concerts... best/worst/first??

The Nal wrote: »

Worst - Radiohead, Marley Park, 2006

That was one of the greatest gig's iv ever been to.

First: Witnness 2001 remember seeing Placebo and the stereophonics I was only fifteen.

Best: Glastonbury 2011 BB Knig, Rdaiohead, The Bees, QOTSA, to name a few highlights.

Worst: Toots and the Maytals Electric Picnic, Was really looking forward to this and I know its not his fault his voice was fecked, but I stood around listing to his daughter for twenty minutes before he came on and then another ten befor any explanation was givin, there where other acts I missed because of this and I was not happy. Sorry, end of rant.

First: Our Lady Peace supporting Avril Lavinge at the Point Depo, 2003. It turns out this happened because Avril Lavinge's tour manager was OLP frontman's wife

Best: Very hard to choose. David Lee Roth in Vicar St in Apr/May 2004 springs to mind as just a phenomenal gig. Also Faith No More at Edinburgh Corn Exchange in 2009. Also Kid Rock in Ontario, Canada, in Sep 2003. And I also saw Luciano Pavarotti in Dublin less than a year before he died....he was fairly decent for what he did.

Worst: Probably a gig I worked security on, an Erasure tribute act at the Ambassador sometime around the close of 2006 if memory serves me correctly. I had to "guard" the fire exit next to the stage on the ground floor and could see the audience...about 10 people if you were lucky (absolutely no joke)...I'd never seen such a lowly attended gig in such a big venue. Absolutely disgraceful and they should have called it off, except they put so much faith into ticket sales at the door.

If we're going with a gig I attended myself, by choice, then Razorlight supporting Bon Jovi at Punchestown....absolutely appalling...one of the worst displays I've ever seen from a band and just had no pride in what they were doing. Especially after such a phenomenal performance from Kid Rock opening that day.

The Nal wrote: »

Actually Ill change my worst ever to that. Saw them at Glastonbury in 09 before the Prodigy. Just the worst, dullest most boring gig Ive ever seen.

Had the misfortune of seeing them twice, supporting Muse and Oasis. Awful, awful band

First - Bon Jovi, RDS Indoors 1988...full on permfest.

Best - Neil Young, Point Depot 2001....epic. Springsteen, Madison Square Gardens 2000....41 shots and police officers turning their back to the stage when it was played, tense. Ryan Adams, The Shelter, Dublin 2001....I've seen him 20+ times and none even come close to this one. Jimmy Barnes, Olympia 1993...my ears are still ringing. Kathleen Edwards, Whelans.

Worst - Badly Drawn Boy in the Olympia 2000 or 2001....rubbish. He was pissed, went to the bar after a couple of songs. Jakob Dylan...just boring. Guns N'Roses, Slane...best part of the gig was the roadies playing Metallicas "Black' album while we waited for them to come on stage.

The Nal wrote: »

Wow never knew that. Is that the one that was released on dvd?

Yes, he played it for the first time a couple of nights earlier in Atlanta. By the time he got to New York, the Police Officers Union were up in arms about it.

First: Red Hot Chili Peppers, QoTa, Foo Fighters - Slane 2003

Best: Radiohead, Malahide 2008 or Arcade Fire December 2010 at O2

Worst:Stereophonics, INEC Killarney maybe 3 years ago?? Free tickets though so cant complain

jakobgallagher wrote: »

That was one of the greatest gig's iv ever been to.

First: Witnness 2001 remember seeing Placebo and the stereophonics I was only fifteen.

Best: Glastonbury 2011 BB Knig, Rdaiohead, The Bees, QOTSA, to name a few highlights.

Worst: Toots and the Maytals Electric Picnic, Was really looking forward to this and I know its not his fault his voice was fecked, but I stood around listing to his daughter for twenty minutes before he came on and then another ten befor any explanation was givin, there where other acts I missed because of this and I was not happy. Sorry, end of rant.

Toots performance at EP 2005 was the complete opposite. it was a revelation.

FIRST:
Queen, RDS, 1979

BEST:
Loads of Great Gigs come to mind. (to name a few in no particular order)

Roger Waters
Alice Cooper
David Bowie
Billy Idol
Erasure
BabyShambles
BB King
My Chemical Romance
GreenDay
Queen
Cat Stevens
Aslan
P!nk
Depeche Mode
Dr. Feelgood
HomeSick and the Backstabbers (anyone remember them)
Enter Shikari
Neil Young
Noisettes

and many many more.

However....

Worse:
Bob Dylan, O2, 2009
U2, RDS, Zoo Tour.

first:aerosmith with golden earring
best:queen
worst:REM, although I love REM, they were off that night

First:

Westlife 2002 in The Point.

Best:
Torn between The Libertines in the 3Arena in 2015 or Green Day in Marlay Park in 2010.

Worst:

Pete Doherty 2 week ago in The Academy. Shocking stuff.

First- U2 Croke Park 1985, In Tua Nua, Squeeze, REM, The Alarm supported- I was in awe of U2, superb start to 30+ years of gigs.

Best- BellX1 and Dowry Strings in Wexford this February, it was the most stunning performance ever.
The strings accompaniment just made it sublime.

Worst.
The Police Croke Park 2007.
Little if any interaction with the crowd, was like being in a field with my tape recorder and a few tapes from the 80s.
Very disappointing.

First: Buddy Guy in the National Stadium 1993

Best: Bowie 2003 in the Point, Nine Inch Nails Mad Cool 2018, Springsteen RDS 2003, Flaming Lips Vicar St 2006, Violent Femmes Vicar St 2007, Rolling Stones Glastonbury 2013. Too many more to mention really.

Worst: Radiohead 2006 Marley Park, Iron Maiden 2005 RDS

First - Sum41 in The Point, 2003

Best - Pendulum, Birmingham 2010

Worst - Bullet For My Valentine, Manchester 2016