Best Live Act You've Been To?

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:50 pm

The Who at the Lyceum 1973. I was 14. The great Keith Moon still the greatest drummer ever

NBM · Post by **NBM** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:59 pm

donaldo wrote:The Who at the Lyceum 1973. I was 14. The great Keith Moon still the greatest drummer ever

Swine!!!

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:57 pm

perry groves was a legend wrote:
rebel gooner wrote:oasis in cork in1996 was my favorite new band
I was there too.Great gig although I don't like Oasis.

I saw them down under in Perth Australia, they were fucking excellent

Post by **gooner.ed** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:18 pm

difficult to compare, but amongst my fave gigs...
pink floyd - the wall, earls court 1981 (wish they'd put that out on dvd)
public enemy - camden electric ballroom 1988
stones - brixton academy 1995 (still had it, and great place to see them)
pixies - mean fiddler 1987 (first UK gig)
smiths - brixton academy 1986 (last ever gig)
u2 - zoo tv tour earls court 1992
redskins - many times many places 1984-1986
new order - heaven nightclub 1984
wacko jacko - bad tour wembley stadium 1987 (great show, despite him being a nutter)
today's acts aren't quite as good for me, radiohead excepted. but i guess it's a generational thing. i do try and stay open minded

Bergkamp95 · Post by **Bergkamp95** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:17 pm

I also saw Bruce Foxson and Rick Buckler From The Jam in Limerick last summer they were fronted by Russell Hastings and had David Moore on keyboards that night. It was a brilliant gig but it wasn't the same with Paul Weller. Also got the chance to meet Bruce Foxson and Rick Bucklar after the show nice people i must say.

flo2bagooner · Post by **flo2bagooner** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:21 pm

gotta b maximo park at brixton! was amaizing!

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:46 am

Van Halen at Donington in 84.

AC/DC at the RDS Dublin in 82.
Thin Lizzy at Leisureland Galway in 83.

and at Slane Castle;

The Boss in 85
Bowie in 87
Faith No More in 92
Neil Young in 93
Pearl Jam in 93
REM in 95
Oasis in 95

Worst live show ever? Guns n Roses at Slane in 92!

I'm a big GnR fan but they fucking sucked that day. Late on stage, too many changes of clothes by Axl Rose, dodgy sound, and motormouth Axl lipping off about every little fucking thing that annoyed him.

Tosser.

Faith No More blew them off stage that day...

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:16 am

....I also really enjoyed some of the free concerts they used to put on in Harlow town park:
- Bay City Rollers
- Kenny
- Darts
- After The Fire
- Q-Tips (inc Paul Young)

I find that any concert where you don't have to pay is usually a good one!!

Magic Merse · Post by **Magic Merse** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:50 am

Hagbard 23 wrote:
SPUDMASHER wrote: Buster Bloodvessel is a legend
Seen Buster at Highbury a fair few times years ago...

Top Bloke!!! Apparently he's a Margate fan!

He used to own a restaurant/guest house in margate, about 10 years ago. Doubt he still does though.

Best Recent Band ive seen live is probably The Gallows @ the 100 Club. Pure energy anger and passion!!

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:47 am

Also seen some great pub gigs over the years, mostly by bands that no one has ever heard of!! I'll go into any pub if they have a live band on.

tenementfunster5 · Post by **tenementfunster5** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:59 am

Went to see Newton Faulkner a few months back. Quality gig. The man can play!

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:57 pm

Recently I saw Editors at last summers 02 Wireless and they were unexpectedly impressive, also The Coral supporting Oasis a few years back in Southampton snuck up on me. But the best gig was Arctic Monkeys at Ally Pally pre christmas, the place fucking rocked!

corkbarry · Post by **corkbarry** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:16 pm

Belfast Boy wrote:I seen Floyd in Earl's Court and I've seen Genesis twice, their early stuff is awesome, and they were for me the best live bands of all time, and I also saw MJ in Cork on the Bad tour in '88, Jees that's 20yrs ago, and that was some show also!

I was the guy standing next to you in the CIE uniform. I got in free,brillant concert,We all know he's a bit weird but a great showman

Rilo II · Post by **Rilo II** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:38 pm

Bergkamp95 wrote:Also seen Ash a few times and are brilliant.

I've seen them 27 times and counting. I'm a bit of a fan!

foofighter · Post by **foofighter** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:32 pm

Seen the Foos 8 times all brilliant
Rolling Stones at Twickenham
QOTSA 4 times brilliant
Chili Peppers at Slane Castle
Ray Davies 4 times brilliant
The Jam Guildford
Eagles of Death Metal Birmingham
Tenacious D Hammersmith
The Hives Hammersmith
Aerosmith Hyde Park
and loads and loads more.........Feeder, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, Libertines, Babyshambles, Maximo Park etc etc the list is endless
love live music