Your Worst Music Concert

[Threevok]

I saw Gary Moore at the Hammersmith Odeon as it was then, in 1986 or there abouts, and I have to agree, way too loud.

I never found him that loud and I saw him a few times

However, Anthrax

My ears were ringing for days after

 

[markemark]

Talking of too loud, you can't beat the Abba Voyage concert. I was a 2 miles away eating Peri-Peri chicken and it was still too loud. That's right.........you can hear the drums from Nandos.

 

[presta]

Not my thing at all, but the chick I was seeing at the time wanted to go.

I went to the 1982 Country Music Festival at Wembley Arena for the same reason. C&W isn't really my cup of tea(*), but the GF was into it.

*There are exceptions:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmyrS9RgEM

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kulJsH8v0ok

 

[Domus]

The Who at Belle Vue Manchester. Quadraphenia. Our seats were very near the back. All we could hear were the rear speakers. I suspect the guys on the sound desk had a fantastic experience.

 

[richardfm]

Bellowhead in the St David's centre in Cardiff.

They seemed to be playing to impress each other rather than to entertain the audience.

Do you mean the recent reunion one or the farewell one a few years ago?I thought the latter was a great gig but Jon Boden does fancy himself as a pop star.

 

[richardfm]

I saw Gary Moore at the Hammersmith Odeon as it was then, in 1986 or there abouts, and I have to agree, way too loud.

I've seen Rory Gallagher at St David's Hall in Cardiff and Motorhead at the Newport Centre. Both very loud and very enjoyable

 

[richardfm]

The Who at Belle Vue Manchester. Quadraphenia. Our seats were very near the back. All we could hear were the rear speakers. I suspect the guys on the sound desk had a fantastic experience.

I once saw a tip that said if you want the best sound at a gig get as close to the sound desk as you can

 

[Sterlo]

I once saw a tip that said if you want the best sound at a gig get as close to the sound desk as you can

You beat me to it. They test from the sound desk so it makes sense that's where the best sound will be. I always try to stand in front of it if I can.

 

[UphillSlowly]

Prince and the New Power Generation, Earls Court, 1993. I was expecting guitar wizardry and instead some funk rubbish which was really not my thing back then (or now)

 

[Alex321]

Do you mean the recent reunion one or the farewell one a few years ago?I thought the latter was a great gig but Jon Boden does fancy himself as a pop star.

The farewell one a few years ago.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Will Young probably the worst, Harewood House Leeds.
George Benson (yep, that great jazz guitarist) and (oh no, what am i saying) Bruce Springsteen (at Glasto) very close behind .. total yawnfest for me although several million disagree.

 

[PaulSB]

40+ years ago I took my now wife to see Roy Harper. It was our first gig together. Roy was famed for being late on stage, usually as a result of one excess or another. That night he was so late we had to leave to catch the last bus home before he got on stage..........

 

[Ian H]

The Who at Belle Vue Manchester. Quadraphenia. Our seats were very near the back. All we could hear were the rear speakers. I suspect the guys on the sound desk had a fantastic experience.

I saw them at Reading in 1972. Keith Moon flicking drum-sticks at some poor technician off-stage.

 

[Ian H]

I'd forgotten one really bad one. The Thompson Twins in Portsmouth, sometime in the 80s. I'd been invited by family.
They were slick, professional, competent. Everything was good except the (alleged) music. Pointless cacophony. Seldom have I seen or heard something so utterly pointlessly awful performed so well.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A Gospel Rock thing at a church when I was about 10.

It was so loud in the small church hall that you just couldn't hear anything!