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Greatest live concert you've ever attended

brokenbad

Ok - i'll start this one.

Pink Floyd - Earls Court Oct' 1994........was lucky to get a spare ticket from my cousin in London.

What a memorable gig which i still vividly remember - the musicianship and light show has never been bettered almost 30 years on.

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Greatest: The Cure at The RDS, July 1989. Here's a piece I wrote about it - https://wheresgrandad.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/when-the-cureheads-invaded-ballsbridge/

Most intense: Morrissey at The National Stadium, April 1991. A steady procession of stage-invaders all night

Roughest: The Housemartins at The Bridge Hotel, Waterford, October 1986. Gobbers (The Proclaimers were covered in spit), gougers, Carlsberg Special Brew. The Dublin leg got half time oranges and Fat Boy Slim rapping.

First: U2 at Croke Park, June 1985. Ably assisted by In Tua Nua, REM, Squeeze and The Alarm.

Best festival: Féile 1995

Highly recommended: Ennio Morricone at The Belfast Festival, October 2008. The Smiths at The National Stadium, February 1986. The House Of Love at McGonagles, February 1989. The Wedding Present at The SFX, May 1991. The Fall at The Tivoli, October 1993.

Esel

Daniel Lanois in the Olympia - forget year. Trippy light show, banned in US apparently.

FullBack Jam

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I mustntt have been into the Prodigy back then. I was at one of those days in Cork. I remember hey Jude (presumably by the Bootleg Bealtes) and really enjoyed Oasis, but don't recollect having any memories of the prodigy. But I did see them at the Feile that was in Cork the year before and it was really good. I think Moby and the prodigy were on the one day.

Best gigs for me ARE :-

Sigur Ros in the Olympia 2005 - paid a lot to touts to get the last ticket going. But it was worth it. Amazing experience

Eddie Vedder - his first solo gig in 3Arena some years back. Incredible experience. That was probably my favourite ever.

dogbert27

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As others said it's the experience.

16 years old, first big concert with all your friends around you with your favourite band playing, it was brilliant to me.

Goldengirl

Already listed my best gigs on the other thread so won't put ye thru that again! 😊

Seeing Thin Lizzy on stage in my home town as a little one, I will never ever forget.

The Beat and The Specials in Cork 1979 was amazing,.great crowd.

The Rolling Stones, Slane 1982

And

Sprinsteen Wembley 1985

Both long gigs everybody engaged and sun shining!

But my favourite is because I just love em....

The Cure, Malahide Castle, 2019. Great gig, sunsetting beautiful evening, another fabulously long gig with some of my most loved friends.

(Saw them in December last in 3 Arena, and while a good gig found the lack of engagement by some people in the crowd around us off putting. Was good when we moved away from them.)

I think the best gigs are when you are amongst like minded fans and the band show respect for their audience by playing a good long gig and are visibly enjoying themselves. I like being free to dance as well.

Think thats why those gigs wete the best for me.

The Nal

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It wasn't. Never saw a good Oasis gig. Fairly meh live.

HBC08

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100%

That gig looked like it should have been amazing but was a bit of a non event.

Oasis were not really on form and still had their heads at Knebworth where they'd played a few days earlier.The crowd was way more subdued than Oasis 6 months earlier in the Point or the year before supporting REM at Slane

The Prodigy were very good that day but most of the crowd were more of a rock crowd although the Prodidgy definitely won them over.

The bootleg Beatles were good craic though!

camanstar

Rush Roll the Bones tour Wembley 1991, Test for Echo tour 1997 Boston Garden, Vapor trails tour 2002 Boston + many more times

Whitesnake SFX 1986

Thin Lizzy RDS 1979

Motley Crue & Cheap Trick Hammersmith Odeon 1986

Marillion SFX 1986

Porcupine Tree The Pod 2010

Roxy Music RDS 1986

Monsters of Rock Donnington 1984 (AC/DC, Van Halen, Oxxy, Gary Moore, Accept, Motley Crue)

Better stop now......

Wooderson

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Not sure this show was that great tbh.

TheIrishGrover

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Oh FCUK OFF you showoff!!!

I'm not jealous. Honestly 😀

Wanderer78

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...fcuk yea!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9jeV6DHAyA

The Nal

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Would've given my right bollick to be at that Huey gig.

Saw him (and met him, really nice guy) working at a Huey gig in 99 in America. Great gig but obviously years past their peak.

rednik

These two gigs in the National Stadium standout for me.

David Gilmour March 1984

Huey Lewis & the News October 1986

I saw Huey again when they opened the Point in 1988 but it was not the same. The sound and the tightness of the Stadium was excellent.

DB83

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Was at both the Bruce and Aerosmith concerts you mentioned - both amazing.

Always think that it can be circumstances that make a gig stand out as well - with all accommodation in Kilkenny booked out for the concert, myself and two friends hired a rental van, parked it up in kilkenny city and slept there after a gig for the ages!

HBC08

I think for most people their first gig or the first time seeing your favourite band or your first Festival/Slane is going to be a big deal and you'll always remember it fondly.

