The best live act you’ve ever seen

JohnnyFlash · 08-03-2019 12:20am

Pink Floyd, The Wall tour, Earls Court, London, 15th June, 1981

Pauliedragon · 08-03-2019 12:21am

UB40 are a good live show.

Riesen_Meal · 08-03-2019 12:22am

Nine Inch Nails

Queens Of The Stone Age

Prodigy

Daft Punk

Aphex Twin

Deftones

selwyn froggitt · 08-03-2019 12:25am

OldRio wrote: »

Hawkwind in 1970.
Nothing was ever the same again.

What a band! Brilliant live.

08-03-2019 12:25am

Pearl jam. Will give you at least three hours. No two gigs the same. You're enjoying it because they're enjoying it

tinpib · 08-03-2019 12:27am

Spring Party in 2001 at the Point with Carl Cox followed by Laurent Garnier, then in a matter of seconds they cleared out all his gear and some fella was sprinting/pushing the mixing desk onto the stage and on came Dave Clarke for 1 hour.

First song was turned up to 11. It was live on 2FM and you can find the set online.

Electric atmosphere, complete mayhem.

Here it is:

https://www.mixcloud.com/BreakAbeaT/dave-clarke-spring-party-2001/

The Princess Bride · 08-03-2019 12:32am

I have been to so many gigs over 3+ decades.
BellX1 accompanied by Dowry Strings last month just blew me away.
It was such an intimate and special performance, beyond anything I've ever seen or heard before.
Just wow.

Gorgeousgeorge · 08-03-2019 12:37am

Duke special supporting snow patrol in the point 2006/2007

Sorry about that · 08-03-2019 12:37am

Doves in the Olympia 2005, they were amazing, brought the house down. Being in the audience that night was a magical experience.

sabat · 08-03-2019 12:43am

The Satanist wrote: »

With Tool supporting in the Tivoli, around 93? Great show

I was going to post the exact same gig. It was a case of the tickets going on sale right before the band became huge so you were seeing probably the hottest act in the world at the time in a tiny venue for about a tenner. The same thing happened again with Oasis in the Tivoli about a year later.

FrKurtFahrt · 08-03-2019 12:45am

Tom Waits, Rat Cellar, Phoenix Park, July 2008. Just magnificent.

smurgen · 08-03-2019 12:46am

Future islands

Top_Guy · 08-03-2019 12:46am

Daft Punk Oxegen 2007
Foals 3 Arena 2016

Kevin Finnerty · 08-03-2019 12:46am

Fuckit I haven't lived.

Laphroaig52 · 08-03-2019 12:48am

Frank Sinatra. The Point, Dublin, 1991.
You won't beat that.

bodhrandude · 08-03-2019 12:57am

OldRio wrote: »

Hawkwind in 1970.
Nothing was ever the same again.

You sound like you have seen some great space rock through the years, my first time seeing Hawkwind was 1983.

Hellrazer · 08-03-2019 12:57am

For me it has to be basically any90s metal gig but my most memorable.

Ozzy in Mcgonagles in 1991--went to both nights cos the tickets were only 8.00 old pounds.
Metallica in the top hat in 1988.
RHCP in the Point in 1995 .
Another one that was a fantastic night was Mud / Sweet / Showaddywaddy and Suzi Quatro in the Point in 1993--don't know how I ended up at that one but I remember being in the rock garden and someone said cmon we`ll head down and see if we can get cheap tickets. Think we paid something like 2.00 pound each from a tout who couldn't get rid of them quick enough. But look at that line up. All for 2.00 quid!!

AllForIt · 08-03-2019 12:58am

R Kellly on CBS News yesterday

Say Your Number · 08-03-2019 1:00am

Black Country Communion at Vicar St. in 2011 were amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82V4gsSW-4

Hellrazer · 08-03-2019 1:01am

lbj666 wrote: »

Faith No More Olympia 2009 but I am waiting for some old fart to tell me..." nah they we way better at sunstroke in dalymount back in 1891 "

No one better than that I saw them in the Top Hat in Dun Laoire in 1990 I think. Now that was a good gig!!

Giveaway · 08-03-2019 1:02am

Josh Ritter Vicar Street

wally79 · 08-03-2019 1:03am

Leonard Cohen at kilmainham

The weather was great
The atmosphere was great
And the man himself was great
RIP

storker · 08-03-2019 1:04am

Springsteen
Steve Marriott

Elemonator · 08-03-2019 1:05am

Chic at Electric Picnic 2018.

sligojoek · 08-03-2019 1:05am

I've seen The Pogues many times from the early 80s in Paddy Kennedy's in Puckane, to Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham, and Paris in 2013 (I think) . The band were always great and when Shane was on his game it was even better. Drummer Andrew Rankin said, 'All pogues reviews go like this, "The band were good, the singer was drunk and tears were shed for the famine." '.

