Your best ever music concert?

[Spiderweb]

What’s the best music concert you’ve ever been to?
Pictures would be great to see too.

I’ll start with the concert that has prompted this thread, Coldplay at The Etihad Manchester last night were quite simply the best band I’ve ever seen live.
The show was spectacular, the sound, the atmosphere and the energy made this one memorable experience.

 

[DRM]

Bon Jovi at the same venue, where Mrs DRM yelled “Ritchie“at the top of her voice just as at went quiet, Richie Sambora stopped playing, tipped his hat and bowed in our direction! Also saw them at Wembley they were a brilliant band, shame about Jon’s voice and Richie Sambora’s previous problems, also in Manchester, Bryan Adams, fantastic show, and I had no idea of the existence of Schaller strap locks, and was gobsmacked when his guitarist flung his Stratocaster round his neck and back into playing position without disaster

 

[fossyant]

Loads. Adam Lambert and Queen, and Madness in the last year. Pics are burried on my one drive somewhere.

 

[Donger]

The Jam's Farewell gig at Stafford Bingley Hall ... some time in the early 1980s. So rare to see a major group playing nothing but their greatest hits, one after each other. A great night.

 

[winjim]

Two 80s / 90s bands pleasantly surprised me by still being awesome well into the 00s. Public Enemy at Sheffield in 2005ish and New Order at Jodrell Bank 2013. Honorable mention to Nine Inch Nails who were so good we came straight home from the gig and booked tickets for the following night as well.

Not the PE gig I'm thinking of but Tramlines a few years later, still good though

NIN

Missed out on seeing Terminator X with PE but DJ Lord is good. Hooky had left New Order by 2013 but I did see the classic reformed lineup at Reading Festival in the 90s.

 

[slowmotion]

The Stranglers at Shepherds Bush Empire. It's not a big venue, thankfully. I came out completely hoarse. A great night.
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[PaulSB]

Springsteen, Edinburgh last Tuesday. Absolutely astonishing and by far the best gig I've ever seen.

 

[UphillSlowly]

One of the following:
- Sultans of Ping FC, New Cross Venue, London 1992 or 3 - stagediving madness
- Primal Scream, Bristol Academy. 1993 (I think) - actually an all night rave with a gig in the middle
- Blur, Parklife tour, supported by Elastica. University of East Anglia, 1994 - so bouncy
- Prodigy, Glastonbury 1995 -everyone else was watching Oasis

 

[Jenkins]

Probably Guns N Roses at the Milton Keynes Bowl back in 1993.

More recently there was a double header of Holiday Ghosts and the Bug Club at the Portland Arms in Canbridge last year that was pure indie heaven.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Difficult choice


Kate Rusby;
Wakefield Cathedral
Minimal backing. fantastic set

The Stray Cats;
Manchester Apollo 2019
40th anniversary tour
New & old tracks interspersed
To see Setzers guitar technique was great!

Steve Earle;
'Townes' tour (2006?)
Leeds Grand Theatre
Solo, with just a guitar & a mandolin

Johnny Cash;
25th anniversary tour
Sheffield 1977
With parents

 

[richardfm]

North Mississippi All-stars at a church hall in Bristol a few years ago

 

[OldShep]

Been to many concerts mostly Jethro Tull.
The concert which I still hold dear was Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Ochestra at Glasgow Concert Hall around 20 years ago.
Can’t put my finger on why it stands out but she was an outstanding unpretentious artist. Her warmth and the venue made for a memorable evening.

 

[wafter]

Thanks mostly to my ex, while not a huge gig-goer I've seen a few favourites live - NIN, Radiohead, Massive Attack... tbh I've never found large gigs particularly enjoyable (maybe for reasons more relevant to myself than the environment). Of those three Radiohead were probably the best.

I've had far, far better experiences with the same artists / tunes while off my face dancing badly on my own in a dingy club tbh

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Michael Jackson. Bad Tour, Wembley 1988. The man was in his pomp as an artist. Nothing close.

Followed by some people I didn't intend to see - Vodafone used to have an annual ball for c10000 employees (seriously!) and the 2003 one was at Highclere Castle. The acts were always a secret, but that year they were Lulu, Liberty X, Bryan Adams and headlined by Robbie Williams. Remarkable evening. Mind you the following year was at Blenheim Palace and Elton John headlined and was a right load of pony

 

[DaveReading]

I'd be hard pressed to name the best from 50+ years of gig-going, but the wonderful Camille O'Sullivan at fabulous Wilton's last Friday must be pretty damn close.