the best gig you ever went to?

[thegrumpybiker]

Far too many too choose from!
But I'll try anyway.
Iggy Pop at The Phoenix Festival near Santa Pod raceway, 1994; my first time seeing the ultimate rock n roll animal, right up at the front. Awesome and exhilarating.
Pop Will Eat Itself at The Pink Toothbrush, Rayleigh; my all-time favourite band at my local venue.
The Prodigy in The Boiler Room at The Big Day Out, Gold Coast, Australia, 1996; fellow Essex boys about as far away from Essex as you can possibly get, and holding up a crowd-surfing Keith Flint.
And finally, seeing NZ's Die! Die! Die! at the now sadly gone London Metro, 2006; great band, great gig, and most significantly, when I met my wife-to-be.

 

[thegrumpybiker]

...Oh my God, did I really leave out Orbital's '94 Glastonbury triumph? That one too.

 

[Bandini]

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Koko's in Camden Town, 2005.

Is that when they performed the whole of ACME? Fantastic band - never saw them live, though I have seen Boss Hog.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLu53GwrNN4


He got the flava!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Two at Manchester Apollo

The Waterboys on St Patricks Day 1992 or so

The Specials last year.

honourable mention to Madness on my birthday at the GMex too. all the better for the unmitigated dross of 808 state in support.

 

[Young Un]

Enter Shikari - O2 Academy Birmingham. Epic!

 

[cookiemonster]

There are a few awesome gigs I could mention like 50 Foot Wave at Islington Academy, Garbage at Brixton Academy, The Prodigy in Edinburgh just last month was unbelievable.

 

[XmisterIS]

Leftfield, in Southend, just after they'd released the album Rythm and Stealth, back in '97! (I think ... or was it '99? Something like that!).

 

[monnet]

The ones that always stick in my mind are:

The Rolling Stones - Prague 2003
Super Furry Animals - The Riverside, Newcastle 1998
Freddie MacGregor - Biarritz 2004

 

[vernon]

There were some great concerts at Leeds University when Andy Kershaw was Ents Officer. The one that stands out in my memory was Bob Marley in 1978 where you could get close enough to the stage to touch him if you wanted.

Another gig I remember most fondly from that period was X-ray Spex performing in a tiny club in Harrogate around 1977. Pure raw punk.

Kershaw did a great job at filling the refec at Leeds. I was aghast at the thought that I'd missed Bob Marley in 1977 but discovered that he'd played in 1976

 

[Flying_Monkey]

...Oh my God, did I really leave out Orbital's '94 Glastonbury triumph? That one too.

Err, oh yeah, I was there too. That was, um, unforgettable...

 

[Kestevan]

The Fuzztones - Duchess in Leeds early 90s - Mainly cos we got shitfaced with the band afterwards.

Iggy Pop/ Sisters of Mercy Reading Festival 91.
Sisters - Albert hall 85.

Sex Pistols - Huddersfield Ivanhoes 77 - doesn't really count as tbh I was only 7 or 8 and dont really remember it - but it's one of my few claims to fame

 

[Andy in Sig]

Dr Feelgood - the second line up with John Mayo on guitar.

The Animals - their reunion tour in 1983.

 

[Hilldodger]

Thin Lizzy at Leicester's De Montfort Hall in 1978.

 

[thegrumpybiker]

Like I said on my previous post, too many to choose from; The Flaming Lips, Big Day Out 2003 (I think), Auckland. A brilliant, life-affirming, joyous celebration, absolutely fantastic.

 

[albal]

Way too many to mention; I'd go for ; The Cure- Midnight Express- Bmth 27 - 7 - 1983. Just before Pornography was released.