Movin' Hearts. Puckane again

Ozzy. Leicester

Gary Moore. Birmingham

John Martyn. Grange Co. Sligo. 200 capacity

Old Crow Medicine Show. Olympia

Hayseed Dixie. Sligo

Ian OB · 08-03-2019 1:09am

Therapy?

The energy off the stage when they play is something else entirely.

RATM run them a close second place

bodhrandude · 08-03-2019 1:11am

Deleted User wrote: »

Pearl jam. Will give you at least three hours. No two gigs the same. You're enjoying it because they're enjoying it

Would be better if they decided to play Ireland again.

Rubberchikken · 08-03-2019 1:12am

michael jackson. cork. 198?. cant remember year!
excellent concert.

Mad_maxx · 08-03-2019 1:12am

U2 pop mart 1997 Dublin

Others might not agree at all but I was just gone twenty and life was pretty perfect, all came together

Saw them again in slane 2001 and didn't get as much out of it

Hellrazer · 08-03-2019 1:13am

Forgot one--Bodycount in the SFX
The controversy leading up to it was nuts. Gardaí saying they`d arrest the band if they played cop killer--yep think they started with cop killer.
Amazing gig.Has to be in my top 3 ever.

Im too old now for these rock and metal gigs--saw Suicidial Tendencies last year in the academy--may aswell have stayed home with my slippers and my pipe. Old rockers don't age well!!!

shamrock55 · 08-03-2019 1:20am

For me it's Metallica in Donnington in late 90s, and at the point, also u2 zooropa in Páirc Uí Chaoimh was pretty special

kenmc · 08-03-2019 1:22am

Any sawdoctors gig, the energy they have is unreal.

Counting crows Olympia 1997 I think, got to see them both nights, each night was like they were playing a private gig, to everyone there, surreal. Saw them in point/3 arena since and disappointed. The venue makes huge difference.

Grandaddy in vicar street 2017, a couple of weeks before Kevin (bassist) passed away. First saw them in tbmc around 2000, excellent then too.

Dave Matthews band in the Olympia 2017 or 18. Again way better than point or whatever it's called at the time, where they played around 2015 or so, didn't love.

Damian rice in paradiso, amsterdam, 2002 or 2003. Savage venue, old church.

lertsnim · 08-03-2019 1:24am

Queens of the Stoneage at the Olympia. Was a phenomenal show with the band and audience feeding off each other.

10-10-20 · 08-03-2019 1:25am

I've seen some great gigs and epic singers, the memories came back as I read through the thread.

1. Richard Ashcroft, specifically singing Space and Time in the Olympia in about 2005.
2. David Bowie, Point Depot, 2004.
3. Prodigy, Olympia 2004. Epic head-banging. Oh, the sadness of Keith's passing.
4. U2, Slane 2001. The night of the Irish football match. OMG. What a gig.
4. Ocean Colour Scene, The tent, Oxegen, 2003. The tent barely survived the thunderous rain...

Gigs which I'd love to see on this shore:
1. Damien Rice.
2. Reina del Cid and Josh Turner

happyoutscan · 08-03-2019 1:26am

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Here’s hoping was disappointed enough with gnr last time but a couple more decent support acts and a solid set list from Metallica and it could be a good day

Disappointed? The were great, not sure how you were disappointed.

Rammstein are phenomenal live.

bleonard1976 · 08-03-2019 1:29am

My best ever gig has to be Led Zeppelin in the O2 Arena in London on 10th December 2007. A gig most of the world thought they would never see. Me included. Unbelievable gig

eagle eye · 08-03-2019 1:29am

Best show for me was Michael Jackson in Lansdowne Road in '92.
Best music and atmosphere was UB40 in the RDS in '94.

Bannasidhe · 08-03-2019 1:31am

The Specials + The Beat + Laurel Aitken.
17th January 1981.
Downtown Kampus
Cork.

I've seen a lot of bands in a lot of venues since then but that one set a benchmark no one else came close to.

Taxuser1 · 08-03-2019 1:32am

Both in Sir Henry's in Cork in 1994 and 1995

Manic Street Preachers - maybe 100 at it.

Sasha and John Digweed - place was bouncing, unbelievable.

