Best gig you ever went to?

Arnold Layne wrote: »

Metallica wih Danzig supporting in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire in 1988.

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This. Also Manu Chao in the point in 2002. He'd originally been booked for whelans! The first page and plant show. AC/DC ballbreaker tour in the O2. Fleetwood Mac last year. Rory Gallagher on college green. Free concert as part of the Guinness blues festival in 1992. Fugazi in McGonagles in 1989. Ozzy in the same venue in 1991. While he was still Ozzy, before he turned into 'Ozzy'.

Loads more, but those stand out in the memory.

Been to literally hundreds of gigs since the mid 80's, so will whittle it down to the best of them

Metallica - 100 Club, London, August 1987 - A secret warm up show for their Donington appearance 2 days later, mental mental gig

Donington 1988 - Iron Maiden, Kiss, Dave Lee Roth, G'n'R, Megadeth, Helloween

This was when ya really had to be a Monster of Rock to get on the bill, Maiden's first Donington appearance, G'n'R original line up, a crazy yet sad day

Metallica/Danzig - Mancheser Apollo

Donington 1991 - AC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, Black Crowes

DC, Metallica and the Crue, all on the same bill one after another!!

Nirvana - Reading 1992 Throughout the whole day we were hearing that they'd pulled out, then they played a set that just blew the crap outta the place

Foo Fighters - Reading 1995 They headlined the second stage, they could have headlined the main stage, pandemonium inside that sweat box

Sepultura - Manchester Apollo 1996, Think this was the last but one gig with Max, pit was INSANE

Black Sabbath - Reunion Birmingham 1997 Managed to buy 2 front row seats on first day of sale, amazing gig seeing all 4 of them

Rammstein - O2 Dublin 2012 Fifth time seeing them and each time has been amazing but this one edged it

So many great gigs i've had to leave out, could have been here all day

I wouldn't know where to start in naming a favourite gig of all time.. different gigs were special for me for different reasons, and I couldn't possibly select one as being the best.

Some memorable ones that jump out at me right now..

U2 in Croke Park 1987 - my first ever gig - the Pogues & Lou Reed supporting!

Feile 91 - my first ever festival- The La's and the Happy Mondays stand out, but so does the war of the turnips in the campsite..

James Brown in the point in 92 (I shook his hand )

Beastie Boys - the RDS - 95

Bjork and Underworld in the Point in 96 - what a night - must've lost a stone!

Radiohead in Galway in 96

The Doors (with Ian Astbury singing) in the Point in 2004.. if I was really pushed, this might be the one I'd choose actually..

Primal Scream - Screamadelica - saw the show 3 times that year

Spiritualized in the NCH last year - absolutely mind-blowing

- the Feiles, U2 Popmart, Electric Picnics, Body & Souls, James in the National stadium and in the Academy, the Charlatans in Manchester, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Neil Young, Arcade Fire plus a million more - the small bands in pubs and the stadium gigs, the traditional sessions and the techno DJs - the best days and nights of my life..

Please God let me never go deaf

Muse at the Olympia in 2004. Was my first gig so I didn't know what to expect, was blown away. They were at their peak back then so it was an amazing set list.

QOTSA at Oxegen in 2005. Was right at the front, it was crazy. Remember they opened with Go With The Flow and everyone giving it socks.

Prince in malahide castle couple of years ago, he was incredible

MrBobbyZ wrote: »

The Prodigy. Feile, many many moons ago! Serious live act.

They came out running around in a rubber ball of I remember correctly

Super furry animals played midnight at the olympia years ago and there had been a play on beforehand. The set was still on the stage when they played and it looked like they were in someones sitting room. They didnt take out the seats on the ground floor either which felt very odd but it was a fantastic gig.

foals also in the olympia this year were amazing.

Walk the moon in the academy another fantastic night that got me back into going to gigs again.

Some other favourites:
White Lies at EP11
FlamingLips at Forbidden Fruit
Vampire Weekend at Longitude
Rage at Oxegen
Pendulum at Oxegen
James Brown at Oxegen

My all time favourite gig, RATM 96. The biggest scariest mosh pit ive ever witnessed but oh so worth sleeping in a car park for.




In second place, these two nights in a freezing cold Blackpool. Never forget how much i thought the floor, that was actually bending up and down, was going to collapse.

Sheog wrote: »

Radiohead- Marley Park 2006 - they played all their classics

Did they? I remember they played a very Kid A on-wards set. thats not to say I didnt enjoyed it I really did, it was excellent. But they didnt play all their classics. just some.

heres the playlist.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/radiohead/2006/marlay-park-dublin-ireland-6bd6f22a.html

Daft Punk in Marlay Park in 2006 was special! That disco pyramid tour was incredible.

Jack Johnson with the missus in Sydney in 2008 was such a great day out too.

LCD Sound System at Electric Picnic in 2009/10 was brilliant too!

The Australian Doors - Midnight at the Olympia - It came damn close to the real experience

BadTurtle wrote: »

2006. 2007 they were at Oxegen.

Ah yes that would be correct, especially as i was in Australia in 07 so would have been difficult to have got to Marlay Park :pac: