Probably when I saw Snarky Puppy in my hometown of Aalborg, Denmark. In the jazz-fusion world they are very well-known, but I never expected them to do a stop in my town of a 100.000 people. I brought a friend who had never heard their music before at all, and we got 2nd row seats. He was blown away, and afterwards we got selfies with Michale League, the bassist of the band.
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Leeds Rollarena July 1973
My wife assures me the Rush concerts we saw were the best.
I don’t know any of the songs and couldn’t understand a word they were singing.
I think the best I saw on my own were early Blues Traveller, just when their 2nd album came out, and a guy named Chris Smither.
After the show he was in the lobby talking and shaking hands with people. Super nice guy.
I missed my chance to see Rush, but I did get to see Primus covering Rush, and that was pretty dope
I agree with your wife. And if you weren’t singing along to every word of YYZ, you’re a rube.
That would require I know the words to YYZ. :)
You already do. Trust me, look them up.
I’ll bet you know the lyrics to the only popular Eiffel 65 song ;)
Ooof. Tough question.
Probably one of:
Iron Maiden, Sheffield City Hall, Somewhere on Tour, 1986
Metallica, Sheffield Arena, 1992
Depeche Mode, supported by Sisters of Mercy, Crystal Palace, 1993
Sisters of Mercy, the Fenton pub, Leed, 1996
Primal Scream / Alabama 3, Rock City Nottingham, 1998
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Brixton Academy, 2001Big arena things like Metallica at the Sheffield Arena are so different to intimate pub gigs like the Sisters of Mercy at the Fenton that it’s really hard to compare.
MUSE - Simulation Theory
Rob Zombie put on a hell of a show back when I saw him a decade ago. More recently, Municipal Waste was sick. Their mosh pit was a blast.
I saw him at the show where Marilyn Manson passed out on stage. He put on his amazing show then went on to handle most of Manson’s set.
Easy. The Wall! The Roger Waters 2010-2013 tour, not the Berlin one, lol
It’s a shame he’s a total POS in real life
Hard choice, so so many, a few highlights
X and Black Flag, Cookoo’s Nest, 1979
Pretenders, Perkins Palace, 1981 (Bruce Springsteen joined for encore, Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher)
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense Tour, Greek Theatre, 1983
Dave Nelson Band, Galaxy Theater, 1999
Buffalo Springfield, (opening act Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings) Wiltern Theater, 2011
Chick Corea and Bella Fleck, Royce Hall, 2014
I’ve never been a concert but if I was going to become one, I’d like to be a Gwar concert.
U2 at Massey Hall in 1983. It was the “War” tour. They weren’t well known at that point - we bought tickets the day of the show. They were also still professing Christianity and there was a big “John 3:16” banner across the balconies. But Holy shit the energy!
They began to blow up on “The Unforgettable Fire” tour the next year. They played Massey again at the beginning but by the end they were playing much larger venues.
This Flaming Lips show was quite an experience. They played the entire album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots , took a bit of a break, then played a whole other set. So much confetti.
I caught that tour last year!
I saw them at allgood music festival one of the years it was in Ohio and that was magical
Some flutist organization in chicago had a concert in the park with jethro tull. Im pretty sure they played their most flute heavy songs due to the folks who set it up. You could listen free from the grass area outside the Petrillo Music Shell. There was another dude there and we were almost crying. I saw them at chicago theater in the year he was sick and his voice was off. The one at the park was beyond words.
I’m not really a fan of concerts, but last year, my sister and I went to a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert and it was absolutely phenomenal.
I’ve seen Meshuggah like 3 times and every time they get better. The crowd is a big part of it but they put on a hell of a show regardless.
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