Strumms · 08-03-2019 1:58am

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John Martyn. Grange Co. Sligo. 200 capacity

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Saw JM in Vicar St one of the last shows he ever played if not THE last show and he was beyond great. There was a punkish edge to the folkiest softest heart, a contradiction in person that seemed to suit the general narrative of the music... he was beyond funnny and mischievous in between the songs, had a real soulful genial ‘real’ presence and made Vicar St feel like a small pub with some friends and an old lad on guitar, everyone having a sweet time. I think May You Never is one of if not THE finest most genuine love songs committed to tape and when he sang it in front of you, you could feel the love in the room get magnified by 120000

r93kaey5p2izun · 08-03-2019 1:58am

Placebo at The Olympia in 2000. I've really enjoyed lots of gigs where I wasn't that into the band too. Foo Fighters at Oxegen 2005 was a great experience.

Zaph · 08-03-2019 2:04am

eamonnq wrote: »

David Byrne, Dublin Oct 24, 2018

Agreed, most incredible gig I've ever been to. Never seen anything like it before, and I doubt I ever will again.

HBC08 · 08-03-2019 2:07am

REM Slane 95
U2 RDS 93
Oasis Point 96

Outlaw Pete · 08-03-2019 2:25am

Hellrazer wrote: »

Ozzy in Mcgonagles in 1991--went to both nights cos the tickets were only 8.00 old pounds.

Felt so lucky to be at one of them. Somehow I managed to blag tickets as got myself and a mate in on the guest list. Just remember smiling and headbanging non stop while I think Aimee? threw water on everyone up the front.

Metallica in the top hat in 1988.

Was at both of them alright, but don't remember much tbh. Jason Newsted threw a towel into the crowd at the end of one of the gigs0 and I caught it but this big ass muthafcuker said he was having it. I said no way and and next thing I knew my mates were picking up off the ground asking me as I okay.

Earlier that day a bunch of us were staking out the Gresham for autographs as we knew Metallica were staying there. At around 4pm or so we could see that some of the band and crew were drinking in bar on the right and so I snuck in somehow. I made it up to Kirk and just managed to say 'Hey Kirk' before bouncers grabbed me and carried me outside much to everyone's amusement in the hotel lobby.

At the time I didn't get what was so funny but on reflection I guess a skinny little long haired freckly 14 year old in a sleeveless denim (with a Metal Up Your Ass backpatch) screaming about how if he isn't put down he's going sue the hotel, perhaps is a little amusing.

Didn't get any of Metallica's autographs but we did get Danzig's and...... Gay Byrne's, of all people. If I can find the ticket I'll scan a copy and post it up.

Slayer was a great gig in Top Hat also.

08-03-2019 2:37am

Leonard Cohen, 2007 in Kilmainham. Gravitas radiated from every pore.

Arghus · 08-03-2019 5:10am

Rammstein.

Their show in the O2 back in 2012 was as good as it gets. I can still feel the heat from those pyros. I know 95% of the acts mentioned here were absolutely nowhere near that performance that night.

joeguevara · 08-03-2019 5:30am

I’m 40 now and I have lived all over the world and have had sessions with many bands that I have booked in venues.

But there is one band and namely one singer that literally blew my mind. And it had nothing to do with me booking them. When I was 19 i walked into nancy Spain’s in cork. I had tickets for the divine comedy who we’re playing in the opera house two days later. The bar man who was my mate said they were upstairs jamming. I went up and literally spent 3 days on a session with Neil Hannon and the band going to bars and down to leap.

Eventually I went to see them in the opera house and they played the likes of ‘alfie’, ‘frog princess’ and every one of the Casanova album. I have never seen a lead singer hold a crowd in his hand like hannon did. He wasn’t a dancer but his voice was mesmerizing. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that we partied together for three days but it was the best concert I’ve seen.

For the day that’s in it, I went to see the prodigy couple of weeks after my leabingbin semple stadium. Manic streets preachers and cardigans played as well but Keith flint (rip) fcuk jing rocked it as the rain poured. I was thinking about it in the last few days as I heard he died and it was one of my favourite concerts. Loved the fact I experienced it.

crazyguy01 · 08-03-2019 5:53am

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The Horslips
The Undertones(with Paul Mcloone)

machiavellianme · 08-03-2019 5:59am

Rammstein
Followed closely by Iron Maiden (Point 2003), Therapy? (everywhere since 93) and Alestorm (Tivoli 2018). Prodigy were incredible every time I saw them too (Semple 1997, FairyHouse 2002, Punchestown 2005).
All do an incredible live show but Rammstein really go all out.

Mr. CooL ICE · 08-03-2019 7:02am

Kiss in 2011. Had a silly grin on my face for days afterwards.

Honourable mention to Blue Oyster Cult in the academy in 2016. I didn't know much of their stuff and was skeptical that the tour was a cash grab, but it was apparent that they were touring because they just loved playing and the crowd fed off it.

The best live act you’ve ever seen

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