queensrÿche
The Black Crowes

Incidentally theres a pretty easy to find torrent of that AC/DC performance (not that I would condone that sort of thing)

For me it would have been Megadeth Rust in Peace tour 1990ish The Point, with Alice in Chains & The Almighty

guest2014

Eminem Punchestown 2003

Birneybau

Kate Bush, Hammersmith Apollo, 27th September 2014.

Rothko

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Bob Dylan is rubbish live and has been for twenty years.

I saw him in June and he was great.