There's no way any gig would get the reaction,excitement and just pure wonderment out of a mid 40s me vs teenager me.

I'm not sure if this counts as a concert but the recent Bono solo gig had all those feelings coming back.I didn't know what to expect, didnt even know he'd be singing.It was made all the more special that phones weren't allowed.That man had the crowd in the palm of his hand,I was blown away.

Nigel Fairservice

The Smashing Pumpkins in London in 2018 was a great one for me.

thebronze14

Rage Against the Machine - Point 2010. The energy was unbelievable. Twas the height of the recession so there was a feeling around the country of being pissed off. It was definitely like a collective anger release!

Best day of music was Slane 2003 which also happened to be my first gig. RHCP, Foos, Qotsa, Feeder, PJ Harvey. Perfection!

o1s1n

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Man, my whole family was so sad when Neil Peart died, I've never seen my dad actually emotional about the passing of a musician or famous person. Really hit him hard, he's been listening to them since the early 70s.

What's hit him (and the rest of us) almost as hard is living in a world where they no longer go on tour 😥

One of my favourite family memories is the five of us going over to London to see them playing on the Snakes and Arrows tour in 2007.

Still can't believe we got to see them again four years later actually playing in Dublin!

Mushy

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Opening with Wash is an all-time gig moment. Unreal day, few beers, then bam, play a b-side to get a 20k crowd going.

ILikeBoats

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Was also at Pearl Jam in Berlin 2018 and would have that as my #1 live gig. What a show.

dogbert27

Oasis Parc Ui Chaoimh 1996 with Prodigy supporting

The Nal

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That Flaming Lips gig was an all timer.

Mushy

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The Darkness are an absolutely great live band, that year was the comeback. Saw them in Cyprus Avenue on Paddy's Day that tour, amazing gig. Each time I've seen them has been an experience, even the first time when they supported Metallica. Somebody mentioned Airbourne in Ambassador as a best gig, that had Stone Gods as support which was essentially The Darkness with different singer (and a blast of an album too).

Other best gigs I'd say Pearl Jam in Dublin 06 or Berlin 2018, Rush in Dublin, QotSA Dublin 08 (Ambassador night 1) or in 2013 at 3arena. Muse in Belfast with Biffy supporting too, and probably most Biffy gigs, always incredible.

TheDocMan

Toss up between:

Flaming Lips - Vicar St 2006

AC/DC - Point Depot 1991

Iron Maiden - Point Depot 1990

Honourable mentions to:

Rage Against the Machine- Tivoli 93

Nine Inch Nails - SFX 94

Arcade Fire - in a tent Electric Picnic

Tool - 2022 3 Arena

Memorable in no particular order:

Whipping Boy, Super Furry Animals, Willand Grant Conspiracy, Micah P Hinson, Lambchop, Alabama Shakes, Porridge Radio, Sharon Van Etten, The Frank & Walters, Faith no More and Smashing Pumpkins

galwayrush

Rush 18 times from the UK, Dublin,,Holland and Toronto

Zep - O2 London

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Michael Jackson in Cork. Was only a kid but even that enhances the experience/memories

PTH2009

Started going to concerts in the 2000s and hard too decide which were the greatest. Seen many legends and hope to continue it for many more years too come

Rush (The O2/3Arena May 2011)- Cant say i would of been a huge fan of the band but the show was immense, setlist was amazing and by god did all band members incuding the late great Neil Peart perform magisically

Bruce Springsteen (Nowlan Park Kilkenny Night 1 2013)- Seen him 4 times so far (soon to be 5) but this one was the best, nice weather, great venue and the Full BITU album live. Had goosebumps when Glen Hansard joined in for 'Drive All Night'

Aerosmith (3Arena June 2017)- The guys still got it and setlist was amazing

U2 (Croke Park July 2017)- TBH all Three U2 shows ive seen were amazing but this one stands out becuase of the Iconic venue and even with a weak enough ending,the beginning and the full Joshua Tree set was sublime

The Cure (3Arena, Dec 2022)- Amaing from start to finish with one of the greatest 'encores' ill ever heard

Deagol

Queen and Paul Rodgers at the point in 2005. Don't know why, but something just clicked that night - magical experience never to be forgotten. (btw, was at Slane in 86 so I have comparisons)!

scudzilla

Been to Literally thousands of gigs since 1985, picking the 1 greatest concert will be tough, after a lot of thought it would have to be Donington Monsters of Rock 1988, Headlined by Iron Maiden (Their first appearance), ably supported by Kiss, Dave Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns n Roses & Helloween.

Sad that 2 fans died during GnR set, crushed as they let in 107,000 instead of the licensed 72,500

honorable mentions

Metallica - Justice Tour, Manchester 1988 - Band were on fire and sooo fuckin angry

Rammstein - Dynamo Festival 1998, Never heard of them before this, but hung around main stage to see these crazy germans who apparently liked fire

Wooderson

Bowie Point 2003

Macca (x2) Glasto

Beasties (x2) EP

Blur Glasto 2009

LCD Soundsystem Tripod 2010

Gillian Welch GCT 2011

All 10/10 shows.